• Improve quality and simplify the monitoring and management of large-scale QAM deployments
• Automate D5 UEQ management for reduced errors and improved efficiency, reliability, and perform
• Automatically discover D5 UEQs and their status, configuration, and software for ease of management
• Automate QAM monitoring, process status, and reporting for improved quality and reduced OPEX
• Upgrade software and make configuration changes to all UEQs or selected sets in one simple operation

Large-scale QAM deployments are difficult to monitor and manage efficiently. The volume of infrastructure devices to be controlled – each with its own configuration, software image, hardware inventory, and performance characteristics – challenges MSOs to administer QAMs effectively and deliver high-quality, high-reliability services. The ARRIS D5 Application Manager simplifies and eases management of large-scale D5 UEQ deployments with user-friendly surveillance and flexible, efficient device monitoring and management tools. D5 Application Manager provides extensive monitoring capability on transport streams, event logs, hardware status, and environmental telemetry to automatically alert operators of device variances and issues affecting service quality and performance. Operators set up Application Manager to address a specified set of D5 UEQs on the network and App Manager automatically discovers and displays information on all UEQs found. App Manager runs on a network server or PC and handles up to 200 D5 UEQs simultaneously, providing a unified view and single point of control of large, complex QAM operations. Operators can easily and securely provision Privacy Mode Encryption for selected QAM channels, enabling delivery of encrypted VOD content. QAM parameter changes are easy to apply and propagate with the Application Manager Batch Configuration tool’s simple-to-use, spreadsheet screens and bulk propagation services. The D5 Application Manager also enables rapid, efficient software image polling and software upgrades across sets of QAMs. For

• Manage and monitor up to 300 D5 Universal Edge QAMs (UEQs)
• Provision Motorola Privacy Mode encryption of VoD content securely
• Centralized D5 UEQ Management allows operator to make configuration changes to a selected set of D5 UEQs in one simple operation
• Configuration Support for D5 UEQ in SDV, Broadcast, VOD and M-CMTS Video Applications
• Various Client GUI & Network Server Deployment Options
• Upgrade the software image active on a selected set of D5 UEQs
• Monitor the status of D5 UEQs and their active video services
• Alarm Filtering and Forwarding

The ARRIS D5 Application Manager is an edge of the network software management client/server package that helps in bulk provisioning and monitoring of potentially 300 D5 Universal Edge QAM (UEQ) deployments in the one central management domain. The Application Manager automates the complete D5 UEQ management life cycle ranging from discovery, simple logical interface configuration, software deployment, QAM configuration on third party SDV Servers, event management in a hybrid setup within the full NMS solution, privacy mode encryption, to complex PSI/SI table editing & section provisioning for broadcast support. A suite of user-friendly, versatile and robust worksheets enable operators to deploy network wide D5 UEQ configuration changes, rules and filters for Broadcast, Video on Demand (VOD), SDV and M-CMTS video applications.

• D5® Universal Edge QAM