BC 246T entering in TGID's help ?

[Don9330]

I've been entering in the talkgroup ID's just as New Group.
I select the System, then hit enter.
Then I go to Edit Group, and hit enter, go to new Group, and enter the group name & TGID.

The problem that I am encountering is that every time I do this my scanner will only take's about 12-15 TGID names/ID's then run's out of memory. When I check the amount of memory used under See Scanner Info, I have only used about 14%.

I must be entering the TG names & TGID's in the wrong place or something since just under one county here (LA County) there are allot of Talk groups w/ID's to enter. . How can I enter a large number of TGID's w/names under one System without running out of memory. . can anyone help me with what I must be doing wong ?

And, yes I am entering these in manually since my Mac won't run any of the scanner software program's.

 

[jastx]

I've been entering in the talkgroup ID's just as New Group.
I select the System, then hit enter.
Then I go to Edit Group, and hit enter, go to new Group, and enter the group name & TGID.

Just like it is possible to have multiple groups in a system, it is possible to have multiple TGIDs in a group. The manual does not make it clear that an existing group may be selected, it is not always necessary to create a new group. This allows all the Sheriff's TGIDs to be in one group, etc.

And, yes I am entering these in manually since my Mac won't run any of the scanner software program's.

Have you tried the BC 246T Control & Programming Tool yet? If so, what is your opinion?

 

[Don9330]

Have you tried BC 246T Control & Programming Tool? I haven't used it, but it claims to support the Mac.

Thank you jastx for the info, yes I did try this program it wouldn't work for my Mac. When I took that page up to the Apple store they said it would only work on the Apples that have the new pentium proccessor.

I will try placing more TGID'd with their names under one group and see if I can make it work. I can't seem to find it in the manual. Thanks for the info. . I'll give it a try.

 

[nonposter]

yes I did try this program it wouldn't work for my Mac. When I took that page up to the Apple store they said it would only work on the Apples that have the new pentium proccessor.

How did it not work for your Mac? Was there an error message?

The program is written in Tcl/Tk, which is a scripting language. The Tcl/Tk interpreter has been ported to many operating systems, including both flavors of Mac OS. If it's not installed on your computer, I would suggest searching for "Tcl/Tk mac".

 

[jastx]

I can't seem to find it in the manual.

It's very well hidden in the second-to-last paragraph on page 57, "To program another channel within the same group..." That sentence is also repeated in the EDACS and LTR sections.

 

[jastx]

How did it not work for your Mac? Was there an error message?

The program is written in Tcl/Tk, which is a scripting language. The Tcl/Tk interpreter has been ported to many operating systems, including both flavors of Mac OS. If it's not installed on your computer, I would suggest searching for "Tcl/Tk mac".

I run Linux on my personal boxes and don't really want to run W$ programs on them, so I understand the situation. I agree with nonposter and would invest a little more time trying to make it run.