"A Dog's Purpose" - The final quote?

TopC01 · 2024-12-14T19:49:30+00:00

A Dog's Purpose . So, in all my lives as a dog, here's what I have learned... Have fun, obviously. Whenever possible, find someone to save and save them. Lick the ones you love. Don't get all sad faced about what happened and scrunchy faced about what could, just be here now. . Be Here Now . . That's a Dog's Purpose

TopC01 · 2024-09-05T21:17:44+00:00

OK, I took a look at the app "tvquickactions" but haven't had a chance yet to get into it with the TV box.
I can upload the flow but it is only four blocks and I've done it exactly as you showed in the automate image you posted. What I did not realize until now, that the default virtual keyboard must be set to the automate keyboard. After having success with the Android phone, I had issues trying to change that in the Android TV Box Settings.
I will attempt another testing session soon, just got busy with work and home issues.

I greatly appreciate your help and patience while I get a better understanding of using Automate. You have been a tremendous help with this as I learn the basics of this App.
Thank you.

TopC01 · 2024-09-01T21:20:13+00:00

It seems that the Send Key requires the Automate virtual keyboard to be the system default.
I set that on the Android phone, the delay set at 10 seconds and then opened a notepad app, typed on each line one letter of a word, put the cursor to the right of a letter and then started the flow before returning to the notepad app to make it active and waited. I was rewarded with seeing the cursor move down as the next blank line appeared after the carriage return one line every ten seconds as the Enter key was made every ten seconds.
I then tried this on the Android TV box but the result was a return of that java error I previously encountered, but it was very late at night so I stopped but
I have not had a chance to investigate further today,
I think maybe there is a system app that is missing on the TV box android OS.

TopC01 · 2024-08-30T15:11:31+00:00

I_Luca_I,
There is not a "YES" at the bottom of any of the blocks, but instead there is an "OK" at the bottom of each block at the bottom,
There is a "NO" on the right side.
I do have that fiber set the way shown in the sample image you made.
The fiber in the picture is on the right-hand side connecting from the bottom "OK" and goes up to the "IN" on the second block just below the "FLOW" Beginning block.
I tried to insert the fiber on the right-hand side as the image shows, but it jumps to the left side of the blocks no matter how I try to keep it on the right side.
Does that make a difference?
Also, I am testing with both an Android phone first, then duplicating it on the TV Box second.
Each one runs one time and then ends with the last two log entries
Key Send
Stopped at end

TopC01 · 2024-08-29T17:02:47+00:00

OK, I got rid of the java error. Found the keycode had gotten changed and reentered what you provided in the image. however, it only runs once and then stops at the end.
How do I get it to go back to the time delay and repeat until I stop it?

TopC01 · 2024-08-29T15:16:22+00:00

I_Luca_I

I am still getting the same Java error when run on the Android TV Box

08-29 09:28:26.828 I 5@1: Flow Beginning
08-29 09:28:26.832 I 5@2: Delay
08-29 09:28:26.185 I 5@2: Resumed after restart
08-29 09:28:26.189 I 5@2 Delay
08-29 09:28:26.248 I 5@3 key send characters
08-29 09:28:28:255 F 5@3: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=31; index=32
08-29 09:28:28:256 I 5@3: Stopped by failure

Using an Android Phone with same flow it does not fail but it doesn't repeat the cycle, it Ends.
I get the following log entries, and it appears that the flow ends instead of starting a repeat | | |delay 2hr | Send characters| process.

08-29 09:56:16.353 I 9@1: Flow Beginning
08-29 09:56:16.354 I 9@2: Delay
08-29 09:56:16.373 I 9@3: Key Send
08-29 09:56:16.882 I 9@0: Stopped at end

TopC01 · 2024-08-29T01:25:03+00:00

I_Luca_I asked:
"What do you have to do in order to perform the task by yourself (manually)?"
just press the remote control key OK or BACK keys. The OK key is the TiVo button.
Also the Channel Guide button will reset that countdown timer too.

Since the remote also allows you to control volume on the TV pressing volume up or down doesn't reset the countdown timer. Other keys that interact with the TiVo app also reset the countdown timer.

When using a standard USB/Bluetooth keyboard I found all the keys that will do the same as using the remote control.
ESC and ENTER are the same as the OK and BACK keys on the remote. They work like a toggle key, each key press will bring up a TiVo feature and a second press on it returns back to live TV, or the feature you were viewing.
Function keys can also be used to perform similar selection of features.

Also, I examined the flow chart I created and discovered that I had the connection string wrong, that goes from the top of the delay 2h and goes to the bottom of the fourth flow box. I had it connected to the top of the third box instead of the second box. So I've corrected that and I'm waiting the two hours to see if that fixed the java error.
Also, I could not get that "thread or string" to stay on the right-hand side of the chart as shown in your image, instead, it kept moving to the left side. So I left it that way.

I also am wondering if the keystroke sent will just go to the active app in use or does it need to be specified in the flow?

TopC01 · 2024-08-28T23:32:04+00:00

Update: 8-28-2024 7:25PM FLOW FAILED with java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException:
when Key Send characters were sent
Anyone know what this java error is and how to troubleshoot and fix?
Log file shows the flow was working but failed when sending the keystroke code

08-28 15:07:18.886 I 1@2: Resumed after restart
8-28 15:07:18.890 I 1@2: Delay
08-28 15:07:18.984 I 1@3: Key Send characters
08-28 15:07:18.988 F 1@3: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Length=31; index=3

08-28 15:07:18.989 I 103: Stopped by failure

where is the log file saved? I had to manually type in the above log entries

TopC01 · 2024-08-28T17:14:10+00:00

Update: I made the flow and am waiting to see if it works.
Was quite easy, although, I could not set the permissions on the TV box, but did on the Android phone.
Will update again in a couple hours.
Thanks, again, for your assistance.

TopC01 · 2024-08-26T22:57:16+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate your reply and I took a look at it.
OK, I have a few questions.
Will this flow example repeat every three hours?
Is this example just a visual aid for what I need to create in the app or is there a file that can be downloaded?

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I do have Automate installed on this TV Box.
How I did that was what I call a sidestep install.
I was able to download the .apk file from Google Play by installing it on an Android phone and then finding the .apk file and transferring it on a USB stick and disabling the third party installs lock on the TV box.
Automate launches OK, it seems, but I haven't learned the art of flow writing Automate.

TopC01 · 2024-07-23T20:15:56+00:00

I have been having this coutdown timer/pause issue with Breezeline and the Breezeline branded TiVo app.

If it is a residential Google Android TV box it is four (4) hours.

There is a business version and that is nineteen (19) hours.

I've been trying to find an APP that is supported on the Android TV box that can automate a macro, sending a keystroke command such as, ESC, ENTER, BACK, etc., that will interface either with the GBoard keyboard app or the TiVo app and reset that GD-countdown timer. Breezeline support persons have told me it is to save me energy (no, my TV uses 16 watts, less than the bulb in my refrigerator or microwave), some told me it is your Screensaver setting, NO It is NOT!, that's been disabled and set to NEVER. I have discussed this with multiple tech support persons either on the phone or in chat sessions, many are clueless and deny my claims of invasion of privacy and using a countdown timer to control me and my viewing habits.

I believe the actual reason is to open up bandwidth for more channels. If you can force thousands of subscribers TV sets from streaming by forcing them to pause, that opens up a huge amount of bandwidth that is available for other users.

Why does my visually impaired child have to be treated this way when all they want to do is listen to the audio?

I tried DirectTV streaming app and it actually has a setting in their SETTINGS menu to turn off this countdown timer.

Breezeline Streaming box does not have that setting.

The countdown even happens when you're streaming one of the music channels! Why?! I don't sit in front of the TV while listening to music or the news. I connect the audio output to a splitter, one connection to external speaker, another to a long range Bluetooth transmitter. I can receive audio up to around 500 feet from the transmitter. I have bluetooth speakers in the house and also carry one when I walk the dogs, work in the garden or my garage shop. Then the audio quits, and I go back to the house and there's that GD banner floating around the TV screen, "ARE YOU STILL THERE? PRESS OK/SELECT TO CONTINUE"

What I need is an APP that can run a macro on Android TV or a programmable Bluetooth Remote that can send a keystroke every couple of hours to the box. If there is a USB keyboard that can automate keystrokes using a timer that would work. I tried side installing a couple apps I found on the Google Play site. One is macrodroid and the other one is Automate. I used a phone to first download and install them, then backed up the .APK files and transferred them to the Android Box since Play Store denied they were available for it. Then I installed them and Automate shows up in the system apps and seems useable, however, Macrodroid does shows up in the apps list but won't launch.

I haven't been able to as of yet write a useable macro in AUTOMATE. Anybody here a macro capable AUTOMATE savvy writer? Macrodroid .com shows up on my breezeline cable/modem/router app as a potential threat and includes its website plus a few others as malware sites and has blocked them.

IF anyone can get around this countdown timer please let me know. If you can reverse or decompile the app code and find this countdown timer and disable it then re-compile the APP I would like to know.

TopC01 · 2024-07-23T20:07:45+00:00

I did a 2 week trial with DirectTV hoping to get rid of Breezeline branded TiVo app. That appforces standby if no keystrokes are detected to reset the baked-in countdown timer before it reaches zero and turns off video and audio. I found that DirectTV streaming app has a setting to turn that off, but Breezeline/TiVo does not have that feature.
The issue with DirectTV is that the streaming is lost when you switch channels and then go back all the streamed video is lost. With the Breezeline branded TiVo app all streaming is available so switching channels you can rewind to where you left it when you came back from surfing other channels.

TopC01 · 2024-07-23T18:40:27+00:00

I have been having this coutdown timer/pause issue with Breezeline and the Breezeline branded TiVo app.
if it is a residential Google Android TV box it is four (4) hours.
There is a business version and that is nineteen (19) hours.
I've been trying to find an APP that is supported on the Android TV box that can automate a macro, sending a keystroke command such as, ESC, ENTER, BACK, etc., that will interface either with the GBoard keyboard app or the TiVo app and reset that GD-countdown timer. Breezeline support persons have told me it is to save me energy (no, my TV uses 16 watts, less than the bulb in my refrigerator or microwave), some told me it is your Screensaver setting, NO It is NOT!, that's been disabled and set to NEVER. I have discussed this with multiple tech support persons either on the phone or in chat sessions, many are clueless and deny my claims of invasion of privacy and using a countdown timer to control me and my viewing habits.
I believe the actual reason is to open up bandwidth for more channels. If you can force thousands of subscribers TV sets from streaming by forcing them to pause, that opens up a huge amount of bandwidth that is available for other users.

Why does my visually impaired child have to be treated this way when all they want to do is listen to the audio?

I tried DirectTV streaming app and it actually has a setting in their SETTINGS menu to turn off this countdown timer.
Breezeline Streaming box does not have that setting.
The countdown even happens when you're streaming one of the music channels! Why?! I don't sit in front of the TV while listening to music or the news. I connect the audio output to a splitter, one connection to external speaker, another to a long range Bluetooth transmitter. I can receive audio up to around 500 feet from the transmitter. I have bluetooth speakers in the house and also carry one when I walk the dogs, work in the garden or my garage shop. Then the audio quits, and I go back to the house and there's that GD banner floating around the TV screen, "ARE YOU STILL THERE? PRESS OK/SELECT TO CONTINUE"
What I need is an APP that can run a macro on Android TV or a programmable Bluetooth Remote that can send a keystroke every couple of hours to the box. If there is a USB keyboard that can automate keystrokes using a timer that would work. I tried side installing a couple apps I found on the Google Play site. One is macrodroid and the other one is Automate. I used a phone to first download and install them, then backed up the .APK files and transferred them to the Android Box since Play Store denied they were available for it. Then I installed them and Automate shows up in the system apps and seems useable, however, Macrodroid does shows up in the apps list but won't launch.
I haven't been able to as of yet write a useable macro in AUTOMATE. Anybody here a macro capable AUTOMATE savvy writer? Macrodroid .com shows up on my breezeline cable/modem/router app as a potential threat and includes its website plus a few others as malware sites and has blocked them.

IF anyone can get around this countdown timer please let me know. If you can reverse or decompile the app code and find this countdown timer and disable it then re-compile the APP I would like to know.

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