Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Related Documentation
• Documentation Accessibility

1 Cable TV Technology Pack Overview

• About the Cable TV Technology Pack
  • Cable Video Service Topologies
• Contents of the Cable TV Technology Pack
  • Cable TV Technology Pack Javadoc
  • Cable TV Technology Pack Super JAR File
  • Cable TV Technology Pack Individual Jar Files
  • Cable TV Technology Pack ZIP Archive Files
    • Address, Location, and Party Cartridges
    • Cable TV Cartridges
    • Common Library
  • Cable TV Technology Pack Sample Ant Build Scripts
  • Cable TV Technology Pack Web Service Samples
  • Cable TV Technology Pack Readiness Data
• Opening the Technology Pack in Design Studio
• Using the Cable TV Technology Pack
  • Deploying the Cable TV Technology Pack
  • Defining Cable-Specific Inventory Items
  • Using the UIM Service Fulfillment Web Service
• Enabling Debugging of Validation and Assignment Rules

2 Address, Location, and Party Content

• Entity Specifications
  • Party Specifications
  • Place Specifications
  • Role Specifications

3 Cable TV Content

• Entity Specifications
  • Inventory Group Specifications
  • Involvement Specifications
  • Logical Device Specifications
  • Media Stream Specifications
  • Network Specifications
  • Place Specifications
  • Physical Device Specifications
  • Role Specifications
  • Service Specifications
  • Service Configuration Specifications
• Rulesets Included in the Cable TV Cartridges

4 Common Content

• Common Library
  • CommonManager
  • ResourceManager
  • ServiceManager

5 Extending the Cable TV Technology Pack

• Extending Validation Capabilities
  • Extending the Validation Methods

6 Cable TV Technology Pack Service Example

• Overview
• Creating Cable TV Inventory Resources
  • Creating Headend Resources
    • Creating Access Controllers
    • Creating VOD Controllers
    • Creating Device Partitions
    • Creating Headend Inventory Groups
  • Creating Subscription Resources
    • Creating Video Entitlement Media Streams
    • Creating Subscription Devices
• Creating the Cable Video Service
  • Associating a Service Location and Subscriber with the Video Service
  • Creating the Headend Profile
    • Referencing Headend Resources
  • Creating Video Subscriptions
    • Assigning Subscription Devices
    • Configuring Subscription Features
    • Assigning Provisionable Video Services

7 Automating Cable Services through Web Services

• About the UIM Service Fulfillment Web Service
• About Cable TV Custom Service Actions and Parameters
• create
  • Understanding the Request
    • About the Interaction, Item, and Service
    • About the Parameters
  • Understanding How Characteristic Values are Set in the Request
  • Understanding How Primitive Data Types are Represented in the Request
• changeAddSubscriber
  • Understanding the Request
• changeAddSubscription
  • Understanding the Request
• changeRemoveSubscription
• changeAddStream
• changeRemoveStream
• changeSwapSubscriptionDevice
• changeUnsubscribeAll
• About the Cable TV Test XML