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SimulCrypt • Overview
APEX1000 All-Purpose Edge QAM Software Version 2.4.x • Installation and Operation Manual
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The SimulCrypt Configuration window sets described in the following sections are:
• SimulCrypt Configuration
• EMMG Configuration
• SCS-ECMG Configuration
• EIS Configuration
The following read-only screens are also detailed:
SimulCrypt Events
EMMG Statistics
ECMG Statistics
EIS Statistics
SimulCrypt Functions
The APEX1000 offers the following SimulCrypt functions:
• A CWG, generating random control words to be used as the basic for scrambling,
and to produce entitlement messages from different conditional access providers
• An SCS interface between the head-end and different conditional access providers,
to control the generation of ECMs and manage the scrambling of each SCG
• A MUX function, to insert entitlement messages from each different conditional
access system into the Transport Stream flow
• A PSIG function, to modify or generate Program Specific Information for each
Transport Stream
• A scrambling function that makes possible the encryption of group services with a
common control word
SimulCrypt Interfaces
The APEX1000 supports the following SimulCrypt protocols:
Interface Protocol Version Description
ECMG Ù SCS
V2, V3 CW and ECM transfer between SCS and ECMG.
Shortening of CP is not supported.
EMMG Ù MUX
V2, V3 Transfer of third party EMMs for insertion into
multiplex.
EIS Ù SCS
V3, V4 Transfer of scrambling, scheduling and access criteria
between EIS and SCS.