Updates on firmware and data

[Sc80528]

Is there a way you can tell when the new update is released either a firmware update or a database update. With so much happening here in SC radio wise, trying to keep updated is sometimes hit and miss. My two scanners are both Uniden STS100 and Home Patrol 1 and are Sentinel updated in the event an update is available how do I fine out.

 

[Hit_Factor]

The database page for the system or area has a color coded map for updates, and the DB page shows what's changed.

Senitenel will tell you about firmware for the SDS100.

I suspect the HP1 firmware dev may have stopped some time ago.

There is an option for firmware upgrades in Sentinel. When the scanner is mounted in mass storage mode you can trigger a manual check for firmware updates.

Sentinel shows you the last date of the DB download on the lower left side. Those are issues weekly (most of the time).

 

[hiegtx]

Is there a way you can tell when the new update is released either a firmware update or a database update. With so much happening here in SC radio wise, trying to keep updated is sometimes hit and miss. My two scanners are both Uniden STS100 and Home Patrol 1 and are Sentinel updated in the event an update is available how do I fine out.

As you are a Premium Subscriber, set up your MyRR page with the counties and trunked systems of interest to you. When one of those are updated, you'll see the color highlight of green, for updates within the past 24 hours, or yellow, if an update was made in the last 7 days. That way, when you access RadioReference, you'll see right away if anything has changed.

Quite often, the change is minor, adding or editing a text on the page. In those cases, there is no need to immediately update the system in Sentinel nor on the scanner. If it's only a minor change, adding a talkgroup or two on a trunked system, or a change in the conventional channels for a given county, then I generally just make the change in my Favorites lists. That's quicker and easier than appending a system from the database (after the database gets the weekly update), especially when it's a large regional or statewide system, where appending the changed talkgroups may cause all the sites to be appended as well. Then you'd need to edit out (delete) the sites that are not applicable to your area.

 

[Sc80528]

As you are a Premium Subscriber, set up your MyRR page with the counties and trunked systems of interest to you. When one of those are updated, you'll see the color highlight of green, for updates within the past 24 hours, or yellow, if an update was made in the last 7 days. That way, when you access RadioReference, you'll see right away if anything has changed.

Quite often, the change is minor, adding or editing a text on the page. In those cases, there is no need to immediately update the system in Sentinel nor on the scanner. If it's only a minor change, adding a talkgroup or two on a trunked system, or a change in the conventional channels for a given county, then I generally just make the change in my Favorites lists. That's quicker and easier than appending a system from the database (after the database gets the weekly update), especially when it's a large regional or statewide system, where appending the changed talkgroups may cause all the sites to be appended as well. Then you'd need to edit out (delete) the sites that are not applicable to your area.

Thanks Steve