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Dispatch Portal

When you first open a Sonoran Radio community with standalone enabled, you will see this page: Sonoran Radio - Connect to Radio To join the radio, press Connect. After connecting, you will be greeted with a row of channels, and a list of connected users underneath them Sonoran Radio - Radio Hub

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Hotkeys (Keybinds)

Push-to-talk key binds are only global in the desktop application.On web, the browser window must be in focus.
Hotkeys allow for faster actions at the press of a button. These can be configured by clicking the gear icon to open the settings menu.Right click on a hotkey button for the option to clear it.

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Transmitting (Push to Talk)

To transmit over Sonoran Radio, you can press the microphone button on the top-left.Alternatively, use the PTT hotkey.Dispatch: PTT ButtonTo temporarily transmit in a single channel, and move back to your original channel afterwards, select the keyboard icon to set a per-channel XMIT hotkey.Dispatch: Per-Channel XMIT Hotkey

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Switching Transmit and Scanned Channels

To switch to another channel, click the microphone button on the channel card.CTRL + Click on the microphone option to transmit on multiple channels at once.You can also change channels via hotkey.Sonoran Radio - Switch Channel

Scanning (Listen) To Multiple Channels

Select the headphone icon on each channel to listen in.
You can listen to multiple channels at once.Sonoran Radio - Scan Channel

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Drag and Drop Users

Change a user’s channel (requires permission) by dragging and dropping their name into the channel header.

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User Actions

Right click in the user to:

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Unit Panic

When a unit toggles their panic status in-game, the dispatch portal will reflect this with a red banner and a red highlight on the panicked unit.Dispatchers can right-click the user to clear the panic for them.The customizable panic sound effect will also alert dispatchers to an active unit panic.

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Display Names

To change your display name, users will need the Change Display Name permission. To manage others, users will need the Manage Display Names permission.Via Radio InterfaceRight click a user in the radio interface and select Display NameSonoran Radio - Change Display Name
Via Members TabIn the admin panel’s Members tab, select the drop-down and Set Display Name button to edit a user’s display name.
Use the in-game command /radio displayname John Doe to update your radio display name.In-game commands can also be restircted with ACE permissions.

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Volume Changes

Adjust the overall voice and sound effect volume by opening the settings menu and selecting the Audio tab.In addition to the manual sliders, you can customize how much the volume hotkeys adjust the volume.You can also adjust volume for a specific user.
Right-click on a user to individually increase or decrease their transmission volume.
Right-click on a channel to individually increase or decrease transmission volume.

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Viewing Channel IDs

Some integrations like ACE perm sync or scanner permissions may require you to enter the internal ID number of a specific channel.These IDs are shown in the customization menu when configuring channels.Select the # symbol on the last channel in the dispatch panel to toggle ID visibility.