Trunking TG-Monitor vs Free Scan

[brucebuck1010]

Thoroughly enjoying the new ver 4 PPS! I had been using the Beta Free Scan version since it was released. Thought I'd jump back into the mainstream, especially now since it has Hold and Block (Prior to Beta, I didn't have this). For those of you who are afraid of the learning curve for Vers 4 - I've found it much easier than learning the whole system in the beginning. Not much difference, but it really make sense to just start over, and use your old setup as a template.

So to my question: What is the difference between the receiving modes called "TG-Monitor" and "Free Scan"? This shows up in tab E7.

 

[RaleighGuy]

It is listed in the help file, but doesn't adequately describes it in my opinion.

TG Scan allows only selected TGs to be monitored, TG Monitor allows all TGs to be heard, even if not selected, while Free Scan allows you to scan a range of frequencies for traffic.

 

[brucebuck1010]

It is listed in the help file, but doesn't adequately describes it in my opinion.

TG Scan allows only selected TGs to be monitored, TG Monitor allows all TGs to be heard, even if not selected, while Free Scan allows you to scan a range of frequencies for traffic.

Ah, okay, got it. Makes sense. Thanks!

 

[RaleighGuy]

Ah, okay, got it. Makes sense. Thanks!

Unfortunately, in V4 PPS I can not take a screen shot to help explain/show what I'm talking about.

 

[MonitoringDelCo]

If you are on a Windows machine, try Win + Shift + S keyboard shortcut to use the snipping tool. You can either take a screenshot of the full screen or only capture a part of it. The screenshots will be copied to the clipboard.

 

[CanesFan95]

You can also use the delay timer on the snipping tool.

 

[ErikSwan]

It is listed in the help file, but doesn't adequately describes it in my opinion.

TG Scan allows only selected TGs to be monitored, TG Monitor allows all TGs to be heard, even if not selected, while Free Scan allows you to scan a range of frequencies for traffic.

Are you sure about this? Because in the help file for V0.4.0.36, "Free Scan" is noted as only being available in P25 Trunking mode. And the description seems almost identical to "Trunking TG-Monitor". Scanning a range of frequencies with P25 Trunking doesn't make any sense to me. Unless it's scanning a range of frequencies for control channel activity?

I'm still confused about what the difference is, unless the help file is wrong.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Are you sure about this? Because in the help file for V0.4.0.36, "Free Scan" is noted as only being available in P25 Trunking mode. And the description seems almost identical to "Trunking TG-Monitor". Scanning a range of frequencies with P25 Trunking doesn't make any sense to me. Unless it's scanning a range of frequencies for control channel activity?

I'm still confused about what the difference is, unless the help file is wrong.

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if in doubt try setting it up and you'll see what it does, please notice what the bottom two lines say. Looks like someone made a mistake. Simply put the difference between the two is like the difference between the search feature and putting a wildcard in a system on your scanner.

 

[jtwalker]

“Free Scan” is not available for trunked systems. I noticed the ambiguous/erroneous help text also.