abrander/scannerjack

GTK+ interface for classic Uniden scanners

Scannerjack

Scannerjack is a simple GTK+ application to edit channel settings on classic Uniden scanners.

Compatibility

Scannerjack is tested with an Uniden UBC 780 XLT, but it should work with at least the following scanners:

• BC245XLT / UBC245XLT
• BC250D / UBC250D
• BC780XLT / UBC780XLT
• BC785XLT / UBC785XLT
• BC895XLT / UBC895XLT

Scannerjack is not compatible with modern (GPS-enabled) Uniden scanners.

Compiling and developing

For compiling Scannerjack GTK+ v3, gcc and make is required. On Ubuntu Linux this can be installed from the Ubuntu repositories with sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev gcc make.

Compiling the application should be as simple as typing make.

When developing it can be useful to open the GTK+ inspector like this:

make && GTK_DEBUG=interactive ./scannerjack

Running

Scannerjack is hardcoded to use /dev/ttyUSB0 at 19.200 baud. If this doesn't match your setup, you will need to modify the source code before Scannerjack will be usable.

Please note that your user will need access to the serial device. Usually this can be accomplished by adding your user to the dialout group or using sudo to start the binary. You can verify acess rights in the shell by piping nothing to the device >/dev/ttyUSB0. If you miss the needed rights, your shell will output an error like "bash: /dev/ttyUSB0: Permission denied".

License

The user is allowed to do anything with the Scannerjack. Should the user of the product meet the author and consider the software useful, he is encouraged to buy the author a beer.