Programming the G4 Frequently and Vehicle Mounting

[Enjoi19]

Hi everyone, decided to lump 2 questions into one...

I have found myself collecting radio IDs constantly now since the G4 displays them so nice and clearly. I update a spreadsheet and program them to the G4 fairly frequently, which requires a reprogram each time I update the Members List. Is there any issue with frequently reflashing the G4? Just slightly paranoid of any kind of corruption or issues down the road doing it fairly often.

Also curious what people have done for vehicle mounting. Has anyone mounted the amplified charger up in a vehicle? Would love to see it.

Hope the question doesn't seem too silly, but I am paranoid of doing anything wrong with a fairly expensive purchase. (The best purchase I've made for monitoring though, I love this thing).

Thank you

 

[pro106import]

Hi everyone, decided to lump 2 questions into one...

I have found myself collecting radio IDs constantly now since the G4 displays them so nice and clearly. I update a spreadsheet and program them to the G4 fairly frequently, which requires a reprogram each time I update the Members List. Is there any issue with frequently reflashing the G4? Just slightly paranoid of any kind of corruption or issues down the road doing it fairly often.

Also curious what people have done for vehicle mounting. Has anyone mounted the amplified charger up in a vehicle? Would love to see it.

Hope the question doesn't seem too silly, but I am paranoid of doing anything wrong with a fairly expensive purchase. (The best purchase I've made for monitoring though, I love this thing).

Thank you

For the first question, my answer is to make sure you export your codeplug to your hard drive or a flash / jump drive every once in a while or even every time you make changes and maybe date the file or whatever so you know it is the latest one. If yours ever gets corrupted, just load the last one back in over the top. Should be good to go.
The second question I can't help.
I use mine home or strictly portable in the car.
Bob

 

[Enjoi19]

For the first question, my answer is to make sure you export your codeplug to your hard drive or a flash / jump drive every once in a while or even every time you make changes and maybe date the file or whatever so you know it is the latest one. If yours ever gets corrupted, just load the last one back in over the top. Should be good to go.
The second question I can't help.
I use mine home or strictly portable in the car.
Bob

Thanks! I definitely do need to export it just in case, likely to Google Drive. The spreadsheet definitely helps save the IDs too.

I was slightly more wondering about the actual impact on the G4 itself, by frequently reflashing it, if there was any problems doing it often (Wear down memory? Though I know flash is quite resilient and shouldn't be a problem itself).

 

[N6ML]

decided to lump 2 questions into one...

Not a great idea, IMO - discussions generally should focus on one topic.

I have found myself collecting radio IDs constantly now since the G4 displays them so nice and clearly. I update a spreadsheet and program them to the G4 fairly frequently, which requires a reprogram each time I update the Members List. Is there any issue with frequently reflashing the G4? Just slightly paranoid of any kind of corruption or issues down the road doing it fairly often.

I don't actually know what's used for non-volatile storage inside the Gx pagers, but I've never heard of a failure being attributed to writing too many times. I suppose it's possible, but it's not a common issue, AFAIK.

Also curious what people have done for vehicle mounting. Has anyone mounted the amplified charger up in a vehicle? Would love to see it.

It's been suggested, but I don't know if anyone's done it.

 

[Enjoi19]

I don't actually know what's used for non-volatile storage inside the Gx pagers, but I've never heard of a failure being attributed to writing too many times. I suppose it's possible, but it's not a common issue, AFAIK.

Thank you - and apologies for the 2 questions in one thread. Didn't want to seem like I was spamming questions that were likely fairly straight forward, but I do understand.