It would be nice if any talkgroup changes would show up in the New/Updated section. As it is now (for my area) any name change, move, encryption setting or delete does not show. You have to hunt down what was changed. Just a wish list thing.
Talkgroup Updates in database
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Use ProScan to make updates along with RR premium subscription and the “detect changes” feature in ProScan.
I'd rather see it in the database when I am looking at it. Thanks for the suggestion.
Not real handy on the Unications but ya, works on the couple of the scanners I still use.
They do show up as green and then yellow if you have them assigned to you on the welcome page and are a premium member.
You can also check the change history on any RRDB page for the last 100 changes:
Where? Exactly which talkgroups were changed or deleted? I don't see where you see this. Am I in the wrong spot to see this?They do show up as green and then yellow if you have them assigned to you on the welcome page and are a premium member.
This only tells me the group. I still have to hunt down what was actually deleted or updated. Which talkgroup, unless I am still missing something. I get the whole green and yellow thing for new/added talkgroups.
So you want a comprehensive, detailed list of every change to the database.
Just be thankful we have folks that maintain the list as it is, and list the changes. Kudos to those folks for taking their time to do the updates. I don't expect these folks to spoon feed me every little detail as they have no idea what I have programmed into my scanners or sdr's. It's up to me to compare my programming to the database on a regular basis. Highlighted changes only show for a few days, after that you have to compare your programming against the database.
Doesn't take much time to figure out what was added or what was deleted. And with Proscan you can see the differences in your programming and the database, but it's up to you to figure out the difference. Any change on your part to anything listed in the database will show you a difference as it doesn't match the database, such as customization of alpha tags or descriptions, but the database doesn't know what changes you have made on the entries.
Just be thankful we have folks that maintain the list as it is, and list the changes. Kudos to those folks for taking their time to do the updates. I don't expect these folks to spoon feed me every little detail as they have no idea what I have programmed into my scanners or sdr's. It's up to me to compare my programming to the database on a regular basis. Highlighted changes only show for a few days, after that you have to compare your programming against the database.
Doesn't take much time to figure out what was added or what was deleted. And with Proscan you can see the differences in your programming and the database, but it's up to you to figure out the difference. Any change on your part to anything listed in the database will show you a difference as it doesn't match the database, such as customization of alpha tags or descriptions, but the database doesn't know what changes you have made on the entries.
I would like to know what was changed, yes.
I never said I don't appreciate those who manage the database. Allegedly the site is always looking for suggestions on improvement. Here's one.
Again, highlighted changes don't show who's name changed or updated, what talkgroups were deleted, which talkgroup had encryption settings changed.
It doesn't take much time to figure out what talkgroups were deleted in a database of thousands? Yeah ok.
I'm not interested in buying proscan. I already have what I need for programming purposes and since I'm already looking at the database, it would be nice to just see the change there.
This started as just a wish/suggestion thing. Maybe someone could point me to a better suggestion in finding what I'm looking for, but not really. If it's one day changed, wonderful. If not, it's not a huge deal.
I never said I don't appreciate those who manage the database. Allegedly the site is always looking for suggestions on improvement. Here's one.
Again, highlighted changes don't show who's name changed or updated, what talkgroups were deleted, which talkgroup had encryption settings changed.
It doesn't take much time to figure out what talkgroups were deleted in a database of thousands? Yeah ok.
I'm not interested in buying proscan. I already have what I need for programming purposes and since I'm already looking at the database, it would be nice to just see the change there.
This started as just a wish/suggestion thing. Maybe someone could point me to a better suggestion in finding what I'm looking for, but not really. If it's one day changed, wonderful. If not, it's not a huge deal.
As a premium member, you can periodically download the csv data files for sites/frequencies and talkgroups. Then use a utility such as tkdiff to compare 2 versions of the files to identify updates.
Thanks for your suggestion.
I know - it's not ideal. But, at least it is a method that can let you identify changes made to the database.
What you're asking for would require major changes to the back end of the database, which are simply not feasible.
When a system shows green in the database due to changes, it doesn't necessarily mean that talkgroups or frequencies have been changed. Minor changes to descriptions and so on will also cause a green light.
If a county or system you watch goes green, you can go to that county or system, and look at the change summary. It's located in the menu, upper right corner of the screen.
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Appreciate your insight. Not the end of the world. It was a suggestion and to see if I was missing something. Some comments were helpful, some suggestions I already knew about, some comments were, yeah. Thanks!
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