(I am completely new to scanning and am trying to learn all the jargon.)
My son bought me a BCT15X. It was not preprogrammed (except it seems to have state police frequencies for each state). I bought ARC15 from Butel. I bought a paid subscription to RadioReference.com. I've tried to read the ARC15 manual and the BCT15X manual. The ARC15 manual doesn't reflect the latest screenshots etc., and I find it difficult to follow. Nonetheless, I think I've done the following:
Set up a profile containing several systems (some systems for my home in Mass and some for my vacation spot in FL). I imported the systems from the RadioReference DB. Some are conventional & some are trunked. The BCT15X is connected via the comm1 port and I am communicating. Everything seems to be OK, but...
When I try to 'send data' to the BCT15X, it first tries to read (works but finds nothing), then starts to send. The unit shows 'Remote Mode, Keypad Lock', but I then get the error "Error Creating New System" - rather cryptic, I would say. I've tried sending single systems, all systems - it doesn't seem to matter; I always get that error (note that I set the flags
I suspect I'm doing something wrong, but the error message is really no help at all. Any ideas on how I should troubleshoot this?
My son bought me a BCT15X. It was not preprogrammed (except it seems to have state police frequencies for each state). I bought ARC15 from Butel. I bought a paid subscription to RadioReference.com. I've tried to read the ARC15 manual and the BCT15X manual. The ARC15 manual doesn't reflect the latest screenshots etc., and I find it difficult to follow. Nonetheless, I think I've done the following:
Set up a profile containing several systems (some systems for my home in Mass and some for my vacation spot in FL). I imported the systems from the RadioReference DB. Some are conventional & some are trunked. The BCT15X is connected via the comm1 port and I am communicating. Everything seems to be OK, but...
When I try to 'send data' to the BCT15X, it first tries to read (works but finds nothing), then starts to send. The unit shows 'Remote Mode, Keypad Lock', but I then get the error "Error Creating New System" - rather cryptic, I would say. I've tried sending single systems, all systems - it doesn't seem to matter; I always get that error (note that I set the flags
I suspect I'm doing something wrong, but the error message is really no help at all. Any ideas on how I should troubleshoot this?