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BDL Foundry makes small, serious tools — software you buy once and keep, built and supported by the craftsman who made them. No cloud tax. Nothing renews.
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Latest from the foundry
IAPViewer 1.0 submitted for App Store review
Version 1.0 (build 15) is with Apple now, carrying a ground-up design overhaul. One-time purchase, $9.99 — every AP, every site, all your devices.
August 2026 MilestoneOut of our first beta program
We've been at this since the new year. IAPViewer just wrapped its first public beta — shaped through the spring and summer by TestFlight testers running real Instant clusters.
August 2026BDL Foundry LLC opens its doors
The workshop is now a Connecticut limited-liability company — the legal home for everything that ships from the bench, software and otherwise.
2026Software
Your whole Aruba Instant network. No cloud. No subscription.
IAPViewer talks directly to your Virtual Controller on the local network — every AP, radio, client and port, strictly read-only. It can show you everything and change nothing.
- No Aruba Central, no third-party servers, no per-AP licence
- Read-only by design — safe to hand to anyone on the team
- No analytics, no tracking; credentials stay in the system Keychain
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The foundry is bigger than the software
The foundry is literal: metal gets turned and parts get printed. Software is simply what's for sale today — the standard is the same across the bench. One craftsman. Nothing outsourced.
Software
Small, precise tools for people who know their gear — starting with IAPViewer. Bought once, owned outright.
ShippingPhysical
Custom metalwork — machined, turned, welded and brazed — plus functional 3D prints in engineering materials.
From the benchCloud management is licensed per device, per year, forever. Visibility shouldn't be.
If full cloud management is what you need, it's the right tool — we'll say so. When it isn't, you shouldn't have to rent your own visibility back. That's the position everything here is built from.