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Hardware Options and Software Licenses
3.4 Conditional Access (MX8400/SWO/DVBCA[/EXT])
The MX8400 is capable of DVB scrambling its outputs without the need for
additional option cards. The scrambling control enables selection of services to be
scrambled within a specific MPTS configurable via nCompass Control.
Table 3.10 Conditional Access Connector
Item Specification
Safety status SELV
Connector
ETHERNET CA 1
ETHERNET CA 2
Connector type
The CA Ethernet ports are be RJ-45, with link, speed and
activity indication.
Standards
The CA Ethernet ports support IPv4 and are 10/100 full/half
duplex auto sensing.
It is possible to disable the auto-negotiation of the speed and
flow control on the CA Ethernet links.
Addressing The two CA Ethernet ports have separate MAC addresses.
Redundancy Redundant switching between Ethernet ports raises a warning.
Table 3.11 Conditional Access
Item Specification
Compliance ETSI TS 103 197 V1.4.1.
DVB-CSA
The MX8400/BAS CA engine supports DVB-CSA scrambling. A
software license is required to enable SimulCrypt
(MX8400/SWO/DVBCA). A software license
(MMX8400/SWO/DVBCA/EXT) is required for additional stream
that requires scrambling.
Transport streams
The CA engine receives (up to) 8 multi-program transport
streams (MPTS) of MPEG-2 188 byte packets with a maximum
aggregate bit rate of 1 Gbps.
Simulcrypt
Scrambling with up to 8 different CAs is supported concurrently
compliant with TS101 197-1 v1.3.1.
Entitlement Control
Message Generator
(ECMG)
The multiplexer supports ECMG redundancy in allowing
multiple ECMG units to be defined. The total number of ECMG
redundant pairs for each unit is 24.
The multiplexer supports load balancing of connections
between multiple ECMG units belonging to the same CASID.
The list of ECMG IP address is obtained from the control
system allowing dynamic definitions to support N+M
redundancy.
Where multiple services are encrypted, a disruption in the ECM
stream for one service will not impact on any other service.
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