Ohhhh so confused Please help!

[danzik]

Hi, I have been reading and reading but I think I am just getting more and more confused. I have a big problem, last week I noticed that my scanner wasnt making much noise, and I found out that Wabash, Indidana's sherriff's dept. changed there system to the SAFE-T system. This is a big bummer for me because I know nothing about this and have many questions. I have a BCT15 Trunktrackerlll. My questions are as follows. 1. All I hear now on the " SAFE-T system" is a bunch of noise cause my scanner is not digital, there is a way to decode this noise isnt there???? Isn't that what the Trunk88 programs and so forth are suppose to do, or are they just to make a non trunking scanner trunk???? I just bought this scanner about a month ago and have no expirience with trunking and might not get any if I cant decrypt this noise. I built a data slicer and tried to run these programs and nothing. I tried the older one because the new ones instructions said it was not compatible with a data slicer just "audio card"???? How the heck is that done? what is the audio card thing all about, all I read was about the slicer. So I tried the older versions to try to get it to work and it looks like the computer is getting no responce, I dont know what is up I just want some good advise on what to do. I think I have the scanner programmed right, at least for something, like I said I have never delt with this safe-T system, but I am getting encrypted noises. Running TRUNK88 4.63 W/ slicer to com1"I hope is default". Running it in XP I hope that is ok. The program is suppose to automatically do something isnt it, it is doing nothing sys ID: nothin ; system: nothin. The cursor is scrolling and that is it. Please help

 

[SCPD]

Wabash, Indiana's sherriff's dept. changed there system to the SAFE-T system.

Is that this system?

This is a big bummer for me because I know nothing about this and have many questions. I have a BCT15 Trunktrackerlll. My questions are as follows. 1. All I hear now on the " SAFE-T system" is a bunch of noise cause my scanner is not digital, there is a way to decode this noise isnt there????

Yes - to hear the voice calls broadcasting in digital format, you'll need a digital capable scanner.

Isn't that what the Trunk88 programs and so forth are suppose to do, or are they just to make a non trunking scanner trunk????

No - it and other programs like it decode the control channel. They allow you to see the call activity and optionally follow the conversations with a second scanner. If the voice calls happen to be digital, the voice scanner must be digital capable.

You're BCT15 will still follow the analog calls on this system.

I built a data slicer and tried to run these programs and nothing.

Awesome. Diagnosing a data slicer can be a pain. Grab the "SLICER.EXE" diagnostic program from the same place you found Trunk88.

I tried the older one because the new ones instructions said it was not compatible with a data slicer just "audio card"???? How the heck is that done?

Instead of feeding the discriminator audio into the slicer - feed it directly into the computer's sound input (usually the microphone or line input).

Andy created a proper Windows version of Trunk88 that decodes from sound input only (slicer is not supported). You may want to give that a shot. Just to be clear, when you run the program - you must tune the discriminator tapped radio to the active control channel. For this system, the buzz of the control channel sounds very different from a digital call on a voice channel. If the buzz comes and goes - it is likely a voice channel or is an alternate/backup control channel currently serving voice. If so, keep hunting for the control channel.

 

[slicerwizard]

Running TRUNK88 4.63 W/ slicer to com1"I hope is default". Running it in XP I hope that is ok.

4.63 is the DOS version of TRUNK88; it works best under true DOS or Windows 95/98 (GUI or command prompt). XP will not pass slicer data very well, so performance under XP will be poor.

Use the Win32 version under XP/Vista (also works well under 95/98/2000...)