UniTrunker Guide
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A Guide to Get UniTrunker Up and Running
DISCLAIMER and NOTE:
The images on this page are from UniTrunker V1.0.0.5 and the instructions are geared to users of the GRE PSR-500, PSR-600 and Radio Shack Pro-106, Pro-197. Others can follow this guide but will have to make allowances for the type of scanner used which will provide the feed of the Control Channel Data Stream. The instructions are also geared to a Motorola Type II 800 MHz trunked system. After reading these, you should be able to adjust things to suit your particular circumstances.
These steps were actually used to get UniTrunker up and running with a PSR-600 as the data stream input device. The procedure may be different for other model scanners so users/visitors to this page are invited to make corrections or additions.
Options
Download the UniTrunker program to your computer and make sure you have a connection to your scanner to receive the feed from it to the computer. Those using GRE-500/600s or their RS clones will use the same cable used to program the scanner. Run the software and you will find the screen below to open first. If it does not, click on the Options tab at the bottom of the page.
Go down the page to Motorola and make sure it says Decimal for Display Mode. If it does not, just click on Display Mode > click the drop-down menu and select Decimal. Click on 800 MHz > Click the drop-down menu > select Rebanded (if you are in Utah, otherwise you might want to select North America).
Go to the right scroll bar and drag it to the bottom. You will see a place to enter the UniTrunker URL (http://www.unitrunker.com/) and the next line down enter the URL for Radio Reference (http://www.radioreference.com/apps/xml?) and then your log-in credentials.
Receiver
Click on the Receivers tab to open this page.
Clicking on the "+" sign creates the line for you to enter the type of scanner you are using. This image was taken using a PSR-600 which is using an inline feed and although it shows "PSR500" it is perfectly acceptable because, other than the case, the PSR-500 and PSR-600 are the same scanner.
Double click on the line showing the scanner model (See line pointing to it).
Place scanner in proper mode
To set your scanner in the analyzer mode, press the TSYS soft key (F2) on the front of the scanner. Then press the Analyz soft key (F3) on the front of the scanner and using the 5-way key, scroll up or down to find the Control Channel you wish to watch. When you stop scrolling, that will put it in the proper mode to run the Control Channel data stream to the UniTrunker Program.
Start UniTrunker running
Once you have double clicked on the scanner model (above image) you will see a pop-up screen (shown below). Double clicking on each line will open a drop-down menus and you can make your selections. Again, PSR-500 is perfectly acceptalbe for PSR-600. The selections shown in the image work with the PSR-600. Be sure to enter the right port number. It will be the same one used when you programmed the scanner using a program such as WIN500.
Once you have filled in the lines, double click on "Stopped" and select "Run." The UniTrunker program should now be receiving the data stream from the System Control Channel that you selected on your scanner.
Receiving
After about 10 to 15 seconds, you will see this screen and you should start seeing activity as TGs join and leave the program. To stop the program, click on the icon that looks like the top half of a PSR-500 and the pop-up will return so you can move from running to stopped by clicking the "running" box.
Band Plan
If the Calls screen does not start populating, click on the Band Plan tab to bring up the trunking tables. If there are no trunking tables you will have to enter them manually. To do this, you must press the F2 key on your computer keyboard to put this page in edit mode. Then using the mouse, click on the "+" sign at the top of the page. Each time you click on that plus sign, you free up a line in the table to be edited. Enter one of the trunking tables in the space provided then press the Esc key on your computer keyboard to leave edit mode.
To delete a line in the Band Plan page, return to the edit mode (described above) and then using the mouse click on the "-" sign at the top of the page. Each click deletes one line in the table from the bottom working up.
There is a possibility you will have to enter a band plan for each and every Control Channel you analyze.
You should be running now. Click on the other tabs. You're going to mess things up, but you can always go back. Try it out like you would a new car. Run it. Have fun. This is one utility you can use very effectively once you know it.
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