How to install custom widgets to TV


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INSTALLATION of Internet@TV widgets (B series) or SmartHub applications (C and D series)

On PC

Easy way

Use SmartHub Widget Manager app

Long way

Server for widgets

To install your custom widgets, you have to run a http server on your local network.
Here are a lot of variants, here is a xampp apache web server as example:

1. Download the application XAMPP
2. Install it
3. In the main installation folder, locate and run xampp-control.exe.
4. Press the Start button next to the name Apache. Should show up next to the inscription Running.
Xampp1.png

Place your downloaded widget (zip archive) to htdocs/Widget directory The root of www server (htdocs for xampp) must contain a file widgetlist.xml

widgetlist.xml

The file must be like this: 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rsp stat="ok">
<list>
   <widget id="Facebook">
       <title>Facebook</title>
       <compression size="1656763" type="zip"/>
       <description></description>
       <download>http://192.168.1.10/Widget/Facebook_1_Europe_20100923.zip</download>
   </widget>
   <widget id="Today">
       <title>USA Today News</title>
       <compression size="517608" type="zip"/>
       <description></description>
       <download>http://192.168.1.10/Widget/Today_0001_Europe_20100925.zip</download>
   </widget>
</list>
</rsp>

Where: 

widget id: your widget ID (what ever you want)
title: Your widget title
compression size: size of zipped archive in bytes
download: points a directory and zip file with widget

You can also install a few widgets by adding a given file more entries between the marker and <list> </ list> (as shown on example).

On TV

Create the developer account

Use "develop" as login name (NOT e-mail address!). Example video from: movl.


1. Enter the menu by pressing the button on the remote Internet@YB (or SmartHub)
2. After loading the widget, go to Settings
3. and then Create an account.
4. Enter the name: develop and password(any)
5. Exit SmartHUb and reboot TV

Add and update the list of widgets

1. Download the wanted widget for Samsung TV
2. Unpack the archive to a directory located in the htdocs directory XAMPP program.
3. Using a text editor open the file widgetlist.xml and change the IP address on the local IP address of your computer.
4. Run Internet@TV (or SmartHub)
5. Login to developer account (Press the RED button to login. )
6. Select an account develop and enter the password.
7. Go into Settings.
8. Choose a new developer options, and then setup the IP Address.
9. Enter the IP address of your PC, where web server is running
10. Select Widget synchronization.
11. Wait until the installation is complete and the message "Service installed." - Press Enter.
12. The new widget should appear in the list (check the BLUE button).
13. We can log out of your account (RED button).

If you have an external IP for widget synchronization (eg for NetPlayer), you can enter it in step 9.

WARNING! If when you try to install nothing happens, or TV to restart - try turning off your computer firewall (Firewall).
 If the Internet @ TV does not boot - unplug the network cable, run the Internet @ TV and when to load a blank panel,
connect the cable and run it again.

References

http://forum.samygo.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=892&start=10#p7713
http://samygo.ugu.pl/faq/#Internet_widgets
Personal experience

To Be Updated

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