Why does sentinel seem to get stuck when I'm updating the database on my SDS100? I download the update to Sentinel first, then when I go to write to the scanner it gets stuck at the level seen in the attached picture 
SDS100/SDS200: SDS100 Database Update Issue
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Sounds like maybe a corrupt SD card or bad cable. Try a different cable or reformat/replace the SD card. Does your SDS100 show up in the Windows File Explorer when it's in Mass Storage Mode?
Yes, it shows up in the file explorer. Cable is brand new. I just dia read from scanner first and it worked that time.
“Cable is brand new” doesn’t necessarily mean it is a quality data capable cable. And you don’t read as much data as you write when pushing a new copy of database.
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If you wait long enough it will come up with an error number and probably some text that helps you identify the problem.
To check the SD card you can use any of the SD card formatter programs that writes data to each cell, overwrite mode, that will show if any cell are bad and flag it as non usable to not be included in the memory area being used. Then write a new programming and DB to it.
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It's the cable that came with the scanner.
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Is the SD card 32GB or smaller?
The max size Uniden SD Card is 32GB.
The stock SD Cards are 4GB x36's and 8GB SDS's.
The max size Uniden SD Card is 32GB.
The stock SD Cards are 4GB x36's and 8GB SDS's.
Try a different usb port.
Yes, I have a 16gb in it.
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Then I would try a new High End 16GB card and follow all the sentinel instructions and try that.
What version of Sentinel is that in your picture above...
I don't see anything that looks like that when writing to the scanner...
As in this ----
I don't see anything that looks like that when writing to the scanner...
As in this ----
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It's the latest version, 2.05.03, that's just the little popup window when it's writing.
Mine doesn't say "Preset" when writing to it...
Is your "Target Model" set to SDS100?
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That's just the default name for a new profile... This is from mine when writing to the scanner...
This is what mine looks like...
Thats the first time I seen that... Or noticed it...
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What I posted was slightly confusing...
I should have said it's the default profile name when a new installation of Sentinel is run for the first time. It opens with that name on the included empty profile. You can re-name that default one, and you then supply the name of your choosing when creating any new profiles after that.
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Whst computer are you using? I had that happen to me with an old Windows XP computer until I updated the RAM to 2 Gig.
Yep, target model is SDS100.
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