{"id":725,"date":"2011-07-05T10:12:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T14:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamingmeemee.com\/?p=725"},"modified":"2011-07-07T08:39:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T12:39:23","slug":"breakdown-of-a-framechannel-request-well-helloooooo-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streamingmeemee.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/05\/breakdown-of-a-framechannel-request-well-helloooooo-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakdown of a FrameChannel request…. Well Helloooooo iPad!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I was reviewing my server logs this morning (Yes, I’m a geek — it’s what I do.) and I noticed an interesting entry…<\/p>\n

GET \/productId=IP14882\/frameId=184820da466bcc29ccc5da3620389a26933950e3\/sk1=DB7B067C7B8BC66FE49A67DE8D268183D867DA5CF0376662F62CDD5FCA5A0D1B\/channellist HTTP\/1.1\" 404 356 \"-\" \"TTCatalog-iPad\/3.0 CFNetwork\/485.13.9 Darwin\/11.0.0\"<\/pre>\n
There are several interesting bits here…<\/p>\n
productId=IP14882<\/pre>\n
The product ID field is used to communicate what make\/model photo frame is trying to connect with the service; In this case it is ‘IP14882’. \u00a0I use this information to determine the native screen size of the frame and to track if it supports custom Photo RSS feeds. \u00a0So far I have 14 unique productIDs in the database.<\/p>\n
frameId=184820da466bcc29ccc5da3620389a26933950e3<\/pre>\n
FrameId is used to unqiuely identify individual photo frames.  Some manufactures use the MAC address<\/a> of the frame, others use a simple numeric serial number. \u00a0This one is larger than most.<\/p>\n
sk1=DB7B067C7B8BC66FE49A67DE8D268183D867DA5CF0376662F62CDD5FCA5A0D1B<\/pre>\n
Huh…  I don’t know where to begin on this bit.  First time I’ve seen it in a frame request.  Anyone?<\/p>\n
Update: <\/strong>I’ve re-read the FrameChannel Integration Guide<\/a> and discovered that this is the SecurityKey. \u00a0It is described as:<\/p>\n
SECURITYKEY is an encrypted string used to validate that the URL is\u00a0coming from a genuine partner device. \u00a0The security key is an HMACSHA256 digest (as defined in RFC 2104) of the combination of\u00a0PRODUCTID-FRAMEID \u00a0(exactly in that order separated by a single hyphen\u00a0character), using a secret 32-character key provided by Thinking Screen\u00a0Media for each productId supplied. \u00a0IMPORTANT: the secret key should\u00a0be considered confidential information, and should not be shared or\u00a0exposed to the public. \u00a0A leak of the security key will require an Frame Media, Inc. Page 2 of 4 Company Confidentialimmediate firmware update by the device partner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
channellist<\/pre>\n
I’m assuming that this bit indicates that the frame is looking for a list of channels available (Thank you Dr. Obvious).  However, I have no notion of the format it is expecting in return.  Anyone?
\nAnd now for the really interesting bit…<\/p>\n
\"TTCatalog-iPad\/3.0 CFNetwork\/485.13.9 Darwin\/11.0.0\"<\/pre>\n
Well Hellllooooo  iPad<\/strong><\/em>!  I knew that FrameChannel had an iPad application\/widget\/thingy but this is my first example request.  Many thanks to the intrepid soul who fiddled with their DNS and sent in this request.<\/p>\n
Now… If I could just figure out how to respond to a channelList request… \u00a0Anyone?  Bueller?  Anyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So I was reviewing my server logs this morning (Yes, I’m a geek — it’s what I do.) and I noticed an interesting entry… GET \/productId=IP14882\/frameId=184820da466bcc29ccc5da3620389a26933950e3\/sk1=DB7B067C7B8BC66FE49A67DE8D268183D867DA5CF0376662F62CDD5FCA5A0D1B\/channellist HTTP\/1.1″ 404 356 “-” “TTCatalog-iPad\/3.0 CFNetwork\/485.13.9 Darwin\/11.0.0” There are several interesting bits here… productId=IP14882 The product ID field is used to communicate what make\/model photo frame is trying to … Continue reading Breakdown of a FrameChannel request….  Well Helloooooo iPad!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,41,33,25],"tags":[79,37,71,51,49,69,35,81,65,73,47,39,53,55,59,43,45,75,63,61,57,67,77],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-media","category-framealbum","category-framechannel","category-photos","tag-apple","tag-community","tag-d-link","tag-digital-frame","tag-digital-photo-frame","tag-dlink","tag-framechannel-2","tag-ipad","tag-kodak","tag-motorola","tag-mrss","tag-open-source","tag-photo-frame","tag-protocol","tag-replacement","tag-rss","tag-sample","tag-samsung","tag-service","tag-shutdown","tag-specification","tag-toshiba","tag-wifi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t