Cheetah Technologies CMD-P+ transponder enables cable operators to pro-actively monitor power supplies in the outside cable plant using the existing DOCSIS infrastructure. Power supply data is sent via the DOCSIS channels from the transponder through the existing CMTS to SNMP software managers such as Cheetah Technologies’s CheetahXD™. With the Cheetah hardware and software solution, cable operators are able to pro-actively respond to plant performance issues, minimizing plant downtime, lowering costs and protecting the revenue stream generated by advanced services.