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Winbox Technologies EVO1 Updater Component

Part of EVO1 Future TV OEM software framework

Based on Microsoft Embedded Windows CE

Product Data Sheet

Client / Server Update Component for IP based remote updates

Part of software development framework suitable for building internet streaming, IPTV, VOD,

internet on TV, PVR/DVR, DMA and Home Networking solutions

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Introduction

About EVO1 Update Component

EVO1 Update Component is part of the EVO1 OEM software framework. It is used for massmarket

approved remote updates over IP for consumer electronic devices such as connected Set-Top-

Boxes, connected TVs, DMAs or IPTV devices. The Update Component includes a client part and a

server part. The update component can be licensed stand alone although using the component

within the EVO1 framework is recommended.

About EVO1 Framework

Winbox Technologies EVO Software Framework – a part of the Winbox Technologies EVO

Ecosystem - is a rich set of commonly needed software modules that allows Winbox Technologies

customers to build their own Future TV devices like IPTV receivers, PVRs / DVRs, digital set-top-

boxes, hybrid TV receivers or DMA kind of devices with a significantly reduced time-to-market, less

R&D investments / NREs and with less risk.

The Winbox Technologies EVO Ecosystem

Winbox Technologies EVO is a full ecosystem available both as Turnkey OEM products including all

software layers and massmarket ready OEM-hardware systems but also on an individual layer

licence base for those customers who want to use inhouse R&D or 3 rd parties to develop the upper

layers of the software and / or develop their own hardware.

Furthermore, Winbox Technologies is offering professional services for support, training, integration

or customization.

Further Information on the Winbox Technologies EVO1 Framework and other products can be

obtained from http://www.winbox.ag or from our sales department.

Winbox Technologies GmbH | HQ: Furtwangen - Germany | http://www.winbox.ag

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The Winbox Technologies EVO1 Update Component

Winbox Technologies provides its customers with different ready-to-use software libraries that they

can integrate into their software to shorten the product's time-to-market significantly. One of these

libraries is the update infrastructure library.

As the name implies, this library consists of multiple components:

A ready-to-use client software that runs on the STB

A ready-to-use server environment that creates all necessary files to put on internet servers

that provide software updates for the STB

Documentation

There are a number of prerequisites that the software needs:

1. The current client component depends on the Nandflash library. A client device needs to be

built with this software to use Winbox Technologies's client.

2. The full server solution runs on Microsoft Windows 2003 Server using ASP.NET and a

configurable RDBMS back-end.

Client software functionality

It's important to note that although its name may suggest it, the update infrastructure library does

not actually perform any application software updates on the STB. Its purpose is solely to check for

updates on an internet server and subsequently download the updates to the STB. The only update

functionality that it provides directly, is the ability to write new OS images using the Nandflash

library.

The client software runs on the STB and consists of 2 parts:

A small start-up stub that connects to the update server and verifies that the update client

software is the most recent version.

The update client that connects to the update server to download the actual files that

compose the update and verify their integrity by using MD5-checksums.

The customer's STB software calls the start-up stub to initiate the update process. During the

update process frequent feedback is provided to the customer's application, so that it can update

the UI (for example: display a status bar). After downloading the files the client component returns

control to the customer's application which then has to perform the adequate steps to update the

software on the box (i.e. copying downloaded files to their destination, updating configuration files

and so on).

In the current version (Version 1) the client software provides functionality for a linear point-to-point

upgrade path. That means that the STB-software is updated from one version to the next. There is

currently no support for optional updates or branching upgrades. However, STBs are identified by

their serial numbers and the update components can provide different updates to different serial

numbers. This allows, for example, for creating a group of beta testing boxes that receive new

software first.

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Server software functionality

Winbox Technologies can provide three server software solutions, a small script-based delivery-only

solution and a fully fleshed-out solution based on a web-interface with additional server services and

a managed, ASP-style service. In the last case Winbox Technologies will operate the server part of

the Updater for the customer on a redundant server infrastructure.

Both server software solutions provide a mechanism for deploying new software updates and

operating system updates on a server and delivering them to a client.

The fully fleshed-out version provides the following features:

Convenient web-interface with full user management

Distributing the updates to multiple download servers

Load-balancing on an application-level to use these multiple servers

Easy management of product versions by assigning updates to blocks of serial numbers

The full version follows a general philosophy of making it easy to distribute different updates to

clients. For this, the server uses a "best match"-algorithm that allows the administrator to assign an

update to a block of serial numbers and then overriding this update for a smaller sub-block. This

way, beta testers and product types can easily be accommodated.

The small version runs also on Linux or other Unices It provides a library of Perl administration

scripts that can be used to create the necessary update XML files that allow the client to access the

updates, but no delivery or load-balancing mechanisms.

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Also available – The EVO product line

Item

Product Name

Description

EVO1 Turnkeys

1.1

EVO1 XS

Super small formfactor IPTV, VOD, DMA OEM device

with full software and application stack (IP-Only)

1.2

EVO1 M

Mid-size formfactor IPTV, VOD, DMA, DVB-Hybrid-

Single-Tuner Zapper with full software and application

stack (DVB / IP hybrid)

1.3

EVO1 L

Full-size formfactor IPTV, VOD, DMA, DVB-Hybrid-

Dual-Tuner PVR/DVR with CA/CI System, internal HDD

with full software and application stack (DVB / IP

hybrid)

EVO Board Support Packages

2.1

EVO1 BSP

Rich Board Support Package for NXP STB 810 and

EVO1 compatible systems for Windows CE 5.0

2.2

EVO2 BSP [available Q3/08]

Rich Board Support Package for NXP STB 225 and

EVO2 compatible systems for Windows CE 6.0

EVO Frameworks

3.1

EVO1 Framework

Rich software development framework for

WindowsCE 5.0 and IPTV, VOD, DVR/PVR, Hybrid-TV,

DMA, Home Networking Business Cases

3.1.1

EVO1 Framework – Flash FileSystem

Reliable, faultolerant FlashFilesystem

3.1.2

EVO1 Framework – Update Client

Update Client for remote over IP updates

3.1.3

EVO1 Framework – Update Server

Update Server for remote over IP updates

EVO Applications

4.1

DMA / VOD Application

Complete application set including Microsoft look-a-

like User Interface featuring HTML service integration,

Windows Live Messenger, Home Media Networking

4.2

Hybrid Zapper Application [available

Q1/08]

Complete application set including Microsoft look-a-

like User Interface featuring full DVB-integration,

hybrid TV integration, Home Media Networking, HTML

service integration

4.3

Hybrid PVR Application

Complete application set including moreTV User

Interface featuring Dual-Stream DVR/PVR with “TiVo”

like features, PiP, CA/CI Integration, Home Media

Networking, HTML service integration

EVO SDKS & Development Tools

5.1.1

EVO1 Software SDK

Board Support Package SDK for Windows CE 5.0

5.1.2

EVO1 Hardware SDK

Including NXP reference Board STB 810

5.1.1

EVO2 Software SDK [available Q3/08]

Board Support Package SDK for Windows CE 6.0

5.1.2

EVO2 Hardware SDK [available Q3/08]

Including NXP reference Board STB 225

EVO Professional Services

3.3.1

EVO Development Support

Available from our professional services department

3.3.2

EVO Development Training

Available from our professional services department

3.3.3

EVO Customization

Available from our professional services department

3.3.3

EVO Individual Development

Available from our professional services department

Winbox Technologies GmbH | HQ: Furtwangen - Germany | http://www.winbox.ag

Sales Team: T: +49 7723 50456-22 | F: +49 7723 50456-99 | E: sales@winbox.ag

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