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| + | :1) Run the program by pasting the following into Terminal or you can create a shell script: | ||
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wine ~/.wine/drive_c/'Program Files'/FreeSCAN/FreeSCAN.exe & | wine ~/.wine/drive_c/'Program Files'/FreeSCAN/FreeSCAN.exe & | ||
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| + | :2) You can also create a launcher by right clicking on your desktop, select "Create Launcher..." and type "FreeScan" into the name field. | ||
:Once started on the toolbar select Scanner > Control Scanner > COM Port Setup and pull down Port# selecting COM1. | :Once started on the toolbar select Scanner > Control Scanner > COM Port Setup and pull down Port# selecting COM1. | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 21 March 2016
Contents
Functional Overview
Pro's
- Connects to the scanner and will allow upload and downloads
- Free
Con's
- As tested with Wine it does not authenticate to the RadioReference.com database
- When the Virtual Control Panel (VCP) starts it takes the scanner from scanning mode and places into hold.
- The VCP font is small. While it allows you to increase the font size going from a 8pt to 10pt makes the channel description overwrite the band type.
Uniden DMA Model Compatibility Chart
Installation Process (Ubuntu 15.10)
The following is written after the base OS has been loaded and updates applied as needed with Wine not installed. This will probably work for all Debian based distributions of Linux.
Install Wine First
Precaution: If you have Wine installed it is highly recommended that you start off with a fresh 32 Bit prefix and a correctly installed .NET Framework 4.5 by deleting your ~/.wine directory and see the link above to reinstall.
Install FreeScan 2.17
- Download fssetup-217.zip: http://www.sixspotsoftware.com/downloads
- Extract file in your download directory.
Install the program with:
wine ~/Downloads/fssetup-217.exe
Proceed with installing into the default location.
- You can leave check “Run FreeSCAN” to run at the end of the installation.
Running
- 1) Run the program by pasting the following into Terminal or you can create a shell script:
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/'Program Files'/FreeSCAN/FreeSCAN.exe &
- 2) You can also create a launcher by right clicking on your desktop, select "Create Launcher..." and type "FreeScan" into the name field.
- Once started on the toolbar select Scanner > Control Scanner > COM Port Setup and pull down Port# selecting COM1.
- Match Baud rate to your scanner port setting and press “Start Auto” and your scanner will be detected.
- Now select the right most handheld icon to start the Virtual Control.
- Note: Once the program starts it will place your scanner into hold if it is scanning. There maybe a setting to correct this or its a bug.
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