Technicolor COM1002 Manuel

Pro:Idiom Key Loss Avoidance – Best Practices

 Technicolor is constantly working to improve the features and performance of the COM1000 system.  It is usually beneficial to update COM24s to the

Although not strictly a key loss avoidance technique, making sure the DIRECTV satellite feed and cable distribution networks are constructed with appr

Appendix – A Key Loss Example

13 The Problem – Illegal PID remapping 11/17/2011 On this channel PID 0x2A is a Pro:Idiom Key Management message PID On the adjacent channel PID 0x2A

14 The Solution – Control the PIDs 11/17/2011 On this channel PID 0x2A is a Pro:Idiom Key Management message PID The Key Management message PID is not

There are two mechanisms which can cause Pro:Idiom key loss in commercial television sets that have been identified to us by LG  Unapproved mapping o

3 Causes - PID remapping 11/17/2011 Channel 1 Channel 2 VIDEO PID = 0x27 VIDEO PID = 0x27 AUDIO PID = 0x30 AUDIO PID = 0x30 Pro:Idiom PID = 0x105A AU

 ATSC off air receivers  There is no way to control the PID mapping used in broadcast programming and we recommend that this equipment NOT be used i

QAM plant channel Analog plant channel Channel map channel Station Satellite/Air Ch Signal Type 21-1 4 WFOR-4 CBS 22 / 4.1 HD OA 22-3 5 WTVJ-6 NBC

6 Avoidance Techniques – Off Air Channel Lineup 11/17/2011 QAM plant channel Analog plant channel Channel map channel Station Satellite/Air Ch Signal

 edgeQAM PID remapping  A number of edgeQAM products have been designed specifically to work in Pro:Idiom systems and are known to correctly manage

• When using Harmonic edgeQAMs in the paradigm mode the position of the UDP port in the list of ports available for a given channel sets the first dig

 Available UDP ports for QAM1 Program 1 and 2 are 257 – 511  UDP 257 -> QAM 1 Program 1 -> PIDs 10, 13, 18, 19 (for PMT, video, audio1, Pro:I