What's the file export format of said SDR# file? If you can get it into .csv format with sortable columns you can copy the data needed then utilize Proscan's "Get Clipboard" function to paste it into a database file or favorites list
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Yes, Using the Get Clipboard function. Create a conv. system and group first. After that, select the rows from the document then click the Get Clipboard function.
It appears that the switch from MP3 to WAV recordings made the difference. All recordings are complete with no blanks or losses and working as expected this morning. If it works a couple of more days/nights in a row, we have a fix for the blank recordings.
Thanks!
While the WAV versus MP3 recordings are no longer blank, I am getting police traffic on fire talk groups and other similar strange occurances. This is only on the ProScan recordings list. The saved files are correct, but the WAV files are blank when played with the media player. They play fine with VLC Player. This all makes my head spin! I did try a reinstall of ProScan a few days ago for what it is worth. What is with my setup?
It looked like the WAV file change had things working fine overnight, but with some recordings saying they are Fire Dispatch actually recording Police and the fact that even after a few hours this morning of recordings now blank except for the most recent comms appended to the end of the now blank file. I am guessing that ProScan just may not work for me. Most others are running fine so it has to be something with my setup. ;-(
Folks,I did something I wanted to do for the longest time and that is to host my own server. I never pursued it because I wasn't sure if I could get a static IP address. I contacted the Frontier business rep. and found out I can. It's only $95 per month, the first year, for 1 Gig static. Once I had the order in, I went to work. I purchased a computer then I installed and configured the main programs: Apache, PHP, MySQL, and hMailServer. Later, I whipped up a few utilities using Visual Studio. HostGator was hosting my site. I still use HostGator for the domain register.
What does the server do anyways, it just serves pages and files? It also handles activations, paypal functions, web server & RSOIP directory functions. It also receives error reports if ProScan encounters an abnormal exemption.
What does this mean for the end user? Less time spent on server maintenance so I can spend more time on ProScan.
The reasons I wanted to host my own site:
1. Simplicity - The HostGator dedicated server package was more complicated than needed to be in so many ways, I don't want to bore you with all the details. Just a few areas I'll touch on. 1) It seems to me that the WHM and the Control Panel made things so much more complicated such as it had it's own configuration sections for Apache, PHP, etc. I would rather do the config in the program directly plus it made duplicate config files in different location which is confusing to me and I didn't know which one had the higher priority. 2) The dedicated server package I purchased is mainly geared for resellers so all kinds of programs and options that I don't know exactly what they do. 3) DNS Records - So many dns records in about 5 different zones. I just want one zone to keep it simple.
2. Shared IP address. HostGator uses shared IP addresses even when using dedicated servers. The IP address I was on is on a couple of blacklists.
3. My site was hacked 3 times. The first two times were almost identical. The Apache .htaccess file had a redirect from my index.html file to an index.php file. I couldn't tell what was going on in the php file as it was obfuscated. I would copy the backup .htaccess file over the hacked file and 30 minutes to an hour later, the hacked .htaccess file will reappear. The 2nd time, I dug further into the problem and found a cron job doing it. I deleted the cron job and it still came back. Then I found a program called Softaculous that owned the cron job. Then I found out I couldn't disable the cron on the free version of Softaculous, just the paid version. A form of ransomware?. My dedicated server came with Softaculous already installed. I deleted all files and folders that had to do with Softaculous and the problem never came back. After I got the problem fixed both times, I got an ad from Sitelock advertising their service. How did they know? I didn't report the problem to HostGator. The 3rd time I got hacked: I got an email from HostGator saying I sent out 5000 emails in one day. I found out there were several email accounts showing in CPanel that I didn't create. I deleted them and the problem never came back. I think there are backdoors built in for the 'trusted partners'. I'm using strong passwords and a firewall so I think all three instances were inside jobs.
4. My site was running CentOS which is end of life. I kept getting reminders to upgrade to AlmaLinux. There is a script that handles the upgrade but what happens if something goes haywire.
5. Accessing the server remotely. I never got SSH working so I was stuck using the terminal mode in WHM which was cumbersome. If I wanted to copy a file, I would have to type out the folder and file names and pay attention to the casing. If I want to download the file, I would have to copy the file to the public serve folder, then change the file permissions, then FTP the file to my local computer. There's a file manager in WHM which is a GUI but it doesn't work at the root level.
My server setup may seem complicated but it's really simple and especially compared to before.
See my notes attached.
What does the server do anyways, it just serves pages and files? It also handles activations, paypal functions, web server & RSOIP directory functions. It also receives error reports if ProScan encounters an abnormal exemption.
What does this mean for the end user? Less time spent on server maintenance so I can spend more time on ProScan.
The reasons I wanted to host my own site:
1. Simplicity - The HostGator dedicated server package was more complicated than needed to be in so many ways, I don't want to bore you with all the details. Just a few areas I'll touch on. 1) It seems to me that the WHM and the Control Panel made things so much more complicated such as it had it's own configuration sections for Apache, PHP, etc. I would rather do the config in the program directly plus it made duplicate config files in different location which is confusing to me and I didn't know which one had the higher priority. 2) The dedicated server package I purchased is mainly geared for resellers so all kinds of programs and options that I don't know exactly what they do. 3) DNS Records - So many dns records in about 5 different zones. I just want one zone to keep it simple.
2. Shared IP address. HostGator uses shared IP addresses even when using dedicated servers. The IP address I was on is on a couple of blacklists.
3. My site was hacked 3 times. The first two times were almost identical. The Apache .htaccess file had a redirect from my index.html file to an index.php file. I couldn't tell what was going on in the php file as it was obfuscated. I would copy the backup .htaccess file over the hacked file and 30 minutes to an hour later, the hacked .htaccess file will reappear. The 2nd time, I dug further into the problem and found a cron job doing it. I deleted the cron job and it still came back. Then I found a program called Softaculous that owned the cron job. Then I found out I couldn't disable the cron on the free version of Softaculous, just the paid version. A form of ransomware?. My dedicated server came with Softaculous already installed. I deleted all files and folders that had to do with Softaculous and the problem never came back. After I got the problem fixed both times, I got an ad from Sitelock advertising their service. How did they know? I didn't report the problem to HostGator. The 3rd time I got hacked: I got an email from HostGator saying I sent out 5000 emails in one day. I found out there were several email accounts showing in CPanel that I didn't create. I deleted them and the problem never came back. I think there are backdoors built in for the 'trusted partners'. I'm using strong passwords and a firewall so I think all three instances were inside jobs.
4. My site was running CentOS which is end of life. I kept getting reminders to upgrade to AlmaLinux. There is a script that handles the upgrade but what happens if something goes haywire.
5. Accessing the server remotely. I never got SSH working so I was stuck using the terminal mode in WHM which was cumbersome. If I wanted to copy a file, I would have to type out the folder and file names and pay attention to the casing. If I want to download the file, I would have to copy the file to the public serve folder, then change the file permissions, then FTP the file to my local computer. There's a file manager in WHM which is a GUI but it doesn't work at the root level.
My server setup may seem complicated but it's really simple and especially compared to before.
See my notes attached.
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BinaryMode
Blondie Once Said To Call Her But Never Answerd
As someone who has dabbled with hosting now for some 11 years I can tell you HostGator is NOT a shared hoster you ever want to deal with. Also, never use Softaculous for anything. It may seem easy to use at first, but in the end it'll cause NOTHING but grief.
If you're familiar with a LAMP stack I would have bought a VPS (Virtual Private Server) perhaps at YouTube's favorite Ad sponsor Linode or somewhere which offers quick one click deployment. You can also opt to install a panel like cPanel (I wouldn't) if you use a VPS, but Cockpit and Webmin would be the better choice. You may want to look into Cockpit and Webmin now that you're hosting from home. Yes, Almalinux is the go-to now that CentOS bit the dust.
Now that you're hosting from home you are opening a port to the world. In this case you really want to be using Cloudflare's software called Cloudflared which allows you to not only keep your origin IP address hidden behind Cloudflare's reverse proxy, but you don't have to open a port from home. Then you use IPtables and block ALL access inbound. I highly encourage you to look into Cloudflare tunnel and use it. If you think you were hacked before you ain't seen nothing yet. Especially with a DDoS potential. Ideally you'd want to configure Cloudflare first before you throw your origin IP out there to the wild. Now that you done that a domain to IP history website will help a would-be hacker to know your origin IP address even though you are seemingly hidden behind Cloudflare. Or one could look no further than Shodan or Censys. There are many websites out there that think everything is good that they are using Cloudflare but they never set it up right from the jump.
Learn how to use Ventoy with Clonezilla to backup the whole enchilada every once in a while. I also have a 1 Gbps Internet connection and may start hosting my web properties from home. I just need to get a better e-mail ability because the e-mail headers from the website will rat out my origin IP address behind Cloudflare. And that's something else you want to note. Right now I'm exploring an integration into my website using EmailJS.
Good luck!
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Read your notes. I don't particularly care for Windows Task Scheduler. It's been problematic for me in the past. So today I use a program called System Scheduler. And you can get really fancy with Autoit scripts. Just ask a decent AI to create a script...
If you're familiar with a LAMP stack I would have bought a VPS (Virtual Private Server) perhaps at YouTube's favorite Ad sponsor Linode or somewhere which offers quick one click deployment. You can also opt to install a panel like cPanel (I wouldn't) if you use a VPS, but Cockpit and Webmin would be the better choice. You may want to look into Cockpit and Webmin now that you're hosting from home. Yes, Almalinux is the go-to now that CentOS bit the dust.
Now that you're hosting from home you are opening a port to the world. In this case you really want to be using Cloudflare's software called Cloudflared which allows you to not only keep your origin IP address hidden behind Cloudflare's reverse proxy, but you don't have to open a port from home. Then you use IPtables and block ALL access inbound. I highly encourage you to look into Cloudflare tunnel and use it. If you think you were hacked before you ain't seen nothing yet. Especially with a DDoS potential. Ideally you'd want to configure Cloudflare first before you throw your origin IP out there to the wild. Now that you done that a domain to IP history website will help a would-be hacker to know your origin IP address even though you are seemingly hidden behind Cloudflare. Or one could look no further than Shodan or Censys. There are many websites out there that think everything is good that they are using Cloudflare but they never set it up right from the jump.
HostGator - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Endurance International Group - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Cloudflare Tunnel · Cloudflare Zero Trust docs
Cloudflare Tunnel provides you with a secure way to connect your resources to Cloudflare without a publicly routable IP address. With Tunnel, you do not send traffic to an external IP — instead, a lightweight daemon in your infrastructure (cloudflared) creates outbound-only connections to...
developers.cloudflare.com
Cockpit Project
Cockpit makes it easy to administer your Linux servers via a web browser.
cockpit-project.org
Learn how to use Ventoy with Clonezilla to backup the whole enchilada every once in a while. I also have a 1 Gbps Internet connection and may start hosting my web properties from home. I just need to get a better e-mail ability because the e-mail headers from the website will rat out my origin IP address behind Cloudflare. And that's something else you want to note. Right now I'm exploring an integration into my website using EmailJS.
Good luck!
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Read your notes. I don't particularly care for Windows Task Scheduler. It's been problematic for me in the past. So today I use a program called System Scheduler. And you can get really fancy with Autoit scripts. Just ask a decent AI to create a script...
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Congrats on the new setup!
Nice! Contacts! I think the only kicker with self hosting is security, security, security.
Why autocorrect thinks I meant contacts when I typed congrats is beyond me but here we are with it making me look dumb. Again.
BinaryMode
Blondie Once Said To Call Her But Never Answerd
A lot of people have trouble with auto correct. Go to the keyboard's setting by tapping the cog (gear) icon and you can turn off auto correct. I do that on all phones.
Then it would really, really be bad. I prefer it on as it helps way more than it hurts.. I just didn't proofread it before I hit post.
I think time will tell on any security issues. I think the way it is now is a lot better than any hosting company with a lot of back doors used by 'trusted partners'. I'm using Windows Defender and router firewalls.
I made a utility program that monitors the serve folder and subfolders for any unexpected file changes (add, delete, edit) that's working well and another utility that monitors the Apache logs for any unusual activity. I'm seeing a lot of http GET requests looking for .php files that appear to be a Googlebot with google IP source addresses. The source IP address can be spoofed. So far, those haven't gotten through.
Check the 'Find Partial' box or enter in a wildcard 'SP C*'
Tried that yesterday and it found things in other lists I didn't want to change. Will try again. I'm sure it's something I did wrong.
Select the favorite to search in the top box.
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Bob, I have been attempting to reach you via email email - however my attempts have been unsuccessful.
I just installed four (4) new PC's running Windows 11 Pro, at first your software was running great, then Day 2 the screen had an error (I have a screenshot attached. Now nothing comes up on the screen. I go to comm port and it says it's in use for this session, the app is not minimized. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the port driver. Uninstalled and reinstalled ProScan. Nothing seems to be working. Happening on one that is running a BCD996P2 (although the other computer running a BCD996P2 is not an issue), and an SDS100.
Also, I purchased a license or two and cannot find the email so that I can move the license over to the new computer.
I just installed four (4) new PC's running Windows 11 Pro, at first your software was running great, then Day 2 the screen had an error (I have a screenshot attached. Now nothing comes up on the screen. I go to comm port and it says it's in use for this session, the app is not minimized. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the port driver. Uninstalled and reinstalled ProScan. Nothing seems to be working. Happening on one that is running a BCD996P2 (although the other computer running a BCD996P2 is not an issue), and an SDS100.
Also, I purchased a license or two and cannot find the email so that I can move the license over to the new computer.
Attachments
Is your email setup correctly? I got a bounce email using support@proscan.org then I tried my gmail acct and same thing.
The response from the remote server was:
451 Temporary local problem - please try later
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bob Aune <bobproscan@gmail.com>
To: info@__________________.com
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 04:57:45 -0700
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