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Comcast Developer Program Processes: Phase Activity Task Involved

The document outlines the steps and timelines involved in Comcast's Developer Program certification process. It includes phases for starting, executing an NDA, designing the device, reviewing documentation, testing through various stages, and timelines for hardware and firmware status. The process involves signing agreements, reviews, testing at multiple partners, and certification. It provides guidance on requirements at each phase for partners to integrate or develop devices on Comcast platforms.

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Comcast Developer Program Processes: Phase Activity Task Involved

The document outlines the steps and timelines involved in Comcast's Developer Program certification process. It includes phases for starting, executing an NDA, designing the device, reviewing documentation, testing through various stages, and timelines for hardware and firmware status. The process involves signing agreements, reviews, testing at multiple partners, and certification. It provides guidance on requirements at each phase for partners to integrate or develop devices on Comcast platforms.

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Comcast Developer Program processes

Steps and timelines associated with Comcast Developer Program processes


Phase Activity Task involved

Partner contacts Comcast about


developing or integrating a device for
Start a Comcast platform

Partner and comcast sign a mutual


Execute NDA NDA

Partner provides Comcast with


Design Comcast grants Partner access to Comcast Partner names and email addresses for the
Portal individuals that need accounts

Partner review DDK, reviews


certification proces, Pays fees,
Partner reviews DDK(s), Partner signs the WWX attends Comcast Developer Training
Agreement and receives development kits.

Design review with RF chipset provider and/or with


the Comcast Developer Program test lab PCB layout and schematics review
Pre-compliance - FCC, CE, IC, UL-60950-1

Pre-test - Comcast ZigBee RF test

Check device functionality and


Comcast smoke testing on early samples behavior on the comcast network
Perform Final FCC,CE,IC,UL-60950-1 testing

-Submit 50 samples to comcast


- Partner at this point now must
Comcast submission for final hardware device submit a PO for or payment of the
certification Comcast Device Certification Fee

Comcast will schedule a review


meeting with the Partner, Comcast
Developer Program personnel, and
the test lab partner to review the
Partner's submission for
completeness and to discuss logistics
of testing, including any Partner
Testing Comcast Submission Review personnel that will attend the testing.

Device testing at Comcast Developer Program test lab RF Performance Test of the Zigbee
partner -7 layers hardware device at 7layers
Testing

Zigbee Alliance testing

ZigBee Hardware comcast functional testing Hardware Functional Test


Pre-Certification Testing by comcast Ecosystem QA
Team
Beta field trial
Issue of Comcast Device certification
Timeline HW status FW status

Pre-gerber
release NA

Pre-gerber
release NA

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release NA

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release NA

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release NA
4 week ES1
Firmware basic functionality of RF
ES1 devices on the board

Firmware basic functinality of RF


ES1 devices on the board
8 week ES2 Final device firmware

ES2 Final device firmware

1 week ES2 Final device firmware

1 day ES2 Proper RF test firmware loaded


4 week (estimated
from the quote
taken for . Final device firmware installed on
Homebridge Zigbee DUT test samples for testing.
3.0 certification) ES2

1 week ES2 Final device firmware

ES2 Final device firmware


7 weeks ES2 Final device firmware
Remarks

3 weeks leadtime for kits - IKIT2 and IKIT3

Can be done in Zigbee RF test lab partner

. Optional. But recommended for partners who are new to comcast developer program
. Done on board level devices

50 hardware devices required for the comcast certification tests

. Two hardware device samples needed


. Hardware Device Model Number, Hardware Version & Software Version
. Two hardware device samples needed
. Hardware Device Model Number, Hardware Version & Software Version
. Partner must contact a ZA Test lab directly to sign the required documentation and pay
fee’s associated with the ZigBee portion of the ZA testing.

. Two hardware device samples needed


. Hardware Device Model Number, Hardware Version & Software Version
. Instructions for powering the device up, use of the device and how to default the device
from the network
. Must provide 3 Full OTA files with incremented version
. Partner must pass the ZA portion of the testing before the test lab will allow the Comcast
specific Functional Test to proceed.
Please note that the partner must furnish Comcast a copy of the passing ZA test report
prior to the Functional Test.
1 device out of 50 submitted devices will be picked up randomly to perform pre-
certification test by comcast QA team
This test will start after Pre-certification test is complete by QA team

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