Win500

Data management, monitoring, and control software for the GRE PSR-500 and PSR-600 Digital Trunking Scanners

Listen to and watch Don's PSR
(max 5 connections)
In Santa Clara, CA (N37.33729 W121.98715), monitoring Santa Clara City and Santa Clara County Sheriff, and sometimes some set of San Mateo County, Marin County, Moffett Field, and BART. Using a Diamond D-130J discone mounted on a mast (along with some weather-monitoring equipment) atop a two-story roof. While listening, please keep in mind that I am a long way from the San Mateo and Marin systems!

Or, download and run the "Remote Monitoring Client" above, and connect to my Win500 Server at:
Address: home.starrsoft.com
Port: 26755

Features

• Download from and upload to the PSR-500 and PSR-600, including V-Scanner folders
• Edit Trunking Systems (TSYS), Talkgroups (TGRP), Conventional Channels (CONV), Search Ranges (SRCH), and Spectrum Sweeper (SWPR) objects, including full control of their 'Object ID' values, with cut/copy/paste support
• Edit all of the items that appear in the GLOB and FUNC+GLOB menus on the radio, plus Weather settings
• RadioReference.com Web Import for trunking systems and their talkgroups, as well as conventional channels
• Maintain "Notes" for every object. These won't, of course, be sent to the scanner, but they allow you to add long, descriptive text to each object as displayed in Win500.
• Import P96 and P97 files, as well as reading directly from the PRO-96, PRO-97, PRO-2096, and PRO-2055 scanners. Support for PRO-92/2067, PRO-93/2053, and PRO-95 scanners is intentionally omitted, as data from those radios can be converted to P96 files via the "freeware" Win92, Win93, Win95, and WinXX Data Converter programs.
• Monitoring and contol of the PSR-500 and PSR-600, with internal updating of Hit Counts and auto-creation of new TGRPs when Wildcards are hit while scanning.
• Remote Monitoring and Control with Streaming Audio over IP. The server side continues full activity logging, recording, hit count updates, TGRP auto-creation, etc., while the client side gets LCD data, status information, and audio.
  
  The server can be configured so that it is not controllable. The client can be configured to mute received audio (allowing you to monitor several radios at once via multiple instances of Win500, but only listen to a subset of them).
  
  The client and server can also send simple text messages to each other; the text will appear in the "logging" list box (TIP: don't use the mouse to click the "Send" button; as long as your fingers are on the keyboard, press TAB then SPACE to "click" that button).
  
  Please post questions and/or look for answers about the Remote feature on the RadioReference.com Win500 thread, instead of asking via email or on other groups/forums. That RR.com thread will have the largest cache of information and will reach the largest number of Win500 users. If you're not a RadioReference.com member, joining is easy and free.
• A Standalone Remote Monitoring Client is also available for download. It provides the features of the main Win500 Monitor / Control tab - those that are available when connecting to a Win500 Server as a "Client".
• Activity logging for all objects (to each object's 'Notes' field and/or a separate log file)
• Audio Recording for all objects, with an optional time limit per "hit". Recording is enabled/disabled per object, with an additional "master" enable on the Monitor/Control tab
• File contents not limited by radio's memory size. You can create "P500" files with up to 100,000 objects. Of course, before uploading to the radio, you must "trim" such files so that they'll fit in the radio. While this feature is intended primarily for managing large collections of data that can then be copied/pasted into smaller, radio-compatible files, it can also be used to copy/paste into a file that's "nearly full" without overflowing, prior to deleting some items.
• Batch editing of various object properties (scan list membership, alert settings, attenuation, lockout, and delay flags, etc.)
• Change "Object IDs" at will, including incremental assignment of IDs for any number of selected objects
• Sort objects by:
  • Object ID
  • Object Type
  • Alpha Tag
  • Hit Counts
  • Frequency
  • Talkgroup ID
  • Trunking System Type
  • Priority flag
  • Attenuation flag
  • Delay flag
  • Lockout flag
  • LED Color
• Import and export ".BIN" files compatible with the "PSR-500/600 Demo" program included with the radio.
• Text-based copy/paste for CONV and TGRP objects, to create new objects from tab-delimited text from external data sources (e.g. Excel generates tab-delimited text when you "Copy" a set of rows and columns).
• Configure columns in CONV, TGRP, and SRCH/SWPR "grids", showing any object data in any order you wish. Right-clicking on column headers in those grids gives options for deleting the current column or adding any that are not already displayed.

Planned Features
Things that will be added soon include (but are not necessarily limited to):

• A "Help" file
• CSV import of CONV, TSYS, and TGRP objects.
• Additional enhancements to per-object data (perhaps)

System Requirements
In order to run Win500, you'll need the following:

• A copy of the Win500 program
• A PSR-500 or PSR-600 Scanner
• The blue GRE USB Scanner Programming cable that came in the box with your scanner.
• A Windows (2000, XP, Vista) PC. Sorry - 95, 98, and Me are not explicitly supported. Those versions of Window may work with most of Win500's features, but this is not guaranteed. Specifically, the "Monitor" function won't work.

Installation
Win500 does not use an "installer" like many Windows programs. You merely download a ZIP file that contains the program and decompress it to a new folder on your machine. Uninstallation merely requires that you delete the program files from your machine.
It is suggested that you use a dedicated "unzipper" like WinZip, as opposed to the unzipping utilities that are built into various versions of Windows. In particular, you CANNOT merely view the ZIP file in Windows Explorer, "open" it in Explorer, and run Win500 from there. You must explicitly extract the contents of the ZIP file.

Factory V-Scanner Contents
Here are the factory V-Scanner contents of my PSR-500, retrieved from the radio and saved as Win500 "P500" files.

Revision History

Version 1.47 2008.05.09 09:08 (GMT -0700)

• Added "Step" option to "Reassign Object IDs" dialog, allowing you to assign new Object IDs by arbitrary increments (1 to 10,000).

Version 1.46 2008.05.01 13:10 (GMT -0700)

• Added pre-import check for duplicate frequencies in the RadioReference Web Import for trunking systems. The "too many frequencies" message that appears is now based on unique frequencies, not just "all selected" frequencies.
• Web Import now remembers the last country and state selected. You can TAB key through them after hitting the START button instead of having to select from the drop-down list boxes.

Version 1.45 2008.04.07 15:00 (GMT -0700)

• On the "General Settings" tab, replaced the LED color rectangles with buttons. When pressed, they'll bring up the Windows common "color dialog", from which you can choose the associated LED color. Note that while you can select millions of colors, the scanner's LED is a bit limited in its steps. The button face will show a rough approximation of the actual color that will be shown on the scanner's LED, which may not quite match what you selected in the dialog.
• If a TSYS' "Notes" field contains text of the form "RRSID=nnn", where <nnn> is the RadioReference database's identifier for the system, you can right-click on a selected group of TGRP objects within that TSYS and get a new menu item. That menu item will connect to the RR DB and update the Alpha Tags for the selected TGRP objects. This is primarily intended for grabbing alpha tags for TGRPs that have been "auto-created" in Win500's monitoring, or "Stored" from a wildcard on the scanner. The TGRP's alpha tag will get the DB's "Alpha Tag" field or, if that field is empty, the "Description" field. The TGRP's "Notes" field will get both the DB's Alpha Tag and Description fields.
  
  The new menu item will only appear if a) the TSYS' "Notes" field has the RRSID=nnn text and b) your RR Username and Password are both "stored" from within the Web Import dialog.

Version 1.44 2008.03.15 11:03 (GMT -0700)

• Monitor/Control: added frequency and coded squelch info to logging for SRCH and SWPR objects
• Monitor/Control: removed "remote client" feature. The separate Win500RemoteClient app has all the features that were in Win500, and more

Version 1.43 2008.03.06 10:15 (GMT -0800)

• RR Web Import: Fixed potential problem with selecting certain trunking systems for import

Version 1.42 2008.02.20 11:07 (GMT -0800)

• Added "Check all CCs in Scan-mode" checkbox when TSYS is set to MultiSite=STAT, to support that feature added in the 1.2 firmware

Version 1.41 / Remote Client Version 1.08 2008.01.30 09:00 (GMT -0800)

• "Too many connections" in remote monitoring disconnects only newest client (was killing all clients)
• "Lightning bolt" fixup in CTCSS/DCS/NAC

Version 1.40 / Remote Client Version 1.07 2008.01.27 15:05 (GMT -0800)

• Enhanced buffering/recovery in remote communications
• Client app: changed "separate LCD window" to match main window's display format
• Client app: made "separate LCD window" resizable
• Client app: can dismiss "separate LCD window" with ESC key

Version 1.39 2008.01.24 15:05 (GMT -0800)

• Added "License Key..." item to Help menu. It will display your registration information.
• Added Remote Client app to main Win500.ZIP distribution file

Version 1.38 / Remote Client Version 1.06 2008.01.18 14:25 (GMT -0800)

• Decreased bandwidth usage for remote monitoring. Should average ~20 kbps.
• Client app: changed bandwidth indicator to bits-per-second from bytes-per-second
• Client app: added display of amount of buffered data.

Version 1.37 / Remote Client Version 1.05 2008.01.17 12:55 (GMT -0800)

• Added ability to buffer received data in the Remote Client (none through 1 minute, in various steps). Useful for 'bad' Internet connections. Note that remote control gets somewhat interesting if you have client-side buffering enabled: you won't necessarily get the results you desire if press a key based on what you see/hear, since the client will be delayed by your buffer time selection.
• Win500 PRO-96 import: if Win500 can't determine whether an imported TSYS is "MOT 800/900" vs. "P25" based on the PRO-96 data, it will prompt you to select the type.

Remote Client Version 1.04 2008.01.16 09:05 (GMT -0800)

• Added redundant Scan, Man, and Pause buttons to the right of the LCD
• Added list of "favorite" servers, read from Win500ClientFavs.txt (sample included)

Version 1.36 / Remote Client Version 1.03 2008.01.15 06:45 (GMT -0800)

• Removed "cumulative lag" in remote audio (client side)
• Added name resolution to connection messages (server side)

Version 1.35 2008.01.12 09:42 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed memory leak in 1.34 changes
• Fixed Client's updating of log msgs when "searching" CTCSS/DCS/NAC values are detected

Version 1.34 2008.01.12 09:25 (GMT -0800)

In Remote Monitoring and Control:
• Decreased bandwidth usage
• Changed "status" updates to show more real-time data on Client
• Changed Client's log message lists so it reflects what's happening on the Server (including Server time stamps), without needing the P500 file on the Client.

Version 1.33 2008.01.11 16:51 (GMT -0800)

• Added "friendly" disconnect with listbox message when client attempts to connect to a "busy" server

Version 1.32 2008.01.11 13:45 (GMT -0800)

• Miscellaneous, minor fixups in Monitor/Control tab
• Increased Monitor/Control tab's log message listbox limit to 500 entries
• Added "Clear" button to Monitor/Control tab's recent log msg list box
• Rearranged some controls in Monitor/Control tab, and made the "recent logs" list resize vertically with the main window
• Changed the message that appears if you close an unsaved file, or exit the program with unsaved files. Instead of asking if you "really want to do that", it now asks if you want to save the data first, with the option to cancel the close/exit operation.
• Added "Audio Input Device" selection to Configuration menu. Use this if the Windows default wave input is not the device where you've connected the scanner's headphone output. For example, if you have a separate headset audio device, it might be necessary to explicitly select the PC's "sound card". This new menu item is one thing to try if you're not getting recorded audio (i.e. the recorded files contain nothing but silence). Additionally, Win500 stores the numeric index of the selected device - if you add/remove devices, Windows might change their numbering; if you're using anything but "default", you may have to verify that the device is still the correct one.
• Added remote monitoring and control with audio streaming.
• Added simple text 'chat' function between remote server and client.

Version 1.31 2008.01.06 08:21 (GMT -0800)

• Added 'recording' indicator to top of separate LCD window
• Added list box to Monitor/Control tab, showing the most recent 200 items saved to the log text file. The "log to text file" option must be enabled for this list box to be used.

Version 1.30 2008.01.04 08:16 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed bad WAV filename for wildcard TGRP hits (contained a colon)
• Enabled activity logging and audio recording for SRCH and SWPR objects.
• Audio filenames now contain object alpha tags. For TGRPs, they'll also contain the TSYS alpha tag; for SRCH and SWPR objects, they'll contain the "hit" frequency.
• Added "time limit" option to audio recording. If enabled, each "hit" will be limited to some number of seconds in the corresponding WAV file. Range of time limit values is from 1 to 86400 seconds (1 second to 1 day). This might be useful if logging SRCH or SWPR objects and the radio gets "stuck" on a particular frequency - the time limit would prevent an unattended machine from creating multi-gigabyte WAV files.

Version 1.29 2008.01.03 15:10 (GMT -0800)

• Bug fixups in logging when auto-creating TGRPs from wildcards
• Log text file now indicates talkgroup ID for wildcard TGRPs, instead of the "Wildcard" text from the P500 file
• Added ability to choose the directory where log files are created (directory must exist!), as well as auto-creating daily subdirectories
• Added 'Record Audio' function. Will record a WAV file (8k samples/second, 8-bit, mono) for each 'conversation' on CONV and TGRP objects. Recording is enabled per CONV or TGRP object, along with a "master" enable on the Monitor / Control tab. The CONV and TGRP grids now have an additional "REC" column available, plus a new "Record" checkbox in the group of controls to the right of those grids.
• Note that all logging and recording requires that the radio's contents 'match' the active P500 file

Version 1.28 2007.12.31 17:35 (GMT -0800)

• Added settings in Monitor / Control tab to INI file
• Holding down a SHIFT key while clicking the Monitor / Control tab's "LIGHT" button now sets the backlight on permanently on the PSR-500
• Fixed bug in displaying "Squelch Mode" in some cases (e.g. Find Duplicate Frequencies grid)

Version 1.27 2007.12.31 16:45 (GMT -0800)

• For activity logging, also recognized Favorites and SkyWarn modes. Previously, logging required "Scan" mode.

Version 1.26 2007.12.31 13:48 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed CTCSS/DCS/NAC logging problem caused by some of the VC changes in 1.25

Version 1.25 2007.12.31 13:25 (GMT -0800)

• Added trunking VC info (frequency, DG (digital, AGC on) / Dg (digital, AGC off) / AN (analog)) to activity log file. Individual transmissions during a single conversation (i.e. when the radio delays and shows "ID: xxxx") will each get their own log entry, as if they were separate conversations. This is to handle the fact that transmissions can have different VCs.
• Fixed problem with multiple log 'hits' if "PAUSED". While paused, no additional hits beyond the first one will be recorded, unless crossing transmissions in a single trunked conversation (above)

Version 1.24 2007.12.31 10:11 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed date (month) stamp in activity logs
• Changed activity log file writing so it creates a new file each day. File name is of the form: Win500ActivityLog yyyy-mm-dd.txt
• Added CTCSS, DCS, and P25 NAC info for CONV objects to activity log file
• Note that the activity logging requires you to have loaded a P500 file that "matches" the contents of the radio. The logging feature looks at the Object IDs reported by the radio and does a lookup in the active P500 file to get object type, Alpha Tag, TSYS, etc.

Version 1.23 2007.12.30 19:30 (GMT -0800)

• In the Monitor tab, added the option to log activity to objects' Notes field and/or a separate 'activity log' text file.

Version 1.22 2007.12.19 17:00 (GMT -0800)

• Changed how the "Notes" field is populated when importing TGRP objects via RadioReference. It will now contain the "group", "description", and "display" attributes from the XML.

Version 1.21 2007.12.17 13:00 (GMT -0800)

• Changed the "Find Duplicate Frequencies" function so that it now presents you with a 'grid' of the found duplicates, displaying Object ID, Alpha Tag, Frequency, etc., grouped by frequency. You can select objects in the grid and flag them for deletion. Clicking the "Delete Selected" button toggles an object's "flag for delete" state. Objects that will be deleted are shown with red text in the grid. If/when you click the "OK" button, the flagged objects will be deleted from the P500 file.

Version 1.20 2007.12.17 08:00 (GMT -0800)

• Added auto-creation of TGRPs from Private Call Wildcards in Monitor mode.
• Increased maximum value for "Default Scan List" to 22, to include FAV and SKYWARN
• CONV tab now sets "Squelch Code" to Search when changing "Squelch Mode" from None or Search
• Fixed problem when changing a CONV object from CTCSS/Search or DCS/Search to NAC/Search

Version 1.19 2007.12.10 05:10 (GMT -0800)

• Added TGID Format combo box to TSYS tab. This is just a mirror of the control on the General Settings tab.
• Added "tool tip" popups to the Read, Clear, and Write checkboxes in the Virtual Scanner dialog's grid
• Added ability to "read" a V-Folder from the file loaded by "Load Config" in the Virtual Scanner dialog. Merely specify "<read>" for that folder in the text file
• Fixed problem with reading 'empty' V-Folders (empty folders now detected after read, and garbage data discarded
• Added sample 'config' file to distribution ZIP. This describes the format of the text file expected by the "Load Config" button in the Virtual Scanner dialog.

Version 1.18 2007.12.04 15:18 (GMT -0800)

• Further cleanup in Notes column's "tool tip" popup, as well as the Notes column itself when various control characters (CR, LF, TAB, etc.) are present in the text
• Fixed crash in Virtual Scanner dialog when selecting a P500 file that doesn't "fit" in the radio

Version 1.17 2007.12.04 09:30 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed sorting by Hit Count in All Objects tab. TSYS objects would previously act as 'separators' in the sort, leaving you with 'blocks' of sorted objects. TSYS objects are now counted as having a hit count of zero.
• Cleaned up Notes column's "tool tip" popup.
• Added Modulation and Squelch Mode combo boxes to controls at right of CONV tab, allowing you to change those fields for all selected objects at once

Version 1.16 2007.12.04 04:45 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed problem adding "LED Latch" column in TGRP grid.

Version 1.15 2007.12.03 14:58 (GMT -0800)

• RadioReference Web Import: when importing a P25 system, include WACN in the displayed System ID as well as the "Notes" field
• Changed Monitor mode's LED Color to handle the PSR-600's 'Dim' setting.

Version 1.14 2007.12.02 13:30 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed internal "800 MHz Splinter" trunking table.
• Fixed "Add Column" popup menu in SRCH/SWPR tab
• Added controls specific to PSR-600, differentiating between the new controls and the (existing) controls that are specific to the PSR-500 (General Settings tab)

Version 1.13 2007.12.02 10:52 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed (missing) popup menu if you right-click on a cell that has a "tool tip" displayed.

Version 1.12 2007.12.02 10:17 (GMT -0800)

• Added 'F' and/or 'L' indicators in LED Color cells, to indicate "Flash" or "Latch" for the LED. They're at the right edge of the cell; you may have to make the column a little wider to see them.
• Added "Paste Notes" item to right-click popup menu. Only enabled if you right-click on a "Notes" cell and have "text" on the Windows clipboard.

Version 1.11 2007.12.01 13:45 (GMT -0800)

• Added "tool tips" for grid items that are too large to fit in their cells. Putting the mouse pointer over such a grid cell will show a pop-up with the full contents of the cell, wrapping to multiple lines, if necessary. This is intended primarily for the Notes column, so you can see very long text without needing a very wide column.
• Fixed newly-introduced Paste bug (divide by zero that would crash the program)

Version 1.10 2007.12.01 05:40 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed saving of "Notes" field in P500 files.
• RadioReference Web Import: now handle 800 MHz Default vs. Splinter tests based on the selected sites/channels, instead of the entire system
• RadioReference Web Import: if an 800 MHz system appears to be a "mix" of Default and Splinter sites (e.g. San Diego County RCS), Win500 will warn that it likely won't work, and will offer to create a custom table. The resulting table will almost certainly have to be edited by the user.

Version 1.09 2007.11.29 12:45 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed copy/paste problem introduced in 1.08. Note that when copying objects that have their "Notes" fields populated, only the first 255 characters of each object's Notes will be copied/pasted, though the Notes field actually has a far larger maximum size.

Version 1.08 2007.11.29 10:48 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed problem with TGRP Object IDs not being "released" when deleting a TSYS and all its TGRPs.
• Implemented Find, Find Next, and Find Duplicate Frequencies functions in Search menu
• Added "Notes" field to all object grids
• Allowed population of "Notes" field from Web Import "Description" information

Version 1.07 2007.11.28 10:20 (GMT -0800)

• Checking "FlexStep" in the Extended Settings tab now allows entry/pasting of any frequencies on 1250 Hz steps. If FlexStep is not checked, entered frequencies are forced to "valid" PSR-500 steps.
• Added ability to sort by Priority flag, Attenuation flag, Delay flag, Lockout flag, and LED Color in All Objects, CONV, and TSYS tabs. In the All Objects tab, an object that doesn't use the "sort by" field (e.g. Atten for TGRPs) is counted as having that flag set to "off"; such objects will appear before (ascending) or after (descending) any objects that have the flag set.
• In the SRCH/SWPR tab, fixed the "not greyed out" status of the "Sort by column" items in the right-click menu.

Version 1.06 2007.11.24 11:38 (GMT -0800)

• In case very large fonts are being used, increase the size of the "separate LCD window" in 4x3 increments until the full LCD representation fits within it

Version 1.05 2007.11.24 09:05 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed 'blue' color mapping in grids.
• Removed "Add wildcards..." check box from Conventional Web Import dialog
• Added column sorting. Right-clicking on column headers now shows options for sorting by that column, ascending or descending. Only columns that are normally available for sorting (i.e. fields that appear in the "Sort items..." dialogs for each grid) will have the new Sort menu items enabled. For example, if you right-click on the "Mod" column in the CONV grid, the new Sort items will be disabled.

Version 1.04 2007.11.21 04:10 (GMT -0800)

• Added Show All, Hide All, and Clear Hits buttons to All Objects tab.
• Fixed TGRP mis-assignment when reassigning TSYS object IDs (would occur if you reassigned multiple TSYS object IDs that "overlapped"; e.g. when sorting then reassigning using the same range of IDs)

Version 1.03 2007.11.20 16:30 (GMT -0800)

• Added cut/copy/paste to all remaining 'grids': Weather tab's SAME Entries, SRCH/SWPR lockouts, TSYS's System Frequencies, Trunking Tables, and Fleet Maps, General Settings tab's Scan Lists, Battery Icon Thresholds, Welcome Text, and Quick Text, and Extended Settings tab's RSSI and Zeromatic thresholds.

Version 1.02 2007.11.20 10:30 (GMT -0800)

• Added user-configurable text for the leading characters of auto-created TGRPs' alpha tags. The text will be truncated, if necessary, so that the TGID can be appended and still fit within the 16-character limit.
• All Objects tab: added ability to filter objects by type (now includes TSYS, TGRP, CONV, and SRCH/SWPR)

Version 1.01 2007.11.19 09:10 (GMT -0800)

• All Objects tab: added ability to filter shown objects by Scan List membership, as well as by TSYS vs. non-TSYS.
• Monitor/Control tab: if auto-storing TGRPs, update the hit count for the "stored" TGRP instead of the WC TGRP object
• Monitor/Control tab: if auto-storing TGRPs, show the "stored" TGRP's alpha tag instead of the WC TGRP's tag (object IDs will alternate between the WC TGRP in the radio and the stored TGRP in Win500).
• Monitor/Control tab: if auto-storing TGRPs, get rid of the "TGL/O" and "Stor" text, unless we couldn't actually store the TGRP in Win500 (i.e. reached the P500 file's 100,000 object limit)
• Removed 'alpha' text from "Nag Screen"

Version 1.00 2007.11.18 08:15 (GMT -0800)

• Monitor/Control tab: removed flicker in separate LCD window
• Monitor/Control tab: drastically reduced CPU usage. Also added control over LCD and Status polling intervals, though changing from the defaults is not necessary to see the CPU usage decrease
• Monitor/Control tab: added option to auto-create new TGRPs when Wildcard hits are detected. While it's only been tested so far with Mot3600 (type-II), EDACS, and LTR hits, it uses the same "TGID interpretation" as text entry, though with a more "fixed" format, so it should work for all system types. Also, this only updates the local P500 file - it does not automatically upload to the radio. You'll have to later save/upload the P500 file to get the new TGRP objects into the scanner.

Version 0.57 2007.11.17 16:30 (GMT -0800)

• Added SRCH/SWPR tab
• Use "Default Scan List" setting when creating new CONV and TGRP objects

Version 0.56 2007.11.15 07:36 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed TGRP/TSYS problem when Win500 auto-fixes Object IDs (e.g. uploading to the radio when the P500 file has Object IDs outside the radio's range)

Version 0.55 2007.11.14 11:55 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed divide-by-100 problem in "Delay Time" columns

Version 0.54 2007.11.14 09:55 (GMT -0800)

• When updating hit counts is enabled in the Monitor / Control tab, flag the data as changed whenever a hit count is updated, instead of when the "Stop" button is clicked. This will cause Win500 to prompt you to save the P500 file if you happen to try to close Win500 while still "monitoring".
• Update colors in "LED Color" column as the color values are changed in the "General Settings" tab (used to continue to use the "original" colors from when the P500 file was first loaded)

Version 0.53 2007.11.14 08:35 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed crash if you right-click on the TSYS grid header bar
• Fixed problem where double-clicking a P500 file (e.g. in Explorer) wouldn't actually open that file. (Note: this feature requires that you click the "P500 File Associate" button under Configuration -> Miscellaneous)
• Added additional warnings/prompts if you attempt to Web Import TGRPs to a "bad" TSYS Object ID, i.e. an ID that doesn't exist, isn't a TSYS, or isn't of the same 'system type' as the downloaded RR XML data

Version 0.52 2007.11.13 19:15 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed problem with Delay Time fields in CONV and TGRP grids.
• Made column headers in CONV and TGRP grids multi-line to reduce space wasted for just the header text

Version 0.51 2007.11.13 16:05 (GMT -0800)

• Added keyboard shortcuts for "New Item at End" and "Duplicate Item". They are CTRL-SHIFT-N and CTRL-SHIFT-D, respectively.
• Added option to update object hit counts in Monitor / Control tab. It works in SCAN mode only, and will increment object hit counts in the "active" P500 file. Make sure the active P500 file actually represents what's in the radio before using this option, or the P500 file's hit counts will not be accurate (nothing will be corrupted, but the "wrong" items will be incremented).
• Added columns to CONV and TGRP grids for everything in the "controls" to the right of those grids except Scan Lists. Right-clicking on the column headers in those two grids allows you to add or delete columns. All but the "LED" column (color) are editable. For the LED color column, you must use the drop-down list box at the right.

Version 0.50 2007.11.13 06:00 (GMT -0800)

• When "Show LCD in separate Window" is enabled, also update main window's LCD area.
• Fix problem with some edit menu items (New item, etc.) not working if you tab through the grids in certain ways.
• Fixed problem in Web Import where if Win500 chose a TSYS object ID, either because the "TSYS Object ID" item was left at the default of -1 or because the entered value was already in use, imported TGRPs wouldn't be assigned to that TSYS.

Version 0.49 2007.11.11 10:45 (GMT -0800)

• Changed size/layout of separate LCD window in Monitor mode. This is to make certain media players "happy".
• Added text-based copy/paste to TGRPs. It generates and accepts lines of tab-delimited fields. Copy some TGRP objects and paste into Notepad to see the format. Note that the expected TGID format is based on the trunking system type AND the "TGID Format" on the General Settings tab. Additionally, if you have PRIVATE (Radio) IDs to paste, there should be a "Private" vs "Group" column immediately before the TG/Radio ID column, so that Win500 can interpret the ID column correctly.
• RadioReference.com Web Import, trunking: TGRPs are now set to point to the TSYS Object ID specified in the dialog, even if no TSYS is imported (previously, the new TGRPs would be "unassigned"). This is to allow importing new TGRP objects into an existing TSYS, by specifying the existing TSYS's Object ID. Also, the TGRP Object IDs, when new ones conflict with existing, will be assigned starting at the value specified in the "Starting TGRP Object ID" field. For example, if you had an existing TSYS whose object ID was 100 and several TGRPs numbered 101 through 120, you could add new TGRPs to that TSYS by just importing the new TGRPs. You'd set the "TSYS Object ID" to 100 and the "Starting TGRP Object ID" to 101. If you were adding 5 new TGRPs, they would be assigned IDs 121 through 125 (presuming those were available). If those numbers were NOT available, they would be assigned the first available IDs above 120.

Version 0.48 2007.11.10 12:35 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed Web Import dialog not allowing you to enter -1 for the target object ID.
• Added ability to completely overwrite an existing TSYS with new data in Web Import
• Added text-based copy/paste to CONV tab (TGRPs coming soon). It generates and accepts lines of tab-delimited fields. Copy some CONV objects and paste into Notepad to see the format.

Version 0.47 2007.11.09 14:40 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed bug in "object ID auto-fix" when uploading to the radio a P500 file that has IDs outside the radio's allowed range

Version 0.46 2007.11.09 13:25 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed problem where, if the separate LCD window was enabled, the main window's other status displays wouldn't be updated
• Fixed scan list assignment for the "wildcard" TGRPs created in the RadioReference.com Web Import function

Version 0.45 2007.11.09 10:03 (GMT -0800)

• Update the separate "LCD display" window when main app is minimized

Version 0.44 2007.11.08 17:20 (GMT -0800)

• Allowed "monitor display" (Monitor/Control tab) to be in a separate, always-on-top window. This window is not currently updated when the main program window is "minimized", but at least the entire Win500 program doesn't have to be on top of everything else.

Version 0.43 2007.11.08 10:15 (GMT -0800)

• Added checkbox to create Group and Private wildcards for the created TSYS when importing via RadioReference.com's Web Import
• Added "Scan List" to list of sortable fields for all objects except TSYS (since they don't belong to Scan Lists)
• Fixed problem with corrupted TGIDs when changing "TGID Format"
• Fixed problem with entering TGIDs in HEX
• Fixed "Default Scan List" item on General Settings tab not accepting 0 (for "no scan list")

Version 0.42 2007.11.07 12:32 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed AutoPlace (LTR) and InvertData (EDACS-NARROW) settings when writing to radio.
• Fixed zeroed-out TGIDs when changing a TSYS's type.

Version 0.41 2007.11.07 07:35 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed data initialization problem in TSYS objects that could've led to corrupted trunking data.

Version 0.40 2007.11.06 13:25 (GMT -0800)

• Added Weather Settings page
• Added Scan Lists column to the All Objects page, showing scan lists to which 'scannable objects' belong
• Double-clicking a cell in the "Type", "Obj Info", or "Scan Lists" columns (i.e. any non-editable cell) on the All Objects page takes you to the clicked-upon object, switching to the appropriate page and selecting that object in the grid.

Version 0.39 2007.11.06 09:20 (GMT -0800)

• Added the 'lightning bolt' (CTCSS/DCS/P25 decode indication) to the Monitor/Control tab.
• Added the Extended Settings page. Includes all items in the 'FUNC+GLOB' menu, with the exception of Battery Levels (those are in the General Settings page) and certain weather-related settings (those are coming soon in a dedicated Weather Settings page).

Version 0.38 2007.11.05 16:35 (GMT -0800)

• Fixed problem with low battery alert interval not accepting 0.
• At exit, added warning if any data on the General Settings page has changed without being saved.

Version 0.37 2007.11.05 15:15 (GMT -0800)

• Added General Settings page. Includes all items in the 'GLOB' menu, with the exception of weather-related priority settings (those will be in the soon-to-be-released Weather Settings page).

Version 0.36 2007.11.03 11:50 (GMT -0700)

• RadioReference.com Web Import: expanded 0.35's custom table checking to handle 800 MHz splinter frequencies, validate VHF/UHF table entries in all cases (not just for VHF/UHF + 800/900 'mixed' systems), and make sure we don't write past the end of the TSYS's trunking tables list.

Version 0.35 2007.11.03 11:00 (GMT -0700)

• RadioReference.com Web Import: when importing Motorola systems that use a mixture of VHF/UHF and 800/900 MHz frequencies, try to figure out a set of custom trunking table entries (in addition to whatever bandplan info appears in the RR XML) to handle the 800/900 MHz freqs, if the RR bandplan data doesn't already contain that info. Basically, it chooses one or more of the default 800/900 MHz table entries based on the system frequencies found (voice and control). It will not create any non-standard 800/900 MHz table entries.

Version 0.34 2007.11.03 09:00 (GMT -0700)

• RadioReference.com Web Import: when toggling the "CC Only" and "Show Alternates" checkboxes, keep the checked state of each channel and talkgroup.
• RadioReference.com Web Import: Change the "Write Confined XML File" function so that it writes a file compatible with the RR spec (it was originally designed for something else, with a different talkgroup hierarchy).

Version 0.33 2007.11.02 15:10 (GMT -0700)

• A couple of grid fixups

Version 0.32 2007.11.02 11:15 (GMT -0700)

• Added Threshold Hi and Lo settings to TSYS tab when MultiSite 'Roam' is selected
• RadioReference.com Web Import: when importing a Motorola system that has both VHF/UHF and 800/900 frequencies, choose 800/900 and put up a message indicating a potential conflict. If the system has any 'bandplan' data, it will still be imported and the 'Trunking Tables' selection box will be set to 'Custom'.
• RadioReference.com Web Import: VHF/UHF vs 800/900 decision is now based on sites/frequencies selected (previously, it was based on all the frequencies in the system, whether selected for import or not)

Version 0.31 2007.11.02 07:45 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed 'cut' operation in CONV and All Objects tabs.
• Added delete confirmations for all Delete and Cut operations
• When deleting a TSYS on the TSYS tab, added the choice of deleting the TSYS's TGRPs or keeping them as 'unassigned'.

Version 0.30 2007.11.02 06:40 (GMT -0700)

• When reassigning object IDs, don't put up the "already in use" warning if the resulting IDs are in use only by the selected objects
• Fixed CONV tab not restoring column widths correctly
• Fixed P96/P97 file imports not refreshing the displays with the newly-imported data

Version 0.29 2007.11.01 16:45 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed TGRP "Insert Item" function - it was adding new items without assigning them to the current TSYS (they'd show up in the "Unassigned" display)
• Fixed problem with importing "too many" TSYS frequencies via the RadioReference.com Web Import

Version 0.28 2007.11.01 12:35 (GMT -0700)

• Added hit counts to grids, and enabled sorting on that field
• Fixed All Objects tab not saving column widths

Version 0.27 2007.10.31 12:20 (GMT -0700)

• Implemented move up and move down functions in all grids

Version 0.26 2007.10.31 09:42 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed EDACS talkgroup IDs when importing via RadioReference.com
• Implemented RadioReference.com Web Import for conventional channels

Version 0.25 2007.10.30 15:35 (GMT -0700)

• Implemented "Delete Items" feature in the All Objects tab
• Fixed moving TGRPs to the "unassigned" TSYS when deleting a TSYS
• Fixed / sped up sorting
• Implemented RadioReference.com Web Import for trunking systems

Version 0.24 2007.10.30 06:55 (GMT -0700)

• Bug fix in sort from All Objects tab - would corrupt TSYS and TGRP grids

Version 0.23 2007.10.30 00:10 (GMT -0700)

• Implemented "Sort Objects" function in all grids. This is, by necessity, a silly little bubble sort. If you have lots of objects selected, it might take a little time. The time is required to update all of the other grids in which the moved objects appear. I'm working on ways to speed this up a bit.
• Bug fix in reassigning TGRP object IDs (previous values weren't "freed")

Version 0.22 2007.10.29 18:45 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed Object ID 'fixup' when uploading/exporting a P500 file that contains Object IDs outside the range of the scanner (0-1851)

Version 0.21 2007.10.29 17:20 (GMT -0700)

• "Error Beeps", no checkbox toggling, no "file changed" setting if you try to click a checkbox in the "All Objects" tab that isn't valid for the object type. For example, PRI for TSYS objects or ATT for TGRP objects.
• Fixed Object ID available/not-available when editing them in grids.
• Implemented "Justify Alpha Tags" function in all grids
• Implemented "Reassign Object IDs" function in all grids

Version 0.20 2007.10.29 14:30 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed DCS code value editing

Version 0.19 2007.10.29 13:50 (GMT -0700)

• Changes in one tab now update modified item(s) in other tabs
• Let CONV and TGRP controls (to the right of their respective grids) update multiple selected objects at once. When the selected objects' settings vary, the controls will indicate this - checkboxes will be "dimmed but checked"; drop-down list boxes will indicate "multiple"; and numeric edit boxes (Delay Time and Hit Count) will be empty. For check boxes, you can cycle through All Off, All On, and Original Setting (dimmed but checked). For drop-down lists boxes, you can set all objects to a new value, or re-select "multiple" to restore the original settings. For edit boxes (for which you must click the Store button before changes are applied), you can delete all text from the box to restore the original settings.
• Removed all 22 scan list columns (the individual checkbox columns) from the CONV and TGRP grids, since their functionality is replaced by the change above.

Version 0.18 2007.10.27 10:12 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed P96/P97 import of channels that had a trunking mode set but no frequency
• Fixed 'System Frequencies' dialog not saving/restoring frequencies correctly

Version 0.17 2007.10.26 14:30 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed DCS code values in PRO-97 imports

Version 0.16 2007.10.26 13:52 (GMT -0700)

• P96/P97 import: for conventional channels whose RxMode is set to AM, set the resulting CONV object's SqMode to "None"
• Changed "P500" file format. Win500 will still read old P500 files with no extra user action required. If you want to save an "old format" P500 file (e.g. if you want to use the GRE Demo App to upload it to the radio), you can use either "File -> Save As" or "File -> Export" and select the new "PC/IF BIN Files" type. The .BIN file format can be used by the Demo App as well as Win500.
  The new P500 file format is needed by a couple of planned enhancements. For example...
• Removed the radio-related constraint on how many objects a P500 file can contain. A P500 file can now contain 100,000 objects, though you'll start seeing user interface delays if you add more than 10,000 or so. If you start adding huge numbers of objects, keep an eye on the "memory usage" info at the top of each tab. If you add more objects than will fit in the radio, you'll be informed if you try to upload to the radio or save a .BIN file.

Version 0.15 2007.10.25 11:25 (GMT -0700)

• On the TSYS tab, set the 'Show unassigned' checkbox to OFF whenever loading a new file, switching between files, or the selection in the TSYS grid changes. It's set to ON when the user explicitly checks it, or when there are no TSYS objects to display.
• Fixed total TGRP count on TSYS tab
• Fixed clipboard problem (could cause crashes on Cut/Copy operations)
• General fixups in TSYS tab

Version 0.14 2007.10.25 09:10 (GMT -0700)

• Pro-97 Import: fixed Air (108.000000 - 137.000000 MHz)
• Fixed 'Heap Error' on radio (mis-assigned TGRP objects)
• Added ability to show unassigned TGRPs in TSYS page
• Increased internal timers on 'Upload' operation

Version 0.13 2007.10.24 19:10 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed DCS code values in P96/97 imports

Version 0.12 2007.10.24 17:10 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed channel numbering in 'System Frequencies' dialog box
• Fixed P97 import of Motorola talk group IDs (4-bit shift)
• Fixed P97 import of alpha tags (12-char truncation)

Version 0.11 2007.10.24 15:50 (GMT -0700)

• Added PRO-96/2096 direct PC/IF read
• Added PRO-97/2055 direct PC/IF read
• Added Win97 (P97) file import

Version 0.10 2007.10.24 11:50 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed Alpha Tag editing in "All Objects" tab.

Version 0.09 2007.10.24 11:00 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed transfer of 'details' check boxes in CONV and TGRP displays

Version 0.08 2007.10.24 10:10 (GMT -0700)

• Bug fix in P96 file import

Version 0.07 2007.10.24 02:39 (GMT -0700)

• Major bug fixes in multiple file handling

Version 0.06 2007.10.24 01:33 (GMT -0700)

• Fixup TSYS page combo-box problem (TTables and MultiSite)

Version 0.05 2007.10.24 00:30 (GMT -0700)

• Added TSYS page
• Implemented copy/paste for all object types (within Win500 only)

Version 0.04 2007.10.23 13:23 (GMT -0700)

• Fixed TGRP object update when changing a TSYS object ID in the "All Objects" tab

Version 0.03 2007.10.23 12:10 (GMT -0700)

• Added CONV item creation/editing, including full control of 'Object ID' values

Version 0.02 2007.10.21 22:11 (GMT -0700)

• MOT/P25 import fixups (P96 files)

Version 0.01 2007.10.21 21:11 (GMT -0700)

• First waaay-alpha version. Supports upload/download, V-Scanner read/write, remote control and monitoring, and P96 (Win96 file) import
• There is no 'Help'. Many of the menu items don't do anything. Editing of data is not yet supported. This is just a preliminary 'utility' version, primarily released to allow import of P96 files.

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