Wifi Control Plugin

Version: 1.0

Status:

WifiControl plugin for Thunder framework.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Description
• Configuration
• Interfaces
• Methods
• Properties
• Notifications

Introduction

Scope

This document describes purpose and functionality of the WifiControl plugin. It includes detailed specification about its configuration, methods and properties as well as sent notifications.

Case Sensitivity

All identifiers of the interfaces described in this document are case-sensitive. Thus, unless stated otherwise, all keywords, entities, properties, relations and actions should be treated as such.

Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

The table below provides and overview of acronyms used in this document and their definitions.

Acronym	Description
API	Application Programming Interface
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
JSON	JavaScript Object Notation; a data interchange format
JSON-RPC	A remote procedure call protocol encoded in JSON

The table below provides and overview of terms and abbreviations used in this document and their definitions.

Term	Description
callsign	The name given to an instance of a plugin. One plugin can be instantiated multiple times, but each instance the instance name, callsign, must be unique.

References

Ref ID	Description
HTTP	HTTP specification
JSON-RPC	JSON-RPC 2.0 specification
JSON	JSON specification
Thunder	Thunder API Reference

Description

The WiFi Control plugin allows to manage various aspects of wireless connectivity.

The plugin is designed to be loaded and executed within the Thunder framework. For more information about the framework refer to [Thunder].

Configuration

The table below lists configuration options of the plugin.

Name	Type	M/O	Description
callsign	string	mandatory	Plugin instance name (default: WifiControl)
classname	string	mandatory	Class name: WifiControl
locator	string	mandatory	Library name: libWPEWifiControl.so
startmode	string	mandatory	Determines in which state the plugin should be moved to at startup of the framework
configuration	object	optional	...
configuration?.connector	string	optional	Connector name
configuration?.interface	string	optional	Interface name
configuration?.application	string	optional	Application name
configuration?.autoconnect	string	optional	Enable autoconnect
configuration?.retryinterval	string	optional	Retry interval

Interfaces

This plugin implements the following interfaces:

• IWifiControl (IWifiControl.h) (version 1.0.0) (compliant format)

  This interface uses legacy lowercase naming convention. With the next major release the naming convention will change to camelCase.

Methods

The following methods are provided by the WifiControl plugin:

WifiControl interface methods:

Method	Description
scan	Trigger Scanning
abortscan	Abort Currentlt running scan
connect	Connect device to requested SSID
disconnect	Disconnect device from requested SSID
status	Status of current device, like which SSID is connected and it is in scanning state or not

scan ^method

Trigger Scanning.

Parameters

This method takes no parameters.

Result

Name	Type	M/O	Description
result	null	mandatory	Always null

Example

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.scan"
}

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "result": null
}

abortscan ^method

Abort Currentlt running scan.

Parameters

This method takes no parameters.

Result

Name	Type	M/O	Description
result	null	mandatory	Always null

Example

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.abortscan"
}

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "result": null
}

connect ^method

Connect device to requested SSID.

Parameters

Name	Type	M/O	Description
params	object	mandatory	...
params.configssid	string	mandatory	SSID to be connected

Result

Name	Type	M/O	Description
result	null	mandatory	Always null

Example

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.connect",
  "params": {
    "configssid": "..."
  }
}

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "result": null
}

disconnect ^method

Disconnect device from requested SSID.

Parameters

Name	Type	M/O	Description
params	object	mandatory	...
params.configssid	string	mandatory	SSID to be disconnected

Result

Name	Type	M/O	Description
result	null	mandatory	Always null

Example

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.disconnect",
  "params": {
    "configssid": "..."
  }
}

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "result": null
}

status ^method

Status of current device, like which SSID is connected and it is in scanning state or not.

Parameters

This method takes no parameters.

Result

Name	Type	M/O	Description
result	object	mandatory	...
result.connectedssid	string	mandatory	SSID of connected router/ap
result.isscanning	boolean	mandatory	Scanning is in progress or not

Example

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.status"
}

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "result": {
    "connectedssid": "...",
    "isscanning": false
  }
}

Properties

The following properties are provided by the WifiControl plugin:

WifiControl interface properties:

Property	R/W	Description
networks	read-only	Provides available networks information
securities	read-only	Provides security method of requested SSID
configs	read-only	Provides configs list
config	read/write	Provide config details for requested SSID

networks ^property

Provides access to the provides available networks information.

This property is read-only.

Value

Name	Type	M/O	Description
(property)	array	mandatory	Provides available networks information
(property)[#]	object	mandatory	...
(property)[#].ssid	string	mandatory	SSID of the network
(property)[#].bssid	integer	mandatory	BSSID of the network
(property)[#].frequency	integer	mandatory	Frequency used
(property)[#].signal	integer	mandatory	Signal strength
(property)[#].security	array	mandatory	Security method
(property)[#].security[#]	string	mandatory	... (must be one of the following: Enterprise, Open, Unknown, WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA_WPA2, WPS)

Example

Get Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.networks"
}

Get Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "result": [
    {
      "ssid": "...",
      "bssid": 0,
      "frequency": 0,
      "signal": 0,
      "security": [
        "WEP"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

securities ^property

Provides access to the provides security method of requested SSID.

This property is read-only.

The ssid parameter shall be passed as the index to the property, i.e. securities@<ssid>.

Index

Name	Type	M/O	Description
ssid	string	mandatory	...

Value

Name	Type	M/O	Description
(property)	array	mandatory	Provides security method of requested SSID
(property)[#]	object	mandatory	...
(property)[#].method	string	mandatory	Security method (must be one of the following: Enterprise, Open, Unknown, WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA_WPA2, WPS)
(property)[#].keys	array	mandatory	Security Keys
(property)[#].keys[#]	string	mandatory	... (must be one of the following: CCMP, EAP, None, PBC, PIN, PSK, PSK_HASHED, Preauth, TKIP)

Example

Get Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.securities@xyz"
}

Get Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "result": [
    {
      "method": "WEP",
      "keys": [
        "EAP"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

configs ^property

Provides access to the provides configs list.

This property is read-only.

Value

Name	Type	M/O	Description
(property)	array	mandatory	Provides configs list
(property)[#]	string	mandatory	...

Example

Get Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.configs"
}

Get Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "result": [
    "..."
  ]
}

config ^property

Provides access to the provide config details for requested SSID.

The ssid parameter shall be passed as the index to the property, i.e. config@<ssid>.

Index

Name	Type	M/O	Description
ssid	string	mandatory	...

Value

Name	Type	M/O	Description
(property)	object	mandatory	Provide config details for requested SSID
(property).value	object	mandatory	...
(property).value.hidden	boolean	mandatory	Visibility of the router (hidden or visible)
(property).value.accesspoint	boolean	mandatory	Accesspoint or not
(property).value.ssid	string	mandatory	SSID of the router/ap
(property).value.secret	string	mandatory	Secret key used
(property).value.identity	string	mandatory	Identity
(property).value.method	string	mandatory	Security method (must be one of the following: Enterprise, Open, Unknown, WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA_WPA2, WPS)
(property).value.key	string	mandatory	Security Info: method and keys (must be one of the following: CCMP, EAP, None, PBC, PIN, PSK, PSK_HASHED, Preauth, TKIP)

Name	Type	M/O	Description
(property)	object	mandatory	Details about requested SSID
(property).hidden	boolean	mandatory	Visibility of the router (hidden or visible)
(property).accesspoint	boolean	mandatory	Accesspoint or not
(property).ssid	string	mandatory	SSID of the router/ap
(property).secret	string	mandatory	Secret key used
(property).identity	string	mandatory	Identity
(property).method	string	mandatory	Security method (must be one of the following: Enterprise, Open, Unknown, WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA_WPA2, WPS)
(property).key	string	mandatory	Security Info: method and keys (must be one of the following: CCMP, EAP, None, PBC, PIN, PSK, PSK_HASHED, Preauth, TKIP)

Example

Get Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.config@xyz"
}

Get Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "result": {
    "hidden": false,
    "accesspoint": false,
    "ssid": "...",
    "secret": "...",
    "identity": "...",
    "method": "WEP",
    "key": "EAP"
  }
}

Set Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.config@xyz",
  "params": {
    "value": {
      "hidden": false,
      "accesspoint": false,
      "ssid": "...",
      "secret": "...",
      "identity": "...",
      "method": "WEP",
      "key": "EAP"
    }
  }
}

Set Response

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 42,
    "result": "null"
}

Notifications

Notifications are autonomous events triggered by the internals of the implementation and broadcasted via JSON-RPC to all registered observers. Refer to [Thunder] for information on how to register for a notification.

The following events are provided by the WifiControl plugin:

WifiControl interface events:

Notification	Description
networkchange	Notifies that Network were added, removed or modified
connectionchange	Notifies that wifi connection changes

networkchange ^notification

Notifies that Network were added, removed or modified.

Notification Parameters

This notification carries no parameters.

Example

Registration

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.register",
  "params": {
    "event": "networkchange",
    "id": "myid"
  }
}

Notification

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "myid.networkchange"
}

The client ID parameter is passed within the notification designator, i.e. <client-id>.networkchange.

connectionchange ^notification

Notifies that wifi connection changes.

Notification Parameters

Name	Type	M/O	Description
params	object	mandatory	...
params.ssid	string	mandatory	SSID of connection changed network

Example

Registration

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 42,
  "method": "WifiControl.1.register",
  "params": {
    "event": "connectionchange",
    "id": "myid"
  }
}

Notification

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "myid.connectionchange",
  "params": {
    "ssid": "..."
  }
}

The client ID parameter is passed within the notification designator, i.e. <client-id>.connectionchange.