Roku HTTP Binding for OpenHAB 2

This binding provides basic keypresses and simple automation for the Roku API.

Functionality

• Autosearch
  • Custom implementation of automated search for given terms
• Keypresses
  • Accepts all key names defined in the Roku API
  • Accepts ASCII characters (not space yet)
• Channel Install and Launch
  • Accepts launch [channel id] and install [channel id]
• Sitemap
  • Entry for Roku with current Channel indication
  • Webview of command box for directly passing commands

The binding is composed of

• 2 Item registers
• 2 Sitemap entries
• 1 Rule
• 1 XSLT transformation
• 1 static HTML page

Use

sendCommand (or similar) to Roku Item
	autosearch gene wilder					navigate and search "gene wilder"
	home									presses Home key
	launch [channel id] 					launches channel by id
in Sitemap
	Text item=Roku_active_app label="Roku - [%s]"
											shows active channel
	Webviewurl="http://OpenHABIP:8080/static/inputroku.html" height=3
											creates command box which will sendCommand() to Roku 

Notes

IP addresses for OpenHab and Roku must be entered manually in each configuration file

Roku must be set to a static IP. There are other tools available that may help you get your Roku's IP dynamically

Handles spaces but no special characters

Thread::sleep is used to wait for the Roku interface to catch up - if you have faster or slower model than Roku 2 (original), you should test changing these

Webview command box compatability

* BasicUI/Windows							compatible
* BasicUI/Android							compatible
* HABDroid/Android							incompatible (HABDroid closes keyboard)
* The rest									unknown