my psr500

[wildone07]

i just ordered mine on friday, should be here on monday... im looking for the data files for Allegheny county, pa. Harrison twsp pd. anything else around here, and westmoreland county. does someone either have them already, please let me know, or where may i find a link for this info?

 

[rdale]

http://radioreference.com then click on DATABASE, then PA, then ALLEGHENY COUNTY.

 

[Sownman]

I would also suggest joining the PSR-500 Yahoo group. People are uploading their files for various areas and there is a PA file available.


Steve

 

[cookmaster]

one last try, can somone tell me how to get USB Cable that came with the PSR-500, to get it working. what i mean is once you Plug the USB Cable into the scanner is there anything to from there, to start the upload from ether win500 or other Soft. thank you all.

 

[mtindor]

one last try, can somone tell me how to get USB Cable that came with the PSR-500, to get it working. what i mean is once you Plug the USB Cable into the scanner is there anything to from there, to start the upload from ether win500 or other Soft. thank you all.

Simply plugging in the cable is not enough. The scanner came with a CD. That CD contains the appropriate driver that you'll need. Install the drive per the instructions. Then make note of the # of the new COM port that is installed, because you'll then need to go into the application that you use (such as Win500 or PSREdit or something else) and specify that COM port.

Mike

 

[cookmaster]

Hay thanks for the Quick Reply, to my Question. Peace

 

[DaveIN]

Simply plugging in the cable is not enough. The scanner came with a CD. That CD contains the appropriate driver that you'll need. Install the drive per the instructions. Then make note of the # of the new COM port that is installed, because you'll then need to go into the application that you use (such as Win500 or PSREdit or something else) and specify that COM port.

Mike

Actually, my laptop with Vista did not require installation of the driver from the CDROM. It found the USB device and installed without it.

 

[wildone07]

great.. i just received it today, however, i cannot get the usb cable to work at all.
i tried different ports, but no luck.

 

[ROCKnTIME]

Check the "Device Manager" for the correct port. I believe it defaults to port 5

 

[Sownman]

great.. i just received it today, however, i cannot get the usb cable to work at all.
i tried different ports, but no luck.

Read post #5 again. It's not just ports you have to install the driver from the CD.
IIRC you need to load the CD in your computer then plug in the cable when windows
says it found new hardware (the cable) and asks to install it you need to point windows to the driver on the CD. If windows is allowed to install it's own driver for the cable it will not work.

 

[wildone07]

ok, i got it to find the scanner now, i had to use psredit, win 500 would not work at all.
now, i just need to input all of the freqs.

 

[wildone07]

does anyone have the files for allegheny county pa?

 

[mtindor]

does anyone have the files for allegheny county pa?

The RRDB (RadioReference DataBase) has pretty much everything you'd need... and more.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=2242

If you decide to program in some trunked systems, understand that you will not get the Pennsylvania STARnet. That is OpenSky Standard and not monitorable by any scanner.

But certainly there are tons of trunked systems and conventional frequencies for Allegheny County. You can find them at the URL above.

If you get serious about entering a bunch of trunked systems, you might want to consider paying the $30/yr subscription to become a Premium Subscriber here at RadioReference. Most people feel it is well worth the $30/yr to be able to use PSREdit / Win500 / etc to import the frequencies right in rather than having to do it manually.

If you think you might be interested in becoming a Premium Subscriber, read this:

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/subscription/

NOTE: Everybody has access to the RRDB. You do not have to be a Premium Subscriber in order to access the DataBase. However, it sure makes life a lot simpler.

Mike

 

[loumaag]

Closed.

Wildone--please stick to the topic and post your questions in the appropriate forums. Do not ask location specific questions in a general type forum. Do not keep asking the same question over and over in different forums or threads.