I have been unable to read my BCD536HP since I upgraded to Windows 10. Has anyone experienced this issue or can guide what I may have done wrong? I have Sentinel and ARCPRO installed and neither will recognize the scanner or mass storage.
Windows 10 issues
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brumey
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I too have Win 10 64bit Pro. New install. Had the HomePatrol Sentinal app on here first, worked great. Recently purchased the 536, that worked first time in mass storage mode. I have not done any serial control yet (Today I will).
Sorry this may not help you but at least we know Win10 works.
Sorry this may not help you but at least we know Win10 works.
nbdyspclk
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Change/check port number
I have now tried reading the micro SD card outside of the BCD536HP and was successful. Used an external reader with the same cable I am using on the scanner. All the information is on the card as long as I read it in the external device. However using the same cable and placing the micro SD card back into the BCD536HP, I am unable to get Sentinel to even show the card. I know I have to be doing something wrong. Anyone have any ideas? Step by step instructions might be helpful as I must be doing something wrong.
I have looked in Windows 10 and cannot find out how to change the port number. Any help in this area would also be helpful. It has to be something simple.
To add - delete the driver as it probably has the wrong one loaded, then plug the scanner in and hope it finds the proper one (mass storage)
There is no port number involved when trying to read the card. When you connect the scanner to the PC, you must select "Mass Storage Mode." If you select Serial mode (or allow the prompt to time out) you will not be able to read the card.
When the scanner is connected to the computer and in "Mass Storage Mode" it acts like a removable drive. You can use your Windows Explorer to "see" that it is there before starting Sentinel. That confirms a "good" connection.
Something I noticed in transitioning to Windows 10: In Windows 8 the scanner showed up as a removable drive with a description. In Windows 10 it's just a drive letter that wasn't there before the connection without a description.
Something I noticed in transitioning to Windows 10: In Windows 8 the scanner showed up as a removable drive with a description. In Windows 10 it's just a drive letter that wasn't there before the connection without a description.
I'm wondering if the serial port timeout (default) is turning out to be a double-edged sword. I've helped a number of people who didn't realize they had to do something when connecting a PC to the scanner. They could not get it to read the card. Missing the Mass Storage action was the reason.
IIRC It would show up as a USB storage device and show up as a drive in explorer.
The same as if there was a card reader attached to the PC.
This is from the Whistler forum but worth a try. It worked for my Whistler 1098.
http://forums.radioreference.com/whistler-scanners/317662-whistler-scanners-windows-10-a.html
On 09/03/15 Uniden released a firmware update for the BCD536Hp to be compatible with Windows 10.
SOURCE? AFAIK - it's always been compatible.
All of my x36 scanners worked fine with Windows 10, from the first betas to today. So I sure would like to know what Uniden released to "be compatible with Windows 10" as well. As far as that goes, Win500, ARC160, Sentinel, and the various GRE/RS/Whistler software for SD-card based scanners worked without issue.
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