diff --git a/appmanager/bcindepapp.php b/appmanager/bcindepapp.php
index d7b57a9..8d9303d 100644
--- a/appmanager/bcindepapp.php
+++ b/appmanager/bcindepapp.php
@@ -53,19 +53,32 @@ function runStep(name) {
       showStatus(false, 'Returning back to original channel failed.');
     }
   } else if (name=='bcvideo') {
+    var timout = null;
     vid.onChannelChangeSucceeded = function() {
       vid.onChannelChangeSucceeded = null;
       vid.onChannelChangeError = null;
       showStatus(false, 'No SecurityException received. Application had access to video/broadcast, but no access should have been granted (broadcast-independant app).');
+      if (timout) {
+        clearTimeout(timout);
+      }
     };
     vid.onChannelChangeError = function() {
       vid.onChannelChangeSucceeded = null;
       vid.onChannelChangeError = null;
       showStatus(false, 'No SecurityException received, but at least access to video/broadcast was denied via onChannelChangeError (broadcast-independant app).');
+      if (timout) {
+        clearTimeout(timout);
+      }
     };
     try {
       vid.bindToCurrentChannel();
       setInstr('Did not get the expected SecurityException (see A.2.4.2 in HbbTV spec), waiting for channel change event...');
+      timout = setTimeout(function() {
+        timout = null;
+        vid.onChannelChangeSucceeded = null;
+        vid.onChannelChangeError = null;
+        showStatus(false, 'No SecurityException received and did not receive any channel change event, too.');
+      }, 10000);
     } catch (e) {
       vid.onChannelChangeSucceeded = null;
       vid.onChannelChangeError = null;
diff --git a/base.js b/base.js
index ad8b065..891e265 100644
--- a/base.js
+++ b/base.js
@@ -267,5 +267,12 @@ function stopAutomation() {
   if (automate.timer) {
     clearTimeout(automate.timer);
   }
+  try {
+    i = document.getElementById('bgdiv');
+    if (i) {
+      i.style.backgroundColor = '#132d48';
+    }
+  } catch (ignore) {
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/channels/index.php b/channels/index.php
index f4520b4..a472a59 100644
--- a/channels/index.php
+++ b/channels/index.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 <script type="text/javascript">
 //<![CDATA[
 var testPrefix = <?php echo json_encode(getTestPrefix()); ?>;
+var occsTimer = null;
 window.onload = function() {
   menuInit();
   initVideo();
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@
   runNextAutoTest();
 };
 function runStep(name) {
+  if (occsTimer) {
+    clearTimeout(occsTimer);
+    occsTimer = null;
+  }
   setInstr('Executing step...');
   showStatus(true, '');
   if (name=='get') {
@@ -89,6 +94,10 @@ function runStep(name) {
     }
     try {
       vid.onChannelChangeSucceeded = function() {
+        if (occsTimer) {
+          clearTimeout(occsTimer);
+          occsTimer = null;
+        }
         vid.onChannelChangeSucceeded = null;
         var ch = vid.currentChannel;
         if (ch.onid==onid&&ch.tsid==tsid&&ch.sid==sid) {
@@ -99,6 +108,11 @@ function runStep(name) {
       };
       setInstr('Setting channel, waiting for onChannelChangeSucceeded...');
       vid.setChannel(ch, false);
+      occsTimer = setTimeout(function() {
+        occsTimer = null;
+        vid.onChannelChangeSucceeded = null;
+        showStatus(false, 'did not retrieve onChannelChangeSucceeded event');
+      }, 15000);
     } catch (e) {
       showStatus(false, 'setChannel('+ch+') failed.');
       return;
diff --git a/dolby/detail.php b/dolby/detail.php
index 1034593..da7fa20 100644
--- a/dolby/detail.php
+++ b/dolby/detail.php
@@ -321,6 +321,18 @@ function selectComponentsStage2(index, vc) {
   }
   showStatus(true, 'component should now be selected.');
 }
+function checkVideoPlaying(remainSecs) {
+  if (!vid.playState  || vid.playState==2 || vid.playState==3 || vid.playState==4) {
+    // not playing yet
+    if (remainSecs>0) {
+      setTimeout(function() { checkVideoPlaying(remainSecs-1); }, 1000);
+      return;
+    }
+    showStatus(false, 'Video playback failed.');
+  } else {
+    showStatus(true, 'Video should be playing now');
+  }
+}
 function runStep(name) {
   if (name==="playvid") {
     try {
@@ -336,7 +348,7 @@ function runStep(name) {
     try {
       vid.play(1);
       showVidData();
-      showStatus(true, 'Video should be playing now');
+      checkVideoPlaying(30);
     } catch (e) {
       showStatus(false, 'Video playback failed: '+e);
     }
diff --git a/report.php b/report.php
index b201e17..3f6dae7 100644
--- a/report.php
+++ b/report.php
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ function clean($txt) {
   return $ret;
 }
 
+function getHbbTV($uagent) {
+  $idx = stripos($uagent, 'HbbTV/');
+  if ($idx===false) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  $uagent = substr($uagent, $idx);
+  $idx = strpos($uagent, ')');
+  if ($idx) {
+    $uagent = substr($uagent, 0, $idx+1);
+  }
+  return $uagent;
+}
+
+$now = time();
 $step = clean($_REQUEST['step']);
 if (!$step) {
   exit;
@@ -24,26 +38,44 @@ function clean($txt) {
 $run = max(0, min(1000000, (int)$_REQUEST['run']));
 $note = clean($_REQUEST['note']);
 $txt = clean($_REQUEST['txt']);
-$line = "$step;$succss;$note;$txt\n";
+$line = "$now;$step;$succss;$note;$txt\n";
 
+$uagent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
+$hbbtv = getHbbTV($uagent);
 $logdir = 'log';
 $logext = '.report';
-$file = $logdir.'/'.$pin.'-'.$run.'-'.sha1($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].'#'.$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']).$logext;
+$file = $logdir.'/'.$pin.'-'.$run.'-'.sha1($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].'#'.$uagent).$logext;
 
 if (is_file($file)) {
   $fp = @fopen($file, 'a');
 } else {
   $fp = @fopen($file, 'w');
-  fputs($fp, ';'.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].';'.$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']."\n");
+  fputs($fp, ';'.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].';'.$now.';'.$uagent."\n");
+}
+if (!$fp) {
+  exit;
 }
+fputs($fp, $line);
+fclose($fp);
+
 
-if ($fp) {
-  fputs($fp, $line);
-  fclose($fp);
+if ($hbbtv) {
+  $file = $logdir.'/bydev-'.sha1($hbbtv).$logext;
+  if (is_file($file)) {
+    $fp = @fopen($file, 'a');
+  } else {
+    $fp = @fopen($file, 'w');
+    fputs($fp, ';'.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].';'.$now.';'.$uagent."\n");
+  }
+  if ($fp) {
+    fputs($fp, $line);
+    fclose($fp);
+  }
 }
 
+
 # expire old log files
-$expired = time()-7*24*3600;
+$expired = time()-31*24*3600;
 $delfiles = array();
 $fp = @opendir($logdir);
 while (false!==($file=@readdir($fp))) {
diff --git a/videocontrol/index.php b/videocontrol/index.php
index b54f234..c28bbc3 100644
--- a/videocontrol/index.php
+++ b/videocontrol/index.php
@@ -41,16 +41,7 @@ function runStep(name) {
   setInstr('Executing step...');
   showStatus(true, '');
   if (name=='start') {
-    try {
-      var vid = document.getElementById('video');
-      vid.stop();
-      vid.data = '<?php echo getMediaURL(); ?>timecode.php/video.mp4';
-      vid.play(1);
-      showStatus(true, 'Video should be playing now');
-      playing = true;
-    } catch (e) {
-      showStatus(false, 'Cannot start video');
-    }
+    startVid();
   } else if (name=='pause') {
     setSpeed(0);
   } else if (name=='play') {
@@ -67,6 +58,30 @@ function runStep(name) {
     setSpeed(-1);
   }
 }
+function checkVideoPlaying(remainSecs, vid, mtype) {
+  if (!vid.playState  || vid.playState==2 || vid.playState==3 || vid.playState==4) {
+    // not playing yet
+    if (remainSecs>0) {
+      setTimeout(function() { checkVideoPlaying(remainSecs-1, vid, mtype); }, 1000);
+      return;
+    }
+    showStatus(false, 'Video playback '+mtype+' failed.');
+  } else {
+    showStatus(true, 'Video '+mtype+' should be playing now');
+  }
+}
+function startVid() {
+  try {
+    var vid = document.getElementById('video');
+    vid.stop();
+    vid.data = '<?php echo getMediaURL(); ?>timecode.php/video.mp4';
+    vid.play(1);
+    playing = true;
+    checkVideoPlaying(30, vid, 'video/mp4');
+  } catch (e) {
+    showStatus(false, 'Cannot start video: '+e);
+  }
+}
 function setSpeed(fact) {
   try {
     var vid = document.getElementById('video');
diff --git a/videoscale/index.php b/videoscale/index.php
index 1a1dc62..0dfb44b 100644
--- a/videoscale/index.php
+++ b/videoscale/index.php
@@ -144,11 +144,33 @@ function govid(typ) {
   } catch (e) {
     // ignore
   }
-  showStatus(succss, 'Setting the video object '+mtype+' '+(succss?'succeeded':'failed in phase '+phase));
   markVideoPosition(600, 250, 160, 90);
   showVideoPosition(true);
+  if (!succss) {
+    showStatus(false, 'Setting the video object '+mtype+' failed in phase '+phase);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!typ) {
+    showStatus(true, 'Broadcast video should be playing now');
+    return;
+  }
+  setInstr('Video object created, waiting for playback to start...');
+  checkVideoPlaying(30, videlem, mtype);
+}
+function checkVideoPlaying(remainSecs, vid, mtype) {
+  if (!vid.playState  || vid.playState==2 || vid.playState==3 || vid.playState==4) {
+    // not playing yet
+    if (remainSecs>0) {
+      setTimeout(function() { checkVideoPlaying(remainSecs-1, vid, mtype); }, 1000);
+      return;
+    }
+    showStatus(false, 'Video playback '+mtype+' failed.');
+  } else {
+    showStatus(true, 'Video '+mtype+' should be playing now');
+  }
 }
 
+
 //]]>
 </script>