"all channels are locked" is saying you don't have any frequencies to scan. What system are you trying to put in and are you using WIN96 or doing it by hand?tel5499 said:I am a true rookie to the Digital/Trunking scene. This website has been great. When I program in a talkgroup(s) the display tells me that "all channels are locked". Why cant I scan? Thanks ahead of time.
seamusg said:"all channels are locked" is saying you don't have any frequencies to scan. What system are you trying to put in and are you using WIN96 or doing it by hand?
tel5499 said:I enter the known talkgroups from one police dept (Carroll County, IN there are five). After I enter them I have hit scan and it says all locked. So I have tried entering another set of talk groups from another dept in different bank and tried scannning with same result. I am doing it by hand. Just purchased the scanner yesterday so dont have any other programs (WIN96)
fmon said:Welcome to the forum.
Click the Selected RR Wiki link under my signature for a 2096 programming shortcut.
NW0U said:Are you doing a trunked system? (I see both trunked and non-trunked choices you might make for your county)
Are you receiving one or more Control Channels clearly? (sounds like digital "grinding or racket)
Do you understand the difference between channels and talkgroups?
Do you know which one you are doing?
Have you checked to be sure that the talkgroup subgroups are ON?
How about that the bank is set to OPEN mode first? (you can close it once you get talkgroups under control)
Have you read thru the Indiana forum to look for some tips about your own systems?
(Yes, it's complicated. Sorry.)
tel5499 said:Yes it is complicated. For the police in my area they all switched to digital/trunking. the all going to that project Hoosier Safety communication. There are some fire, ambulance, etc... that are still on regular analog that I have entered and they also work fine. Going by the manual, I think (not sure) I have tried to make sure that talkgroups were turned on or subgroups turned on. The manual has not been very helpful. To even hear anything came from getting info after this site. I know that one of the actual frequencies that I entered shows the talkgroup number on the display when they are talking. Don't understand why I can't program using talkgroup IDs for departments that I don't have actual control frequency for. I'll understand eventually, lot of info to digest. Thanks again to everyones input.
DEC HEX Mode Alpha Tag Description
15664 3d3 D 08 DISP County Sheriff Dispatch
15680 3d4 D 08 CAR County Sheriff Car-to-Car
15696 3d5 D 08 DELPHI Delphi Police Dispatch
15712 3d6 D 08 OPS 1 County Sheriff Operations 1
15728 3d7 D 08 OPS 2 County Sheriff Operations 2