BCD536HP Dongle

[JoplinFossil]

I would like to hear pros and cons on your experience with the dongle on a BCD536HP. I just purchased one and wanted to see if it’s worth having and how much trouble it is to setup. Thanks for taking time for your reply.

 

[jonwienke]

The Wi-Fi puck? It lets you connect your scanner to your network. It's nothing fancy, but it works.

 

[JoplinFossil]

The Wi-Fi puck? It lets you connect your scanner to your network. It's nothing fancy, but it works.

Yes it’s in the mail. I have one of the first BCD536HP and seen a comment that they had trouble setting them up. Don’t know if this was fixed with a upgrade or not. Figured it was worth $20 to find out. Can’t find much information on setting one up.

 

[fxdscon]

Yes it’s in the mail. I have one of the first BCD536HP and seen a comment that they had trouble setting them up. Don’t know if this was fixed with a upgrade or not. Figured it was worth $20 to find out. Can’t find much information on setting one up.

Follow the instructions here:

BCD536HPFirmwareUpdate < UnidenMan4 < TWiki

info.uniden.com

 

[jtwalker]

Mine drops connection regularly. It may be partly the fault of my wifi router, but some of the blame has to go to Uniden and the wifi dongle too.

You just have to follow the instructions posted above to ensure firmware is up-to-date, but then it's not that hard to connect to your network.

 

[JoplinFossil]

After the update is there much to finish setting up? I find no instructions.

 

[kc8jwt]

I have one on mine and when I had a 30 day trial of ProScan, that was how I was interfacing the scanner to the network to stream it from my house to my computer at work. The only issue I had was my computer would freeze up with ProScan when it was open for a period of time.

Now the app to connect to it is pure utter garbage.

 

[JoplinFossil]

I have one on mine and when I had a 30 day trial of ProScan, that was how I was interfacing the scanner to the network to stream it from my house to my computer at work. The only issue I had was my computer would freeze up with ProScan when it was open for a period of time.

Now the app to connect to it is pure utter garbage.

That’s what I was afraid of, not seeing to many good comments. Oh well wasn’t that expensive, just something to try, who knows.

 

[fxdscon]

After the update is there much to finish setting up? I find no instructions.

What do you intend to use it for? The Uniden Siren app is pretty basic, if it works at all. Are you intending to stream your scanner?

 

[JoplinFossil]

Yes I would like the scanner in a better place for reception and stream to my Ipad in my easy chair.😉 ha.

 

[kc8jwt]

That’s what I was afraid of, not seeing to many good comments. Oh well wasn’t that expensive, just something to try, who knows.

If you use ProScan, that is rock solid. Like I said the issue I had was with my computer. At this time, I haven't forked out the money to setup a dedicated machine to run ProScan on and do the streaming in the house or at work. I just haven't got around to it. I may on my server stuff at some point try to run a Windows 10 virtual machine and do ProScan.

 

[fxdscon]

Proscan works very well for streaming and/or private use. You can view, listen, and control your scanner from anywhere that you can connect to the internet... on another computer or your smart phone's browser. Go to the Proscan site, and read the directions in the bottom right corner of that page:

ProScan

Computer Aided Scanning Software for the Uniden BC125AT BC250D BC296D BC346XT BC346XTC BC780XLT BC785D BC796D BCD160DN BCD260DN BCD325P2 BCD396T BCD396XT BCD436HP BCD536HP BCD996P2 BCD996T BCD996XT BCT15 BCT15X BR330T SDS100 SDS100E SDS150 SDS200 SDS200E UBC125XLT UBC126AT UBCD160DN UBCD260DN...

www.proscan.org

.

 

[jtwalker]

After the update is there much to finish setting up? I find no instructions.

Plug it into back of scanner. Go thru scanner menu to wifi setup, set infrastructure mode, pick your wifi access point and enter pass phrase, hit enter.

 

[JoplinFossil]

I’ll have to try what jtwalker said first sounds easy if it works. I have never used ProScan. Sentinel gives me enough trouble understanding (noob). But I’ll try it if this doesn’t work out. I like experimenting. Thanks to everyone for your help.

 

[jtwalker]

So the steps i listed just puts it on your network. You still need some way to listen.

Siren doesn't work for me at all any more, even though it used to. I use ProScan now.

 

[JoplinFossil]

So the steps i listed just puts it on your network. You still need some way to listen.

Siren doesn't work for me at all any more, even though it used to. I use ProScan now.

Yes I had planned on using Siren, if that doesn’t work then I’ll go to Proscan. Then I’m sure I’ll be back with even more questions.🤭 I just hate going to something different, I use Sentinel for programing and have enough trouble. Guess I won’t know till I try.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Proscan is much more reliable and feature packed than the Siren app by far. Plus with Proscan you can configure the web server feature to allow you to listen and control to your scanner from any device with a web browser anywhere in the world. Whereas with Siren you're limited to the confines of your home wifi

 

[JoplinFossil]

Proscan is much more reliable and feature packed than the Siren app by far. Plus with Proscan you can configure the web server feature to allow you to listen and control to your scanner from any device with a web browser anywhere in the world. Whereas with Siren you're limited to the confines of your home wifi

I’m I wrong I was thinking I had read that you couldn’t use ProScan to update the BCD536HP? That you had to use Sentenial or can you use both? Is ProScan free like Sentinel?

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

I’m I wrong I was thinking I had read that you couldn’t use ProScan to update the BCD536HP? That you had to use Sentenial or can you use both? Is ProScan free like Sentinel?

You can only update radio firmware via Sentinel. The database /favorites lists can be updated via either program. Proscan is free for 30 days. Afterwards, $50 gets you two activations. Further details here

 

[Synchro39]

I’m I wrong I was thinking I had read that you couldn’t use ProScan to update the BCD536HP? That you had to use Sentenial or can you use both? Is ProScan free like Sentinel?

you can try for 30 days after you need to purchase a license i run my 536hp with the wifi puck and with the webserver i can access my scanner anywhere i have internet working 365 days 24/7 no problem at all