Wanted Software to drive: BP-1200 Universal Programmer - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 26, 2021, 09:24:30 pm
content: I managed to pick up an old (circa 1995?) BP-1200 Universal Programmer...Rather than bin it I would like to press it into service... does anyone have the software to drive such a beast?PM meThanks

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 27, 2021, 12:06:04 am
content: Send them an email, you never know ?https://bpmmicro.com/support/software/

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 27, 2021, 12:55:42 am
content: There are filenames on this page that should let you find a mirror of their old FTP site.http://www3.bpmmicro.com/web/helpandsupport.nsf/webkeys/bpm-6majecAlso see:https://proghq.org/wiki/index.php/BPM_Programmer

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 27, 2021, 01:03:57 am
content: http://topsecret.link/....REDACTEDAha! Thanks

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 27, 2021, 01:13:03 am
content: I didn't want to post that link here. No point in making trouble for Dave or risking getting the mirror taken down.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 28, 2021, 01:56:36 am
content: lucky i did snatch the link before it got redacted loll

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 28, 2021, 06:59:31 am
content: Its fairly easy to find with google, given that you know there *is* a mirror andoneof the filenames in it.

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 28, 2021, 11:24:45 am
content: Thanks. I have the s/w I require now but am yet to try it. I think I need to dig out an old laptop with XP (or earlier) and a Parallel port.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 28, 2021, 11:29:47 am
content: You have an huge 32gb file with tons of softwares from the company on archive.orgI searched bpw_4800.exe and google sniff showed me a link to this site, you can see all the files in the huge zip fileWindows 10 should be able to run xp stuff, i do run them in my girlfriend computer, she has oooooold unobtanium softwares and they run perfectly on win10. I do on mine too

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 28, 2021, 11:33:07 am
content: I think is is DOS based. Probably have to go that far back to have a chance.Let me know if you have ACTUALLY got it working on later

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 28, 2021, 12:09:15 pm
content: No its a windows application bpW is a windows appYes it ACTUALLY run on my win10 64bit pro workstation, you'll get a don't run warning message at start, click on more info and select run anyway and VOILAIt will complain its outdated at first run and did not find the programmer loll since i don't have one lollWill try the 3 other v4 versionsThe bpw_4800 was supposed to be the last version for the bp1200 ? i'll try later todaysorry the photo came out ugly could not post it

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 28, 2021, 12:28:53 pm
content: According to the link I gave earlier, the last version to support the BP-1200 is BPWin v4.73.0, which according to their old downloads page runs on Vista (32 bit), but there's a chance you'll need to go as far back as XP to run BPWin v4.47.0 to update the programmer before it will 'talk' to BPWin v4.73.0. Whether or not its usable under Win10 x64 is a different matter - the GUI may work well enough but the odds of it being able to link to the programmer over a parallel port interface aren't so great.OTOH if you can find the correct DOS software for it, its it may well be preferable to keep a dedicated DOS PC for it linked by DOS MSNET to modern machines for file transfer rather than having to support a legacy windows OS.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 28, 2021, 03:22:19 pm
content: It would be the best to have the right os to run the BP software, since i dont have the programmer, an old laptop could do the job ?I cant vouch it will work under win10, could be or could be not, and i did not had the time to check if there is a programmer selection in the software.I'm at work

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 28, 2021, 10:40:51 pm
content: Quote from: Ian.M on January 28, 2021, 12:28:53 pm^ that's my concern. If it is timing critical then the less abstraction/emulation the better. I haven't looked inside the programmer so not sure how much is done on the PC and how much in the device (algorithm wise).It's in the loft at the moment will dig it out when I have time.

author: gslick
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 28, 2021, 11:53:39 pm
content: Quote from: NivagSwerdna on January 28, 2021, 10:40:51 pmThere is a 80286 CPU inside the BP-1200. I assume that all of the time critical programming algorithms run internally and are not dependent at all on the host PC after the device specific programming algorithm has been selected and the data to be programmed has been downloaded to the BP-1200 from the host PC.

author: MarcX
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 13, 2022, 05:52:42 pm
content: Got a BPMicro BP-2600 with old software CDs (4.33 and older) and according to the BPMicro Website i need a registration of my programming sites to use BPWin 4.52 and newer. Is this procedure for free? Is it possible to register it, even if it was already registered by the former owner? Don‘t want to stuck on 4.47, when the latest supported release was 5.33. (8 years between them).

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 13, 2022, 10:35:46 pm
content: they say 4.73 was their last softwarehttp://www3.bpmmicro.com/web/helpandsupport.nsf/WebKeys/BPM-7Q2R96!OpenDocumentabd redirect tohttp://www3.bpmicro.com/Web/helpandsupport.nsf/WebKeys/BPM-6AHS6M?opendocument&Cat=FAQAnd some wikihttps://proghq.org/wiki/index.php/BPM_Programmer#EOL_noticeBPWin 4.80.0 November 11, 2008 1400, 2200BPWin 4.73.0 January 8, 2008 1148, 1200, 1600M 2000, 2100, 2500, 2510, 2600M, 3500, 3600M, 4500, 4510, 4600MBPDOS v3.94a January 6, 2006 1148, 1200, 1400, 1600, 2000, 2100, 2200, 2500, 2510, 2600, 2600MLast version of the 32-bit BPDOS software. Windows 9x/2000/XT required.BPWSoft-03 October 1, 2003 PLD-1100, PLD-1128, EP-1132, EP-1140, CP-1128 (Windows software)BPSoft-03 October 1, 2003 PLD-1100, PLD-1128, EP-1132, EP-1140, CP-1128 (DOS software)BPDOS v3.71 February, 19, 2003 1148, 1200, 1400, 1600, 2000, 2100, 2200, 2500, 2510, 2600, 2600MLast version of the 16-bit BPDOS software. Windows 9x/2000/XP not required.EP-1 July 11, 2001 EP-1

author: urbite
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 12, 2024, 04:27:16 pm
content: Quote from: Ian.M on January 27, 2021, 12:55:42 amI've just acquired a BP-1200 and found this thread while looking for the latest BP Win 4.73 software that supports this programmer.Does anyone know the username and password credentials and encryption protocol to connect to the FTP site in the links? I've tried user=anonymous, pw=<email>, user=anonymous, pw=anonymous.I've since found the software at archive.org, but would like to confirm that the binary matches that from BP Micro.

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2024, 05:32:24 pm
content: I suspect that general access to the official FTP server is only available to authorised users, presumably BPM's own techs and those customers the techs have granted access to in the course of supporting them.If you want something to compare with the file you retrieved from archive.org,try googlingmirror "bpw_v4730.exe"and you should find the mirror I discussed, which I suspect to be unofficial/unauthorised, hence I didn't link to it. Its still up, as of today and the specific file you are interested in is downloadable.