programming with arc 160 for pro 162

[Kiteman]

Hello,

I had radio shack program my pro 162 with scan lite. They programmed a couple of banks with sacramento and yolo county CA). Since then, I have bought arc 160, the cable and think I have download the drivers correctly. I think I have downloaded the stuff i want for a trunked system into the arc, it shows the transfer going over to the scanner. I have turned off all the banks with the exception of bank 0, but the scanner is still scanning all the stuff in bank 0 that radio shack put in. So, my question is will the arc leave the other stuff in the bank, do I have to clear the bank on the scanner prior to putting the stuff from the arc program on, or are my drivers not installed properly? Any help would be greatly appreciated....

[NWtoSFO]

Hey, Kiteman. I've had my 162 for a few months now and love it. I tried the ARC-160 and didn't like some of the features, so I never registered it. I've ended up programming the scanner by hand, which took some time, but I've learned a lot. It was recommended to me to put Sac County in one bank (fire, sheriff, ect), but I broke it up (fire in one bank and LE in another) the way you are attempting. A couple of questions; is the trunked bank you are mentioning (0) running in closed mode? After you uploaded from the software, does the scanner have a bunch of the unwanted talkgroups still there in bank #0? It's a place to begin, anyway.

Matthew

[DickH]

[QUOTE=Kiteman;1017875]Hello,
... do I have to clear the bank on the scanner prior to putting the stuff from the arc program ... QUOTE]

No, it will overwrite what's in the bank.
When you get the "Upload to scanner" window are all the banks you want checked? are Frequencies checked? etc.?

[DickH]

Check your Private Messages.

[Kiteman]

Thanks Mathew. I don't even know what closed mode is, but am working on it ( :

[Kiteman]

The closed mode (or open in this case) was the problem. Thanks Mathew...