Managing devices

Overview

OpenTV Platform allows you to define:

• Device limits – limits for the number of devices that can be registered to an account

• Session limits – limits for the number of concurrent streaming sessions for an account

Device limits

The operator can define:

• A device limit
  The operator can set a limit for:

  • The number of devices that can be registered to an account. A registered device can be approved or unapproved.

  • The number of devices in each device group. (For example, there may be one limit for mobile devices and another for large-screen devices such as smart TVs.)

• An approved device limit
  This is the number of registered devices that are allowed to actually consume content.
  The operator can also specify how often a change can be made to an account's approved devices list (that is, to add or remove a device from the list).

Session limits

The operator can set limits for the number of concurrent streaming sessions. They can set:

• A limit for the total number of concurrent streaming sessions for the account

• A limit for the number of streaming sessions for each defined device group

Defining limits

These limits are defined in the following places:

• Total devices, total concurrent sessions, and approved device limits are defined in an account profile, which means you can have different limits for different groups of users.
  See Account profiles for details of setting these limits in OpCon and Accounts for details of applying account profiles to accounts.

• Device group limits and device group session limits are defined globally and apply to all accounts.
  See Device Management for details of setting these limits in OpCon.

Approved device limits are disabled by default. To enable them, contact your NAGRAVISION representative.

Use cases

This following sections explain:

OTT devices running ION are automatically added the first time they sign on. However, for integration and testing purposes, you can use the device utility API to add devices manually.

See also

• Device approval (Client integration guide)

• Device Management (OpCon documentation)

• Account profiles (OpCon documentation)