Unitrunker Release 18

[SCPD]

Look for the MSI installer in the download area.

This release includes the Motorola Bandplan wizard and a fix for BCD396XT voice following.

More details to follow.

 

[SRSP2282]

Just wanted to chime in and say the issue with the "Group History" tab not updating correctly has been resolved. (for detail see this thread http://forums.radioreference.com/tr...8191-unitrunker-1-0-0-11-a-2.html#post1304254)

Updating my Radio ID labels just got way easier!

Thank you for all your hard work Rick!

 

[SCPD]

Summary of what is new in release 18:

Conservative handling of WM_PAINT and WM_ERASEBKGND to avoid grid flicker.
Fix flicker in header control on parent window resize.
Removed obsolete (vintage 2008 - pre-SOAP) RR DB download parser;
Updated readme text;
Added FirstTime popup to aid upgrade & installation.
Multiselect row delete for most grids now avoids displaying "Okay to delete 0 things?" when nothing selected;
Fixed corner case for stepping over combo box with empty text box (no more crash!)
Correct placement of new blank groups, users and sites in system's containing vector.
Default timestamps for sites, channels, groups and users.
Code for accessing wave output devices.
Motorola Standard, Splinter, Rebanded, Australia, Red Deer, and 935 bandplans.
Fixed bug in MessageBox confirmation in Site Grid.
Per-Site Shuffle bandplan option is now persisted in XML.
Motorola Bandplan Wizard added; accessible on Site window via toolbar calculator icon.
Toolbar fixes to respond to font size changes up to 18 points.
ToolText border fixed.
Added experimental support for GRE iScan models PSR700 and PRO107.
Shuffle flag added to Site objects for Motorola shuffle bandplans.

For Motorola fans, proper support for Shuffle is not yet ready but most of the structural changes needed to support it are now in place.

 

[WyoWabbit]

I have noticed a version 18 glitch. When you adjust the columns for the 'LCN, Frequency,Label, etc.', the column header adjusts but the columns underneath do not!?!? If you go to, for example, Peers and then back again to Call History, then the columns will adjust. Tom

 

[Mattsenft]

Rick,
Its been a while since I messed around with the latest versions of unitunker. I was using the retro version and some of the early versions ( I think possibly 9) until recently. Last week I began using 17 and I downloaded 18 today. While I have felt pretty confident in knowing my way around the program, I couldn't figure out how to import my data from 17 into 18. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks for your work with this program

 

[SCPD]

I have noticed a version 18 glitch. When you adjust the columns for the 'LCN, Frequency,Label, etc.', the column header adjusts but the columns underneath do not!?!? If you go to, for example, Peers and then back again to Call History, then the columns will adjust. Tom

Thanks Tom. This is likely an unintended result of fixing the resize flicker for grid headers. I'll check this out.

While I have felt pretty confident in knowing my way around the program, I couldn't figure out how to import my data from 17 into 18. Can you point me in the right direction?

If you're upgrading, this easy approach is to set the installation directory to match the working folder of your current (release 17 or earlier) installation when running the MSI installer.

If you've installed the program to the default "Program Files" folder location - the default working directory is in the Unitrunker folder under your APPDATA folder. For a user account named "Fred" this would be "\Users\Fred\AppData\Roaming\Unitrunker\" - on Windows Vista and Windows 7.

To see where the APPDATA folder is on your system, open a command window and type the following:

echo %APPDATA%

Windows Explorer understands standard Windows shell variables. You can type the following in the Windows Explorer location bar: "%APPDATA%\Unitrunker" ... be sure to include both '%' signs.

The APPDATA folder allows two or more users to run separate data and user preferences from a single program installation.

 

[WyoWabbit]

I have noticed a version 18 glitch. When you adjust the columns for the 'LCN, Frequency,Label, etc.', the column header adjusts but the columns underneath do not!?!? If you go to, for example, Peers and then back again to Call History, then the columns will adjust. Tom

Would it be possible? (Pretty please), to save the column adjustments when exiting the program so that they will be lined-up the way you had them the next time the program is run? Tom

 

[SCPD]

Would it be possible? (Pretty please), to save the column adjustments when exiting the program so that they will be lined-up the way you had them the next time the program is run? Tom

It's on the TODO list.

 

[SCPD]

Hi Tom;

save the column adjustments when exiting the program

I've added persistence of column settings on the main panel. The column info is saved at the tail end of the Configure.xml file. Look for it in release 19. If a user chooses to roll back, older versions should silently ignore this new, unexpected data.

If this release goes well, I'll add it for the other windows. The reason for moving cautiously is the site/system windows' column settings will be saved in the Untrunker.xml data file. This change won't be backwards compatible. Previous versions of Unitrunker won't know how to skip over the new information.

In short, saving columns for Site/System windows should appear in release 20.

the column header adjusts but the columns underneath do not!?!?

I've fixed that too for release 19.

 

[Audiodave1]

I cannot find .18 on the download page....

 

[Highpockets]

I cannot find .18 on the download page....

Up near top of page.

18.msi 21-Nov-2010

 

[Audiodave1]

Silly me looking at the bottom...

 

[SCPD]

FYI - a preview of release 19 is available at Index of /download

Caution: It hasn't received adequate testing to be an "official" release.

The code here contains significant changes that impact all Uniden models. The code responsible for all Uniden models has been split into two separate modules; one for the older Uniden models that contain mostly two letter commands and another module for the newer DMA models whose commands are generally three letter mneumonics (including the XT models).

This needs lots of testing! If you have any Uniden models - please test this out.

There's a ProVoice receiver option. Turn this OFF to suppress ProVoice "popups" that occur when a ProVoice signal is detected.

Column widths in the main window are saved (but not yet for other windows).

The XML reader was enhanced to provide a mechanism for backwards compatibility should you save your data with a newer version of the program and need to roll back.

The BC346XT and PRO107 were missing as Inline receiver choices. Those of you interested in testing these models can finally do so.

Fixed a bug in the Motorola band plan Wizard that prevented it from painting itself on screen.

Good luck.

 

[SRSP2282]

Column widths in the main window are saved (but not yet for other windows).

Hmm this isn't working for me. Tried adjusting the column width in the receivers tab but it was not saved when the program was reopened. (Also tried playing with the site window just in case I misunderstood "main window"... no joy there either) Is it working for anyone else?

***EDIT****

Disregard Its working now

 

[bpsmicro]

For future releases, can you eother:

a) continue to provide the simple Zip so that we can drop the EXE/etc files into our existing install folder, or

b) make your installer so that it can properly do upgrades on older versions. If you're using Visual Studio or WiX to make your installer, I can tell you how to make that work (the documentation sucks, but it's easy to do)

Thanks;
Brad.

P.S. So far Build 19 is working fine for me, but I don't have it plugged into a Uniden.

 

[Audiodave1]

Ut .19

So I decided to get this verionn. I am only monitoring CC's, not driving a radio.

While monitoring New Jersey State Police Trunking System, Statewide, New Jersey - Scanner Frequencies on the south system I downloaded the data from the web interface. I have now switched to the Central system CC and cannot get the TG descriptions to display despite re-downloading the system.

Maybe a bug, check it out.

Dave

 

[WyoWabbit]

Hi Tom;

I've added persistence of column settings on the main panel. The column info is saved at the tail end of the Configure.xml file. Look for it in release 19. If a user chooses to roll back, older versions should silently ignore this new, unexpected data.

If this release goes well, I'll add it for the other windows. The reason for moving cautiously is the site/system windows' column settings will be saved in the Untrunker.xml data file. This change won't be backwards compatible. Previous versions of Unitrunker won't know how to skip over the new information.

In short, saving columns for Site/System windows should appear in release 20.


I've fixed that too for release 19.

Maybe, instead of adding the column settings to the end of this file, just use a new settings file? This way the new versions would look for it, and the older versions wouldn't even know it was there? Tom

 

[Audiodave1]

.19 TG/User history lost?

It appears the history for TG/UID's is lost on shut down unless I am missing something. The logging feature isn't related to history to my knowledge.

Might roll back to .18 and wait for .20

Dave

 

[Radioman96p71]

How hard would it be to add a raw serial input to the decoders? I have included an example of the data stream. I can provide a much more thorough one if you like.

FC402195AA0326A701
FC40211DAA03
FD081011
FC402195AA03
FC2CC301
FC402173AA03
FD081011

Thanks in advance!

 

[SCPD]

Maybe a bug, check it out.

Will do.

Maybe, instead of adding the column settings to the end of this file, just use a new settings file?

A much earlier version did this - a separate text file for each site. Release 19 knows to skip over the data so it could be used as a way to migrate backwards if needed. Your suggestion is sound but doesn't scale. Say I run into a similar situation in a few months. Should I create yet another new file? Don't forget the main data file is stored as multiple revisions. If they upgrade and run into problems, they can revert to the older version of the software and then revert to the slightly older version of their data.

It appears the history for TG/UID's is lost on shut down unless I am missing something. The logging feature isn't related to history to my knowledge.

Correct. The program could load the site's event log into the history grid but doesn't do so at this time. This is one of many fine ideas I've yet to do.

How hard would it be to add a raw serial input to the decoders?

Not hard at all. How many users would be interested in using such a feature?