Cisco Headend System Release 2.5 Guida Alla Progettazione
Chapter 1 Before You Activate SBE
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Verify that the DIS Flag is Enabled
Overview
Your system DHCTs must receive the DIS enable flag on each transaction from the
billing system in order for SBE to be activated. The two tests in this section will
verify whether the Billing department is enabling the DIS flag on transactions sent to
the DNCS.
CAUTION:
If you have a Separable Security CableCARD (SSC) set-top box, once the SSC set-
If you have a Separable Security CableCARD (SSC) set-top box, once the SSC set-
top is licensed, you will:
Stage it normally 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.
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.
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.
3 Click one of the following tabs:
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.
3 Click one of the following tabs:
If you are using SR 4.2 and later, click Home Element Provisioning.
If you are using SR 4.0 and earlier, click Element Provisioning.
4 Click DHCT. The DHCT Provisioning window appears.