Wi-Fi Support Update Released

[flat6]

Firmware Update RH536 and VLC over WiFi issues

It all works pretty good together and I really enjoy being able to be located far away from the receiver where it gets the best reception in my house and still be able to listen and pretty much control the radio. Thanks Uniden, looking forward to future upgrades for the BCD536HP.

So far I've noticed 2 issues with this setup that I haven't seen mentioned so I thought I'd bring it to everyone's attention to see if it is just my setup or if others have noticed them as well.

First I noticed that on all Conventional Systems that utilize CTCSS sub tones that I was getting a low level hum in the audio when the CTCSS sub audio was indicated in RH536. I suppose I was hearing this because I'm feeding the audio through my 5.1 surround sound card with a large subwoofer. Apparently the sub audio tones are not being filtered before the audio digitization from the BCD536HP. As the sub audio frequencies changed on the display from 88Hz - 150Hz you could hear the corresponding differences in frequency. In VLC I set the 60Hz and 170Hz equalizer sliders to minimum (Tools->Effects and Filters) and this cured the problem. It also had the advantage of eliminating some of the P25 "bassy" distortion that others have complained about.

Second I have experienced very infrequent loss of connection back to the BCD536HP. I could ping back to the BCD536HP but I could not re-start either VLC or RH536. I used Zenmap (a part of Nmap) to port scan the BCD536HP and compared the result to when it was running properly and noticed that the normally open tcp ports 80 and 554 were no longer visible. I assume that what happened was that the network tcp protocol stack ceased to function in the BCD536HP, the dongle still seemed to be active because of the ping responses so ICMP was still active. This problem has occurred twice after several hours (maybe 6 or more) of continuous use. The BCD536HP was still active and scanning, just no network.

 

[K2KOH]

I tried that...the IP address is **.*.**.* I have it as infrastructure mode. The remote app is working great. I think I have a hard time configuring the VLC player. I hit Media, select stream, input the IP like you have it formatted, then hit play. If I hit stream it asks for a bunch of other stuff. ,

 

[Jay911]

When you run VLC, and then select Media>Open Network Stream, your screen should look like this.

Replace 192.168.0.40 with whatever IP your scanner shows on its screen (hit Menu, scroll to Wi-Fi Setup, then choose Show Wi-Fi Information).

When you hit Play in the lower right corner of that screenshot, the VLC window will appear to be doing nothing - just the black screen and the traffic pylon in the middle. The only way you'll know if you're receiving anything is if the scanner stops on something. A second or two after the scanner's speaker makes noise, your computer should make the same noise (depending on volume levels on your scanner and/or PC).

 

[K2KOH]

Yeah, did that..nothing. The scanner was pretty active when I tried this. The player did what you said, however it went from play to stop after about thirty seconds.

 

[Voyager]

N2MWE

Copy this (what is within the brackets, and not the brackets) [rtsp://***.***.***.***/auscanner.au] to the VLC select media select open network share in the url space. Replace the * (shift 8) with the address shown on the 536 Wi Fi info. More than likely it will start with 192.

Jay, and UPMan my prior access issues was a self inflicted "read only". Once I had the time all went well.

Thank you,

you missed a colon. It should be: rtsp://***.***.***.***/au:scanner.au

 

[K2KOH]

Just for laughs opened my VLC player on the MAC side...and it works. I have a feeling it's because of the virtual machine, but at the same time, why does the remote app work. Weird. Thanks all for the assists!

 

[dmaria]

Just for laughs opened my VLC player on the MAC side...and it works. I have a feeling it's because of the virtual machine, but at the same time, why does the remote app work. Weird. Thanks all for the assists!

I had the same results using a VM on the iMac. VLC would not connect with the Windows 7 version, but the iMac version of VLC worked fine.

 

[Roveer]

So I've pretty much had the app and the vlc piece working for the past few days. A quick question about the app. I know it's a engineering release and really doesn't have any support or even documentation. But. I believe there is some simple control functionality?

Most of the time I have my scanner in Fire Tone mode. Is there any way to get to scanning from the app? At times I'd like to switch between FTO and the Scanning?

Thanks,

Roveer

 

[troymail]

So I've pretty much had the app and the vlc piece working for the past few days. A quick question about the app. I know it's a engineering release and really doesn't have any support or even documentation. But. I believe there is some simple control functionality?

Most of the time I have my scanner in Fire Tone mode. Is there any way to get to scanning from the app? At times I'd like to switch between FTO and the Scanning?

Thanks,

Roveer

Check out the menu bar options at the top of the app.....

 

[noaim]

its partially because VLC is just a overall better application on mac.. I am in IT and am pretty unbiased -- not sure why the pc version is well lets just say crappy. Even streaming other streams works completely better on the mac version. There is other media players out there that may work better

 

[Roveer]

Check out the menu bar options at the top of the app.....

Wow... I feel a little stupid. I should have gone poking around. Thanks for the quick and helpful comment. The "change mode" command under the "tool" menu did exactly what I wanted. Allows me to switch between scan and FTO modes.

Roveer

 

[yaesumofo]

I had the same results using a VM on the iMac. VLC would not connect with the Windows 7 version, but the iMac version of VLC worked fine.

same issue here. I can connect with ANYTHING except a PC. How odd.
Yaesumofo

 

[eaf1956]

VLC media player

Well, it did work, now all I get is:

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://192.168.0.12/au:scanner.au'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://192.168.0.12/au:scanner.au'. Check the log for details.

And yes the Rh-536HP connects with 192.168.0.12

 

[Voyager]

What does the log say?

 

[rcool101]

USB Device Not Recognized.....Sentinel Ver 1.03.....536 Firmware Ver 1.05.01.....Wifi Ver installed on micro card 7.28...STM_VCP 64

1. Plug the Wi-Fi dongle directly into a USB port on your PC and allow it to install (you will hear the device "connect" tone indicating the device driver is installed and the device has connected if your PC's volume is turned up).

I hear a tone then the box appears that says USB Device Not Connected. In Device Manager I get Unknown Device with a yellow triangle.....On scanner....Menu....WiFi setup.... Show Info........WiFi not Connected... Next stop E-Bay
I can not tell you what version the dongle is..... 0.00, 5.01. 4.x, 7x....it wont install

 

[ColonelMike]

Maybe I am confused but the wording in the initial post makes it sound like the siren app has not been submitted yet. Has the app been submitted to Apple for it to be added to the App Store?

 

[n2pqq]

Well got dongle working and vlc and RH-536hp mkii.

Here is a short video of RH-536hp mk ii running via wifi as proscan runs thru com port.

Both programs running at the same time from same radio .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGLaqhWrS6M

 

[Voyager]

USB Device Not Recognized.....Sentinel Ver 1.03.....536 Firmware Ver 1.05.01.....Wifi Ver installed on micro card 7.28...STM_VCP 64

1. Plug the Wi-Fi dongle directly into a USB port on your PC and allow it to install (you will hear the device "connect" tone indicating the device driver is installed and the device has connected if your PC's volume is turned up).

I hear a tone then the box appears that says USB Device Not Connected. In Device Manager I get Unknown Device with a yellow triangle.....On scanner....Menu....WiFi setup.... Show Info........WiFi not Connected... Next stop E-Bay
I can not tell you what version the dongle is..... 0.00, 5.01. 4.x, 7x....it wont install

Did you update the firmware per the instructions on the Uniden website? It sounds like it has version 0.00 in it.

 

[rcool101]

4 times....Tried my laptop too and dongle gets the same results when plugged in

 

[rcool101]

I have one more question...Do I mail the radio in with my dongle as the radio works fine? I'm not waiting forever. Warranty is only 1 year. Time is running low