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I am able to program my BCD996P2 using my Mac laptop directly, without a windows emulator. I am able to upload and download programming to and from the scanner, as well as, download scanner data from RadioReference, edit that data and install the programming in the scanner. Everything seems to work fine. No cost for any of the software used. I am running Mojave version of OSX
Steps:
1. Download and install from Apple XCode Command Line utilities
2. Download and install MacPorts from MacPorts.org
3. Options: I downloaded and installed 'wine' from Winehq.org and am using it. MacPorts also has a port of 'wine' that can be downloaded and installed. I have not used the MacPort-wine software.
4. Using MacPorts install cabextract .
5. Download and install 'winetricks'. Use winetricks to install dotnet45
6. Download freescan and install freescan using 'wine'
Once I did the about freescan ran fine on the Mac. However, to communicate with the scanner over the USB port I had to run 'wine regedit' and create a string entry in HKEY_Local_Software_wine_ports for the KEY: COM1 and the VALUE: <fullpath to the device file for the usbmodem> ...in my case /dev/tty.usbmodem14201. As the path seems to change each time you connect the scanner to the Mac, this, for now, has to be done each time before starting freescan. I'm sure there is a way around this -- just haven't worked on finding it yet.
Bottom line is FreeSCAN will run on the Mac without any emulator, or paying for a version of windows, etc.
Details for each of the steps above are found by GOOGLING the software and searching within the hits.
Steps:
1. Download and install from Apple XCode Command Line utilities
2. Download and install MacPorts from MacPorts.org
3. Options: I downloaded and installed 'wine' from Winehq.org and am using it. MacPorts also has a port of 'wine' that can be downloaded and installed. I have not used the MacPort-wine software.
4. Using MacPorts install cabextract .
5. Download and install 'winetricks'. Use winetricks to install dotnet45
6. Download freescan and install freescan using 'wine'
Once I did the about freescan ran fine on the Mac. However, to communicate with the scanner over the USB port I had to run 'wine regedit' and create a string entry in HKEY_Local_Software_wine_ports for the KEY: COM1 and the VALUE: <fullpath to the device file for the usbmodem> ...in my case /dev/tty.usbmodem14201. As the path seems to change each time you connect the scanner to the Mac, this, for now, has to be done each time before starting freescan. I'm sure there is a way around this -- just haven't worked on finding it yet.
Bottom line is FreeSCAN will run on the Mac without any emulator, or paying for a version of windows, etc.
Details for each of the steps above are found by GOOGLING the software and searching within the hits.