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zcode7
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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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TheEndless
Channel Surfer

Re: Debug Console Not Loading

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
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zcode7
Visitor

Re: Debug Console Not Loading

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.
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destruk
Streaming Star

Re: Debug Console Not Loading

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.
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zcode7
Visitor

Re: Debug Console Not Loading

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!
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zcode7
Visitor

Re: Debug Console Not Loading

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?
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RokuMarkn
Visitor

Re: Debug Console Not Loading

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
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zcode7
Visitor

Re: Debug Console Not Loading

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

Re: Debug Console Not Loading

"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.
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TheEndless
Channel Surfer

Re: Debug Console Not Loading

"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).
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