Cisco Headend Digital Broadband Delivery System Installation Guide

 

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After you define the xOD package and determine the decimal value of its EID, you 

must register the package with the SAM. Registering the xOD package with the SAM 

associates the xOD service with the xOD client software. 
The xOD client software contains attributes that tell authorized DHCTs how to 

download xOD services so that subscribers can access them. To access an xOD 

service, a DHCT must download the client software from the saixod.ptv file. 

 

Before you can register the xOD package with the SAM, you must have the 

following information from your system administrator: 

 

Name of the xOD service as you want it to appear on the channel map 

 

Short description to identify the service on the IPG and channel banner (for 

example, the short description for HBO On Demand

SM

 might be HOD); this must 

match the short description defined by your service provider 

 

Parameters to include in the Application URL (discussed in more detail in 

Guidelines for the SAM Application URL, next in this section) 

 

Number of the logo associated with the xOD service, if applicable (you can get a 

list of logo numbers from your account representative, or you can have our 

engineers create a logo for you and assign it a number) 

 

If applicable, the source ID of the video content you want to display in the 

quarter screen that appears in the Main Catalog window 

 

If applicable, the source ID of the audio content you want to play as background 

when the subscriber tunes to the Main Catalog window 

 

When you register the xOD package with the SAM, you must enter information 

about the service in the SAM Application URL field. This information tells DHCTs 

how to process the xOD service. 
The basic format for the Application URL is shown in the following example: 
bfs://xod/CPU/saixod.ptv;TunerInit=false;EID=31;level2=false;SEL=_MODQ; 

version=3605;arg=HOD,TIG,REQ1,SUB2 
Important: When you enter this information, you allow the information to appear 

continuously on one line and do not insert any spaces.