TGIDs being reported incorrectly

[LoneOwl]

TGIDs being reported correctly on SDS200, not on other 2.
Using ProScan(24.4), & on Wake P25, history logging is showing 47052(Northeast Disp) as North Disp, or Northeast Disp, 47054(Downtown Disp) as being Southeast Dispatch & Downtown Disp, and 47055(Southwest Disp) as Northwest Dispatch & Southwest Disp.
Additionally, neither the 996 nor the 325 are logging the 47050, 47051 & 47053 TGIDs

 

[KevinC]

TGIDs being reported correctly on SDS200, not on other 2.
Using ProScan(24.4), & on Wake P25, history logging is showing 47052(Northeast Disp) as North Disp, or Northeast Disp, 47054(Downtown Disp) as being Southeast Dispatch & Downtown Disp, and 47055(Southwest Disp) as Northwest Dispatch & Southwest Disp.
Additionally, neither the 996 nor the 325 are logging the 47050, 47051 & 47053 TGIDs

Are they possibly patched?

 

[LoneOwl]

Thanks for the reply.
No, not patched. My SDS200 is logging all the proper TGIDS. The other 2 - BCD996p2 nor the BCD325P2 are not.
I assume if they were patched, the 200 would be logging identically to the others.

 

[Spitfire8520]

It sounds like the talkgroups are being patched as Kevin mentioned, and that was discussed in the Wake County P25 switch thread.

The SDS scanners ships with firmware that supports patched talkgroups from the factory, so that would be why you see talkgroups showing up as expected. If the firmware of your BCD996P2 and BCD325P2 is older than version 1.08.00, then they do not support when talkgroups are patched together. You should look into updating the firmware of your older scanners by following the instruction in the link below if you would like them to handle patched talkgroups like your SDS.

https://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/UnidenMan4/InstallingBC_VUP

What happens behind the scenes is that the voice traffic from the patched talkgroups are redirected to a single talkgroup. In your case, it sounds like 47050 was redirected to 47055, 47051 to 47052, and 47053 to 47054. Patches can be identified if you ever get into control channel decoding, but it shows up in the ways you have described.

 

[LoneOwl]

Thanks, Spitfire 8520.
The firmware in both the BCD996P2 and the BCD325P2 is verson 1.11.07

 

[KevinC]

Sure sounds like they are patched to me, it's possible proper patch decoding broke in a later update.

 

[trumpetman]

Kevin is right, the talkgroups are patched. See the wiki link below to correlate the channels you stated above with the usual supergroup assignments.

Wake County (NC) Raleigh PD Monitoring Guide - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

 

[LoneOwl]

That is EXACTLY the way it appears to be, and that's all fine & dandy, but what completely flummoxed me is why my SDS200 is reporting the correct TGIDs!
From here on out, I'll be using just the 200 to monitor RPD-Cary/Wake P25, leaving the 325 & 996 to scan my other interests.

Thanks to all for your input!

 

[KevinC]

Thanks to all for your input!

You're very welcome!

 

[KevinC]

And as I said, it's possible patch decoding broke in a later update in those 2 models since they more or less share the same FW. Maybe post about it in the Uniden tech forum and tag @jasonhouk.