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The Command Bar is an optional keyboard-first dispatch tool. Type a short command to assign units, change status, create calls from saved templates, add notes, or close a call — without clicking through menus. It is meant for experienced dispatchers. Add it as a Quick Action when you want it on the bar; it is not required to use CAD.

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Enable the Command Bar

Open Quick Bar Favourites

On any service or dispatch panel, click the star icon on the right of the secondary bar.

Add Command Bar

Choose Command Bar. A compact button appears on the bar.

Open it

Click Command Bar, or embed it in a custom layout.
The input suggests commands, units, calls, and saved call names as you type. Arguments with spaces can be wrapped in "double quotes".

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Commands

Unit and call arguments must match one unit or call. If several names match, the command asks you to be more specific. After you view a call with V, later commands can omit the call argument and use that viewed call. Units can be an individual callsign or a group name. Calls can be a call ID (#12345), title, or postal when that uniquely identifies one open call. V can also target closed calls.

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Saved calls

NEW and SI use saved call templates from the call editor. Templates sync across your devices, so a template saved on one computer is available in the Command Bar on another. NEW can optionally dispatch a unit as the call is created. SI always attaches your current unit or group and sets the origin to Radio.
You must already be in a unit to use SI.

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Last modified on October 4, 2026