Updating database

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Bottlecapr

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New here but learning a lot from this group😏 I have a sds100 and using sentinel to program. Since I had some help setting my favorite lists up about a yea ago I have never explored the idea of updating my Database. I know I should probably do this every week or monthly not annualy😂 Is there a way to open a second window in sentinel to compare what is on scanner to the new updates or should I just append my Departments from updated database and start all over fresh. I think I want to join as a RR premium member, because I read here that if you are a premium member and program with RR instead of sentinel, you can set your home page up to notify you if any updates available or not for your departments. Correct me if I am wrong.
 

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Sentinel gets its data from RR once a week. RR tells you about updates if you look up the system.
 

Enjoi19

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Yes, you can set up the RadioReference home page to show systems and areas you've "watched" to be highlighted when they update and make changes. New frequencies / talkgroups / systems get highlighted. It's pretty nice.

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New here but learning a lot from this group😏 I have a sds100 and using sentinel to program. Since I had some help setting my favorite lists up about a yea ago I have never explored the idea of updating my Database. I know I should probably do this every week or monthly not annualy😂 Is there a way to open a second window in sentinel to compare what is on scanner to the new updates or should I just append my Departments from updated database and start all over fresh. I think I want to join as a RR premium member, because I read here that if you are a premium member and program with RR instead of sentinel, you can set your home page up to notify you if any updates available or not for your departments. Correct me if I am wrong.
That's correct. If you are a Premium Subscriber, then you can create a home page to monitor your Counties, Systems, & Agencies of interest for updates. Of course, you do have the option, if not a Premium member, of going to the database page for your state at least once a week, and see if there were any updates in your counties of interest, and if so, go to the county page for more details. A green shaded county indicates some sort of update in the past 24 hours. You would then go into the county page for more information as to what had changed. A yellowish tint indicates a change in the last 7 days.

You do not need to be a Premium subscriber to use Sentinel to update any of your Favorites lists. However, if you want to utilize web import for programming, you would need to be a premium subscriber, and also use either ProScan or ARC536.
 
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