Matter RCP with SDK v3.0.0 on nrf54l-dk using Docker openthread/otbr image?

[John Connett]

I have built and flashed the openthread/coprocessor sample using VS Code specifying "nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15/cpuapp".

I then tried to run it (on Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, x86_64) using:

sudo docker run -it --rm --privileged --name otbr --network otbr -p 8080:80 \
--sysctl "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0 net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding=1 net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1" \
--volume /dev/ttyACM0:/dev/radio openthread/otbr --radio-url spinel+hdlc+uart:///dev/radio?uart-baudrate=1000000

However, it doesn't appear to be working. When I click on "Join" in the web interface it reports:

Information
There is no available Thread network currently, please wait a moment and retry it.

Would this be expected to work?

A similar attempt with "nrf52840dongle/nrf52840" was able to see two entries under Available Thread Networks.

I'm new to Matter/Thread so I apologise if I'm asking a rather clumsy question ...

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

You're using the openthread/otbr Docker image. I would recommend using the Nordic-specific image nrfconnect/otbr. See the Running OTBR using Docker documentation to download the compatible version of the OpenThread Border Router Docker image. 

Regards,
Amanda H.

[John Connett]

Thanks for the reply.

Tried your suggestion replacing "openthread/otbr" with "nrfconnect/otbr:fbde28a" using the nrf54l15-dk with broadly similar results.

Switched the nrf54l15-dk for the nrf52840dongle and that was able to see two entries under Available Thread Networks as with "openthread/otbr".

Looks like the problem is most likely related to nrf54l15-dk support.

Note that I used the v3.0.0 toolchain and SDK to build the RCP firmware.

[Amanda Hsieh]

Just tried and works as expected. I think used /dev/ttyACM0 while the serial port to the application processor is /dev/ttyACM1.  

What I did:

west build -p always -b nrf54l15dk/nrf54l15/cpuapp nrf/samples/openthread/coprocessor/
west flash --erase

sudo docker run -it --rm --privileged --name otbr --network otbr -p 8080:80 --sysctl "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0 net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding=1 net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1" --volume /dev/ttyACM1:/dev/radio nrfconnect/otbr:fbde28a --radio-url spinel+hdlc+uart:///dev/radio?uart-baudrate=1000000