[TrunkCom] New E-Scanner Software

[John R. Fulton Jr.]

New to the list and just bought a new 250D. (My last Uniden was the 
BC100--so it's been a while since I bought a new scanner).
Anyway, is anybody having any luck (!) with eScanner PLUS software. 
This is the $100 or so "improved" software. I can't get it to load 
frequencies on a normal bank. On my trunked bank it loaded some names 
for fleet groups but not the numbers. In general it doesn't load 
stuff on the scanner. It finds the scanner and knows it's there, but 
won't load much info.
I don't mind (well I do sort of) lame software when it's free, but 
$100.00 for stuff that doesn't work is beyond me.
BTW, after mostly hand programming the trunked public safety system 
here in Fort Worth works great on the 250D. What a great receiver.
Many thanks,
John Fulton, W5ZZZ
Fort Worth



>
>Good morning. I have spent the morning looking at the E-Scanner software
>Uniden shipped with the new BC-785D and BC-250D units, and I have to agree
>that it seems to be worthless software.
>
>It is not user friendly, and it appears that you cannot build any personal
>databases or create talkgroups.  Instead you must pay additional money to
>Uniden to download their files.
>
>Unless I'm missing something obvious, we will have to wait a month or so for
>third party software to program these radios or do it manually.
>
>Has anyone else had better luck with this software?
>
>Regards,
>
>John Nash