Jack,
Are you scanning with a Favorites list? Or just using the full database along with location & range?
If only using the main database (and location), then you would not be able to switch the system to ID Search.
If you are, instead, scanning a Favorites list, then you can make the switch.
If you have the Extreme Upgrade, then you can make the switch on the scanner.
On the scanner, press Menu
At the next screen, select Advanced Menu.
On the next screen (if you have the Extreme), select Advanced Options
From the next menu select Edit Favorites lists.
That will get you to a screen where you can select the list you that has the system you want to change.
Select the appropriate list
Then, you'll see a list of systems on that list.
Select the trunked system to change
Once you've selected the system, you'll get a list of what you can do.
use the
Edit System Options
You will see ID Search at the top of the next display page, with an indication of whether it is set on or off. Set it to
On
Then use the
Back selection at the bottom of the display until you can see
Listen and return to scanning.
If you do not have the Extreme Upgrade, you cannot make the change directly on the scanner. But you can, by making the change in Sentinel, then write the updated list to the scanner.
At the Main screen in Sentinel for the HP-1 & HP-2, Select Edit Favorites list. You can do that by either choosing that option under the drop-down
Edit menu, or by selecting the icon that resembles a Star with a pencil on it
Choose the list you need to change
Once the Edit Favorites List screen opens, then select the system that you want to change.
Once you've selected the system, then select the
Options tab for the system
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You'll see the option there to choose ID Search or ID Scan.
Remember this when using ID Search or ID Scan
ID Scan stops only on talkgroups that are programmed, as long as they are not Avoided (locked out), and are not in a Department that is Avoided. The Service Type would need to be enabled as well.
ID Search stops on
any active talkgroup, as long as it is not Avoided (you can Avoid (lockout) a talkgroup that is not programmed). If the talkgroup is already programmed, you would see the text tag that is associated with it. If the TGID is
NOT programmed, then the 'text tag' would simply be the talkgroup ID (no descriptive text). As the unprogrammed talkgroups are not classified with a Service Type, you would hear any that are active
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Thanks HIEGTX
I am using my favorites list but do not have the Extreme Upgrade in the Home Patrol II . Also instead of Sentinal I am using ARC by Butel to create favorites.. I will try the Edit System Option and see if we can get some transmissions. Thanks , I will let you know. Appreciate all the detail.
Jack
