ProScan: Official Software Thread

[ProScan]

ProScan Version 1.7 Build 2 includes the RadioReference Imports feature, improved Scanner Over IP, and bug fixes.

Supported scanners are the BCD996T, BC796D, BC785D, BC780XLT, BC296D, and the BC250D.

I'm thriving to make this the best Computer Aided Scanning program and suggestions are very much appreciated.

http://www.proscan.org/index.htm

Bob

 

[soberbyker]

Also a Proscan manual here.

ProScan

Computer Aided Scanning Software for the Uniden BCT15 BCT15X BC250D BC296D BR330T BC346XT BC346XTC BCD325P2 BCD396T BCD396XT BCD436HP BCD536HP BC780XLT BC785D BC796D BCD996T BCD996XT BCD996P2 RadioFeed Streaming Audio.

www.proscan.org

Thanks, I downloaded it, but I learn better by watching something done. I have the manual for the scanner and I also bought the "Easier to Read" book, but it's not. I just can't comprehend things at times. I blame it on intense chemo for 8 months a couple years ago, I haven't been the same since.

This is why I asked about videos, yes there are a ton out there that explain things in a general way and I've watched some. I was hoping to be pointed to the 'best' video for understanding how to use the program.

I tried Sentinel, tinkered around a bit and figured out a few things, I think that confused me though for learning the ProScan way. I'm not even sure what I am trying to do with it, I was able to assign a color to come on for each channel, (why doesn't it stay on for the entire conversation?) even a tone for my favorite sector. Since the county (Delaware County, PA) isn't conventional anymore there's not a lot of customizing I can do or need I suppose. I don't mind supporting the software with my license purchase.

 

[ProScan]

I tried Sentinel, tinkered around a bit and figured out a few things, I think that confused me though for learning the ProScan way. I'm not even sure what I am trying to do with it, I was able to assign a color to come on for each channel, (why doesn't it stay on for the entire conversation?) even a tone for my favorite sector. Since the county (Delaware County, PA) isn't conventional anymore there's not a lot of customizing I can do or need I suppose. I don't mind supporting the software with my license purchase.

I take it you already did a "write to scanner" using Sentinel. Is that correct?
If so, you may want to read the FL(Favorites List) from the scanner FL. Here are the steps.
1. In ProScan, in the main screen, click the Favorites Editor checkbox, located on the far left side on the main menu. The Favorites Editor window will appear.
2. Click on New, then in the folders dialog, navigate to where you want the FL folder to reside then click on "Make New Folder. Type in a name then click the OK button.
3. Ensure the scanner is in MSM(Mass Storage Mode). Click on "Scanner Read". A scanner selection window will appear. Select the scanner and click OK. Another box will appear. Click the OK button. Now you should see the FL in ProScan.

Click on one of the nodes appearing on the left side to see the options on the right side.
Click the [+] to expand the node and the sub-nodes will appear.

If you change any of the options, do a "Scanner Write" afterwards.

 

[soberbyker]

I take it you already did a "write to scanner" using Sentinel. Is that correct?
If so, you may want to read the FL(Favorites List) from the scanner FL. Here are the steps.
1. In ProScan, in the main screen, click the Favorites Editor checkbox, located on the far left side on the main menu. The Favorites Editor window will appear.
2. Click on New, then in the folders dialog, navigate to where you want the FL folder to reside then click on "Make New Folder. Type in a name then click the OK button.
3. Ensure the scanner is in MSM(Mass Storage Mode). Click on "Scanner Read". A scanner selection window will appear. Select the scanner and click OK. Another box will appear. Click the OK button. Now you should see the FL in ProScan.

Click on one of the nodes appearing on the left side to see the options on the right side.
Click the [+] to expand the node and the sub-nodes will appear.

If you change any of the options, do a "Scanner Write" afterwards.

Thanks.

 

[INDY72]

UID Logging has not worked for at least two, maybe three versions now. Shows the UID's on the History Logging screen, but nada, zip, zilch on the "UID/Recording" screen. Not sure what's up with that. I don't do audio recording from scanner to laptop, but still, several versions back, it logged the UID's on this screen. Hopefully there is a fix for this Bob?

 

[jtwalker]

UID logging works fine for me. ProScan 24.4.

 

[INDY72]

Device name Milford
Processor 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1215U (1.20 GHz)
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable)
Device ID 5FFB637B-543F-494F-9328-491AE6F4E74E
Product ID 00356-07434-19977-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Touch support with 10 touch points

Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 25H2
Installed on ‎4/‎28/‎2025
OS build 26200.7623
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.275.0
ProSCAN Version 24.4 (Latest download.)

 

[ProScan]

UID Logging has not worked for at least two, maybe three versions now. Shows the UID's on the History Logging screen, but nada, zip, zilch on the "UID/Recording" screen. Not sure what's up with that. I don't do audio recording from scanner to laptop, but still, several versions back, it logged the UID's on this screen. Hopefully there is a fix for this Bob?

What type of scanner? I see listed SDS100, BCD436HP, BCD396XT, All of them or a particular type?
I'll try to take a quick look at it in the next few days.

 

[INDY72]

What type of scanner? I see listed SDS100, BCD436HP, BCD396XT, All of them or a particular type?
I'll take a quick look at it in the next few days.

SDS100, and the BCD436HP, Both exhibit the same weird UID glitch. I have not had the BCD396XT logging anything in forever.

 

[ProScan]

Device name Milford
Processor 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1215U (1.20 GHz)
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable)
Device ID 5FFB637B-543F-494F-9328-491AE6F4E74E
Product ID 00356-07434-19977-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Touch support with 10 touch points

Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 25H2
Installed on ‎4/‎28/‎2025
OS build 26200.7623
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.275.0
ProSCAN Version 24.4 (Latest download.)

If you discover a bug, send an email to support@proscan.org. The advantage of email is so I can ask questions and send you production quality files with additional testing to help fix the bug. The person reporting the bug will get the fix sooner than waiting for the next release. Put "bug" in the Subject line. Bug Reports received via email in this format are assigned the highest priority.

Example:
Product (ProScan, Free Client, or RadioFeed): ProScan
Version: 24.1
Scanner type: BCD325P2, BCD996P2
Windows version: Win 11
Options pertaining to the bug: Describe in detail what the bug is doing or not doing: The PL and DPL codes are not appearing in the history log when in Close Call mode

 

[ProScan]

SDS100, and the BCD436HP, Both exhibit the same weird UID glitch. I have not had the BCD396XT logging anything in forever.

Do you have this option set?

 

[INDY72]

Its set now, I feel retarded, but guess I thought that it would automatically log the UID's regardless. Fixed, TY!

 

[llarsw]

Hey there. So I have a BCD325P2 and I am looking at both Freescan and Proscan to import data. I have Premium. The scanner has all licensing so Proscan makes more sense since it can do DMR. However Proscan seems more clunky to import or I am doing something wrong.

In Freescan when I select State and then County, it imports everything from the County and puts it in one System.

In Proscan, it seems like I have to drill down to County, then County Systems, then I can hit Get Data. Then I end up with multiple systems for the County, (eg: Cities, Education, Transportation) and I have to merge everything into one System, or more depending on if it hits the group limit.

Is there not a way to just import then entire County in one shot?

 

[ProScan]

In Freescan when I select State and then County, it imports everything from the County and puts it in one System.

That doesn't sound right. I'm pretty sure Freescan doesn't operate that way as there are many systems in the county and you want the systems separated.

In Proscan, it seems like I have to drill down to County, then County Systems, then I can hit Get Data. Then I end up with multiple systems for the County, (eg: Cities, Education, Transportation) and I have to merge everything into one System, or more depending on if it hits the group limit.

That's because of the way the systems are organized in the RRDB.

Is there not a way to just import then entire County in one shot?

Only one system at a time can be imported. I'm pretty sure Freescan works the same way. That way you can select the sites near you and groups of interest plus there are scanner memory limitations.

Per the Easier to Read BCD325P2 Digital Scanner Manual

Dynamically Allocated Channel Memory - organized into 'Systems', 'Sites', (within trunking systems), 'Groups' (within systems), and channels (within groups). Up to 500 systems, 1,000 total sites (max 256 per system), 20 groups per system, and 25,000 channels (500 max IDs or 1,000 frequencies per system).

 

[llarsw]

That doesn't sound right. I'm pretty sure Freescan doesn't operate that way as there are many systems in the county and you want the systems separated.


That's because of the way the systems are organized in the RRDB.


Only one system at a time can be imported. I'm pretty sure Freescan works the same way. That way you can select the sites near you and groups of interest plus there are scanner memory limitations.

Per the Easier to Read BCD325P2 Digital Scanner Manual

Dynamically Allocated Channel Memory - organized into 'Systems', 'Sites', (within trunking systems), 'Groups' (within systems), and channels (within groups). Up to 500 systems, 1,000 total sites (max 256 per system), 20 groups per system, and 25,000 channels (500 max IDs or 1,000 frequencies per system).

Thanks for the response. Here's an example. In Freescan as soon as I dial down to a County, in this example LA it populates the list for import.

In Proscan, I have to select a sub category before I can populate any Data. So I have to import each category individually.

This is probably a bad example as there is so much stuff in LA County you probably wouldn't want to import it all at once, but my county is significantly smaller in comparison.

 

[hiegtx]

Thanks for the response. Here's an example. In Freescan as soon as I dial down to a County, in this example LA it populates the list for import.

In Proscan, I have to select a sub category before I can populate any Data. So I have to import each category individually.

This is probably a bad example as there is so much stuff in LA County you probably wouldn't want to import it all at once, but my county is significantly smaller in comparison.

I can duplicate that. But what is doing, if you wait while it copies the information, is basically displaying the entire Los Angeles County page of conventional groups (cities, departments, whatever).

But that is 271 groups:

If you tried to import that full list and then load it into any Uniden scanner that can be programmed by FreeSCAN, things will quickly come to a screeching halt. You have a limit of 20 groups per system, but what is being displayed as FreeSCAN trying to display the entire county's conventional cities, departments, and categories as one single system. It pulls that listing up if you do not use the drop-down field to pick your agencies. If you did, you'd see the same list, sorted slightly different, in the drop-down:




So, technically speaking, you might be able to trick it into doing that, treating the entire listings of conventional channels for the county as a single system, named "Los Angeles". But you'd have an unusable mess that cannot actually be programmed into the scanner.

 

[hiegtx]

This is probably a bad example as there is so much stuff in LA County you probably wouldn't want to import it all at once, but my county is significantly smaller in comparison.

Not using the drop-down, you would have to go through that list and select no more than twenty items, which would be placed in a system named Los Angeles, But while you'd have 20 groups, you only have 10 quick keys to use for groups in a system. If you wanted to use quick keys to be able to select a single category to monitor, you'd have ten groups with a quick key, and ten without, either that, or use the same group quick key number for two groups at a time, You'd end up having to use the menu system to find and pare down the ones you want to set aside for the moment.

If you use the drop-down, like in the second screenshot I posted above, you could select, individually, the various systems you want. But remember that qhile you have a limit of 500 systems, you only have 100 quick keys to use in separating things out. These would all be conventional, so the maximum sites limit would not be in play.

 

[19dcg556]

Hi,
New here…
I use PS for logging my 780, 3300 and 3600.
In the history logging I find the RSSI.
The values are 80-120 for the 780 and 3300.
For the 3600 they are 250-450.
Strange thing is that in the maritime band (150-169 plm) the 3600 receives less good than the 780 and 3300.
How do I interpreted the RSSI values?
And why are they not in negative dBms?
As said… new in this matter, trying to understand what is happening.
Grz. from NL.