Septa3371CSX1
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I don't know if this has come up before or not but if it has forgive me for bringing it back up in a new topic.
Anyways, I'm offering a suggestion with a poll on whether or not the three NJSP Trunk System DB entries should be combined into one. The main reason I ask is because all three systems are linked together and many talkgroups are broadcast on two or three systems. So rather than having seperate entries for A, B, and C, why not have 1 entry for the whole state and have the frequencies grouped into the three seperate troops along with the intellipeater sites and list all the system IDs (i.e. Troop A, SysID B106). Then have all the talkgroups listed with the patrol talkgroups seperated by troop (A, B, C). This will elminate the need to have the talkgroups that are broadcast on two or three systems entered in three seperate entries and also make it easier for users to look up talkgroups that for example, pop up on A but are only listed on C.
Both John Burcelli (KC2KZZ's files) and Joe Cardini (Philly Scanner) have their files for NJSP listed with the frequencies listed for each system and all the talk groups listed as one rather than 3 seperate lists for each troops. It is much easier to use those files than the Radio Reference DB listings because everything is in one place. While not to steal traffic from them, I feel since RR is the most well known internet site for scanner users, everything should be easy to use and understand. Before I found Nosoup4u's files, I struggled with talkgroups on the NJSP systems using the RR entries.
Another issue that will come up with combining these systems is users who only want to program one troop and also web imports. Combining all the systems into one will make it much easier to use the web import feature on programs like Win500 since all talkgroups can be imported once instead of three times and then going through and affiliating everything with the NJSP TSYS object and also making sure you have all the control channel frequencies. At the same time, users who only want Troop B for example can still just program Troop B and it's talkgroups by selecting those that affiliate with the B system.
Please discuss this suggestion and use the poll to voice your opinion on the subject matter.
Anyways, I'm offering a suggestion with a poll on whether or not the three NJSP Trunk System DB entries should be combined into one. The main reason I ask is because all three systems are linked together and many talkgroups are broadcast on two or three systems. So rather than having seperate entries for A, B, and C, why not have 1 entry for the whole state and have the frequencies grouped into the three seperate troops along with the intellipeater sites and list all the system IDs (i.e. Troop A, SysID B106). Then have all the talkgroups listed with the patrol talkgroups seperated by troop (A, B, C). This will elminate the need to have the talkgroups that are broadcast on two or three systems entered in three seperate entries and also make it easier for users to look up talkgroups that for example, pop up on A but are only listed on C.
Both John Burcelli (KC2KZZ's files) and Joe Cardini (Philly Scanner) have their files for NJSP listed with the frequencies listed for each system and all the talk groups listed as one rather than 3 seperate lists for each troops. It is much easier to use those files than the Radio Reference DB listings because everything is in one place. While not to steal traffic from them, I feel since RR is the most well known internet site for scanner users, everything should be easy to use and understand. Before I found Nosoup4u's files, I struggled with talkgroups on the NJSP systems using the RR entries.
Another issue that will come up with combining these systems is users who only want to program one troop and also web imports. Combining all the systems into one will make it much easier to use the web import feature on programs like Win500 since all talkgroups can be imported once instead of three times and then going through and affiliating everything with the NJSP TSYS object and also making sure you have all the control channel frequencies. At the same time, users who only want Troop B for example can still just program Troop B and it's talkgroups by selecting those that affiliate with the B system.
Please discuss this suggestion and use the poll to voice your opinion on the subject matter.