This article is Copyright (c) 1997 by Bill Cheek, and all rights are reserved. EXAMPLE FUNCTIONAL SCRIPT Finds And AutoLogs All "Birdies" In The Scanner Here is a CE-232 Script that is dissected and explained at each step. Its purpose is to identify all "birdies" in your scanner and log them to a file. A few more steps makes a CE-232 AutoReject file that will prevent your scanner (PRO-2004, PRO-2005, or PRO-2006 only) from locking up or stopping on "birdies". This next section is 117-chars wide and may not appear "right" until you copy it to a word processor or text editor that can keep from wrapping wide text. The left half is a comment section, line by line, for the actual script commands in the right half. COMMENTS | THE ACTUAL SCRIPT CODE ==============================================|====================================================================== Forward slash (/), space and filename | / BIRDFIND.SCR Clears keyboard buffer - always recommended | keyclr Displays text line | msg1- This script can be used to find and make a log file of all the " " " | msg2- "birdies" that exist in your scanner. The process takes about " " " | msg3- 60-90 minutes, depending on computer speed and scanner speed. " " " | msg4- Short out the antenna terminals so no signals can be picked up " " " | msg5- and set the ATT switch to -10 dB. Set SEARCH LIMITS of 25 MHz & " " " | msg6- 1300 MHz with a SEARCH ready to start upwards from 25 MHz. Put " " " | msg7- in the MANUAL mode before starting this script. Set the SQUELCH " " " | msg8- so that no sounds come in and get READY! " " " | msg9- ***** Press G to start this script ****** NOTE 1:--• | . Idles script until the "G" key is pressed | idle until key = g Clears keyboard buffer - always recommended | keyclr Scanner: MANUAL command | Man Scanner: PROGRAM command | prgm Scanner: LIMIT command | limit Enters 9 into the display | 9 Scanner: LIMIT command selects Bank 9 | limit Types 1299.950 as the LOW limit | freq = 1299.950 Scanner: Presses ENTER key | enter Scanner: LIMIT command | limit Types 1300.00 as the HIGH limit | freq = 1300.00 Scanner: Presses ENTER key | enter Scanner: SEARCH UP command | search = up Scanner: MANUAL command stops SEARCH mode | Man Scanner: PROGRAM command | Prgm Scanner: LIMIT command | limit Enters 9 into the display | 9 Scanner: LIMIT command selects Bank 9 | limit Types 25.0 as the LOW limit | freq = 25.0 Scanner: Presses ENTER key | enter Scanner: LIMIT command | limit Types 1300.00 as the HIGH limit | freq = 1300.00 Scanner: Presses ENTER key | enter Scanner: SEARCH DOWN command | search = down Scanner: MANUAL command stops SEARCH mode | Man Clears keyboard buffer - always recommended | keyclr NOTE 1:--¤ | Displays text line | msg1- " " " | msg2- +----------------------------------------+ " " " | msg3- | BIRDIE-FINDER SCRIPT RUNNING NOW ! | " " " | msg4- +----------------------------------------+ " " " | msg5- " " " | msg6- Stop script by pressing CTRL+A at any time " " " | msg7- " " " | msg8- ....or, stop it after SEARCH has cycled past 1300 MHz.... " " " | msg9- Script command: starts a DO Loop | do Scanner: SEARCH UP command | search = up Pauses script until SQUELCH breaks, then | idle until sqbreak = yes Script command: turns AutoLogger On | autolog on AutoLogs scanner display; idles for a moment | idle until count = 8 Script command: turns AutoLogger Off | autolog off Script Loops back to the DO line just above | loop Script runs indefinitely until User | intervenes and stops it | ======================================================================= ============================================== NOTE 1: The script lines between the above NOTE 1:--• and NOTE 1:--¤ annotations serve to prepare the scanner for a thorough coverage of 25-1300 MHz by cancelling anything you may have already had programmed in Limit Search Bank 9. To log ALL birdies, it is essential that the Birdie Search begin at one end of the spectrum and run continuously to the other end. Therefore, this routine ensures it by first narrowing the Search range and then expanding it. Otherwise, there is no assurance that SEARCH would begin at 25.000 MHz. When completed, you will have two or three AutoLog files that cover the Search period. Each AutoLog file is one-hour. Everything logged will be a "birdie", and so the next step is to edit the Log files, first by merging them into a single file....then edit out everything except the actual frequencies. Let the below excerpt from an AutoLog file suffice for an example: , 26, 47.5000,nfm,D, ,Man , ,930902,221057,000000 , 67, 47.5000,nfm,D, ,Man , ,930902,221114,000000 , 3, 49.8300,nfm,D,L,Man , ,930902,221048,000000 , 21, 95.7000,wfm,D, ,Man , ,930902,221055,000000 , 15, 97.3000,wfm,D,L,Man , ,930902,221053,000000 , 69, 121.5000, am,D, ,Man , ,930902,221115,000000 , 72, 122.9250, am,D, ,Man , ,930902,221116,000000 , 73, 123.1000, am,D, ,Man , ,930902,221117,000000 , 74, 148.1500,nfm,D, ,Man , ,930902,221117,000000 , 9, 150.5700,nfm,D, ,Man , ,930902,221050,000000 The idea is to prepare an AutoReject file based on the scanner's birdies for starters. See pages 65 and 70 in the CE-232 Manual and the on-line help for information on the REJECT feature and REJECT files. In a word, a REJECT file consists of only frequency information, one frequency to a line, four decimal places with no stray spaces and no leading zeroes or leading spaces. You would then use your text editor to edit out everything except the column of frequencies, an example using the above AutoLog file for which is shown below: 47.5000 47.5000 49.8300 95.7000 97.3000 121.5000 122.9250 123.1000 148.1500 150.5700 The above, then, constitutes a valid REJECT (*.REJ) file. As you can see, a script makes quick work of identifying and logging all your "birdies". In closing, you will want to identify only "birdies" and not actual signals, so be sure to short out the antenna connector on the back of the scanner with a piece of wire inserted into the center contact and then wrapped around the shell of the BNC connector. You might then also wrap a piece of aluminum foil over the BNC connector for further reduction of signal entry. Last, but not least, set the ATT switch to the -10 dB position and adjust the SQUELCH so that the static is just silenced and then a little bit more. Turn SOUND SQUELCH off, too. Run the BIRDFIND.SCR script when ready and allow 1«-2 hours for the complete search. OTHER EXAMPLE SCRIPTS In addition to the BIRDFIND.SCR, there are over 50 other Scripts, some just for demonstration, but plenty more that do useful work. You may never have to write your own, if you sort through what's already there in your \CE-232\SCR directory. Some of the better and more powerful scripts included are those written by Mr. Ian Webb and Mr. Scott Sikes. Check out WEBBMNUA.SCR, WEBBMNUB.SCR, and SYKES.SCR for some prize-winning examples. There are plenty of others, too, so get to work! Your primary tool in the learning phase will be a good text viewer (LIST, XTREE GOLD, Norton Utilities, etc) and a good text editor, (QEDIT, MS-DOS EDIT.COM, NotePad, WordPad, etc). Copyright (c) 1997 by Bill Cheek +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bill Cheek ~ COMMtronics Engineering ~ World Scanner Report | | PO Box 262478 ~ San Diego, CA 92196-2478 | | Busn-Voice: (619) 578-9247 (1:30pm-5:30pm, PDT) FAX: anytime | | E-mail: bcheek@san.rr.com | | WWWeb Site: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bcheek | | Mirror: http://204.210.11.126 | | FTP Site: ftp://ftp.cts.com/pub/bcheek | | Mirror: ftp.204.210.11.126 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Barry O'Grady's profile photo Barry O'Grady unread, Sep 9, 1997, 2:00:00 AM9/9/97    Reply to author Sign in to reply to author Forward Sign in to forward Delete Link Report message as abuse Sign in to report message as abuse Show original message Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message to [15]bch...@san.rr.com (Bill Cheek) wrote: :This article is Copyright (c) 1997 by Bill Cheek, and all rights are :reserved. : : : EXAMPLE FUNCTIONAL SCRIPT :Finds And AutoLogs All "Birdies" In The Scanner : :Here is a CE-232 Script that is dissected and explained at each step. Its :purpose is to identify all "birdies" in your scanner and log them to a :file. A few more steps makes a CE-232 AutoReject file that will prevent :your scanner (PRO-2004, PRO-2005, or PRO-2006 only) from locking up or :stopping on "birdies". I have a PRO-2004 and while it is an excellent scanner it has nowhere to connect external computer control to. Barry ===================================== To reply via email please remove the XX from my return address. Bill Cheek's profile photo Bill Cheek unread, Sep 9, 1997, 2:00:00 AM9/9/97    Reply to author Sign in to reply to author Forward Sign in to forward Delete Link Report message as abuse Sign in to report message as abuse Show original message Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message to On Tue, 09 Sep 1997 04:46:01 GMT, [16]barr...@fastlink.com.au (Barry O'Grady) wrote: > [17]bch...@san.rr.com (Bill Cheek) wrote: > :> : EXAMPLE FUNCTIONAL SCRIPT > :Finds And AutoLogs All "Birdies" In The Scanner > I have a PRO-2004 and while it is an excellent scanner it has nowhere > to connect external computer control to. Of course not. Most scanners don't. However, many scanners CAN be retrofitted to be operated by a computer, and the PRO-2004 is one remarkable example of such. The CE-232 Scanner/Computer Interface functions as a two-way smart controller and data acquisition interface for the PRO-2004 (and the PRO-2005/PRO-2006). 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