I'm monitoring Delta a few miles from Mpls-St. Paul Int'l Airport. I can hear plenty of conversations on the Conventional DMR system I've set up. I've looked up on RRDB and found that this is a DMR Connect+ system. I've got the DMR upgrade installed on my 436 and I'm running the RC4 version of Sentinel. Here are the steps I've taken in Sentinel:
- Create New Favorites List
- Name it "Delta Air Lines - MSP"
- Click Edit Favorites List
- Select the newly created list
- Select the Options tab, assign FLQK, #16
- Click on Systems tab
- Append a new system, "Delta System," of type MotoTRBO Trunk
- Select Delta System in the left pane
- Select the Options tab, assign SQK #0
- Append a new department, "Delta Department"
- Assign DQK #20
- Select the Sites tab
- Append a new site, "Delta Site"
- Assign Site QK #10
- Select Delta Site in the left pane
- Append 13 frequencies, in order, adding LCNs from RRDB (if incorrect, will be replaced by the LCN Finder later)
I write to scanner...
I monitored my new favorites list on a Sunday evening- a busy time for most airlines. The scanner doesn't ever stop on anything. Service Type Custom 1 is downloaded and monitored.
Ok, I thought, my LCNs from the database are incorrect or otherwise inputted incorrectly by me. So I've run the LCN finder. In about three weeks, it's never found anything with the LCN Finder. I should at least get one find, especially on non-stop traffic nights like Sundays.
I figured that maybe I needed to add an actual channel(s) into the department. So, I took some TGIDs from my conventional system and appended some channels with TGIDs (13, 43, 52, etc.). Still nothing. Even with ID Search turned on, nothing.
I hesitated creating this post because I thought I'd happen upon what I'm doing wrong eventually. I try to resist the urge to get on here and ask for someone else to do the work for me without taking a reasonable crack at it myself. It's been several weeks and still nothing- while the conventional system is on fire with traffic.
Thank you for taking a look! I'm all ears!
P.S. - In conventional mode, "CON" is at the bottom of the 436's screen. I assume this is in observance of the Connect+ plan.
- Create New Favorites List
- Name it "Delta Air Lines - MSP"
- Click Edit Favorites List
- Select the newly created list
- Select the Options tab, assign FLQK, #16
- Click on Systems tab
- Append a new system, "Delta System," of type MotoTRBO Trunk
- Select Delta System in the left pane
- Select the Options tab, assign SQK #0
- Append a new department, "Delta Department"
- Assign DQK #20
- Select the Sites tab
- Append a new site, "Delta Site"
- Assign Site QK #10
- Select Delta Site in the left pane
- Append 13 frequencies, in order, adding LCNs from RRDB (if incorrect, will be replaced by the LCN Finder later)
I write to scanner...
I monitored my new favorites list on a Sunday evening- a busy time for most airlines. The scanner doesn't ever stop on anything. Service Type Custom 1 is downloaded and monitored.
Ok, I thought, my LCNs from the database are incorrect or otherwise inputted incorrectly by me. So I've run the LCN finder. In about three weeks, it's never found anything with the LCN Finder. I should at least get one find, especially on non-stop traffic nights like Sundays.
I figured that maybe I needed to add an actual channel(s) into the department. So, I took some TGIDs from my conventional system and appended some channels with TGIDs (13, 43, 52, etc.). Still nothing. Even with ID Search turned on, nothing.
I hesitated creating this post because I thought I'd happen upon what I'm doing wrong eventually. I try to resist the urge to get on here and ask for someone else to do the work for me without taking a reasonable crack at it myself. It's been several weeks and still nothing- while the conventional system is on fire with traffic.
Thank you for taking a look! I'm all ears!
P.S. - In conventional mode, "CON" is at the bottom of the 436's screen. I assume this is in observance of the Connect+ plan.
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