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Reset and Reboot Procedures

Have you tried turning the device off and on again?
Sometimes all that is needed is a reboot. This can be done for the skaarOS / the full Blue Pill / or per package.


Blue Pill Reboot

On the Settings page, click the Reboot button in the System Information section. This will restart the entire unit.

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Package Restart

You can restart an individual package on the Packages page. Click on the status of the package (being Running or Stopped) to be restarted.

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Then click 'Restart' in the pop-up. 

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Reactor > Clear config directory

If a configuration has crashed Reactor, and you can only access the 'Packages' and 'Settings' pages, you may need to erase the content of the cofiguration directory.

Note: This will ERASE ALL CONFIGURATIONS on the device.

On the Packages pages, click 'Reactor'. Then click 'Clear config directory'. Finally click 'Confirm and restart'.

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Factory Reset

If you think you really messed up the Blue Pill in some way, you can do a full Factory Reset of the unit.

Note: This will ERASE EVERYTHING you have done on the Blue Pill device.

In the System Information section there is a Reset button. Press it and follow the prompts.
You can even hold down [Shift] on you keyboard and press 'Reset'. This will initiate 'Hard System Reset'.

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No access to Reactor webpage

If you are not able to access Reactor webpage at all, then you have two options:

  1. Press paperclip into 'Config Button' hole on back of device > hold it for 5 secs.
    This will reset IP address to DHCP - and enable the Wifi module, allowing you to access it using a wireless connection. Please read the wiki 'Accessing Blue Pill > Wi-Fi Access Point' for this: https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/books/blue-pill-reactor/page/accessing-blue-pill-1be

  2. Do a complete Reflash of the software.
    This will replace the entire software-image-file. A guide is provided in this article: https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/books/blue-pill-reactor/page/reflash-blue-pill-devices

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