Cisco CableCARD, Staging Manual

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Install EMMs
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Install EMMs
There are four methods for installing authorization Entitlement Management
Messages (EMMs) into DHCTs or CableCARD modules. This section describes each
of those methods and describes how to prepare your system to perform each
method. The following list provides the methods for installing authorization EMMs:

ModifyDhctConfiguration

DhctInstantHit

Fast Refresh List

Instastaging
This section explains each of these methods. After you read this section, you should
work with your billing system provider to determine which of these methods you
should use.
ModifyDhctConfiguration
The ModifyDhctConfiguration method (modDhctCfg) enables all PowerKEY
®
configuration parameters of the device or, in the case of a field-return unit,
authorizes the device for default services. The first time you stage a device and place
it into an active inventory status on your billing system, the
ModifyDhctConfiguration transaction is automatically sent to the device.
The first time the DNCS receives a request to perform the ModifyDhctConfiguration
transaction for a new device (or for RMA units, if EMMs are installed as described
later in this guide), the DNCS transmits at least 33 EMMs
twice . After that, each time
the system initiates the ModifyDhctConfiguration transaction, only the Service
Authorization EMMs (typically 4 EMMs) are transmitted.
Before a ModifyDHCTConfiguration is initiated from the billing system, you must
complete one or both of the following processes:

DHCT—Connect the DHCT to AC power and let it finish loading software (at
which point it displays either a clock or Brick mode status).

CableCARD module (for testing)—Install the CableCARD module in a host and
let it finish loading software. The staging process for CableCARD modules does
not require them to receive EMMs initially. See
How to Stage CableCARD
Modules (on page 77) for more information.