Uniden BCD536HP Dongle issue

[rcool101]

OR.........As I stated 2 months ago.......MAYBE Just MAYBE the dongle is bad........Mine was....It is possible...When my new one came I had it running in less than 2 min......Do you know anybody with a 536? If so let them try the dongle...This is what I did....My friend knew right away that it did not work....

 

[MandB]

Okay, so, no help from Uniden Customer Support, in the end last week I decided to just order a new dongle. It arrived today. Plugged it in, and what do you know, the scanner started doing an update (would do nothing when I plugged in the old dongle). Long story short, Siren works on the IPad with this new Dongle. It does drop occasionally. Not too thrilled that Uniden just ignored my messages....

My next question is, how many IPads can be connected with Siren to listen to the scanner at once? We are finding we hear it on one, try and connect another one and the signal drops from the first one. Sometimes if we just have one connected it drops the signal to it too. Thanks for all your replies, unfortunately, I guess we ended up with a Dongle that never worked to begin with.

 

[rcool101]

I never tried customer support. I just sent mine to Texas with a note explaining everything that was done and tried. Just paid shipping one way. Still waiting on Android app. Yawn zzzzzzzz

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[Voyager]

Okay, we will try again.
Just a question though, regardless what our internet router is (wep wpa wpa2) would the dongle still not talk to the scanner to let us know it is working and what information is on the dongle??

If the router is not using WPA or WPA2, there would be no successful connection (hence no IP assigned) and the display would just sit there looking for networks. (sound familiar?)

You should also make sure you are using 1.10.02 in your scanner.

 

[darunimal]

The OP followed up with an update (see post 22) with the fact, it was: the Dongle.

 

[Voyager]

Which does not change the fact that WEP is not supported. (see posts 14 and 22)

 

[darunimal]

Unfortunately the Sentinel Android App isn't out.

 

[darunimal]

The new dongle says what firmware it is right (post 20)?

 

[MandB]

The new dongle says what firmware it is right (post 20)?

7.28

 

[Cbohsea1]

I was ready to purchase the BCD536HP until I started reading all the nightmares current owners are experiencing. I'm sticking with my older units that actually work. Bought a $25.00 Boafeng that works great were I live.

 

[Voyager]

Which "nightmares" are you talking about? Virtually all the hardware issues are fixed except for those involving the SD card (an issue which Whistler also has).

 

[Cbohsea1]

BCD536hp

Hi. I wasn't aware of an SD card issue. So the Siren app is now ready? I thought this scanner came out in 2013? I really want to upgrade but want to make sure all the bugs are fixed.

 

[buddrousa]

I have been running a 436 and 536 both for over 1 year with no problems.

 

[Cbohsea1]

question.

I have a 336t and 997t upgrade or wait?

 

[buddrousa]

Do you have P25 Phase 2 in your area or With the addon provoice. Only you can say if you need to upgrade yet.

 

[Cbohsea1]

No province. Not sure about phase 2. I'm 8n the Los Angeles CA area.

 

[Voyager]

Odds are if it's isn't there yet, it will be soon (P25 Phase II).

 

[Cbohsea1]

Thank you.