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This document describes purpose and functionality of some of thunder plugins like WifiControl,Network Control,Location sync,Time sync,SystemCommands plugins and DHCP server.
$ repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -m rdkv-asp-nosrc.xml -b thunder
$ repo sync -j4 --no-clone-bundle
$ source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment
select meta-cmf-raspberrypi/conf/machine/raspberrypi-rdk-hybrid-thunder.conf
$ bitbake rdk-generic-hybrid-thunder-image
Wifi Control plugin:- It allows us to manage wireless connectivity things through UI such as
1)SCAN: It will list all the wifi connections.we have to select particular connection to connect.
2)SSID :If you select the wifi connection by using above scan automatically ssid will display as part of UI.
3)PASSWORD: we Should provide the password for particular connection which you are selecting for wifi connection.
4)CONFIGS:-we should save the configs of particular ssid.
5)Connect:- If you press the connect button it will show the status of the connection as part of UI .
6)Disconnect:- If you press the disconnect button it will disconnect the connected wifi.
Below picture shows that successfully connected to RDK wifi connection:-
Network control plugin:-
It provides the following methods:
reload | Reloads a static and non-static network interface adapter |
request | Reloads a non-static network interface adapter |
assign | Reloads a static network interface adapter |
flush | Flushes a network interface adapter |
Not only the above functionalities but also we can able to know the status of the connected interface for eth0,wlan0,lo.
For more details go through the below link https://github.com/WebPlatformForEmbedded/ThunderNanoServices/blob/master/NetworkControl/doc/NetworkControlPlugin.md
the below picture shows the Network control UI for ETH0 interface
Location sync plugin:-
It provides the geo-location functionality such as the City,Country ,Region, Timezone, Public IP, Sync.As of now it will list the country,timezone and public ip as part of UI
For more details you can go through this link https://github.com/WebPlatformForEmbedded/ThunderNanoServices/blob/master/LocationSync/doc/LocationSyncPlugin.md
Below pic shows the Location sync plugin UI
TIme sync plugin:-
It provides time synchronization functionality from various time sources (e.g. NTP).
UI will show the parameter like Current time ,Source ,Last synced , ,Control
we can also set time by using UI,Below picture show the UI for time sync plugin
For more details you can go through this link https://github.com/WebPlatformForEmbedded/ThunderNanoServices/blob/master/TimeSync/doc/TimeSyncPlugin.md
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