Bridge — Tray-Resident, Auto-Starting, Instant
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
- Download Bridge v1.1.0 from Settings → Bridge Devices → Download installer.
- Run the installer on the PC connected to your X-ray machine. Bridge installs to the tray and starts immediately.
- Right-click the tray icon to confirm “Start with Windows” is on (it is by default).
- Open Bridge, click Add folder and point it at the directory your X-ray machine saves images to. Bridge will watch that folder forever.
- Take an X-ray. The file appears in OdontoX → Bridge Inbox the moment your machine writes it to disk.
- Open the patient’s appointment and drag the file from the inbox onto the X-Ray & Radiology Files tab. Ruby reads it from there.
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.