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Release Notes - 2020 - M3
RDK Reference Platform (RFP)
Version: 1.1
31st March 2020
RDK MANAGEMENT, LLC CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY
This file (and its contents) are the intellectual property of RDK Management, LLC.
It may not be used, copied, distributed or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part without the express written permission of RDK Management, LLC. Copyright (c) 2020 RDK Management, LLC. All rights reserved.
Revision History
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 |
Contents
Introduction
This Release Notes document details on the delivery version 2020 M3 for the RDK Reference Platform to the RDK Community
- Release Feature Information
- Software and Hardware requirements to build
- Known limitations
- Updated Platform Tickets
Below are the list of release features supporting R-Pi platform and Emulator.
| S.No | Feature | Device | Profile | Remarks | Tickets |
|---|
| 1 | Band Steering Design Approach - R-Pi | R-Pi | RDKB | - Steering support added based on RSSI Threshold for client devices which support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz
- Added WiFi Hal Functions
wifi_setBandSteeringEnablewifi_getBandSteeringEnablewifi_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 |
| 2 | Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyzer Support in Emulator | Emulator - X86 | RDKB | - 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 |
| 3 | Bring WebPA support for Turris Omnia | Turris Omnia | RDKB | - 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
| |
| 4 | Synchronization of RDKB (WebUI) changes(update of SSID name) in Plume NOC | Turris Omnia | RDKB | TBD - Rajakumaran/Mani | REFPLTB-549 |
| 5 | Integration of Firmware Control Plugin for RPI | R-Pi | RDKV | - Firmware Control Plugin will provide support to device for changing the firmware running in device switching between two memory partitions
- 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 |
| 6 | Voice Plugin support in Thunder R-Pi | R-Pi | RDKV | - 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 |
| 7 | Yocto 3.1 Migration on RDKV R-Pi | R-Pi | RDKV | TBD - Supreeth |
REFPLTV-404 |
| 8 | Community Tickets | R-Pi and Emulator | RDKB | - [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
| REFPLTB-532 REFPLTB-520 REFPLTB-509 REFPLTB-422 REFPLTB-529 REFPLTB-461 REFPLTB-492 REFPLTB-396 REFPLTB-515 |
| 9 | Community Tickets | R-Pi | RDKV | - Thunder Metro App UI Graphics not loading on default with westeros change 34694
- Remove securityagent from meta-cmf-raspberrypi
| REFPLTV-389 REFPLTV-410
|
Hardware and Software Requirements
Supported software and hardware
- Preferred 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator: Tenda 150Mbps Wireless PICO USB Adapter with RT5370 chipset (W311MI) (or)
Preferred 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator: TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U) - Preferred 5GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator/RPI: TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U)
- Preferred xfinity-wifi 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for RPI: TP-LINK TL-WN823N 300Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter
- New dongle - Ultra-fast 1300 (867+400) mbps wireless speed with 802.11ac
- USB to Ethernet
- Desktop PCs
- 8 GB SD-Card
Known Issues and Limitations
- Integration of Firmware Control Plugin for RPI
- Auto reboot after firmware update is not happening currently. User has to reboot manually after completion of firmware update.
- RPI board will reboot before firmware update only for the first request for updating memory partition table, and user has to give request command once again for firmware update. This occurs only for the first request after board boot up.
- Bring WebPA support for Turris Omnia
- Limited number of Get/Set Parameters are tested, listed under user manual
- TBD - from respective task owners
Project Documentation
Below are the list of supporting documents that are part of release
| 1 | High Level Design |
| An high level design document which explains the design flow of each and every feature that covers Design Considerations, Architecture, Data Model, Limitations and Future Enhancements |
| 2 | User Manual |
| The user manual consists of procedure to test the particular feature that covers Environment setup, Executing the System and Trouble shooting steps |
| 3 | System Test Plan Results |
| This document contains multiple test cases and test results which are captured after test execution |
| 4 | Release Notes | | Release Notes -This document |
| 5 | Requirement Traceability Table | | This 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 |
