# How to reboot WAGO Basic Controller 100 remotely

**URL:** <https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-reboot-wago-basic-controller-100-remotely/912>\
**Category:** Hardware and Linux\
**Created:** [April 29, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-reboot-wago-basic-controller-100-remotely/912 "2024-04-29T10:25:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lauri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Lauri](https://www.wago.community/u/Lauri)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-reboot-wago-basic-controller-100-remotely/912/1 "2024-04-29T10:25:29Z")

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Hi!

There is a need to write a bash script to update PLC application in BC100. File update is easy to do via SFTP, but it would need reboot after to take effect. Any idea, how to trigger reboot remotely (without CODESYS/WAGO Ethernet Settings or WAGO I/O-CHECK)?

The controller has script called sw\_reset.js in folder “A:/wbm/cplcfg/”, which is used to trigger reset in WBM, could it be called remotely somehow?

Or would it be possible to use the same protocol as WAGO I/O-CHECK uses via port 6626 to perform reset?

The task would be quite easy with Linux-based controller 🙂

Thanks!

-Lauri

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**Author:** ![PatrickR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.wago.community/patrickr/32/262_2.png) [@PatrickR](https://www.wago.community/u/PatrickR)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-reboot-wago-basic-controller-100-remotely/912/2 "2024-04-29T15:12:03Z")

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Hi, you can do it with an http post and basic auth. Postman is a nice API client.  
https://your\_ip/SOFTWARE\_RESET is the URL.

BR  
Patrick

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**Author:** ![Lauri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Lauri](https://www.wago.community/u/Lauri)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-reboot-wago-basic-controller-100-remotely/912/3 "2024-04-30T06:55:45Z")

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Thanks Patrick, it works perfectly 🙂

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**Author:** ![Suleyman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.wago.community/suleyman/32/969_2.png) [@Suleyman](https://www.wago.community/u/Suleyman)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-reboot-wago-basic-controller-100-remotely/912/4 "2025-01-30T09:03:24Z")

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Hello, the username and password for auth is “admin” and “wago” right? we are using JS axios post and we need to reset the BC100. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![WagoIcard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.wago.community/wagoicard/32/1508_2.png) [@WagoIcard](https://www.wago.community/u/WagoIcard)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-reboot-wago-basic-controller-100-remotely/912/5 "2025-02-03T00:04:09Z")

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the default password is right, but please change it as soon as you can.