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title: How to Efficiently Restart Applications on a Player
slug: develop/how-to-efficiently-restart-applications-on-a-player
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T07:03:32.131Z
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To debug or restart your application on a BrightSign player:

1. Connect to the player using SSH or Telnet:
   1. Enable SSH or Telnet from the DWS. See [Diagnostic Web Server (DWS)](docId\:qXt4YHey7IEj_M9dH73wM).
   2. Enable SSH programmatically. See [Useful Telnet and SSH flags](docId\:FXXyu9jmocUtC6XE2p7l2).
   3. Access SSH. See [Accessing Telnet](docId\:FXXyu9jmocUtC6XE2p7l2).
2. Access the BrightSign shell (see [Accessing the BrightSign Shell](docId\:FXXyu9jmocUtC6XE2p7l2)). Once connected, you will see the `BrightSign>` command prompt. To access the shell from the BrightScript debugger, type `exit`.
3. Insert an SD card.
4. Enter `cd sd:` at the prompt to switch to the SD card directory.
5. On a new line, run `script autorun.brs` to start your application. This will reload the *autorun.brs* file, effectively breaking down and rebuilding your HTML/Chromium application.

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For more information about the command line interface and shell commands, see [BrightSign Shell](docId\:FXXyu9jmocUtC6XE2p7l2) and [BrightScript Debugger](docId\:NWBQJWdO43dYsqmHzYSCL).
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## Additional Notes

- Ensure that your network settings allow SSH and Telnet access. Port access should be open for ports 22 and 23 (respectively) unless the port defined by the user is different.
- SSH and Telnet must be enabled on the network.
- If you encounter problems, try power cycling the player or checking the network configurations.