Roku Developer Program

[zcode7]

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.

[TheEndless]

Did you re-enable developer mode? It was disabled in 4.8, so devs would have to accept the new developer agreement: http://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/RokuSDK ... ease+Notes

[zcode7]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Thanks everyone! I'm back up and running over here. Much appreciated.

[belltown]

"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]

"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).