Custom Firmware Overview

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Background

Like most modern electronic devices your Humax PVR is really a computer running a program, It has most of the things you would expect to find on your home P.C. like a monitor (your T.V.) an input device in the shape of the Remote Control (although no keyboard or mouse), a hard disk (Via USB on the HD), memory, USBs, a LAN connector etc.

Like your P.C. your Humax has an operating system, however it runs Linux rather than Windows, which makes it a lot more reliable, If you are familiar with Unix / Linux commands it is possible to navigate through it’s file system and carry out most of the task you would expect.

Because the Humax is basically a computer it is possible to get it to run extra programs in addition to the main “Be a T.V. Tuner” program which is called ‘humaxtv’ and this is what the Custom Firmware does, the first thing added was Telnet which allowed a user to log into the Humax via the LAN connector and install extra linux programs to run along-side the main ‘humaxtv’ program.

The next item to be added was a Graphical User Interface or GUI, this is basically a ‘Windows’ type interface that can be logged into from a P.C. so that the user doesn’t have to learn linux commands in order to talk to the Humax.

So what does the Custom Firmware do for me?

• Adds a Telnet Interface to the Humax
• Adds a GUI that can be logged into via a P.C. iMac etc.