My mother bought a new BCD996P2 scanner so she can listen to the local PD/FD. They joined Omaha's ORION (Omaha Regional Interoperability Network) last year so she can't hear them now. I have been trying to learn what everything is but I don't know where to start. I look at Fremont, Nebraska's information on this website and it has freq. shown there for Fremont but also says it joined ORION. Are those freq. the old freq. or are they the new freq. If you click on ORION, it talks about Fremont's Talkgroup. gives some DEC and HEX numbers, Mode, alpha tag and so on. Are they supposed to be loaded into the scanner? When I start to program the scanner it asks me standard trunk or one-freq trunk. Looked that up to see what that means but the description doesn't mean a hill of beans to me because I don't speak the jargon.
I've downloaded a trial version of some software but again, I don't understand what I need to fill out and what I don't. The software doesn't say it supports the 996P2. I don't want to spend money for something that might not work. If I became a premium member here, I don't know anything about the software to know what is needed or not. I've looked on youtube, people again explain it like I have been doing this for years. I haven't found anything that goes step by step explaining what's needed or what's not.
Can someone point me to something that is a basic entry level explanation of what everything is? I don't know what I don't know so it's frustrating trying to figure this out. Can this scanner be manually programmed with the ORION information for Fremont? What information from the ORION system is needed to manually program the scanner. Is there a flow chart somewhere that explains the hierarchy of systems, groups, and sites?
I've downloaded a trial version of some software but again, I don't understand what I need to fill out and what I don't. The software doesn't say it supports the 996P2. I don't want to spend money for something that might not work. If I became a premium member here, I don't know anything about the software to know what is needed or not. I've looked on youtube, people again explain it like I have been doing this for years. I haven't found anything that goes step by step explaining what's needed or what's not.
Can someone point me to something that is a basic entry level explanation of what everything is? I don't know what I don't know so it's frustrating trying to figure this out. Can this scanner be manually programmed with the ORION information for Fremont? What information from the ORION system is needed to manually program the scanner. Is there a flow chart somewhere that explains the hierarchy of systems, groups, and sites?