John, Freescan and it's partner proscan only run on linux with wine.
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From "John Cooley" <[email protected]>
To "Discussion of CHIRP" <[email protected]>
Date Tue 5 17 22 09:54:17
Subject Re: [chirp_users] Add-on Modules/Scripts for Chirp ?
Bruce,
FYI, I run a program called Freescan (under windows) that works well
with my BCD329P2.
I see in the RR site it also runs under Linux, but I don't use Linux
much.
ere is a lionk to the page: Freescan Install Under LINUX - The
RadioReference Wiki
<https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Freescan_Install_Under_LINUX>
John Cooley
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On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 9:04 AM Ken Hansen <[email protected]> wrote:
I think this would be a big task, as currently CHIRP has no built-in
support for any scanners from any manufacturer, based on a quick scan
of the CHIRP homepage:
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home
I am not aware of any publicly-available documentation on how to
program a Uniden/bearcat scanner, though I suppose there's likely
something somewhere.
CHIRP architecture (as far as I can tell from the outside looking in)
is not setup to handle trunking groups, digital modes, etc.
I appreciate the desire to avoid windows, but the alternative would be
front panel programming your frequencies into the scanner. I had no
problem banging in about a hundred frequencies into a simple Whistler
desktop scanner, but all that entailed was typing in each frequency
and saving it to memory (no tone, no label, nothing, just frequency
they the keypad) - your 'fancy' scanner would take a greater effort.
It is a nice looking scanner - it has a nice feature set and covers
ham bands from 10 meters to 23 cm - and reminds me of a radio shack
scanner I have, the PRO-2051, but they are not the same. I was able to
get the required cable and the appropriate windows software to program
my scanner, I'd encourage you to do the same.
https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanners/0780.html
Maybe ask a windows-running friend to help, programming scanners is,
in my experience, typically a "one and done" kind of thing, where once
programmed, they are never touched again (or at least very rarely).
Good luck!
Ken, N2VIP
On May 17, 2022, at 08:18, KB6LWN - Bruce <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Group,
Just received delivery of a new-old Uniden BC-780XLT
Trunk Tracker III Scanner, and I'd like to be able to
program it with my PC (Linux Mint Desktop), and I'm
wondering if there is a 'module' available for Chirp
that will allow me to do this.
Just updated to the latest FlatPak. (Linux Mint 20.4)
Since I use Linux - I don't have access to run the MS-
Windows version of the software specifically written
for this receiver. Which reminds me 'rigctl' seems to
read the receiver and I have gotten a list of the cmd-
capabilities using that tool, if that is needed...
If there is not a module specifically FOR this receiver,
perhaps I could get a copy of a module for another unit
that I might be able to modify for my use.
Anything is better than going back to Windows, or trying
to get Wine to work under Linux...
A Linux native (port) is really needed for scanner Ops...
At this point I use Chirp to program my various BTech,
Bao's, Leixen, and a couple more, and it makes the task
so much easier. Hope to do the same with the scanner...
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