I'd like to be able to adjust the time on the delay during scanning. So I don't miss call backs. 2 seconds is just not enough time. The ability to adjust from 2-5 or up to 10 would be great.
BCD436HP/BCD536HP Firmware Upgrade Wish List
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You can change the hold time just go to the menu then delay and choose how long it will hold after an activation.
If I am running my BCDx36HP software correctly (it's free and awesome by the way, I got it from a link on this website), you can actually assign a delay time to an entire SYSTEM should you choose. It's quicker than doing the same setting for all channels under a system.
E- money, can you pm me the info or link on what free software you are using? Thanks
Crazzycatman
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Hold Time is different from Delay Time.
Hold Time controls how long the scanner will stay on a System. I've never found any good reason to use anything but 0 for this setting, as it only serves to slow the overall scan time.
Delay time controls how long the scanner will stay on a Channel after activity has ceased.
That said, BOTH are user-adjustable.
Voyager: Is the delay time adjustable in the unit? Or only in the Sentinal software?
It's adjustable per channel on the unit. When you edit your FLs, then System, then Department, then Channel, it's in the channel options. I can provide more exact steps if needed. Selections include:
-10
-5
0
1
2
3
4
5
10
30
The negative times mean the scanner will stay on that channel X seconds then move on even if there is still activity. The others are delays after activity has ceased.
OK cool! Got it thanks! Looks like it will keep me busy for a while! Just wish I could just do it once! Instead of every channel!
If you want the delay to be the same, in Sentinel set it for one channel (4 Secs, or whatever) then right-click and choose copy.
Then highlight the others, right-click again and choose paste.
Then highlight the others, right-click again and choose paste.
Yeah, it would be nice if right on the unit we could select between a Global Delay or a Per Channel Delay. Just a thought.
Thanks marcotor! I'll have to try that out!
Kikito: I've asked for it on this wish list firmware update thread!
; )
Kikito: I've asked for it on this wish list firmware update thread!
; )
I would like to see a forced resume (0-second negative delay) as part of the delay menu. That way you could set up multiple times/NAC on consecutive channels and it would skip past the more active ones and alert you to less-frequently used ones. Discovery mode works in a similar way except it can't handle scan lists and is limited to a single search range. And tone skip only handles one tone to skip.
Just so I understand what you are asking for...
You want the scanner to move on from a channel programmed with a tone/code before determining the tone/code used. Is that right?
If so, what you are asking for is physically impossible. The scanner has to decode the tone used before it can know if it's the programmed one or not.
As it is, the scanner will move on AS SOON AS it has determined that the tone/code does not match the programmed one.
No, I'm talking about it stopping on a channel that decodes the "skipped" tone and immediately resuming the scan cycle. The purpose of my original idea was to be able to skip past identified users and only alert on new users, however I don't believe I have thought the logic through on this all the way since the identified freq/tone would still open squelch on the following channel that has Tone Search enabled. So what I'm asking for is possible, however in hindsight I don't think it would actually help solve the problem. Still considering how to accomplish this task other than Discovery Mode....
I'll throw in a couple of related feature requests, even if they've been posted before (even by me), so that if Uniden is still watching this thread, they can get catalogued.
One - "Squelch" backlighting option should include the delay time for that channel. Do not turn the light off until scanning resumes.
Two - Provide an option where if the radio is in Serial Mode (which presumably means it is receiving external power), allow the backlight to be always on (equal to choosing "infinite" and then turning on the light). Function should return to normal backlight operation when the radio returns to battery power.
One - "Squelch" backlighting option should include the delay time for that channel. Do not turn the light off until scanning resumes.
Two - Provide an option where if the radio is in Serial Mode (which presumably means it is receiving external power), allow the backlight to be always on (equal to choosing "infinite" and then turning on the light). Function should return to normal backlight operation when the radio returns to battery power.
budevans
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Firmware Wish List
The following is my wish list for the BCD436HP. I see this forum goes back almost a year. So I would think that one or more of my requests has been made by others.
Backlight and Alert Light changes/additional setting:
1. Backlight remains on, Squelch plus Delay time setting.
2. Alert Light LED remains on, Squelch plus Delay time setting.
Display for Trunk Systems:
Current Display has three area's of large text
Top: System Name
Middle: Department
Bottom: Channel/Talk Group Name (Lines 1 & 2), plus optional small text UID and TGID. Add Hit Count in the small text area.
Keep the above display format as is for all known Talk Groups and Channels, with the addition of the small text Hit Count.
New Trunk System Display request:
When an Unknown Talk Group comes up in ID:Search mode, change the screens contents as follows for the three large text area's:
Top: System Name (no change, display system name)
Middle: CC frequency (on the 1st line) and Voice/Recv frequency (on the 2nd line)
Bottom: Talk Group Number (on the 1st line) and Radio ID (UID)number (on the 2nd line) Below the 2nd line in the small text area add the Hit Count.
Last but far from least. Digital AGC (Trunking Systems) change to address the following. Exceedingly Loud and Quite voice traffic heard on the 436 but not on my other scanner. I have two scanners the BCD436HP and a GRE PSR-500 that I monitor digital trunk systems in my area. Five Project 25 Systems and two Moto Type II Systems with P25 CAI.
Monitoring Digital Trunk Systems voice traffic with the GRE there is very minimal differences in the voice level from the speaker. Some are slightly quieter, others slightly louder than average. But with the 436 the quiet and loud are at extremes. In fact the first time I encountered an extremely loud voice the speaker splattered so badly that I thought the speaker had blown out. I had the volume set at 7.
I now keep the 436 at a volume of 6 or 5 for indoor use to avoid blowing the speaker out. But that creates an issue monitoring when a softer spoken user keys up, I can't hear them. I'm hoping that you can adjust the AGC to boost the lower than average voice level and reduce the higher than average voice. Again monitoring the same systems with my GRE 500 I don't have the extreme voice range issue.
Thanks for your consideration. I look forward to the next firmware update.
The following is my wish list for the BCD436HP. I see this forum goes back almost a year. So I would think that one or more of my requests has been made by others.
Backlight and Alert Light changes/additional setting:
1. Backlight remains on, Squelch plus Delay time setting.
2. Alert Light LED remains on, Squelch plus Delay time setting.
Display for Trunk Systems:
Current Display has three area's of large text
Top: System Name
Middle: Department
Bottom: Channel/Talk Group Name (Lines 1 & 2), plus optional small text UID and TGID. Add Hit Count in the small text area.
Keep the above display format as is for all known Talk Groups and Channels, with the addition of the small text Hit Count.
New Trunk System Display request:
When an Unknown Talk Group comes up in ID:Search mode, change the screens contents as follows for the three large text area's:
Top: System Name (no change, display system name)
Middle: CC frequency (on the 1st line) and Voice/Recv frequency (on the 2nd line)
Bottom: Talk Group Number (on the 1st line) and Radio ID (UID)number (on the 2nd line) Below the 2nd line in the small text area add the Hit Count.
Last but far from least. Digital AGC (Trunking Systems) change to address the following. Exceedingly Loud and Quite voice traffic heard on the 436 but not on my other scanner. I have two scanners the BCD436HP and a GRE PSR-500 that I monitor digital trunk systems in my area. Five Project 25 Systems and two Moto Type II Systems with P25 CAI.
Monitoring Digital Trunk Systems voice traffic with the GRE there is very minimal differences in the voice level from the speaker. Some are slightly quieter, others slightly louder than average. But with the 436 the quiet and loud are at extremes. In fact the first time I encountered an extremely loud voice the speaker splattered so badly that I thought the speaker had blown out. I had the volume set at 7.
I now keep the 436 at a volume of 6 or 5 for indoor use to avoid blowing the speaker out. But that creates an issue monitoring when a softer spoken user keys up, I can't hear them. I'm hoping that you can adjust the AGC to boost the lower than average voice level and reduce the higher than average voice. Again monitoring the same systems with my GRE 500 I don't have the extreme voice range issue.
Thanks for your consideration. I look forward to the next firmware update.
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I'd like to see a menu option in the settings that would give the option of selecting Fav/Sys, Sys/Dep, or Fav/Dep as to which lists are shown in the flashing indicator at the top. For those of us with one favorites list total, or one system per favorites list, it makes so much more sense to be able to see the department indicator than the favorites/system indicator. Because it would be user-selectable, each user could customize it for their own setup, much like displaying radio IDs.
By the same token, I'd like to see the height of the radio ID field enlarged, at least by an option in the settings, so that we could remove some of the lesser used tag information and instead have a larger font for the radio ID.
By the same token, I'd like to see the height of the radio ID field enlarged, at least by an option in the settings, so that we could remove some of the lesser used tag information and instead have a larger font for the radio ID.
I would like Close Call hits to get rid of the stupid first screen that inform you of a close call hit, and go directly to the screen that shows frequency, CTCSS/DCS. I would also like the scanner to look up the hit info in the database and display the geographically nearest match. So if I get a CC hit on 160.2300MHz (the CSX road channel in my area), the hit screen will be nearly identical to the normal scan screen, except "Close Call Detected" is displayed, or perhaps the Close Call icon could flash:
Close Call Detected
Railroads
CSX
CSX - Road - all lines
160.2300 MHz NFM
CTCSS/DPL Info (if applicable)
If there is no nearby match for the frequency in the database, then it should have the save prompt at the bottom of the screen:
Close Call Detected
160.2300 MHz NFM
CTCSS/DPL Info (if applicable)
Save Frequency?
Close Call would be a lot more useful if it used the database to tell you what your Close Call hit was.
Close Call Detected
Railroads
CSX
CSX - Road - all lines
160.2300 MHz NFM
CTCSS/DPL Info (if applicable)
If there is no nearby match for the frequency in the database, then it should have the save prompt at the bottom of the screen:
Close Call Detected
160.2300 MHz NFM
CTCSS/DPL Info (if applicable)
Save Frequency?
Close Call would be a lot more useful if it used the database to tell you what your Close Call hit was.
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