Coursework help

You need a network connection to deploy a channel to your Roku. You don't necessarily need to develop using the Eclipse plugin. You'll need a text editor (e.g. Notepad or Notepad++), a way to create Zip files (e.g. Windows Explorer or 7-Zip), a telnet client for debugging (e.g. Windows Telnet or PuTTY), and a way to connect to and deploy (side-load) your channel from your PC to your Roku (e.g. any web browser or cURL). Here's some more info on setting up a development environment on Windows without using Eclipse: http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=83613. If you can't connect from your PC to your Roku over a network connection, however, then you're out of luck. Depending on which Roku model you have, you can connect to a network using ethernet or WiFi. If your school doesn't want you connecting to their network but you have your own laptop, you may be able to set up an ad-hoc network (as described in the first part of this post: http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?p=491352&sid=50621e28714a0944eb9b1b5d9ca4a807#p492929), which can be used to connect to the Roku.

Thank you!! I think I will have to go down the line of using my laptop as the technicians said something about not installing Telenet school computers.
Thanks again 🙂

You actually don't need telnet installed -- you can pull the debug log from an http url like http://ipaddress_of_roku_device:8085
Telnet does help if you want to check a value that isn't printed to the debugger, or if you want to manually interact with the debugger, but for viewing printed logs and errors that url will work just fine.

"destruk" wrote:
You actually don't need telnet installed -- you can pull the debug log from an http url like http://ipaddress_of_roku_device:8085

WAT ! Since when?!
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Oh. Ah. I see what you did there :idea:

Yeah but I hit CTRL+C to jump into the console all the time, can't imagine trying to live without that.

I did manage to set up a direct ethernet cable to my Roku and work on it OFFLINE, but it's been so long I can't remember how I did it, and it doesn't work anymore anyway since I nuked my laptop and did a fresh Windows 10 upgrade.

not that it would help OP, but it would be pretty awesome if we had a roku emulator with the different models to develop and test on like we have for android.

No TV needed. or for me, easier to watch TV while I work. 😄