W4UVV
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I used to think I wasn't the dumbest bear in the woods. Now I am beginning to think otherwise. I know how to successfully use Trunktracker 3.8.3 and am familiar with its setups and uniques. I downloaded Unitrunker version 0.1.0.57 and installed it. I selected a known 400 mhz. local Army facility trs to test Unitrunker. I am using a R7000 with the discriminator modification. I can use a level 2 data slicer input to the 9 pin RS232 serial connection on the laptop with WinXP. I also have a audio cable input connection using the discriminator output port on the R7000 to the mike in on the laptop. I ran Slicer in MS DOS and received an excellent signal input display for COM1. Using the RS232 interface I ran TT 3.8.3 with the R7000 set on the trs CC..hi quality signal and it worked great decoding the target 400 mhz. trs. But using Unitrunker I received the "no signal" display regardless of the setup option selections for receiver or listening settings selected using either the level 2 data slicer input or input audio cable interfaces. I have searched RR to include RR Wiki and read snippets on various RR forums of basically non-applicable information regarding detailed instructions for setup and installation. RR Wiki is extremely lacking in detail setup help information. I press "F1" Help in Unitrunker and only "Help" displays...that's all. Said another way.
Next I download and install Unitrunker the latest greatest version after uninstalling 0.1.0.57. I could not get it to work with a Level 2 data splitter RS232 interface. But I did have limited success with the baseband audio interface. However, I cannot locate detailed setup/installation instructions and explanations of the various data fields although most are obvious for this Unitrunker version either. Stumbling forward and backward I accessed another screen asking me for a frequency. I assumed that was a request for the target trs control channel frequency which I entered (edited) at the LCN that displayed. What is an LCN in Unitrunker? Is it a logical control number? I am familiar with LCNS for EDACS and LTR systems but what does it mean in Unitrunker and where is that field explanation documented? Unitrunker correctly ided the trs system id and that it was a 5 channel system. I assumed (falsely) that the LCNS displayed keyed to a cross reference chart somewhere that listed the other 4 frequencies? Wrong! I cannot figure out how to understand Unitrunker LCNS. I thought possibly they keyed to the NTIA Red Book channelization scheme for govt. 400 mhz. frequencies but sight checking the list showed different frequencies/channels than what were the actual correct frequencies in the trs. Next I entered in ascending the other 4 other actual correct trs frequencies to whatever LCNS displayed and Unitrunker did correctly track the talkgroups to them. But the Unitrunker LCNS are meaningless to me. Additionally in another screen I correctly setup the trs as a 406.0000 mhz. base with a 12.5 khz. spacing. But I do not understand what values to enter, if any, from low to high in that screen. The software user should not be put in a position to guess as to what to enter in the undocumented various fields. Again it is lack of detailed documentation. Sorry, I flunked mind reading.
So I sort of got Unitrunker the latest greatest version to work but only by reading the limited info provided with the software and reading various RR forum posts and the rest by guesswork. I do things in this version of Unitrunker but I don't understand some of what I do and I am not comfortable that all is correct with what I have done.
Can any Unitrunker guru (that's anybody who knows something I don't) take pity and time to assist me so I can create my own documentation for future reference because I sure haven't located it on the internet and/or user forum groups so far. If there is an internet link that discusses and explains in detail the setup instructions and data fields in the latest greatest version of Unitrunker I would appreciate having it. Hint. Please do not refer me to RR Wiki!
I would like to install both versions of Unitrunker as both would be valuable trs diagnostic aids to me. I like the display in 0.1.0.57 better than the latest version of Unitrunker unless it's supposed to look similar to 57 and I am failing to do something to activate that display....very frustrating.
My immediate frustrations are Unitrunker LCNS! What is the Unitrunker definition of LCN and how do they relate to specific frequencies detected in a trs scan?
If somebody could private email with a phone number I could call for assistance that too would be great as I have spent two days now trying to get Unitrunker to work and understand the data fields and relationships without much success.
Thanks in advance.
John W4UVV
Next I download and install Unitrunker the latest greatest version after uninstalling 0.1.0.57. I could not get it to work with a Level 2 data splitter RS232 interface. But I did have limited success with the baseband audio interface. However, I cannot locate detailed setup/installation instructions and explanations of the various data fields although most are obvious for this Unitrunker version either. Stumbling forward and backward I accessed another screen asking me for a frequency. I assumed that was a request for the target trs control channel frequency which I entered (edited) at the LCN that displayed. What is an LCN in Unitrunker? Is it a logical control number? I am familiar with LCNS for EDACS and LTR systems but what does it mean in Unitrunker and where is that field explanation documented? Unitrunker correctly ided the trs system id and that it was a 5 channel system. I assumed (falsely) that the LCNS displayed keyed to a cross reference chart somewhere that listed the other 4 frequencies? Wrong! I cannot figure out how to understand Unitrunker LCNS. I thought possibly they keyed to the NTIA Red Book channelization scheme for govt. 400 mhz. frequencies but sight checking the list showed different frequencies/channels than what were the actual correct frequencies in the trs. Next I entered in ascending the other 4 other actual correct trs frequencies to whatever LCNS displayed and Unitrunker did correctly track the talkgroups to them. But the Unitrunker LCNS are meaningless to me. Additionally in another screen I correctly setup the trs as a 406.0000 mhz. base with a 12.5 khz. spacing. But I do not understand what values to enter, if any, from low to high in that screen. The software user should not be put in a position to guess as to what to enter in the undocumented various fields. Again it is lack of detailed documentation. Sorry, I flunked mind reading.
So I sort of got Unitrunker the latest greatest version to work but only by reading the limited info provided with the software and reading various RR forum posts and the rest by guesswork. I do things in this version of Unitrunker but I don't understand some of what I do and I am not comfortable that all is correct with what I have done.
Can any Unitrunker guru (that's anybody who knows something I don't) take pity and time to assist me so I can create my own documentation for future reference because I sure haven't located it on the internet and/or user forum groups so far. If there is an internet link that discusses and explains in detail the setup instructions and data fields in the latest greatest version of Unitrunker I would appreciate having it. Hint. Please do not refer me to RR Wiki!
I would like to install both versions of Unitrunker as both would be valuable trs diagnostic aids to me. I like the display in 0.1.0.57 better than the latest version of Unitrunker unless it's supposed to look similar to 57 and I am failing to do something to activate that display....very frustrating.
My immediate frustrations are Unitrunker LCNS! What is the Unitrunker definition of LCN and how do they relate to specific frequencies detected in a trs scan?
If somebody could private email with a phone number I could call for assistance that too would be great as I have spent two days now trying to get Unitrunker to work and understand the data fields and relationships without much success.
Thanks in advance.
John W4UVV