ntnahed
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Anybody use BCTool for a 396T? I d/l'ed it, connected to my scanner, got the files imported to BCT from my 396, saw the group/bank names, but couldn't find the freqs or TGs. Yes, I went to the yahoo group, but couldn't find squat. For example, the database has all of 2, count 'em, 2 files. The "Files" section has a few more, and I thought I'd lucked out when I saw the FAQ by Rob, the author of BCT.
Here is the ENTIRE FAQ, from start to finish, in all its glory: (Not updated since 2008)
Hi,
Until I've created a section on the website, the following is a list of FAQs. Please, please, please read them before posting - the same questions get asked a lot and this will save everyone time.
1. Q. Why does the backlight button in Radio Control toggle my scanner backlight? Why doesn't the backlight in Radio Control match what my scanner is doing?
1. A. There is no facility to 'ask' the scanner what the backlight is currently doing, so bcTool has to make a guess (rightly or wrongly) as to the state of the backlight when it starts. It always assumes it is off, so clicking the Backlight button on Radio Control will 'toggle' the backlight. Equally if you have the backlight timeout set to, for example, 10 seconds, then clicking Backlight in bcTool will turn the scanner backlight on for 10 seconds but it will stay on indefinitely in Radio Control. Blame Uniden for that one
3. Q. What baud rate and com port settings do I need?
3. A. Depends on your computer, but the baud rate should always be 115200 for the best experience with bcTool. It needs to be the same setting on the scanner and in bcTool to work correctly. As for the com port number, if you are directly plugged in to the only COM port on your computer, that's probably COM1. If you're on a USB/serial adaptor, look for the COM port with the highest number and it'll probably be that one. If you have trouble, check in Device Manager to see what COM port your ports have been assigned.
Thanks!
rob.
Yeah, thanks... I wonder what the non-existant Q2 was? Maybe "Is there an actual User's Manual?"
I looked on the Yahoo group, the BCT website and here on RadRef, to no avail. I aint exactly a newbie, been scanning since 1978, using software on Vertex, RS and Uniden since the early 1990's. Butel is good but expensive, I've got an issue with Starrsoft, and bucks are tight these days. I was hoping to find some freeware, and I could be wrong, but is BCTool just "Toolin" me around or what? Is there actually a User's Manual for BCT, and where can I find it, and does anybody else think, as I do, that the BCT FAQ is a joke?
Here is the ENTIRE FAQ, from start to finish, in all its glory: (Not updated since 2008)
Hi,
Until I've created a section on the website, the following is a list of FAQs. Please, please, please read them before posting - the same questions get asked a lot and this will save everyone time.
1. Q. Why does the backlight button in Radio Control toggle my scanner backlight? Why doesn't the backlight in Radio Control match what my scanner is doing?
1. A. There is no facility to 'ask' the scanner what the backlight is currently doing, so bcTool has to make a guess (rightly or wrongly) as to the state of the backlight when it starts. It always assumes it is off, so clicking the Backlight button on Radio Control will 'toggle' the backlight. Equally if you have the backlight timeout set to, for example, 10 seconds, then clicking Backlight in bcTool will turn the scanner backlight on for 10 seconds but it will stay on indefinitely in Radio Control. Blame Uniden for that one
3. Q. What baud rate and com port settings do I need?
3. A. Depends on your computer, but the baud rate should always be 115200 for the best experience with bcTool. It needs to be the same setting on the scanner and in bcTool to work correctly. As for the com port number, if you are directly plugged in to the only COM port on your computer, that's probably COM1. If you're on a USB/serial adaptor, look for the COM port with the highest number and it'll probably be that one. If you have trouble, check in Device Manager to see what COM port your ports have been assigned.
Thanks!
rob.
Yeah, thanks... I wonder what the non-existant Q2 was? Maybe "Is there an actual User's Manual?"
I looked on the Yahoo group, the BCT website and here on RadRef, to no avail. I aint exactly a newbie, been scanning since 1978, using software on Vertex, RS and Uniden since the early 1990's. Butel is good but expensive, I've got an issue with Starrsoft, and bucks are tight these days. I was hoping to find some freeware, and I could be wrong, but is BCTool just "Toolin" me around or what? Is there actually a User's Manual for BCT, and where can I find it, and does anybody else think, as I do, that the BCT FAQ is a joke?