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# Bridge — Tray-Resident, Auto-Starting, Instant

> Bridge sits in the tray from boot, picks up WebP, JPEG, PNG and TIFF the moment your X-ray machine drops them, and files land in OdontoX instantly.

Bridge sits in the tray from boot, picks up WebP, JPEG, PNG and TIFF the moment the X-ray machine drops them, and files land in OdontoX instantly with no manual upload step. We rebuilt Bridge v1.1.0 because the older version asked too much of the radiographer — open it manually, leave the window visible, then guess whether a file had uploaded. The new version is invisible until something needs your attention.

## What's new

* **Auto-start with Windows.** Bridge launches at boot, minimised to the system tray. By the time the radiographer signs in, Bridge is already watching the X-Ray folder.
* **A "Start with Windows" toggle in the tray menu.** Per user, so individual machines can opt out without an admin trip.
* **Correct tray and taskbar icon.** No more generic Electron icon — Bridge ships with its proper artwork everywhere.
* **WebP capture.** WebP files dropped by newer X-ray machines are recognised and uploaded alongside JPEG, PNG and TIFF.
* **TIFF retry actually works.** Failed TIFF uploads re-queue and retry on the next drop. The old dedup check was silently swallowing them; that bug is gone.
* **Instant inbox.** The Bridge Inbox in OdontoX shows uploaded files the moment they finish. The old 15-second polling cycle is gone — the inbox listens on the same event bus the rest of the app uses.
* **Branding cleanup.** The installer title, Start Menu shortcut, taskbar label, system-tray tooltip and Setup window all say simply **Bridge** instead of mixing old codenames.

## How to use it

<Steps>
  <Step title="Download Bridge v1.1.0">From **Settings → Bridge Devices → Download installer**.</Step>
  <Step title="Run the installer">On the PC connected to your X-ray machine. Bridge installs to the tray and starts immediately.</Step>
  <Step title="Confirm Start with Windows">Right-click the tray icon to confirm "Start with Windows" is on (it is by default).</Step>
  <Step title="Add the X-ray folder">Open Bridge, click **Add folder** and point it at the directory your X-ray machine saves images to. Bridge will watch that folder forever.</Step>
  <Step title="Take an X-ray">The file appears in OdontoX → **Bridge Inbox** the moment your machine writes it to disk.</Step>
  <Step title="Attach to the patient">Open the patient's appointment and drag the file from the inbox onto the **X-Ray & Radiology Files** tab. Ruby reads it from there.</Step>
</Steps>

## What changed since the last revision

* Bridge is now called Bridge everywhere — the previous mix of internal codenames is gone from the installer, Start Menu and tray.
* Auto-start with Windows is the new default. Disable it from the tray menu if you would rather start it manually.
* The Bridge Inbox no longer polls every 15 seconds — uploads appear instantly because the inbox listens on a push-based event bus.
* WebP is now a supported format.
* TIFF files that failed to upload on the first try are no longer silently dropped.

## Need help?

If anything is unclear, write to [support@odontox.io](mailto:support@odontox.io) or open a ticket from **Settings → Support**.