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First Is this a ARC536PRO software issue or 536 scanner issue?
According to one or the other it is true. I have a new 536 and only one Favorite List for my state which is Virginia.. Using Sentinel my profile creation and Favorite List attributes were successful. I use ARC536PRO to do updated FL files creation, editing and file writing to the 536. I use a mixture of appended 536 national and state radio systems along with my imported 996XT system files. The updated FL then is written to my 536. This is the first time I have experienced this situation.
I do frequent updated FL file transfers to the 536 and after my last "VIRGINIA FL" wrote successfully and reloaded, or so I thought. Afterwards I saw the dreaded "Nothing to scan" message. I could not understand what I had done wrong, if anything. So, I did another FL write to the 536 this time watching the files reloading process very closely. When my FL file loaded this time very briefly I saw "Max size exceeded 1 MB" or similar message display. What?
I checked the 536 owner's manual and the Butel ARC536PRO user's manual and could not find that subject item discussed or mentioned anywhere.
I then deleted several system files to reduce my FL file size to under 1 MB, confirmed the FL file size in the ARC536PRO folder and did another updated FL write to the 536. It made no difference. The same "Nothing to scan" message displayed. It took me about 2 hours troubleshooting the 536 going back to my original profile and FL creations and manually trying different menu settings in the 536. I could not find anything wrong with my ARC536PRO files.
I finally was able to do a FL transfer where at least a FL scanned. I am not sure exactly what I did but it involved 536 menu settings. But then I noticed something was not right. It 536 was scanning the first "VIRGINIA FL" baseline version and not recognizing my latest FL version. I confirmed that condition by reading the current resident FL to ARC536PRO. Sight checking the 536 menu settings again I saw "Nationwide" had been reset to "OFF". I set it to "ON" and did another updated FL write. This time my FL file update was successful.
Either Butel or Uniden needs to tell me and others what is going on? If this is a Butel ARC536PRO issue why is there a 1 MB maximum FL size and why is it not documented in the owner's manual? If it is a Uniden 536 issue I pose the same question. Where is this Favorite List 1 MB file size limitation coming from? I exceeded 1MB and had created maybe 25% of the files I want in my Favorites List.
If it is true a 1 MB FL file size maximum limitation is ridiculous and needs to be changed to a larger file size minimally 10 MB ASAP!
John
W4UVV
According to one or the other it is true. I have a new 536 and only one Favorite List for my state which is Virginia.. Using Sentinel my profile creation and Favorite List attributes were successful. I use ARC536PRO to do updated FL files creation, editing and file writing to the 536. I use a mixture of appended 536 national and state radio systems along with my imported 996XT system files. The updated FL then is written to my 536. This is the first time I have experienced this situation.
I do frequent updated FL file transfers to the 536 and after my last "VIRGINIA FL" wrote successfully and reloaded, or so I thought. Afterwards I saw the dreaded "Nothing to scan" message. I could not understand what I had done wrong, if anything. So, I did another FL write to the 536 this time watching the files reloading process very closely. When my FL file loaded this time very briefly I saw "Max size exceeded 1 MB" or similar message display. What?
I checked the 536 owner's manual and the Butel ARC536PRO user's manual and could not find that subject item discussed or mentioned anywhere.
I then deleted several system files to reduce my FL file size to under 1 MB, confirmed the FL file size in the ARC536PRO folder and did another updated FL write to the 536. It made no difference. The same "Nothing to scan" message displayed. It took me about 2 hours troubleshooting the 536 going back to my original profile and FL creations and manually trying different menu settings in the 536. I could not find anything wrong with my ARC536PRO files.
I finally was able to do a FL transfer where at least a FL scanned. I am not sure exactly what I did but it involved 536 menu settings. But then I noticed something was not right. It 536 was scanning the first "VIRGINIA FL" baseline version and not recognizing my latest FL version. I confirmed that condition by reading the current resident FL to ARC536PRO. Sight checking the 536 menu settings again I saw "Nationwide" had been reset to "OFF". I set it to "ON" and did another updated FL write. This time my FL file update was successful.
Either Butel or Uniden needs to tell me and others what is going on? If this is a Butel ARC536PRO issue why is there a 1 MB maximum FL size and why is it not documented in the owner's manual? If it is a Uniden 536 issue I pose the same question. Where is this Favorite List 1 MB file size limitation coming from? I exceeded 1MB and had created maybe 25% of the files I want in my Favorites List.
If it is true a 1 MB FL file size maximum limitation is ridiculous and needs to be changed to a larger file size minimally 10 MB ASAP!
John
W4UVV