Quick and dirty manual programming steps
I have distilled and generalized a guide I made for someone awhile back. This is just to get you started. The manual is pretty good so maybe after you try these it will be clearer to you.
This is just a starter and will let you hear EVERYTHING on your system of choice; I am working on a continuation which will describe the steps for entering specific talk groups but after you do this you may be able to figure it out using the manual.
Basic manual entry PSR500/600/PRO106/PRO197 TRUNK SYSTEM PROGRAMMING steps using the wild card feature (to hear everything and confirm basic operation):
1) While the scanner is on press the PGM (Program) key. You should see a blinking "PGM" in the upper left hand of the display and the choices NEW, EDIT, and GLOB along the bottom.
2) Press the F1 key under "NEW". You should now see the three choices: TGRP, CONV, and SRCH.
3) Press the F1 key under "TGRP". You should see "Talkgroup" on the top line and the three choices Save, Exit, and Dflt on the bottom. The cursor should be blinking on the colon for Scan Listss: just as it did for the conventional stuff earlier. Again, for now we'll leave that alone and move on to the trunk programming.
4) Press the down arrow once on the big oval key. Make sure the cursor is now on the "TSYS:" colon.
5) Press the middle of the big oval key - the "SEL" button. You should now see "Trunked System" along the top and the same three choices of Save, Exit, and Dflt on the bottom. The cursor should be blinking on the "Type:" colon and the default system type of MOT 800/900. In your particular case, that is the system we want so you don't need to change it.
6) We'll skip over giving the system a name for now (you can review alpha tagging later or wait to do it in the software - a lot easier). So press the down arrow until you get the cursor blinking on the "Frequencies:" colon.
7) Press the "SEL" button (middle of the big oval Key). You should now see "System Freqs" at the top of the display and the choices Save, Exit, and Del along the bottom. The cursor should be blinking on the colon for "Ch01:". That's where we will put the primary control channel frequency of the system you are interested in.
8) Type in the primary control frequency of your system using the decimal point just as is done with the conventional stuff and press the ENT (Enter) key. You should hear the low-high beep confirming correct entry.
9) Press the down arrow key to put the cursor on the colon for "Ch02".
10) Press the SEL button.
11) Type in the secondary control channel frequency and press the ENT (Enter) key. You should hear the low-high beep confirming correct entry. Repeat this for as many control channel frequencies as your system has.
12) Press the F1 key under "Save". You'll once again hear the low-high confirmation tone and then see another Save choice on the bottom.
13) Press the F1 key under "Save" again. Another low-high tone.
14) Now press the F1 key under "Save" yet again.
15) Now press SCAN.
For now, we are just confirming reception and proper tracking of the system so we are
going to receive EVERYTHING on that system that is affiliated with this site. We are just
using the default Group Wildcard. So you are going to hear a lot of stuff you don't care
about. But this at least gets us started. Now we know the scanner is working and decoding
your trunking system. Now you need to move on and enter specific talk groups as desired.
Hope this helps!
-Mike
