SDS100/SDS200: location scanning

[kirk5056]

I notice in Sentinel that if you enter coordinates in both circle and rectangle that both values are retained. Are both values sent to the radio?

I guess my question is: can you combine circles and rectangles for location scanning? I am not sure how to test this.

 

[IdleMonitor]

I notice in Sentinel that if you enter coordinates in both circle and rectangle that both values are retained. Are both values sent to the radio?

I guess my question is: can you combine circles and rectangles for location scanning? I am not sure how to test this.

You can only combine the rectangles/squares, you cannot include the circles, and you can only have 1 circle.

 

[nessnet]

It is one or the other for individual objects.
You choose in the dropdown.

Use circles for sites, as that is the way RF propagates.
Rectangles for defining state/county/city/etc borders, so that you hear radio traffic only in that jurisdiction if that is the way you want to set things up.

 

[dave3825]

Rectangles rock !

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