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TelVue HyperCaster ® User Manual / v5.0 / October 2014
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Appendix: Guide to CCMS Plus
The TelVue CCMS Plus feature pack is an optional upgrade module for the TelVue HyperCaster,
enabling it to interoperate with any CCMS-compatible Traffic and Billing (T&B) System.
The following are methods, operations and procedures for the TelVue HyperCaster when using the
CCMS Plus feature set. It is based on the Generic Digital Protocol (GDP) specification (originally
developed by Novar, now owned by Harris Corporation). CCMS Plus will work with any standard GDP
Traffic & Billing (T&B) system.
All HyperCasters and CCMS Plus remote servers must be active and visible on your LAN. If you are
using hostnames or domain names, all servers must be able to resolve DNS for the domain or
hostname. HTTP traffic must not be blocked to the servers so you can access the browser-based
interface. Inter-server communication occurs over the very common SMB (Samba) or FTP protocols,
active by default in all versions of Windows, Mac and Linux.
The HyperCaster is typically configured with two NIC ports, one for streams in and out, and the other
on a management network where the HyperCaster can receive schedules and content, and transmit
verification reports. Assuming this type of network configuration, the management port would also be
the point of connectivity for the various remote schedule and content servers.
CCMS Plus Setup
1. Channel Setup
Each HyperCaster must be configured with two parameters, Network and Headend ID. From the
browser interface:
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Click Channels in the Config tab.
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Click a Channel’s title or its Edit button.
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Fill in appropriate values for Network and Headend ID. Save those changes.
Each channel being scheduled with CCMS Plus must have a unique Network / Headend-ID pair. Each
schedule file has a Network and Headend ID in its filename. (Network ID is character positions 4 & 5.
Headend ID is positions 6, 7, and 8.) The HyperCaster retrieves .SCH files with a filename containing
the Headend and Network ID of any of its channels for scheduling. For example, if you configure a
channel to have a Network ID of 01 and a Headend ID of 001, the server will retrieve from the
schedule remote server, all .SCH files with a filename of ***01001.SCH.
2. Remote Server Setup
A CCMS Plus setup includes one or more HyperCasters connected to a single remote server for
schedule files, and any number of content remote servers for media. The schedule and content remote
servers can be any available FTP or SMB share on the network. The HyperCaster will automatically
retrieve scheduled media files not already present from any of the remote content servers, and
schedules from the single schedule remote server.
To set up a remote server:
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Click “Remote Servers” on the Config tab and select the “New Remote Server” button.
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Select a type of “CCMS” for schedule remote servers, or “Content” for remote servers
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Select the protocol type (either FTP or SMB).
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Fill out the remaining protocol dependent fields (name, user, etc.) and select “Save”