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# Director 6

Director 6 delivers secure, end‑to‑end management for contribution and distribution networks, with
enhanced content security beyond Director 5 (not supported in Beam).

## Director Features

[](#conditional-access-ca)

### Conditional Access

Enhanced content protection and entitlement management.

[](/beam/receiver/decryption/over-air-control)

### Over Air Control

Remotely configure receivers through satellite links.

## Conditional Access (CA)

A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) must be fitted. If not fitted, the Director 6 functionality will
be hidden. Please contact MediaKind Customer Support on how to check this.

When the [Receiver Configuration Type](/beam/receiver/#receiver-configuration-type) is set to
**TS passthrough**, it is possible to configure multiple programmes from a single MPTS to be
descrambled using Director 6. For decode-oriented Receiver Configuration Types, such as **SD/HD**
or **UHD**, only a single service can be configured for descrambling and decoding.

### Supplying Information to the Director Headend

Receivers under the control of a Director 6 headend system must be registered by supplying the
**Director Key File** downloaded from the unit. This contains all the information necessary for the
Director 6 headend to authorize decrypting scrambled content or accepting Over-Air-Control (OAC) commands.

Before you start, ensure at least one service is configured.

* From the Home page, select the RECEIVER item from the required feed then click  to edit

* From the Parameters window, select the Decrypt tab.

* Click the Director 6 tab.

* From the Director 6 hardware ID drop down list, select an ID entry that the content provider
  can use to address the receiver service.

* Click Export Keyfile button to download the Director Key File.

* If other Director 6 hardware IDs are assigned to other receiver services, repeat the above steps
  to export and download the Director Key File for each unique Director 6 hardware ID assignment.

* Send the Director Key File(s) to the content provider who will manage entitlements.

## Configuring Director 6 Decryption

### Enable Director 6 Decryption for Service Decode

Director 6 decryption is enabled by ticking the **Descrambling Enable** check box in the receiver
service configuration. This allows multiple service configurations to decrypt using **Director 6**
without being limited to the Director 6 hardware ID.

For a receiver service that has been configured for UHD or SD/HD, enable Director 6 decryption with
the following steps.

* From the Home page, select the RECEIVER item from the required feed then click  to edit

* From the Parameters window, select the Decrypt tab.

* Click the Director 6 tab.

* Tick the Descrambling Enable check box.

* Once configuration is complete, click Save and Continue to apply change.

### Enable Director 6 Decryption for TS Passthrough

For a receiver service that has been configured for TS Passthrough, enable Director 6 decryption
with the following steps.

* From the Home page, select the RECEIVER item from the required feed then click  to edit

* From the Parameters window, select the Decrypt tab.

* Click the Director 6 tab.

* Under the Program Configuration section, click the Add Decrypted Program button.

* A new row will appear in the decryption table, set the Service to be decrypted and set the
  Decryption Type to Director 6.

* Once configuration is complete, click Save and Continue to apply change.