BREVARD Co EDACS issue in Sentinel

[radioman2008]

I traveled to Melbourne this weekend, and found that the north site of Brevard Edacs sys is not in ANY of my unidens, south and beach were there.
had to create a custom site to hear the north.

any know issues with why a particular site doesnt show up in a sentinel system, even tho its in RR?
its not the first time I have seen this happen with other systems.

 

[fxdscon]

I traveled to Melbourne this weekend, and found that the north site of Brevard Edacs sys is not in ANY of my unidens, south and beach were there.
had to create a custom site to hear the north.

any know issues with why a particular site doesnt show up in a sentinel system, even tho its in RR?
its not the first time I have seen this happen with other systems.

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Is this what you're missing?

 

[mikewazowski]

It shows up in my Sentinel. When was the last time you updated the database and wrote it to your scanner?

 

[radioman2008]

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Is this what you're missing?

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yes thats not there in any of my Unidens, not just 1 scanner

 

[radioman2008]

It shows up in my Sentinel. When was the last time you updated the database and wrote it to your scanner?

updated sentinel DB a few weeks ago for 3 of them, the others, maybe a month or 2

 

[mikewazowski]

What location are you using and with what range?

I just flipped my old HP-2 over to a zip of 32780 (Titusville) with a range of 10 miles and the North Simulcast site is unlocked. The Beach and South Simulcast sites are locked out.

 

[Bote]

Is it possible to manually open up desired systems/sites?

 

[fxdscon]

updated sentinel DB a few weeks ago for 3 of them, the others, maybe a month or 2

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Just to be sure that the updated database is making it into your scanner, check the database date through the menu system in the scanner,

For the BCD436HP....

Menu ---> Manage full database ---> Information

What does it say there for the "db Version"?

 

[batdude]

i do not have this problem with my version of Sentinel or with my 536/436/200


doug

 

[radioman2008]

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Just to be sure that the updated database is making it into your scanner, check the database date through the menu system in the scanner,

For the BCD436HP....

Menu ---> Manage full database ---> Information

What does it say there for the "db Version"?

I went into it and said db 10/4/20
then i went to sentinel and selected update master database, it spent some time updating, with the progress bar for maybe 20-30 seconds.
went back into scanner and what do you know? it still says 10/4/20 for some reason. I went back in and verified that sentinel is seeing that scanners card, and the serial # in sentinel matches the serial in the scanner. this was a scanner I updated recently, so it appears that its acting like its updating but is not? i use excellent quality cards, Sandisk Ultra/High endurance/Extreme, meant for heavy duty use such as a DVR. I buy these cards directly from BH photo so I know they are not fakes like what are so common on Ebay

what is the solution to this?

 

[fxdscon]

what is the solution to this?

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After updating the database in Sentinel, are you then writing from Sentinel to the scanner to transfer the updated database into the scanner? (It doesn’t transfer to the scanner by itself). If so, and the scanner’s database is not updating, it may be that the SD card is corrupted.

The next step is to try reformatting the card and then use the “Clear User Data” function in Sentinel. Be sure to select the “display all drives” checkbox when the clear user data window asks you, otherwise Sentinel won’t see your newly formatted card.

After using the clear user data function, write from Sentinel to the scanner to restore your favorites list etc.

Use this formatting utility to reformat the card (recommended by Uniden)

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[belvdr]

When you write to the scanner, are you following the directions below, specifically selecting "Force Write Full Database"? The current database version is 10/10/2021, as Uniden typically updates their database each Monday.

Updating the Master Database in Sentinel - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

 

[fxdscon]

went back into scanner and what do you know? it still says 10/4/20 for some reason.

what is the solution to this?

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Were you able to update the database in your scanner?