SDS200 Tricks/Tips

[WX9RLT]

I was browsing the forums and saw this for the 436, 436HP Tricks
and began to think if there were any similar tricks/tips to the SDS200 scanners?


436hp/536hp tips and tricks

WARNING: Some of these cause the scanner to lock up, just remove a battery and reinstall it and turn it back on. Make sure your scanner is backed up before you do any of this.

Press and hold 2, 0 and on--Birdie Search 5K steps
Press and hold 3, 0 and on--Key Touch Test/Headphone
Press and hold 1, 0, Yes and on CAUTION THIS IS ALL MEMORY CLEAR
Press and hold 9, Chan and on--Clock Test
Press and hold 4, Chan, and on--Tone Out Stand By Tone out 1 163.400 CH:1 NFM A:300Hz B:3000 Hz
Press and hold 3, Chan and on--Boots up no LCD screen
Press and hold 2, Chan and on--LCD Contrast ADJ test
Press and hold 1, Chan and on Checker Board screen Press a key and switch to key touch/headphone
Press and hold 1, Dept and on--USB Serial Test
Press and hold 3, Dept and on --LCD Contrast Adjust Test
Press and hold 1, Syst and on--Close Call Test
Press and hold 2, Sys and on--USB Serial Test
Press and hold 3, Syst and on--Checker Board LCD
Press and hold 4, Syst and on--Search Test 5K steps hit syst or dept to change step sizes
Press and hold 6, syst and on--TOne Out Standby
Press and hold 7, Syst and on--Trunking Test 1 Moto, 2 EDACS Wide, 3 EDACS Narrow, 4 LTR
1 Motorola--Displays 851.0125 CTRL press DEPT changes to VOICE SYS changes back to CTRL Avoid changes to LSD Press Menu to go back to Trunking Test Menu
2. EDACS Wide Displays 851.0125 CT, Dept changes to VC, System changes back to CT
3. EDCAS Narrow, displays 894.0125 same changes as above
4. LTR displays 851.0125------
Press and hold 8, Syst and on NWR-SAME TEST 162.400 Press Dept to change to WX Alert Test---Turn off and turn on holding on and it boots up to Monitor Weather-Turn dial to change stations
Press 0 and Syst and on--Load Test Data
Press and hold 3, 9 and on Scan Rate Test
Press and hold 5, 9 and on Software Version Test

 

[MStep]

My advice to those willing to experiment would be to proceed with extreme caution. Many top of the line receivers and transceivers have these modes sometimes used by company technicians as shortcuts to diagnose issues. They are designed as bench-test procedures, not do-it-yourself, at-home, sh*ts & giggles methods of experimentation. If you have a fully functional SDS200 (or any other unit) that exhibits no problems, then why go looking for trouble?

 

[trentbob]

My advice to those willing to experiment would be to proceed with extreme caution. Many top of the line receivers and transceivers have these modes sometimes used by company technicians as shortcuts to diagnose issues. They are designed as bench-test procedures, not do-it-yourself, at-home, sh*ts & giggles methods of experimentation. If you have a fully functional SDS200 (or any other unit) that exhibits no problems, then why go looking for trouble?

Why go looking for trouble?... Is correct! To our members here oh, don't try this at home.

 

[WX9RLT]

Why go looking for trouble?... Is correct! To our members here oh, don't try this at home.

I agree, if you do the tricks, to be very careful.
I can definitely agree, do not go looking for trouble.
Just like everything else in life, there are always risks.


But at the same time, I guess I like to know as much about the equipment.

 

[Ubbe]

Most of the commands work on SDS100, maybe all of them works. Then they will probably also work with a SDS200. I don't see any command there that could harm the scanner. All functions are a separate single operation and not part of the normal routines in the scanners firmware and most of them are exited at power off and some needs the battery to be removed. If you erase all memory you obviously need to program it gain.

But I don't know if any of the commands will have any real purpose to a user.

/Ubbe

 

[ka3jjz]

If you want a real listing of tips and tricks acccum'ed for the most part by posts found here, look at this - someone tell me if there's a more concise listing, and I'll link it...

SDS100 and SDS200 FAQ Page - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

If there's something missing, please feel free to add it. That's why this is in a wiki and not in a webpage

Mike