Select several ED or ES devices in BB-Eco, choose one configuration template, preview what would change on each device, then apply it to every device that passed the preview - or do the same from the CLI with bb-eco template apply.
The exact Windows Defender Firewall rules BB Eco needs, how the installer and app manage them locally, and how to push them centrally via Group Policy or Intune on managed machines.
BB-Eco 1.0.0 is the first stable release of the Brainboxes desktop app for discovering, configuring and updating ED, ES and BB devices from one place.
BB-Eco 1.1.0 groups template settings the way each device's own web page does, adds I/O tunnelling to templates, applies a template to ticked devices, shows the licence before installing, and fixes template applies that reset settings they did not name.
BB-Eco 1.1.1 is a security update to 1.1.0, with clearer advice when an ED device goes quiet during a firmware update and links to brainboxes.com that say they came from BB-Eco.
Layered checklist for diagnosing why BB-Eco's auto-discovery isn't finding ED, ES, or BB devices. Covers firewall, VPN, multicast, subnet, and sidecar issues.
The BB Eco overview as slides - discovery, safe firmware updates, configuration templates, drift detection, security and transparency. Read it here, present it full screen, or download the PDF.
What changed in each release of BB-Eco, the Brainboxes desktop app for discovering, configuring and updating ED, ES and BB devices.
Background reading on why the BB-Eco device management app exists and how it talks to Brainboxes ED, ES, BB, and SW devices on your network.
Discover, monitor, configure, and upgrade BB, ED, ES, and SW Brainboxes devices from one cross-platform desktop app. Available now for Windows.
How BB-Eco brings infrastructure-as-code principles to Brainboxes device configuration: declarative JSON templates, Git-tracked, scriptable, with drift detection.
Read and change a Brainboxes device's configuration with BB-Eco, then export it as a JSON template you can version-control and apply to other devices.
Use BB-Eco to compare live ED and ES devices against a known-good configuration template, flag any drift, and decide whether to revert or update the template.
What BB-Eco's optional anonymous firmware-update diagnostics contain, what they never contain, where the data goes, how long it is kept, and how to opt out or request deletion.
Plug in a Brainboxes ED, ES, BB, or managed SW device and use BB-Eco to find it on your network within seconds using SSDP, mDNS, or manual IP entry.
How BB-Eco's local device cache and the ghost-promoter mechanism let you administer remote Brainboxes devices over a VPN, without re-scanning every session.
Use the BB-Eco logs panel to diagnose discovery, configuration, and upgrade issues. Copy log lines, filter by level/category/text, export, and email Brainboxes support directly.
A high-level look at the BB-Eco architecture: the desktop app, its sidecar process, and what travels on the wire when discovering, configuring, or upgrading a Brainboxes device.
Download and install the BB-Eco desktop app for managing Brainboxes devices on Windows 10 or 11. macOS (Apple Silicon) and Linux builds are coming soon.
Turn on automatic firmware upgrades in BB-Eco so ED and ES devices on your network are brought to the current release as soon as BB-Eco sees them, with in-use devices deferred and factory-reset updates never applied.
Practical migration guide for engineers moving from the legacy Brainboxes Windows tools (Boost.IO Manager for ED, Boost.LAN for ES) to BB-Eco. Covers what BB-Eco replaces, what it doesn't yet, and how to run them side-by-side during the transition.
A Brainboxes ED or ES device with no DHCP lease sits on 192.168.127.254. BB-Eco hears it, offers a one-click route to reach it, and then you give it an address on your network.
Recover a Brainboxes ED or ES device stuck in its bootloader after an interrupted upgrade. BB-Eco detects it and re-flashes it over the network.
How to use BB-Eco on machines or sites with no internet connectivity. Pre-cache firmware on an internet-connected machine, then deploy to factory floors or Cyber Essentials admin accounts.
Walk into an unfamiliar customer site and produce a complete inventory of every Brainboxes device (model, IP, firmware, location), plus everything else on the LAN, in under fifteen minutes using BB-Eco.
BB-Eco baselines every device's configuration and flags drift when a live setting diverges. See it in the dashboard, then revert or re-baseline.
Use BB-Eco's Upgrade all to bring every out-of-date ED and ES device on your network to the current firmware in one sequential batch, keep working while it runs, and read the report - or do the same from the CLI with bb-eco upgrade all.
How to update the BB-Eco desktop app, switch between the stable and beta release channels, and verify which version you're running.
Step-by-step walkthrough for upgrading firmware on a Brainboxes ED or ES device using BB-Eco, including pre-flight safety checks and what to do if something goes wrong.
BB-Eco's Network Neighborhood tab discovers any device on your LAN using SSDP, mDNS, and WS-Discovery (printers, NAS, cameras, edge controllers), with vendor and category detection, plus CSV export.
BB-Eco unifies discovery, configuration, and firmware upgrades for every Brainboxes device family, replacing Boost.IO, Boost.LAN, and per-device web UIs.
