Bridge Box

1.11 (August 21, 2024)

• Gets rid of movement lag when recording or moving the crawler

1.10 (Aug 1st 2024)

• Ins 2.2 – Local and Global positioning data is now unified, allowing smoother transitions when dead reckoning with intermittent GPS or USBL data. 

• Better support for serial-over-ip devices

  • USBL Support

  • NDT Device Support

• IMU Calibration on Standard Sensor Pod

• Detailed Fault Log Support

• Tether Reel Speed

• Fault Clearing

• Fix a bug causing DTPF upload/installs to fail 

• Camera Zooming not compatible with CCA 1.8.1 and anything less than 1.7.4 

• Setting the bitrate on 4k UHD Camera changes the wrong video stream’s bitrate. 

1.9 (June 20, 2024)

• 8-second-hotfix

• "Fixed manual reel tether distance not accepting values above 10 meters",

• "Focus and exposure settings for Zoom Camera TO are now changeable only once set to manual mode"

• Issues with updates still remain; for a smooth update process, update without 4k UHD cameras connected. 

1.8.1 (June 6, 2024)

• See 1.8

• Include firmware version missing from v1.8 Bridgebox (A-150, camera heads & 4k UHD)

• See 1.8

1.8 (May 22 2024)

• Better Camera Settings support ( more options available for 4k-UHD cameras)

• Oculus sonar support

• Added support for serial-over-ip devices

• Reel now becomes disengaged when a crawler turns (enables spooling out out when turning crawler)

• Better Multiple 4k UHD Camera Streaming support (using WebRTC)

1.7 (April 1 2024)

• Improved connection stability 

1.6.1 (Mar 17 2024)

• Includes 4k UHD Camera v2.1 update 

1.6 (Mar 11 2024)

• Improved Camera Recovery logic

• Changed min light brightness of crawlers to 5

• Local and global position support

• Improved reconnection logic

• Motors can now be disabled and will automatically disable if E-Stop is engaged

• Active Freewheel calibration is now supported

• Motor failures will now be reported as faults and pan/tilt motor diagnostics are referred to by joint1/joint2 instead

• Fixed a crash during firmware upgrades

• Increased the responsiveness of camera angle and tether distance values

• Resolved crash when camera head disconnects

• Elevating arm calibration now notifies when in progress, and upon completion

• Advanced power settings data shows correctly

• Updates may still fail in same manner until next release, since upgrade logic will only be included after the update

  • If Update fails, update a second time. First update may fail around 80%

1.5.1 (Jan 23 2024)

• Included updated firmware in update package

1.5 (Nov 30 2023 )

• • Added support for new low latency zoom camera

  •  Increased max speed of motor drive

  •  Added network diagnostics data for better evaluation of tether bandwidth

  •  Image settings can now be adjusted for the DT camera

  •  Battery diagnostic data is now available

  • Bridge box time is now synced with the Tablet controller

  • Added option for 'natural' camera head movement

• • Correct system of measurement is now used in the camera OSD

  • Aux camera is not mistaken for the main camera if main camera disconnects

  • Reel battery accurately reflects it’s charging state