Hi, I got my BC250?D, and there are already several versions of ht e
software that will be available.  I have the softwarethat came with the
radio.  Programming in trunked mode is different, but all the things you
have to or can do with the wheel at the top you can do with the keyboard.
I have done EDACS and Motorola type II trunked systems, and limited
success with LTR  Does anyone know how I could go about getting a manual
for this in accessible format?  I think that what I haven't been able to
do it is just a matteroof doing something wrong.





On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Martin McCormick wrote:

>         I have had my 780XLT for two weeks as of today and the
> computer interface makes it much more user friendly than it would
> be without it.
>
>         If you get one, it will be a lot more fun and less
> frustrating if you can use the serial port.
>
>         For something that wasn't designed specifically for blind
> users, this scanner does all right.
>
>         I have only had two functions that I haven't been able to
> make work yet and I don't know if it is because I haven't put the
> right touch on it yet or maybe there is something wrong, but my
> gut feeling is that I am just not doing something right.
>
>         For one thing, I haven't been able to get any trunking
> activity out of it at all even though we have a couple of
> Motorola public safety systems in our area that should work.
>
>         You can also set the 780 to sort of a reverse CTCSS mode
> in which you set a tone and tell the scanner to pass all signals
> as long as they don't have that tone.  This is good for
> frequencies that might have several users who are interesting to
> listen to plus one who is as boring as watching paint dry.  You
> can set the anti CTCSS feature to that guy and still hear all the
> others.  I haven't gotten either one of those modes to work but
> everything else works fine.
>
>         Several of the functions use multiple layers of menu to
> get to them which means that you really do need a way to read the
> display to know where you are.  I would sure hate to fight that
> battle with no feedback at all.  All the keys beep the same way.
> It is the usual old story of you might realize that something is
> wrong, but what?
>
>         Some of you have the Braille and Speak which has a VT100
> terminal mode.  You may be able to access the serial port with
> one of those.  I don't have one so I can't vouch for what that
> would be like, but I bet it works.
>
>         When you make it output the contents of the display, it
> is an all or nothing situation.  You have to listen very
> carefully because there is enough output that it is easy to miss
> whether some of the icons were on or off.  That is one thing that
> should be easier to program around under Linux.
>
> JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON writes:
> >How well can you use your 780? I tried translating the mnanuals and wasn't
> >impressed with the BC245XLT.  I'll have to check and see if the BC250D has
> >its manual on line yet and translate it.  I had heard some place that the
> >780 wasn't user friendly for someone who is bldin.
>