This then allows you to connect to the scanner via third-party software like ProScan or RadioFeed or to the Siren application.
Infrastructure Mode allows your scanner to connect to your home or office WiFi. To use the WiFi feature you need to understand the two modes involved Infrastructure and Access Point. Sorry, we cannot help with notworking issues like this! While we have read of people using it for remote access this requires such networking tools as VPN, if you know how that works you probably can figure it out. The Wifi dongle is designed specifically to work with your home or office WiFi network.
There are a few things that the WiFi dongle will not work for, this includes database and firmware updates and other programming. Some third party software allows you to use the WiFi feature to connect the canner to the computer without the need to plug in a cable. You can even use this as a remote head for the scanner if mounted in a vehicle or to listen to your scanner from the patio or another room of the house for a scanner installed in the home.
Uniden has provided free “Siren” software (available for free via the Apple iTunes store or Google Play Store) to allow you to use your smart device as a scanner controller. There are some other uses for the WiFi dongle as well.
By using the included WiFi dongle one can connect a smart phone or tablet to the scanner and listen to and control the scanner with the device. The Uniden Bearcat BCD536HP is the only scanner that has the capability of being directly controlled by WiFi.