ARC 536/436 Beta

[buggiecar]

Been testing the beta version!! Build 7 out tonight...best so far!! Getting close!! Woo Hoo!!

 

[JimNS3K]

Ran the virtual control for several hours tonight with no problems. Will keep everyone posted.

Jim

 

[ofd8001]

UIDs that I have assigned alphas are not logging either as DATA or UID. It actually makes it easier to find those I don't have in my UID list.

The alpha tags have to be preceded with "UID: xxxxxx" where xxxxxx is the unit ID number.

For example: ABC Fire Engine 1 has a radio ID number of 123456.

The Unit ID would be: 123456
The Alpha Tag would be: UID: 123456 ABC Fire Engine 1

Once I preceded all my 1,000 Unit IDs with the UID: plus the ID number, I got everything to work pretty much.

The only hitch is that in the UID column of Virtual Control, you'll see "123456 AB". For some reason a substring of the alpha tag is being captured and displayed in the grid. (However, you will see the full alpha tag in the green letters up in the Virtual Control.

I've forwarded a screen shot of what I got to Gommert. Whether or not this substring issue can be changed might be a scanner protocol matter.

 

[enosjones]

Change the port to 4, and click start is what I had to do.

How do u change the port in win7 doesn't it automatically assign the ports?

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[Seymourmtn]

Change port

How do u change the port in win7 doesn't it automatically assign the ports?

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In lower right corner of VC, you will see Start. Use the drop down, beside Start, to change your port.

Good luck

 

[TexasMale]

Where do I get the driver from???

 

[Butelsoftware]

We can not log tagged UIDs', this is a limitation of the scanner not the software. XT series has the same issue. To log tagged id's add the text 'UID:' to the beginning of the tag.

ARC PATROL manual is included for reference only. The ARC536 manual will be written when the software is finished.

Qkey overview to HTML does not work yet. If the software has admin rights a test html is stored at the root of D:
The overview itself should work in the latest build.

Uniden needs to fix the issue with the USB port changing back to Mass storage mode, please send your complaints to Uniden.

Another issue is alpha tags with a comma. This is also causing problems when logging data. I have sent details to Uniden.

When you install the beta a copy of the driver is placed on your desktop for easy installation.

Gommert
Butel Software

 

[JimNS3K]

Was running Virtual Control this morning. Back to the mass storage problem. I guess until Uniden fixes this problem, I've wasted $60.00. Not a happy camper.

Jim

 

[alphaacres]

My port speed

<(E is REC in Virtual Display

 

[JohnSC]

Much obliged. I'll make the changes this morning.

The alpha tags have to be preceded with "UID: xxxxxx" where xxxxxx is the unit ID number

For example: ABC Fire Engine 1 has a radio ID number of 123456.

The Unit ID would be: 123456
The Alpha Tag would be: UID: 123456 ABC Fire Engine 1

Once I preceded all my 1,000 Unit IDs with the UID: plus the ID number, I got everything to work pretty much.

The only hitch is that in the UID column of Virtual Control, you'll see "123456 AB". For some reason a substring of the alpha tag is being captured and displayed in the grid. (However, you will see the full alpha tag in the green letters up in the Virtual Control.

I've forwarded a screen shot of what I got to Gommert. Whether or not this substring issue can be changed might be a scanner protocol matter.

 

[lep]

I am using the 436, not the 536. The alpha tags from an HP1 FL were imported into the 436 FL. The alpha tags display Correctly on the screen of the 436 when an UID with an alpha alias is detected.
However, in the vc of the beta, such an alias is NOT displayed. The UID which does NOT have an alias is captured and properly logged into the UID column.
It is only when there is an actual alpha equivalent of the UID that the UID alias is ignored and the transmission is merely logged as if there is no UID.
Since the alpha info is appearing on the 436 screen properly, I don't understand that this is a Uniden problem, to my uninformed thinking, it is a software problem that is not yet solved for the 436. I don't know anything about problems with the 536 as I am not using one.

 

[Hit_Factor]

If there was a way to import uid from sentinel with an alias to arc536 then arc536 could use the table to lookup uid aliases.

What if there was an option in arc536 to set a path to the profile file containing the uid aliases.?

 

[ofd8001]

If there was a way to import uid from sentinel with an alias to arc536 then arc536 could use the table to lookup uid aliases.

What if there was an option in arc536 to set a path to the profile file containing the uid aliases.?

I'm not sure what you are describing. The Unit ID Aliases (or Alpha Tags or Unit ID Name owing to whether you are looking at ARC 536 or Sentinel) are not components of a profile file. Rather in Sentinel they are a component of a System found in the right pane, third tab ("Unit IDs"). In ARC 536, they too are with a System just below Sites called "Unit Id's".

I had a list of the Unit IDs and their aliases I was interesting in tagging. I used Excel to create a spreadsheet. Then with some function work I was able to create the alpha tag in the correct format. From there I just copied and pasted the stuff in Excel to the scanner programming software. It took a modest amount of time to do this.

 

[JohnSC]

Here's an Excel formula to create "UID: ALPHA CALL UID." A column is the department, B column is the CALL sign and the C column hold your UIDs. Change the columns to rearrange the order and change the last field in the MID function to alter the number of characters in ALPHA.

=CONCATENATE("UID: ",MID(A2,1,5)," ",B2," ",C2)

 

[Hit_Factor]

I'm referring to the data entered in a favorites list, unit IDs tab for the system.

Adding uid: 1234567 and a couple more characters is a work around.

I'm suggesting a solution to the programmer. The file on my computer that arc536 could parse for data is named f_000001.hpd. (there is a file for each favorites list)

 

[Butelsoftware]

I'm not sure what you mean, your scanner is displaying the uid tag so why would we parse the file? You can program a uid tag and upload that.
The issue is that the scanner does not 'tell' the software that the tag shown is in fact a UID tag.

Gommert
Butel Software

 

[TexasMale]

I have installed the driver and the VC still says to install driver Guess I will wait until final version comes out

 

[Hit_Factor]

The uid is displayed in the virtual scanner, but defined uid are not.

Definded uids don't make it into the log file either.

So this is about enhancing the virtual scanner in arc536.

Perhaps this will happen as the beta continues to progress in development. This is my first experience with software from Butel.

 

[Hit_Factor]

I have installed the driver and the VC still says to install driver Guess I will wait until final version comes out

Sometimes I have to restart the software or reboot the computer. After installing a new version of arc536. Try reconnecting the scanner in setial mode as well.

Make sure you set the com port number in the drop down box next to the start button.

 

[buggiecar]

Looking Good!

It now is version 2 and says ARC 536 PRO and has the VC button now...was running and logging nicely!!
wheeeee!

 

[kikito]

I can't seem to find the Service Type: "Other" when entering TGs. Am I missing something?