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WiNRADiO receiver software with Apple Mac OS |
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MAC processor history There have been several types of processor used in Mac computers, this affects how their operating system (OS) work and their compatibility. Here is a timeline with comments…
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Mac OS software for the WiNRADiO WR-1550e The WR-1550e receiver was discontinued several years ago and we can no-longer formally support its MAC software, so it is presented here "as-is".
WR-1550e software download for the Mac OS This WiNRADiO software download supports Mac computer with the WR-1550e receiver, which is required to operate this software. Without this receiver, the software will work in a demo (no sound) mode. This software is provided here for evaluation purposes or as an upgrade for existing users. Certain innovative aspects of this software may be protected by pending US and international patent applications. Reverse engineering or copying WiNRADiO software features for commercial purposes is prohibited by relevant US and international legislation. This software has extensive on-line help. The help files are written in HTML and are accessed via the Web browser installed on the Mac. Depending on the system configuration, the Mac may display a request for the application name (in this case, the browser) when the on-line help is used for the first time. If such a request appears, with wording "Could not find the application that created the document..." or similar, you will need to select your preferred browser from the list of applications that is presented in the dialog box. This dialog box will not appear again after this first selection. Alternatively, with some versions of MacOS 9, you may need to launch the File Exchange control panel, select the PC Exchange tab, scroll down to the 'htm' file type, then change the associated application to your preferred browser. If running under Mac OS X when downloading this software, the downloaded '.hqx' file will be decoded automatically by the Mac to produce the installer program, 'WiNRADiO Installer'. In most cases this will also happen automatically under Mac OS 9. If it does not, you may have to 'drag-drop' it onto the Stuffit Expander application, or onto its alias. (Stuffit Expander is a standard Mac application, and should be inside a subfolder of the Internet folder on your hard disk). Double-clicking on 'WiNRADiO Installer' begins the installation process. Note that 'WiNRADiO Installer' will be seen as a 'Classic Application' when running under Mac OS X, so the installation process will begin by automatically launching the 'Classic Environment' first, as described on our MacRadio page. If you get a message 'The document ... could not be opened, because the application program that created it could not be found' or similar, please use the 'drag-drop' method described above. Note: Some time ago a Keyspan Serial-USB was popular because its OS 8/9 driver could run in the Mac Classic Environment. However Keyspan has been taken over by Tripp Lite and the driver is no-longer available. Other adapters may be available, but we cannot provide support. Alternatively consider running the Mac under Boot Camp / Windows with one of the later receiver models. For Boot Camp / Windows operation, an Intel powered Mac is required, not the Apple M processor (as this runs an ARM version of Windows). Operation under virtualization such as Parallels or VMFusion is rather hit-and-miss. Current version This version improves reliability when running in 'Classic' mode on an OS X Mac. A symptom observed in the previous version was that the program could experience a port timeout and quit running. The timeout configuration for the USB to serial connection had not made sufficient allowance for OS X allocating time to other processes.
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