Roku IP

• Auto discovery of your Roku device!
  • Easily have your favorite Roku channels displayed on navigators. No more custom programming, custom buttons or button mapping. Just add the desired channel to the project and let the driver do the rest.
• Driver Variables
  • Current channel,
  • channel id,
  • mac address,
  • model,
  • model number,
  • ip address,
  • Roku name,
  • serial number,
  • software build,
  • software version
• UUID drag and drop identification

HTI Customs Roku Driver

 

Description of driver:

 

Allows for easy integration of any Roku device into a Control4 project.

Allows for easy integration of Roku TV’s into Control4 project. (Special Instructions At Bottom In Blue)

 

Properties Page:

 

Driver Status – Readout of whether license is valid or not

Version – Readout of current driver version

License Type – Displays the type of license that has been applied. (Driver, Suite, or Site)

License Origin – Where the license key originated from

Support Ticket – HTI Customs built in support ticketing allows for you to create a       support ticket from within the properties page to get in touch with us about your needs. When YES is selected additional fields will appear to type in your email address and then SUBMIT TICKET

Current Channel – Display the current channel in use

Current Channel ID – Display the current channel id in use

Auto Room On – Select room to auto turn on when Roku channel changes and is NOT the currently selected device in selected room.

Auto Rename – Under Construction

Actions – Dropdown of actions:

Select Roku – Discovers Roku players on network

Print Channels – Prints channels in LUA output

Find Remote – If enhanced remote is paired to Roku will ping the remote

Discovered Rokus – Drop down list of discovered Rokus on the network

Roku Name – Friendly Name of Roku player

Roku IP Address – IP Address of Roku player

Roku MAC Address – Active MAC address of Roku player. Will change when wifi/ethernet changes

Roku Serial Number – Serial Number of Roku player

Roku Model – Model of Roku Player

Roku Model Number – Model number of Roku player

Network Connection – Display of wifi or ethernet connection

Switch Port – Display of physical connection to network switch(*compatible with HTI Customs PoE Switch Drivers)

Is Roku TV – Tells whether is Roku TV or not

TV Is Supported – Display of whether Roku TV is Supported

Roku Software Version – Software version running on Roku player

Roku Software Build – Software Build running of Roku player

Launch App – Dropdown of installed apps on Roku, when selected it will launch the selected app for testing.

 

IMPORTANT!!!

            When deploying a brand new Roku to a project you must ensure that the Roku has been COMPLETELY set up and linked to Roku account FIRST!

 

Roku’s will not be discovered until this is done!

 

Control4 OS 2.9 and higher you can drag and drop (UUID) for identification

 

Step 1

Install Roku Driver and Bind Matrix driver to desired AV matrix or TV.

 

Step 2

Apply License Key

 

Step 3

On the Actions Tab select “Select Roku”

 

Step 4

Install and add desired service drivers. Enjoy streaming!!!

 

Roku Channels:

 

Require additional download

 

Ver 1.9.1

Fixed- Bugs with Roku TV not turning on when an external input has been selected.

 

Ver 1.8.9

Fixed- Bugs with Roku TV’s

Added- Documentation for Roku TV

 

Ver 1.8.4

Added- Support for select Roku TV models with Roku OS 7.7.0 or higher

(To use, add a dummy tv into the project and make it the “Video Endpoint” and bind Roku driver to it)

 

09-10-2017

 

Ver 1.8.0

Added- Blackwire Designs support

 

07-12-2017

 

Ver 1.7.5

Added- Channel UP/DOWN work in DirecTVNOW app

 

06-04-2017

 

Ver 1.7.4

Minor Changes to System Variables

Minor Tweaks

Added- UUID drag and drop identification from connections tab. (Requires Control4 OS 2.9 or higher)

 

05-27-2017

 

Ver 1.7.3

Added- Auto Rename Driver property field

 

05-22-2017

 

Ver 1.7.2

Minor Changes

 

05-19-2017

 

Ver 1.7.1

Minor Changes

 

04-16-2017

 

Ver 1.7.0

Changed- The way Roku devices are discovered. More user friendly

 

03-25-2017

 

Ver 1.6.8

Added- Some channel stuff

Minor Changes

Fixed- Some stuff

Refined- Preparing for the next awesome stuff

 

03-01-2017

 

Ver 1.6.7

Some Minor fixes

 

02-05-2017

 

Ver 1.6.6

Added Action- Find Remote (Using the “Find Remote” action dropdown will prompt Roku to send signal to Roku Remote)

Can be programmed to any button or custom button in composer by launching driver specific command from actions tab of driver under programing tab.

 

01-19-2017

 

Ver 1.6.5

Added Action- Print Channels action dropdown. (prints a list of channels and channel id’s)

Added Property- “Current Channel ID”- shows channel id of current channel in use. It is a 2-way property field. You may type the channel id and click set and Roku will go to that channel.

Added System Variable- CurrentChannelID

 

01-18-2017

 

Ver 1.6.4

Fixed- System variable of CurrentChannel is now properly reporting for custom programming off of current app.

 

01-05-2017

 

Ver 1.6.3

Added- Mapped numbers to keypad

Added- Endpoints for Audio and Volume Control (For Roku TV’s ONLY) to be used in later version

 

11-13-2016

 

Ver 1.6.2

Added- Directly install channels from driver.

(if using a launch channel that is NOT installed on the selected Roku, the driver will initiate installation of desired channel)

 

11-04-2016

 

 

Ver 1.6.1

Added- Mapped A/B Buttons to Green and Blue respectively as the A button is Green and B button is Blue on an Enhanced Roku Remote

 

10-26-2016

 

Ver 1.6.0

Removed – Unnecessary code

Fine tuned the up coming freshness…

 

10-17-2016

 

Ver 1.5.9

Fixed – Minor bug

10-17-2016

 

Ver 1.5.8

Fixed – Minor bugs, Framework for some new freshness…

 

Ver 1.5.5

Added – Built in support ticket system. Initiate a support ticket with us directly from the driver. No need to leave composer. We will be in touch.

(Requires Director Restart)

 

Ver 1.5.4

Fixed – Little bugs

 

Ver 1.5.3

Added – Added variable to program against

Added – Auto Room On Functionality

 

Ver 1.5.2

Added – Current Channel (Displays app being used on Roku; launched by Roku App, Roku Remote or Control4 Driver)

(Requires Director Restart)

 

Ver 1.5.1

Added – Roku Model (determines Roku model number)

Added – Firmware Version (returns firmware version running on Roku)

Added – Connection Type (determines whether Roku is Hard Wired or Wireless)

(Requires Director Restart)

 

Ver 1.5.0

Various behind the scenes changes

Support for site license added

 

Ver 1.2.7

Removal of unused property fields. Resolved licensing issue

 

Ver 1.2.3

Temporarily removed Channel Install Feature. Should return soon.

 

Ver 1.2.0

Corrected FFW, REV, Skip functions

Relocated “Actions” tab directly to properties page

 

Ver 1.0.11

Converted to c4z file format

 

Ver 1.0.10

Fixed some bugs…

 

Ver 1.0.9

Added support for additional channels

 

Ver 1.0.8

Added support for 3 Custom Channels and added a Custom Channel driver.

(Type the channel id in the properties window) Then add the Custom Channel Driver.

Requires Director restart

 

Ver 1.0.7

Minor bug fixes

 

Ver 1.0.6

Changed licensing to Auto-Generating

 

Ver 1.0.5

Changed license key

Added support for 20 channels

 

Ver 1.0.4

Various bug fixes

 

Ver 1.0.3

Corrected issues where director would lose control after a director restart

Corrected issues with grabbing the wrong Roku if multiple Rokus are on a system after director restart

 

Ver 1.0.2

Added support for more channels

 

Ver 1.0.1

 

 

Note:

Streaming Channel Drivers will not work unless you have the channel installed on the Roku itself.

More Channels Coming!!!

If you have a specific channel that you want direct access to send channel requests to drivers@hticustoms.com <mailto:drivers@hticustoms.com>

 

For Driver Support:

Use built in support ticketing on properties page of driver.

 

For Roku TV Setup:

1: Ensure your running latest Roku OS

2: Under settings go to Power/Fast Start/Enable

3: Driver MUST be identified by drag and drop UUID from the connections tab in composer.

4: Bind AV devices to Roku driver (cable, satellite, bluray player ect)

5: Add any TV to project, this is just a placeholder, we will not actually be controlling. Bind the HDMI Output of Roku driver to any input of placeholder TV.

6: Make placeholder TV video endpoint of room

7: Make Roku driver Audio Endpoint/Audio Volume/Video-Audio Endpoint/Video Volume. If using built in speakers. Otherwise make audio output binding to desired device.

8: Enjoy!

 

 

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IMPORTANT!!!

When deploying a brand new Roku to a project you must ensure that the Roku has been COMPLETELY set up and linked to Roku account FIRST!

Roku’s will not be discovered until this is done!

Step 1

Install Roku Driver and Bind Matrix driver to desired AV matrix or TV.

Step 2

Apply License Key

Step 3

On the Actions Tab select “Select Roku”

Step 4

Install and add desired service drivers. Enjoy streaming!!!