[TrunkCom] Re: Vista Compatbile Computer Scanner Program

[Brian Slaunwhite]

does anyone know if there is a download available from any where that will 
make the RS USB cable work with windows Vista. I have check the RS site but 
I can't find anything. Any help will do.
Thanks,
Brian
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Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:01 AM
Subject: [TrunkCom] Re: Vista Compatbile Computer Scanner Program


>I answered this question on RadioReference, so let me repeat it and expand 
>on it a little...
>
> Currently no scanners can copy LTR Multinet or Passport. That means no 
> computer support programs such as BuTel, Scan Control and others could 
> read the control channel and trunk it.
>
> However there are utilities that can read the control channel and display 
> information. Most everything that is known is kept linked here, in the 
> wiki section of RadioReference;
>
> http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Trunked_Radio_Decoders
>
> Anything underlined or in blue is a link.
>
> Many but not all of these programs will require a discriminator tap to 
> work correctly (I understand some folks have been partially successful 
> with UniTrunker driven off the headphones or speaker, but the accuracy of 
> the decoding is quite low).
> If I understand this correctly, MPT control channels are low-speed, so a 
> clean connection via the speaker or headphones should work. If you have a 
> GRE PSR-500 or 600, no tap is required if you use UniTrunker. It requires 
> its input via a soundcard, and I'm pretty sure, isn't set up to take input 
> via a data slicer. It requires Windows, it's OK with Vista (I think - 
> others can jump in here...), and is freeware.
>
> However UniTrunker doesn't cover LTR. There are 2 utilities that do - 
> however, I understand that a data slicer needs some modifications to clean 
> up the signal to make it work more reliably. These are also linked on that 
> article.
>
> The folks that maintain UniTrunker seem to watch the Trunking forum at 
> RadioReference, and all LTR questions seem to be handled on the LTR forum.
>
> 73 Mike
>
> links editor,Capitol Hill Monitors
> Utility Monitoring Central
> Wiki Administrator, HF Forum moderator, Radioreference.Com
>
>
>
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