User's Manual

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Reset Button
• Recovery Mode: On the front panel is a small opening for the reset
button. This button serves four purposes. First, the button can be
pressed when applying power to force the device into Recovery Mode.
The device will boot into a limited configuration that will allow you to apply
a product software upgrade via the provided web interface. This mode
should be used to re-install the system software in the event the device is
not operating as expected.
• Safe Mode: The second use of the reset button is to put the Ethernet
network interface into a default state. Pressing and holding the reset
button for 5 or more seconds, then releasing it when the device is running
normally will restart the Ethernet network interface with configuration
settings for connecting to a TCP/IP local area network using DHCP. The
subnet mask, gateway, and DNS information is expected to be provided
via the DHCP server. The device can then be located on the network
using dFind, the Bright Star Engineering provided device location utility
(see Device Discovery Mechanism above).
• Data Recording Off: Another use of the reset button is to turn Data
Recorder mode off. When the device is being used to gather vehicle
information via the Data Recorder application, pressing and releasing the
reset button will turn the application off. The device will be returned to
Pass-Through mode.
• Reboot: The final use of the reset button is to force the device to reboot.
Pressing and releasing the reset button, when not held in for more than 3
seconds, will cause the device to reboot the system software.