Frame Control can now manage more than one Steam Frame, and reach each at any
of several addresses (LAN IPs per network, its .local name, Tailscale). A
connector in the server tries them all at once, picks the best one that
answers, follows ssh -v through each stage (network, finding, SSH, identity,
login) and streams that to the page. The header shows it live; a new Devices
tab (key 5) manages headsets, addresses and network names.
- ui/frame_devices.py: registry in devices.json, imported from the managed
~/.ssh/config blocks; per-headset host key pinning; config block updates.
- ui/frame_network.py: gateway IP+MAC fingerprint, Wi-Fi name, Tailscale.
- ui/frame_link.py: the connector, Test now, Tailscale/mDNS discovery, API.
- server.py: ensure_master delegates to the connector; /api/connection,
/api/connection/events (SSE), /api/devices.
- Electron: headset switcher and Devices item in the Frame menu.
- frame_connect.py --alias; FRAME_CONTROL_DATA_DIR / FRAME_CONTROL_SSH_DIR
keep tests off real data.
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Tested on a Frame (BUILD_ID 20260922.6101926):
- Devkit pairing: the service runs and answers properties.json, but /register
refuses with "please put the Steam client in pairing mode" unless Steam is on
Settings > Developer > Pair new host. Both setup paths now say so and keep
asking for 2 minutes before falling back to the password.
- Sideloading: registering, launching, quoted start paths and Remove work; a
Windows exe runs under Proton 11 through FEX. An aarch64 build starts but
outside the runtime container, and an x86-64 Linux build doesn't start
because the x86-64 Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 isn't installed. The inspect note
for x86-64 Linux builds now says so.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
connect.sh and frame_connect.py now try Valve's steamos-devkit-service
first: GET /properties.json for the login user, then POST /register with
a new RSA key (~/.ssh/id_rsa_frame_devkit, the only type it accepts), so
the user approves a prompt in the headset instead of typing a password.
Port 32000 closed, a timeout or a 403 falls back to the existing
password copy. The Host frame block lists both keys; a host counts as
found if port 22 or 32000 answers; with no host given, dns-sd or
avahi-browse look for _steamos-devkit._tcp. Inferred from Valve's
source, not yet verified on a Frame.
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- Child processes never inherit the server's stdin. Under the app it's the pipe
held open for --exit-on-eof, and Windows' ssh.exe waited on it forever, so
captures, the screenshot list and Android apps timed out.
- frame_connect's key check accepts a first-seen host key (as the copy step
does), so an already-authorized key doesn't trigger a password prompt.
Verified on Windows 11, Ubuntu and macOS against a Steam Frame: status,
headset and desktop captures, live video, library, Android apps, screenshots
and upload.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- lxterminal and tilix take the command as one string after -e.
- Refuse quotes and % in Windows terminal commands instead of a bogus escape.
- frame_connect validates FRAME_ALIAS and FRAME_USER before writing ~/.ssh/config.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Run the server with -X utf8: the bundled Windows Python ignores PYTHON* variables.
- Quote every argument in Windows terminal commands, so cmd metacharacters are literal.
- frame_connect: accept HOST:PORT, validate input, retry the config swap while
Windows' ssh.exe holds ~/.ssh/config locked, and don't apply 0o700 on Windows.
- Never use rsync on Windows; unbounded stream queue; validate FRAME_ALIAS;
more Linux terminals; bundle the window icon; docs and wording fixes.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
