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It comes in a form of installer package that can be installed on desktop pc and launched. RDK-V Virtual Remote application starts with all the RCU keys present in physical RDK remote. After application launch, a RDK-V Virtual Remote screen is displayed which mainly contains virtual keys same as RCU keys present in physical rdk remote.

Note: Few RCU keys are not implemented in physical RDK remote, same keys will not work in RDK-V Virtual Remote. Details will be added soon.

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RDK virtual remote has been developed and tested on below environment

• VS Code: Version-1.63.0

Visual Studio Code is a source-code editor made by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS.

• Electron: 13.5.2

Electron (formerly known as Atom Shell) is a free and open-source software framework developed and maintained by GitHub. It allows for the development of desktop GUI applications using web technologies: it combines the Chromium rendering engine and the Node. js runtime.

• Google Chrome: Version 96.0.4664.93 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google.

• Node.js: 14.16.0

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, back-end JavaScript runtime environment that runs on the V8 engine and executes JavaScript code outside a web browser.

• V8: 9.1.269.39-electron.0

V8 is Google's open source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++. It is used in Chrome and in Node.js, among others.

• OS: Linux x64 5.11.0-41-generic

An operating system is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

• Oracle Virtual Box: Version 5.2.42_Ubuntu r137960

            Oracle VM VirtualBox is cross-platform virtualization software.

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• RPI: 3B

Source code setup and Run application

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                            $ nvm use v14.18.1 

• Step 2 - get the emulator src code

                            $ git clone https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdk/devices/intel-x86-pc/emulator/appmanager

• Step 3 - goto RDKVirtualRemote folder

                             $ cd RDKVirtualRemote

• Step 4 - run below command to install dependencies

                             $ npm install

• Step 5 - run below command to launch virtual remote

                             $ npm run start      

Create installer package

Follow below steps to create installer package for linux 

• Need to install electron-packager and electron-installer-debian globally if not installed in your PC

             $ $ sudo npm install -g electron-packager
           $   $ sudo npm install -g electron-installer-debian

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• Installer package will be created and stored inside the dist folder.

Installation

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Pre-Build Download

• Download pre-build installer package

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• RDK-V

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• Virtual Remote: rdkv-virtual-remote

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• _1.0.0_amd64.deb

Steps to install

Step 1- Double click on downloaded installer deb package

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Step 2- Default Linux software install window will appear with install button, click on install

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Step 3- Authentication window will appear, give user password and press Authenticate

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On successful installation user/developer will be able to launch RDK-V Virtual Remote by selecting the RDK-V Virtual Remote icon from apps 

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Features

Target Device IP Address Configuration

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