Bridgehead release notes • supperware

1.33 (2025-04-17)

Added Neumann profile.
Added support for /connect incoming OSC message.
Windows installer now includes VC++ redistributable.

1.32 (2025-01-30)

Carries firmware 0.73.
Compiled with JUCE 8 / VS2022 (Windows) which appears to have fixed some reliability issues, particularly on AMD Ryzen. No longer compatible with macOS 10.10.
Uses a prettier system tray icon (Windows).

1.31 (2024-10-10)

Supports up to 32 OSC ports outputting in parallel (in theory, anyway).
Fixed a few bugs in the MIDI scanner that might affect stability.

1.30 (2024-09-10)

Carries firmware 0.72.

1.29 (2024-07-06)

Added Audio Brewers profile.
Corrected SPARTA profile.

1.28 (2024-05-19)

Carries firmware 0.71.
New slider in the Head Tracker Settings panel to change central pull speed.
Raw data can now be output by adding “raw=” to the Profiles.txt file.
Added BlackMagic DaVinci Resolve profile.

1.27 (2024-03-27)

Bug fix: OSC messages containing single data items were broken in 1.26.

1.26 (2024-02-28)

String constants can be added to OSC messages (in response to a customer experimenting with Klang).

1.25 (2024-01-25)

Added profile for dearVR MIX SE / PRO 2 / MONITOR.

1.24 (2023-10-30)

Carries firmware 0.70.
‘Quit Bridgehead’ on closing the window is now the default behaviour.
Bug fix: ‘Ignore firmware updates’ option became inverted in some places.
New option: ‘Start disconnected’ for those who prefer it.
Improved upgrading behaviour for unserialised units.

1.23 (2023-10-25)

Fixed initial crash when OSC profile was set to ‘Disabled’. Oops.

1.22 (2023-10-25)

Carries firmware 0.69.
Many fixes to stabilise the new features.
Reinstated and improved firmware updating features.
Shake-to-calibrate gesture replaces the old ones.
Added profiles: a1Rotate, Genelec Audio ID, Spatial Audio Designer.
Is now an official release.

1.21 (2023-09-11)

Major refactor: multi-tracker Bridgehead.
Improved GUI, with redesigned icons and a slicker animated head.
Light and dark modes.
Troubleshooting menu can be made sticky with Ctrl+Shift.
Removed Facebook 360 profile.
Not a full replacement for 1.20: does not support firmware update.

1.20 (2023-07-18)

Added Dolby Atmos Renderer profile.
macOS build now works down to OS X 10.10 (was 10.11)

1.19 (2023-04-02)

Added support for /travel incoming OSC message.

1.18 (2023-03-29)

Added a default profile for APL Virtuoso.

1.17 (2023-03-20)

Carries bootloader 1.17 / firmware 0.68.

1 .16 (2023-02-15)

Restarting logic during firmware upgrade improved.
Carries bootloader 1.16 / firmware 0.67.

1.15 (2022-12-01)

Fixed the bootloader upgrader so it no longer erases non-volatile data.
Bug fix: could not manually connect to an already-attached head tracker on startup. (Not sure how we missed that.)

1.14 (2022-11-21)

Added EAR Production Suite (EBU) profile.
Corrected polarities for SPARTA and IEM profiles.
Port number text in the bridge panel is slightly more descriptive.
Improved behaviour of system tray mouse actions on Windows.

1.13 (2022-11-06)

Added Mach1 profiles.
Bug fix: crash on macOS caused by the button grid.
Bug fix: profile settings are remembered properly again.
Bug fix: raw compass data is now parsed properly.
Bug fix: statefulness problems when invoking and closing the troubleshooting window.
Fixed position of pop-up menu on macOS.
Removed prompt to relocate to Application Folder on macOS and replaced distribution with .dmg file.
New application icons.
Carries bootloader 1.16 / firmware 0.66.

1.12 (2022-06-30)

Bug fix: tracking update rate didn’t change until we disconnected/reconnected.

1.11 (2022-06-29)

Altered the way that OSC profiles work to allow padding parameters.
Added Nuendo Headpose profile.
Exposed 25Hz update mode.

1.10 (2022-06-11)

Can now turn off slow central pull.
It’s slowed down from 0.5 degrees to 0.3 degrees per second.
Carries bootloader 1.15 / firmware 0.65.

1.09 (2022-06-10)

Fixed an endless connect/disconnect cycle bug in autoconnect mode.
Carries bootloader 1.15 / firmware 0.64.

1.08 (2022-06-04)

Refactored to allow easier open-sourcing in future.
Carries bootloader 1.15 / firmware 0.63.
Added profile for SPAT.
Added ability to receive a zeroing instruction on an OSC port.

1.07 (unreleased)

Created before a big refactor-quake. No new features.

1.06 (2021-11-20)

macOS version contains a build for Apple Silicon.

1.05 (2021-09-20)

Carries bootloader 1.12 / firmware 0.60.
Unbundled OSC messages, improving compatibility with SPARTA and Ambi Head HD.
Added profiles for SPARTA and Ambi Head HD.
Firmware 0.60 fixes travel mode, so the caveat about the compass has been removed from the tracker panel.

1.04 (2021-07-13)

Yaw/pitch/roll :0 mode added for learnable controls where :1 doesn’t work.
Added SPARTA (learnable) default profile.

1.03 (2021-07-05)

Carries bootloader 1.12 / firmware 0.59.

1.02 (2021-05-26)

Added the Profiles.txt file so that people can make their own bridge profiles.
Profiles can send messages to multiple user-defined ports.
Fixed a small but annoying bug in the upgrade flow.
Minor improvements to head animation and MIDI handling.
Bug fix: can now check for new versions when the head tracker is unplugged.

1.01 (2021-05-02)

Carries bootloader 1.12 / firmware 0.58.
Operates from a single window and doesn’t invoke any others.
Uses an icon grid to navigate panes, rather than text buttons.
Added the connection pane to improve performance with third-party MIDI software.
- Added the manual connect/disconnect mode.
- Option to quit rather than minimise the window when the close button is pressed.
Troubleshooting pane now shows raw sensor data, and disables connection timeout. Added a ‘wipe settings’ feature when in bootloader mode.
Various improvements to appearance.
Bug fix: yaw/pitch/roll mode applied rotations to the head animation in the wrong order.
Bug fix: improved bootloader mode handling.
Miscellaneous bug fixes and appearance improvements.

1.00 (2021-02-19)

Carries bootloader 1.12 / firmware 0.55.