# How to start BCO

# Provide a MQTT Broker

First of all we need at mqtt broker in your network to provide the communication between all distributed bco components.

# Start BCO

You can start the bco test runtime with the following command:

bco-test
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# Developer Tools

Registry introspection tool which can be used to manually modify configuration, class and template entries.

bco-registry-editor
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Util to print the current content of the registry

bco-print-registry
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Util which prints the native rsb api of bco.

bco-print-interface-rsb
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Util to query units via its [id, label, alias, location, type, scope]. Once a unit could be resolved via the given argument, its basic properties are printed. It's for example useful during development to resole an alias of an unit when only its label is known.

bco-query
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bco-action-inspector
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bco-visual-remote
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INFO

All bco binaries are offering a help page which can be accessed via the --help argument.

# Simulation Mode

You can test and prove new components in a simulated environment.

bco-test --simulate
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# Benchmark Mode

You can test new components via the benchmark mode to prove how your components act during massive bco system load. During the benchmark, bco will start in simulation mode and high frequenly unit state changes are generated.

WARN

Please never start the benchmark mode if you are connected to any physical devices to avoid hardware damage.

bco-test --benchmark
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# Control Interfaces

# Desktop (JavaFX)

# BCozy

GUI Overview

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# Android

# BComfy

Last Updated: 12/31/2021, 3:25:34 PM