Don’t forget to add names to your Scan Lists. Press the GLOB soft key and scroll down to the Scan Lists
menu. Use the arrow keys to move the curser and use the standard GRE Text Tag procedures to edit the
names.
To turn on or off the various Scan Lists go to the Scan Mode by pressing the Scan button then press one of
the number keys (for Lists 1 thru 10, the Zero activates Scan List 10) or Func then a digit for Lists 11 thru
20 (Func-2 for List 12, Func-0 for List 20…). When scanning the radio will display the Scan List number
on the third and fourth lines of the display, the third line displays Lists 1 thru 10 and the fourth line displays
Lists 11 thru 20.
Power On Options
The PSR600 allows you to perform some special tasks by pressing specific keys during the Welcome
Message on the display. These include bringing the radio to specific menu setting locations, clearing
memories, resetting the radio or getting ready for firmware updates.
Firmware Updates
The PSR600, in common with most high-end scanners these days, allows you to download and update the
Firmware version in the radio. The Firmware is the basic operational language and user interface of the
radio, kind of like what “Windows” is to a computer. With such a complicated system there are bound to be
bugs, mistakes, or changes to be made. These updates are free from the GRE website and are applied with a
Windows computer using the regular GRE USB programming cable.
There is a separate firmware for the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) that can also be upgraded. These
updates may or may not help your specific situation, as digital systems vary. Check the message boards on
the Yahoo and RadioReference forums before updating your DSP firmware, occasionally older versions
work better on some systems.
CC-Dump
The various GRE digital radios (and now the Uniden XT digital scanners) support a special feature called
CC-Dump. This inelegant name for such an elegant feature refers to the porting of Control Channel data to
the serial port of the scanner. This data is used by programs that decode it and display and log pertinent
information about P25 radio systems.
The most popular of the programs that use the CC-Dump data is Pro96Com,
(http://www.psredit.com/pro96com/index.html) a free utility that decodes the CC-Dump data and displays
all the information you could ever want on the system being monitored. This program is used even by
System Administrators to watch their systems.
This program will not only display the active talkgroups, frequencies, radio ID’s and site information, it
will allow you to control a second radio to monitor the voice traffic.
Computer Programming
There are several programs available to program your PSR600. Since most offer some sort of demo mode it
is a good idea to try them until you find the one you like best. Programs that work with a PSR600 also work
with the sister radios, the PSR500, PRO197 and PRO106.
The GRE includes a USB programming cable. While this cable can be used for many GRE and Radio
Shack scanners, the older RS-232 serial cable used for the PRO96 and 2096 will not work with the newer
radios.
My favorite program is ARC500 available at Scannermaster.com. ARC is also available for most other
scanners and it offers easy to understand methods of creating Scannable Objects and other parameters as
well as a Virtual Control option.
Comparisons with the Uniden BCD996XT
