Pro-106 setup in CO (Littleton)

[jhouse5848]

Hello--

New to Colorado and I've been having a rough time getting new stuff programmed into my RS Pro-106. I have never done any firmware updates on this but it did work just fine in Minnesota before I left. I have a premium membership with RR and have downloaded a trial version of Win500 which I had used to program my radio a couple years ago when I originally purchased it.

For the past few hours I've been attempting to use Win500 to download data from RR to my scanner. After realizing that I had to make a TSYS object to assign my downloads to I have been able to send stuff to my scanner, yet I get no audio from anything I scan. I live in Littleton right along Hwy 85 between Bowles and Belleview (so I assume I have a decent signal).

All that I'm attempting to scan is stuff from Arapahoe County and I may add Denver PD at a later time.

Inside the TSYS Objects tab I have created 4 objects.

1) Littleton PD (with the LPD tgrp objects associated with it), Type is set to P25 Auto. Dwell=0, Att=unchecked, LOut=unchecked, AGC=checked, SuperTrack=checked, NFM=unchecked, Boost=unchecked.

2) Littleton FD (with the LFD tgrp objects associated with it), then all the same settings as above.

3) Arapahoe County (with various Sheriff dept frequencies selected in the tgrp objects), then same settings as above.

4) Denver PD (with Denver dispatch frequencies in the tgrp associated), Type=EDACS STD, rest is the same as above.


The scanner is completely default and stock. I did attempt to do a reset on the device using the 0, 2 and the 0,5 functions. I don't use it all that often but am baffled at what I'm doing wrong. When I did this a couple years ago I remember being thrilled with the simplicity of the setup using the software. Now, either something is wrong or I'm missing a crucial step.

When the scanner is on, I select "Scan" and I have the 4 scan lists (1-4) on the screen. Up on the top bar I have the G and a S with a flickering one-bar of signal.

Any help is greatly appreciated as I would love to listen in.

Thanks,
John House
Littleton, CO

 

[seberry]

Hi there. For everything except Denver, you can hear it just fine with ONE tsys object 853.2375. This is the Arapahoe admin control channel. Then, associate all of your tgrp objects with this tsys and you will be golden. In your tsys i might use a couple frequencies.. 853.8375 and 853.2375. This way as you move toward the i25 area you'll still get coverage.

You can do just fine with having only one tsys in your radio and multiple tgrps in your various scan lists, which is why I think you got confused.

 

[jhouse5848]

Thanks, Steven!

Can you explain to me how I make the TSYS object that frequency? When I go in to that tab there is nothing there and I have to create it. Should this be coming from somewhere else? Like when I bring in the data from RR and it asks me what TSYS object to apply these objects too?

Thanks,
John

 

[seberry]

Ah yes, when you go to tsys in win500, right click in the dark grey box and select "new item at end". This will create a brand new one. Make sure it's set to P25 and then on the right side of the window click 'set frequencies' or something like that. Put in 853.8375 and 853.2375 and you're done. Now when you import from RR, select the TGRPs you want to import(NOT SITES) and it will ask you if you want to import them into an existing TSYS. Enter the id of the tsys you just created and you're done.

I'll send you my win500 file when I get home for you to play around with. I'm at arapahoe & university so I listen to some of the same stuff.

 

[jhouse5848]

Awesome!

That worked for the Arapahoe County dispatch channels but it has yet to work with Littleton PD or FD. Are there separate control channels possibly?

Thanks,
John

 

[jhouse5848]

Just as I submitted that reply I saw my Littleton (blue led) light up. It must be working then I assume and just no traffic (which is a little hard to believe).

 

[seberry]

Nope, 853.8375 and 853.2375 carry everything you're wanting to scan all the time. Double check your scanlists etc. Also, lit PD is usually pretty quiet since they do their dispatching mainly by computer.

 

[jhouse5848]

Okay cool. Then that makes sense!

I really appreciate the help--and so quickly!

Is there anything fancy to get Denver on my scanner? Where did you find a list of those control frequencies?

Thanks,
John

 

[seberry]

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=329 is your best friend when it comes to the DTRS and whatnot. Now, certain agencies and locations don't use the DTRS. Denver PD/FD and Aurora PD/FD use late 80s trunking tech called EDACS. with EDACS you'll need to program in a bunch of frequencies (in order) in an EDACS tsys and then the talkgroups as you have before.

Denver and aurora are separate systems so you'll need the frequencies for each should you branch out beyond Denver.

My win500 file has both systems in there as well so when I send that to you it might help you out a bit.

 

[04Z1V6]

PM sent.

 

[jhouse5848]

Great! Thanks for that stuff.

My email address you can send it to is:

jhouse5848 @ yahoo . com

 

[abqscan]

If you come by my work I can help you out in person! =)

5170 E Arapahoe rd
Cenennial, Co 80122

 

[jhouse5848]

Hi Erik,

Thanks for the invite--if I struggle more with this stuff I may take you up on that offer.

-John

 

[lazierfan]

A question.......
My Littleton, CO download came with
FD ch-1
FD ch-2
FD ch-4
FD ch-6
FD admin

Yet, when I hear that an event will move to FD 3 (or tac-3), it goes silent.

Is the tac channel:
not included in the RR.com file download
or
is the tac channel radio to radio?

Also, this list infers that there is an FD ch-5?

Thanks.

 

[lazierfan]

OK answered my own question
856.26250 = FG-3
857.26250= FG-5

And they're in the radio already, it's just a scangroup I lock out because of it's variable squelch level.