Multiple Instances : Can't See Changes

[headroll]

Been doing some HME development and am having some real issues with :

1) multiple instances of my app showing up (one for each time I run it)
i.e.

Hello
Hello [2]
Hello [3]
etc.

2) When I run in simulator there also seems to be MANY instances of the application and at times I can not see any of the new changes I have applied.

I am using Eclipse as my IDE.

Is there a way to clear out the old content (from TiVo or simulator) as well as a fool proof way to make sure the most recent code is being run?

-Roll

[F8ster]

A lot of times, you can inadvertently wind up with a bunch of previous launches that you didn't terminate properly. When you're in the normal Java perspective in Eclipse, the Console view is down near the bottom. It has a little icon at the top that looks like a monitor, with a drop-down arrow next to it. Pull down this arrow to view all of the currently-running instances of your app. In this example, I have 4 running copies of HelloWorld:

http://bitrazor.com/images/misc/ec2.jpg

The one with the checkmark next to it is the one that the Console window is showing output for. Clicking the red square will terminate this instance:

http://bitrazor.com/images/misc/ec1.jpg

Select each of your stray running instances and terminate them. When you're done, you can click the double-X icon to remove the terminated ones from the Console list:

http://bitrazor.com/images/misc/ec4.jpg

The terminated instances should no longer show up as being available in the Simulator. I have noticed, though, that sometimes these stray instances will still show up in the list on an actual TiVo box for a little while; they do seem to disappear after a few minutes, though. Hope this helps -- Dave

[headroll]

Thanks for the advice. I actually have used your tutorials extensively.

While I have your attention ... is there any way to allow HME to receive IR commands that are NOT associated with a TiVo remote.

When I have tried one specific IR emmitting device (keyboard) the HME application does not acknowledge a key-press. (nor does the TiVo itself 'emit' a light saying a command has been received)

-Roll

[F8ster]

Haven't tried this myself, but according to the documentation, you should be able to get the raw IR code. See the HME protocol documentation (it's under doc/hme-protocol.html in the SDK installation directory). Take a look at section 4.4; when you get a key event, you should get both a code and a rawcode. For the non-TiVo keys, code should be set to something useful; if the key is not recognized, code should be set to KEY_UNKNOWN, and rawcode should contain the IR code of your (custom) key. Worth a look, anyway.