Understanding Object Oriented Scanning - Radio Shack PRO-652 User Manual

Understanding your Scanner

Understanding Object Oriented Scanning

Your PRO-652 scanner utilizes an entirely new method of
programming called Object Oriented Scanning. In Object Oriented
Scanning, all "Scannable Objects" are treated the same. Scannable
Objects include talkgroups on trunked radio systems, conventional
non-trunked frequencies, limit searches, service searches, and Signal
Stalker II configurations. All these Scannable Objects are created,
edited, grouped, scanned and deleted using the same methods.
Scannable Objects can also be searched, filtered, and locked out.
Scannable Objects are mapped to Scan Lists, which can be named,
enabled, and disabled. There is even a Favorites Scan List. It is
easy to search for new frequencies or talkgroups and add them to
Scan List groups. It is also easy to delete or deactivate objects and
Scan Lists that you do not want to listen to, including a powerful
temporary lockout mode that allows you to zero in on activity
associated with a specific incident, then restore your desired
configuration when the incident is over.
Object Oriented Scanning is completely different from any prior
scanning receiver technology. Accordingly, some users may find it
difficult to visualize and understand how Object Oriented Scanning
works. This may be especially true for users who are familiar with
more recent scanning receiver technologies.
We suggest that you keep the following Object Oriented Scanning
Tenets in mind as you proceed with your study of this manual.
1. Memory organization is nothing more than a large list of
Scannable Objects.
2. A Scannable Object is simply "something that can be scanned,"
including conventional channels, trunking talkgroups, limit
searches, service searches, and Signal Stalker II setups.
3. There are no "systems," "banks," "groups," "sub-groups," or
"ID lists." There is simply a very large collection of objects, each
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