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Release Notes for

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the Robot basic architecture based on SSES Blueprint

Summary

This is the first release of

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  • Enabling edge nodes to cooperate on data processing by sharing data, potentially reducing bandwidth demands between the edge node and the cloud or MEC
  • Increasing the range of sensor data that can be acquired by introducing a low-power radio component to connect to remote sensors

the Robot basic architecture based on SSES(Sensor-rich Soft End-effector System) Blueprint. 

This

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release provides a basic framework for installing, configuring

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to apply robot to any industry easily.

Release Content

The following components are new with this release:

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sync-app: An application micro-service built with EdgeX Foundry for sharing data between nodes

・How to install softwares which are required for SSES(Sensor-rich Soft End-effector System)

・How to connect MSM(Multi Sensor Module) and IoT Gateway, Servers

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The dependencies of this release are summarized below:

  • Kubernetes 1.22 or above

  • EdgeX Foundry release 2.1
  • Docker 20.10.7 or higher
  • Flannel 0.16.3 (CNI plugin 1.0.1)
  • Ansible 2.11.7

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Ubunutu 18.04
Node red 1.3.4
Raspbian Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)

There are no upstream code changes.

Upgrade Procedures

As this is the first release there are no upgrade procedures. Follow the process described in the Installation Guide.

Release Data

Module Version Changes

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This is first release of this

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blueprint.

Document Version Changes

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 This is first release of this blueprint.

Fixed Issues and Bugs

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of this blueprint.

Enhancements

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first release

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of this blueprint.

Version Change

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of this blueprint.

Deliverable

The deliverables consist of a Git repository containing all the source code for the new modules and script files for installation and operation of the blueprint, and the documents:

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・Release Notes: This document

Blueprint Architecture Document

Installation Guide

Test Document

Known Limitations, Issues and Workarounds

System Limitations

The following limitations are intended to be addressed in later releases:

  • Only the LRA-1 USB dongle LoRa device and DHT-11 sensor device are currently supported.
  • Data sharing using sync-app is currently based on simple configuration variables. It should use the rules engine.
  • Edge nodes cannot be added or removed dynamically without stopping the entire cluster.
  • The MQTT communication channel should use TLS.

Known Issues

The following known issues exist in the EdgeX Foundry implementation and impact this blueprint:

  • edgex-go issue 3851
  • edgex-go issue 3852
  • A similar issue that hides the Kong (API gateway) application's /usr/kong/lib directory, leading to the process crashing
  • An issue with Kong's DNS processing that makes it fail to resolve the "localhost" address

These issues are all addressed by workarounds described below.

Workarounds

The edgex-go issues 3851 and 3852, as well as the issue hiding Kong's lib directory, are addressed by changes to the volume mappings of containers, found in the configuration files under edgex/deployments, edgex/claims, and edgex/volumes, and patches to the EdgeX Foundry security-bootstrapper and security-secretstore-setup Docker images. The patched images are generated using the Makefile and Dockerfile in the directories under edgex named after the affected images.

The Kong DNS name resolution problem is worked around with a patched Kong image, generated from the source under edgex/kong.

With these workarounds in place the blueprint can be installed and operated successfully according to the Installation Guide.

References

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Known Issues

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Workarounds

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References

Blueprint Architecture Document

Installation Guide

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Test Document