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The build procedure for broadband are as follows:
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It is must to have minimal size of 8GB SD-Card for Firmware upgrade support |
Generated image has to be flashed to an SD card using this command in local PC:
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The Raspberry Pi board is connected to the PC via a USB to serial converter and the logs can be checked in console or can be connected via HDMI cable to a TV and logs will be shown in the terminal
It is necessary to flash the stable image during upgrade. So checksum file has to be created for the image to be uploaded using below command
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After checksum file is created, place this file in tftp location along with actual image file which is expected by firmware upgrade script. Without which firmware upgrade wont be allowed by scripts
If RDKV is flashed for the first time, please ignore below procedure in current section
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8. After applying close size increased to 2 GB can be seen
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http://34.219.243.214:9093/admin |
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→ RPI will support only tftp protocol . No http protocol support is provided yet
1) Create Environment
2) Create Model
3) Create MAC list by entering the MAC address of Rpi board
4) Create the Firmware Configuration by providing Firmware Description, File name as Image name to be downloaded from Xconf server, and version is the same image name without the extension (.rootfs.rpi-sdimg) and select Model(ex. RPI_BB) form the listed Models
5) Create MAC rule by providing rule name, Build condition is eStbMac, choose the option IN_LIST and for next field, select the MAC list created for RPi board, verify that based on the MAC list selection, Firmware Config will be automatically displayed under Action section.
6) Go to Download Location Round Robin Filter page and click on Edit. Provide Location and full http location as mentioned in the snapshot below. Select the option "Never use HTTP". Select the Rogue model from the models displayed in the section (ex. RPI, RPI_BB). Verify that Firmware versions are displayed based on the selected Rogue models.
Provide TFTP Server IP address in the IPv4 locations and provide 100 in the percentage field. If there are multiple TFTP servers then add them under IPv4 locations and distribute the percentage among them like total should be 100% and save this page.
7. Verify that XConf Server configuration displays the Json response from the mentioned URL:
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For ex. http://34.219.243.214:9092/xconf/swu/stb?eStbMac=B8:27:EB:F6:70:8C
Configure tftp server and keep the image file and reapective md5 checksum file inside tftp folder. Example given below:
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/etc/init.d/xinetd restart
Please find the summary on firmware upgrade explained above
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3. If the user wants to view swupdate.log file then follow below steps:
a) Disable log rotation feature - This wipes out the log file if size exceeds after 1min
For B image command - systemctl disable rdkbLogMonitor
For V image command - systemctl disable logrotation.service
b) Reboot the box - This will make swupdate.service restart and user can start getting swupdate.log both for B and V image
4. Download of Video image(size 592 MB) takes roughly 40 min time and Broadband(size 292MB) image takes roughly 20 min time from Cloud server(Xconf). Broadband to Video or Video to Broadband is taking approx 15 min time to boot up after download from XConf server is completed.
5. Minimum extended partition should be 1GB, to verify multiboot feature.