How to reset a MB PRO2 without use of the front button

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In case the button behind the hole in the front panel is not operational to show up the display menu, you can also do basic reset operations by inserting a USB stick with a FAT32 partition into the front USB socket.

The USB stick needs to have a file named "rescue" (without any extension). This rescue file contains shell commads which the MB PRO2 executes during startup.

Do not forget to remove the USB stick when it has triggered a reboot (to avoid being stuck in a reboot loop).

For doing a factory reset please copy these lines into the rescue file:

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echo "#sleepoff" | writeoled
echo -e "#new\n#clearall\n*clearloop\n#font helvR14\n#string 0 32 FACT RESET\n#show" | /usr/bin/writeoled
rm -r /overlay/*
killall start.sh start 2>/dev/null
reboot

For just setting network back to LAN DHCP copy these lines are needed:

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echo "#sleepoff" | writeoled
echo -e "#new\n#clearall\n*clearloop\n#font helvR14\n#string 0 32 LAN DHCP\n#show" | /usr/bin/writeoled
cd /etc/config
tar xzpf ../config.landchpclient.tgz
killall start.sh start 2>/dev/null
reboot

For setting back password to "meteobridge" these lines are to be copied:

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echo "#sleepoff" | writeoled
echo -e "#new\n#clearall\n*clearloop\n#font helvR14\n#string 0 32 RESET PASS\n#show" | /usr/bin/writeoled
cd /etc
tar xzpf login.tgz
rm /root/passwd 2>/dev/null
reboot