macOS TL-866 EPROM programmer OSX software

[macstatic]

It works now!
The GUI app opens fine in OSX 10.13 and now I've set the three paths as explained in your docs.

Hold on and I'll plug the actual programmer hardware via USB.....
Yes, it appears to work! The programmer hardware TL-866CS) is recognized and "Test programmer" shows OK. Unfortunately I don't have any EPROM at hand to try out at the moment, but so far all looks fine!
Thanks for your efforts in making this GUI! Much appreciated 👍

 

[nivlekius]

It works now!
The GUI app opens fine in OSX 10.13 and now I've set the three paths as explained in your docs.

Hold on and I'll plug the actual programmer hardware via USB.....
Yes, it appears to work! The programmer hardware TL-866CS) is recognized and "Test programmer" shows OK. Unfortunately I don't have any EPROM at hand to try out at the moment, but so far all looks fine!
Thanks for your efforts in making this GUI! Much appreciated 👍

Awesome! Thanks for your help in getting the correct copy out. Enjoy

 

[macstatic]

No problem. Glad to be of help.
This'll be great to use the next time I need to burn an EPROM.

 

[iMuhtaseb]

The GUI application is great and it's been helpful so far.. but I'm struggling with writing for some reason IDK why.
I click the browse button to select the file I want to write and the app freezes and never comes back to life.. I'm used to this small freeze using the read function.. it takes sometimes to read off of a chip but it gets the job done but here it gets stuck without return.

I'm using an M1 Pro 14" MacBook Pro running macOS Ventura 13.3.

@nivlekius

 

[macstatic]

Thanks for reporting! Unfortunately I haven't yet gotten round to trying it out myself.
Has anyone else got it working?
I'm wondering if the problem lies with the Mac GUI part or the Mac command line app.

 

[iMuhtaseb]

I think it might have to do with the firmware version of the TL866II.. cause when I click version info it says:

Supported programmers: TL866A/CS, TL866II+
Found TL866II+ 04.2.132 (0x284)
Warning: Firmware is newer than expected.
Expected 04.2.131 (0x283)
Found 04.2.132 (0x284)

 

[macstatic]

Aha! I would take this to mean that it didn't support your programmer, so I looked up the MiniPro Gitlab page where it says:

"Compatibility with Minipro TL866CS, TL866A, and TL866II+ from Autoelectric (http://www.autoelectric.cn/en/tl866_main.html)"

So clearly your programmer is supported. Perhaps there's some small detail which needs to be fixed in order for it to recognize your newer firmware. I found some contact info for David Griffith here so you can ask him.
Does the MiniPro Mac GUI appear to work correctly with your programmer?