Sentinel: Sentinel can't enable priority on a conventional channel (non-trunking)

[Takoateli]

I have two favorite lists with a mix of trunked and non-trunked conventional systems. In one favorite list I have two conventional frequencies with priority set to "on". In the other list those same channels are priority "off". I can't toggle the priority state with those frequencies in either list. I deleted those frequencies from the list where their priority was "off" and I append those frequencies with priority set to "on" from the other list where those frequencies were on and now I have those frequencies with priority set to "on" in both lists. But still the drop down option to change priority state on and off is not available.

Am I doing something wrong or is that a bug?

 

[werinshades]

In Sentinel:

Edit...Edit Profile (Miscellaneous Tab):

Under General Options (Far left side), Priority Scan Mode (DND/Do Not Disturb or Priority...your choice)

Then File...Save, Write to Scanner.

Just to add, this is only for Priority channels in Conventional. Trunking Priority requires different programming.

 

[Ubbe]

Do you have that P-Ch column as the last one at the end of the line but when you click on the Off/On text it doesn't produce the down arrow that tells it is a drop down list? If you click on the Volume Offset you get a drop down list? Can you do a screen capture and post?

/Ubbe

 

[werinshades]

In one favorite list I have two conventional frequencies with priority set to "on". In the other list those same channels are priority "off".

Do you have that P-Ch column as the last one at the end of the line but when you click on the Off/On text it doesn't produce the down arrow that tells it is a drop down list? If you click on the Volume Offset you get a drop down list? Can you do a screen capture and post?

/Ubbe

Unless I misread it, looks like the OP has it set properly.

 

[Ubbe]

But still the drop down option to change priority state on and off is not available.

Unless I misread it, looks like the OP has it set properly.

Yes, but he can't change its state. Either the whole P-Ch column are gone or just the drop down function doesn't work.

/Ubbe

 

[werinshades]

Yes, but he can't change its state. Either the whole P-Ch column are gone or just the drop down function doesn't work.

/Ubbe

Not sure what you mean by he can't changing it's state, but I suspect he didn't set conventional priority in the main menu is all which is frequently overlooked. He set his conventional priority channels properly it appears.

 

[Ubbe]

Not sure what you mean by he can't changing it's state, but I suspect he didn't set conventional priority in the main menu is all which is frequently overlooked. He set his conventional priority channels properly it appears.

That setting in the profile doesn't matter to the favorite list editor.

/Ubbe

 

[werinshades]

That setting in the profile doesn't matter to the favorite list editor.

/Ubbe

You're not correct, and obviously not familiar with conventional priority set up. Trunking and conventional priority set up are two different programming methods. You can "change the state" by Editing Favorite Lists if need be, or make the correction under the Edit Profile in Sentinel (as I described), save it and write to scanner. I'll wait to read a response if it was corrected.

 

[Ubbe]

You can "change the state" by Editing Favorite Lists if need be, or make the correction under the Edit Profile in Sentinel (as I described), save it and write to scanner. I'll wait to read a response if it was corrected.

Yes you are correct, that you globally set priority to Off/On/DND in the profile, "main menu", but you have to program in the favorite list which conventional frequencies that should be prioritized. And that setting in the drop down list in favorite are what seems to be the problem.

For trunked TG's it is only the setting in favorites that turn prio off or on and are totally independent of the profiles prio setting for conventional frequencies.

/Ubbe

 

[ofd8001]

Suffice it to say this whole Priority business is very confusing.

OP: Any chance you might have enlarged the column widths in the right pane of the Favorites List editor so that the "P-Ch" column has "disappeared"? If so, just resize a couple of the columns so it comes back.

For other comments, you can indeed change the P-Ch On or Off regardless of the Priority Setting in the Profile. Guess they figured that you might want to toggle it on or off while scanning, so you would need to identify which frequencies would be priority.

 

[Ubbe]

Suffice it to say this whole Priority business is very confusing.

It's two different prio systems in the scanner. The one for trunked TG's are set in the TG configuration and will always be active if set to On, but will actually only be checked when the scanner are on the sites control channel.

When you normally monitor a TG and the call ends it will stay on the control channel for the delay time that has been set to the TG and then it goes to the next system. When you have any other TG set to prio in that system it will check those other TG's while on the control channel during that delay time, and if one of those prio TG gets activated it starts to monitor it instead of going to the next system.

Conventional prio works as in most scanners, you mark which channels that should be prio checked and then you globally select if it should interrupt your monitoring each 2 sec to check those prio channels or if you chose DND it only does that check when the squelch are closed. If you have many conventional channels set to prio you will notice that it can take longer to open squelch, as it is busy checking channels, and you could miss a syllable or two at the start of a conversation.

/Ubbe

 

[Takoateli]

Do you have that P-Ch column as the last one at the end of the line but when you click on the Off/On text it doesn't produce the down arrow that tells it is a drop down list? If you click on the Volume Offset you get a drop down list? Can you do a screen capture and post?

/Ubbe

I'll check. Thanks.