Custom TV Portal

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What is the Custom TV Portal?

The Custom TV Portal is an additional TV Portal similar to the Standard Humax TV Portal, It does not replace the original, which is still available as it would be with the Standard Firmware


How do I enable the Custom TV Portal?

The Custom TV Portal requires Custom Firmware as Follows :-

  • HD / HDR_FOX_T2_1.02.20_mod_1.12 or later
  • Web-If 0.7.7 or later

The New Portal can then be installed from the Standard Web-If Package Management list


How do I access the Custom TV Portal?

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

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  • Humax Portal = Original Humax TV Portal
  • Our Portal = New Custom TV Portal, -- Sky Player (Subcription 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 Plugin is installed)


Portal Xtra1

A plugin for the Custom TV Portal, If the Portal Xtra1 plug-in is installed an 'Xtra Portal' Icon is displayed and the following options will be available when the icon is selected :-

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  • Humax = Original Humax Portal Options
  • Custom = Our Portal Options
  • Apps = News Feed (BBC News Headline Bar), TV Chat
  • TBA = For Future Development
  • Menu = Options e.g. display internet Time
  • info = Portal Xtra 'About' Info

Portal Foscam

This package works in conjunction with the Custom TV Portal to display video on screen from a Foscam IP Webcam. 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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Notes

The Custom TV Portal is still a ‘Work in Progress’ and will evolve with time, It’s contents will change as new features are added