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===What is the Custom TV Portal?===
 
 
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The Custom TV Portal is an additional Portal similar to the Standard one, it is available as a new 'front-end' which allows for access to both standard and new options
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{{Note|The packages on this page are now considered as non-current, they have been superseded by the [[Custom_TV_Portal|'''New Portal''']]. These packages lost a lot of their functionality when Humax introduced the App. based TV portal and Version 1.03.06 firmware.}}
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{{Note|There have been two Custom Firmware packages (Custom Portal and Portal Xtra1 detailed below) that have added a new front end to the original Humax TV portal with extra features in addition to the standard ones. When Humax changed the TV Portal to be App.based, many features of these packages stopped working. A new Custom Firmware TV package is currently in development that will work with the App. based Humax portal, however this version will only work with Custom Firmware based on the Humax 1.03.06 or later firmware, because this version uses a different browser. Details of this new version will be shown below when they become available}}
 
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==New Portal==
 
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The new portal requires that the follow conditions are met :-
 
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*Custom Firmware based on Humax software version 1.03.06 or later is installed
 
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==Portal Xtra1==
 
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The Portal Xtra1 Package is the second generation of the original Custom TV Portal, It incorporates all the functions of the original Custom TV Portal and also has extra features
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The Portal Xtra1 Package was the second generation of the original Custom TV Portal, It incorporated all the functions of the original Custom TV Portal and also had extra features
  
 
The Portal Xtra1 package cannot be installed at the same time as the original Custom TV Portal, it is compatible with the custom-portal plugin architecture, so the foscam plug-in works with this too.
 
The Portal Xtra1 package cannot be installed at the same time as the original Custom TV Portal, it is compatible with the custom-portal plugin architecture, so the foscam plug-in works with this too.
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==Custom TV Portal (Original)==
 
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NOTE:- The Original Custom TV portal is no longer available from the Web-If >> Packages Menu, It has been replaced by the [[Custom_TV_Portal#Portal_Xtra1 | '''Portal Xtra1''']]
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NOTE:- The Original Custom TV portal is no longer available from the Web-If >> Packages Menu, It was replaced by Portal Xtra1,
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package which incorporates all the functions of the original Custom TV Portal. It is possible to obtain the original TV portal via Telnet by entering the following command :-  
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<span style="background:#FFFF00"> '''opkg install http://hummypkg.org.uk/hdrfoxt2/old/custom-portal_1.12_mipsel.opk''' </span>
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==Portal Foscam==
 
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This package works in conjunction with the Custom TV Portal to display video on screen from Foscam compatible cameras. It adds a section to the webif settings page for configuring the camera IP, user and password (see below) and a new button in the portal itself to launch the app.
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This package worked in conjunction with the Custom TV Portals to display video on screen from Foscam compatible cameras. It adds a section to the webif settings page for configuring the camera IP, user and password (see below) and a new button in the portal itself to launch the app.
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Latest revision as of 21:57, 18 September 2014

Tv-portal.png

Note Note: The packages on this page are now considered as non-current, they have been superseded by the New Portal. These packages lost a lot of their functionality when Humax introduced the App. based TV portal and Version 1.03.06 firmware.


Portal Xtra1

The Portal Xtra1 Package was the second generation of the original Custom TV Portal, It incorporated all the functions of the original Custom TV Portal and also had extra features

The Portal Xtra1 package cannot be installed at the same time as the original Custom TV Portal, it is compatible with the custom-portal plugin architecture, so the foscam plug-in works with this too.


How do I enable the Custom TV Portal?

It can be installed from the Standard Web-If Package Management list


How do I access the Custom TV Portal?

Once the Custom TV Portal is installed and the Humax has been rebooted, pressing the remote ‘TV Portal’ Button, will display a new Selection Menu as follows :-

Cust-port2.png

Note that, as of September 2014, one cannot access BBC iPlayer using this custom portal with pre-1.03 firmware.

Humax (Portal) Custom (Portal) Apps
1.Original Humax Portal 1.Sky Player (0.9) 1.News Feed
2.BBC iplayer (no longer working) 2.Twitter 2.TV Chat
3.Internet Radio 3.Facebook (working)
4.WIKI @TV 4.AccuWeather
5.Flicker 5.Daily Express Newspapers
6.YouTube 6.Techie Buzz
7.Picasa 7.OK Magazine
8.Teletext Holidays 8.Daily Star
9.Jobsite


Xtra (More Apps.) = Menu Hidden Developer Menu
1.iVid (Italian) 1.Select News Feed (1-9) 1.Test App
2.Family Message 2.Internet Time On 2.Enter Test URL
3.Check Body 3.System Info. (not Working) 3.Scancode Test Mode ON
4.Smart Metronome 4.Web-If (Not Working)
5.Do Squats
6.Guitar Chords
7.Push Up Master 7.tv.Tausoft.co.uk Portal
8.Google (Test) 8.Whats My User Agent? 8.Home Server 192.X.X.X
9.MIT Experts (for Devs) 9.About (9) Hidden Developer Menu 9.Reload This Page

NOTE The OK key will refresh the Menus, It will also momentarily display the current TV channel next to " = Menu"

Custom TV Portal (Original)

NOTE:- The Original Custom TV portal is no longer available from the Web-If >> Packages Menu, It was replaced by Portal Xtra1, the original TV portal can be obtained from here:-


http://hummypkg.org.uk/hdrfoxt2/old/custom-portal_1.12_mipsel.opk


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  • Humax Portal = Original Humax TV Portal
  • Our Portal = New Custom TV Portal, -- Sky Player (Subscription Required), Picasa, Twitter, Teletext Holidays, Test pages 1 & 2
  • Settings = (Options) -- a demo display of the Web-If Main page
  • Xtra Portal = Alternative Custom TV Portal (Only displayed if the Portal Xtra1 Plug-in is installed)


Portal Foscam

This package worked in conjunction with the Custom TV Portals to display video on screen from Foscam compatible cameras. It adds a section to the webif settings page for configuring the camera IP, user and password (see below) and a new button in the portal itself to launch the app.

NOTE:- the Current 'New Portal' does not support Portal Foscam


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The following cameras work with this package

  • Foscam IP Web-cam
  • Wansview NCB541W
  • Storage Options SON-IPC1


Notes

  1. 1, 3, 7 & 9 are to move the image to different corners of the screen
  2. Cusror keys for up, down, left and right camera movement
  3. Green is the zoom button (full screen and then back again)
  4. Blue goes back to the portal start page
  5. Red tries to reload the page
  6. Not all functions are available on all cameras
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