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Can we test TV widget on local network?

Hello everyone,

I want to know if we can test my widget on local network.

For example, my TV is connected on router without internet connected.

Can my widget on TV just download information from my local PC(127.0.0.1) using XMLRPC?

Thx.

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  • QUOTE (zhuyinan1988 @ Mar 5 2011, 06:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Hello everyone,

    I want to know if we can test my widget on local network.

    For example, my TV is connected on router without internet connected.

    Can my widget on TV just download information from my local PC(127.0.0.1) using XMLRPC?

    Thx.

    Of course. Remember, this is simply communication using HTTP.

    Obviously, you wouldn't be sending requests to 127.0.0.1.

    Since you have control over your web server, why not encode the calls using json rather than xml?
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  • QUOTE (Benjamin Toll @ Mar 5 2011, 12:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Of course. Remember, this is simply communication using HTTP.

    Obviously, you wouldn't be sending requests to 127.0.0.1.

    Since you have control over your web server, why not encode the calls using json rather than xml?


    But when I runing the widget local, it always shows "disconnect, widget closed". I can't do anything.
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  • QUOTE (zhuyinan1988 @ Mar 8 2011, 02:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    But when I runing the widget local, it always shows "disconnect, widget closed". I can't do anything.

    This isn't very helpful.

    Try making a simple request from your widget on your tv to your local web server and tail the logs. That should at least let you know that you're hitting the server. You're adding another layer with XML-RPC, so first try to isolate the moving parts by simplifying.
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