RDK Camera in RPI Reference Platform - WebPA Support - User manual - M3

Introduction

• This page dedicated to bringing up and validation of Webpa functionality in R-Pi Zero.
• WebPA is the communication channel from Cloud to RDK based home gateway devices. It helps to manage devices from Cloud. WEBPA protocol provides functionality of read/write access to device management parameters.

Required Equipment

• Raspberry Pi 0 Device
• SD Card
• Power Cable
• OTG Cable
• Standard USB keyboard
• Mini HDMI connector
• HDMI Cable
• Television set/monitor with HDMI input

System Setup

Build Procedure

$ repo init -u "https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests" -m rdkc-nosrc.xml -b master

$ repo sync

$ source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment

select meta-cmf-raspberrypi/conf/machine/raspberrypi0-rdk-camera.conf

$ bitbake rdk-generic-camera-image

Image Flash Procedure

$ sudo dd if="Image Name" of="Device Name" bs=4M

Example:

sudo dd if=rdk-generic-camera-image_default_20200130060729.rootfs.rpi-sdimg of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

WEBPA Validation Procedure

STEP 1:

Add require SSID and PSK in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file in below format

network={

ssid="username"

psk="password"

}

STEP 2:

Reboot the Target

After Reboot don't do step 1 and 2.

Note : Step 1 & 2 is only applicable for fresh target boot-up with new image.

STEP 4:

WiFi connection is must needed for WEBPA validation.

Check WiFi connection by using below command.

ifconfig

STEP 5:

check Parodus binary running status in RPI by using below command

ps -Af | grep parodus

STEP 5:

check Webpacamera binary running status in RPI by using below command

ps -Af | grep webpacamera