Programmer, Prog-Express
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Prog-Express
Prog-Express is a modern and intuitive control software for the Batronix USB programming devices free of charge. Programming a chip from a file or copying an existing chip is done by just a few mouse-clicks thanks to pre-set process steps. Despite the easy to use interface, professional protection, split, auto-identify, auto-start and serial-number functions and a convenient hex-editor are available in addition to the basic functions like read, program, compare and erase.
In production mode, up to 8 programming devices can be controlled simultaneously and individually allowing a very high level of productivity. The programming speed for each individual programming device is at almost the same level as using only one single device.
The software, all updates and future versions are freeware. The current version can be downloaded from www.batronix.com at any time and can be used without any activation key. Hence the devices will still be equipped with the latest technical standard, even after several years of usage. Support for further chips is added quickly and free of charge based on customer requests, as long as these chips are supported by the hardware.
When using Prog-Express for programming your chips, you are working with modern software enjoying a high level of support through the development division of Batronix.
| Software Details | |
|---|---|
| Process control | |
| Project management | |
| File formats | Binary, Intel-Hex, Motorola S-Records, Straight-Hex, Tektronix, Extended Tektronix, Jedec |
| Dateiformat Autoerkennung | |
| Offset | Data and chip offsets |
| Splitting | Complete 16 and 32 Bit splitting functions |
| Seriennummergenerierung | Flexibel, alle Varianten, auch aus einer externen Datei |
| Checksums | Checksum, MD5, SHA-1, EPT1 CRC16 und CRC32 |
| Hex-Editor | Very comfortable and feature rich |
| Software remote control | Prog-Express can be remote controlled by other software with command line parameters and script files |
| Software Updates | free via download |
| Supported operation systems | Windows (11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7), Linux |
| Languages | Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional (software only), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish (software only), Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
Highlights
Optimized for ease of Use
Every basic use case has it's own mode:
- programm chip
- copy chip
- read chip
additionally we provide:
- chip volume production
- expert hex editor mode
Powerful Hex-Editor
Features:
- Intelligent memory model that provides instant opening and editing of huge documents
- easy inserting and overwriting of bytes
- undo/redo
- binary and text search
- 8/16/32/64 bit view and addressing
- switching endianness
- and much more
Chip Volume Production
Prog-Express is optimally suited for series production and enables you to create an effective production environment from individual devices.
A programming cluster consists of a PC with installed Prog-Express and up to eight connected USB programming devices such as the BX32 Batupo, BX32P Barlino, BX40 Bagero or the universal programming device BX48 Batego. You can mix the models as you like because Prog-Express supports all available Batronix USB programmers.
A programming cluster is a common solution for setting up an initial series production, since a cluster of two or more devices is created very quickly and poses no risks due to its maximum flexibility. Should your series production requirements increase, you can react at any time by adding further devices to the programming cluster.
Available in many Languages
We are very proud of the amazing language support of Prog-Express. At present, the software and manuals are available in over 22 languages and the translation count is still growing!
Use Prog-Express in your native language. Currently we support: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional (software only), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish (software only), Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Prog-Express is build for this programming devices.
If there are problems with the .Net Framework during installation, please follow these instructions from Microsoft for installation:
.Net Framework 3.5 Installation Instruction
(Version 3.5 can be installed at the same time as newer versions without any problems).
| Windows Version | Version | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 11 and older (64- and 32-Bit) | 3.9.1-0 | Download |
What's new?
Take a look at the Changelog for detail information.
Old Versions
To address unexpected update issues we provide the latest builds of Prog-Express for Windows.
| Version | Download |
|---|---|
| Prog-Express 3.8.9-4 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.8.9-3 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.8.8 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.8.6 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.8.5 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.8.4 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.8.3 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.8.2 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.8.1 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.8.0 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.7.9 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.7.8 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.7.7 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.7.6 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.7.5 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.7.4 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.7.3 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.7.2 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.7.1 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.7.0 | Download |
| Prog-Express 3.6.0 | Download |
Known Bugs:
- Possible crash when messageboxes get created, for example the pin-connection error. The cause is an incompability of Mono.
start prog-Express as root using sudo on Ubuntu or use KDE/Plasma
Update 16.09.2022: If you use a bash script like the following to start prog-express then it can be run without root:
#!/bin/bash -e
normal_path=$(printenv PATH)
normal_display=$(printenv DISPLAY)
env -i DISPLAY=$normal_display PATH=$normal_path prog-express
For debian install Mono using the following page an use the Ubuntu packets for prog-expess:
Mono Project Debian Installation
Beta Versions (Recommended):
| Distribution | Version | Download | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (ARM) + (experimental) | 3.8.9 | Download | 25 Jul. 2024 |
| Appimage Test (based on 64-Bit Ubuntu 20.10 Deb) | 3.8.9 | Download | 19 Oct. 2021 |
| Ubuntu 20.10 (32-Bit) + | 3.8.9 | Download | 19 Oct. 2021 |
| Ubuntu 20.10 (64-Bit) + | 3.8.9 | Download | 19 Oct. 2021 |
| OpenSUSE (32-Bit) | 3.8.9 | Download | 19 Oct. 2021 |
| OpenSUSE (64-Bit) | 3.8.9 | Download | 19 Oct. 2021 |
| Fedora (32-Bit) | 3.8.9 | Download | 19 Oct. 2021 |
| Fedora (64-Bit) | 3.8.9 | Download | 19 Oct. 2021 |
| Ubuntu 19.04 (64-Bit) + | 3.8.8 | Download | 21 Jan. 2020 |
| Ubuntu 19.04 (32-Bit) + | 3.8.8 | Download | 21 Jan. 2020 |
| OpenSUSE (64-Bit) | 3.8.8 | Download | 21 Jan. 2020 |
| OpenSUSE (32-Bit) | 3.8.8 | Download | 21 Jan. 2020 |
| Ubuntu 19.04 (64-Bit) | 3.8.5 | Download | 05 Dec. 2019 |
| Ubuntu 19.04 (32-Bit) | 3.8.5 | Download | 05 Dec. 2019 |
| OpenSUSE (64-Bit) | 3.8.5 | Download | 05 Dec. 2019 |
| OpenSUSE (32-Bit) | 3.8.5 | Download | 05 Dec. 2019 |
| Gentoo (64-Bit & 32-Bit) | 3.8.5+ | Download | |
| Ubuntu 19.04 (64-Bit) | 3.8.3 | Download | 10 Sep. 2019 |
| Ubuntu 19.04 (32-Bit) | 3.8.3 | Download | 10 Sep. 2019 |
Regular Versions:
| Distribution | Version | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64-Bit) (testing) | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (32-Bit) (testing) | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64-Bit) | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (32-Bit) | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (64-Bit) | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (32-Bit) | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
| OpenSUSE 14 (64-Bit) | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
| OpenSUSE 14 (32-Bit) | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
| Fedora (64-Bit) | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
| Fedora (32-Bit) | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
| Gentoo Linux | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
| Arch Linux | 3.7.8-1 | Download |
What's new?
Take a look at the Changelog for detail information.
| OS X | Version | Download |
|---|---|---|
| 10.11 (El Capitan) | 3.7.6-4 | Download |
Experimental Build
Attention: This build is not stable and contains known bugs and unsolved performance issues. Install this version only for testing purposes.
For an production environment we recommend the usage of the Windows version hosted in a virtual machine (VM) or Bootcamp.
Tested Mono Version: Mono 2.10.9
What's new?
Take a look at the Changelog for detail information.