Cisco Headend System Release 2.7
Verifying the Staging Process
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Verifying SSC DHCT Staging
1 Display the first CA screen to verify the number of EMM messages received and
validated by the CableCARD module. There should be at least 33 EMMs received
and validated. If the number of EMMs processes is 0 (zero), the CableCARD
module has yet to receive the EMM messages.
An example of the first CA
screen from a CableCARD
module, showing that the
number of EMMs processes is 0
2 Check the status of the conditional access for the CableCARD module. The CA
status (Status) will be in one of the following states:
Ready—Desired value; PowerKEY CA launched successfully
Not Ready-No CA Strm—CA stream is not available
Not Ready-No Time GBAM—CA stream is available but waiting for Time
GBAMs
Not Staged—CableCARD module is not provisioned in the headend
N/A—Initialization or an internal problem while attempting to receive the
status
An example of a CA screen
showing the CableCARD
conditional access status as
Ready (Status: Ready)