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System Requirements / Operation
FTG Configuration Application
• PC System running Windows XP operating system or later
• Minimum of 16 MB of RAM
• Minimum of 15 MB free HDD space for FTG Configuration Application.
Additional space required for channel database(s)
• 800 x 600 SVGA display
• RS-232 serial port set to 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit
FTG Card
• LG/Zenith Pro:Idiom TV/STB with MPI card slot
• PTC Version V_XX_XX_XXX or later, refer to Compatibility list on page 17
System Operation
The LG/Zenith Free-To-Guest card solution for Pro:Idiom standalone operation. When an LG/Zenith Pro:Idiom
TV/STB is tuned to a channel that has Pro:Idiom encrypted content and that channel is defined in the FTG
Channel Map with the
‘Encrypted’
Attribute set, the FTG card enables the TV/STB to decrypt the content.
System Planning and Tips
• Before setting up the system, a Channel Mapping Plan and a Master TV/STB Setup should be devised.
• It is recommended that the channel map include Logical Channels in sequential order 0-1-2-3 etc., but is
not required when defined using the FTG Configuration Application.
• The plan should have a layout that determines whether Physical or Virtual channel numbers will be used
and the sequence that the channels will appear on the TV/STB.
• It is necessary to know the Physical or Virtual channel number of each channel to be included in the FTG
Channel Map. If Digital channels are to be included both the major and the minor channel numbers are
required. For analog channels the Minor channel number is always 0 (zero).
• When the TV/STB Installer Menu item
103 ATSC Mode
is set to physical (1) the Physical Channel number
and the (Virtual) Major Channel number are the same.
