PRO-95 Program Software

[Shadow5]

I have purchased the cable and software from Radio Shack for the Pro-95. It clearly states that it is for the Pro-95 but I cant get it to communicate with the scanner. I have been told there is an update that is needed. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks!

 

[TES]

You might want to try the FREE software from the acknowledged
GRE-made scanner expert Don Starr: Win95

Sure hope you didn't waste any time or money with the Jim Springer ScanCat garbage.

 

[RadioMarkW]

Diddo on Win95!!!!!

 

[RadioMarkW]

Oh, yes a cable update should be on the Shack's site under support for their stuff. Also be sure you have the right com port for your scanner cable. The number will be listed under your usb ports in your hardware details.

 

[ka3jjz]

You can find the correct SKU numbers for the RS cable (and the GRE is equivalent AFAIK) here...

Connecting scanners via USB - The RadioReference Wiki

Just look for the blue text - they're links best regards..Mike

 

[ka3jjz]

While you can't use our database directly to load frequencies and other information using Win95, you can use an intermediary process with Excel (haven't tried it with Open Office but it ought to be similar) that we have documented here...

Excel Copy/Paste Special to Software - The RadioReference Wiki

best regards..Mike

 

[gmclam]

PRO-95, WIN95, USB cable

I have purchased the cable and software from Radio Shack for the Pro-95. It clearly states that it is for the Pro-95 but I cant get it to communicate with the scanner. I have been told there is an update that is needed. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks!

Welcome to RadioReference.com!!! I suspect you have the USB cable. Just make sure the correct driver for the cable and your operating system is loaded. For example, use the Windows7 driver with W7, not the XP driver.

If the cable driver is installed; plug the cable into the computer and not the scanner. Go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device manager -> Ports and you should see it listed. That's where you'll learn what COM port has been assigned to the cable. Open up WIN95 and select the same port.

Power the scanner. Plug in the cable to the PC/IF jack. You should see a "CLONE MODE" message on the scanner display. Ignore what the scanner is telling you to do. Use the commands in WIN95 to upload and download with the scanner.

 

[orms]

I have been using the Win95 program to load my pro95 scanner for a while now. I recently bought a pro 84 scanner to take to the upcoming Nascar races. I was wondering if I can use the Win95 program to program this scanner also? If not is there any other good and free programs like win 95?

 

[ka3jjz]

No you can't use Win95 on a PRO-84...however...

According to our criss cross on the wiki...

Popular Software for Radio Shack Scanners - The RadioReference Wiki

There's a free Load83 program available on the PRO-84 Yahoo group (evidently software that works on the PRO-83 also works on the 84). But perhaps even better is PRO-83 Manager - which, if you have a premium subscription, will allow you to download data from our database. Unfortunately the link for that software is either down or changed.

A well structured Google search should turn it up Mike

 

[ka3jjz]

Here we go - and I *think* the author is a RR member

Pro-83 Manager

Mike

 

[cliftonlbaker]

hey I have a pro-95 scanner and it clearly states that it is for the Pro-95 but I cant get it to communicate with the scanner. I have a windows 7, can anyone help me

 

[gmclam]

WIN95 & PRO-95

You need to plug the USB cable into your computer, then go to Device Manager and see what COM port it was assigned. Then go into WIN95 and select that COM port.

 

[cliftonlbaker]

what's win95??

 

[ka3jjz]

Here's the link for the Win95 software

PRO-95 Software - Win95 - Data Management for the RadioShack PRO-95 Trunking Scanner

and please, learn how to use Google properly....Mike

 

[cliftonlbaker]

thanks, I'm kinda new to programming scanners

 

[doogie63]

I'm trying to get win95 to program my PRO-95. I installed drivers for win7 and I see in device manager its on COM 5. I conf win95 for COM 5.

I have tried to upload and it looks like its uploading to scanner but then nothing there.
I then found someone .p95 file in case the one I created was wrong (never done this before) upload it but still does not show up on scanner.

If I try to download from scanner I get error, but upload seem to be writing but like I said nothing there from new p95 file.

What could I be doing wrong? Thanks

 

[doogie63]

the cable I bought I read in forum someone bought this one and it work. so this is the cable I bought.
Amazon.com: USB Programming Cable For Yaesu Vertex VX-1R 2R 3R 5R 150 180 210 210A FT-40R 50R 60R Two Way Radio: Computers & Accessories

 

[gmclam]

You do need the correct cable made for a GRE scanner. There are now at least 3 that will work (2 are USB type and one is COM port type). Secondly, if you use a USB type cable you must have the correct software driver installed for that cable and your O/S.

Note that the PRO-95 does NOT use the "pigtail" that comes with the GRE cables.

 

[doogie63]

Device manager show up as

Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port(COM5)
with no errors

Driver Detail says:

Driver Provider: Prolific
Driver Date: 10/17/2013
Driver Version: 3.4.62.293



I have no "pigtail"

 

[doogie63]

Does anyone have link to drivers I should be using? I have tried a couple of driver from different places but non seem to wok.

Thanks