In the Provisioning Provider you can provide the parameters The parameters that are necessary to access the CA/OTT platform and to map the CRM.COM services and physical goods to be provisioned . can be supplied from Provisioning Provider Data Entry page.
Provider fields
The table describes the standard sections of a Provisioning Provider Data Entry page , and explains how the fields in the page are used.
Mandatory Configurable
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| Povider Provider Information | Name and Alternative Code of the provider Provisioning Protocol: The protocol of the provider you would like to set up and use. Life Cycle State:A Must be 'Not Effective', state denotes that commands will not be sent to send commands to the CA/OTT platform. | ||
Connection Parameters | End Point: The endpoint used for communicating with provisioning provider that will be used when calling the CA/OTT platform. User Name & , Password: Credentials used to login to the CA system. Character Set Encoding: The encoding that will be used by the Web Services. It web services (defaults to UTF-8 if not specified). | ||
Distributors
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Distributors are used to relate to associate the services and devices (installed items) of a subscription to with the provisioning provider. Multiple distributors on a subscription represent multiple viewing points with same or different services available from each device. For example, in a pay-tv subscription, separate viewing locations. Each device can offer different services. In a pay TV subscription, for example, two distributors can represent the decoder and channels available in a household'sliving room the decoderand channels available in thebedroom. Create the distributors which that can be provisioned through the provider. At least one provisioning distributor is required One or more provisioning distributors must be present for a provider to be 'Effective'. ADD a new distributor and provide supply the related information required in the modal. | |||
| Main Information | Name & , Alternative Code for the provisioning distributor. | ||
| Allowed Services | Defines a list of services which can be distributed by Define the services available through the distributor. This is used as a filter once the Once a distributor is selected, only the services defined as 'Allowed' will be available for selection when adding subscription services to a subscription. Two options are supported:
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| Restrictions | Minimum and Maximum optional and mandatory /Maximum Optional/Mandatory service restrictions control determine the number of services that can be added to the distributor. Restrictions Per per Service Type: Define the minimum and maximum number of services allowed to that can be added to the distributor, from specific service types. Restrictions Per per Physical Good Type: Define the minimum and maximum number of installed items allowed to that can be added to the distributor, from specific physical good types. | ||
| Dependencies | Service dependencies define Define services, service types, physical goods or physical good types that must be added to the distributordistributor, if enabled. | ||
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At least one service mapping is needed for an One or more service mappings must be present for a provider to be 'Effective' Provider. Service: Termed and usage services that can be provisioned by the provider. CA ID: The unique ID that identifies identifier for the service at the CA/OTT platform.
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A list of devices which that are required necessary for provisioning through the provider. For example, a decoder and a smartcard, or just only a decoder , or only a modem. Depending on the provider you are setting up A specific device type may be mandatory for a certain provider.
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