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Release No.

Date

Revision Description

1.0

02 Mar 2020

Updated Release Information , Release Identification for 2020 M2 Release

Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed

1.1

31 Mar 2020

Updated Release Information , Release Identification for 2020 M3 Release

Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed

Updated Known Issues and Limitations for

  • Band Steering Support in RPI - RDKB (REFPLTB-432)
  • Bring WebPA support for Turris Omnia - RDKB (REFPLTB-550)
  • Integration of Firmware Control Plugin for RPI - RDKV (TS-27)
  • Voice Plugin support in Thunder R-Pi - RDKV (TS-31)
  • Continuous Video Recording ( CVR ) - RDKC (REFPLTCAM-10)

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Contents

Table of Contents
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Introduction

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This Release Notes document details on the delivery version 2020 M3 for the RDK Reference Platform to the RDK Community

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Firmware Control Plugin will provide support to device for changing the firmware running in device switching between two memory partitions
S.NoFeatureDeviceProfileRemarksTickets
1Band Steering Support in RPIR-PiRDKB
  • Steering support added based on RSSI Threshold for client devices which support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz
  • Added WiFi Hal Functions 
    • wifi_setBandSteeringEnable

    • wifi_getBandSteeringEnable

    • wifi_getBandSteeringCapability

  • Made modification in CcspWiFiAgent Component
    • Compilation flag added to support Band Steering Feature for Band steering calls under R-Pi Platform
  • System Testing performed with 19 test cases

REFPLTB-432

2Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyzer Support in EmulatorEmulator - X86RDKB
  • WiFi Spectrum Analyzer feature provides the real time metrics for the WiFi radio spectrum
    • Integrated wifi-spectrum analyzer php , ajax files to view the UI page in Browser.
    • Added new php and ajax files are wifi_spectrum_analyzer.php, spectrum_analyzer_download.php,at_saving.php, ajax_wifi_spectrum_analyzer.php,ajax_at_saving.php
    • Added Troubleshooting > Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyzer page in WebUI
    • Implemented wifi_getNeighboringWiFiDiagnosticResult2() api's in wifi hal layer
    • System Testing Performed with 9 Test Cases

REFPLTB-553

3Bring WebPA support for Turris OmniaTurris OmniaRDKB
  • Turris Omnia Platform supported with WebPA Based Remote Management and performed Get/Set operations using WebPA Server
    • Added parodus service and parodus_start script files under meta-turris layer
    • Added parodus.bbappend file to include added files and install under /lib/rdk and system folder
    • Established communication with WebPA Server by providing respective URL in parodus_start.sh file
    • System Testing performed with 19 Test Cases
4Synchronization of RDKB (WebUI) changes(update of SSID name) in Plume NOCTurris OmniaRDKBTBD - Rajakumaran/Mani
  • Synchronization of configuration changes or data changes between RDK-B device parameters from DMCLI/WebUI to Plume NOC

REFPLTB-549

5Integration of Firmware Control Plugin for RPIR-Pi RDKV
  • Added Support to auto create second memory partition  in SD-Card for memory bank switching
  • Parameter validation while upgrade request reached
  • Loop mounting of firmware image, extract and copy the content to passive bank and make as active
  • Auto reboot after flashing completed
  • System Testing Performed 
  • TS-27
    6Voice Plugin support in Thunder R-PiR-PiRDKV
    • Voice control support using Tech 4 Home remote on RDKV 4.0 R-Pi . Voice command from remote is transferred to RPI board  via bluetooth and is processed by Voice plugin
      • Demo Video added explains use of this feature

    TS-31

    7Yocto 3.1 Migration on RDKV R-PiR-PiRDKV

    Yocto 3.1 Upgradation support the following:

    • Yocto BSP layer for meta-raspberrypi.
    • OpenEmbedded and Yocto Dunfell.
    • Linux kernel 4.19.
    • Version upgrades for bitbake, gstreamer and other oe/wpe recipes.
    • Integrate latest westeros.
    • Launching Youtube with WPEFramework UI.


    REFPLTV-404

    6Community Tickets R-Pi and EmulatorRDKB
    • [TDK][AUTO]Emulator UI not coming up after factory reset
    • CcspwifiSsp : Unable to load library -- libwifi.so
    • [TDK][AUTO] Some WiFi parameters queried after a factory reset through webpa is giving a empty value
    • Device.X_COMCAST-COM_GRE. query is returning CCSP_ERR_NOT_EXIST(192) error
    • [TDK][AUTO]WiFi SSID broadcast not stopping even after disabling the SSIDs
    • [TDK][AUTO]Device.WiFi.SSID Status is Up even if Device.WiFi.SSID Enable is disabled for both 2.4 GHZ and 5 GHZ public wifi
    • [TDK][AUTO]Unable to toggle Device.WiFi.AccessPoint.10002.SSIDAdvertisementEnabled through webpa
    • RPI's clients losing connectivity intermittently
    • [TDK][AUTO]Webpa and dmcli queries are giving different values as output for few of the WiFi parameters
    • RDKB EMU snmp request for wifi factory reset failing in rdk-dev branch

    REFPLTB-532

    REFPLTB-520

    REFPLTB-509

    REFPLTB-422

    REFPLTB-529

    REFPLTB-461

    REFPLTB-492

    REFPLTB-396

    REFPLTB-515

    REFPLTB-408


    97Community TicketsR-Pi RDKV
    • Thunder Metro App UI Graphics not loading on default with westeros change 34694
    • Remove securityagent from meta-cmf-raspberrypi
    • Dotscreen support on UI Resolution

    REFPLTV-389 

    REFPLTV-410

    REFPLTV-411

    810Continuous Video Recodrding ( CVR ) SupportR-Pi RDKC
    • CVR uses Kinesis Video Streams and supporting 24/7 video recording support.

    REFPLTCAM-10

    119WebPA SupportSupport R-Pi RDKC
    • Supporting Webpa Remote management with parodus and webpacamera components being enabled in RDK-C.
    • Enabling get/set functionality to operate TR-181 device parameter.

    REFPLTCAM-8

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    Known Issues and Limitations

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    • Band Steering Support in RPI
      • Band Steering feature is limited only to dual/tri band radio capable devices.
      • Steering of 5 GHz capable wireless clients can be done only when SSID and security parameters are same for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.
    • Bring WebPA support for Turris Omnia
      • Limited number of Get/Set Parameters are tested, listed under user manual
    • Voice Plugin support in Thunder R-Pi
    • RDKC- Continuous Video Recording ( CVR )
      • CVR feature can record and stored content locally i.e. on R-Pi target.
      • Need to support content upload to AWS server.
      TBD - from respective task owners
    • WebPA support - RDK Camera - R-Pi
      • Limited number of Parameters tested which are listed under respective User Manual
    • Synchronization of RDKB (WebUI) changes (update of SSID name) in Plume NOC
      • RDKB WebUI  is not coming up, with recent changes in gateway image.
      • ccspwifiagent is not coming up during  bootup ( systemctl restart ccspwifiagent )


    Project Documentation

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    Below are the list of supporting documents that are part of release

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    1High Level DesignAn high level design document which explains the design flow of each and every feature also covers Design Considerations, Architecture, Data Model, Limitations and Future Enhancements
    2User Manual



    The user manual consists of procedure to test the particular feature also covers Environment setup, Executing the System and Trouble shooting steps
    3System Test Plan Results



    This document contains multiple test cases and test results which are captured after test execution
    4Release NotesRelease Notes -This document
    5Requirement Traceability TableThis document tracks the requirement/feature from end to end (For Eg: from design,coding,testing,documentation are tracked for an particular feature. This enables the user to have a quick references of a particular feature
    6Demo VideosThis document/Video explains the feature supported in video file format and explains use cases covered for the respective feature with set up needed

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    Technical Support contact

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