Cisco Headend System Release i4.3 User Guide
Configuring System Release 4.0 to
Support the Copy Protection
Man-Machine Interface Screen
Support the Copy Protection
Man-Machine Interface Screen
Overview
This guide provides procedures for configuring a Digital Broadband Delivery
System (DBDS) using System Release 4.0 (SR 4.0) to support the Copy Protection
Man-Machine Interface (CP MMI) screen. This guide also provides an example of
a typical CP MMI screen.
The CP MMI screen is used to manually authorize one-way and two-way hosts for
The CP MMI screen is used to manually authorize one-way and two-way hosts for
copy protection features. In this manual process, whenever a Multi-Stream
CableCARD™ (M-Card™) module is inserted into a host device, the host device
displays the CP MMI screen. The CP MMI screen prompts a subscriber to
telephone for service authorization. During authorization, the M-Card module is
"bound" to the host. Once bound, the host can use the copy protection features for
which the subscriber is authorized.
Alternatively, two-way hosts can be authorized automatically through a process
Alternatively, two-way hosts can be authorized automatically through a process
called auto-binding. In this process, the CP MMI screen is not used. Instead, an
M-Card module is bound to a host automatically when the M-Card module is
inserted into the host device. After the M-Card module is bound to the host, the
host can use the copy protection features for which the subscriber is authorized.
To enable a two-way host to display the CP MMI screen when an M-Card module
To enable a two-way host to display the CP MMI screen when an M-Card module
is inserted in the host, systems using SR 4.0 must be configured as described in
this document. Otherwise, these systems use their standard configuration and, as
a result, use the auto-binding process to authorize two-way hosts for copy
protection features without the CP MMI screen.
Important: The configuration described in this guide provides the CP MMI screen
Important: The configuration described in this guide provides the CP MMI screen
system wide and not at the hub level.
Purpose
The purpose of this guide is to enable operators to implement a non-standard
configuration for SR 4.0 so that these systems can support the CP MMI screen on a
system-wide basis.
Important: Use the procedures in this guide only for sites using SR 4.0. The
Important: Use the procedures in this guide only for sites using SR 4.0. The
procedures in this guide should not be used with SR 4.2 and later releases.
Otherwise, unexpected results may occur.