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zcode7's avatar
zcode7
Visitor
13 years ago

Debug Console Not Loading

Hi Developer Forum,

I can't seem to access the developer console on both my work XD and home XDS box on port 8085. When I go to the URL, it just loads and loads and loads, with the screen completely white. I tried resetting to factory on my home box to no avail. Any ideas here?

I'm really hoping I can resolve this issue ASAP because it has put a stop to all development efforts for me.
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14 Replies

  • zcode7's avatar
    zcode7
    Visitor
    13 years ago
    I was never prompted to re-enable, and installing packages works just fine. I just can't bring up the dev console when I go to <roku IP address>:8085 in my browser, which has worked the last few weeks.
  • destruk's avatar
    destruk
    Streaming Star
    13 years ago
    In your browser? You need to connect to 8085 in telnet/command prompt, or using Putty or something. I've never connected to 8085 in a browser. btw - 8085 only works while a channel is running on your target roku.
  • zcode7's avatar
    zcode7
    Visitor
    13 years ago
    Thanks for your prompt replies - feeling like a total noob over here haha. I telnetted in on the mac terminal but I'm not getting anything log-wise. Do I need to type in a command to enable the log? Thanks again!
  • zcode7's avatar
    zcode7
    Visitor
    13 years ago
    What I mean is, I type this in:
    telnet <my roku Ip address> 8085

    Then it says:
    Trying <my roku ip address>....
    Connected to <my roku ip address>

    Then I try typing in commands like
    bt
    ?HELLO WORLD

    and it returns nothing. Any ideas here?
  • RokuMarkn's avatar
    RokuMarkn
    Visitor
    13 years ago
    You won't see any output on that port until you run a side-loaded channel. After the channel is running, you can type ctrl-C to break into the brightscript debugger.

    --Mark
  • zcode7's avatar
    zcode7
    Visitor
    13 years ago
    Thanks everyone! I'm back up and running over here. Much appreciated.
  • belltown's avatar
    belltown
    Roku Guru
    13 years ago
    "destruk" wrote:
    In your browser? You need to connect to 8085 in telnet/command prompt, or using Putty or something. I've never connected to 8085 in a browser. btw - 8085 only works while a channel is running on your target roku.

    Connecting to port 8085 works fine for me using a browser -- if all you're looking for is the debug output. Sometimes I find it more convenient than using telnet from the Windows command prompt if I want to examine large debug output strings.
  • TheEndless's avatar
    TheEndless
    Channel Surfer
    13 years ago
    "belltown" wrote:
    "destruk" wrote:
    In your browser? You need to connect to 8085 in telnet/command prompt, or using Putty or something. I've never connected to 8085 in a browser. btw - 8085 only works while a channel is running on your target roku.

    Connecting to port 8085 works fine for me using a browser -- if all you're looking for is the debug output. Sometimes I find it more convenient than using telnet from the Windows command prompt if I want to examine large debug output strings.

    Care to elaborate? How are you accessing port 8085 via a browser? That doesn't work for me (nor would I expect it to).
  • belltown's avatar
    belltown
    Roku Guru
    13 years ago
    "TheEndless" wrote:
    "belltown" wrote:
    "destruk" wrote:
    In your browser? You need to connect to 8085 in telnet/command prompt, or using Putty or something. I've never connected to 8085 in a browser. btw - 8085 only works while a channel is running on your target roku.

    Connecting to port 8085 works fine for me using a browser -- if all you're looking for is the debug output. Sometimes I find it more convenient than using telnet from the Windows command prompt if I want to examine large debug output strings.

    Care to elaborate? How are you accessing port 8085 via a browser? That doesn't work for me (nor would I expect it to).

    I side-load a channel, then using a web browser type: http://192.168.0.4:8085/ in the location bar. The browser then displays all the debug output (print statements, etc.) The browser window is automatically updated as more debug output is generated.

    It works for me using Roku firmware 3.1 build 1017. It works better with Firefox and Chrome. With Internet Explorer, the linefeeds are not handled properly.