shepsvettes
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Does anyone in the Wichita or Newton area have a GRE PSR 800 radio? I just got one and need to get it figured out. Quite diffrent from my Pro 106
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What is it you are having problems with? Although I don't own one, they are very similar in architecture to some of the Radio Shack scanners like the Pro-107. That, and I worked for RS for over 20 years, back when the people at the Shack were expected to know something about the products they sold, and GRE provided quite a few of our scanners for many years. (I still catch myself answering the phone with “You’ve got questions…”) The biggest thing I understand about these scanners is to forget you know anything about scanners. They are supposed to be almost idiot proof (I know, no such thing because idiots are so ingenious...)
I was going to respond with a PM, but decided others might be interested in your saga of setting up this radio. Basically, you just need to sit down first and "browse" its database. Decide to what and where you will be listening. Choose the "scannable objects" (I still tend to call them frequencies, channels, and talkgroups) you want and add them to one or more of the scanlists available. There are 200 general scanlists available. A scannable object can belong to more than one scanlist. Additionally, a scanlist can contain both trunked and conventional objects. Think of the objects as “hyperlinks” and the scanlists as “webpages” if you will. A hyperlink can be on any webpage. They don’t even have to make sense, but for ease of access to the information, the more organized the webpage is, the easier it is to find the information you want.
For me, I would simply add everything in each Kansas county I ever have any thought of being in or near. I doubt I will be making too many trips to Morton or Neosho Counties anytime soon, so I would probably skip adding those. You, on the other-hand may go there often, so you can add whichever ones are needed. Memory is usually not a problem since the radio will allow about 10 million objects to be included in the 200 scanlists. I would add almost everything; Business, Railroad, Aviation, Fire, EMS, EMA, Law, Military, Ham, whatever strikes the fancy. You can always go back and remove them later or simply lock them out or set them to Skip while still leaving them available for later use.
One thing, because the SG County and the KSICS systems in this area are getting quite busy, I would split those systems up among several scanlists. Have a Butler County KSICS (or maybe even a BU LAW, BU FIRE, BU EMS…), a Reno County KSICS, a Harvey County scanlist a Wichita Law scanlist, a SG County Law scanlist, a SG County Fire scanlist, etc. I know, this sounds like a lot of scanlists to have to remember, but there is a “shortcut” to use for these scanlists called “Scan-Sets.”
The Scan-sets are lists of lists. There are twenty-one scan-sets available. A scanlist can also belong to one or more or even none of your scan-sets. You could name one “HOME” and have the most frequently listened scanlists you are interested in while at home. Have another called “LAW” that includes all the Law Enforcement objects in your area. Yet another named “SG COUNTY” with all of the SG County talkgroups (setting to “Skip” the ones you don’t want to listen to. Personally, Parks department, Irrigation data groups, and Building Inspectors don’t interest me, so I would “Skip” those but still leave them “in” the scanlist so I could pull them up if needed.
I do understand there is an issue with the PSR-800 and multi-site trunked systems (Westar, SG County, Butler County). You might read thru the threads in the GRE forum to get some more ideas on how to handle those.
One last thing: There is nothing you can enter from the keypad or computer, short of a glass of lemonade, that is going to brick the scanner. Experiment with different configurations and different scan-sets and keep notes. The software allows you to save a particular setup. Save multiple versions of the setups you try. If you goof and decide the last changes you made aren’t working, go back a version and try something different. If all else fails, reinitialize the radio and start over. Don’t be afraid to experiment. This is a new enough radio that there are still a lot of questions about it and it is quite flexible.….
I was going to respond with a PM, but decided others might be interested in your saga of setting up this radio. Basically, you just need to sit down first and "browse" its database. Decide to what and where you will be listening. Choose the "scannable objects" (I still tend to call them frequencies, channels, and talkgroups) you want and add them to one or more of the scanlists available. There are 200 general scanlists available. A scannable object can belong to more than one scanlist. Additionally, a scanlist can contain both trunked and conventional objects. Think of the objects as “hyperlinks” and the scanlists as “webpages” if you will. A hyperlink can be on any webpage. They don’t even have to make sense, but for ease of access to the information, the more organized the webpage is, the easier it is to find the information you want.
For me, I would simply add everything in each Kansas county I ever have any thought of being in or near. I doubt I will be making too many trips to Morton or Neosho Counties anytime soon, so I would probably skip adding those. You, on the other-hand may go there often, so you can add whichever ones are needed. Memory is usually not a problem since the radio will allow about 10 million objects to be included in the 200 scanlists. I would add almost everything; Business, Railroad, Aviation, Fire, EMS, EMA, Law, Military, Ham, whatever strikes the fancy. You can always go back and remove them later or simply lock them out or set them to Skip while still leaving them available for later use.
One thing, because the SG County and the KSICS systems in this area are getting quite busy, I would split those systems up among several scanlists. Have a Butler County KSICS (or maybe even a BU LAW, BU FIRE, BU EMS…), a Reno County KSICS, a Harvey County scanlist a Wichita Law scanlist, a SG County Law scanlist, a SG County Fire scanlist, etc. I know, this sounds like a lot of scanlists to have to remember, but there is a “shortcut” to use for these scanlists called “Scan-Sets.”
The Scan-sets are lists of lists. There are twenty-one scan-sets available. A scanlist can also belong to one or more or even none of your scan-sets. You could name one “HOME” and have the most frequently listened scanlists you are interested in while at home. Have another called “LAW” that includes all the Law Enforcement objects in your area. Yet another named “SG COUNTY” with all of the SG County talkgroups (setting to “Skip” the ones you don’t want to listen to. Personally, Parks department, Irrigation data groups, and Building Inspectors don’t interest me, so I would “Skip” those but still leave them “in” the scanlist so I could pull them up if needed.
I do understand there is an issue with the PSR-800 and multi-site trunked systems (Westar, SG County, Butler County). You might read thru the threads in the GRE forum to get some more ideas on how to handle those.
One last thing: There is nothing you can enter from the keypad or computer, short of a glass of lemonade, that is going to brick the scanner. Experiment with different configurations and different scan-sets and keep notes. The software allows you to save a particular setup. Save multiple versions of the setups you try. If you goof and decide the last changes you made aren’t working, go back a version and try something different. If all else fails, reinitialize the radio and start over. Don’t be afraid to experiment. This is a new enough radio that there are still a lot of questions about it and it is quite flexible.….
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