Confusion about MacOS downloads

Started by pwhirley, June 03, 2026, 11:18:31 AM

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pwhirley

I am trying to install PXPlus on my MacOS for the first time. I'm running MacOS Tahoe 26.5.  On the downloads page I find the row that says "MacOS - M1 MacOS Sequoia v15.4 64 Bit.".  It shows a date of 2026-May-20 and size of 33MB.  Sequoia doesn't match Tahoe, but I figured it might work.  The file download button says "pxp2300-0000-MM1-64.taz".
The actual download is not a TAZ but a GZ, which shouldn't make any difference.  It is, apparently, automatically extracting when it lands on my system.
Once there, I attempt to run the executable and it fails every time:
zsh: exec format error:"
Is this a problem with my OS version or am I doing something wrong?  If it is an OS version problem, when with a MacOS build be available for Tahoe?

Thanks - Phil
Philip Whirley
Freelance software developer
Ride the Lowcountry, LLC
phil@whirley.org

pwhirley

Should I have put this in a different area?  Where does this question belong?  I'm trying to get a product to download and install on MacOS.

Phil
Philip Whirley
Freelance software developer
Ride the Lowcountry, LLC
phil@whirley.org

Devon Austen

The v23 PxPlus was actually built on Tahoe. The downloads page was not updated correctly and we will fix that.

The file is technically a TGZ file but has the TAZ extension.

If you do a Open With and select the Archive Utility it will extract the contents. You can also from the terminal extract it with the command

tar -xzvf pxp2300-0000-MM1-64.taz

Instructions for UNIX/Linux PxPlus installation and be found here: https://manual.pvxplus.com/page/PxPlus%20Installation%20and%20Configuration/Installation%20Instructions/UNIX%20and%20Linux%20Installation.htm
Principal Software Engineer for PVX Plus Technologies LTD.