Uniden UBCD396T Manual de usuario

ARC396 for BCD396T User Manual Version 2.00 <C> 2007 BuTel software The Netherlands – all rights reserved www.butelso

1.5: USB information If your PC does not have a serial port you can purchase the optional USB1 cable from www.scannermaster.comFor telephone suppor

8.3 ARC396 Pro connecting the scanner to your soundcard ARC396 PRO has a built in digital audio recorder. To use this option you must connect the

1.6 Explanation of System and Group Quickkeys Your scanner can store a maximum of 200 (BR330) or 400 (BCD396) systems. Each system can hold a maxim

1.7 File folders By default ARC396 V2.0 files are stored under the ‘My documents’ folder. System data files are stored under ‘My scanner file’. A

2: Using and understanding the memory channel editor: ARC396 includes the most versatile memory editor available on the market. Unlike other software

The top section has a standard Windows MENU bar and a Toolbar. Most options found in the menu also have a ‘shortcut’ in the toolbar. If the mouse is

You can read all systems or selected systems. Make your selection in the list box by clicking the selection boxes. For your convenience, Select All a

Although the editor can display ‘Empty’ channels, they are not sent to your scanner. 2.3 Build a new system: To build a new system select ‘FILE _ N

2.3.1 System Parameters Click the ‘New System’ line in the systembrowser to open the system parameter editor: First enter a unique name in the ‘Sy

For your convenience, the system browser shows unique icons per system type: In this screenshot a conventional, Motorola, Edacs and a LTR systems

2.3.2 Trunk system Parameters General: Motorola VHF/UHF: you must program a base, offset and step frequency (see next page). For a TYPE 1 syst

Contents: 1 Introduction and quick start reference 1.1 Software Installation 1.2 Enter registration information 1.3 Connecting the scanner to your

2.3.2.1 Motorola VHF/UHF systems: Explanation of base/step/offset parameters: For a type 2 VHF or type 2 UHF you must program base/step/offset param

2.3.3 Trunk frequencies Click the Trunk frequencies tab to enter or paste trunk frequencies: - The Name column is NOT sent to the scanner, this

2.3.4 Pasting frequencies from a website: While setting up trunk systems, you have probably spent a lot of time typing over frequency lists. ARC396 h

The first step is to highlight the frequencies at this website by holding down the left mouse button, then select CTRL-C or Edit _ Copy in your browse

Return to ARC396 and in the Trunk frequency editor click the right mouse button and select ‘paste frequencies’ and all frequencies are pasted in the g

2.3.5 Setting Up groups in a system After a new system is created you can setup the groups that belong to that system. In the systembrowser select ‘E

2.3.6 Adding and Deleting groups from a system: Add a group to existing system: Once a system is created you can also add new groups using the system

Delete a Group from a system: Open the Group Editor ( Setup _ Groups ) and uncheck the ‘active’ option for groups you want to remove from a system.

2.3.7 QuickSave: Systems are stored in separate files. To avoid that you need to manually save all systems, a QuickSave option was developed. A sy

2.4 Default data: When you enter a frequency or ID and you press ENTER the other cells of that line are automatically programmed depending on your c

6 FCC lookup utility 7 Radioreference Database Import Option 7.1 Conventional Systems 7.2 Map 7.3 Trunk Systems 7.4 Map 8 Misc. items 8

2.6 EasyFill EasyFill is a simple but powerful option that lets you program data in a range of channels with only a few mouse clicks. Additionally

Fill series: for the TAG option you can also set the fill series option. Fill series will search for a number in the tag and use that number to ‘calcu

2.7 Using the clipboard In the memory editor grid you can use the standard Windows clipboard options. In the toolbar shortcuts are available for cut,

2.8.1 Copy/Move/Swap Memory Channels: The ‘from’ and ‘to’ list boxes will automatically display the channel number, frequency and tag. Channels tha

2.8.3 Copy/paste groups between systems In the systembrowser you can copy/paste groups. Click on the group you want to copy and select the right mou

2.9 Fill Down / Fill Series The Fill down and fill series options are used to copy the same data into a range of channels. Fill series will auto cal

The software will automatically fill the selected range, using the data at the top of the selected range. Fill Series: Fill series only works in the

PL/DPL Column : You can directly enter a CTCSS or DCS tone. The software will auto correct your entry. Tones that are entered and have a decimal are

2.11 Understanding how data is stored in ARC396 In ARC396 data is stored in a system file or in a profile file. System File: Stores a system with

2.11.1 Viewing a Profile / Profile Creator: The Profile Creator makes it easy to create a new profile; a profile is a collection of system files. A

1: INTRODUCTION: ARC396 is a Windows software package for easy programming and controlling the Uniden BCD396T. System requirements: • Windows XP/Wi

‘Import All’ will import all ARC396 mem files from the active folder (maximum is 200 files). You can also modify existing profiles, use the Open Exi

2.12 Organizing QuickKeys The BCD396T uses QuickKeys to ‘combine’ systems so they can be scanned together. Also groups within a system can be assigne

Within a system you can lockout groups, these groups will not be scanned even when the assigned Quickkey is selected. To indicate that groups have th

2.12.1 QuickKey EasyPick To set a system Quickkey you can select the Quickkey number from the dropdown list. For you convenience ARC396 shows whic

2.12.2 QuickKey Overview: Click the ‘Overview’ button in the Quickkeys menu to show the Quickview Overview: This window will show per quickkey the s

You can also view the group quickkeys per system, in the ‘select’ dropdown list, select the system you want to see: You can simply use mouse drag a

2.12.3 View Groups per QuickKey This overview will show all groups that are assigned to a System Quickkey, you can drag and drop groups to differen

2.12.4 Enabling/disabling Group Quickkeys You can preset the Group Qkeys on/off status. Tick the group Qkeys that you want to enable. If the quick

2.12.5 Enabling/disabling System Quickkeys You can select which systems quickkeys are enabled. Quickkeys with a green background are assigned to o

2.13: Uploading data into the scanner: From the main menu select: BCD396T _ Send Data Tip: you can also use the toolbar button or press F6. Empty c

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: IMPORTANT: YOU MUST ENTER A VALID REGISTRATION CODE TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE SOFTWARE. THE REGISTRATION CODE IS SEND TO Y

Your scanner will automatically sort systems by quickkey, this is fixed in the firmware. Systems are uploaded in the order shown in the upload wind

2.14 Import data and UASD files: 2.14.1 Import data ARC396 can import data from various sources: - import using the clipboard: you can easily cop

2.15 Modify the software bandplan. The BCD396T has a built in Automode bandplan, this means that when you enter a frequency, the scanner will select

2.16 Instant Firmware Updates Notification ARC396 can automatically check for Firmware updates. To enable this option start ARC396 and click on a

2.17 Opening/Importing UASD files ARC396 can open or import UASD files. For your convenience you can also import a batch of UASD files for easy conve

2.18 Linking Maps to a System Not available in current release ARC396 Software User Manual 200- 55

2.19 Customizing the editor: You can customize the editor, select SETUP _ SOFTWARE OPTIONS Frequency/ID Column: - Enter moves focus to Name colu

- - Enter moves focus to next line and frequency column: when pressing the enter key the focus will be set to next line and frequency cellEnter

- Enter moves focus to next line and frequency column: when pressing the enter key the focus will be set to next line and frequency cell - Enter m

2.20 Setting up global lockout frequencies During custom and service search you can lockout frequencies. These frequencies are stored in the global l

1.1 Software installation: The ARC396 is available as Internet download or on CD-ROM. Windows XP/2000: You must be logged on as administrator to ins

3.1 Using WebCatcher for importing frequencies from internet websites: ARC396 can very easily import frequencies from any website. • Start the ARC

• ARC automatically removes duplicate frequencies: • For import into the memory table you must transfer the frequencies to the right list. •

• WebCatcher works with ANY website, the website shown above is only an example. Here is the result of WebCatcher (screenshot was taken from ARC250

3.2 TrunkWebCatcher TrunkWebCatcher is a small but useful utility for importing trunk data from websites. You can import frequencies, trunk id’s and

TrunkWebCatcher can save data in the CSV format. Excel can read CSV format files. Please note that in the beta version the entire grid is saved, not t

Filters: Because trunk id’s are normally just ‘numbers’, WebCatcher can not tell the difference between an id and other data. Therefore you must use

+ Line must contain number of at least x digits: example when this is set to 3, a line containing 12-04-04 (could be a date) will be removed. Look a

Detailed Description and sample how to use the TrunkWebCatcher: Screen copy of a website showing trunk id’s / tags we want to import: (data source

Now in your web browser you select EDIT _ COPY or simple press CTRL C , this will copy the selected text to the clipboard. ARC396 Software User Manu

Go to the TrunkWebCatcher and select ‘Import from Clipboard’: The text that you just highlighted is copied into the grid. Since the data at the web

Enter registration: Start the software by selecting START _ PROGRAMS _ BuTel _ ARC396 _ ARC396 for Uniden BCD396T. After the start screen, select HEL

You will now see that the software divided the selected text back into the original columns: In this particular case the website already has a colu

You can use filters to remove unwanted data, although the grid can be easily used to copy data into your scanner software. In this example lines with

Final step is to highlight areas in the grid that we want pasted into other software, in this example we highlighted the column with trunk id’s and w

You can do the same for the display column: ARC396 Software User Manual 200- 73

Finally there may be websites that do not show descriptions that will fit your scanner; here is an example of using TrunkWebCatcher option to make s

And clicking Apply will give you: ARC396 Software User Manual 200- 75

4 Configuration parameters: From the main menu select ‘VIEW _ Configuration Editor’. If this option is not shown, click on a system in the system bro

5 Virtual Control BASIC version ARC396 includes a virtual control option. Virtual control shows real-time scanner display data and you can operat

5.1 Virtual Control: Keyboard Shortcuts When using your scanner under virtual control, your PC keyboard has shortcuts to options in the BCD396T :

5.2 Resize Display: The VC window is fully resizable. 5.3.1 VC minimized: If you minimize virtual control, your windows toolbar will display the f

1.4: Getting started: RS232 communication setup After installation of the software you must check and set the software settings for RS232 communicati

By holding down the right mouse button you can drag the window to any position. The mini windows have an autohide option. Use right mouse button men

5.4 Extra Options in ARC396 PRO 5.4.1 History Logging: In ARC396 PRO a history logger will log all activity. This includes detected subtones and

5.4.2 Recording: When you connect the BCD396T speaker output to the line input of your pc’s soundcard you can automatically record audio to disk in

Audio sample rate: select sample rate, for normal voice select 8000 or 11025. For high quality recordings increase the sample rate (this will also inc

5.4.3 Log Settings: (PRO VERSION) Log Every Event: click this box to write a line in the history grid for every event. If box is unchecked the soft

5.4.4 Emergency: (PRO VERSION) The emergency tab is used to enter important Trunk talkgroup id’s. When these id’s become active the software wil

5.4.5 The system quickkey status tab is used to enable/disable system quickkeys. To enable/disable quickkeys use the ‘tick’ boxes or the On/Off b

6 FCC lookup ARC396 has a built FCC frequency lookup utility. You can directly search the online FCC database, press F3 to open the search window.

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7 RadioReference Database import ARC396 can import conventional frequencies, trunk system settings and talkgroup id’s directly from www.radioreferenc

After setting up the serial communication you can check the connection. From the main menu select: BCD396T _ Virtual Control. After a few seconds the

7.1 Conventional Import: Enter you username and password and click CONNECT. You can now browse the database, select your State and County or Agency

After a Agency or County is selected the available Sub Categories and Categories are shown, select the Categories you want to import: Each category

In the preview window you see detailed information about the frequencies found in the database. You can select the frequencies you want to import, by

7.3 Trunk Systems: ARC396 you can import trunk system settings and talkgroup id’s directly from www.radioreference.com , RadioReference is the larges

To import data, select at least one site and one group with talkgroup ID’s. Next press ‘Create System’ and a new system will be added to your systembr

7.4 Displaying site maps: You can view a map based on the FCC callsign. In the example below you can see the callsign that was found in the database

Map based on FCC callsign: ARC396 Software User Manual 200- 96

8 General information and troubleshooting 8.1 Troubleshooting communication problems In case of communication problems you can use the information i

8.2 Revision history: ARC-330 V0.94: - Removed Qkey 0 - Fixed race system problem - Fixed firmware link - Fixed Qkey overview problem - Prin

ARC396 – V2.0: - Software is Vista ‘standard user’ compliant - New default folders under ‘My Documents’ - Radioreference Conventional systems impo