### Running the WebCTRL® autopilot To monitor your WebCTRL® system, you can run the autopilot to display specified WebCTRL® pages at regular intervals. You can run the autopilot on the WebCTRL® server or on one or more client computers. Each computer can display a different set of pages. REQUIREMENT You must have the Internet Explorer® web browser installed on any computer that will run the autopilot. Autopilot is not supported on other web browsers.
Click for details below To set up the WebCTRL® autopilot To run the WebCTRL® autopilot To run autopilot with Windows Vista
#### To set up the WebCTRL® autopilot Copy the WebCTRL x.x\autopilot folder from the WebCTRL® system to any location on the computer where you will be running the autopilot. In a text editor such as Windows® Notepad, open the autopilot.xml file in the new folder you created in step 1. CAUTION Do not open or edit the original autopilot.xml file in the WebCTRL® system. Keep this file to set up the autopilot on other computers. In the row that begins with <script, replace the highlighted text shown below with the information needed to start your system. NOTES The Attribute list near the top of the file describes each field. To prevent exposing someone's password in this file, create a generic user and password in the WebCTRL® interface. Each pair of rows beginning with <navigate and <delay define a page in WebCTRL® and how many seconds the page should display. Follow the steps below to replace each <navigate line with information specific to your system. Add or delete rows as needed. In the WebCTRL® interface, go to the page you want to display. Press Ctrl+M. Type`autopilot location`. Click OK. Copy the path to the Windows clipboard. In the autopilot.xml file, highlight a <navigate row, then press Ctrl+V to replace the highlighted text with the copied WebCTRL® path. NOTE To have the autopilot run a report, define the path to the report's View tab. In the <delay row below each path, change 20 to the number of seconds you want to display the WebCTRL® page. Save the file.
#### To run the WebCTRL® autopilot NOTE If your computer is running Windows Vista®, see To run autopilot with Windows Vista before starting the autopilot. Start the WebCTRL Server application. Run the autopilot.bat file that you created in step 1 of To set up the WebCTRL® autopilot. NOTES To stop the autopilot, do one of the following: Close the web browser. Close the Command Prompt window that is running the autopilot.bat file to stop the autopilot but leave the WebCTRL® interface running in the web browser. If the autopilot does not start, open autopilot.log to see the error.
#### To run autopilot with Windows Vista To run the autopilot with the Windows Vista® operating system, you must add the WebCTRL® URL to your web browser's trusted sites. In Internet Explorer®, select Tools or > Internet Options. On the Security tab, select the Trusted Sites icon, then click the Sites button. Under Add this Web site to the zone, type the url that autopilot uses to start your system. See step 3 in To set up the WebCTRL® autopilot. Uncheck Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone. Click Add. Click OK to close both windows. Close Internet Explorer to have the changes take effect.