Hello,
Have a SDS200.
Have just started looking into the Startup Key operation(s).
Question, please:
Let's say I have a FL called Mass, and have Startup Key 1 assigned to it.
And a FL called Conn, for which Startup Key 2 is assigned.
Fine, no problems. Can turn either one on at startup by pressing Startup Key 1 OR Startup Key 2.
Is there some way, e.g., to have a Single Startup Key turn on both Mass. and Conn. in one operation ? Or, even starting a few more FL's simultaneously ?
I guess i could do it by placing Mass and Conn in a single FL, but any other way ?
Thanks,
Bob
While you cannot have more than one Favorites list share the same Quick Key, you can assign the same startup key to more than one list and/or systems.
However
If you have Favorites lists other than those two, and you assign a different startup key than used on Mass/Conn, then pressing the startup key you assigned for the Mass/Conn combo will turn off any other list/system that does not use the same startup key. Similarly, if you had the Mass/Conn lists set to startup key
1, and a third list for New Hampshire, assigned, to say, startup key
3, and you started the scanner pressing
3 instead of
1 (presuming you gave both the Mass/Conn lists that same start key), then only the New Hampshire list would be scanned. If you then restarted the scanner, pressing the
1, then Mass/Conn would scan, but New Hampshire would not be.
The downside to using startup keys is that, once you start, with a specific key pressed, like
1, all the other lists using other startup keys would be disabled. If you then used the
3 key to restart, then lists using key
1 (or any startup key other than
3) would not be scanned. You cannot "undo" this on the scanner, unless you manually edit the lists in the scanner and remove any startup keys that have been used.
See this in the Easier to Read manual:
Any list that
does not have a startup key assigned will be scanned regardless of the key pressed at startup. But anything that has a key assigned will not be enabled unless you press their specific key, which then disables anything using a key other than what you pressed.
Since the SDS and x36HP scanners can have multiple Favorites lists, each with their own Favorites list QK, you can more easily pick what you want to listen to without using the startup keys. I don't use Startup keys on any of my SDS or x36HP scanners. However, I previously used the keys on a file for my 396XTs in a file for a regional trip I take often. I had key
1 set for while I was still in the metro area, then restarted with key
2 for the route I took, and then key
3 to use while I was at my destination. For systems that I wanted to be scanned regardless of where I was, like Texas DPS, that system did not have have a key assigned. For systems that were monitorable in more than one segment, but not in all three, I duplicated that system using the startup keys for that portion of my trip. But that was a workaround for the 396XT, since you can only load and use a single programming file. For this same trip now, on the SDS and x36HP scanners, I have separate Favorites lists for each portion, so I can use whichever list covers the area, Of course, in the version of this trip set up to use location control with a GPS, which then selects what to monitor based on the range and locations set.