Top Bar & CAD Menu

Top Bar

On Police, Fire, EMS, DOT and Dispatch, the top bar has two rows. The top row holds your main actions, and the second row holds drafts, new records, your favourite windows and your unit.

Top bar

Top row

Control	What it does	Panels
Status	Change your status. See Units.	All
Home / Map	Switch between your workspace, the live map, and your custom views.	Service panels
New Call, Live Map, New Record, Get Call, Assign Units	Dispatch console actions. See Dispatch.	Dispatch
Run Search	Run a name, plate or licence. See Run Search.	All
Suspend Licence	Suspend a licence. See Suspending a Licence.	Police
Self Dispatch	Pick up calls yourself, if your server allows it or you’re a supervisor.	Service panels
Traffic Stop	Start a traffic stop. See Traffic Stops.	Police
Panic	Trigger or cancel panic. The top bar pulses red while it’s active.	Service panels
Radio	Quick radio menu. `Shift` + click opens the full Radio window. See Radio.	Service panels, Dispatch
Bodycam	Stream and record your bodycam. See Bodycam.	Service panels
Clock	Server time. Click for a large clock.	All

Second row

Control	What it does	Panels
Drafts	Records you started but didn’t file.	All
New record	Create a record or report.	Service panels
Get call	Look up a call by its incident number.	Service panels
Favourites	Your pinned windows. See Favourites.	All
⋮	Every window you can open.	All
Selective Dispatching	Limit what you see to certain panels or agencies.	Dispatch
Unit chip	Your callsign and agency. Click to open the Unit Manager.	All

When a signal applies to your panel, a red banner appears under the top bar and a reminder tone plays until it ends.

Civilian, Law and DMV use a simpler bar with the CAD menu in the centre. See Civilian, Law and DMV for their buttons.

CAD Menu

Click the logo at the top-left (or the panel name, on Civilian, Law and DMV) to open the CAD menu.

Item	What it does
Leave	Go back to the server list.
Switch panel	Go back to this server’s panel picker.
Preferences	Your personal settings. See Preferences.
Layout	Save, load and share layouts. See Layouts.
Download app	Get the desktop app.
Activity	Start and end shifts. See Clocking In.
Fullscreen, Feedback	Toggle fullscreen, or send feedback to Melonly.
Dispatch Tools	Tone board, signal manager, timers and live map. On Dispatch, and on service panels for supervisors or when self-dispatch is allowed.
Information	Your server’s Penal Code and 10-Codes.
Notepad	Your notes. Drag records onto a note to attach them.
Call history	Browse past calls.
Lookup, Records	Search records and open the Records Centre. See Records.

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