Unitrunker Release 19

[SCPD]

Release 19 is officially available here.

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).

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The XML reader was enhanced to provide a mechanism for backwards compatibility should you save your data with a newer version of the program and need to roll back.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

The "First Time" use dialog copies the source files to post-install configured working directory.

In the event of a crash, the program generates a crash dump in your %TEMP% directory. Enter "%TEMP%" into Windows Explorer (include both percent signs) to see where your %TEMP% folder is. The crash dump file is named with the date and time coded as "Uniform.YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.dmp".

If you are lucky enough to get a crash dump, contact the author before submitting. Crash dumps can be as small as 750Kb and smaller still (100Kb) when ZIP compressed.

 

[zzeus]

Thank you for the new release I started testing it and the first thing I noticed is that on Win7 32bit after the first screen asking to make a new configuration or upgrade is that it doesn't start, the program only starts in compatibility mode with Win XP SP3

 

[SCPD]

after the first screen asking to make a new configuration or upgrade is that it doesn't start

Thanks zzeus!

I've uploaded an updated version that fixes this. This "hot fix" also automatically uninstalls the previous version (thanks to bpsmicro for suggesting this). You don't need to dig into Control Panel for Add/Remove Programs to remove an older version.

 

[jamiewmorris]

I love unitrunker and have been using it for a few years.

I have two suggestions (wants, I guess). Is there any way to have an option for setting a squawk for an emergency signal received (either by group or by radio id?

Second, is there any way to have the program ignore talkgroups from displaying?

Thanks for all the work you do!

 

[SCPD]

I have two suggestions (wants, I guess). Is there any way to have an option for setting a squawk for an emergency signal received (either by group or by radio id?

I'll add that to the things-to-do list.

is there any way to have the program ignore talkgroups from displaying?

On the Groups tab, select the groups you don't want to see (use control key to select multiples), click the inspect button to edit them. Set the text foreground color to something close to the background color. They won't completely disappear but should be dim enough to allow you to focus on other groups.

 

[Forts]

I thought I would give the latest release a spin tonight, but I've run into a problem. I installed version 19 and when I try to run it I get "The procedure entry point MiniDumpWriteDump could not be located in the dynamic link library dbghelp.dll"

Suggestions? I'm running Win2k on an old Celeron 500.

Update - I did a clean re-install of .18 and it runs ok.....

 

[SCPD]

I get "The procedure entry point MiniDumpWriteDump could not be located in the dynamic link library dbghelp.dll" Suggestions? I'm running Win2k

The program expects version 5.1 or newer of Microsoft's DBGHELP library. This corresponds to Windows XP or newer. You can get an updated DLL from Microsoft ...
Debugging tools for Windows
The trick is to place a copy of the new DLL into the installed program folder. You can't replace the version that ships with Windows because of Windows File Protection.

I'll update the program to tolerate running without support for crash dumps.

 

[Forts]

Thanks Rick, I will give that a try. One of these days I'll just upgrade my scanner PC to something not quite so ancient

 

[TowerPower]

I have UniTrunker v19 set up with one signal PSR600 scanner and one voice PSR600 with transmissions coming across. I’ve read tons of posts and the read me file and I’m a little confused on how to follow a voice call. Ideally an individual talk group or departments talk groups i.e. fire dispatch and tactical.

Being that the priority is numerically driven and the lower number being higher priority, or so I’ve read, do I set the priority to the lowest number on the talk groups I favor and lock out all others or a combination?

Thanks in advance

 

[Radioman96p71]

Another odd questions about a feature in UniTrunker.

My setup:

I have my IC-R7100 hooked to my computer thru the CI-V interface on the back, works just like it should tested with several apps. Discriminator tapped and fed into sound card, works perfect for decodes.

What I want to do:
I have it set up in UniTrunker that the R7100 is configured as Type: BOTH, Role:Signal. What i was wondering is does this let me use the CI-V interface to tell UniTrunker what frequency the receiver is on so I dont have to keep putting it in every time i change freqs? The R7100 will follow conversations great, so i see that the functionality is there, just looking for a way to get out of having to do all the number entry every time i switch EDACS sites.

EDIT: One other question, what does the checkbox Chase Control Channel mean?

Thank you again for the awesome software!

 

[SCPD]

Being that the priority is numerically driven and the lower number being higher priority, or so I’ve read, do I set the priority to the lowest number on the talk groups I favor and lock out all others or a combination?

Suppose your listening threshold is 50.
There are two active group calls. Group A with priority 35, group B with priority 75. You'll hear the call on group A. A few seconds later someone starts talking on group C with priority 25. The voice radio will switch from group A to group C.

No talkgroups are locked out at this time.

Suppose you get tired of hearing group C interrupt what you deem as more interesting traffic on group A. You can either mark group C as locked out or adjust it's priority to 45 for example. In the latter choice, you'll continue to hear group C unless group A starts up again.

BTW - Don't use the talkgroup Listen checkbox. There's a bug that affects the logic in determining whether a call should be monitored.

 

[SCPD]

What I want to do:
I have it set up in UniTrunker that the R7100 is configured as Type: BOTH, Role:Signal. What i was wondering is does this let me use the CI-V interface to tell UniTrunker what frequency the receiver is on so I dont have to keep putting it in every time i change freqs? The R7100 will follow conversations great, so i see that the functionality is there, just looking for a way to get out of having to do all the number entry every time i switch EDACS sites.

That is how I'd like it to work. It does work that way for the GRECOM models and the older Unidens. I don't remember whether this was done for the CI/V models. Try it out, if the control channel freq doesn't magically appear after 10 or 20 seconds, it likely isn't supported in which case - send me the tuner logs and I'll pursue getting that model to work.

EDIT: One other question, what does the checkbox Chase Control Channel mean?

In event of signal loss for a BOTH receiver (and some inline models), the program will direct the radio to try each control channel on the current site until reacquired.

 

[Radioman96p71]

Awesome! I tried the Chase feature, works perfectly, nicely done! Playing with the R7100 tracking now, so far its not picking them up. Side note, if i have the R7100 configured as both, and put an entry in the Park freq box, for instance, 806.0000, it will always show that as the 'detected frequency' if you will on all new systems. So it seems the code is there, but just needs a little hammering out. Shall i post the logs here or would you like them emailed?

Thanks a ton!

EDIT:
Let it run for a few minutes and browsed across several sites, only log data it captured was when the the status was set to RUNNING. Also, the program likes to set the mode to FM-Narrow when it does that which makes decoding EDACS very difficult. Here is a copy of the (very) short log that it generated.

Log file originally created as .\R00000001\Tuner-20110120.LOG
Radio control initializing ...
Worker thread begins.
>FE FE 34 E0 06 05 02 FD
>FE FE 34 E0 06 05 02 FD
<FE FE 34 E0 06 05 02 FD
<FE FE E0 34 FB FD
>FE FE 34 E0 06 05 02 FD
<FE FE 34 E0 06 05 02 FD
<FE FE E0 34 FB FD
eExit
Worker thread ends.
Radio control Terminating ...

 

[clenhart]

Installed ver. 19. Works great... Definitely plays nicer with the BCD996XT when starting and stopping the receiver, and so far no bogus adhoc sites created while running.

Thanks

 

[TowerPower]

Suppose your listening threshold is 50.
There are two active group calls. Group A with priority 35, group B with priority 75. You'll hear the call on group A. A few seconds later someone starts talking on group C with priority 25. The voice radio will switch from group A to group C.

No talkgroups are locked out at this time.

Suppose you get tired of hearing group C interrupt what you deem as more interesting traffic on group A. You can either mark group C as locked out or adjust it's priority to 45 for example. In the latter choice, you'll continue to hear group C unless group A starts up again.

BTW - Don't use the talkgroup Listen checkbox. There's a bug that affects the logic in determining whether a call should be monitored.

Fantastic software. That helped immensely. It’s tracking wonderfully.

 

[cg]

I am still frustrated by the creation of limbo sites while monitoring an EDACS site. I have entered all the frequencies, marked them as confirmed and checked those used as control channels. Site lock is checked as well. As soon as the signal fades a bit, the first limbo site is created. When the full signal strength is hit again, the program will not change back to the known EDACS site.
This is the only EDACS network I want to monitor with this copy of UT so being able to recognize new sites/signals is not at all important. I have goos signal much of the time and can go for days at a time. Its just that one blip that seems to make the UT not work correctly.

chris

 

[Forts]

I feel your pain... I have the same issues with the local EDACS system that I try to monitor. Since I can't leave it unattended for any length of time I've switched back to EWTrunk (basically the old DOS ETrunker ported to Windows). No real bells and whistles with it, and it's a bit of a resource hog, but it's solid as a rock. I would love to switch to UT full time, but... like you, the Limbo thing prevents that. Plus I like how EWTrunk keeps a running affiliation log... very handy to nail down those elusive talkgroups by seeing who affiliates where.

 

[SCPD]

cg & Forts;
Send me a decode log that covers the signal loss event. With site lock, it should stick. However, any decode evidence that obviously contradicts the current site will be interpreted as a change in signal. This forces the whole rediscovery process. If you have a "both" or GRE inline model, the program can pull the control frequency to match the site to a previously logged site. Lifting the frequency from the radio is not universally supported across all models.

If you have a "both" or GRE inline model, checking the Chase option will cause the program to cycle through the control channels on a drop in signal. If the control channel hasn't actually moved, the program will roll back around to where it started. Since the program moved the radio back to the control channel, there is no need to pull the frequency from radio.

If you have a signal only radio, the program has no idea what's really going on ... Eg. Signal loss or change in frequency.

I might need to introduce another site lock level. One that ignores any contradictory decode information no matter what.

 

[SCPD]

Don't forget, in addition to Site lock and Chase, you can turn off all other decoding types. This may help.

 

[Caesar]

how do you get the Pro-107 to work with the program? I can only get it to work when the radio is in scan, but ofcourse if it stops on a TG i lose data until the transmission finishes. The search doesn't work and it doesn't have a analyze like the digital models...