Hi Everyone
About a month ago I wrote about the connectivity changes introduced in MetaGrid Pro 1.7, the challenges we encountered in some real-world setups, and the work we had started to make the new connection engine even more robust.
Today, MetaGrid Pro 1.7.3 is available, and I’d like to share what we’ve accomplished.
Over the past few weeks our primary focus has been connectivity—not just fixing individual issues, but improving how MetaGrid Pro understands and manages the connection between your iPad and your computer. Sleep and wake cycles, USB reconnects, network changes, MetaServer restarts, backgrounding, unstable cables, host availability, timing differences—these are the kinds of situations that happen every day in real studios, and they all need to be handled gracefully.
The biggest addition in 1.7.3 is Connection Monitor.
Connection Monitor gives MetaGrid Pro a much deeper understanding of what’s happening behind the scenes. It provides detailed diagnostics, recent connection history, host discovery information, transport status, and recovery details—all built directly into the app. It also makes troubleshooting significantly faster by allowing you to send a complete diagnostic package whenever support is needed.
Connectivity is rarely the result of a single bug. It’s usually the interaction between iPadOS, macOS or Windows, USB, Wi-Fi, hubs, security permissions, MetaServer, and the application you’re controlling. Connection Monitor helps make those interactions visible, allowing both you and us to understand what’s happening much more quickly.
Alongside Connection Monitor, version 1.7.3 includes numerous stability improvements and refinements across the connection engine, many of them driven directly by the reports and diagnostic logs you’ve shared over the past month. Those real-world reports helped us identify patterns that simply don’t appear in controlled development environments, making MetaGrid Pro more resilient across a wide variety of hardware and workflows.
MetaGrid Pro 1.7 introduced a new foundation for connectivity. With 1.7.3, that foundation is significantly more mature, more transparent, and better equipped to deal with the complexities of real production environments.
Please update to MetaGrid Pro 1.7.3 and install the latest MetaServer (Mac 6.1.3 / Windows 6.0.3). If you continue to experience connection issues, you can now send diagnostics directly from the app using Connection Monitor, giving us far better insight into what’s happening on your system.
Finally, thank you to everyone who shared feedback, logs, screenshots, and detailed descriptions. Your reports have had a direct impact on this release and continue to help make MetaGrid Pro stronger with every update.
