Cisco DNCS System Release 2.8.1 3.8.1 4.3.1 User Guide

Important: 

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This procedure applies to VOD services. It also applies to clear services that you want to package. It

does not apply to secure, PPV, or unpackaged clear services.

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Because clear services are not encrypted, packaging a clear service does not protect it from being

accessed (stolen) by unauthorized users.

When you add a service package to your system, the DNCS automatically assigns an Entitlement Identifier (EID)
to the package. To package a VOD or clear service, you must first determine the package EID, and then convert
it from a hexadecimal value to a decimal value. Then, you use the decimal value when you register the service.
Among other things, registering the service associates it with the specified package.

By making this association, DHCTs are able to use data from the SAM Service List to link the service with a
particular package. If you do not make this association, all DHCTs will receive the service    even those DHCTs
that are not authorized to receive it.

You must add a VOD service to a package to make it available to your authorized subscribers. Each VOD service
must have its own package.

You can also add a clear service to a package to make it available only to specifically authorized subscribers. You
may want to do this if you have DHCTs that cannot descramble (or decrypt) services. Some examples of clear
services that you might want to offer on a package basis include the following:

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Unscrambled analog video

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Clear digital video

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Clear digital audio

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Other channel-based services, such as email and Web browsing

Before you can add a VOD or clear service to a new package, you must first add the package to the DNCS. If
necessary, go to 

Determining a package EID and converting it from hexadecimal to decimal takes approximately 20 minutes to
complete.

Determining a package EID and converting it from hexadecimal to decimal does not impact network performance.
You can complete this procedure at any time.