Difference between revisions of "PSR-300/400 Operating Tips"

Revision as of 21:16, 3 March 2009

This article applies to the following scanners:

GRE PSR-300
GRE PSR-400
RS Pro-163
RS Pro-164

Please add any additional tips below. If a tip is specific to a particular scanner, please be sure to specify this in the explanation

Battery Voltage - PGM, F+ENT, Manual to exit.
Spectrum Sweeper - Press and hold The scan/spectrum sweeper key. To select public service sweep press F+Scan/spectrum sweeper key. Press the number to activate/de-activate band.
Edit Welcome Message - PGM, F+Text, Enter text for 1st line, "ENT", 2nd line, "ENT", 3rd line, "ENT", 4th line, "ENT" <to exit>.
Edit Bank Tag - PGM, Func+<bank number>, TEXT, enter text, ENT to save and exit.
Backlight Settings - Turn radio on, press the light button during the "welcome" message, press up/down to change time in seconds.
Infinite Backlight - Press and hold the light button until beep in scan, manual, sweep, or search.
To turn Global attenuation on and off - F+ATT.
Load Pre-programmed frequencies - Tun radio on, press PGM, 1 ENT, or any other key to exit. <Note: Will overwrite first three banks>.
Keytone on/off - Press 1 to turn keytone on, or 2 to tun it off, during the welocome message.
Review Lockouts - Press MAN, F+L/OUT. Repeate to see next L/O.
Set WX FIPS Codes - Press WX, F+PGM, enter FIPS, press ENT. F+CL to delete FIPS.
Program Motorola fleet maps - PGM Trunk, F+arrow up/down to select bank, F+8, enter code pressing ENT after each size code for all 8 blocks.
Talkgroup Delay - Pess MAN, F+up/down arrow to select bank, F+TRUNK, F+./Delay, up/down arrow to select time in seconds, ENT to save.
Re-initialize radio <and all memory> - Press 0, 1, ENT, during welcome message.
Rebanding now supported in CPU Firmware 1.6 and later. Software required to set the trunking tables.

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 *Re-initialize radio <and all memory> - Press 0, 1, ENT, during welcome message.
 *Rebanding now supported in CPU Firmware 1.6 and later.  Software required to set the trunking tables.
-== Setting Custom Tables for rebanded 800MHz systems ==
-The following section explains how to set the custom tables for rebanded Motorola 3600bps systems using PSREdit300.
-* Start PSREdit300.
-* Download your current configuration from your scanner.
-* Switch to the Scanning Banks Tab
-* Use the bank selector to switch to the rebanded bank.
-* In the 800MHz system type area, change the pulldown box from standard to "Multi-Tables"
-* Click on the "Edit Tables" button.
-* Click on the "800 Rebanded" button.
-* Click on "Apply"
-* Repeat from the Switch to bank step for eash bank with a rebanded system.
-* Upload the new configuration to your scanner.
-Your scanner should now track the rebanded system correctly.
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-The following section explains how to set the custom tables for rebanded Motorola 3600bps systems using Win97.
-* Make sure the scanner contains firmware 1.06 or later:
-** Turn the scanner off
-** Turn the scanner on
-** While the "Welcome" message is displayed, press the '3' key
-** If the Application version shown is not 1.06 or later, you must install an updated firmware version - visit the [http://www.greamerica.com/support GRE] or [http://www.radioshack.com RadioShack] web site as appropriate for your scanner and download/install the update.
-* Start Win97
-* If you don't already have the scanner's programming saved, download it into Win97
-* Click on the "Channels" tab and navigate to the bank that contains the system that is rebanded
-* Select the "Multi-table" item in the "MOT 800 MHz" group near the top-right of the page
-* Click on the "Extended Tables" button
-* Select "800 MHz Rebanded" under "'Standard' band plans"
-* Click the OK button
-* Repeat, as necessary, for other banks (each bank has its own table settings)
-* Upload the data to the scanner

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