I have a Blackbox, using Openbuilds Controller to drive it. Is there no way to disable the auto-update feature of the software? The PC is connected to the Internet via my cell phone hotspot, and updating is slow, and burns data. I've blocked it in Windows Firewall, which solves the immediate problem. I'm just amazed that it doesn't appear to be a menu choice, at least not one I've found. I have tried clicking the 'Cancel' item that shows up in the serial console, but it doesn't stop the update. Thanks
We do appreciate the "mobile data" scenario, but the reason we are somewhat forceful about updates - is that up-to-date software - means the customer has the best, most up to date, all known bugs fixed and all newest features, profiles etc onboard experience. Old versions - can have bugs that's long been fixed and result in frustrations to you, and also to the support team who works with you under the assumption that you are up to date. 99.99% of our user base are on always-on connectivity these days If you look at Releases · OpenBuilds/OpenBuilds-CONTROL only about 10 releases in the last year - not that often at all If you are on mobile, use the Cancel button (It does work, screen capture below). Update when you have proper connection to stop it bugging you. Or download it at a friends house / work / etc from software.openbuilds.com and come install the latest version.
ok, but what you don't seem to understand, is in a production setting of any kind, even a business settings, you cannot update software every time the manufacturer wants to. It can and has in our case disrupted our business because often the update actually deletes the old software and doesn't reinstall the new one. So it has to be manually reinstalled. Updates need to be done off hours, not the first time in the morning when someone turns on the software. It needs to have a way to be disabled until such time someone wants to click the "update" button. Any IT person will tell you that automatic updates of any kind are forbidden without first testing the update.
You can always block the openbuilds software from having access to the internet in your firewall. But that's not ideal as you lose the mobile jog widget. If you're not bothered with the jog widget, just hit start, type "firewall" and select the "windows defender firewall with advanced rules" or something like that, click on "outgoing", click "create new rule" and follow the prompts, choosing program, block, and then browsing to the openbuilds.exe, repeat for incoming as well. On linux you'd use ufw or similar to block the hostnames. Ideally you'd use wireshark to check the ip's it uses to update, or yank the cord when the software updates (like mid download) and check the terminal for errors containing hostnames. If your router has blacklisting, then add those ip's (and hostnames) to the blacklist, you still have the mobile jog but the update servers never resolve. If you do the blocking before you start the software for the first time, you also won't get the annoying black box advert. Hope this helps
You'd also make the support teams life hell, theres good reasons we provide updates, please do stay up to date (or consider not asking any questions related to software - nothing worse than spending days helping trying to figure out an issue with someone only to find they did the above and is out of date on an issue long fixed)
