Appendix E: Glossary of ESAM Terms

acronym/name description esam event scheduling and metadata api – cablelabs (v i03) standard used for bridging communication between the broadcaster and external sds esni event scheduling and notification interface – scte 224 standard used for scheduling content switches this is an option for an sds pois placement opportunity and information service – scte 130 standard with logic on how to create, modify, replace, delete, passthrough scte 35 messages psn process status notification – message sent from the esam agent to the sds notifying the sds of the status/progress of the agent completing the instructions sent in the spn sas signal acquisition service – system that captures the scte 35 messages and is esam capable the broadcaster and esam agent together make up zixi’s sas sds signal decision service – external system with schedule or logic for handling scte 35 messages also, can send unsolicited commands to the agent for immediate switches or scte creation spe signal processing event – message sent from the esam agent to the sds requesting instructions spn signal processing notification – message from the sds to the esam agent with instructions (solicited or unsolicited)