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Win96

Win96 is a software program for the Radio Shack Pro-96 Digital Trunking Scanner and the Pro-2096 "mobile" version. It allows you to read data from the scanner, make changes via the GUI, and write the modified data back. Win96 can also manage the PRO-96's "Virtual Scanner Folders". You can maintain a "library" of data files to be downloaded or shared. Alternatively, you can import and export comma-delimited (CSV) text files.

During Win96's design and creation, its author worked closely with the PRO-96's development team. Due in part to this relationship, Win96 allows full control of all known PRO-96 features, including several that are not documented in the scanner's manual. These "extra" features include, (but are not necessarily limited to):

• Virtual Scanner Management
• Extended Trunking Tables
• "Battery Low" level control
• Changing the scanner's power-on display text
• Open up extended frequency ranges (minus cellular)

[edit] Downloads and Links

See the Win96 Homepage

[edit] Integration with the RadioReference.com Web service

Win96 has the native ability to access the RadioReference.com database directly using the RadioReference.com Web Service. It is done thru a simple Win96 Web import:

In the screen below, you can see a sample Type IIi Hybrid Motorola system ready for import directly from the RadioReference.com database into a Win96 bank:

In the screen below, you can see a sample of a Conventional (Country>State>County) system for import directly from the RadioReference.com database into a Win96 bank:

In the screen below, you can see a sample of a Conventional (Country>State>Agency) system for import directly from the RadioReference.com database into a Win96 bank:

Other Methods of Importing data

• Data can also be copy/pasted via Excel. See the Excel Copy/Paste Special to Software article for the procedures on how to accomplish this.
• Win96 can also import CSV formatted data, but it requires extensive reformatting for it to recognize this file type. See the file specification for more information.

[edit] Setting VHF/UHF Offsets and Base Frequencies

VHF/UHF systems require at least 1 table including base frequency, offset and step to trunk correctly. The example below shows the Washington DC system, which requires 2 (multi) tables.

Win96 Version 1.53 is required to set the correct 2.50kHz Step for the three table Virginia STARS VHF P25 system Note: Step 2.50kHz cannot be set with scanner keyboard.