Ota Unicast Bootloader Server Plugin#
Macros and APIs for ota-unicast-bootloader server.
OTA bootloading plugins are usable to send firmware images Over The Air when the application is running. When the firmware is downloaded to a device, a bootloader can be started to replace the application in the flash to the one just downloaded.
All Connect bootloader related code relies on the Gecko Bootloader for bootloading and it must be installed on the device for these plugins to work. For details on the Gecko Bootloader, see UG266.
The Unicast OTA plugins implement the OTA download operation in a unicast, addressed way, so only a single client can be addressed from a server in an OTA session, and downloading images to multiple devices will require the server to send the image multiple times. Communication relies on standard unicast data messages, which also means that the routing provided by the Connect stack is availble.
Although bootloading sleepy end devices is theoretically possible with polling, it is not very effective, and it's probably simpler to reconnect as a normal end device while the OTA is active.
Unicast OTA uses a plugin configurable endpoint, which is 13 by default.
Security can be also enabled as plugin configuration on the server, as well as the interval of the messages. The client has a timeout plugin configuration after which it stops the OTA session with an error.
See UG235.06 for further details.
Note
OTA Unicast Bootloading plugins are not available in MAC mode due to the lack of endpoints.
See ota-unicast-bootloader-server.h and ota-unicast-bootloader-server.c for source code.
Callbacks#
A callback invoked during an image distribution process to retrieve a contiguous segment of the image being distributed.
A callback invoked when the image distribution process is terminated.
A callback invoked when a bootload request process has completed.
Functions#
Initiate the image distribution process.
Request a target device to initiate the bootload of a received image at some point in the future.
Abort the ongoing process, such as image distribution or bootload request.
Macros#
The number of consecutive stack message submission errors or stack related errors such as CSMA failures after which the plugin gives up.
The number of consecutive unicast attempts after which a target is declared unreachable. Legal values for this are in the [0,7] range.
The time in milliseconds after which the server gives up waiting for a response from a client.
Callbacks Documentation#
emberAfPluginOtaUnicastBootloaderServerGetImageSegmentCallback#
bool emberAfPluginOtaUnicastBootloaderServerGetImageSegmentCallback (uint32_t startIndex, uint32_t endIndex, uint8_t imageTag, uint8_t * imageSegment)
A callback invoked during an image distribution process to retrieve a contiguous segment of the image being distributed.
[in] | startIndex | The index of the first byte the application should copy into the passed array. |
[in] | endIndex | The index of the last byte the application should copy into the passed array. |
[in] | imageTag | A 1-byte tag of the image for which a segment is requested. |
[out] | imageSegment | An array of (endIndex - startIndex + 1) length to which the application should copy the requested image segment. |
Returns
A boolean indicating whether the application successfully copied the requested bytes into the passed array. If the application returns false, the server will abort the ongoing distribution process.
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emberAfPluginOtaUnicastBootloaderServerImageDistributionCompleteCallback#
void emberAfPluginOtaUnicastBootloaderServerImageDistributionCompleteCallback (EmberAfOtaUnicastBootloaderStatus status)
A callback invoked when the image distribution process is terminated.
[in] | status | An EmberAfOtaUnicastBootloaderStatus value of:
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emberAfPluginOtaUnicastBootloaderServerRequestTargetBootloadCompleteCallback#
void emberAfPluginOtaUnicastBootloaderServerRequestTargetBootloadCompleteCallback (EmberAfOtaUnicastBootloaderStatus status)
A callback invoked when a bootload request process has completed.
[in] | status | An EmberAfOtaUnicastBootloaderStatus value of:
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Function Documentation#
emberAfPluginOtaUnicastBootloaderServerInitiateImageDistribution#
EmberAfOtaUnicastBootloaderStatus emberAfPluginOtaUnicastBootloaderServerInitiateImageDistribution (EmberNodeId targetId, uint32_t imageSize, uint8_t imageTag)
Initiate the image distribution process.
[in] | targetId | The node ID of the target. |
[in] | imageSize | The image size in bytes to be distributed. |
[in] | imageTag | A 1-byte tag that will be embedded in the server-to-client over-the-air messages. The application can use the image tag for versioning purposes and/or for distinguishing between different image types. |
Returns
An EmberAfOtaUnicastBootloaderStatus value of:
EMBER_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_STATUS_BUSY if an image distribution is already in progress
EMBER_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_STATUS_INVALID_CALL if the given target or the image size is invalid
EMBER_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_STATUS_SUCCESS if the image distribution was successfully initiated.
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emberAfPluginUnicastBootloaderServerInitiateRequestTargetBootload#
EmberAfOtaUnicastBootloaderStatus emberAfPluginUnicastBootloaderServerInitiateRequestTargetBootload (uint32_t bootloadDelayMs, uint8_t imageTag, EmberNodeId targetId)
Request a target device to initiate the bootload of a received image at some point in the future.
[in] | bootloadDelayMs | The delay in milliseconds after which the target should perform an image bootload. |
[in] | imageTag | A 1-byte tag that identifies the image to be bootloaded at the target device. |
[in] | targetId | The node ID of the target. |
Returns
An EmberAfOtaUnicastBootloaderStatus value of:
EMBER_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_STATUS_SUCCESS if the plugin successfully started the process to request a target and initiate a bootload. If this is the case, the corresponding callback emberAfPluginOtaUnicastBootloaderServerRequestTargetBootloadCompleteCallback() is invoked when the request process is completed.
EMBER_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_STATUS_INVALID_CALL if some of the passed parameters are invalid.
EMBER_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_STATUS_BUSY if the server is currently involved in another over-the-air process.
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emberAfPluginOtaUnicastBootloaderServerAbortCurrentProcess#
EmberAfOtaUnicastBootloaderStatus emberAfPluginOtaUnicastBootloaderServerAbortCurrentProcess (void )
Abort the ongoing process, such as image distribution or bootload request.
N/A |
Returns
An EmberAfOtaUnicastBootloaderStatus value of:
EMBER_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_STATUS_SUCCESS if the current ongoing process was successfully aborted.
EMBER_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_STATUS_INVALID_CALL if the server is not currently involved in any process.
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Macro Definition Documentation#
EMBER_AF_PLUGIN_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_SERVER_MAX_STACK_ERRORS#
#define EMBER_AF_PLUGIN_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_SERVER_MAX_STACK_ERRORSValue:
8
The number of consecutive stack message submission errors or stack related errors such as CSMA failures after which the plugin gives up.
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EMBER_AF_PLUGIN_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_SERVER_MAX_UNICAST_ERRORS#
#define EMBER_AF_PLUGIN_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_SERVER_MAX_UNICAST_ERRORSValue:
4
The number of consecutive unicast attempts after which a target is declared unreachable. Legal values for this are in the [0,7] range.
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EMBER_AF_PLUGIN_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MS#
#define EMBER_AF_PLUGIN_OTA_UNICAST_BOOTLOADER_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MSValue:
250
The time in milliseconds after which the server gives up waiting for a response from a client.
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