Download from his website.
ProScan: Official Software Thread
That did the trick. Thanks.
This is normal. When you hit E and go into Mass Storage Mode, the scanners serial port and its functions are disabled internally in the scanner which is why they disappear from device manager on your computer. If you want to control the scanner with ProScan Do NOT go into Mass Storage Mode and your serial port will remain active for ProScan to use and also remain available under device manager.
Mass Storage mode is only for direct access to the scanners SD card for firmware updates or the weekly Uniden DB Updates but you Cannot control the scanner while it's in Mass Storage Mode.
N1SQB
Member
Oh I understand that no problem. I was trying to update the database as I do once a week. That's where I discovered the problem.
That is the issue I am having. Can't update anything.. If a new firmware came out, I'd be hit.
N1SQB
Member
That's fine. However, this began as an issue while using Proscan, so that's why I posted here. Now that I see it is not, I am gonna let it go. I will figure this out on my own.......
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N1SQB
Member
UPDATE: Now that the Uniden server is up, Sentinel is working flawlessly. My only remaining problem is ProScan. Two computers, two different operating systems, the latest version of ProScan on both, .and both doing the same thing ONLY with ProScan. I don't get it...
Doing what? In short.
I'm not aware of any problems. What exactly is it doing or not doing?
mikepdx
Member
Your website: http://www.proscan.org/
is down as of this post.
is down as of this post.
It look intermittent. I'll check it out. Thanks
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N1SQB
Member
Well, at the risk of sounding repetitive, The scanner is ok if I just want to do a remote scan display on the computer screen. Once I put it into "mass storage " mode to upload or write to it, the radio seems to stop communicating with the program. The program only sees shows 2 options under port set up " None, URL" Then you open the device manager to see if the cable driver needs updating and there is now no COMMPORT / LPT port tab. Again, there's communication if I just want a remote display on my screen. Otherwise, can't read or write to/from the scanner.
That's normal. When the scanner is in Mass Storage mode, the Serial Port mode is disabled.
What happens when you take the scanner out of Mass Storage mode? Does the comm. port reappear in the Device Manager and ProScan starts to communicate with the scanner?
Yeah, from the sounds of it you’re describing correct behavior but saying it’s incorrect.
Want to read/write to it? Put it in mass storage mode.
Want to read/write to it? Put it in mass storage mode.
eddie8965
Member
Try 19.7.1 (from the website, not in app update) and see if that fixes it.
ProScan: - Official Software Thread
I don't see a "Ports (COM & LPT)" category in your screenshot. Check your computer. Thats what I just said. " as it goes into USB mass storage mode, you hear the sound of it disconnecting from the computer, reconnecting, then the LPT Commports disappears from device manager. ". That is what...
N1SQB
Member
YES! Now then, if that is normal behavior, then how do I read from / write to the scanner when I'm NOT trying to use it for remote display purposes?
N1SQB
Member
If you have been following my posts, that is exactly where the problem lies, when in mass storage mode, the scanner stops communicating with the software and I cannot read or write to the radio.
Put it in mass storage mode...as I said...
It SHOULD stop being controllable by ProScan when in mass storage mode...that's normal! Unplug the USB, reconnect the USB, hit the button on the scanner to enter Mass Storage Mode, read/write to your heart's content.
