NetBurner

ws4d-gSOAP has experimental support for  NetBurner boards especially the  SB70LC. It is based on  NetBurner’s uC/OS RTOS Library (PDF) and  NetBurner Runtime Libraries (PDF).

The implementation consists of

Installation

Prerequisites

  • Installation of NetBurner Network Development Kit (NNDK) (typically in C:\nburn)
  • Installation of  CMake
  • Extracted gSOAP (just unpack, do not install)
  • ws4d-gSOAP source code

For additional information see the first steps in InstallationWindowsXPVisualStudio.

Compilation

For a cross-compilation of the ws4d-gSOAP stack typically a host compilation is required. The purpose for that is to build the embedwsdl build tool which is required to generate files for further compilation. Since most developers of NetBurner hardware do not have a compiler for windows binaries installed, it is possible to fake the host build of ws4d-gSOAP. From the host build installation there are only two files required: embedwsdl.exe and HostExecutables.cmake. embedwsdl.exe can be download from this page while HostExecutables.cmake should be created manual.

The content of HostExecutables.cmake for an installation to c:\ws4d-inst is: 

SET(DPWS_EMBEDWSDL_PATH c:/ws4d-inst/bin CACHE PATH "")
MARK_AS_ADVANCED(DPWS_EMBEDWSDL_PATH)

To fake a host build installation in c:\ws4d-inst put the files in the appropriate place:

  • c:\ws4d-inst\share\ws4d-gSOAP\HostExecutables.cmake
  • c:\ws4d-inst\bin\embedwsdl.exe

Now you can cross compile the ws4d-gSOAP stack for NetBurner. Open a cmd.exe shell and enter: 

cmake -DDPWS_HOSTEXEC_PATH:PATH=c:/ws4d-inst -DGSOAP_PATH=c:/gsoap-2.7.13 -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=c:/ws4d-gsoap/toolchains/netburner-gnu.cmake -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=make -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=c:/ws4d-inst-cross c:/ws4d-gsoap

It is asumed that gSOAP is unpacked to c:\gsoap-2.7.13, ws4d-gSOAP sources are in c:\ws4d-gsoap, and that the cross compililation should be installed to c:\ws4d-inst-cross. Afterwards build and install the ws4d-gSOAP stack: 

make install

Congratulation, you have installed ws4d-gSOAP for NetBurner on your computer. You might want to continue with the airconditioner example provided with the installation.

Tutorial example

The the installation the NetBurner tutorial example code can be found in c:\ws4d-inst-cross\share\doc\ws4d-gSOAP\nb-example. To create the build environment for the example, create a new directory and change into it, then call cmake: 

cmake -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=make -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=c:/ws4d-gsoap/toolchains/netburner-gnu.cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" c:/ws4d-inst-cross/share/doc/ws4d-gSOAP/nb-example

It is not necessary to add the GSOAP_PATH as an argument since it is already cached in the example code. Afterwards compile the airconditioner: 

make

In the bin directory you will find the binary acs_simple_device_APP.s19 to upload with NetBurnera AutoUpdate tool. After changing to that directory you might want to call something linke the following: 

autoupdate -A -R -I192.168.178.21 -Facs_simple_device_APP.s19

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