Sentinel: I have the Uniden Sentinel software working with Linux Mint (LMDE 5)

[jmayson]

The key is using Winapps. There's already a tutorial on setting it up, so I refer you to it. Once you have everything running, install the Uniden software.

The virtual machine window has a menu option Redirect USB Device. Be sure to select your Uniden scanner so that Windows will see it.

Honestly I'm surprised it works, but it does.

 

[iMONITOR]

Fantastic! Now I can go back to Linux Mint! Thank you.

 

[belvdr]

It’s been working under Wine for some time now.

 

[jmayson]

It’s been working under Wine for some time now.

I had trouble with Wine and couldn't find any threads where it had been solved. Good to know. Was that posted here? I'll go look again.

 

[belvdr]

There is a wiki article that talks about programs under Linux. The general direction is to install wine-mono and winetricks. Then run:

winetricks dotnet35

Then install Sentinel.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

I'll stick with my Windows VM via Mint. No winetricks necessary

 

[belvdr]

I'll stick with my Windows VM via Mint. No winetricks necessary

I prefer a small footprint. It's easy peasy.

 

[jmayson]

There is a wiki article that talks about programs under Linux. The general direction is to install wine-mono and winetricks. Then run:

winetricks dotnet35

Then install Sentinel.

Would you mind sharing a link to the article? I found various and none work for me. I either have a case where it doesn't see the scanner (SD card) or just doesn't run at all.

 

[belvdr]

Would you mind sharing a link to the article? I found various and none work for me. I either have a case where it doesn't see the scanner (SD card) or just doesn't run at all.

From the wiki:

Software Setup For Linux - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

All packages are available in winetricks.

If you mark the scanner as a floppy disk in winecfg, Sentinel will see it. It simply needs to be seen as a mass storage device.

 

[belvdr]

 

[jmayson]

From the wiki:

Software Setup For Linux - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

All packages are available in winetricks.

If you mark the scanner as a floppy disk in winecfg, Sentinel will see it. It simply needs to be seen as a mass storage device.

That was it! Set it as a floppy disk. Yeah, using Wine is better, smaller footprint as you pointed out. Thank you for your help.

 

[belvdr]

That was it! Set it as a floppy disk. Yeah, using Wine is better, smaller footprint as you pointed out. Thank you for your help.

No worries!

Hopefully it helps others. I use Arch, but Sentinel under Wine should work under any distro.

 

[bobruzzo]

The key is using Winapps. There's already a tutorial on setting it up, so I refer you to it. Once you have everything running, install the Uniden software.

The virtual machine window has a menu option Redirect USB Device. Be sure to select your Uniden scanner so that Windows will see it.

Honestly I'm surprised it works, but it does.


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I am confused. Do I need to get a Windows 10 .ISO to do this? I am clueless on VM's.

 

[belvdr]

I am confused. Do I need to get a Windows 10 .ISO to do this? I am clueless on VM's.

Yes, it's mentioned in the installation guide in a rather subtle way:

Choose Local media install, then select your ISO and walk through the wizard.

It's still a VM that should be patched and maintained, but using Remote Desktop to utilize the app. If you're already using a VM, there's not much different to see here.

 

[jmayson]

I created a quick tutorial on installing the software under WINE. I originally posted how to do this using Winapps, but believe WINE to be the better option.

How to install Uniden Sentinel software on Linux - John Mayson's Home Page

Uniden's Sentinel software powers several models of their scanners. It works well on Linux using WINE. ## Installing software The follow code

kc4vjo.org

 

[belvdr]

I created a quick tutorial on installing the software under WINE. I originally posted how to do this using Winapps, but believe WINE to be the better option.

How to install Uniden Sentinel software on Linux - John Mayson's Home Page

Uniden's Sentinel software powers several models of their scanners. It works well on Linux using WINE. ## Installing software The follow code

kc4vjo.org

Great write-up!

 

[radiochuck]

I created a quick tutorial on installing the software under WINE. I originally posted how to do this using Winapps, but believe WINE to be the better option.

How to install Uniden Sentinel software on Linux - John Mayson's Home Page

Uniden's Sentinel software powers several models of their scanners. It works well on Linux using WINE. ## Installing software The follow code

kc4vjo.org

That link appears to be dead. Any chance of getting an updated one? Thank you.

 

[fxdscon]

That link appears to be dead. Any chance of getting an updated one? Thank you.

How to install Uniden Sentinel software on Linux — John Mayson 1.0 documentation

 

[radiochuck]

How to install Uniden Sentinel software on Linux — John Mayson 1.0 documentation

Looks good. Thank you for posting. I'm afraid I'm still a bit of a novice when it comes to Linux and am still on the learning curve. Any advice on how that code gets entered (via the terminal window, I assume) would be appreciated. Otherwise I'll just give it a shot and learn as I go. I should point out that I'm attempting to set this up on Linux Mint running inside macOS Monterey running VirtualBox.

I've always used Windows to run Sentinel with the same VirtualBox environment, but that has become very problematic lately and I'm looking for another option for my MacBook and Mac desktop machines.

Thanks!

 

[fxdscon]

Any advice on how that code gets entered (via the terminal window, I assume) would be appreciated.

Yes, just paste the code block into the terminal window and hit enter. I tried it several times on Linux Mint, and it just resulted in many, many errors (404 not found, failure to fetch, and quite a few others) and the process aborted with neither WINE nor Sentinel being installed.

The link in the code block for Sentinel is correct for the current version.

Let us know if it works for you.