CheetahLIGHT (formerly LIGHTHOUSE®) HMS-compatible System Software significantly simplifies installation, shortens the time needed to drill-down and pinpoint HFC failures or degrading conditions, and reduces ongoing truck rolls through its preventive maintenance tools. Features that simplify, clarify and reduce alarm or fault messages radically improve the NOC (Network Operations Center) operator’s dispatch instruction accuracy. Version 5’s newest features are automatic and self-configuring — all you typically need to do to use them is “drag-and-drop” the monitored elements. There’s no need to purchase expensive, extra add-on or after-thought programming or scripting packages to get the same smart filtering. The CheetahLIGHT System Software is Windows®-based and can run as a pure HMS environment, or with existing Version 4.0 level or higher hardware. It can also evolve into a multivendor HMS environment without ripping out Cheetah legacy equipment.