FIRMWARE CHANGELOG

Here are all the changes we’ve made in the latest Firmware versions:

  • 2021-10-18 A2.0.1 B2.0.0 C2.0.0
    • [Added] New Bluetooth API – extendable and better for Android Bluetooth Stack
    • [Added] App state API
    • [Added] ND filter setting
    • [Added] Autoramping with emulated Long Exposure setting (Shutterspeed in BULB)
    • [Added] Advanced Unleashed settings – sleep modes, timeouts, LED brightness, etc settable from app
    • [Added] Deep sleep modes including completely off mode
    • [Added] Motion control support for third-party accessories
    • [Added] Day/Night limits for shutter speed, aperture and ISO moved from app to firmware
    • [Added] New setting to change the order of settings to be ramped
    • [Added] Long exposure setting ON/OFF switching where possible
    • [Added] Automatically setting long exposure to last shutter speed when switching LE ON
    • [Added] Support for extended shutter speeds on Nikon Z series
    • [Added] GPS mode changes to external when pairing a new GPS accessory
    • [Added] Automatically disable GPS on short-interval timelapses in order to ensure higher accuracy interval shooting
    • [Added] Warning on short-interval timelapses if the camera does not support them reliably
    • [Added] EV value buffering for displaying graph when ramping
    • [Added] New camera model names
    • [Added] Failure recovery mechanisms
    • [Added] New APIs for future app features[Improved] Bluetooth responsiveness
    • [Improved] Internal communication speed increased considerably
    • [Improved] USB communication reliability
    • [Improved] Communication with Nikon cameras without USB cable
    • [Improved] Timelapse and autoramping (completely overhauled)
    • [Improved] Tap-to-trigger mechanism
    • [Improved] Image quality handling on Canon cameras with multiple card slots
    • [Improved] Third-party accessory support
    • [Improved] Accessory connection speed
    • [Improved] Bulk data transfer mechanism
    • [Improved] Power and meter-on detection on Nikon cameras
    • [Improved] LED sequences and responsiveness
    • [Improved] Error reporting in some edge cases
    • [Fixed] USB initialization issues
    • [Fixed] Slow reconnection issues
    • [Fixed] Battery drain issues
    • [Fixed] Triggering during playback on Canon
    • [Fixed] Several triggering issues on Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Issue causing trigger detection not to work on most Nikon cameras
    • [Fixed] Intervalometer triggering issues
    • [Fixed] Several autoramping issues
    • [Fixed] Edge case in autoramping changes
    • [Fixed] Partial autoramping (e.g. ramping with manual lenses)
    • [Fixed] Timelapse stopping after one or two shots
    • [Fixed] Timelapse trigger not updating after the timelapse is done
    • [Fixed] LRT Algorithm Autoramping on Nikon D3100/D3200
    • [Fixed] Image Review for Nikon D3100/D3200
    • [Fixed] Thumbnails sent twice on Canon cameras saving RAW + JPEG
    • [Fixed] Video trigger not updating after stopping video on some Nikon cameras
    • [Fixed] Video issues on Nikon Z series
    • [Fixed] Video issues on Nikon DSLRs
    • [Fixed] Video issues on Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Geotagging videos on Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Flickering to ISO Auto on Canon cameras in certain conditions
    • [Fixed] Shutter speed flickering on geotagged long exposure shots in Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Shutter speed steps on Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Focus mode issues on Nikon cameras with USB cable
    • [Fixed] EV meter parsing issue in Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Default initialization on some settings
    • [Fixed] Failure recovery mechanism issues
    • [Fixed] Issue causing Unleashed to think that a Nikon camera is off when it is not
    • [Fixed] Sleep mode failing to work sometimes
    • [Fixed] Bug causing Unleashed to get stuck in sleep mode if it has gone 49 days without losing power
    • [Fixed] Bug causing accessories not to reconnect after waking up from sleep mode
    • [Fixed] Handling of long lists of setting options
    • [Fixed] Protocol issues on newer Nikon cameras without USB cable
    • [Fixed] Playback/Menu buttons disabled on newer Nikon cameras (Z 6 II/ Z 7 II)
    • [Fixed] Wrong error shown on long exposure setting
    • [Fixed] Shutter speed staying in BULB when changing from BULB to another mode in some Canon cameras”,
    • [Fixed] SD card error on trigger not clearing when installing SD card
    • [Fixed] Number of photos remaining in timelapse when not shooting a timelapse
    • [Fixed] Issue causing settings not to update when the camera has values unknown to the Unleashed
    • [Fixed] Missing shooting information on some Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Recovery mode issues
  • 2020-12-18 A1.4.7 B1.4.10 C1.4.2
    • [Fixed] Bug where incorrect version number could be shown in certain circumstances
  • 2020-12-07 A1.4.7 B1.4.10 C1.4.1
    • [Fixed] Bug detecting camera capabilities when the capabilities list is very long
    • [Improved] Internal production optimisations
  • 2020-04-17 A1.4.5 B1.4.9 C1.4.0
    • [Fixed] changes on 760D did not show in app (or showed N/A)
    • [Fixed] D780 displayed as D6
  • 2020-04-09 A1.4.4 B1.4.9 C1.4.0
    • [Fixed] Image Review for Nikon D3100/D3200
    • [Fixed] LRT Algorithm Autoramping on Nikon D3100/D3200
  • 2020-03-26 A1.4.3 B1.4.9 C1.4.0
    • [Fixed] Intervalometer/Autoramp sometimes stopped when app not active
    • [Fixed] LRT algorithm sometimes stopped changing settings
    • [Fixed] Unleashed went to idle while the shutter was open
    • [Fixed] Settings not available while the shutter is open for a long time
    • [Fixed] Triggering on some Canon cameras
    • [Fixed] Long Exposure with Mirror Up
    • [Added] With Long Exp. & MUP, Unleashed triggers after 25s if user doesn’t
    • [Added] New camera names
  • 2020-02-24 A1.4.2 B1.4.8 C1.4.0
    • [Improved] Increased Idle Timout for better Usability
    • [Improved] Video recording method on Z6/Z7
    • [Improved] Geotagging with Z6/Z7
    • [Added] Geotagging support for Nikon P7700 and P7800
    • [Added] Some setting values for Z6/Z7
  • 2020-01-18 A1.4.1 B1.4.7 C1.4.0
    • [Fixed] Longitude from GL-770 had swapped E/W
  • 2019-12-23 A1.4.1 B1.4.6 C1.4.0
    • [Added] Support for Transystem GL-770 FW 1.04.12J (with Number of Satellites support and more)
  • 2019-10-23 A1.4.1 B1.4.5 C1.4.0
    • [Added] Support for Transystem GL-770
    • [Improved] Accessory pairing/unpairing
    • [Improved] Accessory handling
  • 2019-10-04 A1.4.1 B1.4.4 C1.4.0
    • [Added] Support for QStarz BL-1000ST and BL-1000GT
    • [Improved] Accessory handling
  • 2019-09-18 A 1.4.1 B 1.4.3 C 1.4.0
    • [Improved] Long Exposure feature
    • [Fixed] Long Exposures failing when Unleashed went to idle (eg in timelapse)
    • [Fixed] Holux M-241+ Date decoding – finally
    • [Fixed] Firmware update problem – final solution
  • 2019-06-25 A 1.4.0 B 1.4.2 C 1.3.0
    • [Added] Long Exposure Durations (up to 4.6 hours)
    • [Improved] Wakeup speed after powersaving sleep
    • [Improved] Mirror (Lock-) Up handled correctly and relayed to app
    • [Improved] Tap to trigger to only take 1 shot even with very high speed cameras
    • [Fixed] Holux M-241+ date decoding
    • [Fixed] D3100 & D3200 compatibility
  • 2019-05-20 A 1.3.2 B 1.3.1 C 1.3.0
    • [Added] Accessories support
    • [Added] GPS Error alert (red blink)
    • [Improved] Firmware update procedure greatly
    • [Improved] Unleashed power consumption
    • [Improved] GPS behaviour
    • [Fixed] Tap to trigger with Mirror Up option
    • [Fixed] Long BLE writes
    • [Fixed] GPS bug causing old data to be transferred to the camera after hours of no use
  • 2019-02-12 A 1.2.1 B 1.2.0 C 1.2.4
    • [Improved] Firmware update procedure
  • 2019-02-11 A 1.2.1 B 1.2.0 C 1.2.1
    • [Fixed] Thumbnail Bug
  • 2019-02-08 A 1.2.0 B 1.2.0 C 1.2.1
    • [fixed] Canon USB initializion bug causing Unleashed not to work at all on 550D, 60D 7D (with old Firmware) and show Error 70 on camera
    • [fixed] Canon USB initialization bug causing Unleashed not to work at all on 600D, 750D, 5Dmk2 6Dmk2 and other cameras
    • [fixed] Canon USB implementation bug causing settings flashing available/not available in a loop on 6Dmk2
    • [fixed] Canon USB connection would never work if it failed to initialize on power-on. Failure to initialize could be due to Wifi being enabled in the camera, as this disables USB. Even when Wi-Fi wass disabled later, the Unleashed would not attempt to reinitialize the USB connection
    • [added] Video recording for D3000 and D5000 series cameras. Was omitted from v1.0 because we can’t show live-view while recording on these cameras. Now starts recording without showing live-view
    • [fixed] Video recording on newer/higher-end Nikons would stop immediately after starting liveview when GPS was turned on
    • [fixed] Video errors were reported incorrectly for lower-end Nikon camera
    • [fixed] Video could not be stopped in app when it was started from the camera
    • [fixed] Date and time of the GPS data was in the future after the Unleashed would wake up from powersaving mode in certain conditions. If Setup->GPS->Set camera clock from GPS was active, the camera clock might have been set wrong by this
    • [added] if GPS was turned on, but the Unleashed is not getting GPS data from the app, the LED will now blink red between its normal colors and sequences, to signal an error. Details to the error will be shown in the App
    • [fixed] Videos were often not be geotagged
    • [fixed] Some settings showed wrong errors when the battery is low
    • [fixed] Some settings showed wrong errors when SD card is full
    • [fixed] Wrong errors shown on Nikon D200 when the camera is off
    • [fixed] Video, timelapse and autoramp were not available in app when camera set to BULB / T mode
    • [fixed] Trigger got stuck on Canon cameras when shooting in BULB mode and there was space for exactly one photo left
    • [fixed] Trigger was blocked on Nikon cameras (without USB cable plugged in) because of SD card error even though SD card is formatted/empty
    • [fixed] Trigger tap in the app sometimes did not end a picture started in T mode (“–” shutter speed) on Nikon D7100
    • [fixed] Auto ISO was not settable on Nikon cameras
    • [fixed] Nikon D4 was reported as D5100
    • [fixed] Nikon Z6/Z7 reported as Unknown (Displayed as N2: 001234 rather than N2: Z6)
    • [fixed] JPG Size could be changed even when quality is set to RAW on Nikon cameras over USB
    • [fixed] Image preview was downloaded twice when secondary slot function was set to Backup, and a second SD card was inserted in applicable Nikon cameras
    • [fixed] Image preview availability was wrong when USB cable is plugged in to the Unleashed, but not to the camera
  • A1.0 B1.0 C1.0
    • [added] Everything ;-)