Newby-Trunking help

[Dats2Cute]

Hello... I have a BC346XT. I want to scan my local police department on trunk.. I have been having trouble programming the scanner. I need to enter frequencies in order and then the talk groups. I don't know how to enter the tower freq's (Edacs, Motorola?) Then the same with the talk groups. I will paste the codes to give you a idea as to what I am talking about. If You could give me step by step so I can do this I would appreciate it. Again I am very new to this scanner and It seems to be a bit difficult to use! Thank you!


Frequencies
*All frequencies are in the EDACS trunk system and are listed in logical order.

Beacon Tower:

851.5875
852.0125
857.7125
865.7125
861.7125
862.7125
863.7125
864.7125
866.6000
Poughkeepsie Tower:
854.4125
853.2625
852.6875
856.7125
860.7125
861.2375
862.2375
863.2375
864.2375
865.2375
865.3125
860.8875
Talk Groups
Beacon Tower:

03-061: City of Beacon Police Department (Base 3)
03-067: City of Beacon Police Department (Patrol Tac 1)
03-070: City of Beacon Police Department (Detective)
03-071: City of Beacon Police Department (Newburgh-Beacon intersystem)
03-072: City of Beacon Police Department (County intersystem)
03-073: City of Beacon Police Department (Fishkill-Beacon intersystem)
03-074: City of Beacon Police Department (City Wide)
04-022: Orange County Sheriff (911 Polling)
04-023: Orange County Sheriff (Interservice)
04-037: Orange County Sheriff (Central)
04-045: Village of Maybrook Police Department
04-081: Village of Walden Police Department
04-083: Town of Newburgh Police Department (Base 3)
04-090: Town of Newburgh Police Department
04-101: Town of New Windsor Police Department (Base 5)
04-121: City of Newburgh Police Department (Base 1)
04-122: City of Newburgh Police Department (Tactical)
04-126: City of Newburgh Police Department (Tac-1)
04-130: Goodwill Fire District
04-131: Middlehope Fire District
04-141: Middlehope Fire District
06-030: Town of Marlborough Police Department
Poughkeepsie Tower:
01-021: Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department (Dispatch)
01-023: Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department (Unit-to-unit)
01-024: Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department (Dispatch 2)
01-025: Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department (Traffic)
01-026: Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department
01-027: Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department (Tactical)
01-033: Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department
01-062: City of Poughkeepsie Fire Department (Fireground)
01-067: City of Poughkeepsie Fire Department
01-081: City of Poughkeepsie Police Department (Dispatch)
01-085: City of Poughkeepsie Police Department (Unit-to-unit)
01-086: City of Poughkeepsie Police Department (Special Events)
01-090: City of Poughkeepsie Police Department (Detectives)
03-027: Town of Hyde Park Police Department (Dispatch)
03-031: Town of Hyde Park Police Department (Tactical)
03-077: Dutchess County Sheriff
06-021: Town of New Paltz Police Department
06-022: Town of New Paltz Police Department

 

[Junior08]

I will recommend you download/install Freescan programming software. It's free, and will make programming much easier, providing you have the proper cable(s).

 

[Dats2Cute]

I do have the cable, but it will not fit in my computer.

 

[dshafer1]

I do have the cable, but it will not fit in my computer.

You need to purchase a serial to USB adapter.

 

[ka3jjz]

...which is discussed here...

Connecting scanners via USB - The RadioReference Wiki

In addition this article contains all the links - including the Easier to Read manuals, the links for which are at the bottom, you will need to get going. DMA takes a bit of learning - it's wise to make backups in case you want to revert to something earlier, once you get some software...

Program your DMA Scanner - The RadioReference Wiki

And incidentally there's a link for the FreeScan user guide as well. But really, you need to understand how DMA works before you can use any software effectively. Take some time reading the DMA FAQ and the Easier to Read guide before you go any further. There are also links to articles that will begin to teach you about trunking.

HTH...Mike