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Virtual keyboard screen to connect to WiFi

USB Access Features

Steps to enable  USB on box 

  • Connect USB/external HDD to box/device
  • Launching controller UI 
    • $ <BOXIP>:9998 
    • Enable UsbAccess Plugin 
  • Login to box using below command:
  • Mount usb on box with 'mount' command on box
    • $ mount
  • Create soft  link using below command:
    • $ ln -sf /usb /opt/www/usbdrive

 Note:

  1. while creating Soft link use the path where the USB content are mounted for example in above case usb contents are mounted in /usb path
  2. USB access plugin should be enabled from controller UI

Key Navigation:

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  • Audio file(.mp3)
  • Video file(.mp4)
  • Images (.JPG and .PNG)

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  • USB tab list will be available on settings screen
  • On selection of USB tab on settings screen, an enable/disable button will be shown
  • Enable/Disable button will be available on settings screen
            ◦ Enable/disable button added to control retrieve of USB data once USB connected to Box, so enable only if  USB/HDD connected to the box
  • Folders for video, audio, image along with title will be displayed on settings screen
  • You will be able to navigate to USB tab, enable/disable button, video, audio, image folders
  • You will be able to launch video, audio, image screen and navigate to the available tiles
  • File formats supported to display on screens:
            ◦ Audio file (supports: .mp3, .MP3, .mpeg, .MPEG)
            ◦ Video file (supports: .mp4, .MP4, .mov, .MOV, .avi, .AVI, .m3u8, .M3U8, .mpeg2, .MPEG2)
            ◦ Images (supports:  .png, .PNG, .jpg, .JPG, .jpeg, .JPEG)
  • You will be able to view usb contents on corresponding screens
  • You will be able to play usb video content
  • You will not be able to play audio content because audio playback is not working with aamp and uve-js. (Note: audio playback functionality not implemented)
  • You will be able to see image preview in full screen, and right arrow key will be displayed
  • On key right next image will be displayed, right arrow key will be hidden if no preview image available and left arrow key will be displayed
  • On key left previous image will be displayed, left arrow key will be hidden if no preview image available
  • For audio and video custom tiles will be shown on corresponding screens horizontally along with there name
  • Actual images will be shown on image screen which are available in USB
  • Preview will be shown for focused item below in all the screens
  • On selecting Video items , Video will be played in Full Screen, once playback stops user has to come back to video screen and play next video
  • Audio playback is not yet implemented, so playback will not work
  • On Video/Audio/Images screen, in top panel back button and IP address will be displayed
  • On Navigating Back button and enter, will land in setting screen and Focus will be on USB folders

Steps to enable  USB on box 

  • Connect USB/external HDD to box/device
  • Launching controller UI 
    • $ <BOXIP>:9998 
    • Enable UsbAccess Plugin 
  • Login to box using below command:
  • Mount usb on box with 'mount' command on box
    • $ mount
  • Create soft  link using below command:
    • $ ln -sf /usb /opt/www/usbdrive

 Note:

  1. while creating Soft link use the path where the USB content are mounted for example in above case usb contents are mounted in /usb path
  2. USB access plugin should be enabled from controller UI

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On enable USB

USB Video Screen

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  • Method: $ curl -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"3","method":"org.rdk.UsbAccess.1.getFileList","params":{"path":"www"}}' http://127.0.0.1:9998/jsonrpc
  • Response: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":3,"result":{"contents":[{"name":"var","t":"f"},{"name":"..","t":"d"},{"name":"pages","t":"d"},{"name":"logs","t":"f"},{"name":".","t":"d"}],"success":true}}

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  • Connect your device with lan and get the box/device ip, make sure your dev pc and device is connected with the same network
  • login into box:
    • $ ssh root@<your box ip>
    • $ rm -rf lxresui
  • Extract downloaded pre-build lxresui (dist)  folder in your dev pc 
  • Copy lxresui folder from dev pc  to box/device:
  • configure residentapp.sh file
  • reboot the box, on bootup new ui will be rendered on TV screen

Download pre-build (morty and dunfell) image's for RPI with Version 2 UI changes

Below per-build morty and dunfell image is available for RPI device created from sd card after flashing dist (compiled version of src code) just to avoid above steps: create distribution build, download pre-build and flash, it has latest version_2 ui changes and on bootup new ui will be rendered on TV screen. 

pre-build dunfell image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WCuzFKwENFwq_bEERuHXxDUFyO6AuX7q/view?usp=sharing

Download pre-build (morty and dunfell) image's for RPI with Version 2 UI changes

Below per-build morty and dunfell image is available for RPI device created from sd card after flashing dist (compiled version of src code) just to avoid above steps: create distribution build, download pre-build and flash, it has latest version_2 ui changes and on bootup new ui will be rendered on TV screen. 

pre-build dunfell image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WCuzFKwENFwq_bEERuHXxDUFyO6AuX7q/view?usp=sharing

pre-build morty image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hxbTN-36rgLTposhTqANZs4fcv8jAQ2A/view?usp=sharing

Flash image on SD card

Option 1:

  • Execute the below command to flash the image on the SD card

$ sudo dd if=<downloaded image path> of=/dev/sdb bs=1M

ex: sudo dd if=rdk-mc-rpi.img of=/dev/sdb bs=1M

Option 2:

  • Download and install Balena Etcher to write the Raspberry Pi SD card: https://www.balena.io/etcher/
  • Flash it to the Raspberry Pi's SD card using Etcher

Note: Balena etcher is available for MAC OS, Windows and Linux.

Image Addedpre-build morty image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hxbTN-36rgLTposhTqANZs4fcv8jAQ2A/view?usp=sharing