I've been using Sentinel for about one month. How do I change the default location of the profiles and favorites and anything else that is necessary to a place that can sync with my Dropbox account. I want to be able to use Sentinel on two computers with the same data [not at the same time]. I suspect this might be accomplished through the TOOlS>>OPTIONS menu selection, but I want to be sure before I do something that I can't reverse, or lose the data that I already have.
Sentinel: Using Sentinel with Dropbox
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I use and program my200 from 3 locations using both @ProScan and Sentinel. I simply read the scanner into the software at whatever location I am at, make the edits, and write back. Then when at 2nd and 3rd location, just read the scanner. If you always read the scanner first, you will retain everything.
I use MS OneDrive to do what you mention and used TOOLS->OPtIONS to select the folder in the OneDrive tree structure. đź‘Ť
I must be doing something wrong. When I direct Sentinel to look at c:\Dropbox\CurrentData\Uniden\BCDx36HP I can see profiles but none of the Favorites Lists. Then when I set Sentinel to go back to look at the original location, C:\HP\Documents\Uniden\BCDx36HP I still can't see the Favorites Lists. Not exactly sure what to do next.
What's the point? While Sentinel stores the current database and your present Favorites Lists, it doesn't store pertinent information about your scanner. This is stored in the scanner itself. You just sync it with each computer as you use them.
What specifically do you believe isn’t stored in Sentinel, and only on the scanner?
When I open Sentinel in the new location [a sub-folder in Dropbox], I don't see ANY Favorites Lists. I see profiles when I open the Profile Editor, but no Favorites Lists show up to view or edit.
Did you copy or move the entire folder (and sub-folders) from prior location to new location? If so, everything should be there.
Yes, I copied everything. Then I changed the name of the default directory so that I could be sure that the software didn't have a chance to refer to the original data.
Your scanner's ESN, the DMR/NXDN/waterfall keys, settings, screen colors......
Settings and screen colors are both in Sentinel.
Favorite lists are in ./BCDx36HP/FavoriteLists/
Do you have files in this folder? One for each FL then a f_list file?
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Yes. There are files in the /FavoritesLists folder. However, they were not visible in Sentinel until I read from the radio. So I now have the software reading from the correct Dropbox folder on the main computer, but not yet on the MS Surface. I have the Surface directed to the Dropbox folder, but it only shows about half of the Favorites Lists. So something isn't configured correctly.
Bear in mind that Uniden is a hardware manufacturer rather than a software developer. As such, their software like Sentinel may not be very robust when it comes to using data elsewhere.
If it were me, I'd have a primary machine for the data, then use Dropbox, external drives, etc. for making backup copies.
If it were me, I'd have a primary machine for the data, then use Dropbox, external drives, etc. for making backup copies.
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