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The Tools Pulldown
- VS tools font.JPG
Figure 1
- VS tools negdelay.JPG
Figure 2
- Enable Logging Turns on the logging function but keeps it hidden. If you have a laptop with a small monitor this may be useful. Otherwise to view the log as it's being built, hit the Open Log Window selection
- Font Changes the font and colors, dependent on what is available on the PC (figure 1)
- Jump to Frequency Immediately tune to a given frequency. A semi-VFO like mode
- Negative Delay BCD996 and BCT15 only (figure 2)
The Jump Pulldown
- VS jump svcscan.JPG
- VS jump wx.JPG
This ability became available in version 2 firmware and later. It allows you to quickly move to different functions without having to use a klunky key combination. Some functions require the user to enter data (codes or frequencies) to initialize the function - see the referenced article for more information.
- Scan Mode Resume Scanning after ending a jumped session
- Service Scan Searches a number of different services, selected as shown. Note that not all services are available for all scanners; see the Service Search article for more on this topic
- Custom Search Enables customized searches. See the Custom Search article for more on this topic
- Close Call Only See the Close Call article for more on this topic
- Weather See the Wx Alert article for more on this topic
- Fire Tone Out See the Fire Tone Out article for more on this topic
Logging Functions
- Log clear.JPG