Roku HD110 User Guide - Page 101

To begin testing your custom script:, Multi-run script limitations, Linux shell, RUN.BRS, script

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To begin testing your custom script: 1 Copy your content and script file to the CF/SD card. 2 Name your script RUN.BRS. You can call it anything, as long as it's not AUTORUN.BRS, so it doesn't start automatically. 3 Add debug = true as the first line of your script. This command enables you to see output from the print statements you added to your script. 4 Insert your CF/SD card into your BrightSign and add power. 5 When the Roku prompt appears, type the following: script run.brs Multi-run script limitations Currently when a script terminates, BrightSign does not free resources allocated by Roku Objects. This means that if you use the script shell command to run a script, and the script exits, you may not be able to run it again successfully unless you reboot your BrightSign between script tests. Linux shell BrightSign has a Linux shell that you can access via the serial port. To access the Linux shell, enter the following at the Roku prompt: exit When you are done using the Linux shell, enter the following at the Linux prompt: reboot 95 • •

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To begin testing your custom script:
1
Copy your content and script file to the CF/SD card.
2
Name your script
RUN.BRS
. You can call it anything, as long as it’s not AUTORUN.BRS, so it
doesn’t start automatically.
3
Add
debug = true
as the first line of your script. This command enables you to see output
from the print statements you added to your script.
4
Insert your CF/SD card into your BrightSign and add power.
5
When the Roku prompt appears, type the following:
script run.brs
Multi-run script limitations
Currently when a script terminates, BrightSign does not free resources allocated by Roku Objects.
This means that if you use the
script
shell command to run a script, and the script exits, you may
not be able to run it again successfully unless you reboot your BrightSign between script tests.
Linux shell
BrightSign has a Linux shell that you can access via the serial port. To access the Linux shell, enter
the following at the Roku prompt:
exit
When you are done using the Linux shell, enter the following at the Linux prompt:
reboot