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Operations Alert Bulletin 
Third-Party Applications Require 
Recompile for NGP Set-Tops 
Background 
All third-party applications that are intended to run on Next Generation Platform 
(NGP) Explorer
®
 set-tops must be recompiled with a Linux-based operating 
system. This recommendation includes, but is not limited to, applications that 
support VOD, Caller ID, portals, games, and so forth. 
 
 
Recommendation 
You should contact your application vendor to verify that they have created an 
NGP version of each application for Linux-based set-tops.  Applications compiled 
for legacy set-tops will not run on the new Linux-based set-tops. 
Platforms Affected 
As of this writing, the following set-tops require a recompile of each third-party 
application: 
 
154x platform: 1540, 1542 
 
16xx platform: 1640, 1642, 1650, 1652 
 
46xx platform: 4640, 4642, 4650, 4652 
 
86xx platform: 8640, 8642, 8650, 8652