Invoke the Developer Tools menu
You can invoke the Developer Tools menu in several ways:- Remote Control: On the directional pad, press and hold the Center button for one second. Then—still holding down Center—press the Down button too. Hold both buttons for three to four seconds. Then release both buttons and press the remote’s Menu button. If this doesn’t work, try holding Center and Down simultaneously instead of staggered.
- Vega CLI: If Vega CLI is enabled on Vega TV and a computer is connected, you can run the following command to invoke the dialog box:
vega device launch-app -appName com.amazon.ssm.main.
The various panels are explained:
System X-Ray
System X-Ray gathers instantaneous system metrics and displays them at the top of the screen as an overlay. When toggled on, the overlay is visible on the screen until it’s disabled or the device turns off.
The System X-Ray overlay contains details about the following:
- Display
- CPU
- Memory
- Network
- Remote
Configuration Panel
The configuration panel lets you customize the System X-Ray overlay. This panel allows you to set which fields are displayed and where on the screen the fields appear.
Safe zone
Some TVs use overscan with their display. Overscan means that the TV displays some information off the edges of the visible screen to accommodate discrepancies in monitors. However, you shouldn’t display important information in the overscan areas. To make the overscan areas visible, you can turn the Safe Zone switch to On. The On setting makes the overscan areas apparent so you can avoid displaying any information in these areas.
Network Proxy
If your app communicates with remote services or websites, it’s often useful to inspect the HTTP or HTTPS traffic it generates. This includes requests initiated by your app and the responses it receives. It also includes HTTP headers containing—among other things—cookies and caching information. See Network Proxy for more details.
