Uniden's Sentinel software powers several models of their scanners. It works well on Linux using WINE.
Installing software
The follow code block will install WINE and the Sentinel software.
Verify that $url
points to the latest software.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
url="https://info.uniden.com/twiki/pub/UnidenMan4/BCD536HP/BCDx36HP_Sentinel_Version_2_03_00.zip"
filename=$(basename $url)
dirname="${filename%.*}"
sudo apt install -y wine wine64 winetricks
winetricks annihilate
WINEARCH=win32 wine wineboot
winetricks dotnet20
wget $url -O ~/Downloads/${filename}
cd ~/Downloads
unzip $filename && rm $filename
cd ~/Downloads/${dirname}
wine msiexec /i Setup_BCDx36HP.msi
Configuring software
Plug your scanner into your Linux computer. Open Wine configuration
with the command wine winecfg -h
.
Click on the drive letter corresponding to your scanner.
Click on Show advanced.
Change Type to Floppy disk
.
Running software
The BCDx36HP_Sentinel software should now be in your start menu. It should run as it does under Windows.