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CoreCDP - Multi-Tech Cellular Development Platform
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What is it?
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CoreCDP is a distribution provided by Multi-Tech tailored for the MTCDP
hardware development platform. CoreCDP is a branch of OpenEmbedded provided
by Multi-Tech Systems.

The Cellular Development Platform utilizes the OpenEmbedded framework to build
a custom Linux distribution that runs on Multi-Tech hardware. OpenEmbedded
provides a complete environment for cross-compiling 1000's of open source
software packages.  

For more information about CoreCDP, see http://www.multitech.net

For more information about OpenEmbedded, see http://www.openembedded.org

How to get started?
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Download the file 'corecdp-oe-1.0.0.tar.gz' (release number may vary) from the 
http://www.multitech.net website or copy it from the provided DVD. This file 
provides the CoreCDP build system and a set of sources sufficient for building
the sample images provided by CoreCDP.

Untar the contents to a folder of your choice, and install prerequisite 
packages. Then, configure the environment variables and you are good to go.  

See the Multi-Tech Developer website (http://www.multitech.net) for full 
installation and build instructions. In particular, see the "Introduction" and
"Getting Started" pages under the Cellular Development Platform section.

You can also join the available developer forums to post queries and receive 
updates from Multi-Tech developers.