Our intention is to read the file from the scanner and interpret the colors selected. That's on the to do list.
Robert
Uniden Remote Head Project
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Touch Scanner is an accidental creation that we're hoping many others will be excited to use too!
www.touch-scanner.com
mancow,ra7850
Hopefully it can be able to show UID's also.
Would spend more for it to mimic the complete display of the SDS series. Would also be interested in a seperate keypad that doesn't transpose.
Good things coming down the pike! Wish Uniden still supported the SDS series, glad to see others coming up with these things!
Would spend more for it to mimic the complete display of the SDS series. Would also be interested in a seperate keypad that doesn't transpose.
Good things coming down the pike! Wish Uniden still supported the SDS series, glad to see others coming up with these things!
It does mimic the entire display, unit IDs and whatever else. All but matching colors. Non transposable keypad would require a larger display or much smaller text so it's a compromise.
Here is the link to a wireless keyboard. I use one very similar to this one with my test device. This makes it easier to operate.
Here is the wireless keyboard that I use for my test device.
Ugh.... All the same colors? I have all mine with different colors to instantly distinguish what I am making a quick glance at.
If one is ultimately developed that will allow the user to select the different colors as desired, I'm on it.
I received my remote head yesterday and it’s working great. Can you expand on the functionality of all the other receptacles , such as the ones on the top of the unit? One of them looks like an 1/8 audio. The Ethernet port is for programming the raspberry pi I would assume. Just curious.
Thanks for a great product!
Thanks for a great product!
Glad you like it! At this point, the only ports required are any of the USB ports on the side of the device, and the USB C port for providing power on the top of the Raspberry Pi. We are planning to add additional functionality to the software incluing using the 3/8 audio output jack on the top of the device as well as the RJ45 (ethernet) port on the device. You can use the RJ45 jack now to make a network connection to the device for access to program the device using one of the numerous linux tools. It also has builtin wireless for that connectivity and bluetooth as well. In an ideal world, the device would only require 1 cable, that is to provide mower to the device. The options are really limitless, all just takes development time and testing. All of which are in the planning stages right now.
mancow, ra7850
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2 questions.
1) I saw where ya'll were working on a case that better stands up to higher heat. South Texas has about 6 months of summer, so that's a major requirement. What's the timeline on that?
2) Is everything else just software / firmware updates after that? It sounds like ya'll are still working to add features. Is there a mailing list for beta testing, or how are you planning on handling that? Website doesn't have all the information, and I understand that this concept is constantly changing on several fronts right now.
Honestly, that's the only 2 things holding up a purchase right now.
1) I saw where ya'll were working on a case that better stands up to higher heat. South Texas has about 6 months of summer, so that's a major requirement. What's the timeline on that?
2) Is everything else just software / firmware updates after that? It sounds like ya'll are still working to add features. Is there a mailing list for beta testing, or how are you planning on handling that? Website doesn't have all the information, and I understand that this concept is constantly changing on several fronts right now.
Honestly, that's the only 2 things holding up a purchase right now.
mancow,ra7850
Quick and dirty...(if you hear echoing....it's because I have a standard scanner and an SDS on the same channel....nothing to do with the TouchScreen)
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I keep seeing "Mancow...." as a reply. What am I missing here?
The display works fine with my SDS 200 and it’s solving the issue of trying to mount the scanner in my vehicle. I am having an issue with the GPS, it has only worked sporadically and now it appears to have stopped completely. I was sitting at a location 24 hours ago and the systems for that area were scanning properly. When I left, it never updated as I traveled approximately 15 miles and it stayed on the systems that I was receiving when I was parked. This morning when I fired everything up, I was still receiving those same systems as yesterday with no updating. So far today, it has still not updated even when I traveled another 20 miles in the opposite direction from where I was at yesterday, still getting the same systems as yesterday. Both the scanner and the remote screens are showing that the GPS is enabled, but still no updating. Location settings in the scanner are correct as far as lat/longs and range settings are concerned and Favorite Lists have Location information set to “On”. Up until 24 hours ago, it would update but usually required either turning off or power recycling one or both of the items. The remote head was done by using the shutdown command prior to turning the power off.
I’ve also tried my 436 with the remote head but I only get between 5-30 seconds of display before the screen goes black and the scanner goes back to the Mass Storage/Serial screen and everything repeats itself over and over again, get a few seconds of display and then the black screen again and and the Mass Storage / Serial screen again.
I realize that this is a work in progress and I’m probably just experiencing bugs in the operation of the thing, It does solve my mounting issues and that was my main concern.
I’ve also tried my 436 with the remote head but I only get between 5-30 seconds of display before the screen goes black and the scanner goes back to the Mass Storage/Serial screen and everything repeats itself over and over again, get a few seconds of display and then the black screen again and and the Mass Storage / Serial screen again.
I realize that this is a work in progress and I’m probably just experiencing bugs in the operation of the thing, It does solve my mounting issues and that was my main concern.
