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I just learned about programming and want to try it out – I’m an old IT guy, HA wearer for over 5 years. Apparently Phillips offers software, but it appears to be Windows-only.

I use linux and MacOS in my house. Does anyone know of downloadable HA self-fitting software which runs on either linux or MacOS?
I understand that any software will require a wireless interface such as Noahlink. Presumably this interface will work on any OS since it’s USB.

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Of the ones I’ve tested (MacOS ARM Mx processor):
There is a trick to get the Noahlink working (Noahlink 1: Install an unsigned driver which requires disabling temporarily the signature check, Noahlink 2: Just run the Noahlink update before starting the SW.). This is needed because there are no signed Noahlink USB drivers for Windows ARM.

Phonak, Widex: They run well on Parallels and VMware.

Signia/Rexton: Runs very slow and randomly crashes on Parallel and VMware. Its barely usable. Not worth spending time on this.

Phillips: No (at least the last time I tried). When you run the installer on Parallels, it says “Installer cannot run on this version of Windows”. I can’t remember if the Oticon installer gives the same error.

Intel Mac:
VMWare and Parallels should have no problem running the software. I haven’t tested this.

I’ve never run OS emulators on Unix: no idea if it works or not.

Besides being USB, you need the driver and there are no drivers for non Windows computers.

As per everything mentioned above, easier to just buy a cheap windows laptop and be done with it, everything just works.

Definitely agree – plus they do run slow on emulated software. I run mine on a 11 y/o laptop.

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In reply to @OcramSagev

@OcramSagev said:

MacOS ARM Mx processor:
There is a trick to get the Noahlink working Noahlink 1: Install an unsigned driver which requires disabling temporarily the signature check

Can you please elaborate on:

(1) how to obtain (from a non-malware source) an installer for an unsigned usb driver compatible with Noahlink 1?

(2) how to disable signature check?

UPDATE: The answers to my questions appear to be here:

Silicon-based (m1 / m2/ m3) Mac DIY HA Programming Guide w Noahlink Wireless...5

To all the M1 / M2 / M3 Mac users out there who want to program their hearing aids with Noahlink Wireless, I was able to program my Oticon Intent ’s via my Noahlink Wireless 2 with the Genie 2024.2 software, on UTM emulator with Intel chip which is...

I use a pc with linux mint LMDE and use QEMU/KVM virtual running Windows 11 it work just fine.

I am able to run both Resound and Phonak software, and the Noahlink wireless work also.

I also dual boot to windows … and there is not much difference in speed.

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But , are you using an Intel processor or ARM processor ?

The issue is about running the software made for Intel x86 CPU on ARM CPUs. In this case , the emulated OS has to do a translation from the Intel instruction set to ARM and this has compatibility issues.

Parallels/VMWare on MacOS Intel has no issues running fitting SW AFAIK.

Thanks that’s really helpful :folded_hands: I don’t remember seeing anything this obvious or easy, I’ll take another look.

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