PPS radio reference update

[chittshrek]

How do you update the radio reference data that is in the PPS for offline use? I obviously did it when I installed it but information has changed in the last few years but I cannot figure out how to. Thanks in advance for the help. Feel free to move this post if already answered.

 

[N6ML]

How do you update the radio reference data that is in the PPS for offline use? I obviously did it when I installed it but information has changed in the last few years but I cannot figure out how to. Thanks in advance for the help. Feel free to move this post if already answered.

When you installed PPS, the offline data came with it. From a bit of poking around, it looks like the "Get Data" button in the "Import Radio Reference" window will update the offline data for the selected system, so I suppose you'd have to update each system of interest individually. Updating all systems from the RR DB would probably be wasteful anyway.

 

[jabbeaux]

When you installed PPS, the offline data came with it. From a bit of poking around, it looks like the "Get Data" button in the "Import Radio Reference" window will update the offline data for the selected system, so I suppose you'd have to update each system of interest individually. Updating all systems from the RR DB would probably be wasteful anyway.

This did not work for me as non-Premium account. I wonder if works differently for RR's Premium Subscribers? I recently had this same question. Do not have Premium, so can't login. Tried "Get Data", didn't receive new info. As example, Connecticut's CLMRN Trunked system shows Troop G as RFSS 1(1) Site:21(015) while the live db here shows 3(3) and 013(D)

The software keeps the Offline files in this folder C:\Users\All Users\Unication\RadioReference
I tried uninstall >> wiping leftover Application Data and System files >> re-install. The files re-appear, but they're dated Aug 6, 2020. The whole offline folder is 65 MB of .csv files, I wonder if they're packaged with the installer and dated to around last time PPS was updated. Either way, I can't get them to update.

 

[jtwalker]

This did not work for me as non-Premium account. I wonder if works differently for RR's Premium Subscribers? I recently had this same question. Do not have Premium, so can't login. Tried "Get Data", didn't receive new info. As example, Connecticut's CLMRN Trunked system shows Troop G as RFSS 1(1) Site:21(015) while the live db here shows 3(3) and 013(D)

The software keeps the Offline files in this folder C:\Users\All Users\Unication\RadioReference
I tried uninstall >> wiping leftover Application Data and System files >> re-install. The files re-appear, but they're dated Aug 6, 2020. The whole offline folder is 65 MB of .csv files, I wonder if they're packaged with the installer and dated to around last time PPS was updated. Either way, I can't get them to update.

yes, this is the purpose (or one of the purposes) of being a premium subscriber.

 

[N6ML]

The whole offline folder is 65 MB of .csv files, I wonder if they're packaged with the installer and dated to around last time PPS was updated. Either way, I can't get them to update.

Yes; that's what I meant by "When you installed PPS, the offline data came with it.".

PPS doesn't get you free access to RR database downloads, so yeah, you need membership. I'm not sure what sort of arrangement was made for Unication to distribute a snapshot of the database with PPS....

 

[jabbeaux]

Yes; that's what I meant by "When you installed PPS, the offline data came with it.".

Agree. What I was trying to clarify for others, to save them the work investigating, is that Offline data will be as old as the software's release. In other words, the PPS installer does not grab a fresh RR db upon install. And the instructions provided above do not update the Offline files for non-Premium members. The PPS window will show "Network: Online" but all the data one is perusing is from the Offline files folder..even when one clicks "Get Data".

Just hope to save any non-Premium members the frustration and investigation. In my view, the packaged Offline files have a declining value as they age. As age is tied to the software's last release and not its last install, effectively RR (and Unication) are tying customer happiness w/ the offline files to an expectation they'll push frequent-enough software updates. I think a big value-add of these scanners is ability to program straight from RR's database, and outdated files mean new users could program a scanner and get frustrated it's not "working" - blaming either RR for bad data or Unication for non-functioning hardware...when the problem is just outdated packaged RR data.

I think we're all on the same side here. It makes sense only Premium users can login, and can thus automatically fetch new files. It's just thoroughly strange to me Unication doesn't make the age of included RR data clearer and have some sort of auto-RR-db-fetch upon install. It could even be an archived version from 1-3 months ago (to keep Premium higher tier offering), but that way the accuracy of Offline data isn't tied to developers pushing a new PPS release.