SDS100/SDS200: Favorite List Limits

[jblacker]

When I attempt to download to my favorites list, I get a message saying something about it is over the limit of 256 for downloading. How do I fix this? Can I make a second favorites list, or is there a way to break up the list? I don't want to get somewhere I find that what I want to listen to hasn't been downloaded so I can't hear it. Would a larger SD card help?

Thank you in advance. I am new to the SDS 100 and still figuring it out.

 

[KE4ZNR]

From The Easier to Read SDS Scanner Guide

You can scan up to 256 Favorites Lists (but there are only 100 Quick Keys-available once for each Favorites List) along with or just the database.

There is also a 1MB size limit to each individual favorites list.

Sounds like you need to work on better organizing your Favorites Lists.

 

[Ubbe]

When I attempt to download to my favorites list....
Can I make a second favorites list...

You seem to only use one favorite list. It could be that you have 255 favorite lists on the SD card that you do not use. Perhaps at each download you do to the scanner it asks if it should write over the old favorite list and you answer no, and it creates a new list and you never use the old one. When downloading to scanner you would want to update the old list in the scanner with the new one you have created, so answer yes to overwrite it and not create a new favorite list each time you do a download.

/Ubbe

 

[tkenny53]

Building a Fav list, I live in the Los Angeles area, so I have lots to listen to.
I break down my fav list by each one, so say laco fire uses fav 10-19, forestry and cal fire are 60-69, local stuff is 70-79, and so on. I do not use the sub quick keys on anything. Yup I may have 88 fav lists, but I can turn on and off by quick key on and off.this works for me and is easier to remember fav list

 

[Ubbe]

I do not use the sub quick keys on anything. Yup I may have 88 fav lists, but I can turn on and off by quick key on and off.this works for me and is easier to remember fav list

That's probably the preferred way to do it, as you then can easily see in Select List to Monitor what lists you have and if they are in scan or not.

/Ubbe

 

[swfluncensored]

Hey guys question. The limit is 200 scan lists that are scannable. Does it scan these simultaneously, or one at a time? I want to scan simultaneously. I am setting up one favorites list for each radio system.

 

[doctordialtone]

I want to scan simultaneously

Unfortunately, it doesn't do that. It can only scan one thing at a time in this order.

 

[swfluncensored]

Unfortunately, it doesn't do that. It can only scan one thing at a time in this order.

So you are saying I need to group everything into one favorite list basically?

 

[jtwalker]

So you are saying I need to group everything into one favorite list basically?

One thing at a time, doesn’t matter if they are in one FL or 200 FLs. One control channel or one conventional frequency at a time.

 

[swfluncensored]

One thing at a time, doesn’t matter if they are in one FL or 200 FLs. One control channel or one conventional frequency at a time.

Huh? This makes no sense. Can you elaborate on it?

Also, if a system has duplicated LCN's (MotoTRBO Connect+), do I still need to put each one individually?

 

[nessnet]

First, do you understand trunking?
If not, go to these links and bone up.
Trunked radio system - Wikipedia
How does trunking work? | Tait Radio Academy
radio trunking - Google Search

Bottom line: the radio 'listens' to a control channel for X milliseconds.
ONE AT A TIME.
If there is a channel grant issued, the radio tunes to that frequency and you hear the transmission(s).
If there is no channel grant, the radio goes to the next control channel and 'listens' for X milliseconds.
ONE AT A TIME.
And on and on....

A scanner only has one tuner - thus can only do ONE THING AT A TIME.

May I suggest if you want to listen to more than one thing at once you look into a couple of RTL-SDRs and SDR Trunk...

 

[swfluncensored]

First, do you understand trunking?
If not, go to these links and bone up.
Trunked radio system - Wikipedia
How does trunking work? | Tait Radio Academy
radio trunking - Google Search

Bottom line: the radio 'listens' to a control channel for X milliseconds.
ONE AT A TIME.
If there is a channel grant issued, the radio tunes to that frequency and you hear the transmission(s).
If there is no channel grant, the radio goes to the next control channel and 'listens for X milliseconds.
ONE AT A TIME.

A scanner only has one tuner - thus can only do ONE THING AT A TIME.

Yes, I know how a TRS works.

So what you are saying is: I can program a sh*t ton of systems into one favorites list, but it will only "listen" to one control channel for one system (and assumingly alternate between systems) ?

 

[nessnet]

Yes, I know how a TRS works.

So what you are saying is: I can program a sh*t ton of systems into one favorites list, but it will only "listen" to one control channel for one system (and assumingly alternate between systems) ?

Please remember, the more you scan, the less you will hear.
EACH control channel takes X milliseconds - and anything happening on any other control channel will be missed.

Why only one favorite?
No advantage to only having one.
And, multiple disadvantages.

 

[swfluncensored]

Please remember, the more you scan, the less you will hear.
EACH control channel takes X milliseconds - and anything happening on any other control channel will be missed.

Oh, alright - gotcha. I currently only have two trunked systems on my favorites list, with everything else being DMR-one freq or conventional. Do you think I would miss a lot?

 

[nessnet]

Oh, alright - gotcha. I currently only have two trunked systems on my favorites list, with everything else being DMR-one freq or conventional. Do you think I would miss a lot?

It all depends on how many individual items you are asking the radio to scan.

 

[swfluncensored]

It all depends on how many individual items you are asking the radio to scan.

Ohhhhhhh - I get what you mean now

 

[donc13]

So you are saying I need to group everything into one favorite list basically?

There is only 1 receiver in the scanner so it jumps from one frequency to the next (thus being a 'scanner') It cannot listen to two separate frequencies at the same time.

If you have multiple favorites lists, it will scan 1 then the next one. If they are all in one list, makes no difference, it can still only tune one frequency at a time.