HomePatrol Opelika AL Trunking Issue

[aldewitt]

I have some general familiarity with scanners and bought my wife the Homepatrol so she could listen to the Opelika activity when I was not available to help her. I got it thinking the radio would be simple to use.

I have set up a Favorites list that includes Opelika, and also includes all the PD talk groups but none of the water, sewer, etc. I updated the firmware on the unit, and in addition, I updated the database from this site. In spite of this, no matter what I do, I cannot listen to Opelika, AL activities.

Although the Opelika Al system is in the Homepatrol, for whatever reason while I can access the talk groups, I cannot seem to access the frequencies.

Is there some trick to programming the Home Patrol for trunking? I thought this thing was supposed to be easy!

Tony DeWitt
AD0DQ

 

[rwier]

I have some general familiarity with scanners and bought my wife the Homepatrol so she could listen to the Opelika activity when I was not available to help her. I got it thinking the radio would be simple to use.

I have set up a Favorites list that includes Opelika, and also includes all the PD talk groups but none of the water, sewer, etc. I updated the firmware on the unit, and in addition, I updated the database from this site. In spite of this, no matter what I do, I cannot listen to Opelika, AL activities.

Although the Opelika Al system is in the Homepatrol, for whatever reason while I can access the talk groups, I cannot seem to access the frequencies.

Is there some trick to programming the Home Patrol for trunking? I thought this thing was supposed to be easy!

Tony DeWitt
AD0DQ

I created a quick and simple FL for Opelika appending Alabama/Lee/County Systems/Opelika to the new FL. Most of the time was spent determining the County ID (Lee).

"Talk Groups" have a specific definition, and (to me) are associated with a "Trunked System" (TRS). The Lee County Opelika System does not appear to be a Trunked System? If there is an actual TRS named Opelika, I can not find it (doesn't mean it doesn't exist). Does it have an official name other than Opelika?

I have attached a zipped hpe file containing the small FL to this response. Unzip and import it into Sentinel. Compare it to your FL.

 

[aldewitt]

Thanks

I will give it a try!

 

[W8RMH]

http://forums.radioreference.com/al...rs-compatible-opelika-police.html#post2211945

See the last posts on the above thread. There have been some changes to that system. It may have changed to digital so the database will need to be updated.