Patent ID: 7225253

Claim:
A method for maintaining a status indication in a network operations center for a terminal adapter connected to a network node, comprising the steps of: receiving a first status update message from the terminal adapter by the network node indicating a first parameter file version number stored in a memory of the terminal adapter, the first status update message further including a terminal adapter identification number and a first primary communication path status; relaying the first status update message from the network node to the network operations center; receiving the first status update message at the network operations center and examining the terminal identification number and the parameter file version number; comparing the first primary communications path status with a second primary communications path status stored in the memory and issuing a notification message if the first primary communications path status is different from the second primary communications path status; and recording a status indication and recording time in a status indication table at the network operations center, wherein the status indication table associates the status indication and recording time with the terminal adapter identification number.