FreeScan User Guide

Welcome to the FreeSCAN user guide. This document is designed to help the newcomer download, install and navigate. Its available here at the Freescan download website. It is designed to work with the Uniden DMA scanners. Note that Freescan will not work with the HP-1, HP-2, BCD436HP, BCD536HP, SDS100 or SDS200. The DMA structure these scanners use is different.

A modified version can be found here.

Getting Started

The following scanners are compatible with FreeSCAN:

• SC230, BC246T, BR330T, UBC3500XLT, BCD396T, BCD996T, BCT15
• BC346XT, BCD396XT, BCD996XT , BCT15X
• BCD325P2, BCD996P2 (version 2.18 and greater)
• UBCD996T,UBCD396T, UBCT15 - Programming available from version 1.07.06 firmware for these radios
  • NOTE: FreeScan does not support DMR, MOTOTRBO or EDACS Provoice

Installation and Connections

• Making the Connection

• Installing and executing FreeSCAN
  • Freescan and Anti Virus Software
  • Under Windows (2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7, Windows 10 Supported)
  • Under LINUX (Version .7G and earlier)
  • Software_Setup_For_Linux More up to date instructions

Command Line Options

• FreeScan Command Line Options

Pulldown Menus

From left to right, the graphics above represent the following;

• New File
• Open File
• Save File
• Print File
• Create System
• Create Site (trunking only)
• Create Group
• Cut
• Copy
• Paste
• Upload to Scanner (Ctrl-U or select from the Scanner pulldown menu)
• Download from Scanner (Ctrl-D or select from the Scanner pulldown menu)
• Virtual Control (Shift+F1 or select from the Scanner pulldown menu)

File

• Import
  • From FreeSCAN
  • From UASD
  • A paid subscription to RadioReference is required to use the following features:
    • RadioReference Conventional
    • RadioReference Trunked
  • From BuTel Applications
• Export CSV
• Statistics
• The Print Screen

Edit

• The Edit Pulldown
• Using EZ-Grab
• Freescan and Quick Key Processing
• Create/Edit System
• Create/Edit Site
• Create/Edit Group
• Create/Edit APCO Bandplan
• GPS Functions/View in Google

Scanner

• Upload Programming to Scanner
• Download Programming
• The Virtual Scanner Interfaces
• Set Scanner Options
• Band Plan Editor

Tools

• The Tools Pulldown

View

• The View Pulldown

Common Questions and Answers

• The Freescan FAQ
• Shortcut Keys
• FreeSCAN Tips
• Entering GPS Coordinates
• Moving DMA Data to Other Radios in Freescan
• Freescan Bugs and Issues - Opensource development project
• Freescan search on RadioReference

Programming how to videos

Bing

• Freescan+software search

YouTube

• Programming video 1 Trunked
• Programming video 2 Conventional
• Manual conventional programming - K4DPS
• Radioreference programming - K4DPS
• Freescan software programming (YouTube Query)