

The Thank Yous :

I am going to take this chance to thank all the people involved with 
the development (directly and indirectly) of this software.

    Philip Moore
    Wayne Ashworth 
    Perry Jordan

And a special THANK YOU to 

    Tim Dowell 
                Pure Energy BBS               Home of
                Fido # 1:151/907              Scanner Frequency Manager
                (919) 786-5549                24 Hours/4 Gig/USR 16.8 DS 

    Bill Cheek    
                Hertzian Intercept BBS        Home of the HB-232   
                Fido # 1:202/731
                (619) 578-9247                6pm-1pm PST   

    Even after my imposing many alphas, betas, and gammas upon them, 
    bouncing many ideas off them,  hours of messages back and forth,  
    and all generously given out of their buzy schedules.  At a time 
    when they probably wanted to tell  me to forget the whole thing, 
    they have agreed to carry the latest Scanner Manager and related 
    files on their BBSs

    They have made this software what it is today.  If you like what 
    you see here ... its because of all their efforts and time.  



The License :

I don't know if Scanner Manager is partially Freeware, Shareware, or
Crippleware.  Here's the license agreement,  call it what you will.  

The Scanner Manager Release 5.0 program,  all related programs,  and 
documentation are hereby and herein refered to as the "software" :

You are free to use this software under *NO* obligation to register, 
donate,  or purchase.  You are free to  distribute  this software as 
long as you distribute this software unmodified.  You may NOT charge 
the consumer for the software  nor the distribution  of the software 
without express written  permission from the author.  You are hereby 
granted license for the private use of this software.   This license
is for personal use ONLY.  Any business, institution, government, or 
none personal uses MUST register the copy of the Software that is in
use.  This software is copyrighted and the author retains all rights 
and ownership of the software.

There are two (2) features in Scanner Manager that are not available 
in the Freeware version.  These disabled features  are the translate 
module and the query module.  If you decide to register your copy of
this software,  then you will receive a  registration code that will 
enable these features,  also you will receive  the latest version of 
the software,  and other supporting software products as they become 
available. 

Use of this software signifies agreement to this license.

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The Warranty :

Every attempt has been made to make the Scanner Manager a stable and
safe program to use.  However,  the author,  nor any related parties
assumes NOR may be held liable for any losses and/or damages arising 
from the use of this software.  The consumer ( you ) assumes ANY and 
ALL responsibility for any losses. 

In other words... I ( the author ) nor anyone else ( except You ) is  
liable for whatever this software does.



System Requirements :

IBM PC, XT, AT, EISA, MC or compatible with 512 K ram free. MSDOS 2+



Generic Information :

Pressing F1 displays Help information relating to the current screen
when the key is pressed.

Pressing F8 allows the user to change the colors of the current to a 
combination of their choosing

********************************************************************
Scanner Manager 5.0 MUST have be able to open 23 files under MS-DOS.
If you  receive an  '????????: TOO MANY FILES OPEN'  error  message, 
then check the FILES=## line in your CONFIG.SYS file  ( where the ## 
is a number between  1 and 99 ). If you do not have a FILES=## line, 
then add it with the  ##  being 40.  If you already have a  FILES=## 
line, then increment the ## number by the quantity in the table :

If the ???????? is                  then add 
------------------                  --------
    SCANLIST                           20
    INFOFILE                           15
    CALLCODE                           15
    SCANNERS                           10
    SCANFREQ                           10
    SCRNCLRS                            5
********************************************************************

Frequency :

Frequency Generic Information :

While a listing is displayed :

F2 will display a listing of the Call Codes for the highlighted
Licensee and Type of Service.

Pressing INS allows the user to add a record.

Pressing ENTER allows the user to edit the highlighted record.

Pressing DEL allows the user to Delete the highlighted record.

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Frequency

Displays a listing of all records in order of frequency.


Licensee

Displays a listing of the records for a  specific  Licensee in order 
of Frequency


City

Displays a listing of the  records for a  specific  City in order of
Frequency


County

Displays a listing of the records for a specific  County in order of
Frequency


State

Displays a listing of the records for a  specific  State in order of
Frequency


Query

Under the Frequency Module ... You'll find a query menu option. This 
allows the user to query the  frequency database for any combination
of information.  The Frequency fields are limits upper and lower ...
inclusive,  all other fields are EXACT matches.  If a fields is left
empty ... then it is not checked in the query.  To display a list of
valid entries enter a ? ( or any invalid identifier ) and a table of
valid entries will pop up for each field, ( except the two frequency
fields).  Once the Queried table is displayed ... F9 will generate a 
Fixed Record Length or Comma Delimited ( Your Choice ) ASCII file of 
all records in the Frequency File that match the Query .... suitable
for sharing.  F10 will generate a  printed report  of all records in 
the Frequency Database that match the query.  This  Query  module is 
EXTREMELY SLOW,  it is doing a comparison  of every entered field in 
the query against every field of every record in the file.


Call Codes

From the main menu

Displays a listing of all the call codes in the file

By pressing F2 on a displayed listing of Frequencies

Displays a listing of the Call Codes for the highlighted Licensee and
Type of Service.


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Maintenance

The maintenance module allows you to add, update, or delete specific
tables of information.  Such as  Licensees,  Scanner Names,  Cities, 
Counties,  Types of Service,  Area of Service,  or any of  the eight
user definable tables.

If you want to change the name of one  or more of the user definable
tables then perform the following steps :

        At the Main Menu select Maintenance

        When the system prompts you for the Table Identifier to 
                modify make sure the  entry field  is empty and 
                press Enter

        The system will display a listing of tables within the system

        Highlight One of the user defined tables and press 
                CTRL+ENTER. This is to press the CRTL key 
                and hold it while pressing the ENTER key.

        A screen will pop up allowing you to change the name of the 
                table.



Scanners

This option will display a listing of table of scanners. 

Highlighting a listed scanner and pressing  F3  will display a table 
of the scanner's channels and their programing.

Highlighting a listed scanner and pressing  F9 will generate a comma 
delimited ASCII file ready for  downloading into the scanner via the
HB-232 interface.

For more information on the HB-232 Computer / Scanner interface .... 
Contact Bill Cheek at the Hertzian Intercept BBS



Translate

This module allows  Importing and  Exporting of selected files to an
ASCII structure.

When the system imports a file ...... it WILL ADD a record for every
CR / LF combination it finds in the import file. If the import files 
are  NOT  in the proper format.  Then a lot of garbage will be added 
to your file.  So it is a  good idea to make a  BACKUP  copy of your 
datafiles prior to importing any imformation into them.

When the system imports a file ..... it will generate the "internal"
identifiers for the fields. If the user does not like the internally
generate ids,  then the user can be change the id in the Maintenance 
module. When an identifier is modified, the system will maintain the 
file referential integerity automatically.
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When an identifier is deleted under Maintenance .... the referential
integerity is  * NOT *  maintained.  I did not feel  this was a good 
idea, due to the fact that this ability could possibly delete master 
records that were not intended to be deleted.

The Fixed Length record structures are :

 Frequency File                        Start     Length

  ( Due to ASCII 254 Length limit ... I was unable to include the User  
    definable fields 5 through 8 in this structure.  Also, to maintain
    compatibility between structure types,  I left the same fields out
    of the Comma-delimited structures. )

    Frequency                              1          9
    Licensee Name                         10         20       
    City                                  30         20       
    County                                50         20       
    State                                 70         20            
    Call Sign                             90          9
    Usage Level                           99          5
    Type of Service                      104         20            
    Area of Service                      124         20            
    User Field 1                         144         20            
    User Field 2                         164         20            
    User Field 3                         184         20            
    User Field 4                         204         20            
    
Example :
15.3     FORTIS CORPORATION  KING                Stokes              +
North Carolina      KFC-735       Business            County Wide Service + 
Test 11             Test 12             Test 13             Test 14

24.15    PILOT FREIGHT CARRIEWINSTON-SALEM       Forsyth             +
North Carolina      KA-65430      Local Radio                             +
                    Test 22

25       REISENWEAVER COMMUNIWINSTON-SALEM       Forsyth             +
South Carolina      KNEB-276      Business                                +
                                        Test 33

25       CAROLINA COMMUNICATIWINSTON-SALEM       Forsyth             +
                    KNES-452      Business                                +
                                                            Test 44

27.43    HELMS, FLOYD        MONROE              Union               +
Some Where          KYY-703       Business                                +
Test 51
    










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 Call Codes File                       Start     Length
    Call Code                              1         10        
    Code Description                      11         30        
    Licensee Name                         41         20           
    Type of Service                       61         20           

Example :
10-55     DWI Driver                    SURRY, COUNTY OF    Local Government
10-50     Accident                      SURRY, COUNTY OF    Local Government

 Scanners File                         Start     Length
    Scanner Id                             1         20
    Channel Number                        21          3
    Frequency                             24         08
    Licensee Name                         33         20
    Type of Service                       53         20
    Receive Mode                          73          3
    Delay                                 76          1
    Lockout                               77          1
    Comments                              78         25

Example :
Bearcat 500 XL      1  15.3     FORTIS CORPORATION  Business            +
nfmYNScanner Comments Field 
Bearcat 500 XL      2  158.745  SURRY, COUNTY OF    Local Government    +
am NN
Bearcat 500 XL      3  155.28   SURRY, COUNTY OF    Special Emergency   +
nfmNN
Bearcat 500 XL      10015.3     FORTIS CORPORATION  Business            +
wfmYY


The Comma Delimited record structures are :

 Frequency File                       

  ( Due to ASCII 254 Length limit ... I was unable to include the User  
    definable fields 5 through 8 in the fixed file structure. Also, to 
    maintain compatibility between structure types,  I left the fields 
    out of the Comma-delimited and the Tab-delimited structures. )

    *** Note - Frequency is NOT enclosed in quotes ***

    Frequency,"Licensee Name","City","County","State","Call Sign",
    "Usage Level","Type of Service","Area of Service","User Field 1",
    "User Field 2","User Field 3","User Fields 4"                                    
    
Example :
15.3,"FORTIS CORPORATION","KING","Stokes","North Carolina","KFC-735","",+
"Business","County Wide Service","TEST1","","",""
24.15,"PILOT FREIGHT CARRIE","WINSTON-SALEM","Forsyth","","KA-65430","",+
"Local Radio","","","","",""
25,"REISENWEAVER COMMUNI","WINSTON-SALEM","Forsyth","","KNEB-276","",+
"Business","","","","",""
25,"CAROLINA COMMUNICATI","WINSTON-SALEM","Forsyth","","KNES-452","",+
"Business","","","","",""
27.43,"HELMS, FLOYD","MONROE","Union","","KYY-703","","Business","",+
"Test 51","","",""
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Call Codes File                     
    "Call Code","Code Description","Licensee Name","Type of Service"                       
    
Example :
"10-55","DWI Driver","SURRY, COUNTY OF","Local Government"
"10-50","Accident","SURRY, COUNTY OF","Local Government"


Scanners File                       
  
  ( Due to ASCII 254 Length limit ... I was unable to include the User  
    definable fields 5 through 8 in the fixed file structure. Also, to 
    maintain compatibility between structure types,  I left the fields 
    out of the Comma-delimited and the Tab-delimited structures. )

    *** Note Channel Number and Frequency are NOT enclosed in quotes ***

"Scanner Id",Channel Number,Frequency,"Licensee Name","Type of Service",
"Receive Mode","Delay","Lockout","Comments"                              

Example :
"Bearcat 500 XL",1,15.3,"FORTIS CORPORATION","Business","nfm","Y","N",+
"Scanner Comments Field"
"Bearcat 500 XL",2,158.745,"SURRY, COUNTY OF","Local Government","am","N",+
"N",""
"Bearcat 500 XL",3,155.28,"SURRY, COUNTY OF","Special Emergency","nfm","N",+
"N",""
"Bearcat 500 XL",100,15.3,"FORTIS CORPORATION","Business","wfm","Y","Y",""








One final note ... Scanner Manager 5.0 uses a  "single file overlay" 
method of conserving RAM.  What this means is that,  not all of the
SCANMNGR.EXE file is loaded into RAM at the same time.   As modules
are needed by the program,  they are loaded into RAM.   The program
with not properly execute as a compressed executable.


I realize that this a short manual,  but the Scanner Manager Release 
5.0  has been designed for easy use.  I've tried  to display all the 
available features for each screen on that screen.   Enjoy .....



I ask one thing of you ... Please drop me a line with your ideas.  I
want to know what you like,  dislike,  and/or what you would like to
see added to the program. If you wish to "register" your copy of the
Scanner Manager,  then send a Check for $25.00 (US) to
    
                           Mike  Thompson
                       316 Forest Knoll Drive
                     Mount Airy, North Carolina
                                          27030

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