n5ims
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File; New Template
(In other words, press the File menu item and then in the File menu, press the New Template menu item).
You will be prompted to select which scanner you have so select the "RadioShack PRO-106 / PRO-197" option and press OK (not really that important, but will populate the Welcome Text entries to reflect your scanner's default values. As that dialog box states "Since you're probably going to customize that text anyway, it really doesn't matter what you select here." so don't fret the entry too much.
This will give you a new tab on your WIN-500 program loaded with the default values. This tab will have the default name of "(new template)" as a reminder for you to give it a better name sometime soon (not required but will make it much easier to keep track of what tab is what).
Make sure you're on the new tab you created above (initially named "(new template)" but may be different if you've already renamed it.
Scanner; Download from Scanner
This will have that new tab reflect the programming from your Pro-106 scanner. As I indicated in my earlier post, I strongly recommend that you then save that information in a file. Name it something that will let you know that it's how your Pro-106 was programmed at that time (key there is some informative text followed by the date or date & time you saved the file).
File; Save As ...
You will be prompted for a file name so this is where you will enter that informative text and hopefully also the date or date & time as I recommended. Make sure that the file is saved somewhere where you'll be able to find it later and someplace where you have permission to write file(s) [most later versions of Windows restrict where a user can write files].
Once the file has been written, your tab's name will change to reflect the new file's name.
To make sure that you don't accidently modify that initial load file's contents, save the file again under a different name (reflecting the state of the programming after you do your modifications!).
File; Save As ...
You will again be prompted for a file name. Again, something informative along with the date or date & time would be appropriate. Perhaps something like "MyFirstPro106ProgrammingYYYYMMDD" (making the appropriate entries for YYYY - Year, MM - two-digit month, DD - two-digit day). I understand that most folks would default to MMDDYYYY, but having the year first makes it much easier to find the earliest or latest entry due to how Windows sorts the filenames.
A "Help" file is listed as a Planned Feature that still doesn't appear to be available. While the program is generally fairly easy to follow, some knowledge of how the related scanners work is important to understanding the program. Sorry, but that's the nature of the beast. There's hope though.
A good instructional manual or extended help document is here --> WIN500 - UtahRadio
That manual (part of his "easier to read" series) may very well be the reason that Don never released his version of the "Help" file. It makes things quite clear for those that know the scanner and program very well along with those that are very new to both.
Good luck and enjoy your scanner and software!
Oh, I failed to mention something very important. When you register the software (to allow you to use it beyond the 30 day free trial period), be sure that you save the e-mail with your registration information in a couple of places (especially in at least one place that you'll be able to get to when your computer has crashed and all contents are irretrievably gone). Don's policy is to send one and only one e-mail with that information. You can ask for him to resend it when your computer has crashed but you'll probably end up just like the many others that never got a reply.
If you don't save your registration information you'll probably need to pay the normal full-price to get a new registration e-mail. This policy is clearly spelled out when you register, but most folks never read the text and simply click through. I may not like that policy, I may not even agree with that policy, but that's his policy so it's something we all just have to live with. I do, however, understand that policy. He has had issues with folks asking for "replacement" registration information and demanding a new one to "replace" one that was never paid for in the first place.
