While waiting for the scanner, You can get started with this:
Here are the instructions for importing hpe files into Sentinel. Save the attached zipped file to your computer in the Documents folder and extract. In Sentinel, go to the Tools Tab and set the Target Model to SDS100. Go to the File tab and click on Import from hpe file (Favorites List). Click on New Favorites List. Name the file State of Indiana and click OK. Find and highlight the extracted file (State of Indiana) in the File Explorer. Click Open. Click OK that the file has been imported. You should now see the favorites list in Sentinel. Go to the Edit tab and click on Edit Favorites List. Highlight State of Indiana and click OK. The Clark County system should be displayed. Click on the Options tab and set the FL Quick Key to 0. Go to the File tab and click Save. Go to the File tab and click Exit. That will complete adding the favorites list to Sentinel. Let me know when that is completed. Next, I will give you instructions on creating a profile to send the favorites list to your scanner.
Here are the instructions for creating a profile. Go to the File tab and click on New. Name the profile (You can use your name. If you program for others, you can create personal profiles for them). Click OK. Go to the Edit tab and click on Edit Profile. At the top of the screen, if Monitor Full Database or Monitor Search With Scan has a check mark, click on the box to remove the check mark. You should see your favorites list (State of Indiana). Click on State of Indiana to highlight it (It should be the only favorites list). Above the Favorites List Name heading, you will see Monitor On/Off and Download On/Off. For Monitor, click On. That will turn on both Monitor and Download. If you would see another favorites list, highlight it. For Download, click Off. That will turn off both Monitor and Download. Click on X (upper right corner) to close the profile editor. At top of screen, you will see (Profile Name) Updated. Go to the File tab and click on Save. That is a very basic setup. You can edit the profile later to do things like personalize the opening screen on the scanner. I also will have you create a profile for updating the database so that nothing is changed in the scanner when you write to it. We will work on that later. Let me know when you have finished with the profile. After that, I will go over writing to the scanner. We will be able to see what is on the statewide system for Clark County. Also, there are 3 departments in the file: Clark Co Fire, Clark Co Law, and Indiana State Police. They are all assigned quick keys so that you can turn each one on and off individually. Another lesson on that later. As set up, the Clark County system has quick key 0. You can add another 99 systems to the State of Indiana favorites list and control each one with quick keys. That's enough for now. Please let me know when you have finished importing the favorites list and creating the profile. I will give you instructions on how to write the favorites list to the scanner.
