User`s guide

ScanControl
One Program, Multiple Scanners, Made in USA
Copyright  2009 – 3D Technologies Page 7 of 86
Group
Data
Frame
Group
Data
Frame
System
Frame
System B – System Type & System Attributes
BCT15, BCD996T
TRUNKED
SYSTEM
Group
Frame
Group 1 – Group Type (Talkgroups) & Group Attributes
Talkgroup 1 & Talkgroup Attributes
Talkgroup 2 & Talkgroup Attributes
Talkgroup n & Talkgroup Attributes
Group
Frame
Group n – Group Type (Talkgroups) & Group Attributes
Talkgroup 1 & Talkgroup Attributes
Talkgroup 2 & Talkgroup Attributes
Talkgroup n & Talkgroup Attributes
* Trunked Systems will always have at least 1 Site configured in the system. All other Groups in the
system will be Talkgroup Groups.
Site
Frame
Site
Data
Frame
Sites 1 to n – Site Type (Site Frequencies*) & Site Attributes
Frequency 1 & Frequency Attributes
Frequency 2 & Frequency Attributes
Frequency n & Frequency Attributes
Figure 3 - DMA Organization - Trunked Systems BCT15, BCD996T
• Non DMA Radios – Radios that do not employ Dynamic Memory Architecture. These are the
BC95XLT, BC245XLT, BC895XLT, BC898T, BCT8, BC780XLT, BC250D, BC785D,
BC296D, BC796D and the PRO2052.
• DMA Radios – Radios that employ Dynamic Memory Architecture. These are the SC230,
BC246T, BR330T, BCD396T, BCT15 and the BCD996T.
• GRE Radios – Radios manufactured by GRE and sold as the GRE PSR-500, PSR-600, Radio
Shack PRO-106, PRO-107.
• ScanControl Memory Area – The active PC memory area (RAM) being used by ScanControl.
The user interacts with this memory area when entering frequencies, alphanumeric tags, Fleet
Maps and Talkgroup IDs into the ScanControl program.
• ScanControl Data File – A PC data file on hard disk containing a complete set of radio memory
information plus alphanumeric tags for Bank names, Channel information and Talkgroup
information.
• Program Radio – Copy ScanControl Memory Area information into the scanner’s radio
memory.
• Upload or Load Memory – Copy the scanner’s radio memory information into the ScanControl
Memory Area.