Director Conditional Access (CA)
MediaKind Director provides a full Conditional Access system to secure delivery of digital content encrypted using rotating keys that are distributed within the transport stream.
The keys are encrypted and transmitted within the transport stream using Entitlement Control Messages (ECMs) so multiple keys can be transmitted to decrypt more than one service.
Director CA offers Access Control Management which is controlled at the Director headend so that an operator can authorize or deauthorize receivers. This allows the operator to easily manage or restrict which receiver can access the secure content.
Supply the Director headend information
Receivers under control of the Director headend are addressed by a unique Director Hardware ID and receiver type. This information must be provided to the Director headend operator before the receiver can be authorized to decrypt secure content. A service must be assigned a Director Hardware ID in order to receive control messages from the Director headend.
Before you start, ensure at least one service is configured.
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From the Home page, select the RECEIVER item from the required feed then click to edit
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From the Parameters window, select the Decrypt tab.
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From the Director 6 hardware ID drop down list, select an unused entry as shown in the example.
Setting the Director Hardware ID to None disables Director functionality for that service.