Pro96Com Errors

[RadioDitch]

Hey all,

Looking for some guidance. I suddenly started to receive these errors running Pro96Com, and it won't decode the control channel data, or allow me to select a port. These come up whenever I try to access any of the menus. Didn't happen until this weekend. I tried running the program in compatability mode for Windows 7 and Windows 8, but no change. Removed it and redownloaded it, and no change.

Any help? Thanks!

 

[iMONITOR]

Turn the scanner off, unplug the USB/Serial adapter cable, reinstall the USB driver for your USB cable. Reboot the PC, plug the USB cable in, turn the scanner ON. See if that helps.

 

[RadioDitch]

Turn the scanner off, unplug the USB/Serial adapter cable, reinstall the USB driver for your USB cable. Reboot the PC, plug the USB cable in, turn the scanner ON. See if that helps.

Same cable and 396XT are functioning fine with other programs.

 

[RaleighGuy]

I run into this occasionally with that and another program using the scanner. I usually just have to close the program and bring it back up, but occasionally, I need to follow all the steps that @iMONITOR mentioned except reinstalling the USB driver for your USB cable.

 

[iMONITOR]

Windows 10 had an update recently. Did this start after that?

 

[RadioDitch]

Windows 10 had an update recently. Did this start after that?

Yes, yes it did. But I'm not sure which update as it's been quite a while since I used the software. I'll rollback to December and see what happens.

Also this does appear to be an issue with the program not drivers or cable, because of the one "access module" error, and that the cable and radio work with all other programs.

 

[RadioDitch]

Rolled back updates to December 2019, including security updates. No change. Still getting this when I try to access the decode settings:



Which also has the port selection greyed out.



This is a problem with the program for some reason. Can someone upload or share their working program file? I've redownloaded it from the Pro96Com page and still get the same result.

 

[iMONITOR]

PRO96COM has a Yahoo Group that might be able to help.

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The guy who wrote it is Michael Vander Veer. He used to frequent RR and offer support but I haven't seen him around in some time. Maybe he'll see this and respond.

Here is the website for the software but I'm not seeing Mike's email on there anywhere.

Pro96Com - Control channel decoder for P25 Trunked Radio Systems

PRO96COM Manual

https://wiki.radioreference.com/images/1/13/Pro96Com.pdf

 

[GTR8000]

The guy who wrote it is Michael Vander Veer. He used to frequent RR and offer support but I haven't seen him around in some time. Maybe he'll see this and respond.

He's very much still active around here.

https://forums.radioreference.com/members/mikey60.19181/#recent-content

 

[RadioDitch]

Update: I think something is corrupt on my old HP junker. Pro96Com is working fine on my work ToughBook and my wife's laptop. Oh well...time for a new PC...

 

[iMONITOR]

He's very much still active around here.

https://forums.radioreference.com/members/mikey60.19181/#recent-content

Cool, Mike is a great guy! He's a software developer and contributor to the advance of our hobby. He also developed the various versions of PSREdit software for various GRE/Radio Shack/Whistler scanners as you know.