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Chapter 12 – Managing Your Network
Complete the following steps to update the autorun on players linked to your BrightSign Network account:
1. Sign in to BrightSign Network by clicking Tools > Sign in to BrightSign Network.
2. Click Tools > Advanced.
3. Click the Update Autorun tab. A list of all your groups is displayed here.
Check the checkboxes and then click Update now to update the Autorun
version for those groups.
Note: Visit this FAQ to learn how to distribute custom autorun scripts using the
BrightSign Network.
Complete the following steps to remotely control players linked to your BrightSign
Network account.
4. Click the Unit Control tab.
5. In the Serial Number field, type the serial number of the unit you want to
control.
6. Click the Action dropdown list to select the action you want to perform:
• Reboot unit: Restarts the BrightSign.
• Upload logs: Uploads log files based on the upload logs setting you selected when setting up the unit.
• Recover – reformat: Puts the unit in recovery mode and reformats the unit’s storage card.
• Recover – don’t reformat: Puts the unit in recovery mode and downloads the latest Autorun script to the
storage card without reformatting it.
7. (Optional) Click Add action to add another action, or remove an action by clicking Remove action.
8. Click Close.
Using the Diagnostic and Local Web Server
The Diagnostic Web Server gives you the ability to perform various system functions—such as rebooting the player,
changing display settings, and retrieving log files—from a web browser (see the Diagnostic Web Server User Guide for
more details). The Local Web Server is necessary for Local File Networking. It also gives you access to the User