Bridge Versions Released
Below is a list of the BFC SignalR Bridge versions released and available for download with a short description of what changed.
| Version | Date of BFCSignalR | Installer | Summary | |
| 9/22/2017 | 1.0.6474.11315 | 20170918 06:17 | 5.0.0 | Initial installer |
| 3/23/2018 | 1.0.6656.20795 | 20180323 11:33 | 5.0.0 | Initial attempt at running browser detection |
| 4/24/2018 | 5.1.6688.25461 | 20180424 14:08 | 5.1 | |
| 5/29/2018 | 5.1.6723.28476 | 20180529 15:49 | 5.1 | Installer and Bridge Service COM port detection |
| 06/06/2018 | 5.1.6729.20244 | 20180604 11:14 | 5.1 | Browser Detection Logic improvement |
| 06/21/2018 | 5.1.6729.20244 | 20180604 11:14 | 5.1 | Firefox missing exe and missing iexplore.exe |
| 10/01/2018 | 5.1.6848.18760 | 20181001 10:25 | 5.1 | SignalR Library + IP connectivity preference order to local network |
| 02/18/2019 | 5.1.6988.19475 | 20190218 09:49 | Disconnects all BUT current connection with new Client ID provided | |
| 02/26/2019 | 5.1.6996.22619 | 20190226 12:20 | Adds function for Printer List, Fixes Freeze situations by adding time limits to operations, Upgraded SignalR and Owin, Clear the Outbound buffer, too. Installer fixed to allow upgrades without killing the SSL Certificate. | |
| 6/10/2021 | 5.1.7794.24901 | 20210504 13:50 | 5.1 | When restarting or connecting to the EMV hardware, the SignalR service would freeze. This update will kill a frozen process internally when re-connecting to the device or restarting the service. |
| 11/16/2022 | 5.2.0.0 | 20221103 11:43 | 5.2.0.0 | Communication updated for COM-port messages to Ingenico Tetra-platform |
The Bridge Service runs on Microsoft WindowsTM and has been tested to run on the following versions of Windows (you can use “winver” from a run prompt to see what version you are running):
- Windows 7 x86 and x64
- Windows 8 x86 and x64 and Windows 8.1 x86 and x64
- Windows 10 (x86 and x64)
- 1507 (original release, Long Term Support to Oct 14, 2025)
- 1511 (Nov 2015)
- 1607 (Anniversary Update, August 2016, Long Term Support to Oct 13, 2026)
- 1703 (Creators Update, April 2017)
- 1709 (Fall Creators Update, Oct 2017)
- 1803 (April 2018 Update)
- 1809 (Oct 2018 Update, Long Term Support to January 9th, 2029)
- 1903 (May 2019 Update)
- 1909 (Nov 2019 Update)
- 2004 (May 2020 Update)
- 20H2 (Oct 2020 Update)
- 21H1 (May 2021 Update)
- Windows 11 (as of this article update, we are in Preview Mode and PCI does not allow the use of this operating system)
- 21H2 (Build 22000.918): The Bridge Service has no issues with this version.