BCD436HP Maximum File Size

[W4KRR]

I created a file (with Butel ARC536 software) in which I added about 1000 individual unit ID's for a radio system. After I uploaded the file, the scanner displayed an error message "File too large". I removed some of the ID's until the radio accepted the file.

If I upgraded to a larger micro SD card, would this solve the issue, or is this a limitation of the number of systems/ID's that the scanner can use? What is the largest file size the '436 can hold, and is this a scanner memory limitation, or an SD card limitation?

 

[UPMan]

There is a 1 megabyte limit on any single Favorites List.

 

[nosoup4u]

I had a similar problem. I have 2 systems that have to have their own favorite lists. One of them has close to 20,000 id's and I am just under the 1 meg limit.

 

[ofd8001]

If my calculations are correct, each radio ID uses about 59 bytes of memory. Each talkgroup is about 61 bytes.

As Upman noted, there is the 1MB file size limit on a Favorites List,regardless of SD card capacity. You may see some benefit with a newer card that has a faster read/write speed. This would hasten Favorites List load time when you power on the scanner, particularly since you have lots of stuff to load.

 

[W4KRR]

Thanks for the info. So in my case, a larger SD card wouldn't help me, storage space wise. I could, I guess, assign each of my systems its own Favorite List, which would easily make each FL under 1 mb.

 

[nosoup4u]

Interesting enough, you can store more id's on an HP-1/2 than you can on the x36 scanners. The x36's have more data fields and use more space.

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[ofd8001]

You may wish to take another look at your Favorites List for duplicates.

One FL I have is a statewide trunked system with 297 sites, 6,396 Talkgroups and 1,924 Radio/Unit IDs and it uses 543 KB of memory - about 50% of the allowable file size.

 

[Voyager]

I was wondering about that, too. about 10K UIDs here with maybe 500 TGIDs. Nowhere close to the limit yet.

 

[W4KRR]

I have it set up where there is only one favorites list for everything. The individual systems I want to monitor are turned on and off via a System Quick Key. I may change this to where each system is its own Favorites List. This way I would not go over the 1 mb limit per Favorites List.

 

[ofd8001]

I'd steer you in that direction. Not only will you avoid maxing out FL file size, it may reduce the number of key presses to turn things on and off.