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RDK-V IP Client is a IP based Client Set-Top-Box (STB) with RDK 4.0 features which connnects connects directly with Network Gateways. Targets on Accelerator platforms and utilizes only open-sourced RDK components.

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mkdir workspace
cd workspace

# initialize the manifest with repo tool # initialize the manifest with repo tool
repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -b ipstb_bringuprdk-next -m rdkv-ipstb-nosrc-mortyextsrc.xml
repo sync  -j `nproc` --no-clone-bundle --no-tags

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MACHINE=raspberrypi-rdk-ipmc source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment

bitbake rdk-generic-ipclient-image

Flashing Procedure

The image file will be generated under build-<MACHINE>/tmp/deploy/images/<MACHINE> directory.

eg: $ pwd

 dsrava434@dvm-yocto3-docker-dsrava434:~/varsha/build-raspberrypi-rdk-ipmc/tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi-rdk-ipmc$ pwd/home/dsrava434/varsha/build-raspberrypi-rdk-ipmc/tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi-rdk-ipmc

dsrava434@dvm-yocto3-docker-dsrava434:~/varsha/build-raspberrypi-rdk-ipmc/tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi-rdk-ipmc$ $ ls -lrt rdk-generic-ip-stb-client_rdk-next_20210914060227.rootfs.rpi-sdimg

-rw-r--r-- 2 dsrava434 dsrava434 478150656 Sep 13 12:33 rdk-generic-ip-stb-client_rdk-next_20210914060227.rootfs.rpi-sdimg

dsrava434@dvm-yocto3-docker-dsrava434:~/varsha/build-raspberrypi-rdk-ipmc/tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi-rdk-ipmc$ 

For flashing the image use dd command.

eg:   eg:  bcpuser149@bcpuser149-Lenovo-ideapad-330-15IKB:~$ sudo dd if=rdk-generic-ip-stb-client_rdk-next_20210914060227.rootfs.rpi-sdimg of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

[sudo] password for bcpuser149: 

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# Insert the micro SD card to the host system and mention the card's device file name
# input file (if) is the image file to flash and the output file (of) is the card's device file name
sudo dd if=<imagename> of=/dev/<sd file> bs=4M 

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Testing Procedure

•  For  Controller UI : For connecting Controller UI, use URL: http://<machineip>:9998

• Pluggins can be enabled or disabled Enabling / Disabling the Plugins from controller UI. 

• Wi-Fi Services: Wifi related services can be triggered from Wi-Fi tab in controller UI. We can scan and select from available networks.

• R-Pi Board Console Access : Execute ssh root@machineip from your host PC
• Image Details Verification:
• For ssh, we can use ssh root@machineip
• For verifying the image details, we can use cat /version.txt command.     

• For playing  Playing a video using aamp-cli, launch aamp-cli from terminal, cd /usr/bin;aamp-cli.

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•  For playing a video using gstreamer, use gst-launch-1.0.

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• gstreamer, with aamp as gstreamer plugin element by using aamp:// in the uri:

  eg :- gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=aamp://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/MI201109210084_1/m3u8s/f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa.m3u8 video-sink=westerossink

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• Playback through Youtube Application : For launching youtube from controller UI, enable cobalt plugin, youtube page will be loaded in TV UI.

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• Youtube Launched Output in the TV:

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• Youtube Launching Via Resident App: To load

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• Youtube from

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• Resident app UI, select Premium content 1 and press enter

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• Youtube page will be loaded.

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• Select and press enter to begin the playback.

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• To return to main menu, press cntl+m or home button.
• CNN Launching via Resident App UI: Select CNN and press Enter key to launch CNN.

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         select video and press Enter key to start playback

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Launching Vimeo using Resident APP : Select vimeo from resident app UI and press Enter to launch app.

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      Select and press Enter to start playback.

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To return to main menu from any of the app window use "Home" button in keyboard.

For further details on UI page, visit RDK Accelerator Home UI - Version 2.0#ControllerUI. 

Cobalt lifecycle using terminal:

Launching cobalt using RDK Shell : execute below command from ssh terminal

   curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":3, "method":"org.rdk.RDKShell.1.launch", "params":{"callsign": "Cobalt", "type":"", "uri":""}}' -H 'content-type:text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:9998/jsonrpc

 Setting a video URL using deeplink method.

    curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":3, "method":"Cobalt.1.deeplink","params": "<videoURL>"}' -H 'content-type:text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:9998/jsonrpc

Sending enter key to proceed video playback

    curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" --request POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":3, "method":"org.rdk.RDKShell.1.generateKey", "params":{"keys":[ {"keyCode": 13,"modifiers": [],"delay":1.0}]}}' http://127.0.0.1:9998/jsonrpc

Suspending the plugin using RDKShell

   curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":3, "method":"org.rdk.RDKShell.1.suspend", "params":{"callsign": "Cobalt"}}' -H 'content-type:text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:9998/jsonrpc

Resuming the plugin

   curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":3, "method":"org.rdk.RDKShell.1.launch", "params":{"callsign": "Cobalt", "type":"", "uri":""}}' -H 'content-type:text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:9998/jsonrpc

Destroy

    curl --data-binary ' {"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":3, "method":"org.rdk.RDKShell.1.destroy", "params":{"callsign":"Cobalt"}}' -H 'content-type:text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:9998/jsonrpc

Known Issues

Trouble Shooting

• Overcoming build time fetch errors: 
  • If fetch failure occurs for libinput, comment SRC_URI related changes from meta-cmf/recipes-graphics/libinput/libinput_git.bbappend.
  • If fetch failure occurs for gst-plugins-ugly,use mirror source, for that comment out SRC_URI related changes from meta-cmf/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly_git.bbappend.    
•  If the wireless networks are not listed in controller wifi page, try after disabling and enabling wifi from Network page, networks will be listed.       Disable cntlm-main.service if device reboot occasionally.