Lock out failing.

[trkntrlrman]

I have a BCD996xt, and I have a few fequancies locked out becouse they are distant sites and all I get is static or open mic sound. Latley once they are on temp lockout, they have been comming back on line without my doing anything to release them. Scanner stays on 24-7. Any Ideas what could be causing this??? Is there a limit on the number of channels you can lock out??? There may be ten -15 locked out..

 

[kma371]

I think there is a limit to the number of lockouts you can use. Once you reach that limit, the earlier ones unlock


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[trkntrlrman]

I kind of thought that might be the case, you'd think they'd let you change the limit...as it could change from one area to another. Especially on overlaping areas..

 

[trkntrlrman]

NOPE, there coming off lockout without doing a thing..Is that portion of memory shared with anything else ?
Would voltage variation cause this? I'm in an RV Park so the voltage tends to go up and down anywhere from 109 to 115 volts depending on usage..

 

[kma371]

NOPE, there coming off lockout without doing a thing..Is that portion of memory shared with anything else ?
Would voltage variation cause this? I'm in an RV Park so the voltage tends to go up and down anywhere from 109 to 115 volts depending on usage..

Voltage shouldn't have anything to do with it.

Is it possible your using temp lockout instead of lockout?


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[trkntrlrman]

Yes i am using Temp loc out, but it is saposed to stay locked untill you power down. My scanner stays on 24-7, so why would it unlock??? That's why I thought maybe if there was enough of a voltage loss maybe the scanner thought It was powering down, and released the lockouts..

 

[kma371]

As i said before, There is probably only so many temp lockouts you can use


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[trkntrlrman]

Your not hearing me.....I'm not trying to add more, what is already locked out is unlocking...so doesn't mater how many you can have. if there not holding there not holding...so something eles is causing the release of the lockouts...

 

[SCPD]

Maybe the scanner is rebooting or semi rebooting enough to rest these? How often is it happening?

 

[trkntrlrman]

This was my thought...Normaly I don't notice it untill I hear the channel hung and hear a continus tone or open mic sound.. could be 3 to 4 times a day....I reset it to lock out, and bingo maybe one hr, maybe 4 hrs, it's back off again...happens with differant frequancies, not always the same one.. sometimes it's all locked out channels. Has me baffled. If it was a close call hit, it would show up white on the moniter window, but it's coming up in the color I have set, so I know it's not that. I was hopeing the Uniden guy would have a clue reguarding the voltage drop. I don't know how low the voltage in the radio can go before things start to fluctuate or not function to spec...Vehicle voltage stays pretty consistant, but an adapter on AC may be affected enough to make a differance...

 

[OCO]

Are all of the temp lockouts gone when it happens or just some of them? If all of them are gone, maybe it is a momentary loss of power that's rebooting the radio..You could test that if you've got the DC wiring harness and a 12 volt battery to run it on for a while..If it still does it, might be an internal issue with the unit.

 

[spooney]

If it is a site that you have set for C/C only and the scanner is finding an active freq in that system that is not programmed into the scanner it will not lock it out. It has to be a freq that is programmed in the scanner in order to be able to lock it out. I had a Motorola system with just the control channel freq programmed into the scanner and at times a freq popped up that had what sounded like a data channel that it would get stuck on. I kept hitting lock out but it kept coming back. Finally when I programmed the freq into that system and then locked it out it went away.

 

[GTR8000]

Just for reference, you're allowed 250 temporary lockouts and 250 permanent lockouts. The temporary lockouts are only supposed to restore when power is cycled.

I don't think a minor drop in AC voltage would affect the radio enough to cycle the power, although I suppose anything is possible.

Try creating a system with one or two frequencies in it, then temp lockout the system itself (not the individual frequencies). Keep an eye on that system and see if that comes back on magically also. In fact, you can program one of the frequencies to the local NWR so you'll know for certain when it does happen.

 

[trkntrlrman]

No, I have C/C turned off. The channels effected are all programmed into the computerThey are in a conventional system. At first i thought that maybe they were the same site under a trunked system only with differant ID, but if that were the case I would see the ID instead of the Alph tag. I do have an DC power supply but changing it all over would be a hastle right now. I have no where near 250 lockouts, mybe 10-15 mx and no permanent lockouts. everything goes on and off with site keys. only use the lockouts for noise etc..
Think I'm going to try an VOM on the power adapter and see what the voltage does thrughout the day. could be the ac's going on and off drop voltage enough to make a differance..