Sorting Lists to Monitor
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In Sentinel...Edit tab...Sort Favorite Lists. Once any changes made, x out and you'll be prompted to Save. Once you do, it will change in left column.
File...Save.
The Write to Scanner, Erase Favorite Lists in Scanner, and this will change the order on the scanner itself.
I have never used Butel, but. I do have ProScan n' Sentinel(for Firmware and HPDB updates).
In ProScan, I can sort, by TGID, by Frequency, by Tone, by RSSI, by UID, by Mod., by Hits, by Duration, by Start Date/Time, by End Date/Time, by System/Site, by Department, by Channel, by System Type, by Digital Status, by Service Type.
Ubbe
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He ment sort the different favorite lists, not what's inside a favorite list.
"when I enter the "Select Lists to Monitor" screen on the scanner, it is sorted numerically or alphabetically?"
In Sentinel main screen you select Edit and Sort Favorite Lists. Then it can do an alphabetical sort and/or you mark one or several lists, hold down Ctrl to select several, and click on the green up or down arrow to move them.
/Ubbe
In ProScan, you can either drag the Favorites nodes to where you want them or use the Utilities menu Sort and sort the Favorites nodes there. Write to the scanner afterwards.
That's the History Log. The OP is asking about the FL.
Thank you RR Community! I used Sentinel and it worked perfectly.
I do exactly this! It's so helpful when you can't remember the FL numbers.
I do exactly this! It's so helpful when you can't remember the FL numbers.
I do it on fav lists as well as systems and sites. Very useful when you have a lot of stuff.
I have not figured out how to easily enable and disable sites. If you do that with quick keys, I'd love to hear how.
It's like tying knots. A little challenging at first, but once you've done it a few times, you don't give it much thought. Here is how:
Site Quick Keys are at the "Department Level". So generally, it would be better to not use the same number for a Site Quick Key as you would for a Department Quick Key. (But there are exceptions to that rule.)
So let's say you have a Favorites List with a Favorites List Quick Key of 1. In that Favorites List you have a System with a System Quick Key of 2. Then within that System (which is within the Favorites List), you have three sites using 61, 62 and 63 as Site Quick Keys.
If you want to toggle the Site with the 61 Quick Key, your key press sequence would be 1.2.61 eYes. (You have to be scanning - if you have held either System/Department/Channel, the scanner will think you are doing a different operation - a Number Tag.) Also, you have to be careful to not turn off all the Site Quick Keys at the same time or you'll get the "Nothing to Scan" message. And the periods are important separators so the scanner doesn't get confused.
Site Quick Keys are at the "Department Level". So generally, it would be better to not use the same number for a Site Quick Key as you would for a Department Quick Key. (But there are exceptions to that rule.)
So let's say you have a Favorites List with a Favorites List Quick Key of 1. In that Favorites List you have a System with a System Quick Key of 2. Then within that System (which is within the Favorites List), you have three sites using 61, 62 and 63 as Site Quick Keys.
If you want to toggle the Site with the 61 Quick Key, your key press sequence would be 1.2.61 eYes. (You have to be scanning - if you have held either System/Department/Channel, the scanner will think you are doing a different operation - a Number Tag.) Also, you have to be careful to not turn off all the Site Quick Keys at the same time or you'll get the "Nothing to Scan" message. And the periods are important separators so the scanner doesn't get confused.
Ubbe
Member
Also if the scan cycle are in that FL you can skip the 1 but keep the dot and do .2.61.E
And if you already are in that system, perhaps you have made a Hold on it, then only the last digits are necessary ..61.E
/Ubbe
And if you already are in that system, perhaps you have made a Hold on it, then only the last digits are necessary ..61.E
/Ubbe
Thanks. I'll give this a try this week. When I am home, I use a single control channel that is on our state system that I receive great. I'm also at a spot where three state police troops sort of meet so I use that single control channel. I'd like to learn how to enable and disable sites easily so when I'm working on the road, all that time isn't spent scanning control channels that are not in range.
Great info on using the dot. Thanks.
Ubbe
Member
But never any dot before the E. I made a mistake and it should say ..61E
A GPS receiver connected to your scanner can change your life. Believe me.
I could never go back to the old way.
I don't think it would do much for me.
Gps is the simplest way as once set up, you really don't have to do anything. If gps is not an option, departments and sites use the same quick key ( 0 - 99). Luckily the systems by me do not really have a ton of departments so on systems with less than 10 sites, I qk them 90 thru 99. I also include the sites qk in the alpha tag. For systems with 10 or more sites, I start at 80. Unfortunately for some people, there are more than 100 departments on some systems leaving no available quick keys for sites. In that case, I only number departments of interest and set all the rest to avoid and do not use qk on those.
Truth! I love that I can just let the scanner do the work while I'm driving and I don't have to fiddle with any of it.
I'm usually using faves lists that I've setup using rectangles instead of the circles (I still use circles for towers/sites) offered by the full database. I have things about as precise as I can get them, without making it my life's work, and it has been well worth the effort.
It's been a lot of fun to work with setting up the coordinates and then seeing them in action as I drive between areas. It would be great to someday be able to import data from sites like arcgis and not be so tied to the rectangles, but that may be asking a lot of the scanner.
It has been well worth whatever I paid for the GPS receiver. About $80, I think.
I hate my GPS and never ever use it. Usually, I program trips I take. If I don't have time, I use the zip code method.
When I make a Favorite, I put the FL quick key & FL number tag in front so that I can see it when I go to the menu "Set scan selection", which opens up to "Select lists to monitor." Example: [29] Federal
That is they way I roll.
You can sort all of the Favorites under "edit" at the top of the Sentinel software.
When I make a Favorite, I put the FL quick key & FL number tag in front so that I can see it when I go to the menu "Set scan selection", which opens up to "Select lists to monitor." Example: [29] Federal
That is they way I roll.
You can sort all of the Favorites under "edit" at the top of the Sentinel software.
