Here's the scenario. Some time ago I used Sentinel to create a favorite list of several agencies on the Colorado DTRS. In doing so, downloaded were all the transmitter sites, all good. Today, I add a new agency to the favorite list and I notice there are a couple of new sites in the database. When I download the new agency to my favorite list it did not bring in the new sites. Why is that? Is there a method to update the sites on a favorite list or is it necessary to create a brand new favorite list (with the most current site list) and append the existing favorite list agencies to it?
In Sentinel, if you append one or more Departments to a Favorites list, it also appends
all of the sites on the system. In many cases, you might then remove the unwanted sites from the system you just appended, as they are not in or near any area where you are, or possibly will be. I do that with one regional system that has some sites and departments near me, but the bulk of the departments & sites are much farther south, primarily in the Houston metro area.
If, at a later time, you see additional departments added to the system, you can append them, in Sentinel, to the Favorites list of your choice. As long as the name of the system, in both your list as well as the main database are identical, it will only append the chosen department (or departments if more than one are selected) to the system of the same name in your list. It will not also append all of the sites on the system, and also will not re-append the sites that you removed.
However, if the names of the system, both in your Favorites list and also the main database, are identical, you cannot append sites from the database, not even the sites recently added in the database. When the names are identical, Sentinel does not process an append.
If you add the sites manually, be sure to include the location and range data so that the sites will be enabled when location indicates they should be. As long as you have modified the name of the original system within the Favorites list, then you can append the original system, with selected departments, to your Favorites list. Since the name of the system in your list is not the same as that shown in the database, Sentinel treats it as a new append request, and will include all of the system sites. As Bill has suggested, you can then delete the old system and use the new instead. (I often do what Bill does, and alter the system and/or department names to something more to my liking.)
As you are a Premium subscriber, if you are using ProScan or ARC536 (the Butel software), you could simply use the import feature of the software to import additional sites and/or departments whenever needed. If you are using ProScan, but not a Premium Subscriber, you could make sure that the system name, in your list, does
not match what is in the database. Then append the database system to your list in Sentinel. Now, in ProScan, you can "drag & drop" the sites from the newly appended version to your existing, but differently named list. Once you do that, then the full system you just appended can now be deleted. Be sure & save your changes so that your modified system. (I don't have the Butel software, but presume that there may some way to either drag & drop the sites or copy them from one system to another.)