CanesFan95
Active Member
So monitoring Capacity Plus systems with DSD+ fast lane side-by-side next to a BCD996P2 with the DMR upgrade activated is concerning. This is with a 2-dongle setup on DSD+ to monitor DMR Capacity Plus trunking on local systems with a good strong signal. I run the scanner with ProScan on just one system and DSD+ on the exact system system at the same time, to compare.
There have been quite a few times where I can see (and hear) talk groups that show up on DSD+, but the scanner never stops to unmute on the talk group. The scanner just keeps scrolling ID SEARCH, even though I'm sitting there watching DSD+ showing activity (and decoding the voice through the computer speakers).
Sometimes the scanner eventually wakes up after you've already missed something, and you'll hear a "10-4", or "copy that" after missing the first transmission.
So why would the BCD996P2 be missing transmissions that DSD+ is showing on the screen? Either I have something programmed wrong in the scanner, or there's a bug. I use ProScan which tells you what frequency the scanner is physically tuned on. The scanner does appear to properly follow the rest channel. But it doesn't always realize when a talk group is active and it just keeps ID SEARCHing.
Same thing happens if you manually hold on a single Capacity Plus talk group. The scanner misses stuff that DSD+ picks up. Why? Its happening on a couple different systems.
There have been quite a few times where I can see (and hear) talk groups that show up on DSD+, but the scanner never stops to unmute on the talk group. The scanner just keeps scrolling ID SEARCH, even though I'm sitting there watching DSD+ showing activity (and decoding the voice through the computer speakers).
Sometimes the scanner eventually wakes up after you've already missed something, and you'll hear a "10-4", or "copy that" after missing the first transmission.
So why would the BCD996P2 be missing transmissions that DSD+ is showing on the screen? Either I have something programmed wrong in the scanner, or there's a bug. I use ProScan which tells you what frequency the scanner is physically tuned on. The scanner does appear to properly follow the rest channel. But it doesn't always realize when a talk group is active and it just keeps ID SEARCHing.
Same thing happens if you manually hold on a single Capacity Plus talk group. The scanner misses stuff that DSD+ picks up. Why? Its happening on a couple different systems.