RonnieUSA
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Can a taped scanner stream a feed?
If so, what software would work?
If so, what software would work?
Taped Scanner
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DickH
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Do you mean TA P P ED? as in discriminator TAP?
Also, you never answered about the missing freqs.
RonnieUSA
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Yes a taped scanner.
He never brought it with him, our sister passed away on the 9th of last month, and he forgot it.
DickH
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Taped means it has tape on it or around it. Tapped means it has a discriminator tap.
Which is it? Check your spelling.
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Taped or Tapped, it won't really matter, the scanner should be able to host a feed. Generally the audio is sent from either the line-out jack on the scanner (if one exists) or the headphone jack. The other end of the cable plugs into the feed computer's line-in jack (or mic jack if necessary). The best place to start for the details is the "Becoming a Feed Provider" article in the RR WIKI --> Becoming a Feed Provider - The RadioReference Wiki <<- No discriminator tap is necessary to host a feed using this method.
Now if you're attempting to feed something that a normal scanner won't decode (MotoTRBO for example), you can use a tapped scanner to feed DSD to decode the stream and in turn take the audio from the DSD computer and feed that into the feed computer's line-in jack.
Now if you're attempting to feed something that a normal scanner won't decode (MotoTRBO for example), you can use a tapped scanner to feed DSD to decode the stream and in turn take the audio from the DSD computer and feed that into the feed computer's line-in jack.
RonnieUSA
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Yes a Tapped scanner, with the computer running DSD for a NXDN9600 system.
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Probably none (besides the DSD stuff needed to decode the transmissions and the standard software to host a feed as stated in the WIKI article I posted earlier). If separate computers are used (or your drivers don't give the option to feed one sound card's input with the output of another), simply use a standard 1/8" stereo patch cord to go from the DSD sound card's output to the feed sound card's input. If noise (hum for example) is an issue, you may need a ground isolator.
This really isn't much different than a standard scanner to computer feed setup. You only have a second computer setup (regardless if it's one or two computers, it's really the same setup) in between the standard scanner and feed computer to do the DSD decoding. Just think of the scanner & DSD setup as the "scanner" and the feed setup as just that, the feed setup. Get the scanner & DSD working as you want and document those settings. Next get the scanner and feed software setup as you want and document those settings. Finally feed the scanner through DSD and get it working through the feed software. Changes should be minimal since the scanner/DSD setup works and the scanner/feed setup works. Probably just a swap of the plug and some minor level adjustments.
Good Luck!
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