Cisco Headend Digital Broadband Delivery System Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Before You Activate SBE
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Verify that the DIS Flag is Enabled
Overview
After you determine that there is available database space for additional type 8
EMMs, the two tests in this section will verify whether the billing department is
enabling the DIS flag on transactions sent to the DNCS.
CAUTION:
You must perform the tests in this section to confirm that the billing computer is
You must perform the tests in this section to confirm that the billing computer is
setting the DIS enable flag for all DHCTs. Your system DHCTs must receive the
DIS enable flag on each transaction from the billing system in order for SBE to be
activated.
Test One - Check Test Group DHCTs
Before you contact your billing provider, we recommend that you select three
DHCTs for a test group. If the DIS flag is set, disable the DIS enable flag for each
DHCT in that test group. After disabling the DHCT DIS flag from the DNCS, you
must contact your billing provider and ask them to set the DIS flag to Enable.
CAUTION:
If you have a Separable Security CableCARD™ (SSC) set-top box, once the SSC
If you have a Separable Security CableCARD™ (SSC) set-top box, once the SSC
set-top is licensed, you will stage the set-top as usual without the DIS flag
enabled. After the set-top box is staged and bound, have billing enable DIS by
sending a hit to the set-top box.
Complete the following steps to perform Test One on three DHCTs.
1 Select three DHCTs for your test group.
2 On the DNCS Administrative Console, click the DNCS tab. Click Element
1 Select three DHCTs for your test group.
2 On the DNCS Administrative Console, click the DNCS tab. Click Element
Provisioning.
3 Click DHCT. The DHCT Provisioning window appears.
4 In the Select Option area, click the Open option if it is not already selected.