NOTE: Enabling native debug on Brightsign devices causes memory issues and may lead to out of memory errors, make sure that Native debug is turned off once your debugging session is finished
Prerequisites
- Install older Chromium (here are some available)
Step-by-Step Guide
To debug the BrightSign display, follow the steps below:
- Open BrightSign device detail in Box
- Navigate to Troubleshooting Tab
- Click "Native Debug"
- Reboot display
- Open older Chromium
- In Chromium open
http://IP-OF-THE-BRIGHTSIGN:3000URL - Chrome inspector will show up
- Debug
If you are not allowed to open the native debug URL in the latest Chrome, launch the Chrome with the following command/flag chromium-browser --enable-blink-features=ShadowDOMV0,CustomElementsV0
Quick access to debug tools
For BrightSign devices, you can access the debug console and the Diagnostic Web Server directly from Box. Navigate to the Troubleshooting tab on device detail, enable Native debug and select one of the following options:
- Open debug console (to debug your application in Chrome debugger)
- Open Local DWS (to access BrightSign's built-in troubleshooting menu)
