open-edge-platform · saratpoluri · Feb 19, 2026 · Feb 16, 2026 · Feb 17, 2026 · Feb 17, 2026
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@ Model chaining allows you to combine multiple AI models in a single pipeline to
 
 ##### Prerequisites
 
-By default, only a limited number of models is downloaded during helm chart installation, which limits the possibilities of model chaining. To enable the full set of models:
+By default, only a limited number of models is downloaded during helm chart installation, which limits the possibilities of model chaining. To enable all models:
 
-1. Set `initModels.modelType=all` in `kubernetes/scenescape-chart/values.yaml`.
-2. Configure desired model precisions (e.g., `initModels.modelPrecisions=FP16`) in `kubernetes/scenescape-chart/values.yaml`.
-3. (Re)deploy Intel® SceneScape to download the additional models.
+1. Configure desired model precisions (e.g., `initModels.modelPrecisions=FP16`) in `kubernetes/scenescape-chart/values.yaml`.
+2. (Re)deploy Intel® SceneScape to download the supported models.
 
 ##### Chaining Syntax
 
@@ -50,28 +49,14 @@ By default, only a limited number of models is downloaded during helm chart inst
 
 Use the following short names to refer to each model in the chain:
 
-| Category              | Full Model Name                              | Short Name  | Description                               |
-| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------- |
-| **Person Detection**  | person-detection-retail-0013                 | retail      | General person detection                  |
-|                       | pedestrian-and-vehicle-detector-adas-0001    | pedveh      | Pedestrian and vehicle detection          |
-| **Person Analysis**   | person-reidentification-retail-0277          | reid        | Person re-identification                  |
-|                       | person-attributes-recognition-crossroad-0238 | personattr  | Person attributes (age, gender, clothing) |
-|                       | age-gender-recognition-retail-0013           | agegender   | Age and gender classification             |
-|                       | human-pose-estimation-0001                   | pose        | Human pose estimation                     |
-| **Vehicle Detection** | vehicle-detection-0200                       | veh0200     | Vehicle detection (newer model)           |
-|                       | vehicle-detection-0201                       | veh0201     | Vehicle detection (alternative)           |
-|                       | vehicle-detection-0202                       | veh0202     | Vehicle detection (alternative)           |
-|                       | vehicle-detection-adas-0002                  | vehadas     | ADAS vehicle detection                    |
-|                       | person-vehicle-bike-detection-2000           | pvb2000     | Multi-class detection                     |
-|                       | person-vehicle-bike-detection-2001           | pvb2001     | Multi-class detection (v2)                |
-|                       | person-vehicle-bike-detection-2002           | pvb2002     | Multi-class detection (v3)                |
-|                       | person-vehicle-bike-detection-crossroad-0078 | pvbcross78  | Crossroad detection                       |
-|                       | person-vehicle-bike-detection-crossroad-1016 | pvbcross16  | Crossroad detection (v2)                  |
-| **Vehicle Analysis**  | vehicle-attributes-recognition-barrier-0042  | vehattr     | Vehicle attributes (color, type)          |
-|                       | vehicle-license-plate-detection-barrier-0106 | platedetect | License plate detection                   |
-| **Text Analysis**     | horizontal-text-detection-0001               | textdetect  | Text detection                            |
-|                       | text-recognition-0012                        | textrec     | Text recognition                          |
-|                       | text-recognition-resnet-fc                   | textresnet  | ResNet-based text recognition             |
+| Category             | Full Model Name                              | Short Name | Description                               |
+| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------- |
+| **Person Detection** | person-detection-retail-0013                 | retail     | General person detection                  |
+|                      | person-vehicle-bike-detection-crossroad-1016 | pvbcross16 | Crossroad multi-class detection           |
+| **Person Analysis**  | person-reidentification-retail-0277          | reid       | Person re-identification                  |
+|                      | person-attributes-recognition-crossroad-0238 | personattr | Person attributes (age, gender, clothing) |
+|                      | age-gender-recognition-retail-0013           | agegender  | Age and gender classification             |
+| **Vehicle Analysis** | vehicle-attributes-recognition-barrier-0042  | vehattr    | Vehicle attributes (color, type)          |
 
 ##### Common Chaining Patterns
 
@@ -93,23 +78,20 @@ retail=GPU+agegender=GPU
 
 ```
 # Vehicle detection with re-identification
-veh0200=GPU+reid=GPU
+pvbcross16=GPU+reid=GPU
 
 # Vehicle detection with attributes
-veh0200+vehattr
-
-# Vehicle detection with license plate detection
-veh0200+platedetect
+pvbcross16+vehattr
 ```
 
 **Multi-Class Detection:**
 
 ```
 # Detect people, vehicles, and bikes
-pvb2000=GPU
+pvbcross16=GPU
 
 # Multi-class detection with re-identification
-pvb2000=GPU+reid=GPU
+pvbcross16=GPU+reid=GPU
 ```
 
 #### Advanced Configuration

diff --git a/kubernetes/scenescape-chart/templates/model-installer/job.yaml b/kubernetes/scenescape-chart/templates/model-installer/job.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 {{- if .Values.hooks.enabled }}
-{{- if not (has .Values.initModels.modelType (list "default" "ocr" "all")) }}
-{{- fail "initModels.modelType must be one of: default, ocr, all" }}
-{{- end }}
 {{- if not (kindIs "bool" .Values.initModels.modelProc) }}
 {{- fail "initModels.modelProc must be a boolean (true or false)" }}
 {{- end }}
@@ -45,8 +42,6 @@ spec:
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.initModels.image.pullPolicy }}
         name: {{ .Release.Name }}-init-models-container
         env:
-          - name: MODEL_TYPE
-            value: "{{ .Values.initModels.modelType }}"
           - name: MODEL_PRECISIONS
             value: "{{ .Values.initModels.modelPrecisions }}"
           - name: MODEL_PROC

diff --git a/kubernetes/scenescape-chart/values.yaml b/kubernetes/scenescape-chart/values.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ initModels:
     name: python
     tag: 3.13-slim@sha256:4c2cf9917bd1cbacc5e9b07320025bdb7cdf2df7b0ceaccb55e9dd7e30987419
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  # Model type to download - MUST be one of: default, ocr, all
-  modelType: default
   # Model precisions - comma-separated list of: FP32, FP16, INT8
   modelPrecisions: FP32
   modelProc: true

diff --git a/model_installer/Makefile b/model_installer/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ install-omz-models: create-models-volume build-image
 	; APPDIR=/workspace \
 	; HOSTDIR=$$PWD \
 	; IMAGE=$(IMAGE):latest \
-	; MODELS=--$${MODELS:-default} \
 	; PRECISIONS=$${PRECISIONS:-FP32} \
 	; docker run --rm -v $$HOSTDIR:$$APPDIR:z \
 	             -v $${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_vol-models:/opt/intel/openvino/deployment_tools/intel_models \
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ install-omz-models: create-models-volume build-image
 	             -e MODEL_DIR=/opt/intel/openvino/deployment_tools/intel_models \
 	             -u $$UID \
 	             -l user=$$USER $$IMAGE \
-	             /workspace/model_installer/src/install-omz-models $$MODELS --precisions $$PRECISIONS --model_proc
+	             /workspace/model_installer/src/install-omz-models --precisions $$PRECISIONS --model_proc
 	@echo "DONE ==> Installing Open Model Zoo models"
 
 copy-config-files: create-models-volume

diff --git a/model_installer/src/README.md b/model_installer/src/README.md
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ The models and configuration files are downloaded into a models volume that is a
 
 ## Configuration
 
-Model installer can be configured to download a specific set of models using the following parameters:
+Model installer downloads the supported model set defined in `install-omz-models` (`_DEFAULT_MODELS`) and can be configured with the following parameters:
 
-| Parameter    | Allowed Values          | Format               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
-| ------------ | ----------------------- | -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `models`     | `default`, `ocr`, `all` | Single value         | Specifies which set of models to download. `default` includes person detection, re-identification, and pose estimation models. `ocr` includes text detection and recognition models. `all` downloads both default and OCR models. |
-| `precisions` | `FP32`, `FP16`, `INT8`  | Comma-separated list | Model precision formats to download. Multiple precisions can be specified for the same model (e.g., `FP16,FP32`). The first one will be used as preferred when generating `model-config.json`                                     |
+| Parameter    | Allowed Values         | Format               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                   |
+| ------------ | ---------------------- | -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `precisions` | `FP32`, `FP16`, `INT8` | Comma-separated list | Model precision formats to download. Multiple precisions can be specified for the same model (e.g., `FP16,FP32`). The first one will be used as preferred when generating `model-config.json` |
+| `model_proc` | `true`, `false`        | Single value         | When enabled, attempts to download model-proc JSON files for each supported model and precision.                                                                                              |
 
-For Kubernetes deployment refer to the `initModels` section in [Helm chart values](../../kubernetes/scenescape-chart/values.yaml), for example use `--set initModels.modelType=all --set initModels.modelPrecisions=FP16,FP32` when installing the Helm chart.
+For Kubernetes deployment refer to the `initModels` section in [Helm chart values](../../kubernetes/scenescape-chart/values.yaml), for example use `--set initModels.modelPrecisions=FP16,FP32 --set initModels.modelProc=true` when installing the Helm chart.
 
-For Docker deployment use `MODELS` and `PRECISIONS` environment variables when building, e.g.: `make install-models MODELS=all` or `make install-models MODELS=all PRECISIONS="FP16,FP8"`.
+For Docker deployment use `PRECISIONS` environment variable when building, e.g.: `make install-models` or `make install-models PRECISIONS="FP16,FP32"`.
 
 ## Models Volume Folder Structure
 

diff --git a/model_installer/src/entrypoint-k8s.sh b/model_installer/src/entrypoint-k8s.sh
@@ -11,25 +11,8 @@ apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget && rm -rf /var
 pip install --no-cache-dir -r /workspace/requirements-runtime.txt
 
 # Run the entrypoint script to download models
-echo "Starting model installation with MODEL_TYPE=${MODEL_TYPE}, PRECISIONS=${MODEL_PRECISIONS}, MODEL_PROC=${MODEL_PROC}"
-# Build arguments for install-omz-models
-ARGS=""
-case "${MODEL_TYPE}" in
-  "default")
-    ARGS="--default"
-    ;;
-  "ocr")
-    ARGS="--ocr"
-    ;;
-  "all")
-    ARGS="--all"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    echo "Unknown MODEL_TYPE: ${MODEL_TYPE}. Using default."
-    ARGS="--default"
-    ;;
-esac
-ARGS="${ARGS} --precisions ${MODEL_PRECISIONS}"
+echo "Starting model installation with PRECISIONS=${MODEL_PRECISIONS}, MODEL_PROC=${MODEL_PROC}"
+ARGS="--precisions ${MODEL_PRECISIONS}"
 # Add model_proc flag if enabled
 if [ "${MODEL_PROC}" = "true" ]; then
   ARGS="${ARGS} --model_proc"
@@ -41,7 +24,7 @@ echo "Copying config files..."
 python /workspace/copy-config-files /workspace ${MODEL_DIR}
 echo "Model installation completed successfully"
 echo "Models installed in: ${MODEL_DIR}"
-ls -la "${MODEL_DIR}" || true``
+ls -la "${MODEL_DIR}" || true
 
 if [ -d "/workspace/models-storage/models/" ]; then
   echo "Models downloaded successfully"

diff --git a/model_installer/src/generate_model_config.py b/model_installer/src/generate_model_config.py
@@ -22,26 +22,11 @@
 _MODEL_NAME_MAP = {
   # Intel models
   "age-gender-recognition-retail-0013": "agegender",
-  "horizontal-text-detection-0001": "textdetect",
-  "human-pose-estimation-0001": "pose",
-  "pedestrian-and-vehicle-detector-adas-0001": "pedveh",
   "person-attributes-recognition-crossroad-0238": "personattr",
   "person-detection-retail-0013": "retail",
   "person-reidentification-retail-0277": "reid",
-  "person-vehicle-bike-detection-2000": "pvb2000",
-  "person-vehicle-bike-detection-2001": "pvb2001",
-  "person-vehicle-bike-detection-2002": "pvb2002",
-  "person-vehicle-bike-detection-crossroad-0078": "pvbcross78",
   "person-vehicle-bike-detection-crossroad-1016": "pvbcross16",
-  "text-recognition-0012": "textrec",
-  "vehicle-license-plate-detection-barrier-0106": "platedetect",
   "vehicle-attributes-recognition-barrier-0042": "vehattr",
-  "vehicle-detection-0200": "veh0200",
-  "vehicle-detection-0201": "veh0201",
-  "vehicle-detection-0202": "veh0202",
-  "vehicle-detection-adas-0002": "vehadas",
-  # Public models
-  "text-recognition-resnet-fc": "textresnet",
 }
 
 

diff --git a/model_installer/src/install-omz-models b/model_installer/src/install-omz-models
@@ -12,61 +12,24 @@ from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from generate_model_config import generate_model_config
 
 TIMEOUT = 600
-NUM_RETRIES = "6"
-OMZ_DIR = "/usr/local/lib/open_model_zoo"
 MODEL_DIR = os.environ.get("MODEL_DIR") if "MODEL_DIR" in os.environ else "/workspace/models"
 OVMS_MODEL_DIR = os.path.join(MODEL_DIR, "ovms")
 MODEL_CACHE_DIR = os.path.join(OVMS_MODEL_DIR, "cache")
 OVMS_CONFIGFILE = f"{MODEL_DIR}/ovms-config.json"
 OMZ_BASE_URL = "https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/open_model_zoo/2023.0/models_bin/1"
-# Special case: some public models have a different base URL
-MODEL_BASE_URLS = {
-  "text-recognition-resnet-fc": "https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/open_model_zoo/public/text-recognition-resnet-fc"
-}
 MODEL_PROC_FOLDER_URL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-edge-platform/edge-ai-libraries/refs/heads/release-2025.2.0/libraries/dl-streamer/samples/gstreamer/model_proc/intel/"
 
 _DEFAULT_MODELS = [
   'person-detection-retail-0013',
-  'person-reidentification-retail-0277',
-  'human-pose-estimation-0001',
-]
-
-_OCR_MODELS = [
-  'horizontal-text-detection-0001',
-  'text-recognition-resnet-fc',
-  'text-recognition-0012'
-]
-
-_ALL_MODELS = _DEFAULT_MODELS + _OCR_MODELS + [
-  'pedestrian-and-vehicle-detector-adas-0001',
-  'person-vehicle-bike-detection-2000',
-  'person-vehicle-bike-detection-2001',
-  'person-vehicle-bike-detection-2002',
-  'person-vehicle-bike-detection-crossroad-0078',
   'person-vehicle-bike-detection-crossroad-1016',
-  'person-attributes-recognition-crossroad-0238',
+  'person-reidentification-retail-0277',
   'age-gender-recognition-retail-0013',
-  'vehicle-detection-0200',
-  'vehicle-detection-0201',
-  'vehicle-detection-0202',
-  'vehicle-detection-adas-0002',
-  'vehicle-license-plate-detection-barrier-0106',
-  'vehicle-attributes-recognition-barrier-0042'
-]
-
-# TODO: use download_public_models.sh for downloading supported models
-# see: https://github.com/open-edge-platform/edge-ai-libraries/tree/main/libraries/dl-streamer/samples
-_PUBLIC_MODELS = [
-  # This is 1-channel model that is not supported by DLStreamer
-  # TODO: use ch_PP-OCRv4_rec_infer
-  'text-recognition-resnet-fc',
+  'person-attributes-recognition-crossroad-0238',
+  'vehicle-attributes-recognition-barrier-0042',
 ]
 
 def _build_argparser():
   parser = ArgumentParser()
-  parser.add_argument("--default", action="store_true", help="Download default models")
-  parser.add_argument("--ocr", action="store_true", help="Download OCR models")
-  parser.add_argument("--all", action="store_true", help="Download all models")
   parser.add_argument("--precisions", help="Donwload models with specific precisions."
                       "Comma separated value, with no extra spaces.",
                       type=str, default="FP32")
@@ -105,7 +68,7 @@ def _download_model(model, precisions, model_subdir, download_proc):
   exit_code = 0
   for prec in precisions.split(","):
     prec = prec.strip()
-    model_url_dir = MODEL_BASE_URLS.get(model, f"{OMZ_BASE_URL}/{model}/{prec}")
+    model_url_dir = f"{OMZ_BASE_URL}/{model}/{prec}"
     dest_dir = os.path.join(MODEL_DIR, model_subdir, model, prec)
     _make_dir(dest_dir)
     try:
@@ -153,12 +116,7 @@ def _copy_files(source, destination):
 
 def main():
   args = _build_argparser().parse_args()
-  if args.all:
-    models = _ALL_MODELS
-  elif args.ocr:
-    models = _OCR_MODELS
-  else:
-    models = _DEFAULT_MODELS
+  models = _DEFAULT_MODELS
 
   precisions = args.precisions
   proc_files = args.model_proc
@@ -174,7 +132,7 @@ def main():
   ovms_config_len = len(ovms_config["model_config_list"])
 
   for model in models:
-    model_subdir = "public" if model in _PUBLIC_MODELS else "intel"
+    model_subdir = "intel"
     if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(MODEL_DIR, model_subdir, model)):
       # Download model
       _download_model(model, precisions, model_subdir, proc_files)

diff --git a/tools/ppl_runner/README.md b/tools/ppl_runner/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Building Intel® SceneScape will perform all the above steps and additionally bu
 The commands below will perform all the above steps and additionally build all images (adjust environment variables if needed):
 
 ```
-make MODELS=all PRECISIONS=FP32
+make install-models PRECISIONS=FP32
 make init-sample-data
 ```