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Release Notes

This is a new board which means we've got a lot to add and SOMETIMES things to fix, if you see that notice saying there is a firmware upgrade, look here to see what's in it (unless we get too excited to release that forget to update this page)

1.25​

  • Added the 'I broke the network mode' inspired from a suggestion by Alan Hanson (look at that two mentions in two updates). When booting the board, if you press and hold button 1, it will reset all the network settings, go back to DHCP and completely forget that you tried to set a static IP address and got the gateway DNS wrong.

1.21.4​

  • Tweaked the RAINBOWS MODE, it was a bit slow for my liking so it got changed... no the power hasn't totally gone to my head
  • Fixed a Grammar issue which I'm shocked Alan Hanson didn't see
  • Added logos for additional vendors (more countries to Buy the Baldrick8 in)
  • Pixels now start at 1 rather than 0.. causing developers worldwide to cringe but that appears to be the way "It's done"
  • When adding a model, the default test colour will now one of several preselected colours rather than just red, is this a laying the groundwork for a new feature coming soon.. who knows.. well, I do but I'm not telling you.
  • The board connects to our update server periodically to check for updates, if it cannot do this, we let you know there may be an issue with your network settings. We will never admit that the problem could be on our side.

1.21.3​

  • During testing for a very soon to be released feature, we noticed that in certain circumstances sending data via DDP looked a bit wonky. So we've pushed this before anyone really notices.

1.21.2​

  • We've had a report of one Baldrick customer having an off by one pixel issue in some circumstances. Obviously, we had a decision to make; Do we get rid of the customer or do we get rid of the error. This is an update pushed so it looks like we fixed the error #plausibledeniability.

1.21.1​

  • Preparations for our traitorous cousins receiving their Baldrick8 Boards.

1.21​

  • Added vendor mode (oooOooOOoOoOo)
  • ⁠Friend scanning - Baldrick will now look for other Baldricks on the network and let you know how they are doing, you can also syncronise your test mode with them.
  • Board safety and reliability - Factory reset can now recover from entirely broken firmware, not just broken settings, some of our testers did their job well.. and we want to make sure they can't do it again.
  • ⁠Improved web UI - Faster loading, moved some parts around, definitely not a few hours spent bikeshedding.

1.20​

  • ⁠Fixes to DDP parser to cope better with packet loss, etc.
  • Linking to the brand newBaldrick User Group
  • ⁠Add multicast sACN
  • Additions to Artnet / E1.31 compatibility
  • Updating HTTP server to mitigate network packet loss affecting the lights output

v1.19​

  • ⁠ArtNet support, If you don't know what this means then don't worry about it
  • ⁠Unicast E1.31/sACN support, so stop asking!
  • ⁠Colour pick test mode enabled, you can now make ALL pixels a single colour using a colour picker (works better in Chrome and Firefox that Safari.. sorry Mac fans but we are working on it)

v1.18​

  • We've added model colour mode which allows you to have a colour per model, as suggested by Ron Howard

v1.17​

  • With the official release of xLights integration we had to do a few changes to make it work on our side... Update xLights and enjoy!

v1.16.3​

  • Some fixes to the UI around network settings (apparently SOME people wanted to be able to cancel)
  • Removed the blank frame between test modes if we don't need it (Looks a bit crap with it.)
  • Sped up the HTTP responses on button press (don't act like you know what that means)

v1.16.2​

  • Added the base code for some secret unannounced, coming soon feature.

v1.16.1​

  • turns out if you switch test mode again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again there is a SLIGHT memory leak which slows stuff down, gee thanks 'tester' for letting us know about that.

v1.16​

  • ⁠Test mode panel redesigned
  • ⁠⁠Implemented Hodgical mode
  • ⁠⁠Added Red mode
  • ⁠⁠The ability to select your brightness
  • ⁠⁠Fixed a few bugs that none of you noticed.

BOOTLOADER v1.3​

  • We've updated the bootloader, PLEASE DO NOT TURN OFF THE POWER WHEN YOU UPDATE THIS (if you can schedule your unexpected power cut till AFTER this update, that would be great)

v1.15.3​

  • Turns out there was a little bit more JUICE to squeeze in optimisation and we've managed to get a bit more performance out of the board

v1.15.2​

  • We didn't like .1

v1.15.1​

  • Look, stop being so nosy, sometimes we just like to increment a number

v1.15​

  • Add colour order options to the pixels - Model options will be available in future xLights releases, hold your horses.
  • ⁠Add button support, we've also written a nice guide on what to do with the bloody things
  • ⁠Allow bootloader updates, correct factory reset problems, not that any of you noticed...
  • ⁠Add release channels for future software testing, but that's for the grown ups.
  • ⁠Efficieny updates - pixels should be more responsive, switched CPR method.
  • ⁠Updates to the web interface caching - Should be harder to make the lights glitch by hammering reload (but WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THAT)

v1.14​

  • ⁠Better, more helpful validation of form input, some of you just wouldn't leave it alone!
  • ⁠Better support for pre-release testing, what does this mean? we'll never tell.
  • Fix for FPP proxy header issue, Thanks Adam!

v1.13​

  • Nunya Business, this was in no way an emergency release to fix a bug introduced in 1.12

v1.12​

  • ⁠Input validation, both client and serverside, to stop you cheekly little scamps from setting 6000% brightness and starting pixel channel -100
  • ⁠Prevent crash when rapidly cycling test mode, the board got a little excited so we've given it a peppermint tea and told it to calm down.
  • ⁠Move jquery/bootstrap to device-hosted, for closed networks, SOME people want to use this board in a place WITHOUT internet.. can you imagine?
  • ⁠Network config - Static IP and device hostname now configurable, so STOP COMPLAINING!
  • ⁠Fixed links in footer to open in new window, because you promised us you'd never leave.

v1.11​

  • ⁠Turn off pixels when exiting test mode
  • ⁠Fixed problems saving channel start
  • ⁠DDP start channels are now 1-based as in xLights, FPP, etc.
  • ⁠Requires update to xLights (Built 28-03-24)

v1.10​

  • ⁠Rename "Everything off" test mode (Thanks Rob Milton)
  • ⁠Allow B1 to disable test mode with long press (Thanks Kevin Barker)

v1.9​

  • Fix dumb DDP parse bug which would leave gaps in px output
  • ⁠Adapt version checks slightly
  • ⁠Fix up links on Web UI

v1.8​

  • Fixed an issue if you pushed from xLights without first uploading the firmware

v1.7​

  • ⁠Fix issue with config uploads and large configs
  • ⁠Add periodic version check. Now every 10 minutes, rather than once at boot

v1.6​

  • ⁠Stop UI state table twitchily resizing
  • ⁠Make the test "Apply to" thing more clear for the moment
  • ⁠Mark some UI fields as numbers
  • ⁠Refresh system settings on UI when changed

v1.5​

  • ⁠ Rewrite test mode handling, add new test modes
  • ⁠Add button handler - Press B1 for 5 seconds to activate rainbows on all configured props

v1.4​

  • ⁠Move to component for OTA, share with factory firmware
  • ⁠Secure firmware releases

v1.3​

  • ⁠Fix stupid build issue

v1.2​

  • ⁠Fix UI weirdness if version check hasn't completed

v1.1​

  • ⁠Add factory reset - Hold B3 for 5 seconds and power cycle
  • Ruin Dom's hard work on the interface and replace with a bootstrap interface

v1.0​

  • ⁠Add flash encryption to SDK Config
  • ⁠Fix CI config for SDK
  • First real release :)