Uniden BC250D Technical Information

Pro96Com Pro-96/APCO-P25 9600 baud Control channel monitoring utility Version 1.0 Copyright © 2004, Michael Vander Vee

7 Column Description: Ch: This is the channel number being used by the system. The channel number is broken into two parts. The first part (befo

8 Affiliation Information Screen: Before a radio may transmit on a trunked system, it must first notify the controller what tower and TalkGroup it

9 Tower Information Screen: This screen shows the information being transmitted on the control channel about adjacent towers, and frequency tables

10Patches Screen: This screen will list any active patches. There is also a patch log that will show any patch activity that has occurred on this

11Other Events Screen: This optional screen shows informational messages from the control channel. Most people will probably not have a need for t

12Channel Grant Trace Screen: This is an optional screen that may be enabled in the configuration screen under the Edit menu. When a user presses

13Unknown Packets Screen: This is an optional screen that may be enabled in the configuration screen under the Edit menu. This screen is primaril

14Packet Dump Screen: This is an optional screen that may be enabled in the configuration screen under the Edit menu. This screen will show the i

15Configuration Screen: This screen may be accessed by selecting the Configuration option in the Edit Menu. Configuration options are available o

16Uniden Control Tab: This tab allows you to enable control of a Uniden scanner. Since 9600 baud APCO-P25 systems are 100% digital, only the Unid

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17Quiet Frequency: The quiet frequency should be set to a frequency that is not used in your area. The Uniden scanner will be set to this frequen

18Logging Tab: This tab contains all settings relating to logging of data, and display of the optional screens. Each logging option may be set to

19System Edit Screen: This screen allows you to edit the basic information about the current system and tower being modified. This screen may be

20Radio ID Edit Screen: This screen is similar to the TalkGroup edit screen. This screen may be accessed using the same methods as those listed

21Saving your data: The Basics: Pro96Com can save the data that is collected from a site for future reference. All information about a particula

22Files and formats: Pro96Com uses various files to store the information about the system. All files relating to a particular system will be sto

23GrantLog-###.csv These files will be created by pressing the save button on the Grant Trace Log screen. The ### in the file name will be replac

24Configuring tables for UHF/VHF Systems in the Pro-96: If you are monitoring APCO P25 systems that use the standard 800Mhz identifiers (Base of 8

25For each identifier in use on the tower to be monitored, you can calculate the values needed by using the following formulas: Base: Use the bas

26Example 1 (UHF): ID Base Spacing TX Offset BandWidth 2 406.00000 0.01250 10.00000 0.01250 Base: 406.00000 CH Lo: Identifier * 4096 2 *

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1 Introduction: Pro96Com is designed to decode the 9600 baud APCO-P25 control channel information using the Pro-96 scanner from Radio Shack and GR

2 Getting Started: To monitor a 9600 Baud APCO-P25 control channel with Pro96Com, you must have the following items: • Pro-96 scanner • Program

3 Screen Layouts: When you start Pro96Com, you will see a screen that looks something like this: This is the main screen of the program. The f

4 Common Areas: Screen Tabs: Information in Pro96Com is displayed on various screens in the program. These information screens are located on ta

5 Tower Information Area: Once you have begun decoding a control channel, the Tower Information area will display the System ID, Tower number (bot

6 System Activity Screen: Tower Activity: In the tower activity section, you will see a listing of the channels and frequencies used on the curre