turning on and off trunked systems

[laser770]

I have a uniden BCD996XT and Please bear with me as I am very new to programing radio's.

I have it programed as follows:

System Cumberland, conventional Police/Fire/EMS,trunked local Police,trunked State Police

Is there a way to program the trunked systems so that they can be easily turned off and on besides giving every freq. the same q-key? I can't find where I can attach a q-key to turn off the entire system at once.

Also, how do you add a color alert to the trunked systems? I see how and have correctly added color to the conventional systems and last what do the alert numbers do?

Thank you
laser770

[Bob]

On tTrunking systems, it's the sites that are assigned SQK's and can be turned off/on

[laser770]

Thank you.

I am new to having to program a scanner.

I have read other people requesting USB support and I don't want to beat a dead horse.
But both of my laptops have no serial ports and I would like to use them for programing. Is there any planned USB support in the future

[Bob]

Is there any planned USB support in the future

USB operates at the computer BUS level. It is impossible to support USB directly. A USB cable can not connect directly from computer to the scanner. The scanner connection is RS-232 serial connection, not USB. It takes supporting hardware and software(driver).

You need a RS-232 serial to USB converter. Then the USB port will show in the Device Manager as a COM(serial) port and ProScan will communicate with the scanner.

[laser770]

Thank you

each day I learn more and more