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[ka3jjz]

Has anyone mentioned a drop in charger? It's a pain to have to flick out a few AAs when ever the 436 goes flat especially mid drive, not to mention externally charging a second battery for the SDS100 is tricky when getting an external charger out this neck of the woods is near on impossible.

Drop in, with the option to cable charge. That way when I get home at night it can be dropped in the charger by the door and easily grabbed on the way out again.

Using a drop in charger is convenient, but it does have a flaw - if the battery contacts wear out, get dusty or make a poor connection, unless the charger has some sort of indicator to show it has no connection, you would never know it....Mike

 

[buddrousa]

Here we go again asking to get rid of AA Batteries so we can COMPLAIN ABOUT PROPRIETARY BATTERIES.

 

[ausscan]

Using a drop in charger is convenient, but it does have a flaw - if the battery contacts wear out, get dusty or make a poor connection, unless the charger has some sort of indicator to show it has no connection, you would never know it....Mike

Agreed - can't see any reason why there wouldn't be some kind of charging indicator - nearly every drop in charger I know has some kind of indicator, from my $40 UHF CB up to commercial radios.

Here we go again asking to get rid of AA Batteries so we can COMPLAIN ABOUT PROPRIETARY BATTERIES.

I must have missed this bit? Doesn't the SDS100 have proprietary batteries anyway? I don't see people complaining that Moto's have proprietary batteries. I'm all for it if I can get more capacity and charge a second battery that I can change over quickly.

 

[buddrousa]

If you read this thread you will see OTHERS complaining about the battery issue. They will not listen to reason about it would take 8 or more AA batteries for the SDS100.

 

[MartyF81]

So...if they "aren't in the majority" no one should care what they think?

You said it, can you defend that position?

For example, my guess is the majority monitor public safety systems. So scanners should have no other kinds of systems available... Cuz no one cares what the minority of users think or want... Right?

You know that is not what I meant. The point I was making is that it appears some decision making on what can be changed includes that people have paper manuals already and could be confused. That shouldn't matter and for the few people it would be a problem for... oh well. Its 2021 things change and are updated the paper manual distribution shouldn't be a factor.

 

[gmclam]

I guess I could see that if you're using trunk detail mode, but on things like the search screen, there's no lack of space. Though they probably constrain the field the same way everywhere, so likely a non-starter and really trivial after all, like I said.

I'd really like to see more flexibility in general in the customization. For example, I'd like to be able to move the fields for system/dept/channel around - Put channel at the top if I want. And let me decide what fields flash or stay static. (Why do they think NAC and Slot need to flash when nothing else does?) It would be nice if there was a GUI tool that allowed you to format the display however you wanted - drag and drop to move fields anywhere, as long as they fit. Pipe dream, I guess.

I could get on board with the ability to 100% customize the display. Font sizes, locations, definitions, etc. But I see this as polish and not as important as so many other items.

 

[Ubbe]

I could get on board with the ability to 100% customize the display.

You got 31 fields to edit as you like. But System/Dept/Channel fields with the bigger fonts cannot be use for other functions. I guess Uniden thought that no one would be crazy enough to want to change their order on the display or alter the font size to a smaller one for TG names and a bigger font for its TG number. It seems a bit unnatural and backwards.

/Ubbe

 

[gmclam]

You got 31 fields to edit as you like. ...

Not really. Perhaps I only want 16 fields, but with larger text. Some info I want larger can't be set larger. If it's not 100% customizable, I'd rather they spend their time working on serious issues.

 

[ka3jjz]

This is likely wishful thinking, but a YouTube channel wouldn't be a bad idea - even if just for the new SDS scanners...Mike

 

[daddyjohn]

This is likely wishful thinking, but a YouTube channel wouldn't be a bad idea - even if just for the new SDS scanners...Mike

https://m.youtube.com/user/UnidenUpman

 

[ka3jjz]

Thanks, though this looks like it was Paul's - hopefully this will continue under someone else....@JoeBearcat, this also belongs on the TWiki Mike

 

[JoeBearcat]

OK, here's an admittedly really trivial complaint, but for what it's worth: I'd like to see a space between the frequencies displayed and 'MHz'.

Will need to confirm space availability, but noted.

 

[JoeBearcat]

I guess I could see that if you're using trunk detail mode, but on things like the search screen, there's no lack of space. Though they probably constrain the field the same way everywhere, so likely a non-starter and really trivial after all, like I said.

I'd really like to see more flexibility in general in the customization. For example, I'd like to be able to move the fields for system/dept/channel around - Put channel at the top if I want. And let me decide what fields flash or stay static. (Why do they think NAC and Slot need to flash when nothing else does?) It would be nice if there was a GUI tool that allowed you to format the display however you wanted - drag and drop to move fields anywhere, as long as they fit. Pipe dream, I guess.

Please stop reading my mind. I suggested that for the SDS series.
I even highlighted how it could be done.

There is a GUI in Sentinel that works within the existing limits.

 

[JoeBearcat]

Has anyone mentioned a drop in charger? It's a pain to have to flick out a few AAs when ever the 436 goes flat especially mid drive, not to mention externally charging a second battery for the SDS100 is tricky when getting an external charger out this neck of the woods is near on impossible.

Drop in, with the option to cable charge. That way when I get home at night it can be dropped in the charger by the door and easily grabbed on the way out again.

Already on the list. I know how it can easily be done even if using the existing battery packs.

 

[JoeBearcat]

I understand you are not management.... and I am not trying to be critical... I appreciate your support in being here. I am just hopeful that we can be more openminded.

Noted. I appreciate your candor.

 

[JoeBearcat]

Using a drop in charger is convenient, but it does have a flaw - if the battery contacts wear out, get dusty or make a poor connection, unless the charger has some sort of indicator to show it has no connection, you would never know it....Mike

I'm not sure I've seen a smart charger that does not have an indicator of some type.

 

[JoeBearcat]

Not really. Perhaps I only want 16 fields, but with larger text. Some info I want larger can't be set larger. If it's not 100% customizable, I'd rather they spend their time working on serious issues.

Agreed - improvements will have to take a back seat to bug fixes. There are a number of issues that have higher priority.

But we will see what can be done. Perhaps even if it means I get a snippit of the display code and write a sample subroutine. I'm not above putting work in to get more done if I can help.

One thing that is a draw on resources for this is that Sentinel would also have to be updated.

 

[Ubbe]

As long as the DMR decode are flaky it needs the encryption function to be at least globally set as Off/Auto. I was listening to an amateur DMR repeater a few days ago and one user had some bit errors on the repeaters input. After 1-2 seconds both the 436 and 536 left the whole system and continued scan. The Whistler TRX where still monitoring that user with the bit errors.

I beleive it's also related to false RAS detection, that disables forward error correction and increase the bit errors which then triggers the encryption detection. The x36's skips ongoing DMR conversations too often during scan. As far as I have seen the SDS100 are no different, as it probably use the exact same code segment. It could be a genuine Hytera problem as those basestations are the ones mostly in use here.

/Ubbe

 

[werinshades]

I just discovered one....the option to text tag radio ID's (Unit ID's) in conventional P25 systems. It allows to show Unit ID, but no where can it be saved and allowed to be edited.

 

[GTR8000]

I just discovered one....the option to text tag radio ID's (Unit ID's) in conventional P25 systems. It allows to show Unit ID, but no where can it be saved and allowed to be edited.

That's what the OFT system type is for, so you can distinguish and alias talkgroups, and alias Unit ID's.