ID Tracker, update released!

[MacombMonitor]

[clipped from Usenet rec.radio.scanner]

An updated version of ID Tracker has been released.

http://bellsouthpwp.net/k/d/kd5eis/IDTracker/IDTracker.htm

- Added support for multiple sound cards.
- Added command line option to set the settings (INI) file.
- Added additional debug features.
- Resolved issues with tracking EDACS systems with BC245 and PRO-2052
scanners.

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[SCPD]

Seems the bandwidth limit has been exceeded for the links to the ID tracker software. Time for better hosting maybe?
anyone else know where we can download this from???

 

[fmon]

If anyone needs it, I have version 3.1.0 installer, which will track EDACS also.

 

[SCPD]

Hi Frank.
can you please email it to soupbones@gmail.com
I woulnd't mind checking out the new updates to this software.

Thanks

Dave

 

[fmon]

On its way. I've had this version for 20 months.

 

[fmon]

Dave, I got this error from the Demon. Can your gmail handle 1.65 MB?

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<soupbones@gmail.com>
(reason: 552 5.7.0 Illegal Attachment 64si2554268wra)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.:
>>> DATA
<<< 552 5.7.0 Illegal Attachment 64si2554268wra
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable

 

[Bill2k]

Gmail doesn't allow executable files or zipped files containing executables.

 

[MacombMonitor]

Gmail doesn't allow executable files or zipped files containing executables.

That's odd...they allow everything else to get in, including hackers! :roll:

 

[joetnymedic]

so how does this work? a cable from the earplug to your soundcard or what?

 

[ka3jjz]

Yes, you'll need that for the recording ability of the software. You will also need a serial port connection from your scanner to your PC. The BC245 and I think the 296 come with their own cable; if memory serves, a standard DB9 cable will work for most of the other Unidens. I'm not sure about what the 2052 (for which the software has limited support) needs, tho. 73s Mike

 

[MacombMonitor]

I'm not sure about what the 2052 (for which the software has limited support) needs, tho. 73s Mike

Yes, the PRO-2052 has a standard DB9 female serial port.

 

[Nine29]

Does ID TRacker work with PRO-96's?

 

[fmon]

Does ID TRacker work with PRO-96's?

Sorry no, only with scanners that have the DB9 output.

 

[Nine29]

Sorry no, only with scanners that have the DB9 output.

Bummer. Are there any similar programs that are compatible with a PRO-96?

 

[loumaag]

Bummer. Are there any similar programs that are compatible with a PRO-96?

Not exactly, but the Pro-96 will provide Trunker like information on APCO-25 systems using the Pro96Com software.

 

[ka3jjz]

Sorry no, only with scanners that have the DB9 output.

Actually it would be more correct to say that GRE made RS scanners cannot be computer controlled; they only support up/download. The type of connector being used has no bearing on what the scanner can/cannot support; this is a firmware thing.

73s Mike

 

[fmon]

Actually it would be more correct to say that GRE made RS scanners cannot be computer controlled; they only support up/download. The type of connector being used has no bearing on what the scanner can/cannot support; this is a firmware thing.

73s Mike

Actually if the scanner Swenassoc ask about (Pro-96) had the RS232 DB9 connector, don't you thinik the question would mute?

 

[ka3jjz]

Nope Frank not at all. The type of connector used on a radio is not necessarily an indicator of whether it can be controlled or not. Since GRE doesn't do this allow me to point out a couple of obvious candidates that don't use a DB9 but can be controlled - the BC895 (which only uses 3 out of a 5 pin Molex type connector) and the 245 (which has an odd edge connector with a cable that, yes, does terminate in a DB9) are 2 obvious examples.
More current radios include a R20, which if memory serves me, use part of an earphone jack that you need to split off for the audio and control signals - yet Ham Radio Deluxe can use it.
What is important is how the firmware addresses the output port, not its mere existance.

73s Mike

 

[joetnymedic]

Does this program only work on the digital side or does it record freqs, pl/dcs also? Guess what I'm asking is - Is the program kind of like ARC250 or is it primarily for logging new digital freqs and talk groups?

Joe

 

[ka3jjz]

Not exactly. It doesn't support virtual control like ARC250 does, and doesn't log things like PLs - however, it can log talkgroup usage (both analog and digital) as well as conventional frequency usage.
It also can record audio.
I'd take a look at the page given in the first message. It's pretty clear on what it can do. Many folks - myself included - like the fact that it's a small app that doesn't gobble a lot of resources, yet does basic logging and audio recording. It's free, too. Except for the PRO2052 (which it only supports in a limited fashion), it support many Uniden scanners. GRE scanners cannot be addressed in this way.

73s Mike