Pro 96 computer software

Print option. Paste Frequencies directly from any website using 'Paste Special' Setup channels in an easy, spreadsheet type interface. Store unlimited number of configurations on your harddisc. True Spreadsheet style grid editor with easy cut, copy, paste options:. It makes importing your frequencies a snap:. See the Virtual Scanner Interface help page for more information. Added the PRO? Fixed a bug in the CSV import code that kept the "import into current bank" function from working.

Removed the MHz frequency range from the available data-entry ranges. The "extended frequencies" feature doesn? Win96 now writes only this format, but will continue to read the "old" format. This new format will be documented in a separate text file, to be released on the Win96 web site.

The "Center tags" menu item Edit menu has been changed to "Justify", and new options have been added to the dialog box that appears when that menu item is selected. This is useful if you have justified i. Added the requirement that at least one bank be checked under "Enabled Scan Banks" on the Settings page. Removed the two checkboxes from the Extended Tables dialog. Added new "Multi table" options to the and groups on the Channels page. The Extended Tables button is now enabled only when at least one of the two "Multi table" items are selected.

The PRO, apparently, does not like out-of-order lists this makes sense, given the most likely algorithm for checking that list while searching. This will allow pasting of frequencies greater than or equal to 1 GHz with 6 decimal places. Removed a check for "printable" characters in alpha tags. This is to allow most of the actual characters available on the PRO Added the "extended" frequencies to SR6 lockouts. If this happens, send me an email and I'll issue a new key.

Added configurable copy options to the Bank Editor. On the first reset or power-up after an upload, the scanner will begin scanning instead of parking in manual mode on channel Fixed an erroneous step size validation in the Extended Tables window. It was forcing integral multiples of 6.

The code now lets you enter any integral multiple of Hz from 5. If you associate P96 files with Win96, double-clicking a P96 file in Windows Explorer will launch Win96, opening the selected file.

If Win96 is already open, use "drag and drop" see the next bullet point. That button will update the Windows registry so that future double-clicks on P96 files will launch the copy of Win96 in which you clicked the "Associate" button. Win96 could do this automatically at startup, but I prefer not to mess with the registry unnecessarily. Added "drag and drop" functionality, so that you can drag one or more P96 files e.

Win96 will then open each of the dropped files. Changed how the window position is stored at program exit. This fixes an "invisible window" problem that could occur if you previously closed the app while it was minimized or maximized.

When editing alpha tags channels or talk group IDs , the program now trims off trailing spaces when you start editing. Added a "frequency fill" feature to the "Edit" menu. Changed the "Find Duplicate Frequencies" results window so that you can leave it visible while you go back and edit the channels list. Added a "Most Recently Used" list to the File menu. Up to eight of the most recently opened or saved file names will be listed. Improved the "paste" feature, so that the first row of text can be a "header row" that will tell Win96 what the following data means.

This is an improvement over the auto-detect mechanism, as that method requires that each cell have valid data for the data type. One "bad cell" can mess up an entire column and, possibly, the entire paste operation. With a header row, "bad cells" will simply be ignored or adjusted to "valid" data.

See the Revision History in the Win96 Help file for an example of a header row. Allowed pasted Alpha Tags to be longer than 12 characters. Added export to XLS files. Addendum: Some ranges still appear to be "blocked" by the scanner. Here are the ranges that seem to be "opened" with this feature: 17 - 25 54 - - - - - When you entered an alpha tag in item 29 in any subbank, the alpha tag for item 00 in the following subbank would be altered.

This will indicate the current contents of the scanner, according to the upload history. This is updated by both "Main Memory" uploads and V-Scanner writes. The new item is accessible via the Scanner menu. This was done to match the nomenclature used in the PRO and its manual. The previous "names" in Win96 and this help file were inherited from Win92, and were not suitable for Win Added code to detect the premature termination of the screen update thread, with the option to restart the thread if necessary.

Fixed issues with the auto save of the various screen data, especially the affiliation log data. While it played nicely with other processes that needed CPU time, it would use as much CPU time it could get when running.

This version uses considerably less CPU time when running. When starting a decode, Pro96Com now properly detects when an error occurs opening the communications port. If there is an error, you will be notified and the decoding processes will be stopped.

Fixed an issue with the backup in progress and the RadioReference import status update information not linked to the size of the screen as they should have been. Added support for the upcoming RadioReference. This option will allow you to import information about a system without a connection to the Internet. Note that the speed of the data import is dependent on your computer hardware and speed.

Pro96Com has no control over the time it takes to do this import. This feature should be considered to be a beta feature at this point since the radio has not been released yet, and I only have the data provided by Paul Opitz to work with at this point. Separated the Affiliation Log and Affiliation listings onto separate tabs. This gives more room for the information in each list.

Added a Last Affiliation column to the Affiliation list screen. This will show you when each radio last affiliated with the tower site. Added a talkgroup description column to the affiliation log screen.

Previously only the talkgroup number was shown in this list. Added the ability to filter the affiliation log based on ranges of radio IDs. When the filtering is enabled, only the radio IDs that are within the specified ranges will be logged to the affiliation log. All other radio ID affiliation information will be discarded.

All affiliated radios will still be shown in the affiliation listing. Up to 40 ranges may be set. Note that only the information that is in the affiliation log screen will be saved to a file when the save button is clicked, or the auto save is enabled. Custom colors created while in the configuration editor, editing a talkgroup, or editing a radio ID are now saved when the OK button is pressed on those screens.

These custom colors are then re-loaded on the next run of Pro96Com. With this fix, the held talkgroup is now displayed correctly. This appears at this point to be a compiler bug, but I've found a way to work around it. Since I couldn't reproduce this here, I'm hoping that the code changes I made will correct this issue.

This version of Pro96Com no longer supports previous versions of the pro96com. This file has undergone many revisions since the release of version 1. The code that handles all of that backward compatibility has become quite ugly, so starting with this version, only the current format of the file is supported.

This should only cause a problem if you are upgrading from a very old version I think the last real change to that format was around the 1. In the new environment there are a number of new tools available that were not previously included.

This should open up some new doors for future enhancements. Added an option to the automated backup procedure to add the date to the folder name when performing a backup. The Check for updates code is a conversion to a new HTTP library that is included in the development environment. Please test this code, especially if you connect using a Proxy server. The import from Radio Reference is all new code.

Pro96Com is now using the new Radio Reference Web service configuration. Please let me know if it does not work properly for you. I think I've finally fixed the issue with the program starting up monitoring the control channel on a controlled radio.

Please let me know if you still see this happening. It became apparent when doing RR imports that the space provided previously for these fields was not sufficient. Added RadioReference. You must configure the service on the configuration screen before the service can be used. The actual import option may be found under the System Menu. Note: One beta tester has reported that there may be issues with the RR import on the Windows Vista operating system. I have been unable to reproduce this issue in my testing.

Please be sure to have a backup of your data files before using this option for the first time. Added scheduled data backup option. If enabled, Pro96Com will check to see when the last time a backup occured at startup, and once every hour after that. If the number of days specified in the configuration screen have elapsed, a backup of all System folders will occur. The backup may be scheduled anywhere from once a day, to once a year. By default, backup data will be placed in a sub-folder of the System folder called "Backup".

You may also specify an alternate location to store this backup information in the configuration screen.