DTV Diagnostics Screen B

Diagnostic Screen B

The UP and DOWN keys, from either the front panel or remote, are used to scroll through banks of base tiers as well as a list of temporary tiers if the product has tiers or changes the channel if the product does not have tiers.

Both the BUY & INFO keys have no effect while in this screen.

Table 1.3-1 describes the information available on each line for Diagnostic Screen B.

Table -1. Diagnostic Screen B Data Description


Line #	Name	Definition
Line B1
	Geographic Region	1 byte region index number (0-255).
	Geographic Location X	X coordinate of IRD location.
	Geographic Location Y	Y coordinate of IRD location.
	Geographic Location Z	Z coordinate of IRD location.
	Multicast Address (1)	group 1 multicast address of unit.
	Multicast Address (2)	group 2 multicast address of unit.
	Multicast Address (3)	group 3 multicast address of unit.
	Multicast Address (4)	group 4 multicast address of unit.
	Channel Number	Current Virtual Channel Number or channel entry accumulator.
Line B2
	Category Number	TSODA multicast address.
	Category Sequence Number	Counter incremented by uplink every time category key is changed.
	Current Epoch Status	epoch status byte for the current program.
	Diagnostic Key	7 byte diagnostic key result that is computed by the Gatekeeper in response to a Diagnostic Key EMM, followed by the 1 byte EMM Reason.
	TSODA Oscillator Test	See TSODA HLD for complete description of the fields. Displays 2 numbers followed by 4 numbers.
Line B3
	Tier Type	B: Base Tiers; T: Temporary Tiers.
	Tier Bank Number	0-7 for Base Tiers; 0-7 for Temporary Tiers. Use ARROW –¯ keys to increment and decrement bank number.
	Base Tier Data (F-C) Temporary Tier Data	Base Tier data for this bank. -- OR -- Temporary tier data: nn:hhhhhhhh:eo Where 'nn' is the tier number in hex & ':eo' is Evb/Ovb.
	TSODA Oscillator Test	Displays oscillator test status {not ready, ready, failed, passed}.
Line B4
	Base Tier Bank Evb/Ovb (for Base Tiers only)	Even or odd validity bit for this bank: E: Valid Even; e: Invalid Even; O: Valid Odd; o:Invalid Odd.
	Tier Data	Tier data continued.
	Working Key Epoch Count	24 bit count of working key epochs, wraps around to 0
	Encryption Mode Byte	Encryption mode byte.
Line B5
	Tier Data	Tier data continued.
	Service ID	Three bytes - unique ID of selected service.
	Antitaping	Macrovision CPC {0 : disabled; 1 : enabled}.
Line B6
	Tier Data	Tier data continued.
	Crypto Status	current mode of crypto.
	TvPC Health	TvPass Card health byte.
	TvPC Status	TvPass Card status byte.
	TvPC Auth Reason	TvPass Card authorization reason.
Line B7
	Current Auth State	Authorization state for viewing/taping the current program, pkg1, pkg2, pkg3, pkg4. See Table 1.3-2.
	Seed Health	seed health byte.
Line B8
	Next Auth State	Authorization state for viewing/taping the next program, pkg1, pkg2, pkg3, pkg4. See Table 1.3-2.
	Current Epoch Number	Epoch number of current program.

Table -2 Auth States

The UP and DOWN keys, from either the front panel or remote, are used to change the channel.
Both the BUY & INFO keys will clear the signal quality counts. GUI-less products have a front panel menu to perform this function.
	Auth State		Auth State
AF	Anytime Free Preview	Q?	Indeterminate Tvpc Reason
B	Bought	QA	Invalid Unit Key Number
C	Program Can Buy	QB	Tvpc Base Unit Add Mismatch
C	Program Can Buy With Taping	QI	Tvpc Ack Parity Mismatch
CA	On Cable Channel	QK	Tvpc Validation Failure
CB	Event BlackOut	QM	Tvpc Required
CK	Consumer Key Required	QO	Old Tvpc Unit Address
CL	Channel Lockout	QP	Tvpc Purchase Prog At Other IRD
DF	Debit Reg Will Overflow	QR	Tvpc Refuses To Mate
FP	Fixed Program Key	QT	Tvpc Unit Address Mismatch
FW	Fixed Working Key	QU	Tvpc Not Mated
I$	Insufficient Credit	QV	New Tvpc Wrong Version Number
IC	Incomplete Program Rekey Chain	QX	Tvpc Communication Problem
IF	Initial Free Preview	RB	Regional BlackOut
M$	Cost String Required	RL	Auth Rating Lockout
MC	Missing Category Key	RR	Reportback Required
ME	Missing Event Blackout Message	S	Subscribed
MI	Missing Program Info	SC	Show Count Limit Exceeded
MM	Missing Virtual Map	SL	Auth Banner Suppression
MN	Program Name Message Required	SY	Not In Sync
MP	Missing Program Rekey	TK	Test Key
MS	Missing Service Status	TL	Too Late To Buy
MW	Missing Working Key Message	U	Universal
NA	No AFP Records	US	Undefined Service
NC	No Access Control	VH	View History Queue At Limit
NI	IPPV Not Enabled	VM	Channel Not Defined In VCM
NO	No IPPV Overlay In Message	XD	Bad Debit Buffer Checksum
NS	Not Subscribed	XS	Bad Seed Checksum
OC	Old Category Sequence	XX	Indeterminate No Auth Reason
P$	Maximum Package Cost Exceeded	Z$	Missing Credit Info
P?	Not Supported Via PIDAC	ZK	Zero Key
PO	No Descrambler Poll Received	??	Unknown State

The UP and DOWN keys, from either the front panel or remote, are used to change the channel.

Both the BUY & INFO keys will clear the signal quality counts. GUI-less products have a front panel menu to perform this function.