USING THE KEYLOCK
To protect the scanner from accidental program changes, turn on the keylock feature. When the scanner is
locked, the only controls that operate are
SCAN/MANUAL
,
HOLD
/
RESUME
and
/
KEYLOCK
.
To turn on the keylock, hold down
/
KEYLOCK
until
appears.
To turn it off, hold down
/
KEYLOCK
until
disappears.
Note:
Using keylock does not prevent the scanner from scanning channels.
WIRED PROGRAMMING
You can transfer programming data to your scanner using your PC and an optional interface cable
(Cat. No. 20-289, available at your local RadioShack store) and software (available at your local RadioShack
or www.radioshack.com).
Note:
If the scanner receives no data from the PC for more than 20 seconds,
T-Err
appears and wired
programming stops.
1. Make sure your scanner is turned off.
2. Connect the interface cable to your computer and then connect the other end of the cable to PC/IF on
the side of the scanner.
3. Install the software to your computer and run the program.
4. To set up the program, click on Tools, select Configuration, and select PRO-528 (if necessary).
5. Turn the scanner on. The scanner automatically goes into the wired programming mode.
PGM
and
WirEd
appear. Then send the data from the PC. Data frame numbers being received appear.
6. When the scanner has successfully received all data,
End
appears. If the scanner received an error
while receiving data,
End
,
d-Err
, and its frame number appear. If the scanner received a
communication error while receiving data,
C-Err
indicates the packet number where the error occurred.
If the scanner received a checksum error while receiving data,
S-Err
indicates the packet number
where the error occurred. If the scanner received a length field error while receiving data,
L-Err
indicates the packet number where the error occurred.
CLONING YOUR SCANNER
You can clone all the frequencies, trunking talk groups, and fleet maps programmed in your PRO-528 to
another PRO-528 or PRO-433 using an optional interface cable and software (available at your local
RadioShack or www.radioshack.com).
1. Make sure the scanners are turned off and then plug the cable into each scanner’s PC/IF jack.
2. While you press and hold
E/PGM
on both scanners, turn on both scanners.
3. Determine the scanner which has the frequency data that you want to transfer. This one must be set up as
the First Unit, and the other must be set as the Clone Unit
4. On the scanner that is the Clone Unit needs to be set as
CLONE
unit
.