HomePatrol-1 Extreme Upgrade Post-Release Thread

[crcarter]

I have not gone so far as to use a thumb drive (or radio's the SD memory card for that matter) to verify this works on anything besides the C drive. However, based on a few minutes experimentation (I've spent more time typing this post), I foresee no problems.

First, let me make it clear that I have NO experience programming or anything else with Windows. Back in the DOS days I knew enough to be dangerous. I ran a BBS for several years and did a lot of work with .BAT files and had a CONFIG.SYS file that was 3 pages long. Ah, but for the good old days with DESQview as the only way to multi-task since Windows 3.1 was so flaky...

Considering how the Sentinel file works, is it possible to edit or modify the config file to look in the current folder or sub-folder(s) without specifying a drive letter? I have 3 different laptops and each assign a different letter to my thumbdrive.

 

[kennyblues]

Is anyone else experiencing this?, In the display options I'll set the Unit ID display to either Mode 1 or Mode 2, turn the radio off, when I turn the radio back on the Unit ID display is set to off, and the radio will not display the UID's.

 

[KWs]

Yep .. looks like a glitch, UID defaults back to no display after power down.
I'm sure UpMan will get the tech guys on this.

 

[kennyblues]

Thanks I'm not alone. I guess I should add that this started after the latest update, did not have this glitch in the earlier version.

 

[trido]

not having this issue on the two we have running...

[
QUOTE=KWs;1678696]Yep .. looks like a glitch, UID defaults back to no display after power down.
I'm sure UpMan will get the tech guys on this.[/QUOTE]

 

[Jay911]

I haven't touched my settings, so the radio is set to whatever it uses when the old version had "UID: on" - and mine is working OK.

Guess I better not touch it!

 

[OCO]

It will reset a Mode 2 to "off" through a full power off or either of the standby modes. It does NOT reset a Mode 1, through any of the three modes...Also reported on the Uniden HP forum..

 

[kennyblues]

OK, that's what I was doing, set to Mode 2, power off, returns to off, set to mode 1, power off, returns to Mode 1

 

[b52hbuff]

Thanks to the new updates I've been messing around with LTR Analyzer / LCN Finder. I've gotten great results so far on three different systems that haven't been monitored or listed before and they been around for years. I've gotten good freqs and TG so far on all three. I always enjoy finding new discoveries.

Wasn't LTR finder originally available when EE was first released? Just curious if there was new functionality added, or if I missed something...

Thanks!

 

[Jay911]

There's new functionality added, not to the LCN finder (not LTR finder), but in that there's a whole new trunk analyzer for LTR systems now.

 

[SDavis90]

Is anyone else experiencing this?, In the display options I'll set the Unit ID display to either Mode 1 or Mode 2, turn the radio off, when I turn the radio back on the Unit ID display is set to off, and the radio will not display the UID's.

Well this is what mine is doing...

Display set to Mode 1, cycle power...stays in Mode 1.
Display set for Mode 2, cycle power...Mode sets itself to "Off".

I will also put this on the Uniden Community board.

 

[OCO]

..............I have not gone so far as to use a thumb drive (or radio's the SD memory card for that matter) to verify this works on anything besides the C drive. However, based on a few minutes experimentation (I've spent more time typing this post), I foresee no problems.............

Rick: I duplicated your efforts (on a microSD card), same results as you.. I did learn that Sentinel still created the database, updater and another config file on the C:drive (Config file located in a folder named 1.0.0.0.0 in C:\users<user>\appdata\local\uniden)..If this were to go any farther, we'd need to figuire where the default settings for those files are.. I'm done for now - see if my regular install got hosed in this...

 

[OCO]

Sentinel issue with new Nationwide systems

UPMan:
Now that the Nationwide systems are in the database, with their nationwide range, the "Add Channels on Range" adds all of the Nationwide systems to any run that uses the main DB. This pretty much renders ACOR useless for quick Favorites builds of a location. We need a button on the Profile page to select/ignore Nationwide systems... (which would emulate the Menu item on the HP1 itself).
ACOR was a pretty nifty tool ..

 

[KD8HE]

UPMan:
Now that the Nationwide systems are in the database, with their nationwide range, the "Add Channels on Range" adds all of the Nationwide systems to any run that uses the main DB. This pretty much renders ACOR useless for quick Favorites builds of a location. We need a button on the Profile page to select/ignore Nationwide systems... (which would emulate the Menu item on the HP1 itself).
ACOR was a pretty nifty tool ..

I know its a lot of button pushing but you could deselect all of the nationwide frequencies (NWF) you have no interest in for your ACOR write. Not much different than deselecting service types. I wanted several NWFs in my ACOR so a global ignore button would not have been useful. It took me a while to adopt the strategy of using the full HPDB to build favorites lists and the NWF addition has certainly given us "new ground" to cover. A global "Avoid NWF" would be handy but there is usually a "work around" out there.

 

[OCO]

I know its a lot of button pushing but you could deselect all of the nationwide frequencies (NWF) you have no interest in for your ACOR write. Not much different than deselecting service types. I wanted several NWFs in my ACOR so a global ignore button would not have been useful. It took me a while to adopt the strategy of using the full HPDB to build favorites lists and the NWF addition has certainly given us "new ground" to cover. A global "Avoid NWF" would be handy but there is usually a "work around" out there.

Already had BTDT - it's just nice when Sentinel functions and options match those on the HP1.....

 

[WayneH]

We're at 700+ posts in thread so I think it's time to promote creating independent threads for any issues or questions. Thanks.