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Enable RS232 Control and Use Playlist

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Hello, I need to control my HD1010 with serial commands from a computer. I was advised to use a blank playlist so that the player does not load anything and therefore will enable the RS232 control. When a playlist was loaded, the serial interface was not loaded. I now realize that although I need to control what is playing from my computer, I do need a default video to play. How can I both enable RS232 control, and also play a default video. I imagine there is some scripting I can use to enable the RS232, but can't find much in the reference material. Do I need to create an object or something with: sw = CreateObject("roGpioControlPort") serial = CreateObject(“roSerialPortâ€, 0, 9600) 1 Thanks for any help. - Bruce
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    RokuLyndon


    The directions you were given drop you to the shell. It's one way to control the unit over serial, but probably the least flexible way to do it.

    This video explains how you can send commands to the player using a BrightAuthor project.
    Serial /UDP Control with BrightAuthor


    You can also use the following custom script which gives you play, stop, resume, and search commands.
    Serial /UDP control script
    Readme
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    bspero


    Lyndon,
      Thanks for the reply. I am asking about the shell specifically because I already have a completed project. It is a computer interactive that tells the player to play specific files when different things happen within the interactive program. My only problem is that the computer starts up faster than the ROKU player, so the first commands from the software are not received to play the attract video since the player isn't initialized yet. SO - I need to set a default item to play back on startup, and also enable the shell since this is how the player is being controlled. I'll take a look at the script you provided and see if I can get that going.

    - Bruce
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