ProScan: Official Software Thread

[MesquiteWx]

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[lotsofradios]

CSV File Import Feature.

Been using ProScan for some time and like it.

But ok there's always a But.

Is there a way to import a CSV file into the ProScan database? I am only interested in conventional, not trunking.

I currently do it but it takes another program and a long time, almost not worth it, here is how I do it now:

Download the from scanner into Freescan. Import CSV file into Freescan, upload Freescan database into scanner, connect ProScan to scanner, download scanner into ProScan. Long way to do it, but it works. There must be a ProScan feature I am missing. Hard to believe ProScan doesn't have it because ProScan does everything else very well.

 

[ProScan]

Been using ProScan for some time and like it.

But ok there's always a But.

Is there a way to import a CSV file into the ProScan database? I am only interested in conventional, not trunking.

I currently do it but it takes another program and a long time, almost not worth it, here is how I do it now:

Download the from scanner into Freescan. Import CSV file into Freescan, upload Freescan database into scanner, connect ProScan to scanner, download scanner into ProScan. Long way to do it, but it works. There must be a ProScan feature I am missing. Hard to believe ProScan doesn't have it because ProScan does everything else very well.

CSV import and more is scheduled for the next version. For now as a work around to import the frequencies excluding text tags from a csv file. I'm doing this from memory so may not be exact but you should get it.

1. Open the csv file with a Windows text editor or spreadsheet program.
2. Press Ctrl-A to select all.
3. Right click the mouse and click "Copy".
4. Go to the Proscan menu Database - Import - Clipboard.
5. Move the desired frequencies to the right plane and hit OK.

Now the frequencies are in a system called "Clipboard".

 

[nyair1]

Proscan Client Help

Does your internet service provider change your ip from time to time?? I had my 780 setup on proscan at home so i can listen to it at work. I hadn't used the feed in awhile, so the other day i go to listen to it and it will not connect. I check my computer when i got home and noticed the server ip on my proscan feed is now different than what it was when i set it up a few months ago?? Do i have to go back into my router and set everything up again to get it back on?? I noticed some of the feeds that i listen to online that the ip has changed too. Thanks

 

[lotsofradios]

Does your internet service provider change your ip from time to time?? I had my 780 setup on proscan at home so i can listen to it at work. I hadn't used the feed in awhile, so the other day i go to listen to it and it will not connect. I check my computer when i got home and noticed the server ip on my proscan feed is now different than what it was when i set it up a few months ago?? Do i have to go back into my router and set everything up again to get it back on?? I noticed some of the feeds that i listen to online that the ip has changed too. Thanks

I have Bright House Cable modem here in Florida. Yes from time to time, but not often. Maybe 1 or 2 times a year. Typically they only change your IP address if they notice a growth in internet traffic in a particular area. At that time they'll change a portion of IP address in that geographical area to route some of IP traffic to less busy nodes.

 

[ProScan]

Does your internet service provider change your ip from time to time?? I had my 780 setup on proscan at home so i can listen to it at work. I hadn't used the feed in awhile, so the other day i go to listen to it and it will not connect. I check my computer when i got home and noticed the server ip on my proscan feed is now different than what it was when i set it up a few months ago?? Do i have to go back into my router and set everything up again to get it back on?? I noticed some of the feeds that i listen to online that the ip has changed too. Thanks

Power cycling your router can cause the IP address to change. It's recommended to use a free no IP address service for this reason. With a no IP service, the client uses a more friendly URL name verses an IP address to connect to the server.

You don't need to go into the router config unless the router port forwarding is setup to use the local address verses computer name AND the local address changed. I would just simply put the new IP address in the client and try to connect.

 

[nyair1]

Power cycling your router can cause the IP address to change. It's recommended to use a free no IP address service for this reason. With a no IP service, the client uses a more friendly URL name verses an IP address to connect to the server.

You don't need to go into the router config unless the router port forwarding is setup to use the local address verses computer name AND the local address changed. I would just simply put the new IP address in the client and try to connect.

I finally had a chance last night to check my settings. I went back through the port forwarding settings and they all seemed to be the same as i had set them up before. I tried this morning to get on from work and it wont connect to the server. I got this message -

Server not responding Code 1

Anything else i should be checking to get this back up?? Thanks

 

[ProScan]

I finally had a chance last night to check my settings. I went back through the port forwarding settings and they all seemed to be the same as i had set them up before. I tried this morning to get on from work and it wont connect to the server. I got this message -

Server not responding Code 1

Anything else i should be checking to get this back up?? Thanks

Try this..Before attempting to connect a client. Start the server and on the same machine as the server, use your internet browser and go to canyouseeme.org

If canyouseeme can not see the server then that has to be troubleshot. If can see the server then put in the IP address of the server in the client and see if it works. Don't use the 10.x.x.x or 192.x.x.x. addresses. Use the outside address.

 

[RK3AAG]

Dear Bob!

What's the reason why ProScan does not log tone (CTCSS) in filename? BCT15, Custom Search mode, and filename pattern contains 'T%'. Contains, but this variable is always empty. Even when I see tone over scanner's display. And I sea all tones well logged at Logging tab.

Any way to fix it?

Thanks!

 

[ProScan]

Dear Bob!

What's the reason why ProScan does not log tone (CTCSS) in filename? BCT15, Custom Search mode, and filename pattern contains 'T%'. Contains, but this variable is always empty. Even when I see tone over scanner's display. And I sea all tones well logged at Logging tab.

Any way to fix it?

Thanks!

The tone data from the scanner to ProScan arrives latter then the other data due to the extra time it takes the tone to be detected by the scanner. The file is created when the recording starts and the tone data hasn't arrived yet. I can work on it and see what can be done but it will be down the road.

 

[RK3AAG]

The tone data from the scanner to ProScan arrives latter then the other data due to the extra time it takes the tone to be detected by the scanner. The file is created when the recording starts and the tone data hasn't arrived yet. I can work on it and see what can be done but it will be down the road.

But how about to record in buffer for a few seconds and create file only after tone check?

Thanks!

 

[mrkelso]

Praying for a version of Proscan to work with the New BCD536HP and BCD436HP AMEN.

 

[nyair1]

Try this..Before attempting to connect a client. Start the server and on the same machine as the server, use your internet browser and go to canyouseeme.org

If canyouseeme can not see the server then that has to be troubleshot. If can see the server then put in the IP address of the server in the client and see if it works. Don't use the 10.x.x.x or 192.x.x.x. addresses. Use the outside address.

Went back and double checked everything and for some reason the ip address of my computer changed from what it was setup as before?? Redid my settings and i have my feed back up. Now i know what to check if i run into problems again. Thanks for the info.

On another note i am still trying to get both of my radios to record onto the sound card of my laptop. I had gone through older posts that you had written about this but i can't seem to get both to record. I have a 780xlt and a bc15x. Got a rca cable with a 1/8 stereo plug to go into the mic input on my laptop and 1 each of the other ends goes into the scanner. I can only get the audio to record from the 780.

 

[rmosier]

Anyone have any idea why my band scope save file keeps becoming corrupted? I've tried saving it in several locations.

 

[MesquiteWx]

Praying for a version of Proscan to work with the New BCD536HP and BCD436HP AMEN.

+1 Agreed and AMEN!!!

I could really use the real time logging and recorder at the very least.

 

[kruser]

Praying for a version of Proscan to work with the New BCD536HP and BCD436HP AMEN.

I hear that and agree fully. The lack of true and full serial control and programming via an application like ProScan will be enough to not purchase any of the new Uniden models for myself. I'm still awaiting an official answer from Bob as to if he will be able to support the new models or not. It would be a shame if the answer is no. Gommert has always had the ArcPatrol version out there for the HP1 but it is just not near the same as his other control and programing applications he sells.
Even Freescan had a version for the HP1 but when the firmware changed on the HP1, the freescan version development stopped as it was just not worth it with what little you could do when in Serial Port mode.

I like the HP1 but I don't like radios based on the internet for programming.
Yes, I know most can be customized for 3rd party applications but having something like this that relies up the internet so heavily is just wrong in my eyes.
I was just monitoring some hams the other night on 160 meters. One was near 80 years old and does not have the internet nor does he intend on getting it. He did need to purchase a new TV though and has bought so called "smart" TV's recently. Smart TV's as we all should know, do have the capability of being attached to the internet.
Anyway, I think it was a Sony he purchased only to be used for watching local source programming such as from a DVD player.
All his other "smart" TV's had no problem with no internet connection but this new Sony would not let him advance past the setup question which asked if he would be connecting this tv to the internet. It gave him a yes or no selection and he chose no of course. The TV would not let him go any further in the forced first time setup menu. So he called Sony and they confirmed the TV would not work without an internet connection. He told them that he would be returning it and never buying another Sony product in however many years he has left.
I was amazed by that story which was confirmed by another ham in the group on 160 meters as he also had purchased the same model but planned on using it in a room without internet.
I found it amazing that something as simple as a TV would not work with no internet connection. Most can get software or firmware updates via a USB stick so why this particular Sony does not work with no internet is a mystery and also very bad planning on Sony's part.
Something like that should not be forced upon you.

Back on the new Uniden models, I know they are internet based and using a proprietary database derived from Radio Reference but the option should be there to not use that database and allow the end user to program their expensive new scanners in the same fashion they did with the 396 and 996 line etc. If they switch over to using the database from RR, then I could see some functionality being removed so as not to walk on the hard work of the gang here at RR. I have no problem with that but the option should be there that allows full scanner control and programming without using the RR database at all other than in the way it is used with direct downloads and a premium membership using applications like ProScan and the other like apps.

 

[nyair1]

Went back and double checked everything and for some reason the ip address of my computer changed from what it was setup as before?? Redid my settings and i have my feed back up. Now i know what to check if i run into problems again. Thanks for the info.

On another note i am still trying to get both of my radios to record onto the sound card of my laptop. I had gone through older posts that you had written about this but i can't seem to get both to record. I have a 780xlt and a bc15x. Got a rca cable with a 1/8 stereo plug to go into the mic input on my laptop and 1 each of the other ends goes into the scanner. I can only get the audio to record from the 780.

Anyone have a idea on how to setup to record from both radios??

 

[mrkelso]

I hope that Uniden doesn't make it difficult for these folks to write software for the new machines. I hope uniden goes back to the drawing board because this last batch of scanners were released with to many bugs and this whole press the button after you put the cable in thing is for the birds.

 

[ProScan]

Anyone have a idea on how to setup to record from both radios??

First if you haven't done it already, use a separate folder for each scanner that way each instance will have it's own configuration. Is the mic input mono or stereo? Do you see audio on the BCT15X instance? Is a sound card selected and the level control up?

 

[lost_in_maine]

How do You read what is in C-Ch Output?

As the subject line says, How do you decipher what the logs give you?
I stumbled across what it is showing as LTR

and get output like:
02/28/14 10:16:43,LTR,1-0D-1C-6E-1A
02/28/14 10:19:35,LTR,0-19-18-45-00
02/28/14 10:54:20,LTR,1-11-18-05-00
02/28/14 11:00:46,LTR,1-11-18-05-00
02/28/14 11:36:14,LTR,1-1F-1D-7F-13
02/28/14 12:46:36,LTR,0-01-18-45-00
02/28/14 14:31:52,LTR,0-17-17-CF-1F
02/28/14 03:45:46,LTR,1-17-1B-EB-16
02/28/14 04:30:51,LTR,1-11-18-05-00
02/28/14 05:10:25,LTR,1-11-18-05-00
02/28/14 05:17:54,LTR,0-09-18-01-00
02/28/14 06:08:41,LTR,1-0E-1F-AB-1B
02/28/14 06:43:20,LTR,0-10-18-47-00
02/28/14 07:03:06,LTR,0-1E-1F-AF-1F
02/28/14 07:17:59,LTR,0-11-18-15-10
02/28/14 07:48:57,LTR,1-11-18-05-00

Then anything P25 is like this:

02/28/14 03:19:52,P25,35CF904E0F6A800000008033
02/28/14 03:26:14,P25,1556A8002A55555801555150

02/28/14 03:26:14,P25,37FD001B1077813A0000B1AE

02/28/14 03:26:14,P25,1B1B25FA1596710068053C07
02/28/14 03:26:15,P25,155697EAFF00555801555155

02/28/14 03:26:15,P25,37FD001B1077813A0000B1AE

02/28/14 03:26:15,P25,1B1B25FA15AA710068053C07
02/28/14 03:26:16,P25,A9004F4F0E280007A404E14B

02/28/14 03:26:16,P25,37FD004F1077813A00009AFF