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- SCANPRO USER'S GUIDE
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- A Monitoring Database for 400-channel Scanners
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- SCANPRO
- (c)1993 Szechuan Software,Inc.
- by
- Chris Schoenfeld
-
-
- I.INTRODUCTION
-
- ScanPRO is a database program for 400-channel scanners,
- such as the Realistic Pro-2006. Besides the usual sort and search
- functions, ScanPRO also includes some special features not
- found in other scanner databases. ScanPRO will automatically
- display entries containing special keywords in a characteristic
- color, i.e.:
-
- Entries containing the keyword: Will be displayed in:
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- Police BLUE
- Fire RED
- the words "Sheriff" or "County" BROWN
-
- ScanPRO also takes advantage of the 50-line VGA display
- capability. Pressing F4 will switch any IBM-8514 compatible VGA
- monitor into this mode for displaying two banks simultaneously,
- with the ability to page through all 10 banks. Future updates
- will allow editing in this mode as well.
- Reports to any standard dot-matrix printer will print in
- compressed mode, enabling all 400 channel entries to be reported
- in only 4 pages.
- Another special feature of ScanPRO is the ability to
- identify a police 10-code at any time by hitting the F6 key. You
- can customize the standard text file "code.dat" with any text
- editor to make changes for any different 10-codes in your area.
-
- II.GETTING AROUND IN SCANPRO
-
- Upon startup of ScanPRO, you will be automatically greeted
- by the colorful startup screen. You will then be sent to
- the main display screen displaying bank 1. The Bank number you
- are working in will be displayed in the upper right corner of
- your screen. The bottom of the screen will display a menu bar
- identifying the function key assignments. A dialogue box will
- also appear in the middle of the screen reminding you that you
- are using an unregistered copy. Ponder this, and press any key to
- make it disappear (registration will make it disappear
- permanently!).
-
- A.Editing
- You will immediately be in edit mode in the first channel
- description field. You can start by typing the name of your
- favorite station. As you press each letter, that letter will
- automatically append itself to the entry. If you see it on the
- line, it is the content of that field. Pressing <ENTER> at the
- end is not necessary (It will just send the cursor to the next
- line). Pressing <TAB> will send you into the frequency edit
- field, which DOES require you to press <ENTER> after typing in
- the frequency. In other words, entering an entry requires
- pressing the following keys:
-
- Concord Police Department <TAB> 155.625 <ENTER>
-
- Entries will appear as white until you sort, move to another
- bank or go to DualView mode. After returning from those
- functions, ScanPRO will automatically analyze all entries for
- keywords and display them in their characteristic color. Entries
- not containing keywords will be displayed in grey.
-
- B.Moving Around in Edit and DualView modes
-
- <PgUp><Pgdown> will move you through the banks. Arrow keys
- will move you between channels. <HOME> will send you to the first
- selection in a bank, and <END> will send you to the last entry in
- the bank.
- Pressing F4 will automatically switch you VGA monitor to
- 50x80 text mode, enabling you to view two banks at a time. The
- only actions you can perform in this mode are <PgUp> and
- <PgDown>. <ESC> will return you to edit mode.
-
- C.Printing A Report
-
- Pressing F1 will display a dialogue box asking to confirm
- your choice to print a full 4-page report of all banks to the
- printer. The report will display the header:
-
- Page 1
-
- SCANPRO Frequency Management Report Sat May 29 19:38:12 1993
-
- Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3
-
- In regular size print. The remainder of each page will vertically
- list the contents of each bank, 3 banks per page in three
- columns in compressed mode.
-
- D.Saving To Disk
-
- Pressing F2 will display a dialogue box asking you to
- confirm your request to overwrite the existing default file
- default.fil. Answering "y" will save all 400 channels to the
- file.
-
-
- E.Opening files from disk
-
- Pressing F3 will display a dialogue box asking you to
- confirm your request to load the default file. All existing
- entries you have entered will be erased, so be sure to only
- append to your default file.
-
- F.Sorting
-
- Pressing F5 will display a dialogue box asking to confirm
- your choice to sort the bank alphabetically. answering "y" sort
- the entire bank, placing empty entries on the end.
-
- G.Looking up 10-codes
-
- Pressing F6 will display a dialogue box asking you to enter
- the number of the 10-code to look up. It will then display the
- message that 10-code represents. For example:
-
- 10-34
- Officer Down or Needs Asst
-
- The standard DOS text file "code.dat" contains all 10-codes
- currently used by most police departments in New Hampshire. If
- different codes are used in your area, you may create a new
- "code.dat" file using any standard text editor. Simply type in
- each message IN ORDER, followed by a newline, just like the
- default "code.dat" file. The program determines the position of
- the 10-code by counting lines so do not leave empty lines in the
- file and keep the messages in ORDER!
-
- H.Searching
-
- Pressing F7 will display a dialogue box asking you to enter
- a frequency to search for. The program will then search all 400
- channels and display each entry match. You may toggle through
- these by pressing <ENTER>. This is a good way to identify little-
- heard stations when you pick them up, or to check all 400
- channels for duplicates.
-
- I.Exiting the program
-
- Pressing <ESC> in edit mode will prompt you to verify your
- exit from ScanPRO. Be sure to save any changes before exiting
- the program.
-
- ScanPRO also contains a Windows 3.1 compatible icon:scan2006.ico
-
-
- SHAREWARESHAREWARESHAREWARESHAREWARESHAREWARESHAREWARESHAREWARE
-
- A notice from the author:
-
- I hope you enjoy using ScanPRO. After using a lot of fine
- scanning programs, I wanted to write one which had all the
- features that I most needed, and that could perform any function
- at anytime with a quick keypress, so that I could use it while
- monitoring to find unknown 10-codes or unrecognized frequency
- receptions. This is why all functions are regulated to the F7
- keys, and why you don't have to press <ENTER> to edit a field.
- Just about everything is on-the-fly!
- If you like my program, please send $10.00 to the address
- listed below. This is my first shareware effort and I hope you
- will make it a success so that I can publish such programs in
- the future.
-
- Happy Scanning!
- Chris Schoenfeld
-
-
- Registration:
-
- Send $10.00 check or money order plus $5.00 shipping & handling to:
-
-
- Szechuan Software
- c/o Chris Schoenfeld
- 336 Lilac Lane
- Dover, NH 03820
-
- Be sure to include your name, address and diskette type desired
- to receive the registered version.
-
- *Realistic is a registered trademark of the Radio Shack Division
- of Tandy Corporation.
-
-
- Revisions from Beta:
-
- -Intro screen added
- -Tab problem to 2nd column corrected
- -Sherriff respelt sheriff
- -8-digit frequencies no longer available:they run off the screen
- -F8 copies previous entry name into current:frequency unchanged
- -F9 Shells to DOS
- -Key word function no longer case sensitive
- -Frequencies entered as <0 revert to previous
- -Sort function no longer case-sensitive
- -Registered version updates:
- / 1.\NOINTRO switch disables intro screen
- // 2.Default.fil autoloads on startup
- // 3.Registration reminders disabled
- //
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- \Szechuan /
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