Cisco DNCS System Release 2.8.1 3.8.1 4.3.1 User Guide

The DHCT Provisioning area has five buttons that allow you to work with the set-top and CableCARD modules in
your system as described in the following table. You may find the Downloading New Client Application Platform
Installation Instructions (part number 4003052) useful for more information on using this part of the DNCS.

Important: Except for testing purposes, you should set up (stage) the DHCTs in your system as described in the
Explorer Digital Home Communications Terminal Staging Guide (part number 734375). See  

 for

information on obtaining these guides.

Type



View a list of the set-top types contained in your

DNCS database, along with the revision level and
OUI for each.



Add, modify, or delete a set-top type.



Associate software TOC files with or unassociate

them from older set-tops that use the OSM
method to download software.



Download specific operating systems to the

set-tops in your DBDS.

DHCT



Add, modify, or delete an individual set-top or

CableCARD module.



Send service or system information to an individual

set-top within a few minutes.



Assign service packages to an individual set-top.



Enable an individual set-top to display secure

analog, IPPV, PPV, and VOD services.



Authorize a set-top or CableCARD module for

service.

Note: Your billing system normally authorizes the
set-tops and CableCARD modules in your system for
all services. Although you can authorize set-tops
and CableCARD modules for services directly from
the DNCS, your billing system performs this task
more quickly and efficiently. Except for testing
purposes as described here, you should coordinate
the authorization of set-tops and CableCARD
modules for services with your billing system
vendor. 

Boot Page

This feature is reserved for future use.

OS



Add OS files for older set-tops that use the OSM

software download method.



View the names of files that currently reside on

the BFS.

Image

Note: Although this
button is in the
DHCT Provisioning
area, you can use
this button to
download software
to CableCARD
modules and
set-tops that use



Load the set-top resource file (set-top.res) into

the DNCS database.



View a list of the current set of image files on

your system.



Load new image files for CVT downloads onto the

BFS, or remove old image files that are no longer
used.



Create test groups of set-tops and CableCARD

modules.