Provisioning is used for a full integration with Conditional Access (CA) and OTT (Over The Top) platforms. It is used to retrieve and manage the provisioning adapters that were developed to integrate with third party CA systems and OTT systems.
What Comes First
To start using Provisioning Providers configure the System to support your business model. In the following table, you can find the configuration modules related to Provisioning Providers. CRM.COM has integration with multiple providers for Subscriptions business. Choose the one that you cooperate with and set up accordingly.
| Sub-module | Type | Classification | Navigation | Dig In |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | Configuration | BILLING The above link is related to Perception Provider. Select the Provisioning System that you cooperate with and navigate to the respective Provider link, available under: BILLING
| Configuring Perception Provisioning Provider The manual is related to Perception Provider. Select the Provisioning System that you cooperate with and go to the respective Provider manual from Provisioning | |
| Transactional | BILLING The above link is related to Conax Contego Web Services Provider. Select the Provisioning System that you cooperate with and navigate to the respective Process Run link, available under: BILLING | Configuring and Executing Conax Contego Web Services Provisioning Request Runs The manual is related to Conax Contego Web Services. Select the Provisioning System that you cooperate with and go to the respective Provisioning Run manual, if one is available, from Provisioning |
Step 1: Setting up Provider
The Provisioning Provider module allows you to
- Configure connection parameters which are needed to access the Provider, such as the endpoint URL, username and password as well as the provisioning protocol.
- Map the Subscription Services which are provisioned by the provider and set their CA ID
- Map the Physical Goods which are used by the provider
Step 2: Setting up Provisioning Request Run
Provisioning Requests Run Definitions are used to determine the business rules used to identify Subscriptions that must be activated or deactivated, hardware that must be paired, pending messages that must be sent to the provider, and to create and send the necessary commands to the provider for that purpose.
The runs are only required for specific Providers. Providers that work with Real Time communication; i.e. processing is batch
Do it Yourself!!!
In this example, we have used Nagra Vision SMS Gateway Provider
Let's see how you can quickly set up the System to start using provisioning module for Nagravision SMSgw.
For the modules, sections and attributes not mentioned you don't need to make any configuration
Create Nagravision SMSGW Provisioning Provider
| Provisioning Provider | Provisioning Protocol | Connection Parameters | Encoding | Distributors | Services | Physical Goods |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagravision SMSgw | Nagravision SMSgw Services | Request from CRM.COM | UTF-8 | Nagravison SMSGW Main | Add services which are provisioned by provider and set their CA ID | Add the physical goods which are provisioned by the provider: Smartcards and Decoders |
Provisioning Request Run Definition
| Name | Input Settings | Scheduling Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Pairing | Skip all except:
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