Easier to Read Whistler WS1080/1088 Handheld
Digital Scanner and Programming Software Manual under ![]() |
Last Updated November 25, 2016 |
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Contents |
Intro/Review | Selecting V-Scanner Folders |
Main Features | Scanning |
Scanning Terminology | Turning Scan Sets On/Off |
Understanding Object Oriented Memory | Turning Scan Lists On/Off |
Understanding Scan Lists and Scan Sets | Skipping Objects |
Understanding Trunking | Restore Skipped Objects |
Understanding DMR | Storing IDs |
Understanding Multi-Site Trunking | Storing CTCSS/DCS/NAC Codes |
Understanding IDs | Using Pause |
Understanding Receive Modes | Monitoring Objects |
Understanding CTCSS/DCS/NAC | Using the Attenuator |
Turning on the Scanner and Setting the Squelch | Priority Scanning |
Navigating the Scanner Menus | Optimizing Scanning Parameters |
A Look at the Keypad | Recording/Replaying Transmissions |
A Look at the Display | Playback Menu |
Installing the Programming Software | Software Audio Tab |
Updating... | Searching |
Software | Public Safety, Air, or Ham Search |
Firmware | Search Group Charts |
Library | Marine, CB, Rail, or FRS/GRMS/MURS Search |
Existing Channels in Software | Marine, CB, Rail, and FRS/GRMS/MURS Channels |
Copy Library to Scanner | Limit Search |
Scanner from Library | Spectrum Sweeper Search |
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Managing V-Scanner Folders | Charging the Batteries |
Programming Trunked Systems and Sites | Default Band Coverage |
Program/Edit Frequencies and Talkgroup IDs | Pre-set Fleet Maps |
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Add Conv Freq | Motorola Type II Special Status Bits |
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Edit Object Menus |
Intro/Review | Contents |
![]() WS1080 |
![]() WS1088/TRX-1 |
The Whistler WS1080 (HH) is essentially the same radio as the
GRE PSR800 with a
few new differences. There is an option to change the 'Skip' button
function to 'Lockout', and a 4 GB SD card (vs. 2GB). Updated firmware includes entries to input IDs
and Radio IDs, an AudioBoost toggle, delay time, and a digital mode
selection for objects and also allows editing of trunked systems and IDs. The backlight is just as bright (really bright) but a bit more purplish.
The Whistler WS1088 (HH) is the same radio as the WS1080 with a "Fn" (function) button, to toggle the PRI button and shift (with characters), and the full keypad allows easier manual programming and toggling scan lists on the fly. The Whistler WS1095 (base/mobile) is the long awaited base/mobile version of the SD card memory scanners made by the (now) Whistler Group, maker of radar detectors and other electronics. Essentially the same radio as the WS1080 but the WS1095 features rotary control for navigating menus and volume/squelch, a removable faceplate/remote head (with a 6 1/2' LAN cable), a clock display (when off), AC adapter, DC power cable, mounting bracket and hardware kit for the scanner, remote head mounting bracket and screws, and a rear speaker jack. The last base model GRE scanner was the WS1065 copy of the Pro-652 (copy of the Pro-197 circ. 2008). The Whistler WS1098 (base/mobile) the same radio as the WS1095 with a different detachable faceplate-a numeric keypad for easier manual programming and toggling scan lists on the fly. Also, a new "Fn" (function) button, to shift characters and toggle the new PRI button. The Whistler TRX-1 is the same radio as the WS1088 with upgradeable firmware for newer protocols like NXDN. Now we have a scanner for everyone. You can just punch in your zip code and go, or completely program and edit anything you want. While Whistler added a lot of new functionality and cleaned up the menus, the display is still all PSR800. The menus are fairly simple but not all self explanatory. We now have unlimited memory available on a microSD card along with the RadioReference Data Base for the US and Canada. Like the PSR500/600, they use Object Oriented Memory for storing channels but now have 201 scan lists. The scanners also have 20 scan sets that allow you to group your scan lists into sets to make it easier to select them. 200 V-Scanner folders to store systems. Features include adding channels to scan lists based on your zip code/city/county, the nicer 'Bold' font the 310/410 uses, programmable flash patterns for the alert LED and/or the backlight, and a real-time battery meter. There are options for dealing with encrypted talkgroups that include silence, an adjustable tone, or hearing the garbled transmission as is. You can also record specific channels then save and playback the audio later. And, a power-on timer that can be set to turn on in scan, weather, or channel monitor mode. It comes with free software required for uploading/downloading and for updating the firmware or database. The advanced features (notably beta Motorola X2-TDMA and Phase II TDMA support, more memory, and the scan sets) make it prized by advanced users but the incomplete menus, lack of a full keypad (older 1080), and the absence of many key features from the PSR500/310 models turn a lot of people away. The firmware and PC Application have been lavishly maintained with additions for functionality and minor bug fixes. Updates now allow you to manually program everything but here are some things you can't do with the scanner and have to do with the software including toggle LED latch and update the scanner firmware/DSP. And then oddly, all the searching/Spectrum Sweeper options can only be set in the scanner, there are no settings for those in the software. What happens when you plug the scanner into the computer has become quite strange if you are used to older scanners. Turn off the scanner and connect the USB cable to upload or download. Depending on what you are updating or transferring, it could take up to 10 minutes to complete. Gone is the high-speed interface we had with the 106/197/310/410 models. An optional card reader may be faster if you are going to be transferring a lot of scan lists. Turn off the scanner to charge the batteries when plugged into the computer (only if you enable the charger on first) unless you're using the (optional) AC or DC USB adaptor. Pretty complicated. I think they went overboard on some of the features like light colors and flash patterns and most people won't be programming their IDs in HEX format. There are quite a few settings that are dependent on other settings and make it confusing for even experienced users. Example: one setting for alerts on, another for the alert volume, and then another for the object to use an alert, all in different places in the menus. Attenuation is another setting that is in multiple menus (global, system, site, object) that has to be carefully checked along with the AGC settings. There are quite a few things that just don't make sense. Unless you are in a very bright room, the display is hard to see without the backlight on. Anytime you want to do a quick edit for a channel, i.e. attenuate, lockout, set priority, the scanner spends too much time re-writing to the SD card. The ATT key won't attenuate a channel; it just toggles global attenuation. While it boasts a clock, it only works when the scanner is off and plugged in, and with no backlight unless you press the power button. Another quirk is that the bandplan setting has to be set to 'USA' to for the 'LocationSelect' option to be visible in the Main Menu (no location database for Canada), but I still prefer to use the Canada bandplan for searching in the US. This manual will also explain how to use the Programming Software which can be used for any custom programming. Purple text will refer to the WS1080/1088 instructions, Green text will refer to Software instructions and Red will be for both to make it easier to find steps with the scanner or software. Blue will pertain to both in the table of contents. The manual that comes with the scanner is still poorly organized IMHO. This manual should make it easier for most people to use the features of the radio as I will try to explain procedures a little more clearly and in a more logical order. And, thanks to the many people who have posted their valuable insight on the Radio Reference forums and Yahoo groups. An overview of the features can also be viewed at my Trunking Radio Comparison Chart page. There are better antennas out there to use than the one that comes with the scanner. RS has the Center-Loaded Telescoping Whip for $15 - better for VHF/UHF. The 800MHz Scanner Antenna for $25 - 100% better for 700+ MHz but keep your stock rubber duck handy for areas with a lot of 800MHz overload, especially with digital. You may be able to find others on the web but RS is convenient so you can buy it and take it back in the same day if you don't like it. Read the reviews for each at the site. For those of you who are new to trunking or haven't had a scanner in the last 10 years it is a good idea to read the respective sections on those topics. You really have to know how trunking works in order to program a trunking system. It won't do you any good to try to program a trunking system unless you know what the radio needs and is going to do with the data (control channel, IDs, LCN order, etc.). I will assume you know how to obtain the basic information from the original manual such as following safety procedures, putting the batteries in, connecting the antenna, etc. as I will concentrate on the operation and main functions of the scanner. I hereby absolve myself from anything that happens to anyone or the scanner as a result of the information you will be reading. You are welcome to copy and/or print these pages and use them in the scanning hobby as long as you don't change, redistribute, or charge/accept money for them. I have tried the best I can to make sure everything is accurate here but if I missed a step, you see something that's obviously wrong, or have any other information you would like to contribute to make this manual better for everyone, please email me. Check back often as this document will be updated and revised from time to time. |
Main Features | Contents |
PC Programming Software Application Included - Modify or add your own scan lists with the easy to use software application. |
APCO 25 Phase II/X2-TDMA support - allows you to receive transmissions with these decoding protocols. |
Full Keypad (WS1088) - allows complete manual programming as well as toggling scan lists. |
Audio Recording - record audio from selected objects and searches to the micro SD card. Replay recorded audio using built-in playback system and/or transfer to PC for playback and archiving. |
201 Scan/Lists - 200 to program, use, and select like traditional banks allowing you to arrange, group and scan objects according to your preference with an additional 'Skywarn' list. |
20 Scan Sets - allow you to group and select multiple scan lists at once. |
V-Scanner II Technology - allows you to save complete radio configurations within the radio for recall into main memory as needed. 200 V-Scanner Folders are provided (plus the main memory loaded in the scanner) with memory for roughly 10 million objects. |
Object Oriented Memory - Each frequency or talkgroup is programmed as an object. Like Dynamic Memory, you use only the amount of memory you need. Total memory is limited only by the SD card. |
Location-based Scanning - allows you to enter your zip code or select your city or county to select channels to scan in the US (only). |
Complete Radio Reference Database - for the US and Canada included on the SD card to import selected agencies, trunked systems, and local municipalities. |
Programmable Alert LED Flash Patterns - programmable tri-color LED displays thousands of colors that can be used to indicate different types of activity or activity on special channels. Program flash patterns with multiple colors for special alerts. |
Programmable Backlight Flash Patterns - the backlight can be programmed to flash with custom flash patterns when certain objects are active, providing another way alerting the operator when important radio traffic is present. |
Simplified Keypad and Display - with familiar Scan, Pause, Skip and navigation controls make it easy for you to use your scanner. |
Multi-Site Trunking - allows you to scan systems covering a very large geographic area that use multiple antenna sites and operate on different frequencies but use the same Talk Group IDs. |
Clock - date and time stamp recorded audio files. Displays when scanner is off. |
Power-on Timer - an “alarm clock” function allows you to program the scanner to wake up and start scanning, monitor a specific channel, or the weather channel. |
Programmable Radio/Private IDs - allows you to program radio (unit) IDs and private IDs for digital conventional and trunked objects. |
Audible Alarms - programmable audible alerts can be configured when certain objects are active. |
Spectrum Sweeper - quickly sweeps the scanner's frequency ranges for transmissions from nearby sources. |
Simultaneous Trunktrack and Scan - scans conventional and trunked frequencies together at the same time. |
Digital AGC - instantly compensates for low user audio levels that are common on digital systems. |
AudioBoost - available for conventional frequencies, IDs, and trunked systems, boosts the audio levels slightly louder. |
Priority Scan - the scanner will sample conventional objects for activity periodically while scanning and monitoring other objects. The scanner will also give IDs priority over other IDs while checking a particular trunking system for activity. |
Built-In Discriminator Data Output - provides raw discriminator signal to third party signal decoding software without hardware modifications. |
CTCSS/DCS/NAC Tone Decode - CTCSS and DCS subaudible squelch coding is processed by the same powerful DSP chip that is used for P25 digital decoding. Provides fast and reliable decoding of subaudible squelch signaling with squelch tail elimination. |
SAME and All Hazards Weather Alerting - can be set to automatically sound the alarm tone to advise of hazardous weather conditions when it detects the alert signal on the local NOAA weather channel (SAME standby mode) or you can scan and set the weather channel as a priority channel. |
Control Channel Only Scanning - automatically determines the trunking frequencies for Motorola trunking systems once the control channels are programmed. |
FlexStep - allows you to enter a frequency in any 1.250 kHz step. |
Backlit Keypad and Display - you select one or the other or both to light (or not), when you press the light button, on any key press (function ignore), or on any key press with that key's function. |
Real-time Battery Meter - with a method to adjust the voltage levels that are used for the battery indicator and when the low battery alert activates. |
Signal Strength Meter - shows relative strength of received signals with customizable thresholds. |
Skip or Lockout - lets you skip or permanently lockout any programmed object. All skipped objects can be restored (unskipped). |
Scan/Search/Trunking Delay - variable delay (software only; 0 to 60 seconds) before searching for another object so you can hear more replies that are made on the same object. |
16 Character, 4-line, Dot Matrix Text Display - lets you program a text label for each object so you can easily identify the transmission. |
7 Service Search Bands - Marine, CB, FRS/GMRS/MURS, Police/Fire, Air, Ham, and Railroad ranges to monitor interesting frequencies more quickly. |
250 Search Lockouts - allow you lockout up to 250 frequencies (total) from the service, limit, and Spectrum Sweeper searches. |
Attenuation - lets you program your scanner (per object or globally) to reduce the scanner's sensitivity to strong local signals or noise caused by these signals to reduce interference. |
Scan, Search Speed - scans up to 70 channels per second and searches up to 80 steps per second. |
Four Power Options - lets you power the scanner using alkaline, Ni-Cad, or NiMH internal batteries, USB power using the included transfer cable, or external power using an optional AC or DC USB adapter. |
Key Confirmation Tones - the scanner sounds a tone when you press a key, perform an operation correctly, and an error tone if you make an error with adjustable volume level. |
Power-On Password - allows you to set a password to turn on the scanner. |
Scanning Terminology | Contents |
Scanning- the process of stepping through programmed conventional objects in scan lists. |
Searching- the process of searching for frequencies in pre-programmed service searches, Spectrum Sweeper bands, and the limit search. |
Pause Mode- used for monitor single objects or frequencies. |
Update Mode- used for updating firmware, the library (database), and uploading/downloading to/from scanner using a computer. |
Playback Mode- used for playing recordings. |
Understanding Object Orientated Memory | Contents |
First we had
'Dynamic Memory' to get used to and now we have 'Object
Oriented Memory' to figure out. Memory organization is
nothing more than a large collection of scannable objects
assigned to various scan lists. A scannable 'object' is
any conventional frequency or talkgroup ID. Trunking systems and sites are configuration
objects that are used to scan ID objects. Trunking
systems/sites are not assigned to scan lists because
you don't scan a trunking
system/site; you monitor the IDs it generates. There are no
'Conventional Systems' for conventional frequencies anymore, just
conventional objects assigned to a scan list. You only have to
program any object once, then it can be scanned from any list(s) it is assigned to.
Like Dynamic Memory, you use only the amount of memory
you need. Unlike Dynamic Memory, you don't have to
'build' systems or groups first to program them. They are
'created as you go'. Also, there is no limit (except total memory) to
the number of conventional systems, IDs, or
conventional channels for each list. Each scannable object can be assigned to one or more of the main lists (1-200) or the 'Skywarn List' (201). Each list is scanned like a traditional bank. The main lists can be scanned with any other list but when the 'Skywarn' list is selected, only objects in that list will be scanned and no other lists. 20 Scan Sets Scan Sets you let you quickly select large groups of scan lists to enable or disable just by enabling or disabling the scan sets that contain the scan lists instead of individually selecting each group of scan lists. If enabled (checked), Scan Sets alone govern whether a scan list is scanned and the master scan list enable array is ignored. The V-Scanner Folders allow you to save complete radio configurations. 200 V-Scanner folders are provided (plus the main memory in the scanner). Total memory capacity of main memory combined with V-Scanner folders is limited only by the amount of memory on the SD card. V-Scanner II folders are a new feature that update automatically in the scanner as you change/use them. Any changes that you make to the current V-Scanner folder in the scanner will be automatically saved to the microSD card. Any changes that you make to the current V-Scanner folder in the software will be automatically saved to your computer. Unlike the V-Scanner folders in the Pro-106/197, it is not necessary to “save” and “load” them each time. |
Understanding Trunking | Contents |
Trunking
systems let a large group of 2-way radio users (or even
different groups of 2-way radio users) efficiently use a set
of frequencies. Instead of selecting a specific frequency
for a transmission, the users radio selects a
programmed trunking bank in the system when that user
presses their PTT (push to talk) button. The trunking
system automatically transmits the call on the first
available frequency, and also sends (on a different
frequency called a Data or Control channel) a code that
uniquely identifies that transmission as a talkgroup ID
(or just ID). So when you are trunktracking a system, you
are listening to active IDs transmitting in the system
(each using the first available frequency in the system).
Trunking systems in general allocate and use fewer
frequencies among many different users. Since the trunking system might send a call and its response on different frequencies, it is difficult to listen to trunked communications using a conventional scanner. These scanners let you monitor the control channel frequency so you can hear calls and responses for users and more easily "follow" conversations than with a conventional scanner. These trunking scanners trunktrack the following types of systems: |
DMR
- Digital Mobile Radio |
P25 Standard |
When you program Motorola/P25 and EDACS system frequencies into the scanner, one frequency is used as the control (or data) channel, and the rest are voice frequencies shared by all the users. There may be 3 or 4 frequencies assigned as (primary or alternate) control channels but only one control channel will be active at a time. These scanners will allow you to program just Motorola/P25 control channels into the trunking system and the voice channels will automatically be found (but not programmed). EDACS systems need all the frequencies for the system programmed and in the correct LCN (Logical Channel Number) order. Motorola systems are limited to a maximum of 28 frequencies per system or site. Ericsson EDACS systems are limited to 25 frequencies per system or site. Motorola and EDACS systems can be either analog, digital, or mixed (digital and analog talkgroups). Mixed Motorola systems should be programmed as Motorola systems and not P25 digital systems. That way the channel options will allow you to select if it is digital or analog.
LTR systems work a little differently. LTR systems
typically do not have a dedicated control channel. This type of system
encodes all trunking information as digital subaudible data that accompanies
each transmission. The frequencies also have to be in LCN (Logical Channel
Number) order or the correct 'slot' for the system to trunktrack properly.
Each repeater has its own controller, and all of these controllers are
synchronized together. Even though each controller monitors its own channel,
one of the channel controllers is assigned to be a master that all controllers
report to. Each of these controllers sends out a data burst approximately
every 10 seconds so that the subscriber units know that the system is there.
This data burst is not sent at the same time by all the channels, but happens
randomly throughout all the system channels. LTR systems are limited to 20
frequencies per system. |
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Conventional Digital Mobile
Radio (DMR) single site digital
conventional frequency with low traffic.
The number of time slots used will determine if it is simplex or duplex.
Adding repeaters can increase coverage and expand capacity to up to 200 users
per repeater. |
Radio Reference.com has an excellent page explaining the various types of trunking systems in more detail here. |
Understanding IDs | Contents |
ID Formats |
Motorola IDs come in two formats: Type I and Type II. Each format displays and uses Talk Group IDs in slightly different ways. Type I/II hybrid systems use both Type I and Type II formats for Talk Group IDs. |
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EDACS IDs come in two formats: AFS (Agency-Fleet-Subfleet) and Decimal. |
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LTR IDs are in the format A-HH-UUU where A is the area code (0 or 1), HH is the home repeater (01-20), and UUU is the user ID (000-254). |
ID Types |
Group Wildcard IDs will monitor all talkgroup IDs on the trunked radio system. A wildcard TGRP object allows you to receive IDs that are not already stored as objects in the radio's memory. |
Group IDs will only monitor talkgroup radio traffic on that specified TGID. |
Private Wildcard IDs will monitor all private IDs on the trunked radio system. |
Private IDs will only monitor private radio traffic on that specified private TGID. |
Radio IDs are group or private IDs associated with individual radios. |
Understanding Receive Modes | Contents |
Each conventional channel can have its own receive mode: Auto, AM, FM, or NFM. |
Auto - Receives transmissions in the modulation sent. | AM - Receives transmissions in AM modulation. |
FM - Receives transmissions in FM modulation. | NFM - Receives transmissions in NFM modulation. |
Understanding CTCSS/DCS/NAC |
Each conventional channel can have its own squelch mode: None, CTCSS, DCS, P25, or Search. |
None no codes will be searched. |
CTCSS - PL codes appear (if received) in the format xxx.x, where xxx.x is a frequency in Hz. |
DCS - DPL codes appear (if received) in the format xxx, where xxx is an octal code. |
P25 - NAC codes appear (if received) as a 3-digit hexadecimal number. |
Search - the scanner will search and display any codes (if received). |
Continuous Tone
Coded Squelch System (CTCSS), Digital Coded Squelch
(DCS), Network Access Code (NAC), are three methods used
to prevent interference by other radio communications.
Your scanner can receive transmissions that use these
codes (or sometimes referred to as tones). Coded squelch techniques involve the transmission of a special 'code' signal along with the audio of a radio transmission. A receiver with coded squelch only activates when the received signal has the correct 'code'. This lets many users share a single frequency, and decreases interference caused by distant transmitters on the same channel. In all major metropolitan areas of the United States, every available radio channel is assigned to more than one user. Public safety radio systems on the same frequency are usually set up at a distance of 40 miles apart, or more. This means that you may hear transmissions from a distant system when your local system is not transmitting. By programming the code (or tone) for a local channel the scanner will not stop on transmissions from the distant system. With few exceptions, such as the VHF Aircraft and Marine bands, almost every other VHF or UHF radio system uses some form of coded squelch. By far, CTCSS is the most popular mode among non-trunked systems. Usually, but not always, VHF channels will use CTCSS and UHF channels will use DCS. P25 (digital) conventional channels will use only NAC. NAC, similar to CTCSS/DCS, has a 3 digit hexadecimal code that can be broadcast along with the digital signal being transmitted. For more information visit Radio Reference's respective pages on CTCSS, DCS, and NAC. |
Turning On The Scanner And Setting the Squelch |
Remove the back cover and set the Battery Type Selector
to ALKA − Alkaline, or
NI-MH − Rechargeable NI-MH. The bandplan and date/time prompts appear
only once, on initial power-up. Set the squelch to the recommended setting. The Internal Clock Battery |
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Navigating the Scanner Menus |
Contents |
Press Menu to view the Main Menu. Press ▼ or ▲ to select each Main Menu item. Press ► or SEL to view a menu item. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll through the menus. Press and hold ▼ or ▲ to scroll faster. To exit most menus (with no SEL, Skip, or Menu options) press ◄ (or Menu if ◄ doesn't work first). If you try to exit the menu without saving your changes, the scanner will prompt you to save changes? Press SEL(Yes), or Skip(No). |
Basic Settings |
You may
want to change some settings right away to help you
program your scanner a little easier.
At least it helped me. From the Main Menu press ▼ to scroll and select Settings then press ► or SEL to enter the Global Settings menu. Press ▼ to scroll and select Simply Display then press ► or SEL to see all information in the display. Press ▼ to scroll and select Beep Vol then press ◄ or ► to adjust a comfortable beep volume. Press ▼ to scroll and select Contrast then press ◄ or ► to adjust a comfortable contrast level. Press ▼ to scroll and select LModeBAT (or LModeEXT when using external power) then press ◄ or ► to select On. Press ▼ to scroll and select LiteLevel then press ◄ or ► to select a comfortable light level. Press Menu to exit and SEL to save the changes. |
Sub Menus |
For each mode, scan, spectrum
sweeper, service search, limit search, playback, and weather, there is a
sub menu accessed by pressing the Menu button in each mode. Pressing Menu in scan mode will return to the Main Menu. Pressing Menu in scan receive mode will show the object menu for the object being received. Pressing Menu in any search mode will show the search menu. Pressing Menu in weather mode will show the weather menu. Pressing Menu in playback mode will show the playback menu. The first few lines of each sub-menu will show: Main Menu Back Save Changes Default Values If you are receiving a frequency or ID and press Menu you may also see: Store Channel- in any search mode. Store Wildcard in scan mode if a Wildcard ID is found in a trunked system. Store sq code- in scan mode if a CTCSS/DCS/NAC tone/code is found for a conventional object. |
To Browse Objects: |
From the
Main Menu,
press
▼ to scroll and select 'Browse
Objects' then press
► or SEL. Pressing ◄ or ► will scroll through the scan lists. Press and hold ◄ or ► to scroll faster. Pressing ◄ or ▲ will scroll through objects in each scan list. Press and hold ▼ or ▲ to scroll faster. You can also press ◄ in Scan Mode to enter Browse Objects at the last object received. When you enter a menu, use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to the setting you wish to change. Pressing and holding ▼ or ▲ will scroll faster. The scanner will double beep at the beginning of each scan list. The active setting has a ► next to it. |
A Look at the Keypad | Contents |
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Key | Function |
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press and hold to turn on/off scanner. press to toggle the backlight on (default 5 seconds), also when scanner is off with external power to see the clock. |
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MENU | selects the Main menu in Scan mode. selects the object menu in Scan Receive, or Pause modes, or 'Browse Objects' menu. selects the Service/Sweeper/Limit menu in Service/Sweeper/Limit search modes. selects the scan list menu in Scan Sets mode. selects the Library Import menu in Browse Library mode. selects the playback menu in Playback mode. selects the weather menu in Weather Scan mode. exits top-level sub-menus to the Main menu. |
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◄ (Left) | enters 'Browse Objects' in Scan mode. resumes/changes to searching down in Search modes. steps backward through frequencies in Search Pause mode. navigates out of a menu or selection. scrolls down scan lists when browsing objects. advances five seconds backward in Playback mode. |
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► (Right) |
resumes scanning in Receiving or Pause modes. |
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increases the volume when scanning or monitoring
objects. scrolls up through a menu. scrolls up through objects in a scan list when browsing. |
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decreases the volume when scanning or monitoring
objects. scrolls down through a menu. scrolls down through objects in a scan list when browsing. |
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Skip | toggles skip in Receiving, Browse Object, and Pause modes. key clears all text at and to the right of the cursor when editing text. stops playback of the current recording, and when playing multiple recordings, advances to the next recording. toggles Weather Scan and SAME Standby modes. |
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starts Scan mode. pauses/resumes on object in Scan mode. select/execute options in menus. plays a recording in Playback mode. pauses/resumes a recording in Playback mode. pauses/resumes on search frequency in Search mode. |
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ATT (Attenuator) | toggles
the Global Attenuator Mode on/off in Scan and
Search modes. toggles Global Attenuation on or off. toggles attenuation for object/search in object edit/search menus. |
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PRI (Priority) 1088 only | Fn + PRI toggles Priority mode. toggles priority On or Off for current object. |
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Number Keys (1-0, .) 1088 only | used for entering frequencies/ID and selecting scan lists in Scan mode. | |
Fn (Function) 1088 only | Fn + PRI toggles Priority
mode. shifts between special characters and text when tagging object, etc. |
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Enters Weather Scan mode from Any
mode. selects SkyWarn List in Weather Scan or SAME Standby modes. |
A Look at the Display | Contents |
Scan Mode |
SCAN appears with the scan lists scrolling (if more than 5) below. |
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G appears when global attenuation is off for all objects/searches. |
GA appears when global attenuation is on for all objects/searches. |
A appears when attenuation is on for the scanned object/system/search. |
PRI appears to show Priority Mode is active. |
► scrolls to show scan mode. |
Fn (WS1088) appears to show Function Mode is active. |
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Scan Receiving/Pause/Browse Modes |
Top Row |
1st Line |
shows the Scan List Name. |
2nd Line |
the Object Type appears as TGRP (Talkgroup),
or
CONV (Conventional). (simple display off). shows Channel: for a conventional object or Group: for a talkgroup object. (simply display on). |
p (not set for priority) or P (set for priority) appears to show the Priority Status of the talkgroup or conventional object. |
s (not skipped) or S (skipped) appears to show the Skip Status of the object/search frequency. |
L (locked out) appears if the object/search frequency is locked out. |
d (delay off) or D (delay on) appears to show the Delay Status of the object/search. |
r (record off) or R (record on) appears to show the Record Status of the object/search. |
3rd Line |
shows the Text Tag for a conventional or talkgroup object and (with simple display off) will alternate with TGID if enabled. |
4th Line |
shows the Receive Mode for a conventional object. (simple display off). |
shows the Frequency for a conventional object. (simple display off). |
shows the System Name for a trunked system and (with simple display off) will alternate with Site Name if enabled. |
5th Line |
shows the Squelch Type for a conventional object. (simple display off). |
shows the Tone/Code received for a conventional object. shows SRCH if no code/tone received. (simple display off). |
S appears if the tone/code is found in search mode. (simple display off). |
shows the Radio ID for a talkgroup object if received and enabled. (simple display off). |
shows the Radio ID Text Tag (only if enabled) for a talkgroup object. (simple display off). |
shows the VC/CC for a talkgroup object if enabled. (simple display off). |
Clock Mode (Off) |
Top Line |
Charging done and
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Installing the Programming Software | Contents |
Connect the USB cable to the scanner when off.
Open Widows Explorer and navigate to the 'Software' folder in the
WS1080 or WS1088 drive on the SD card and double-click the setup.exe file.
Follow the prompts to finish the installation. |
Updating... | Contents |
Updates can be done for all components or just the following below. There is an option in the Update menu to update everything and also to schedule automatic updates. You will need an internet connection to perform updates. |
Update the Software |
In the software, click the Updates menu then Check for PC Application Update. Follow the prompts to finish the update. |
Update the CPU/DSP Firmware |
In the software, click the Updates menu then Check for CPU/DSP Firmware Update. Follow the prompts to finish the update. |
Update the Library (Database) in the Software |
The database is updated every week. In the software, click the Updates menu then Check for Library Update. Follow the prompts to finish the update. You will also have the options to copy the database to the scanner (follow the prompts) and/or update objects in the software. |
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Update Existing Channels in the
Software This
will allow you to update all objects in the current V-Scanner folder
imported using an older version of the database to the current database in
the software. You will have the options to replace the object names with
updated object names (replacing all custom object names) and to import
primary and alternate control channels (replacing all existing channels) for
Motorola and P25 systems. |
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Select the Standard import type
from the Library Import tab and click the Update Channels
button. |
Copy the Library (Database) to the Scanner |
If you have updated your existing
channels or did not use the 'copy database
to scanner' option when you updated the library, you can do it
with this step. In the software, click the Scanner/SD Card menu then Copy Library to Scanner Memory/SD Card. Follow the prompts to finish the update. |
Updating the Scanner from the Library (Database) |
After you have
copied the database to the
scanner, this feature automatically updates all objects in the
current V-Scanner folder that
you already have programmed in the scanner to the latest version of the Library
database. This should be done after all of your programming and only if
you want to update anything from the current database in the scanner. You will need to turn off the scanner first to connect the scanner to USB power using the supplied USB cable. The software is not needed. This option in the scanner is basically the same function as 'Update Existing Channels' in the software. |
From the Main Menu, press
▼
to scroll and select Update
from Lib then press
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or SEL. To use the alpha tags from the database press SEL. To retain the alpha tags you have programmed press Skip. When the update is finished, you will be presented with the results showing you the channels, systems, sites, and talkgroups that have been updated. |
Programming Software Menus (2.0 version) | Contents |
File Menu |
New Configuration opens a new, empty default configuration. |
Scanner/SD Card Menu |
Copy Configuration To Scanner
Memory/SD Card allows you to copy V-Scanner folders to
the scanner. |
Updates Menu |
Check for CPU Firmware Update |
Advanced Menu |
Allows you to show/hide the programming tabs and start the software in
full-screen mode. |
Help Menu |
Allows you to access the help file, various support links, and the software version (select About). |
Global Settings Menu | Contents |
The Global Settings menu allows you to change the radio-wide
settings used by the scanner. The default settings will
work fine for most users but you will probably want to
personalize the radio to suit your individual needs. To Edit Settings in the Scanner, from the Main Menu press ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Program Menu' then press SEL/►. Press ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Global Settings' then press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to select the Settings in the menu. |
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General Settings Tab... |
Display Settings |
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Digital Audio AGC Settings |
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Welcome Text 1-5/Welcome Text Allows you to text up to five lines of the display to be shown when the scanner is turned on. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to edit. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the character, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for up to 16 characters. Press SEL to save and exit. |
Software General Settings > Welcome Text. |
Speaker |
Scanner Press ▼ or ▲ to select Mute, 1-30, or MAX. |
Software General Settings > Volume Settings > Speaker- Mute, 1-30, or Max. |
Headphone (Software only) |
General Settings > Volume Settings > Headphone- Mute, 1-30, or Max. |
LModeBAT/Backlight Settings-Mode
(Batt)
Controls how the backlight
operates on battery power. Default is
Key/Key Press. LModeEXT/Backlight Settings-Mode (Pwr) Controls how the backlight operates on external power. Default is On. Note: see also Backlight Mode/Light for object backlight settings. |
On - backlight is always
on. Stlth - backlight is always off. Norml - backlight turns on when the power key is pressed for the amount of time set in LiteTime. Key/Key Press - backlight turns on when any key is pressed (and used) for the amount of time set in LiteTime. Ignor - works like 'Key' but the key's normal function is ignored for the first press. Pressing any key again (when the light is on) will activate that key's function. Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select On, Stlth, Norml, Key, or Ignor. Software General Settings > Backlight Settings > Mode (Batt and Pwr)- On, Stealth, Normal, Key Press, or Ignore First Key Press. |
LiteLevel/Backlight Settings-Level Controls the brightness of the backlight and (if enabled) the Alert LED. Default is 4. |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select Low, 2-10, or High. |
Software General Settings > Backlight Settings > Level- Low, 2-10, or High. |
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LiteTime/Timeout Controls the amount of time the LiteArea stays on when LMode is set to Key/Key Press, Ignor, or Norml. Default is 5. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to edit. Enter
the number of seconds, 1 - 99. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first digit, then ► to move the cursor and select the second digit. Press SEL to save and exit. |
Software General Settings > Backlight Settings > Timeout- 1-99. |
Both - lights the display and keypad. LCD - lights the display only. Keybd - lights the keypad only. Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select Both, LCD, or Keybd. Software General Settings > Backlight Settings > Area- Both, LCD, or Keys. |
Scanner- Press SEL/► to check (Simple), or uncheck (Advance). |
Software General Settings > Display Settings > Display Mode- Advance or Simple. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to edit. Enter
the amount of time, 1 - 250 (.1 - 2.5 secs). Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first digit, then ► to move the cursor and repeat as needed. Press SEL to save and exit. |
Software General Settings > Display Settings > Blink Time 1,2-.1 - 2.5. |
Contrast |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select the best contrast. Default is 12. |
Software General Settings > Display Settings > Contrast- 0-20. |
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Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select On or Stealth. |
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Software General Settings > Sound Settings > Mode- On or Stealth. |
Key Beeps/Key Beep Enables or disables key beep sounds. Default is On. Note: Sounds must also be On. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software General Settings > Sound Settings > Key Beep- On or Off. |
Beep Vol/Key Volume Controls the volume of key beep sounds. Default is 15. Note: Sounds must also be On. |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select Mute, 1-30, or MAX. |
Software General Settings > Sound Settings > Key Volume- Mute, 1-30, or Max. |
Scanner Press (or press and hold) ◄ or ► to select 1-201. (SkyWarn list is 201). |
Software General Settings > Scanlist Control. |
Alpha Tag Click
to select and highlight the scan list name to edit. Enabled Click to enable each scan list. Default Click to select the default scan list. |
Software General Settings > Scanlist Control. |
Default Vals/Restore Factory Defaults Resets all settings to their default values except the welcome message. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to reset. |
Software General Settings - Restore Factory Defaults (button). Or File menu > Restore Factory Defaults. |
Software General Settings > Scanlist Control. |
Clear Search Lockouts (button) (does not work for me). See also Unlocking Search Frequencies. |
General Settings- Clear Search Lockouts (button). Or File menu- Clear Search Lockouts. |
Alerts/Alert
Settings-Mode
Controls audible and visual alerts used by the scanner. When set to
Audio, only audio alerts will be used. When set to
Visual, only visual alerts (Flash/LED) will be used. Default is Both. Note: Sounds must also be On for audio alerts. |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select Both, Audio, Visual, or Off. |
Software General Settings > Alert Settings > Mode- Both, Audio, Visual, or Off. |
Alert Vol/Alert Settings-Volume Controls the volume of object alert sounds and Alerts is set to Audio or Both. Default is 15. Note: Sounds must also be On. |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select Mute, 1-30, or Max. |
Software General Settings > Alert Settings > Volume- Mute, 1-30, or Max. |
Low Batt Time/Low Battery Time Sets the number of seconds between low battery warning alerts. The radio will shut down automatically to prevent corruption of the microSD card when the battery level is critically low.Off is 0. Default is 30. Note: Sounds must also be On and Alerts must be set to Audio or Both. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to edit. Enter
the number of seconds, 0-60. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first digit, then ► to move the cursor and select the second digit. Press SEL to save and exit. |
Software General Settings > Alert Settings > Low Battery Time- 0-60. |
Priority Mode Objects with Priority enabled will be sampled according to the Priority Time setting for activity. Priority mode works by periodically sampling objects for activity which briefly interrupts transmissions on conventional systems. Priority IDs are sampled only between transmissions and only while monitoring each trunked system that contains the ID. Default is Off. See also Priority Scanning. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software General Settings > Priority Settings > Priority Mode- On or Off. |
Note: Priority Mode may interfere with the built in Audio Recorder. |
Priority Time/Priority Interval Sets (in .1 seconds) how frequently conventional objects are sampled. Default is 20 (2 secs). |
Scanner Press SEL/► to edit.
Enter
the amount of time, 10 - 250 (1 - 25 secs). Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first digit, then ► to move the cursor and repeat as needed. Press SEL to save and exit. |
Software General Settings > Priority Settings > Priority Interval- 1-25 (seconds). |
G Atten Mode/Attenuation
Mode
Sets the
global attenuator mode. Global applies attenuation
(on or off)
to all objects only when
Global Attenuation
is set to
On. Normal follows the individual
object attenuator settings. 'G' will appear in the middle of the display when set to Global. See chart below. Default is Global. See also System Attenuation, Site Attenuation, and (conventional) Object Attenuation. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (Global), or uncheck (Normal). |
Software General Settings > Attenuation Settings > Attenuation Mode- Normal or Global. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Note: You can also toggle this setting by pressing ATT in Scan or Search mode. |
Software General Settings > Attenuation Settings > Global Attenuation On/Off- On or Off. |
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On | Normal | Off | A | Object/system/search attenuation On | ||
On or Off | Global | Off | G | Attenuation Off- all objects/systems/searches | ||
On or Off | Global | On | GA | Attenuation On- all objects/systems/searches |
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TG Disp/Talkgroup ID Mode Sets the display format for talkgroup IDs. Default is Normal (DEC for Motorola/P25, AFS for EDACS). Simple Display must be off. |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select Normal, DEC, or HEX. |
Software General Settings > Trunking Options > Talkgroup ID Mode- Normal, DEC, or HEX. |
Use RID Alert/Use Radio ID Alarm Uses the visual and/or audible alert settings with radio IDs. Default is Off. Note: Sounds must also be On and Alerts must be set to Audio, Visual, or Both. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software General Settings > Trunking Options > Use Radio ID Alarm- Off or On. |
Bandplan/Band Plan Settings Selects USA or Canada search frequency steps in VHF and UHF bands. Imported frequencies will use the bandplan obtained from the Library. Default is USA. |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select USA or Canada. |
Software General Settings > Band Plan Settings- USA or Canada. |
Note: Must be set to USA to view Set Location in the Main Menu. |
FlexStep/Flexible frequency entry-Flex Step When checked (on) allows you to enter a frequency down to any 1250 Hz (1.25 kHz - .00125) step (except in the civil air band 108-136 where the step size is fixed at 8.333 kHz), otherwise the scanner will use the default steps. Default is Disabled (unchecked). |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (Enabled), or uncheck (Disabled). |
Software General Settings > Flexible frequency entry > Flex Step- Disabled, Enabled. |
Location Select/Set Location Enables 'Location Select' in the Main Menu to add channels by zip code, city or county. Available only for the USA and only when the USA Bandplan is selected. Default is On. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software General Settings > Set Location- On or Off. |
Show TGID/Line 3 Shows the talkgroup ID in the display and will alternate with the alpha tag. Simple Display must be off. Default is Off. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software Advanced Features > Advanced Display Options > Trunked System Channels > Line 3- Alpha Tag and TGID. |
Show Site Name/Line 4 Shows the site name and will alternate with the trunking system name. The site name is only displayed if there are two or more sites programmed for the trunking system. Simple Display must be off. Default is Off. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software Advanced Features > Advanced Display Options > Trunked System Channels > Line 4- System and Site Name. |
Show Radio ID/Radio ID Displays the radio ID (or tag) if it is available for trunk radio systems that use the radio ID feature. Simple Display must be off. Default is Off. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software Advanced Features > Advanced Display Options > Trunked System Channels > Line 5- Radio ID (Alt). To show VC/CC if not available Radio ID (Alt) or VC/CC. |
tag only/Text Only Check tag only if you just want to see the text. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software Advanced Features > Advanced Display Options > Trunked System Channels > Line 5- Radio ID (Text Only). To show VC/CC if not available Radio ID (Text Only) or VC/CC. |
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Show VC/CC/VC/CC Will alternate the voice channel and control channel frequencies. Show Radio ID will override Show VC/CC if enabled and a Radio ID is available. Simple Display must be off. Default is Off. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software Advanced Features > Advanced Display Options > Trunked System Channels > Line 5- VC/CC (only). To show VC/CC if Radio ID is not available Radio ID (Alt/Text Only) or VC/CC. |
CONV TGID/Line 3 Shows the talkgroup ID for P25 conventional talkgroup calls. Simple Display must be off. Default is Off. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software Advanced Features > Advanced Display Options > Conventional Channels > Line 3- TGID and Alpha Tag. |
CONV Radio ID/Line 5 Shows the radio ID for P25 conventional talkgroup calls. Simple Display must be off. Default is Off. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software Advanced Features > Advanced Display Options > Conventional Channels > Line 5- Radio ID (Digital Only). |
Search Dg AGC/Search AGC When checked, enables AGC for digital frequencies in all search modes. Useful to compensate for low or high audio levels on digital frequencies. Default is Enabled. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (Enabled), or uncheck (Disabled). |
Software Advanced Features > Digital Audio AGC Settings > Search AGC- Enabled or Disabled. |
G AGC Mode/Global AGC Mode Sets the global AGC mode. Global applies AGC (on or off) to all objects only when Global AGC is set to Enabled. Normal follows the individual object AGC settings. See chart below. Default is Global. See also System AGC, Site AGC, and (digital) Object AGC. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (Global), or uncheck (Normal). |
Software Advanced Features > Digital Audio AGC Settings > Global AGC Mode- Normal or Global. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (Enabled), or uncheck (Disabled). |
Software Advanced Features > Digital Audio AGC Settings > Global AGC- Enabled or Disabled. |
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Disabled | Normal | Disabled | Dg | Object/system/site AGC Off | |
Enabled | Normal | Disabled | DG (D2) | Object/system/site AGC On | |
Enabled or Disabled | Global | Disabled | Dg | AGC Off- all objects/systems/sites | |
Enabled or Disabled | Global | Enabled | DG (D2) | AGC On- all objects/systems/sites |
PC/IF/ CCDump/PC/IF Data Dump When enabled, the scanner streams control channel data over the USB interface when the radio is tuned to a trunking control channel. Default is Off. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software Advanced Features > PC/IF Data Dump Option > PC/IF Data Dump- PC/IF Out. |
to file/SD Card File The data is instead recorded to a series of “DUMP_nnn.LOG” files under the LOG directory on the microSD card. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software Advanced Features > PC/IF Data Dump Option > PC/IF Data Dump- SD Card File. |
limit/Cycle Count Sets the log count limit. |
Scanner Press ► to select 100, 200, 500, or 1000. Default is 100. |
Software Advanced Features > PC/IF Data Dump Option > Cycle Count- 100, 200, 500, or 1000. |
Note: Using a setting of 1000 can overwhelm a 2GB Micro SD card pretty quickly if most of your scanning is done on trunked systems. |
trim logs (Scanner only) (waiting for explanation from GRE, anyone?) |
Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to edit. Enter
the value, 0-255. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first digit, then ► to move the cursor and select the second digit. Press SEL to save and exit. |
Software Advanced Features > Advanced DPS Settings > DPS Level Adapt- 0-255. |
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Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select -2dB to +2dB. |
Software Advanced Features > Advanced DPS Settings > ADC Gain- -2dB to +2dB. |
DAC Gain Sets output signal from CODEC varying the audio level of decoded digital signals. Default is -4dB. |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select -10dB to +2dB. |
Software Advanced Features > Advanced DPS Settings > DAC Gain- -10dB to +2dB. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to edit. Enter
the number of hours, 0-99. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first digit, then ► to move the cursor and select the second digit. Press SEL to save and exit. |
Software Advanced Features > Battery Charge Option > Charge Hours- Disabled (0), 1-98, Default (99). |
M36 Stat Bits/Mot Status Bits When checked, the scanner will track Motorola 3600 baud talkgroups using status bits. When unchecked, status bits are ignored. Default is Ignore. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (Use), or uncheck (Ignore). |
Software Advanced Features > Trunking Options > Mot Status Bits- Use, Ignore. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (Use), or uncheck (Ignore). |
Software Advanced Features > Trunking Options > Mot Enc Talkgroups- Use, Ignore. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (Use), or uncheck (Ignore). |
Software Advanced Features > Trunking Options > ED Enc Talkgroups- Use, Ignore. |
EncMode/Audio Mode Selects how the radio treats encrypted voice calls. Noise plays encryption noise. Silent plays no audio (and stays on the channel). Tone plays a Tone for the duration of the call. Default is Tone. |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select Tone, Noise, or Silent. |
Software Advanced Features > Encrypted Digital Audio Settings > Audio Mode- Audio Tone, Digital Noise, or Silence. |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select -90 to 4dB. |
Software Advanced Features > Encrypted Digital Audio Settings > Tone Volume- -90 to 4dB. |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select Off, HP, HP/SP. |
Software Advanced Features > IF Audio Output Options > IF Output- Off, Headphone, Headphone and Speaker. |
IF Output Level (Software only) Controls IF Out level. Default is Max. |
Advanced Features > IF Audio Output Options > Level- Mute, 1-30, or Max. |
Enable Record/Recording Options-Global Enable Selects recording for all objects. Each object must also be enabled for recording. Default is Enabled. | Contents |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (Enabled), or uncheck (Disabled). |
Software Advanced Features > Recording Options > Global Enable- Enabled or Disabled. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (Enabled), or uncheck (Disabled). |
Software Advanced Features > Recording Options > Search Record- Enabled or Disabled. |
Battery Indicator/Alert Values Allows you to adjust the voltages that show the number of bars in the battery level indicator, and when the low battery alert activates. The values will show (and alert) differently in the indicator depending on battery type (Alkaline, Ni-MH, or NiCad), capacity (mAh), and how old/healthy the batteries are. The low battery audible alert will activate at 0 bars. Weaker batteries may not even alert and just shut the scanner off. See also this post to get a log of the scanner's internal battery measurements. |
Software Scroll to select bar number and click value to edit when highlighted. Right-click to set the default value. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Software Advanced Features > Button Options > Skip Button Function- Skip or Lockout. |
ScanSets Opt/Scan Set Mode If you check/enable this option the scanner will enable all scan lists in each scan set regardless of the scan list setting. The master scan list table is ignored. Uncheck/Disabled will require each scan list to be enabled to be scanned for each scan set. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (Ignore), or uncheck (Require). Default is Require. |
Software Advanced Features > Scan Sets > Scan Set Mode- Ignore or Require. |
Auto Power On Sets scanner to turn on automatically at the time and in the mode you designate. Default is Off. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check on, or uncheck off. |
at Press (or press and hold) ◄ or ► to select the time. |
mode Press ◄ or ► to select Monitor to have the scanner power on at the last channel set in pause or 'Browse Objects", Menu for the Main Menu, Scan for scan mode, or Weather turns radio on to monitor the last selected weather radio frequency. |
Scanner Use
▼ or
▲ in the Main Menu to select and
press SEL/► to edit. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the year. Press ► then ▼ or ▲ to select the month. Repeat for the date, day, hour, and minute. Press SEL to set or Skip to exit. |
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Scanner/SD Card (Menu) > Set Real Time Clock to Computer Time. The scanner must be connected to your computer using the supplied USB cable. Scanner will update date and time when powered on if scanner is off when clock is set. |
Notes: If the batteries are allowed to fully discharge, or if they are removed from the scanner for more than a few minutes, the date and time will need to be set again. |
Set Password/Clear Scanner Password
Sets a power-on password. You can use up to 8 upper/lowercase letters,
special characters, and/or numbers. Note: You need the software to clear the password. |
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▲ in the Main Menu to select and
press SEL/► to edit. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first character, then ► to move the cursor and select the second character. Repeat for up to 8 characters. Press SEL to save and exit. |
Software (clear only) Scanner/SD Card (Menu) > Clear Scanner Password. |
Save Current Configuration to Archive Allows you to save the current V-Scanner folder to your computer. |
Restore Configuration from Archive Allows you to restore a V-Scanner folder from your computer to the current V-Scanner folder. |
Notes: The archive function will default to using
the My Documents folder to save the archive file. The archive function will provide a default ZIP file name based on the current configuration folder, the current date, and the current time. The restore function will verify the existence of specific common files in the ZIP archive before allowing it to be used to restore the configuration. The restore function will erase the current contents of the selected configuration folder before extracting the contents of the ZIP archive. |
Configure Auto Update Check Allows you to configure the software to automatically check for updates for the software, firmware for the scanner, and updates to the library. |
Configure Proxy Server Allows you to configure a proxy server if you need to one to access the internet. |
Planning Systems and Scan Lists | Contents |
Scan Lists Each object (not trunking systems/sites) can be assigned to one or more of the 200 main lists or the 'Skywarn List' (201). Each list is scanned like a traditional bank. You can put any type of object in any list with any other object. Conventional and talkgroup objects can all go in the same list. The main lists, 1-200, can be scanned with any other list but selecting the 'Skywarn List' (201) will only scan objects in the SkyWarn list and no other lists. You can put as many objects in each of these 201 lists that memory allows. Scan lists are your way of organizing your selected objects, so you should give some thought as to how you want to your scanner organized. You may wish to group your objects into scan lists according to the type of use, for example, Police, Fire, Racing, etc. Or, you may wish to group objects by into scan lists according to geographical area, such as separate scan lists for different counties or cities, or even separate scan lists for different police and fire districts inside of a given county or city. You can even do both - use one scan list for the police and fire channels for an entire county, and use other scan lists for the areas of interest within the county, or for special situations. Scan Sets The available 20 Scan Sets you let you quickly select large groups of scan lists to enable or disable just by enabling or disabling the Scan Sets that contain the scan lists instead of individually selecting each group of scan lists. With the "ScanSets Opt" setting, if enabled (checked), Scan Sets alone govern whether a scan list is scanned and the master scan list enable array is ignored. The scanner is designed to be programmed by 'scan list'. Once you set the Default Scan List, when you create any objects in the software or import any with the scanner, they are, by default, assigned to this list. Also, any search/Spectrum Sweeper frequencies stored with 'Store Channel' will be saved to the default scan list. Multi-Site Systems Some Motorola and EDACS systems covering a very large geographic area use multiple antenna sites that each operate on different frequencies and use the same talkgroup IDs for traffic. Each site will have its own set of trunking frequencies and is monitored like a single system. All talkgroups in the system are available to every site so they don't have to be reprogrammed for each site. Each talkgroup object can be assigned to one or more scan lists but only assigned to one trunking system. |
Importing Objects |
Import Using Set Location (US only) | Import Using Browse Library | Import Using the Library Import Tab | Import from Text File/Clipboard |
Import Using Set Location (US only) | Contents |
This is probably the easiest way
to add objects to scan with the scanner. It can come in handy when you
are traveling and don't know what is available to monitor in the area.
You can select a location by zip code, city, or county. You can then
choose to select the default service types or select custom service
types. You can add objects from a new
location to your existing scan lists, or clear all existing
objects and start over. Services
selected with 'Set Location' are automatically assigned to scan lists
beginning at number 151. Each selected service is assigned to a separate
scan list, which is given the name of the service. These scan lists are
automatically enabled for scanning. You can then
unselect any scan lists
as desired through the Scanlists selection in the Main Menu
and/or assign them to a scan set.
You can also save your data to the first available
V-Scanner folder using Backup Data from the
'Set Location' menu. |
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To
Set
Your Location,
'Bandplan' in the Global Settings menu has to be set to
'USA' and
'Location Select' has to be checked in the
Global Settings menu. |
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By City or
County: Press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to the first letter
of your state (or just press SEL for all) and press SEL/►. |
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Default Types:
At 'Confirmation' press SEL(Yes)
or Skip(No). |
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By Zip Code:
Press
▼ or
▲ to select the first number
of the zip code, then
► to move the
cursor and repeat for each next
number and press
SEL/►. |
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Default Types:
At 'Confirmation' press SEL(Yes)
or Skip(No). |
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To
Clear all Channels,
from the Main Menu press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to 'Set Location'
and press SEL/►. |
Not all service types are enabled automatically when you set your location in the scanner. Red types below are enabled by default. |
Service Type | Description |
Aircraft | For civilian aircraft and air traffic control operations most typically in the 118-136 MHz and 225-380 MHz bands in AM mode. |
Business | Most business related entities not covered by other categories. |
Corrections | Jail/prison operations and other corrections activities, including federal prisons. |
Data | Although they are listed because they are in the database the scanner will not receive data channels. |
Deprecated | Older channels that are probably not use anymore. |
Emergency Ops | Emergency Operation Centers and similar emergency management or disaster related operations. |
EMS Dispatch | Ambulance dispatch, including rescue squads. |
EMS Tac | Ambulance on-scene communications, tactical operations and secondary channels. |
EMS Talk | Ambulance talk-around, car-to-car and supervisor operations. |
Federal | All federal government operations (except corrections, traditional law enforcement patrol and fire/EMS operations). |
Fire Dispatch | Fire dispatch, including combined fire/ambulance dispatch. |
Fire Tac | Fireground, tactical and on-scene communications, including combined fire/ambulance operations. |
Fire Talk | Fire talk-around and car-to-car operations, chiefs, supervisors, etc., including combined fire/ambulance operations. |
Ham | Any amateur radio frequency. |
Hospital | Ambulance-to-Hospital communications and patient reports. |
Interop | Interoperability communications, cross-agency communications, mutual aid, etc. |
Law Dispatch | Law enforcement dispatch. |
Law Tac | Law enforcement tactical, SWAT, on-scene, surveillance and specific sub-agency communications. |
Law Talk | Law enforcement talk-around, car-to-car and supervisor operations. |
Media | Newspapers, television and broadcast radio operations. |
Military | Military operations, range control, air-to-air combat, etc. |
Multi Dispatch | Combined law enforcement and fire/ambulance dispatch. |
Multi Tac | Combined law enforcement and fire/ambulance tactical and on-scene communications. |
Multi Talk | Combined law enforcement and fire/ambulance tactical talk-around and car-to-car operations. |
Other | Channels that do not fit into any other category. |
Public Works | Public agency non-public safety communications. This includes any non-public safety government services, such as trash, streets, roads, sewer, zoos, administration, maintenance, animal control, community initiatives, code compliance, etc. |
Railroad | All common carrier railroad communications. |
Schools | School-related communications (schools, school buses, football games, etc.). |
Security | Non-law enforcement security operations, including private security companies, noncommissioned government agency security, school security, etc. |
Transportation | Public and private bus, taxi, and public passenger rail communications. |
Utilities | Private electric, water, natural gas, phone, cable TV, etc. |
Import Using Browse Library | Contents |
This is another quick way to add objects to the
scanner by state/province and then by Agencies, Counties, and Systems.
This is the only way to add objects with just the scanner for Canadian
objects. At least one site must be
selected for a trunked system along with any individual talkgroup
objects. If you don't know which site to select, you can select
all sites, or even the entire system, and the scanner will automatically
find and use the best available site. As you browse the library and pick objects for importing, all selected objects will be imported into the scan list or group of scan lists that you select when you execute the import operation. These scan lists are not automatically enabled for scanning. You will have to enable them with the Scanlists selection in the Main Menu after the import operation. As with using Set Location, it is advisable to use a separate V-Scanner folder for importing with 'Browse Library'. Creating a V-Scanner folder with the software is easy enough but there is no direct way to create one with just the scanner. However, there is an ad-hoc method where you can use 'Set Location' to import objects, use 'Backup Data' to save your import the first empty V-Scanner folder, then select the new V-Scanner folder and use 'Clear Channels'. This will leave you with an empty V-Scanner folder to use. You can then rename it and use it for importing with 'Browse Library".
For counties and independent cities, there will typically be three
options to choose from: Agencies, Categories, and Systems. The
association of objects with each of these groups depends a lot on how
the RadioReference volunteers decide to group the information they
submitted to the RadioReference database. You can look up your county in
the RadioReference Data Base
to see what is available and match headings in the database with the
headings in the scanner (i.e. municipalities and districts, agencies,
etc.). Picking an entire Agency, Category, or System may result in a very large number of objects being imported to the scan lists. It is suggest that you drill into each grouping that you want to import to see the objects that are beneath it, and only select the entire grouping if you know that you want to monitor everything that it contains. Checkbox codes are displayed instead of a checkbox to indicate when systems or frequencies are not compatible with the scanner. When one of these codes is shown instead of a checkbox, you cannot to select that checkbox. A “D” in place of a checkbox indicates that the object or system uses an unsupported digital modulation mode and cannot be scanned by the scanner. An “S” in place of a checkbox indicates that the system type is not supported. An “F” in place of a checkbox indicates that there are no sites or frequencies in the RadioReference database for the system or category. The Default Scan List is always selected. If you do not want to import your selected objects into the Default Scan List, be sure to unselect it before importing. You can change the Default Scan List in the Global Settings menu or with the software. |
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To
Import Using Browse Library,
basically drill down through the menus to check items. Some menus may be
empty with no selection available. Menus that have a lot of objects in them
will load and import slower. You can navigate back (◄) at any time to change/add to
you selections before you press Menu to import all selections. |
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Agencies:
At 'Select Agency in State' press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to the agency type and press
SEL/►. |
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Counties |
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Agencies:
At 'Select Agency in County' press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to the agency and press
SEL/►. |
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Categories:
At 'Categories in County' press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to the category and press
SEL/►. |
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Systems:
At 'Select System in County' press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to the system. |
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Sites:
To select all
sites in the system press SEL to check Sites. |
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Press ◄ to navigate back and scroll to select Categories. |
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Categories:
To select all
categories and talkgroups in the system press SEL to check
Categories. |
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Talkgroups:
To select all
talkgroups in the category press SEL to check the category.
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Systems:
At 'Select System in State' press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to the system and press
SEL/►. |
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Sites:
To select all
sites in the system press SEL to check Sites. |
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Press ◄ to navigate back and scroll to select Categories. |
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Categories:
To select all
categories and talkgroups in the system press SEL to check
Categories. |
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Talkgroups:
To select all
talkgroups in the category press SEL to check the category.
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Import Selections
To import selections you have made browsing the library, press Menu.
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Import Using the Library Import Tab | Contents |
This feature imports objects into the current
V-Scanner folder in the software only. You will still have to
copy the V-Scanner folder to the SD card.
There are two ways to import objects with Library Import. The standard import option or location option. The standard import option lets you select a country, state/province, and then state/provincial agencies, counties (agencies, categories, and systems), and state/provincial systems. The standard import option in the software is basically the same function as 'Browse Library' in the scanner. The location option lets you import objects by state/province and then by city, county, or zip code. The location option also lets you select the service types of the objects you want to import. The location option in the software is basically the same function as 'Set Location' in the scanner. You can also update any existing objects in the software from an older version of the database with the current database version using the Update Channels button. |
To
Import Using Library
Import,
Bandplan must be set to USA,
Set Location must be set to On, and
the version of the library database must be at least
84. Some selections may be empty with no
objects available. Select the Import Type: Standard, by City, by County, or by Zip Code. |
By City, County, or Zip
Code: Enter your zip code and select the service types
to be imported and click the Import button. Services selected with the Library Import tab are automatically assigned to scan lists beginning at number 151. Each selected service is assigned to a separate scan list, which is given the name of the service. These scan lists are automatically enabled for scanning. You can then unselect any scan lists as desired with Scanlist Control in the General Settings tab. The Advanced Features tab will allow you to assign any of these scan lists to a scan set. |
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Standard Import:
Select a country from the drop-down menu. Scroll and click to select a
state/province or (Nationwide). |
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Agencies: Scroll to and
click the Agency. Note: the instructions state 'then click the
Next button to continue' but the software may continue automatically. |
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Counties |
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Agencies: Scroll to and
click each Agency. Note: the instructions state 'then click the
Next button to continue' but the software may continue automatically. |
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Categories: Scroll to
and click each Category. The sub category list will then be filled in
below. |
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Systems:
To select all
sites and all talkgroups for each system,
scroll to and click the system checkbox. |
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Sites: Scroll to and click the Site checkbox to select sites. Use the Select All and Clear All buttons as desired. |
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Press the Back button then the Talkgroups button to select talkgroups. |
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Talkgroups: Use the
Select All and Clear All buttons to add talkgroup categories as
desired. |
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Systems:
To select all
sites and all talkgroups for each system,
scroll to and click the system checkbox. |
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Sites: Scroll to and click the Site checkbox to select sites. Use the Select All and Clear All buttons as desired. |
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Press the Back button then the Talkgroups button to select talkgroups. |
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Talkgroups: Use the
Select All and Clear All buttons to add talkgroup categories as
desired. |
Import from Text File/Clipboard Allows you to quickly import multiple frequencies and talkgroups from Notepad or any other file like Excel or Word. This feature imports objects into the current V-Scanner folder in the software only. You will still have to copy the V-Scanner folder to the SD card. |
When the 'Import from Text File' or 'Import
from Clipboard' button is pressed, the software will show a
listing of all channels that have been read from the file or clipboard.
Across the top of the listing you will find headings for each column.
The software will make an attempt to select the correct columns for the
frequency, delay, attenuation, and lockout fields. All other columns
will have a default heading in the form of "Column #" where # is the
column number. To change the assignment for a column, click on the
column heading. A pull down list will be provided that will allow you to
select the data types supported by the software. Only those data types
that have not been assigned to another column will be available in the
list. To unassign a column, select the 'No Field' option. When importing, all channels are imported into the default scanlist and will be added to the end of the existing channels. The scanlist memberships may be adjusted by selecting the channels you wish to change, and then clicking on the scanlist column of one of the selected channels. |
Naming Scan Lists and Scan Sets | Contents |
Naming Scan Lists | |
Scanner
From the Main Menu, press
▼ to select Scanlists then
press
►. Press
▼ or
▲ to select the scan list then
press
► to edit. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first character, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for each character. Press SEL to save and exit. Press Menu or ◄ to return to the Main Menu. |
Software Click the General Settings tab then scroll in the Scanlist Control area to select the list number and click in the Alpha Tag field to highlight and edit. |
Software Click the Advanced Features tab then scroll in the Scan Sets area to select the set number and click in the Alpha Tag field to highlight and edit. |
Assigning Scan Lists to Scan Sets |
Scanner
From the Main Menu, press
▼ to select Scan Sets
then press
► to enter the menu. Press
▼ or
▲ to select the scan set. Press Menu to see the Scan Set Members list. Press ▼ or ▲ to select each scan list then SEL to check (assign) or uncheck (unassign) each scan list to the scan set. Press ◄ to save and exit. Press ◄ again to return to the Main Menu. |
Software
Click the Advanced Features
tab. Click in the Scanlist column for each scan set and check (assign) or uncheck (unassign) each scan list to the scan set. Press the Set button to save and exit. |
Managing V-Scanner Folders (Software only) | Contents |
These
scanners have two types of memory storage.
Main memory and V-Scanner memory. Main memory is what you see and use
when you turn on the scanner. V-Scanner memory is used to store complete
configurations of your scanner's main memory including objects,
'Settings' and search configurations. |
To Manage your V-Scanner folders
open the software. The default V-Scanner folder will open.
The folder name is in the title bar of the software window. The
CDAT folder is the working folder. The 200 main folders are named CDAT_VS.001
through CDAT_VS.200. |
Programming Trunked Systems | Contents |
All programming and
Settings are now done with the 'Program Menu' on the WS1080
(firmware 2.0 required) and WS1088. Press the Menu button until 'Main Menu' is displayed. Press ▼ to select 'Program Menu' and press SEL/►. |
Add System Menu | Edit System Menu | Add Site Menu | Edit Site Menu |
Add a System
with the Scanner
To
Edit Systems
with the Scanner Press the
Menu button until 'Main Menu' is displayed. |
The first few lines will show: Cancel Changes Save Changes The last line will show: Delete System |
Refer to the Edit System menu to set your options. |
Edit Sites | Locked Out | AutoMove HRs (LTR) | Dwell |
Add Talkgroup | Atten | Voice (Motorola) | Country |
Alpha Tag | AudioBoost | AGC (Motorola/P25) | Delete System |
Type |
To Program/Edit Trunking Systems in the Software select the Trunked Radio Systems tab. |
Trunking System Options... |
New (button) | Duplicate (button) | Type | Att | Country | AGC |
Delete (button) | Alpha Tag | L/O | ABst | Voice |
Duplicate (System) (button) Will create a copy of all settings, sites, talkgroups, and radio IDs of the selected system. |
Edit Sites (System) Will allow you to add or edit sites for the system. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to enter. |
Scanner Press
SEL/► to edit. Press ▼ or ▲ to select 'TGID' and press SEL/►. Press Skip to clear the current ID or ◄ or ► to move the cursor then ▼ or ▲ to select each digit to enter the ID. Press SEL to save and enter the settings menu to set your options. |
Scanner Press
SEL/► to edit. Press Skip
to clear. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first character, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for each character. Press SEL to save and return. Software Click to select the System then click to highlight the name and edit. |
Type Allows you to view
the system type, Motorola, EDACS, LTR, DMR, or Project25
in the scanner and select the system type in the software. Warning: When changing to or from a Project25 system all radio IDs will be removed from the system. Note for Motorola/Project25 systems: If you are not sure if the system is Motorola or Project25, look at the system voice in the RR database for your system. Those entries that say System Voice: Analog and APCO-25 Common Air Interface are not true Project 25 systems as they have one or more analog talkgroups. Program these systems as a Motorola system and let the scanner detect the digital. If the System Voice says System Voice: APCO-25 Common Air Interface Exclusive then the system is a true Project 25 system and program it as a Project25 system. |
Software Click to select the System then click Type to select from the drop-down menu. |
Scanner Press
SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click to select the System then click the L/O checkbox. |
Atten (System) Allows you to
attenuate all sites or specific sites in the system (20 dB?). Useful in areas where interference from
nearby strong signals is present. Default is Off.
See also
Site Attenuation. Note: Global Attenuation Mode must be set to Normal for this setting to apply. |
Off - no sites are attenuated. Global/On - all sites are attenuated. Per Site - uses site attenuation setting. |
Scanner Press
◄ or
► to select On, Per Site,
or Off. Software Click to select the System then click Att to select Global, Per Site, or Off from the drop-down menu. |
ABst (Audioboost) (System) Boosts the audio slightly (6 dB?) for the system. Default is Off. See also Object ABst. |
Scanner
Press
SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click to select the System then click the ABst checkbox. |
AutoMove HRs (Site option in software) (LTR only) LTR systems require the frequencies be placed in Logical Channel Number order or LCN order. This option enables the scanner to automatically move the frequency to the correct home repeater location using information transmitted on the active frequency. |
Scanner
Press
SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, click the Site Options tab, then click drop-down next to Automatically adjust home repeaters to select On. |
Country allows you to specify which country specific band plan to be used when entering frequencies. Default is USA(?). |
Scanner
Press
◄ or
► to select Dflt, US,
or Canada. Software Click to select the System then click Country to select from the drop-down menu. |
Scanner
Press
◄ or
► to select Mixed, Analog,
or Digital. Software Click to select the Motorola System then click Voice to select from the drop-down menu. Default is Mixed. |
AGC (System)
(Motorola/P25/DMR)
AGC instantly compensates for low user audio
levels that are common on digital systems.
If you program a channel
as NFM (narrow FM) that is transmitting in FM mode, the audio will sound
too loud. Similarly, if you program a channel as FM that is transmitting
in NFM mode, the audio will sound too quiet. Incorrectly matching the
modulation setting to the actual modulation used is the biggest reason
for unbalanced audio between channels. Default
is Off. See also Site AGC and (digital)
Object AGC. Note: Global AGC Mode must be set to Normal for this setting to apply. |
Scanner
Press
◄ or
► to select On, Per Site,
or Off. Software Click to select the System then click AGC to select from the drop-down menu. |
Off - AGC off for all sites. On - AGC on for all sites. Per Site - use site AGC settings. |
Scanner Press SEL/● to enter Auto (0) or 1-250 (.1 - 25 secs) |
Software Click to select the System then click Dwell to select from the drop-down menu. |
Programming Sites | Contents |
To Add a Site with the Scanner |
Press the Menu button until 'Main Menu'
is displayed.
Press ▼ to select 'Program Menu' and press SEL/►. Press ▼ to select 'Edit System' and press SEL/►. Press ◄ or ► to select system then press SEL/►. Press ▼ to select 'Edit Sites' and press SEL/►. Press ▼ to select 'Add New' and press SEL/►. Refer to the Edit Site menu to set your options. |
The first line will show: Back to system The last lines will show: Add New Delete Current |
Press
▼ to select Site Number:Site
Name then
◄ or
► to select a Site. Press SEL to Edit Site menu to set your options. |
Picture |
Alpha Tag | Fleet (map) (Motorola) | NFM | AGC (Motorola/P25) |
Frequencies | Locked Out | EDACS (type) (EDACS) | Thresh Lo |
Table (Motorola/P25) | Atten | Narrow Invert (EDACS) | Thresh Hi |
To Program/Edit Sites in the
Software select the Trunked Radio Systems tab. Select the system in the top pane then the Site Details tab below then select the site number. |
Site Details Tab... |
New (button) | L/O | Site Frequencies Tab | Site Options Tab (P25, Motorola) | Site Options Tab (EDACS, LTR) |
Delete (button) | Att | Frequency | Trunking Tables | Control Channel Type (EDACS) |
Alpha Tag | Multi-Site Settings (Motorola, EDACS only) | L/O | Type I/IIi Fleetmaps (Motorola) | Narrow Signal Type (EDACS) |
Data Decode Thresholds | Mode |
Digital AGC |
Automatically adjust home repeaters (LTR) |
New (Site) (button) Allows you to create a new site for the trunked system. |
Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab and click the New button. |
Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab and click the Delete button. |
Scanner Press
SEL/► to enter. Press Skip
to clear. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first character, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for each character. Press SEL to save and return. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, and click to highlight the name and edit. |
Scanner Press
SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, and click the L/O checkbox. |
Att (Site) Allows you to attenuate
the site. See also System Attenuation. Note: Global Attenuation Mode must be set to Normal for this setting to apply. |
Scanner Press
SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, and click the Att checkbox. |
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Threshold Lo/Hi/Data Decode Thresholds Used with multi-site systems. Sets how the scanner follows the control channels you have programmed into multiple sites. While (you are) moving, the scanner will attempt to lock on the best control channel it can find. The scanner will always attempt to lock on to control channels where the decoding quality is greater than 'Threshold Hi', and will search for new control channels when the decoding quality of a control channel drops below 'Threshold Lo'. If no control channels are available that meet the Threshold Hi criteria, the scanner will seek the best control channel to use, and continue checking periodically for a new control channel that meets the Threshold Hi criteria. See also Optimizing Scanning Parameters. |
Scanner Press
SEL/► to edit. Press Skip
to clear. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first character, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for each character. Press SEL to save and return. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, then the up/down arrows to select. Use the Apply to all Sites button as desired. |
Threshold Lo Sets the control channel decode % threshold
for a site to be considered out of range, which will begin the process
of looking for a new site (control channel).
Default is 75. Threshold Hi Sets the control channel decode % threshold for a site to be considered good when looking for a new site (control channel). Default is 95. |
Frequencies/Frequency (Site Frequencies) For Motorola systems you only need to enter
the control channel frequencies.
There is still a 32 control channel limit for a trunking site. Note: EDACSs frequencies also have to be entered in LCN order. See
Finding
EDACS LCN Order. Each talkgroup ID can be assigned to more than one scan list but
can only be associated with one system. See also BandPlan and Flexstep settings for step size defaults. |
Scanner Press
SEL/► to edit. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the frequency number (1-32). Press SEL/► to edit. Press Skip to clear. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first character, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for each character. Press SEL to save and return. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, click the Site Frequencies tab, then click to highlight the frequency and edit. |
Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, click the Site Frequencies tab, then click to highlight the frequency and click the L/O checkbox. Use the Clear L/O button to unlock all frequencies. |
NFM/Mode (Site Frequencies) Allows you to set the receive mode for all trunking frequencies in the site. |
Scanner Press
SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, click the Site Frequencies tab, then click drop-down next to Mode to select FM or NFM. Use the Apply Mode to all Sites button as desired. |
Table/Trunking Tables (Site Options)
(P25/Motorola only) Allows you to select the default trunking table or to
customize the tables for each type of system.
Trunking tables are required so the scanner can correctly
determine the voice channel frequencies. Trunking table information can usually be found in the
Radio
Reference Database. For P25 Systems and Mixed (P25 and Motorola) Systems there are two types of systems: Explicit mode and Implicit mode channel assignment. Explicit mode systems include all information needed to determine voice frequencies on the control channel. For Explicit mode systems (most P25 systems), use the Auto-fill option. The system will automatically detect the band plan and populate the table for the system. You must supply the system's band plan for Implicit systems for the scanner using the Custom option to correctly determine voice frequencies. The Standard option will force the scanner to use the standard 700 and 800 MHz tables that are present on many systems. For Motorola Analog Systems use the Default option for 800 MHz and 900 MHz Motorola trunked systems. For Motorola Splinter Systems use the Splinter option (analog 800Mhz systems with frequencies between 866-869 MHz [or rebanded 851-854 MHz] ending with 0 instead of 5 e.g. 852.1250, not 852.1375). For Motorola Rebanded Systems you must select Custom and create a custom band plan. For Motorola 800 MHz rebanded table entries see this post. For Motorola VHF and UHF Systems you must select Custom and create a custom band plan. You must program the applicable lo channel, hi channel, offset, base frequency, and step for the system. I have found an explanation at the Trunked Radio Systems Users Page that describes how to find some of this information. Look for 'Determining Base and Offset Frequencies for the BC245xlt' by John C. See also this post for UHF systems. Radio Reference.com also has an explanation. Inquire at Radio Reference.com Forums to find more information about specific systems. |
Scanner Press
◄ or
► to select Normal,
Splinter, or Custom. For Custom press SEL/► to edit then ▼ or ▲ to select each table and press SEL/► to edit. Press ▼ to select Lo Chan and press SEL/► to edit. Press SEL to save and return. Repeat for Hi Chan and Offset. Press Menu to save and return. Repeat for each table (00-15) as needed. Press Menu to save and return. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, click the Site Options tab, then click drop-down next to Type to select. For custom tables select Custom then click the Edit button. Click to select and highlight each field to edit and click the OK button. Repeat for each table as needed. Use the Apply to all Sites button as desired. |
Fleet/Type I/IIi Fleetmaps (Site Options) (Motorola only) Motorola Type I and Type IIi systems require you to program a fleet map. This allows you to receive the talkgroup IDs correctly. Trunking table information can usually be found in the Radio Reference Database. If you dont know which fleet map to use, you can try a method I found at Radio Reference.com., Determining Type I Motorola Fleet Maps by Dave Goodson. If you know the fleet map by name, E1P1, E1P2, etc., I have listed 16 pre-set fleet maps so you can see the size codes. |
Note:
If you select size code S-12, S-13, or S-14, these
restrictions apply: S-12 can only be assigned to blocks 0, 2, 4 or 6. S-13 can only be assigned to blocks 0 and 4. S-14 can only be assigned to block 0. Since these size codes require multiple blocks, you will be prompted for the next available block. For example, if you assign Block 0 as S-12, the scanner prompts you for block 2, the next block available, instead of block 1. If you assign Block 0 as S-14, you would not see another prompt because S-14 uses all available blocks. |
Scanner Press
◄ or
► to select one of the pre-set fleet maps. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, click the Site Options tab, then click drop-down next to Presets to select. For custom fleet maps select Custom then click the Edit button. Click the drop-down next to each block to edit and click the OK button. Repeat for each block as needed. Use the Apply to all Sites button as desired. |
AGC/Digital AGC (Site Options)
(P25/Motorola only) Allows you to set AGC for
the digital site.
If you program a channel
as NFM (narrow FM) that is transmitting in FM mode, the audio will sound too loud.
Similarly, if you program a channel as FM that is transmitting in NFM
mode, the audio will sound too quiet. Incorrectly matching the
modulation setting to the actual modulation used is the biggest reason
for unbalanced audio between channels. See also System AGC and (digital) Object AGC. Notes: Global AGC Mode must be set to Normal for this setting to apply. |
Off - AGC off for all talkgroups. On - AGC on for all talkgroups. Per Talkgroup (ID) - use talkgroup AGC settings. |
Scanner Press
◄ or
► to select On, Off,
or Per Tgrp. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, click the Site Options tab, then click drop-down next to Digital AGC to select from the menu. |
EDACS Standard (Wide) is the normal EDACS system on 800 MHz and
some UHF systems. EDACS Narrow is used on some UHF systems and most 900 MHz systems. |
Scanner Press
◄ or
► to select Standard, or
Narrow. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, click the Site Options tab, then click drop-down next to Control Channel Type to select from the menu. |
Narrow Invert/Narrow Signal Type this setting inverts the incoming decoded control channel data. Some EDACS Narrow systems may require this setting in order to operate. |
Scanner Press
SEL/ ► to check On or Off. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, click the Site Options tab, then click drop-down next to Narrow SignalType to select from the menu. |
Automatically adjust home repeaters (System Option in Scanner) (LTR only) LTR systems require the frequencies be placed in Logical Channel Number order or LCN order. This option enables the scanner to automatically move the frequency to the correct home repeater location using information transmitted on the active frequency. |
Scanner Press
SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click to select the System then click the Site Details tab, click the Site to select, click the Site Options tab, then click drop-down next to Automatically adjust home repeaters to select On. |
Program/Edit Frequencies and Talkgroup IDs | Contents |
With the updated firmware you can now edit all settings for all objects including IDs, using the 'Program Menu'. You can still use 'Browse Library' to import channels from the SD card and edit them here. All the settings for objects can be edited in the programming software with the Conventional Frequencies tab and Talkgroup Details or Radio ID Details tab. The Scanlists tab allows you organize scan lists and view/edit some of the properties of those objects by scan list and is an easy way to add single objects to each list. |
To Add a Conventional Frequency with the Scanner
press the Menu button until 'Main Menu' is displayed. |
The first lines will show: Cancel Changes Save Changes |
To Add a
Talkgroup ID
with the Scanner Press the Menu button until 'Main Menu' is displayed. Press ▼ or ▲ to select 'Program Menu' and press SEL/►. Press ▼ to select 'Edit System' and press SEL/►. Pressing ◄ or ► will scroll through the systems. Press and hold ◄ or ► to scroll faster. Press SEL to select the System to add the talkgroup (ID) to. Press ▼ to select 'Add Talkgroup' and press SEL/►. The talkgroup defaults to a Wildcard talkgroup. Press ▼ or ▲ to select 'TGID' and press SEL/► to edit. Press Skip to clear the current ID or ◄ or ► to move the cursor then ▼ or ▲ to select each digit to enter the ID. Press SEL to save and enter the settings menu to set your options. |
The first lines will show: Cancel Changes Save Changes |
To Edit a Conventional Frequency/Talkgroup ID
with the Scanner |
The first lines will show: Cancel Changes Save Changes Edit System The last line will show: Delete Object |
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New (Object)
(button)
Allows you create a new conventional or talkgroup ID
(or Radio ID) object with the default settings in the
Default Scan List. Talkgroup IDs must be entered in the selected ID Format. |
Click anywhere on an object line to
select where to insert the object then use the wizard to create an
object.
Talkgroup IDs must be entered in the selected ID Format. |
Duplicate (Object) (button) (conventional only) Allows you to duplicate a conventional object in the same scan list. |
Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Duplicate button to the right. |
Delete Object/Delete (Object) (button) This will delete the conventional object from all scan lists or delete a talkgroup ID from the system. |
Scanner
Press SEL/► to delete. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Delete button. |
Add Wildcard (button) Allows you to add a wildcard ID that will receive all talkgroups (Talkgroup Details tab) or a wildcard ID that will receive all private IDs (Radio ID Details tab). |
Click the button to create the wildcard. Scroll to select and click the scan list(s) you want the wildcard ID assigned to and click the Set button. Note: If a wildcard already exists the button will be grayed out. |
Scanner
Press SEL/► to edit.
Press Skip to clear. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first character, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for each character. Press SEL to save and exit. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Alpha Tag field to edit and press enter to save. |
Scanner
Press
SEL/► to edit.
Press Skip to clear.
Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first character, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for each character. Press SEL to save and return. |
TGID Allows you to edit the ID in a trunked system. The talkgroup defaults to a Wildcard talkgroup. |
Scanner
Press
SEL/► to edit.
Press Skip to clear.
Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first character, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for each character. Press SEL to save and return. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Frequency field to edit and press enter to save. |
Radio ID Set the ID as a Radio ID (or private ID) in a trunked system. The talkgroup defaults to a Wildcard talkgroup. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
RX Mode/Mode (conventional only) Allows you to set the receive mode for a conventional object. Default is Auto. |
Scanner Press
◄
or
► to select Auto,
AM, FM, DMR, or NFM. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Mode field to toggle Auto, FM, NFM, or AM. |
Sq Mode/Squelch (conventional only) Allows you to set the squelch mode for a conventional object. Default is None. |
Scanner Press
► to select
None, CTCSS, DCS, NAC or
SRCH (searches all). Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Squelch field. Select the Squelch Mode or Search for any mode with the drop-down arrow. If CTCSS, DCS, or NAC is chosen, click the Search for value box for any tone/code or select the Squelch Value from the drop-down. To lockout a value check Exclude this value. For a DMR frequency, you can program a color code, time slot, and talkgroup ID. |
SQ Search (conventional only) Turns search on or off when SQ Mode is set to CTCSS, DCS, or NAC. Default is On. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
SQ Code (conventional only) Allows you to select a squelch tone/code for a conventional object (only when SQ Search is Off). |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select the CTCSS, DCS, or NAC tone/code. |
SQ Exclude (conventional only) Allows you to lock out a squelch tone/code for a conventional object (only when SQ Search is Off). |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check (lock out) the CTCSS, DCS, or NAC tone/code selected in SQ Code. |
Locked Out/L/O Used for objects you will never want to scan (like encrypted talkgroups). The only way to unlock an object is in the object's menu (or software). Default is Off. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the L/O box. |
Skipped/Skip Used for objects you want to temporarily lockout and unlock with Restore (all) Skipped in the Main Menu or Clear Skipped in the software. Default is Off. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Skip box. |
Priority/Pri Sets the object for priority. Priority Mode must also be checked in the Main Menu. Default is Off. See also Priority Time and Priority Scanning. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Pri box. |
Attenuate/Att
(conventional only)
Attenuates the conventional object (20db?). Note: Global Attenuation Mode must be set to Normal for this setting to apply. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Att box. |
AudioBoost/ABst Boosts the audio slightly (6 dB?) for the object. Default is Off. See also System ABst. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the ABst box. |
Delay/Dly/Turns the delay on for the object according to the Delay Time. Default is On. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Dly box. |
Delay .1s/(Delay) Time Sets the time for the object (in 1/10s increments) to pause after a transmission before continuing to scan. Default is 2 seconds for the software and 20 for the scanner. |
Scanner
Press
SEL/► to edit. Press Skip
to clear. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first character, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for each character. Press SEL to save and return. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Time field. Drag the slider to select the time. Tip: Use the left/right arrow buttons on your keyboard for better precision. |
Leave - uses the
LMode backlight setting. On - turns the backlight on when the object is active and Alerts is set to Both or Visual and LMode is set to Norml, Key Press/Key, or Ignor. Flash - flashes the backlight according to the Flash Pattern setting when the object is active and Alerts is set to Both or Visual and LMode is set to On, Norml, Key Press/Key, or Ignor. LMode has to be set to Norml, Key Press/Key, or Ignre for the backlight to come on only during a transmission. |
Scanner
Press
◄ or
► to select Leave, On,
or Flash. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Bklt/LED field to select. Click the drop-down arrow at Backlight Mode to select Leave, On, or Flash. |
LED Enable/LED Mode Uses the LED to alert when an object becomes active using the Color 1-4 RGB setting. Default is Off. Note: Color Count must be at least 1 and Alerts is set to Both or Visual and LMode is set to Norml, Key Press/Key, or Ignor. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Bklt/LED field to select. Use the drop-down arrow to set LED Mode to Solid or Flash. Click Add Color to add at least one color. |
LED Flash Flashes the alert LED when an object becomes active according to the Flash Pattern setting. Default is Off. Note: LED Enable must be On and Color Count must be at least 1 and Alerts is set to Both or Visual and LMode is set to Norml, Key, or Ignor. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck Off. |
Color Count Sets the number of colors to use with LED Enable or LED Flash in the Flash Pattern. Default is 0. Note: must be at least 1 for LED Enable or LED Flash. |
Scanner Press ◄ or ► to select 0-4. |
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Click anywhere on the object line to highlight
then click the Bklt/LED field to select. Click Add Color to add at least one color. Check LED Latch On, or uncheck Off. |
Color 1-4 RGB/Color Selections Allows you to set four different colors to use with LED Enable or LED Flash with the Flash Pattern. Color 1 will be used for LED Enable without LED Flash. |
Scanner
For each color, 1-4, press SEL/► to edit. Enter
a sequence of 6 numbers or letters, 0-9 or
A-F. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first number/letter of the color code, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for the next number/letter. Press SEL to save and exit. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Bklt/LED field to select. Click Add Color to select a color or Define Custom Colors then Add to Custom Colors. Click OK to save and exit. |
Flash Pattern
Sets the flash pattern for the backlight when Light is
set to Flash and/or the flash pattern for the LED when
LED Enable and LED Flash is On
and
Alerts is set to Both or Visual and
LMode
is set to On, Norml,
Key/Key Press, or Ignor.
For more information see LED Flash Programming. |
Scanner
Press
SEL/► to edit. The
flash pattern is set for each block by specifying the number or letter
associated with the desired flash pattern.
Enter
a sequence of 8 numbers and/or letters, 0-9 and
A-F.
Default pattern is 55555555. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first number/letter of the pattern code, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for the next numbers/letters. Press SEL to save and exit. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Bklt/LED field to select. Use the drop-down arrow to set Backlight Mode and/or LED Mode to Flash. Click Add Color to add at least one color if LED Mode is set to Flash or Solid. Enter the On Time and Off Time then check/uncheck the 32 boxes to select a pattern. Each step in the 32 step flash pattern defines whether the backlight/LED is on or off for the durations specified in the On Time and Off Time settings. You can also Load Presets that are included in the software or Save Presets with the buttons. |
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On Time
Sets the time the backlight/LED is on in the
Flash Pattern when Light
is set to Flash or LED Enable and LED Flash is On. Off Time Sets the time the backlight/LED is off in the Flash Pattern when Light is set to Flash or LED Enable and LED Flash is On. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to edit. Enter
the time, 1-100 (.01-1 seconds).
Default is 50 (.5 second). Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first number, then ► to move the cursor and repeat for each number. Press SEL to save and exit. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Bklt/LED field to select. Use the drop-down arrow to set Backlight Mode and/or LED Mode to Flash. Click Add Color to add at least one color if LED Mode is set to Flash or Solid. Enter the on time, 10-2500 (.01-2.5 seconds). Default is 500 (.5 second). |
Alarm/Alert Sets an audible alarm that is heard when the object becomes active. Default is Off. Note: Sounds must be On and Alerts must also be set to Audio or Both (in the Global Settings menu). |
Scanner Press
◄ or
► to
preview and select the alarm. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Alert field repeatedly to select. |
Record/Rec/Sets the object for recording. Default is Off. Enable Record in the Global Settings menu must also be set to Enabled. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the Rec box. |
DG Mode/DMode (Motorola/P25/DMR only) Sets the digital mode for the object. Default is Auto. Note: P25/DMR objects allow Digital only. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the DMode field to toggle Auto, Analog, or Digital. See also Voice in Trunking System Options. |
AGC
Useful to compensate for low or high
audio levels on digital objects. Default is On. See
also Site AGC and System
AGC. Note: Global AGC Mode must be set to Normal for this setting to apply. |
Scanner Press SEL/► to check On, or uncheck
Off. Software Click anywhere on the object line to highlight then click the AGC box. |
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Scanner
Press SEL/► to edit. |
Software Trunked Radio Systems tab > Talkgroup Details tab. |
Software Click the drop-down arrow and select a list. |
Software Click the drop-down arrow and select Yes for enabled or No for disabled. |
Remove Channel
(button) (Scanlists Tab) This will remove the object from the scan list. It will not delete the
object as it may still be a member of another scan list. Talkgroup ID objects that have been removed from scan lists will still be shown in the Talkgroup/Radio ID Details tabs with no scan list assigned when Show Unassigned Talkgroups is checked. |
Software Click to select the object then click the Remove Channel button. |
Delete Channel (button) (Scanlists Tab) This will remove the object from all scan lists and trunking systems. |
Software Click to select the object then click the Remove Channel button. |
Copy Programming To/From Scanner | Contents |
Turn off the scanner and plug in the
USB cable to the scanner and a USB port on your computer running the
software. Open the Programming software and click on the 'Scanner/SD Card' menu then 'Copy Configuration To Scanner Memory/SD Card' or 'Copy Configuration From Scanner Memory/SD Card'. Note: When selecting folders to copy, the dialog boxes will be the same for copying to the scanner or copying to the Programming software. Read the warning that states all coping will replace existing data (delete existing folders) and click Yes to continue. Make sure the software has detected the correct drive, (or select the correct one with the drop-down arrow) and click the 'Continue' button. Select the from the following: The CDAT folder is the default V-Scanner programming folder. The CDAT_VS.001 folder is V-Scanner folder #1; CDAT_VS.002 is V-Scanner folder #2 and so on. To copy (or delete), select the box next to each folder. Use the other buttons to help you select/unselect your folders for copying or deleting. Click Copy Folders when ready. Click 'OK' when done then unplug the scanner and turn it on. The copy process may take some time depending on how many folders you are copying. A card reader may be quicker if you are copying a lot of folders. Be sure to remove the batteries first before removing the card to avoid corruption of the card. |
Selecting V-Scanner Folders |
The Scanner/SD Card menu in
the software will allow you to
upload V-Scanner folders to the scanner. The
V-Scanner menu in the scanner will allow you to select
them to use in the scanner. See also Managing V-Scanner Folders to load folders in the software. |
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To
Select V-Scanner Folders with the Scanner,
from the Main Menu press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to 'V-Scanner'
and press SEL/►. The current folder and name
will be displayed. |
Scanning | Contents |
To Start Scanning, from the Main Menu press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to 'Scan'
and press SEL/►. The display will show a scrolling arrow and the scan list(s) names and will scroll the names if more than five scan lists are enabled. Pressing ◄ in Scan mode will take you to the last object received in the Browse Objects menu. |
Turning Scan Sets On/Off |
To Enable/disable a scan set, from the Main
Menu press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to 'Scan Sets'
and press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to each scan set and press SEL to enable (checked) or disable (unchecked). Press ◄ to save and exit. Note: The scan list(s) in the scan set must also be enabled (see below) or you will see the "Nothing to Scan" error. See also Scan Set Mode. |
Turning Scan Lists On/Off |
(WS1088) Enter the scan list number on the keypad to toggle. More (WS1080) From the Main Menu use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Scanlists' and press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to each scan list and press SEL to enable (checked) or disable (unchecked). Press ◄ to save and exit. Note: The scan set the list belongs to must also be enabled (see above) or you will see the "Nothing to Scan" error. See also Scan Set Mode. |
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Skipping Objects |
To Skip
an object press the Skip button. This is not like a
'temporary lockout' that will restore all skipped objects when the
scanner is power cycled. Skip is basically the same as lockout but allows you to 'unskip' all objects with 'Restore Skipped' (below). |
Restore Skipped Objects |
To Restore all skipped objects, from the Main Menu press ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Restore Skipped' and press SEL/►. |
Storing IDs |
To Store an ID
found with a Wildcard ID press Menu when the object is displayed.
Scroll to 'Store Wildcard'
and press SEL/●.
The ID will be assigned to the current scan list (at the end of the list using 'Browse Objects'). |
Storing CTCSS/DCS/NAC Tones/Codes |
To Store an ID
found with a Wildcard ID press Menu when the object is displayed.
Scroll to 'Store Wildcard'
and press SEL. The ID will be
assigned to the current scan list (at the end of the list using 'Browse
Objects'). To Store a CTCSS/DCS/NAC tone/code (if enabled) press Menu when the object is displayed. Scroll to 'Store sq code' and press SEL. |
Using Pause |
Pause
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Monitoring Objects |
To Monitor an
object, from the Main Menu press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to 'Browse
Objects' and press SEL/►. Pressing ◄ or ► will scroll through the scan lists. Pressing ▼ or ▲ will scroll through objects in each scan list. When you have found the object press SEL to monitor. To Monitor the last object received press ◄ in Scan mode then press SEL to monitor. If that object is in multiple lists, the scanner displays the lowest number scan list that the object is in. Press SEL again to continue scanning. If you monitor a Wildcard ID, the scanner will monitor all active IDs in that system. |
Using the Attenuator |
The attenuator reduces the amount of
signal at the receiver input (20 dB?) and may help reduce interference from strong
nearby transmitters. There are two attenuation modes, Normal and Global.
Normal attenuation uses the attenuation settings for each object/system/site/search. Global attenuation forces attenuation for all objects/systems/sites/searches on or off. To Attenuate a Conventional Object press Menu anytime a conventional object is in the display. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Attenuate' and press SEL/►. Press ◄ to return to scanning. To Attenuate any Search press Menu in any search mode. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Attenuate' and press SEL/►. Press ◄ to return to searching. To Toggle Global Attenuation Mode Off press ATT in Scan or Search modes (no G or A in the display). To Toggle Global Attenuation On press ATT in Scan or Search modes (GA in the display). To Toggle Global Attenuation Off press ATT in Scan or Search modes (G in the display). |
Priority Scanning |
Conventional Priority Scanning will give priority to conventional objects that have their priority mode set to 'On'. The scanner will sample the conventional objects for activity periodically while scanning and monitoring other objects. This sampling will cause a brief muting of received audio when it occurs while another object is active. The more conventional objects that are set for priority, the longer this audio muting will be, since it takes a certain amount of time to sample each priority conventional object for activity.
Talk Group Priority Scanning will give
priority to IDs that have their priority mode set to 'On'. On
some trunked systems (e.g. Mot 3600 if the system is programmed for it,
and LTR for some talkgroups), it will look at low-speed data on the
voice frequency checking for any priority Talk Group information. Note: Under some circumstances Priority Mode can interfere with the built in Audio Recorder. To Turn
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Optimizing Scanning Parameters | Contents |
Move your
scanner/antenna to a different location. Sometimes just 12" helps.
Digital is especially fussy. Get a better antenna. The stock rubber duck is just average quality. |
Conventional Scanning |
Setting the squelch properly is the easiest and quickest way to receive channels better. |
Analog/Digital Trunking |
The one thing that frustrated me
most with the default settings is the constant blinking of an ID in the
display while the scanner was trying to lock on to it. Here's what I did. Move your scanner/antenna to a different location. Sometimes just turning it helps. You want that ![]() For Motorola systems/sites, only enter the known control channels/alternate control channels to speed up scanning. You don't need to program the voice channels. There also are articles on Simulcast Digital Distortion and Object Oriented Scanners Overload Issues at Radio Reference. Turning the squelch down a little will help pull in fringe sites especially for P25 decoding. It will scan multiple sites slower but gives the scanner time to lock onto the control channels. Turning the squelch up a little will find the stronger sites faster and therefore move to the next site/system quicker. If you are having trouble with garbled digital transmissions, try turning AGC on or off for the system or conventional frequency (Global AGC would be an easy way to check this).
For Multi-site systems,
program each site into its own scan list first to see how well the site
receives in different locations or conditions. This way you can see
which sites are receivable by monitoring one scan list at a time and
looking for that little
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Recording/Replaying Transmissions | Contents |
The scanner will record transmissions on selected objects to the microSD card using the .AU audio file format. A 4GB microSD card has room for over 100 hours of recording time and thousands of recorded transmissions. You can record transmissions on talkgroups or channels and/or (all) searches for new frequencies automatically storing audio with the frequency information for all transmissions found. You may wish to record audio for all of your programmed objects, which provides the ability to instantly replay any transmission that the radio receives in cases where the traffic may be difficult to copy. The Playback menu will place you at the last audio file that was recorded by the radio. Audio recording is not enabled by default for objects. Make sure that the Enable Record option in the Global Settings menu is checked, enable recording for any objects that you wish to record, and/or enable Search Record. When recording is enabled, you will see the ● icon flash in the display when recording audio. When the microSD card is almost full, the ![]() Delete or archive old audio files to make room for new recordings. Note: If you want accurate date and time information be sure to set the clock. |
To Pause a Playback
press
![]() ![]() To Skip to the Next Playback press Skip. To Stop all Playbacks press Menu. |
Delete Earlier deletes recorded audio files prior to the selected audio file. Use ▼ or ▲ and scroll to 'Delete Earlier' and press SEL/►.Delete Later deletes the selected audio file and all recorded audio files after the selected file. Use ▼ or ▲ and scroll to 'Delete Later' and press SEL/►. To Delete All Recordings use ▼ or ▲ and scroll to 'Delete All' and press SEL/►. |
To Download All Recordings
from the microSD card
click the 'Get List' button. To Play Recordings click to select (or shift-click or control-click to select multiple files) and click the ![]() |
To Pause All Recordings
click the
![]() To Stop All Recordings click the ![]() Previous ![]() If playback has passed the 1 second mark, or this is the first file in the playback list, this button will rewind back to the beginning of the current file. Backward ![]() Forward ![]() Next ![]() |
To Copy All Files to your Computer
click the 'Copy' button. The files
will be copied to the 'WS 1080/88 Digital\Audio' folder located in your 'My
Documents' (or 'Documents' in Win7) folder on your computer. Audio files will be separated into sub-folders by Trunked system alpha tags (or wildcard IDs) and conventional channel alpha tags and then named by date and time stamps. To Move All Files to your Computer click the 'Move' button. This will do the same thing as 'Copy' but will delete the files from the microSD card. To Delete Files from the MicroSD Card click to select (or shift-click or control-click to select multiple files) and click the 'Delete' button. The 'Read Disk' button will allow you to navigate to and load files from any (one) folder on your computer into the software for playback. |
Searching |
The scanner's Service search allows you to search commonly used public safety
frequencies, civilian and military air
frequencies, and amateur radio frequencies. Zeromatic tuning is a feature that
enhances the scanner's ability to lock on to the actual center frequency
of a search hit instead of an adjacent frequency. See also
Flexstep and BandPlan
settings for step size
defaults. To Start a Public Safety, Air, or Ham Search from the Main Menu press ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Search' and press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Service Search' and press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Public Safety', 'Aircraft' or 'Amateur' and press SEL/►. To Change direction or resume searching press ◄ or ►. To Pause on a frequency press ![]() ![]() To Store a frequency (to the Default Scan List) press Menu when the frequency is displayed. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Store Channel'. To Lockout a frequency press Skip. To Unlock a frequency see Unlocking Search Frequencies. To Select Groups, toggle Attenuation, Zeromatic Tuning, Rx Mode (Air/Amateur only), or Delay press Menu. |
Use
▼
or
▲
to scroll each option and
press SEL/► to enable (check) or disable
(uncheck). Press ◄ to resume. |
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To Exit searching press Menu twice. |
Public Safety, Air, and Ham Search Group Charts (*=Canada Bandplan) |
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The CB,
Marine, and FRS/GMRS/MURS bands are actually frequencies
pre-programmed into special channels. You are not
searching from a lower frequency to a higher frequency. |
To Start a Marine, CB, Rail, or FRS/GRMS/MURS Search
from the Main Menu press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to 'Search'
and press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Service Search' and press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Marine', 'CB', 'Rail', or 'FRS/GMRS/MURS' and press SEL/►. To Change direction or resume searching press ◄ or ►. To Pause on a channel press ![]() ![]() To Store a channel (to the Default Scan List) press Menu when the channel is displayed. To Lockout a channel press Skip. To Unlock a channel press Menu. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to the channel and press SEL/► to unlock (unchecked). To Toggle Attenuation, Delay, or Channel L/O press Menu. |
Use
▼
or
▲
to scroll each option and
press SEL/► to enable (check) or disable
(uncheck). Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to each selection and press SEL/► to enable (checked) or disable (unchecked). Press ◄ to resume. |
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To Exit searching press Menu twice. |
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Limit Search | Contents |
The scanner's Limit search allows you to program and search a range of upper and lower frequencies. See also Flexstep and BandPlan settings for step size defaults. |
To Start a Limit Search
from the Main Menu press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to 'Search'
and press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Limit Search' and press SEL/►. To Change the lower and upper frequencies press Menu. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Lo:' and press SEL/► to edit. Press ▼ or ▲ to select the first digit, then ► to move the cursor and select the next digit and repeat to set. Press SEL to save and exit. Press ▼ to scroll to 'Hi:' and repeat to edit. Press SEL to save and exit. To Change direction or resume searching press ◄ or ►. To Pause on a frequency press ![]() ![]() To Store a frequency (to the Default Scan List) press Menu when the frequency is displayed. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Store Channel'. To Lockout a frequency press Skip. To Unlock a frequency see Unlocking Search Frequencies. To Toggle Attenuation, Zeromatic Tuning, or Delay press Menu. |
Use
▼
or
▲
to scroll each option and
press SEL/► to enable (check) or disable
(uncheck). Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to each selection and press SEL/► to enable (checked) or disable (unchecked). Press ◄ to resume. |
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To Exit searching press Menu twice. |
Spectrum Sweeper Search | Contents |
Your scanner's
Spectrum Sweeper feature provides a powerful new tool for
you to rapidly detect, monitor, and store frequencies
from nearby radio transmissions. You can scan all of the bands
the scanner receives or just public safety bands. Spectrum Sweeper is more sensitive than portable
frequency counters and will detect transmissions at a
greater distance. Spectrum Sweeper functions by rapidly
searching through the RF spectrum in 1 MHz segments. If RF signal energy
is detected in a 1 MHz segment, the scanner will search through the 1MHz segment in
finer steps until the source of the signal is found. Spectrum Sweeper
allows you to search the entire range of your scanner's design
frequencies, or you can specify just those frequency ranges that you
wish to search. See also
Flexstep and BandPlan settings for step size
defaults. Special Spectrum Sweeper If a 1 MHz sweep indicates that activity is present, Special Spectrum Sweeper searches the whole 1 MHz range to find the source. If you lockout 5 frequencies within a 1 MHz segment, the scanner will skip that entire segment in subsequent searches. |
To Start a
Spectrum Sweeper Search
from the Main Menu press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to 'Search'
and press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Spectrum Sweepr' and press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'All Bands', or 'Public Safety' and press SEL/►. To Change direction or resume searching press ◄ or ►. To Pause on a frequency press ![]() ![]() To Store a frequency (to the Default Scan List) press Menu when the frequency is displayed. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Store Channel'. To Lockout a frequency press Skip. To Unlock a frequency see Unlocking Search Frequencies. To Select Bands, toggle Special Mode, Attenuation, Zeromatic Tuning, or Delay press Menu. |
Use
▼
or
▲
to scroll each option and
press SEL/► to enable (check) or disable
(uncheck). Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to each selection and press SEL/► to enable (checked) or disable (unchecked). Press ◄ to resume. |
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To Exit searching press Menu twice. | |
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Zeromatic tuning is a feature that
enhances the scanner's ability to lock on to the actual center frequency
of a search hit instead of an adjacent frequency. This option is available for all Limit, Service, and Stalker/Sweeper search objects and dedicated searches except CB, Marine, and F/G/MURS. To Toggle Zeromatic Tuning, from each search menu use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Zeromatic' and press SEL/► to enable (check) or disable (uncheck). |
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Unlocking Search Frequencies |
To Unlock a frequency,
from the Main Menu press
▼ or
▲ to scroll to 'Search'
and press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to 'Lockouts' and press SEL/►. Use ▼ or ▲ to scroll to each frequency and press SEL/► to check. Press ◄ to save and exit. |
Weather Settings | Contents |
You can monitor NOAA weather radio broadcasts, you can use the weather priority feature while scanning to alert you to severe weather broadcasts as they occur, or you can use the SAME alert mode where the scanner monitors specific geographic area(s) and/or weather events. |
Weather Radio |
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To Hear your local weather channel press
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Skywarn List |
The Skywarn List is a list that can be scanned
independently from the regular 200 lists. It scans the objects in that
list only and no other lists. It is provided to program Skywarn or other
related weather frequencies for quick access but can be programmed as a
quick list for any type of frequencies. The Skywarn List is scan list #201 when
selecting lists in the menus. Objects in the Skywarn list
can also be assigned to one or more of the main 200 lists. To Scan the Skywarn List press ![]() ![]() |
SAME Standby Mode |
The first few lines will show: Back Save Changes |
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Scanner Weather Menu... |
SAME # Tag | SAME # FIPS |
To Program Weather Settings in the Software select the Weather tab. |
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Software Weather Tab... |
Weather Channels | Alert Timers | SAME Code Information | |||
Attenuation | Alert Tone Timeout | Alpha Tag | |||
Priority | Audio Monitor Duration | FIPS | |||
Weather Priority | Event | ||||
Check Interval | Enable | ||||
L/O | |||||
Alert Type |
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Scanner
To Turn On Weather Priority press
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Software
To Turn Weather Priority On or Off select the
Weather tab in the software. Click to select/deselect the
priority checkbox for the channel you want to use for priority. |
Alert Tone Timeout will sound the alert for the number of seconds selected. If set to 0 the scanner will wait for a key press to silence. |
Audio Monitor Duration time is how long the scanner will monitor the weather channel after the alert tone has timed out. |
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Scanner Use
▼ or
▲ to
scroll to 'SAME # Tag' and press SEL/► to
tag the location. |
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Software
To Turn Weather Priority On or Off select the
Weather tab in the software. Click to select/deselect the
priority checkbox for the channel you want to use for priority. |
SAME # FIPS/FIPS The NWS has divided the United
States into regions by state and county (or parish, where applicable) then
assigned a 6-digit FIPS code to identify each county or parish. For
example, the code for Tarrant County, Texas, is 048439. The first digit in
a FIPS code identifies the county subdivision, the next two digits
identify the state, and the last three digits identify the county or
parish. Most FIPS codes begin with 0, which means the code represents an
entire county. The NWS, however, plans to eventually subdivide some large
counties. When that happens, each subdivision will be assigned a digit
from 1-9, resulting in codes such as 148439, 248439, and so on. |
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Scanner
Use
▼ or
▲ to
scroll to 'SAME # FIP' and press SEL/►. |
Event click to select the Event field and select the event type from the drop-down list. |
SAME # Enable/Enable Enables each of 10 different SAME codes in SAME Standby Mode. |
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Scanner
Use
▼ or
▲ to
scroll to 'SAME # Enable' and press SEL/► to
enable or disable. |
Alert Type click to select the Alert Type field and select each alert type. |
Charging the Batteries |
To charge the batteries connect the
supplied USB cable to the scanner (powered off only - will not
charge with scanner on) and any USB port.
You will see the battery icon display empty to full until charging is
done then
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Default Band Coverage (*=Canada Bandplan) | Contents |
Frequency Range | *Default Step (kHz) | Mode | Band | Frequency Range | *Default Step (kHz) | Mode | Band |
25-26.960 | 10 | AM | VHF Lo Band | 156.18-156.2475 | 7.5 (*5) | FM | |
26.965-27.405 | 10 | AM | CB | 156.25-156.255 | 5 | FM | |
27.410-29.505 | 5 | AM | VHF Lo | 156.275-157.45 | 25 | FM | |
29.510-29.700 | 5 | FM | 10m Ham | 157.470-160.8225 | 7.5 | FM | Police-Business-Rail |
29.710-49.830 | 10 | FM | VHF Lo Band | 160.825 | FM | ||
49.835-54 | 5 | FM | 6m Ham | 160.830-161.5725 | 7.5 | FM | Police-Business-Rail |
108-136.9916 | 8.33 | AM | Civilian Air | 161.600-161.975 | 5 | FM | Remote Broadcast-Maritime |
137-137.995 | 5 | FM | Satellite | 162-174 | 12.5 (*5) | FM | Government Band |
138-143.9875 | 12.5 | FM | Government | 216.0025-219.9975 | 5 | FM | Maritime |
138-143.995 | *5 | FM | Government | 220-224.995 | 5 | FM | 1.25m Ham-General Trunked |
144-147.995 | 5 | FM | 2m Ham | 225-379.99375 | 25 | AM | Military Air |
148-150.7875 | 12.5 | FM | Government-Satellite | 380-419.9875 | 12.5 | FM | Military Trunked |
148-150.795 | *5 | FM | Government-Satellite | 420-450 | 5 (*12.5) | FM | 70cm Ham |
150.800-150.845 | 5 | FM | Auto Emergency | 450.00625-512 | 6.25 | FM | Public Safety-Business |
150.8525-154.4975 | 7.5 | FM | Fire-Business | 450.0125-469.9875 | *12.5 | FM | Public Safety-Business |
150.850-154.495 | *5 | FM | Fire-Business | 470-512 | 6.25 | FM | UHF TV |
154.515-154.640 | 5 | FM | Industry | 764-781.996875 | 3.125 | FM | Trunked Public Safety |
154.500-154.640 | *5 | FM | Industry | 791-796.996875 | 3.125 | FM | Trunked Public Safety |
154.650-156.045 | 7.5 | FM | Police | 806-823.9875 | 12.5 | FM | Mobile Trunked Public Safety |
154.645-156.045 | *5 | FM | Police | 849-868.9875 | 12.5 | FM | Base Trunked Public Safety |
156.05 | FM | 894-939.9875 | 12.5 | FM | 33cm Ham-Business Trunked | ||
156.0525-156.1725 | 7.5 (*5) | FM | Maritime | 940-960 | 6.25 | FM | Government-Broadcast |
157.175 | FM | 1240-1300 | 6.25 | FM | 23cm Ham-Government |
This is what I got with FlexStep 'Off', BandPlan set to
'USA' then 'Canada'. |
LED Flash Programming | Contents |
Each Object uses a 32 step Flash Pattern. Each step in the 32 step flash pattern defines whether the backlight/LED is on or off for the durations specified in the On Time and Off Time settings below. The pattern consists of eight blocks with four steps for each block. There are 16 possible flash patterns for each of the 8 blocks.
To
Set the
Flash
Pattern in the Scanner, each of the possible 16 patterns within a four step block
is defined using the characters 0-9 and A-F. |
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Example, the default pattern:55555555, On Time: 50, Off Time: 50 |
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The backlight (or Alert LED) will flash on and off at a rate of one flash per second, with each flash lasting half a second. |
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To Set the Flash Pattern in the Software,
each of the 16 possible patterns within a four step block is defined
using checked boxes. You can also 'save' and 'load' presets. |
Firmware/CPU/DSP/Library/Software Version |
To view the DSP (Digital Signal
Processor), CPU, and Library version in the scanner power on the scanner
and press Menu when the welcome screen appears. |
Reformatting the SD Card | Contents |
The microSD card comes formatted for
the standard FAT file system with a cluster size of 32kB (Note that
this is not the same as the 'FAT32' file system). The scanner will work
best if the supplied 2GB microSD card is formatted for the standard FAT
file system with a cluster size of 32kB.
Formatting the microSD card for other file system types may cause the
scanner to malfunction. When using other microSD cards the following formatting guidelines should be used: Any card with 2GB or less capacity must be formatted using the FAT file system with a cluster size of 32kB. Any card with greater than 2GB must be formatted using the FAT32 file system with a cluster size of 32kB. Open the Programming software and click on the 'Scanner/SD Card' menu then 'Prepare Scanner Memory/SD Card for use'. Make sure the software has detected the correct drive to format (or select the correct one with the drop-down arrow) and click the 'Format' button. You also need to check 'Copy Library files to SD card after format' or the scanner will not power on correctly. If you have a configuration (V-Scanner folder) in the software you can copy to the scanner, also check 'Copy current configuration data to SD card after format'. Note: Do not uncheck the 'Quick Format' box. |
Pre-set Fleet Maps | Contents |
In
Motorola II systems (no programming the fleet map
required), all the blocks have size code, S0, which has a
size limitation of 512 radios. In Type I systems,
size codes are used in different blocks to denote the
maximum number of users in that block. Notice that size
code S-12 uses 2 blocks. A Motorola Hybrid system (Type
IIi) has 'blocks' of the system that are Type I
Fleets/Subfleets and Type II talkgroups. The maps that are Hybrid systems are in bold. |
E1P1 | E1P2 | E1P3 | E1P4 | E1P5 | E1P6 | E1P7 | E1P8 | ||||||||
Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code |
0 | S-11 | 0 | S-4 | 0 | S-4 | 0 | S-12 | 0 | S-4 | 0 | S-3 | 0 | S-10 | 0 | S-1 |
1 | S-11 | 1 | S-4 | 1 | S-4 | 1 | (S-12) | 1 | S-4 | 1 | S-4 | 1 | S-10 | 1 | S-1 |
2 | S-11 | 2 | S-4 | 2 | S-4 | 2 | S-4 | 2 | S-12 | 2 | S-4 | 2 | S-11 | 2 | S-2 |
3 | S-11 | 3 | S-4 | 3 | S-4 | 3 | S-4 | 3 | (S-12) | 3 | S-4 | 3 | S-4 | 3 | S-2 |
4 | S-11 | 4 | S-4 | 4 | S-4 | 4 | S-4 | 4 | S-4 | 4 | S-12 | 4 | S-4 | 4 | S-3 |
5 | S-11 | 5 | S-4 | 5 | S-4 | 5 | S-4 | 5 | S-4 | 5 | (S-12) | 5 | S-4 | 5 | S-3 |
6 | S-11 | 6 | S-4 | 6 | S-12 | 6 | S-4 | 6 | S-4 | 6 | S-12 | 6 | S-4 | 6 | S-4 |
7 | S-11 | 7 | S-4 | 7 | (S-12) | 7 | S-4 | 7 | S-4 | 7 | (S-12) | 7 | S-4 | 7 | S-4 |
E1P9 | E1P10 | E1P11 | E1P12 | E1P13 | E1P14 | E1P15 | E1P16 | ||||||||
Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code | Block | Size Code |
0 | S-4 | 0 | S-0 | 0 | S-4 | 0 | S-0 | 0 | S-3 | 0 | S-4 | 0 | S-4 | 0 | S-3 |
1 | S-4 | 1 | S-0 | 1 | S-0 | 1 | S-0 | 1 | S-3 | 1 | S-3 | 1 | S-4 | 1 | S-10 |
2 | S-0 | 2 | S-0 | 2 | S-0 | 2 | S-0 | 2 | S-11 | 2 | S-10 | 2 | S-4 | 2 | S-10 |
3 | S-0 | 3 | S-0 | 3 | S-0 | 3 | S-0 | 3 | S-4 | 3 | S-4 | 3 | S-11 | 3 | S-11 |
4 | S-0 | 4 | S-0 | 4 | S-0 | 4 | S-0 | 4 | S-4 | 4 | S-4 | 4 | S-11 | 4 | S-0 |
5 | S-0 | 5 | S-0 | 5 | S-0 | 5 | S-0 | 5 | S-0 | 5 | S-4 | 5 | S-0 | 5 | S-0 |
6 | S-0 | 6 | S-4 | 6 | S-0 | 6 | S-0 | 6 | S-0 | 6 | S-12 | 6 | S-12 | 6 | S-12 |
7 | S-0 | 7 | S-4 | 7 | S-0 | 7 | S-4 | 7 | S-0 | 7 | (S-12) | 7 | (S-12) | 7 | (S-12) |
You can tell which block a Motorola ID is
in by its number.
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Thanks to Radio Reference.com for most of this information. |
Motorola Type II Special Status Bits | Contents |
Motorola Type II Smartnet systems use these status bits for
special transmissions such as emergency, patches, DES/DVP
scrambled transmissions, and multiselects. Motorola
trunking radios directly interpret them for their special
functions, thus no difference is noticed by the person
with the radio. The scanner however interprets these
special talk group status bits as different talk groups
entirely. Below is the conversion chart for these special
status bits. |
TT ID + # Usage | TT ID + # Usage |
ID+0 Normal Talk group | ID+8 DES/DVP Encryption talk group |
ID+1 All Talk group | ID+9 DES All Talk group |
ID+2 Emergency | ID+10 DES Emergency |
ID+3 Talk group patch to another | ID+11 DES Talk group patch |
ID+4 Emergency Patch | ID+12 DES Emergency Patch |
ID+5 Emergency multi-group | ID+13 DES Emergency multi-group |
ID+6 ? | ID+14 ? |
ID+7
Multi-select (initiated by dispatcher) |
ID+15 Multi-select DES TG |
Therefore, if a user was transmitting a multi-select call on talk group 1808, the scanner would actually receive those transmissions on 1815. Some common uses of these status bits are as follows: |
- | When a user hits their emergency button, all conversations on the talk group revert to the emergency status talk group (ID+2) until the dispatch clears the emergency status. Therefore, if someone hit their emergency button and their radio was on talk group 16, all communications would switch to talk group 18. |
- | A lot of
Fire and EMS departments dispatch tone-outs and alarms as
Multi-select communications (ID+7). Therefore, if your
fire department dispatch talk group is 1616, and they do
dispatch tone-outs and alarms as Multi-selects, then
those communications will be on talk group 1623. |
Thanks to the Radio Reference.com for this information. |
SAME Event Codes | Contents |
Standard |
Event Code |
Warning |
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Watch |
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Advisory |
ADR |
Administrative Message |
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X |
Admin Message |
AVA |
Avalanche Watch |
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X |
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Avalanche |
AVW |
Avalanche Warning |
X |
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Avalanche |
BHW |
Biological Hazard Warning |
X |
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Biological |
BWW |
Boil Water Warning |
X |
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Boil Water |
BZW |
Blizzard Warning |
X |
X |
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Blizzard |
CAE |
Child Abduction Emergency |
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X |
Child Emergency |
CDW |
Civil Danger Warning |
X |
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Civil Danger |
CEM |
Civil Emergency Message |
X |
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Civil EMG |
CFA |
Coastal Flood Watch |
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X |
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Coastal Flood |
CFW |
Coastal Flood Warning |
X |
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Coastal Flood |
CHW |
Chemical Hazard Warning |
X |
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Chemical |
CWW |
Contaminated Water Warning |
X |
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Contam. Water |
DBA |
Dam Watch |
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X |
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Dam Break |
DBW |
Dam Break Warning |
X |
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Dam Break |
DEW |
Contagious Disease Warning |
X |
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Contagious |
DMO |
Practice/Demo |
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X |
System Demo |
DSW |
Dust Storm Warning |
X |
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Dust Storm |
EAN |
Emergency Action Notification |
X |
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EMG Notify |
EAT |