Inventors:
Peter Wong - San Diego CA, US
Troy Brandon - San Diego CA, US
Jon Huss - El Cajon CA, US
Assignee:
Entropic Communications, Inc. - San Diego CA
International Classification:
H04H 20/74
US Classification:
455 302, 455 304, 4554562, 455420, 725 63, 725 68, 340540
Abstract:
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for auto-installing an integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) includes issuing an auto-installation command from the IRD to an outdoor unit (ODU) and receiving a plurality of tones from the ODU in response to the auto-installation command, each tone representing a center frequency of available user bands (UBs). The auto-installation also includes acquiring a UB center frequency by the IRD, requesting the ODU to confirm a UB number corresponding to the acquired UB center frequency, and receiving confirmation from the ODU that a UB number corresponds to the acquired UB center frequency. The auto-installation also includes sending an acceptance of the assigned UB number from the IRD to signal the ODU that it may mark the assigned UB as assigned.