In an effort to add alpha tags to my MA State Police Troop D feed, I switched the feed scanner to a Uniden BCT8 on the assumption that RadioFeed would add alpha tags via its Metadata tab using the "Channel Name Lookup" feature. However I am having zero luck in making this work.
The BCT8 is connected via a Keyspan 4 port USB to serial converter. It is using COM7 at a baud rate of 57600. This is a known good configuration as I can successfully use the Virtual Scanner Control feature of a demo version of the Butel ARC8 software. Under the metadata tab of RadioFeed, using the Auto Detect Ports option, RadioFeed sees the BCT8 on the above port using the above baud rate. I select the proper entry and click the "Set..." button, but I am not seeing the Scanner Data light blinking as I do with another feed that uses a BC780XLT.
I believe the no Scanner Data light blinking is the problem, as the RadioFeed software is not seeing data being sent by the BCT8 and therefore not using the Channel Name Lookup text file I've set up. The only metadata that shows when connecting to the feed via Winamp is "Scanning".
I have tried adjusting baud rates to no avail. I have not tried moving to another COM port on the Keyspan device as it is communicating perfectly fine using the ARC8 software via COM7/57600.
I am running 3 instances of RadioFeed on a Windows 8.1 64 bit quad core Dell Inspiron PC, brand new out of the box within the last week. The aforementioned BC780XLT is using a different USB to serial cable with a Prolific chipset. That adapter was installed before I discovered that the reliable old Keyspan device had drivers available for Windows 8.1.
If it talks fine to the BCT8 via ARC8, why doesn't it do so with RadioFeed 3.0? Has anyone come across a similar issue?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
The BCT8 is connected via a Keyspan 4 port USB to serial converter. It is using COM7 at a baud rate of 57600. This is a known good configuration as I can successfully use the Virtual Scanner Control feature of a demo version of the Butel ARC8 software. Under the metadata tab of RadioFeed, using the Auto Detect Ports option, RadioFeed sees the BCT8 on the above port using the above baud rate. I select the proper entry and click the "Set..." button, but I am not seeing the Scanner Data light blinking as I do with another feed that uses a BC780XLT.
I believe the no Scanner Data light blinking is the problem, as the RadioFeed software is not seeing data being sent by the BCT8 and therefore not using the Channel Name Lookup text file I've set up. The only metadata that shows when connecting to the feed via Winamp is "Scanning".
I have tried adjusting baud rates to no avail. I have not tried moving to another COM port on the Keyspan device as it is communicating perfectly fine using the ARC8 software via COM7/57600.
I am running 3 instances of RadioFeed on a Windows 8.1 64 bit quad core Dell Inspiron PC, brand new out of the box within the last week. The aforementioned BC780XLT is using a different USB to serial cable with a Prolific chipset. That adapter was installed before I discovered that the reliable old Keyspan device had drivers available for Windows 8.1.
If it talks fine to the BCT8 via ARC8, why doesn't it do so with RadioFeed 3.0? Has anyone come across a similar issue?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.