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I apologize in advance. My problem is much easier to show in person than to describe here, but I will try my best.
I have an SDS100, with several hundred TG's in close to 100 SQK's on simulcast and conventional systems in Michigan, Ohio & Kentucky. 80% of my usage is home in SE Michigan on the MPSCS system. My everyday listening consists of maybe 5-10 local SQK's out of 40+in my area. I have been scanning long before programming was an option, and I have never had an issue like this.
I have 1 system for local 'EMS/Hospitals', (SQK #5) set up as 2 Departments. I also have another system set up for 'Road Commissions', (SQK #51), broken down into 3 Departments by county. Here is where my problem begins. I am using the same sites on these 2 SQK's as I am for all my other local systems. When downloaded into the radio, SQK #5 only scans the EMS TG's, not the hospital TG's. The Road Commission SQK #51 is downloaded, it shows 'Nothing to Scan'. I have no sites or TG's being 'avoided', everything is unlocked, system & site parameters are IDENTICAL to other working SQK's. I have completely deleted both & re-entered, using RR and by hand. If I try turning on the Road Comm, SQK #51 for instance, I hit '1.51 enter', it will show 'QuickKey 1.51=On'. Hitting it again will show 'QuickKey 1.51=Off', just like every other SQK. On the 'EMS/Hospital' SQK, the EMS TG's work fine, but the hospital TG's will not work. On the 'Road Commission' SQK, NONE of the TG's will scan. Adding to my confusion, if I dial into any of the 'Hospital' or 'Road Commission' QK's by hand, the TG's I programmed show up, but don't work. I have held the radio on single TG's with no luck. Finally, I tried entering all the site frequencies and TG's in by hand, grouping all TG's into 1 department, changing filter, NAC & end code settings & anything else that could be changed, just to be sure. No luck. I still have some of them in my old 436 & they work fine (except for the usual simulcast issues). I probably should mention my programming software is Butel and all my files get backed up on Sentinel. If no one has faced this problem, I assume my next step will be a factory reset and downloading all the data back in. That's fine, but if this is an ongoing issue I would rather find a solution rather than have to do a reset every time I add/change anything.
Thanks in advance, this is driving me crazy !
-Phil
I apologize in advance. My problem is much easier to show in person than to describe here, but I will try my best.
I have an SDS100, with several hundred TG's in close to 100 SQK's on simulcast and conventional systems in Michigan, Ohio & Kentucky. 80% of my usage is home in SE Michigan on the MPSCS system. My everyday listening consists of maybe 5-10 local SQK's out of 40+in my area. I have been scanning long before programming was an option, and I have never had an issue like this.
I have 1 system for local 'EMS/Hospitals', (SQK #5) set up as 2 Departments. I also have another system set up for 'Road Commissions', (SQK #51), broken down into 3 Departments by county. Here is where my problem begins. I am using the same sites on these 2 SQK's as I am for all my other local systems. When downloaded into the radio, SQK #5 only scans the EMS TG's, not the hospital TG's. The Road Commission SQK #51 is downloaded, it shows 'Nothing to Scan'. I have no sites or TG's being 'avoided', everything is unlocked, system & site parameters are IDENTICAL to other working SQK's. I have completely deleted both & re-entered, using RR and by hand. If I try turning on the Road Comm, SQK #51 for instance, I hit '1.51 enter', it will show 'QuickKey 1.51=On'. Hitting it again will show 'QuickKey 1.51=Off', just like every other SQK. On the 'EMS/Hospital' SQK, the EMS TG's work fine, but the hospital TG's will not work. On the 'Road Commission' SQK, NONE of the TG's will scan. Adding to my confusion, if I dial into any of the 'Hospital' or 'Road Commission' QK's by hand, the TG's I programmed show up, but don't work. I have held the radio on single TG's with no luck. Finally, I tried entering all the site frequencies and TG's in by hand, grouping all TG's into 1 department, changing filter, NAC & end code settings & anything else that could be changed, just to be sure. No luck. I still have some of them in my old 436 & they work fine (except for the usual simulcast issues). I probably should mention my programming software is Butel and all my files get backed up on Sentinel. If no one has faced this problem, I assume my next step will be a factory reset and downloading all the data back in. That's fine, but if this is an ongoing issue I would rather find a solution rather than have to do a reset every time I add/change anything.
Thanks in advance, this is driving me crazy !
-Phil