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Thanks for the advice, @pvc. At one time, I was familiar with setting up different Python environments, etc., and preferred to run Python under Anaconda Jupyter or VS Code. But I also had a LTS version of Ubuntu running on Oracle’s VirtualBox, etc., not to mention WSL and Pengwin (I like to fool around!). Python versions coming out the wazoo. I read somewhere, maybe in this thread?, that an install from Windows Store automatically installs the right PATH parameters after Python v3.5 and whenever I decide that I really do have a few too many copies of Python, it’s easy to uninstall a WS version of Python. So, since I’m a RYFM type, my WS “solution” was just lazy expediency. I certainly found out in my old age that one can easily forget a lot in a short time and maybe, too, that’s why I was bad at precisely following the great instructions you folks have provided with the Universal Downloader! Thanks again for all you’ve done!

Many thanks to Blue/Bluebotlabz!

This downloader is excellent. I used it to download Phonak Target 8.0.3. I took a quick look at the Github page, downloaded the zipfile, extracted it and opened these 3 scripts:

start.bat
Phonak Target Downloader.py
libhearingdownloader.py

The script is doing nothing special, it downloads a specific file which has a summary of all needed files and then it starts downloading those individual files. The clever part was for Blue to find that specific file describing all the other files needed.

I ran the script on my Mac as it already has Python installed. I manually installed (pip3 install ) the modules which on Windows are normally installed by the start.bat file by refering to the 2 requirements.txt files. After that I could run the script and successfully download the software.

This is just great!

The script is doing nothing special, it downloads a specific file which has a summary of all needed files and then it starts downloading those individual files.

hehe lol, just wait till you see the others, parsing the files was honestly one of the most painful parts of making the scripts (thanks xml lol), phonak was one of the easy ones lol

glad that you found it helpful!

tch, tch, … regex and XML are great! Thank you for your expertise!

Hi,
Where can I download Phoank Target 7.3?

@Blue do you have a link to download Phoank Target 7.3?

Sure, but don’t forget you’ll need the correct programming device as well for DIY projects.

It’s self explanatory, I’m surprised this thread hasn’t been locked as yet…

Thank you all for the help, Here in Italy it is impossible to find this life-changing information for hearing aid owners.
Can I leave Phonak Target online or is there a risk of it getting blocked with automatic updates?

No it is not impossible. Read the first PDF file in DIY School named (01 Free Hearing Aid Fitting Software).
Click any PVC Avatar to find DIY School.

Please, do you have a link to download Phoank Target 7.3?.
Thank,s.
Sorry, I’m messing with the post

Sure but don’t forget you’ll need the correct programming device as well for your DIY projects.

Yes, I have a noahlink wireless.
Thank,s

Ok great, your half way to programming your HAs, check out the target user guide as well.

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