Channel List Management

Channel List Management

Scanner Manager is a full editor for the HPD tree, not just a viewer.

Hierarchy

System
  ├── Group
  │     ├── Entry (conventional frequency)
  │     └── Entry (trunked talkgroup - "TGID")
  └── Group
        └── ...

Every level supports add / edit / delete, and bulk operations cascade from the level you're acting on down to entries.

Quick actions (right-click menu)

• Entry: Edit, Toggle Avoid, Delete.
• Group: Edit, Bulk update service type, Bulk toggle avoid, Refresh from RadioReference (when the group is linked), Delete.
• System: Edit, macro-level bulk ops (update service type on all entries, toggle avoid on all entries), Delete.

Add panel (below the tree)

Use it to quickly add a conventional frequency or trunked TGID into the selected group. It validates frequency format and service-type presence before committing.

Bulk remap

Bulk: update service type on a group or system opens the BulkRemapDialog, a two-column mapping: for every service type that currently appears in the selection, pick a replacement. All changes run under a single MetaStore batch, producing one revertable event per bulk action.

Filters

• Show scannable only - hides entries with Avoid=1 and systems containing only avoided entries.
• Exclude avoided - orthogonal filter that also excludes anything flagged Avoid regardless of the scannable check.
• Button filters (Police/EMS/Fire/DOT/Multi) - see Scanner Button Service Types.
• Location filter - see ZIP & GPS Simulation.

The Changes dialog

Changes... opens the MetaStore change log. Each row is one event:

• Timestamp, operation (ADD_CFREQ, SET_AVOID, IMPORT_APPLY, ...), target path, and a human-readable summary.
• Revert button to undo just that event.

Events applied during a bulk op or import share a txn_id and revert together. Composite import events roll back every row the import touched in one click.

Session safety net

Every save also writes <hpdname>.session.bak next to the HPD file. If everything goes sideways, Tools → Restore session snapshot... reloads from the backup (the change log is preserved so you can pick up where you left off).