Ar86ctrl

FREE control software for the AR8600 and AR8200 radio scanners

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Features

General

• supports the new "Mark II" receiver (frequency entry up to 3 GHz)
• a "front panel like" dialogbar which is always visible gives quick access to the main functions. There's no need to navigate through awkward menus to control the receiver
• below the "front panel", there's a table in which either a memory bank, the search banks list, the pass frequencies list or the select scan list can be displayed. Alternatively the list of the currently opened logfile can be shown
• all lists are sortable by simply clicking on the column headers, by frequency, number, mode, date, ...
• possibility to generate a squelch controlled logfile. An entry is made when squelch opens for a certain time (configurable) with date, time, frequency, duration and an optionally generated wave-file
• audio recording, either manually or squelch controlled
• play recorded audio files (using external player) with a doubleclick in the log list view
• instead of the list view, a high resolution bandscope can be started. Three different modes are offered: normal, peak hold and statistic
• tune to a frequency from within the bandscope by clicking on the graphical trace.
• you can use long filenames and context menus
• set beep volume, welcome message and LCD contrast
• power off, optionally power off on program exit
• search for text in the listview
• jump to the best matching VFO frequency in the listview
• level squelch slider that can be used instead of the squelch at the receiver. Works for VFO's and in all scan and search modes.

VFO / Search

• see frequencies of all three VFO's at a glance
• easily switch between VFO's
• set VFO parameters with checkboxes and dropdown lists
• numeric frequency input (comma and dot are accepted as decimal point)
• display search banks in a table, rename, edit, delete or start a search via context menu
• dialog based configuration of search banks and search groups (including bank links)
• add unwanted frequencies during search to the search pass list with a mouseclick
• view and modify the search pass list in a table via context menu
• edit searchgroup settings while searching

Memory Channels / Scan

• tune to a memory channel by doubleclicking in the list
• simply add settings made in the VFO-mode to a memory bank via context menu
• fast readout of all memory channels in a bank
• rename, edit, delete memory channels
• dialog based configuration of scan banks and scan groups (including bank links)
• skip over currently unwanted channels during scan by setting the pass flag
• easily build up a select scan list and start a select scan
• save memory contents to text files in AOR's ".mem" file format
• restore memory contents from ".mem" files, even if the file is from another bank or smaller than the target bank
• cut or copy and paste a memory channel from a bank and move it to another location in the same or a different bank, using Ctrl-c, Ctrl-x, Ctrl-v
• memory bank resizing supported
• edit scan group settings while scanning

Databases

• basic database support for Excel and dBASE files
• choose up to 9 columns from your existing Excel/dBASE files
• up to three databases configurable, simply loaded by a button click
• column widths can be stored for each of the three databases
• tune from your database
• add active VFO frequency plus comments to your database
• search for text or frequencies in the listview