SouthSoundScanner
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Just found this on the Radioshack site,
February 27, 2009
PRO-163 and PRO-164 Trunking Scanners (Firmware Upgrade 1.06 (340KB))
February 27, 2009
So i wonder what that does. i looked on the GRE site and they didnt have the undate listed. the other thing is i didnt realize there are two different boot verisons with the 163/164.
UPDATE......
There are 2 update files that are zipped
20-163_164_v106_BOOT100.EXE
20-163_164_v106_BOOT101.EXE
Using 20-163_164_v106_BOOT101.EXE resulted in the following...
PRO-164 Upgrade will not update for me.
Updater software COM TEST is ok.
Hit UPDATE and immediately get ERROR
Using 20-163_164_v106_BOOT100.EXE
DOES WORK ON MY PRO-164
I suppose the other is for the PRO-163?
ok, I figured out how to select the new trunking table type....
PGM
TRUNK
FUNC 3
then arrow to the new MULTI-TABLE option
FUNC 2 allow for editing the custom Ranges, but it will NOT allow for 8xx.xxxx frequencies, only 406.xxxx
I must confess to a bit of confusion. The GRE PSR-300 and 400 rebanding firmware is in beta now, but not yet released to the public, last I heard. The 163 and 164 are the RS clones. How can RS have the firmware changes before GRE releases it to the public?
I too looked at the RS website and saw the 1.06 upgrade, but it doesn't say anything about whether this is for the rebanding fix or not. Color me confused.
73 Mike
Why did they make it so you HAVE to use software?!? I bought this radio after I read that it could be updated for rebanding, so I assumed it would be similar to my Unidens. They don't require any friggin' software to edit the trunking tables. Why should I have to buy something else to get my scanner to work on rebanded systems? I don't even like using software to program scanners in the first place.Editing the Multi-Table settings can't be done in the radio itself, it has to be done by software. As far as I know, PSREdit300 is the only software package that supports this at the moment, but I'm sure that Don and Gommert will have it in theirs soon as well.
Mike