LG TV requires ares-novacom

[emise]

To install this on the LG TV, we need to install ares-novacom which is not in the open source version of ares cli. This is so we can connect to the TV via the --getkey command.

To make it work on LG TV, all the commands need to include --device <device_name> because the LG version of ares cli doesn't have a default setting. I've also discovered that you can only install on the profile with ip address+port 9922, not the default emulator profile with port 6622.

Just a suggestion to add some more documentation on these workarounds. Thanks a bunch for creating and sharing this!

[Informatic]

Configuring @webosose/ares-cli with Developer Mode App

• Enable developer mode, enable keyserver
• Download TV's private key: http://TV_IP:9991/webos_rsa
• Configure the device using ares-setup-device (-a may need to be replaced with -m if device named webos is already configured)
  • PASSPHRASE is the 6-character passphrase printed on screen in developer mode app

ares-setup-device -a webos -i "username=prisoner" -i "privatekey=/path/to/downloaded/webos_rsa" -i "passphrase=PASSPHRASE" -i "host=TV_IP" -i "port=9922"

Configuring @webosose/ares-cli with Homebrew Channel / root

• Enable sshd in Homebrew Channel app
• Generate ssh key on developer machine (ssh-keygen)
• Copy the public key (id_rsa.pub) to /home/root/.ssh/authorized_keys on TV
• Configure the device using ares-setup-device (-a may need to be replaced with -m if device named webos is already configured)

ares-setup-device -a webos -i "username=root" -i "privatekey=/path/to/id_rsa" -i "passphrase=SSH_KEY_PASSPHRASE" -i "host=TV_IP" -i "port=22"

Note: @webosose/ares-cli doesn't need to be installed globally - you can use a package installed locally after npm install in this repo by just prefixing above commands with local path, like so: node_modules/.bin/ares-setup-device ...

[emise]

Thank you! One thing for me - somehow the private key path was already configured to the default ~/.ssh path, so I moved the file there and referenced only the filename rather than the entire path.

[delphir-com]

this explanation has to be added into the installation guide. was very helpful!

[nguyenhuutinh]

https://webostv.developer.lge.com/develop/app-test/using-devmode-app/

[emise]

btw this is outdated; the official CLI from LG is required in order to not run into permission issues while installing. See this https://forum.webostv.developer.lge.com/t/an-error-appears-when-im-trying-to-install-ipk-file/2345