Thread secure DFU

RE: Thread secure DFU

tush3094 — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 09:03:46 GMT

Hi Sunil,

I tried it out but it does not work. I have created a new query. Thanks.

Best regards,

Tushar

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:22:57 GMT

i have tried BLE in nrf connect SDK not the thread application

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:22:19 GMT

Hi,

Try to erase all the things and upload the latest .hex which is from the sdk itself and try this dfu. if still error is there create the new query

RE: Thread secure DFU

tush3094 — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:18:24 GMT

Getting an error at a later stage. Is it something you came across or Should I create a new query?

Regards,

Tushar

RE: Thread secure DFU

tush3094 — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:17:09 GMT

C:\Development\Thread_DFU>nrfutil dfu thread -f -pkg app_dfu_package.zip -p COM16 --channel 11 --panid 43981 -r 4 -rs 5000 -a FF03::1
Using connectivity board at serial port: COM16
Flashing connectivity firmware...
Connectivity firmware flashed.
Waiting for NCP to promote to a router...
Waiting 20s before starting multicast DFU procedure
Thread DFU server is running... Press <Ctrl + D> to stop.
ff03::1: 100%|████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████| 3/3 [00:00<00:00, 3.79it/s]
ff03::1: 38%|███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████▎ | 2458/6413 [11:06<17:16, 3.82it/s]Exception in thread Upload thread:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\spx0847\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\threading.py", line 973, in _bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "C:\Users\spx0847\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\threading.py", line 910, in run
self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
File "C:\Users\spx0847\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\thread\dfu_server.py", line 290, in _upload
self._send_block(remote,
File "C:\Users\spx0847\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\thread\dfu_server.py", line 269, in _send_block
self.protocol.request(request)
File "C:\Users\spx0847\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\piccata\core.py", line 559, in request
return self._transaction_layer.send_request(request, response_callback, response_callback_args, response_callback_kw)
File "C:\Users\spx0847\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\piccata\core.py", line 442, in send_request
self._message_layer.send_message(request)
File "C:\Users\spx0847\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\piccata\core.py", line 216, in send_message
self._transport.send(raw_message, message.remote)
File "C:\Users\spx0847\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\thread\tncp.py", line 184, in send
src_addr = ipaddress.ip_address(self._ml_prefix + b'\x00\x00\x00\xff\xfe\x00' + struct.pack('>H', rloc16))
struct.error: required argument is not an integer

RE: Thread secure DFU

tush3094 — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:05:41 GMT

Hi Sunil,

Thank you this works. Just for my knowledge have you tried out nrf connect SDK? (very few examples are present)

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:41:47 GMT

I think i upload that hex file directly to the board using the nrf connect for desktop and then i followed the thread dfu.

RE: Thread secure DFU

tush3094 — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:30:39 GMT

Hi Sunil and Charlie,

I have the same error. Python: 3.9.1, nrfutil: 6.1.3, nrfjprog: 10.15.4 external JlinkARM.dll: 7.58b

I tried the solution of replacing the hex file. But it does not work. I get the same error again. Any solutions?

Regards,

Tushar

RE: Thread secure DFU

Charlie — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:49:47 GMT

The issue seems the same as the following ticket, can you try the suggestions it mentioned?

Thread DFU Example Error: Failed to set Property prop_ipv6_icmp_ping_offload - Nordic Q&A - Nordic DevZone - Nordic DevZone (nordicsemi.com)

Also, try to do full ease like "nrfjprog --family nRF52 --eraseall" to your DFU server before running thread dfu command.

Best regards,
Charlie

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 07:35:28 GMT

I found the problem

That is when the DK is empty and using the above nrfutil dfu thred .... command

it use nrfjprog to upload the ncp.hex

and it gets failure because of verification failed , instead of that when i upload the ncp.hex using programmer and then i run these nrfutil dfu thread command . then the command works and it took so much time to upload the file

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 06:55:20 GMT

which python version u are working

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 06:45:46 GMT

How to create this ncp.hex for nrf52833DK

i used mSYS and following error is shown

SUNIL@DESKTOP-5IFRU4Q /d/nRF5xx/ot-nrf528xx-main
$ ./script/bootstrap
++ dirname ./script/bootstrap
+ ./script/../openthread/script/bootstrap
./script/bootstrap: line 32: ./script/../openthread/script/bootstrap: No such file or directory

SUNIL@DESKTOP-5IFRU4Q /d/nRF5xx/ot-nrf528xx-main
$ ./script/build nrf52833 UART_trans
+ OT_CMAKE_NINJA_TARGET=
+ NRF_PLATFORMS=(nrf52811 nrf52833 nrf52840)
+ readonly NRF_PLATFORMS
+ NRF_BUILD_TYPES=(UART_trans USB_trans SPI_trans_NCP soft_crypto soft_crypto_threading)
+ readonly NRF_BUILD_TYPES
++ pwd
+ readonly OT_SRCDIR=/d/nRF5xx/ot-nrf528xx-main
+ OT_SRCDIR=/d/nRF5xx/ot-nrf528xx-main
+ OT_OPTIONS=("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel" "-DOT_PLATFORM=external" "-DOT_SLAAC=ON")
+ readonly OT_OPTIONS
+ main nrf52833 UART_trans
+ [[ 2 == 0 ]]
+ local platform=nrf52833
+ echo nrf52811 nrf52833 nrf52840
+ grep -wq nrf52833
+ [[ 2 == 1 ]]
+ local nrf_build_type=UART_trans
+ echo UART_trans USB_trans SPI_trans_NCP soft_crypto soft_crypto_threading
+ grep -wq UART_trans
+ shift
+ shift
+ local_options=()
+ local local_options
+ options=("${OT_OPTIONS[@]}")
+ local options
+ case "${platform}" in
+ local_options+=("-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=src/${platform}/arm-none-eabi.cmake")
+ case "${nrf_build_type}" in
+ options+=("${local_options[@]}")
+ options+=("$@")
+ build -DNRF_PLATFORM=nrf52833 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel -DOT_PLATFORM=external -DOT_SLAAC=ON -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=src/nrf52833/arm-none-eabi.cmake
+ local builddir=build
+ mkdir -p build
+ cd build
+ cmake -GNinja -DOT_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON -DNRF_PLATFORM=nrf52833 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel -DOT_PLATFORM=external -DOT_SLAAC=ON -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=src/nrf52833/arm-none-eabi.cmake /d/nRF5xx/ot-nrf528xx-main
./script/build: line 57: cmake: command not found

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:45:04 GMT

Hi,

I have python 3.9.8

as you said download ot_ncp_ftd_nRF52840DK.hex to C:\Python3\Lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\thread\hex and change name to ncp.hex

also i got the error

D:\nRF5xx\4.nRF5_SDK_for_Thread_and_Zigbee_v4.1.0_32ce5f8\examples\thread\dfu>nrfutil dfu thread -f -pkg app_dfu_package.zip -p COM22 --channel 11 --panid 43981
Address not specified. Using ff03::1 (all Thread nodes)
Using connectivity board at serial port: COM22
Flashing connectivity firmware...
Connectivity firmware flashed.
2021-12-17 00:04:00,840 Failed to set property PROP_IPv6_ICMP_PING_OFFLOAD
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python3\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\__main__.py", line 1438, in thread
    transport.open()
File "C:\Python3\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\thread\tncp.py", line 227, in open
    if (not self._attach_to_network()):
File "C:\Python3\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\thread\tncp.py", line 107, in _attach_to_network
    self._set_property(*props)
File "C:\Python3\lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\thread\tncp.py", line 90, in _set_property
    raise Exception("Failed to set property {}".format(self.__class__._propid_to_str(propid)))
Exception: Failed to set property PROP_IPv6_ICMP_PING_OFFLOAD
Exception in thread Thread-2:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python3\lib\threading.py", line 973, in _bootstrap_inner

even though I un Comment line 223 and 224

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:56:25 GMT

ok charlie let me try and response you soon..

RE: Thread secure DFU

Charlie — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:54:21 GMT

No. As it is general dfu use case, it should be similar as example Secure DFU Bootloader over Serial Link (UART/USB). For nRF5_SDK_for_Thread_and_Zigbee_v4.1.0, it is located in examples\dfu\secure_bootloader.

Best regards,

Charlie

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:43:57 GMT

1. Is there any use case or example that working on UART for Thread DFU

Yes, I know about the NCS and

I am using NCS for BLE,

But for Thread and zigbee i didn't work on NCS. Let me try NCS for Thread also

Thanks for your suggestion.

RE: Thread secure DFU

Charlie — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:07:47 GMT

Hi Sunil,

1. The bootloader for the Thread Secure OTA DFU is implemented using Bootloader and DFU modules, so it should also support UART as a general use case.

2. I do not have much experience using Adafruit bootloader, maybe you can check on its specific community to get professional guidance.

Just a reminder for your development, if you are target making a formal product and still in the early stage, it would be better to switch to the latest NCS as early as possible, massive updates and bugs fixed has been introduced with NCS. You can refer nRF Connect SDK and nRF5 SDK statement to learn more detail.

Best regards,

Charlie

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:43:18 GMT

Hi charlie,

1. Is it possible to upload the firmware using Serial (Thread only application)

2. I have Adafruit 4333 board with bootloader . is it possible to upload Thread .hex to the board using the default bootloader

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_nRF52_Bootloader/blob/master/README.md

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_nRf52_nrfutil

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 05:40:33 GMT

Thank you charlie .I will test and send my feedback

RE: Thread secure DFU

Charlie — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:22:03 GMT

Hi Sunil,

Sorry for the late reply. Finally, I get time to investigate this issue.

I found the issue same similar to https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/75851/dfu-thread-with-nrf52840-dongle-pca10059. It is due to the out-of-date ncp.hex file.

I build the latest version of ncp for nrf52840dk by following ot-nrf528xx/src/nrf52840 at main · openthread/ot-nrf528xx (github.com) and got:

devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../ot_5F00_ncp_5F00_ftd_5F00_nRF52840DK.hex

Rename it to ncp.hex and replace ncp.hex in python\Lib\site-packages\nordicsemi\thread\hex should work like this:

nrfutil dfu thread -f -pkg app_dfu_package.zip -p COM3 --channel 11 --panid 43981
Address not specified. Using ff03::1 (all Thread nodes)
Using connectivity board at serial port: COM3
Flashing connectivity firmware...
Connectivity firmware flashed.
Waiting for NCP to promote to a router...
Thread DFU server is running... Press <Ctrl + D> to stop.
fdde:ad00:beef::ff:fe00:3400:   3%|█▍                                               | 189/6514 [00:06<09:47, 10.76it/s]

Best regards,

Charlie

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:00:13 GMT

any update?

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 10:50:00 GMT

Do you suggest me to test the same process on Linux Machine? If you did, do elaborate me the reason.

RE: Thread secure DFU

Charlie — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:03:32 GMT

Hi Sunil,

Thanks for sharing these information.

I will report this issue to our development team, but it may take a bit long time since the whole team is working intensively on the release of NCS1.8.0 now.

Best regards,

Charlie

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:32:39 GMT

even 3.7.9 have same error

nrfutil - 6.1.3

nrfjprog version: 10.15.0 external
JLinkARM.dll version: 6.88a

RE: Thread secure DFU

Sunil vignesh — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 08:39:05 GMT

Python 3.9.8

i didn't check with python 3.7 is that differed