Question about Ohio Marc IP systems and Sentinel

rbryant76 · Jul 26, 2016

Getting familiar with Sentinel.

So I am in Hamilton County, Ohio. If I want to listen to say Delhi PD. I believe I need to go to Ohio --> Hamilton ---> County Systems --> Hamilton County Public Safety --> Suburban Police West Sector and then select Delhi PD (TG 183)

Appears to be quite simple, however i also notice Delhi PD is also under Ohio --> Hamilton --> Statewide -->Ohio Marcs-IP --> Hamilton County Law Enforcement --> Delhi Township Police (TGID 21201)

When I add the Marcs IP Delhi PD as a favorite, it wants to add the entire site list for Ohio..which doesn't make sense to scan all of those..maybe this is a bug? I know I can manually delete the 160 or so other site IDs..

Im still new to the talk groups, etc but it kind of makes sense...I don't know why Delhi Police has two talk groups though...is it because they are different systems, or maybe transitioning?

I just got the scanner last night..and its my first one.. I am able to get some dept..but haven't gotten a hit on the local PD/FD yet (not home at the moment).

Im sure i'll get the hang of it..but I need to make sure I'm adding the complete systems, etc.

davidjacobs2012 · Jul 26, 2016

That's a good question. First off, the first TG is the original system. The second TG is what Hamilton County and Cincinnati are switching to. The MARCS-IP channels are not active yet for Cincinnati and Hamilton County. I don't know when they will switch.

phask · Jul 26, 2016

All Cincinnati Police districts, Norwood PD, UCPD, Xavier PD have switched to MARCS-IP. Cincinnati Fire is scheduled to switch tomorrow and Hamilton County departments Wednesday and Thursday.

http://forums.radioreference.com/oh...ite-talkgroup-discussion-182.html#post2615218

davidjacobs2012 · Jul 26, 2016

phask said:
All Cincinnati Police districts, Norwood PD, UCPD, Xavier PD have switched to MARCS-IP. Cincinnati Fire is scheduled to switch tomorrow and Hamilton County departments Wednesday and Thursday.

http://forums.radioreference.com/oh...ite-talkgroup-discussion-182.html#post2615218

Would you happen to know the TGIDs for norwood, ucpd, Xavier PD?

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phask · Jul 26, 2016

I think they are in the DB

Ohio MARCS-IP: Multi-Agency Radio Communications (P25) Trunking System, Various, Ohio - Scanner Frequencies

rbryant76 · Jul 26, 2016

Anyone else experience issues with the software where it wants to add all sites vs just one?

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davidjacobs2012 · Jul 26, 2016

rbryant76 said:
Anyone else experience issues with the software where it wants to add all sites vs just one?

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There's no way around that (at least that I know of). You just have to delete all the ones you don't want

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rbryant76 · Jul 26, 2016

Well that's fine by me Not an issue.

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mdulrich · Jul 26, 2016

davidjacobs2012 said:
There's no way around that (at least that I know of). You just have to delete all the ones you don't want

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Instead of deleting the ones you don't want, you can avoid them. That way they will still be there and can be easily re-enabled should your needs change or you travel around the area.

Mike

phask · Jul 26, 2016

You can mark and delete or avoid them in "mass" as well.

I do it both ways - some favorite lists have 3 sites and 2 avoided - others have all (and location enabled), some have all and all avoided but 1.

ofd8001 · Jul 26, 2016

There are several ways of accomplishing something with the scanners. If it was me, and travel with the scanner is likely, I'd assign the local site(s) to one quick key and the "distant" sites to another. Turning them back on is a little easier that way.

UPMan · Jul 27, 2016

You don't need to delete or avoid them if you are using location control. Just put in your location. The scanner will only check the sites that meet the location/range criteria.

W8RMH · Jul 27, 2016

Is the Sentinel database going to be updated this week? The Hamilton County info was just submitted to RR since the last update (7/17) and they are switching now. Can't update my HP-2 to scan them.

phask · Jul 27, 2016

W8RMH said:
Is the Sentinel database going to be updated this week? The Hamilton County info was just submitted to RR since the last update (7/17) and they are switching now. Can't update my HP-2 to scan them.

Mine's a 7/24 update - did not check to see if Hamilton updates are in it.

W8RMH · Jul 27, 2016

It tells me my 7/17 is the latest update. Is this a SD error or something. Should I Clear User Data and reload, I'm lost here, this never happened before.

phask · Jul 27, 2016

UPMan said:
You don't need to delete or avoid them if you are using location control. Just put in your location. The scanner will only check the sites that meet the location/range criteria.

Issue with that is - in my area it will still load 15-20 sites, yet at most 4-5 are possible to receive. Not to mention the statewide mobile sites that are listed and only used for special events.

W8RMH · Jul 27, 2016

phask said:
Issue with that is - in my area it will still load 15-20 sites, yet at most 4-5 are possible to receive. Not to mention the statewide mobile sites that are listed and only used for special events.

My issue with location scanning as well. It takes 30 seconds to scan the DB MARCS-IP system even with the lowest range setting.

rbryant76 · Jul 27, 2016

My DB is 7/24 now that i look at it....Wonder why yours isn't updating..

W8RMH · Jul 27, 2016

rbryant76 said:
My DB is 7/24 now that i look at it....Wonder why yours isn't updating..

I did a clear user data and that did the trick. It then updated the DB. The new Hamco/Cincy is there, whew....now I can hit the road.

rbryant76 · Jul 27, 2016

You use the Home Patrol software versus the Sentinel version for the 436/536? (You have the orange shield version)?

I have both and both are updating to 7/24

Something has your stuck at that date.

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