New to both ProScan and the SDS100.
Have been running two BC246T scanners remotely for 15 years.
As the title says, when I reboot my laptop the connection to ProScan is broken and it will not reconnect. This is a no-go if one wants manage the scanner remotely.
Said issue was brought up in THIS thread where the author of ProScan acknowledges the issue. And reports the root cause is in Uniden's wheelhouse (driver issue).
Only workaround is to cycle power on the SDS100 to recover. Which is not possible to execute remotely.
Knowing what the root cause is, I troubleshooted this for a few hours. Even going as far as building a data only mini USB cable.
However because the SDS100 requires the power button to be pressed to power on, none of my tricks would work.
With all that said I believe I found a viable work around.
In ProScan, commands can be sent to the attached scanner via the Test & Extras tab. (see screenshot)
Using the Protocol Command field I issue the MSM,60 (see screenshot).
This will force the scanner in to Mass Storage mode for 60 seconds. It then will return back to Serial mode after the 60 second period.
Side Note: I use this command so I can remotely put the scanner in Mass Storage mode, program it and then resume scanning. I usually use a value of 300 to ensure I have enough time to complete the programming process before it returns to serial mode.
1. Issue the above command, MSM,60 to the SDS100 scanner.
2. Reboot the Laptop.
When the laptop comes back up, Windows auto starts ProScan and it connects fine to the scanner.
Note: YMMV. 60 seconds works in my case. I tried 20 seconds and that did not work. Longer values may be needed for different scenarios, For example if Windows updates during a reboot. I turned off automatic reboot after updates to avoid losing connection to the scanner.
@ProScan
It would be great if you could implement something into ProScan that would allow a user to force this this command to the scanner when ProScan is shutdown.
Have been running two BC246T scanners remotely for 15 years.
As the title says, when I reboot my laptop the connection to ProScan is broken and it will not reconnect. This is a no-go if one wants manage the scanner remotely.
Said issue was brought up in THIS thread where the author of ProScan acknowledges the issue. And reports the root cause is in Uniden's wheelhouse (driver issue).
Only workaround is to cycle power on the SDS100 to recover. Which is not possible to execute remotely.
Knowing what the root cause is, I troubleshooted this for a few hours. Even going as far as building a data only mini USB cable.
However because the SDS100 requires the power button to be pressed to power on, none of my tricks would work.
With all that said I believe I found a viable work around.
In ProScan, commands can be sent to the attached scanner via the Test & Extras tab. (see screenshot)
Using the Protocol Command field I issue the MSM,60 (see screenshot).
This will force the scanner in to Mass Storage mode for 60 seconds. It then will return back to Serial mode after the 60 second period.
Side Note: I use this command so I can remotely put the scanner in Mass Storage mode, program it and then resume scanning. I usually use a value of 300 to ensure I have enough time to complete the programming process before it returns to serial mode.
1. Issue the above command, MSM,60 to the SDS100 scanner.
2. Reboot the Laptop.
When the laptop comes back up, Windows auto starts ProScan and it connects fine to the scanner.
Note: YMMV. 60 seconds works in my case. I tried 20 seconds and that did not work. Longer values may be needed for different scenarios, For example if Windows updates during a reboot. I turned off automatic reboot after updates to avoid losing connection to the scanner.
@ProScan
It would be great if you could implement something into ProScan that would allow a user to force this this command to the scanner when ProScan is shutdown.
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