ARC 250

[Dank]

I have a BC296D and I want to get the ARC 250 software. I know I want the basic version, but don't know if I need all the added features of the Pro version. I would like feedback from some users of the Pro version to give me their opinion if they consider the additional benefits of the Pro version to be 'must haves'.
Thanks,
Dan

 

[fmon]

Dan,
This is copied from the ARC250 Manual:

ARC250basic:
- Enhanced editor for memory channels, trunk id’s and search range data
- Virtual Control screen, control your scanner from a PC. The PC displays a near 100% copy of the scanner display.

ARC250pro:
ARC250PRO includes all options of ARC250basic plus:
- Search range extender: add 200 custom programmable search ranges
- History log: software shows all the latest activity, the last 100 hits (frequencies/trunk id’s/detected subtones) are stored
- Logging to disk: log all data to disk using the CSV file format
- Audio recording: automatically record WAV files. The filename of each wav file contains: frequency / trunk id / start / end time and date
- The color and fonts are user programmable

Of the 5 additional features in Pro, I use all but Audio Recording and will likely use it at some time in the future.