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Freescan RR Trunk Import

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  1. From the file pulldown select Import then RadioReference Trunked (figure 1)
  2. On the RadioReference screen, enter your RadioReference Userid and Password. Click on the Options tab (figure 2).
  3. There are no scanners currently available that can handle encrypted systems; so it's advisable to turn that option on (figure 3). When you're satisfied with the selections, Click the 'connect' button
  4. You can set up a home location once you have selected your options by clicking the blue button with the house near it
  5. As you select state, county and avaiable systems, a number will show up in the upper right corner. When you have made your final selection, you may view a sample by clicking on the 'system' and 'TGIDs' tabs (figure 4)
  6. If you wish to view the entry on the RadioReference database, click the 'View in Browser' button
  7. When you are satisfied, click on 'Import'. The system, along with all available frequencies and talkgroups will be imported. Note that you must delete the non-control channel frequencies if you wish to conserve space and use the Control Channel Only mode. Be sure to edit the entries for options, quick keys, ect. (figure 5). In particular, be sure to check - and change - the site type as it does not necessarily import correctly. Use the pulldown to change it if needed.
  8. See the Limitations article for important information on limits and known issues

TGID Expander

FreeScan also has a function called TG Expander. This works in the following manner; FreeScan stores all the talkgroup information in memory, even if there are more talkgroups than the scanner can actually store. Even if you run the scanner in ID SEARCH mode, FreeScan will examine memory to find the alpha tag for the appropriate talkgroup.

Site Combiner

NEW for .7e

Systems on RR are often split into multiple sites. However, on Motorola systems, the only thing that matters to the scanner is getting the critical control channel frequency. As such, there is really no need to download all the extra voice frequencies in addition to the multiple sites that accompany them. This is even more true with scanners such as the 396T, which only have one site per system and would thus need multiple systems to handle just one system.

This new feature is designed to solve this classic problem. When you select a trunked Motorola system from RR's web import, FreeSCAN will automatically add its own site called "*Combined CC". This site will consists of only the control channels for all the other sites listed. You can then safely deselect all the other sites, and select the *Combined CC site exclusively to download.

An example of this is the Bell Fleetnet system, which is 4 regions split into dozens of sites per region/system. An example of one zone is shown here. Attempting to download this conventionally and controlling it while underway would mean a great deal of button pushing, and/or with non multi-site scanners, a lot of scrolling and memory waste when you are traveling through the region and need to constantly change systems/sites. With the new *Combined CC site, you download the one single site, and can cover the entire region with just one button push and no memory waste to voice frequencies and duplicated frequencies.

If you can receive multiple CCs and each one carries different traffic, you cannot use this feature and hear all the traffic. In this case, you'll need to retain separate systems or sites.

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