Are there any rumors about someone writing some software for the 1098,1095,1080 and the 1088?? Is anyone heard that Don Starr thought about this. The software from Whistler is difficult to use.
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Considering that Don Starr wrote the GRE/Whistler EZ-Scan software .. this is very very very unlikely as the protocol info was never released.
TES
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While Don Starr did write the firmware for these scanners, he did not write the software.
When I first used the software I thought that I would never understand how to use it. But the more I use it the easier it gets........Don't give up..........
What part are you having troubles with?
Just the program in general . I cannot paste the whole line only one box at time. Not being able to change the Scancast as a whole i.e, move the various lists to better suit a trip by putting the list in order of travel. The Starr software is so much easier to work with.
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What are the problems? I had issues understanding trunking and how to import them correctly. I guess others did too as Whistler changed some setting/steps and added some new dialog boxes and its much better now.
InlandAZ
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It's actually not so much the software per se, it's the USB drivers. I can't run my scanner off the USB port without hanging the PC (or getting into a situation where the PC refuses to shut down). There was also an issue where the DSP Level Adapt setting was never copied when the configuration was moved to the scanner, which oddly enough seems to have corrected itself.
My biggest complaint is the lack of support for multi-site systems, where "all" CC's are placed into the same TRS. While it can be dealt with, it's not as easy to accomplish as it was with Don's software.
With a little tweaking and a new set of drivers it would probably work just fine - unfortunately, I haven't seen an update in a long time.
My biggest complaint is the lack of support for multi-site systems, where "all" CC's are placed into the same TRS. While it can be dealt with, it's not as easy to accomplish as it was with Don's software.
With a little tweaking and a new set of drivers it would probably work just fine - unfortunately, I haven't seen an update in a long time.
You will not see drivers .. as Whistler / GRE do not use their own drivers. It uses the Windows USB drivers already on the machine.
If you have problems .. it is your pc and not the scanner that is the issue.
InlandAZ
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I'm referring to the "USB RS-232 Emulation Driver" from RS, which is installed with their software. But, I will agree, given Microsoft's reliability these days, it may be an issue on their side. None the less, it makes using the software very annoying.
That driver is not needed for the 1080/1095 series scanners
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Ah, wasn't aware of that one - The WS-1080 is the PSR-800/Pro-668 equivalent scanner, wonder how they got around that? I'll have to take a peek at my EZSCAN setup.. I have both...
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InlandAZ
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It really doesn't .. it does some configuration of the existing Windows USB driver. So if you call that an install .. then so be it.
InlandAZ
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That does appear to be the case after reviewing their INF file. None the less, that doesn't make it a PC problem - the software obviously has issues with the driver.
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