Custom TV Portal

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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 Packages Menu, It has been replaced by the Portal Xtra1 package which incorporates all the functions of the origial Custom TV Portal. It is possible to obtain the original TV portal via Telnet by entering the following command :-


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


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?

Tv-portal.png

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

Cust-port.png

  • 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

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 exta 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 plugin works with this too.


Cust-port2.png

  • Humax = Original Humax Portal Options
  • Custom = Custom Portal Options, including apps from Humax not yet released
  • Apps = News Feed (RSS News Headline Bar), TV Chat (link to a holding page, next project)
  • TBA = For Future Development
  • Menu = Options e.g. select newsfeed, display internet Time, About...

General

  • UP/Down keys on remote move the menu, so you can have it higher on the screen if your TV is set to overscan, or at the top of the screen.
  • Channel + - change channel - note Off-air & data channels display a blank screen , as do radio channels.

Hidden Developer Menu

  • Press MENU on the remote, followed by 9-About... Then Press 9 again for a hidden Developer Menu.
  • 1. Test App, used by myself to develop and test stuff.. does nothing except present a small empty box.
  • 2. Enter Test URL, use a USB keyboard to enter a URL for the portal to load
  • 3. Scancode Test mode, test the keys returned from a keyboard or the remote control, press BACK to exit.
  • 7-9 Load the Xtra1 Portal from a different server, for test purposes.

Known Issues

  • The BBC iPlayer search picks up double keypresses when using the soft keyboard, under investigation
  • tvChat plugin is a holding webpage (separate project)

WE NEED 2 BLANK LINES BETWEEN ITEMS

Portal Foscam

This package works in conjunction with the Custom TV Portal to display video on screen from a Foscam IP Webcam (also reported to work with the Wansview NCB541W camera). 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

  • 1, 3, 7 & 9 are to move the image to different corners of the screen
  • Green is the zoom button (full screen and then back again)
  • Blue goes back to the portal start page
  • Red tries to reload the page
  • The above functions are still in development, some may not be present