Topic: Storing an App in Internal Memory on an InfoCast

We have our Circa-Med app running well on both an offline InfoCast and on an offline Chumby from a USB drive (done one way for the InfoCast and done a different way for the Chumby.)

Now we would like to store our Circa-Med app in the InfoCast's 2 GB of internal memory and run the app directly from the InfoCast's  memory. Can anyone tell us or point us to the details of how to do that?

Re: Storing an App in Internal Memory on an InfoCast

Yes - for instance, if your app is a Flash movie, put a file called "userhook0" in /psp/rfs1 (make the directory if it isn't there), with the contents:

#!/bin/sh
chumbyflashplayer.x -i /mnt/storage/your_application.swf

...filling in your SWF name as required.  Mark the file executable ("chmod a+x /psp/rfs1/userhook0") and reboot.

At this point, you're pretty much stuck with that being all the device can do.  To remove this, you'll need create a similar script on a dongle that removes the userhook0 file.

If your app is not a Flash movie, simply change the line with "chumbyflashplayer.x" with whatever command your application requires to launch.

This should work for Infocast and Chumby One, but not the original squishy chumby - there's a different method for that device.

Re: Storing an App in Internal Memory on an InfoCast

Duane wrote:

Yes - for instance, if your app is a Flash movie, put a file called "userhook0" in /psp/rfs1 (make the directory if it isn't there), with the contents:

#!/bin/sh
chumbyflashplayer.x -i /mnt/storage/your_application.swf

...filling in your SWF name as required.  Mark the file executable ("chmod a+x /psp/rfs1/userhook0") and reboot.

At this point, you're pretty much stuck with that being all the device can do.  To remove this, you'll need create a similar script on a dongle that removes the userhook0 file.

If your app is not a Flash movie, simply change the line with "chumbyflashplayer.x" with whatever command your application requires to launch.

This should work for Infocast and Chumby One, but not the original squishy chumby - there's a different method for that device.

Much thanks, Duane!  You are, as usual, VERY helpful.  For now, we are planning to use the InfoCast as a dedicated offline platform for our http://Circa-Med.org patented "circadian meditation optimizer" and built-in "natural time" clock. We are  beginning to donate them to other non-profits for fund-raising raffles -- as well as providing them to our own Circa-Med "InfoSync" users. But downstream we are hoping we can have our Circa-Med app co-exist with other local apps and maybe with online ones, for users who want to maximize the capabilities of their Circa-Med stored InfoCasts.