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Document Title | RDK Emulator Users Guide |
Version | |
Date | 18/11/2021 |
RDK (Reference Design Kit) is an integrated set of software components, tools and documentation that help in the development of the software stack for set-top box based on the standard Linux operating system which is designed to meet the requirements of the latest generation media servers and clients.
The RDK emulator is an x86 based implementation of the RDK software stack. It is primarily targeted towards the RDK development community (integrators, component developers and application developers) that attempts to simplify the process of working with the RDK software stack without the need for a reference hardware platform.
The purpose of this document is to enable RDK users and developers to be able to bring up the RDK stack and emulator on the PC platform. The document also includes step-by-step procedures to setup & build RDK Emulator
Known Issues
The following table describes the acronyms and abbreviations used in this document
Abbreviation/Acronym | Description |
RDK | Reference Development Kit |
VM | Virtual Machine |
VBox | Virtual Box |
QAM | Quadrature Amplitude Modulation |
STB | Set Top Box |
XRE | Cross-Platform Runtime Environment |
HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
EOS | End of Stream |
SPTS | Single Program Transport Stream |
MPTS | Multi-Program Transport Stream |
UPNP | Universal Plug and Play |
RDK-B Emulator runs RDK-B stack on PC platform, validated through the virtual box based virtualization platform .
Hardware Abstraction Layer supporting Ethernet and Wi-Fi functionalities are introduced to adopt the PC platform.
Wi-Fi Hotspot support through external wireless adapter.USB to Ethernet Adapter is used for Ethernet LAN connections.
Support of advance configurations like firewall, parental control, WAN Manager and remote management etc ...
Build Types | RDK Components Involved | Features/Applications Supported | Final Image Name | Startup Application |
rdk-generic-broadband-image |
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| rdk-generic-broadband-image-qemux86broadband.wic.vmdk | WebUI configuration |
How to Build#SettinguptheHostEnvironment
RDK-B Emulator Dunfell Build Instructions
Host Requirements
Requirement | Remarks |
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Linux | 32/64 bit Ubuntu 16.04 operating system |
Free HDD Space | Minimum 100GB Free Memory |
Oracle Virtual Box | 4.3.18 or higher |
Install Virtual Box and follow the following steps to bring up RDK Emulator on Virtual Box:
In the following steps, it is recommended to review the description and screenshot completely before proceeding with steps.
Open Virtualbox
Select New [A popup will come up]
Select Type as ‘Linux’
Select Version as ‘Other Linux (32 Bit)’
Click on “Next”
Once you have the IP address you may SSH into your VM from your linux shell console. Use root as the ssh user.
$ ssh root@x.x.x.x |
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