It was the email with the links to the new freescan Beta firmware, new freescan PPS, and access to the private ultra secret FB group for Unication beta testng. You are not one of the "chosen" ones. 
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Unication G-Series Voice Pager with Digital Trunked Scanner Feature
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Hahah, thanks. Hopefully they'll open up the beta firmware signup again.It was the email with the links to the new freescan Beta firmware, new freescan PPS, and access to the private ultra secret FB group for Unication beta testng. You are not one of the "chosen" ones.
Paul
I didn't see any NDA agreement or privacy disclaimer on my email...sounds like it will go full public beta to all serial numbers in existance very very soon?
I can tell you that when you install the new firmware, you cannot rollback, or to the same level non freescan firmware, you have to wait till the next release. Also, when you upgrade, this ADDS Freescan options to the radio, but if you don't go and change any knob positions to freescan, your current programming will still operate identically, and is not wiped by the new firmware or PPS whatsoever. This means you can update, read with the new Freescan PPS, and everythign will look and operate exactly the same, and you can ADD say a freescan zone to test and play around with, but adding it will not change your old stuff and old buttons from operating how they used to, it seems all slaved to knob position.
Paul
I can tell you that when you install the new firmware, you cannot rollback, or to the same level non freescan firmware, you have to wait till the next release. Also, when you upgrade, this ADDS Freescan options to the radio, but if you don't go and change any knob positions to freescan, your current programming will still operate identically, and is not wiped by the new firmware or PPS whatsoever. This means you can update, read with the new Freescan PPS, and everythign will look and operate exactly the same, and you can ADD say a freescan zone to test and play around with, but adding it will not change your old stuff and old buttons from operating how they used to, it seems all slaved to knob position.
Paul
If your pagers serial number is not in the attached serial number (MSN) list, the beta will not work. So you can't just share these files.
I also wonder what's on the Facebook group they mentioned. Policy here prevents FB use.
What do you mean policy prevents FB use?
The FB group is just a private group, like this RR subforum. They have a means of verifying that you are on the list before you are approved to the group. It's full of pepople asking about functions and talking about things that are working weirdly.
And I should have mentioned in my post above, that the operation and functionality was meant to advise people about to put the BETA into their radios what to expect, they might in the future change the way importing and the new firmware features are implimented, but if your testing now, you won't wipe all your hard work put into configuring your G the way you wanted it.
Paul
The FB group is just a private group, like this RR subforum. They have a means of verifying that you are on the list before you are approved to the group. It's full of pepople asking about functions and talking about things that are working weirdly.
And I should have mentioned in my post above, that the operation and functionality was meant to advise people about to put the BETA into their radios what to expect, they might in the future change the way importing and the new firmware features are implimented, but if your testing now, you won't wipe all your hard work put into configuring your G the way you wanted it.
Paul
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Trunking Freescan allows you to enter a frequency range to search for CCs, and then you'll hear whatever TGs are active.
Pager Talkgroup List (PTGL) allows you to scan lists of TGs (which is what most people are familiar with), and this mode enables features like multi-site scanning & TG hold/delay/lockout.
Pager Talkgroup List (PTGL) allows you to scan lists of TGs (which is what most people are familiar with), and this mode enables features like multi-site scanning & TG hold/delay/lockout.
Yeah, the Freescan thing looks pretty pointless...the PTGL looks to have some future though, especially as a quick means to throw a bunch of old preprogrammed codeplug channels into large scan lists.
Paul
Paul
I'll go out on a limb, there was nothing in the email to make me think we can't discuss results.
Liking the scan lists. Been listening to 4 systems all afternoon. Talk group delay is great, as well as talk group remove. The hold feature is nice too. Radio ID alias is really nice.
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Guys, I saw in the email that even in this newest firmware the PTGL (Pager TG List) still does not support QCII decode.
I've been sitting at the computer trying to figure this out for quite a while - taking 2 Excedrin now but I'm grateful we are making some progress.
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Amen to that LOL
eorange
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Is that Member List Setting in PPS?
Yes, Member List Setting under Group ID Tab.
Company security does not allow FB so it is totally blocked by IT.
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I wish I could block it at home for all VLANs.
I’ve used the talk group hold and delete this evening on a newly built scan list. So far works great.
Looking at it for a few hours now, I like what I see. It appears that they have the Hex/Decimal display fixed, which works great for my MDC1200 channels, but threw me a curve when trying to identify talkgroups. Since the talkgroup displays as the number and not the name, I set up a spreadsheet that I'm using to identify the talkgroup and unit IDs on. It uses the lookup function and automatically populates the decimal and talkgroup name. I have it converting the UID to decimal and I'm manually noting the unit name. This gets transferred over to the Member List setting as an alias so I still have an idea who I'm listening to-something I'd like to see made a bit easier, but for now it does the job.
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