Working on a few issues that came primarily from you guys (post-beta), so making this a public beta. For this thread, please exercise restraint and avoid off-topic posts. It really makes diagnosis and analysis difficult when extraneous unrelated topics are added (no waffles!).
Test items:
1. When audio type of MOT Trunk ID channel is Analog only, does muting (5 seconds) occur due to false digital detection?
2. When the scanner receives EDACS or LTR, does muting (5 seconds) occur due to false digital detection?
3. When the scanner receives CTCSS, does crackle noise occur?
To apply beta firmware, download the file below and unzip it. Then, copy the appropriate file (based on model name) to the "firmware" folder of your scanner and reboot the scanner.
http://info.uniden.com/twiki/pub/partnerweb/SDS200_Beta/SDSx00_V1_09_00.zip
Preliminary Update: The First Hour
I updated the firmware on my SDS100 S/N 9118 at 7:57am. No issues with the installation using the provided instructions.
Started scanning at 8:00am CDT using the same FL covering the Collin County Public Safety System that has a few of the Departments/TGIDs omitted (Jail, Roads, one digital encrypted Sheriff TGID). Global Filter OFF and Site filter set to normal. All are the same settings as before, so nothing has changed. Also listening to a BC250D manual scanning the frequencies for this Moto system to validate I am picking up the same transmissions and missing nothing.
Item #1: This FL is a Moto T2 Analog Smartnet system where I was having all of my audio muting issues. In the first hour of operation, I have not had a single occurrence of this issue, and zero missed transmissions. More importantly, this has been a busy morning for the system with what I would say has been much greater than average traffic, so having zero occurrences is awesome. This has NEVER been the case since I have had the scanner(s), so a huge improvement. It was occurring about every 4th to 6th transmission it seems. I will keep monitoring today to see if it continues with this performance, but so far, it is killin' it!! My hopes are VERY high!!!
Item #2: Not sure if I had this specific issue, other than the 5 second muting part. Not sure if my issue was EDACS/LTR.
Item #3: Again, not sure about the CTCSS as I see nothing on the display in that CTCSS field, but I was having occurrences of what I was calling staccato static, which may be the same as what you are calling the crackle static. I would, at intermittent times, have this static during a transmission on the Moto system outlined in Item #1 without the muting, but usually it would come during the end of the muting issue where the audio would return and the static would be heard over the audio for the remaining transmission. I have not had either of these occur here in the first hour of operation with the beta firmware.
Please advise if there are any other things that you would like to know with regard to the scanner operation. Again, it is working really well in this first hour. Thank you so much for your team's diligence and hard work on this issue. Sorry I am such a squeaky wheel sometimes...!!!
More to come later today.
Joe ...