Radio Scanners
Discretely listen to your community's radio

Due to bandwidth usage, this feature is automatically enabled with the Pro version only!
Video Example
Using the Radio Scanner
Enabling the Scanner
Enable the
config.chatter
option in your config.lua.Add the
sonoranradio.scanner
ace permission.
Opening in Standalone
You can use /radio scanner
command to open a personal scanner. This requires the sonoranradio.scanner
ace permission.
Opening in a Framework Server (QBCore, Qbox, etc.)
With the radio scanner item in their inventory, users can double click to open the scanner menu.
View our complete list of supported FiveM frameworks an inventories.

Item Drop
Dropping scanners is not currently supported in OX inventory.
Support will be added at a later date, pending more information from the OX development team.
If the scanner item is dropped on the floor, you can open its scanner menu by being near it and pressing E
.
If the scanner is powered, transmissions will be heard by nearby users.

Radio Scanner Menu
Power On
the radio and then select Next Channel
or Previous Channel
until you have selected the correct channel.
By default, only public radio channels will be available. For private channels, you can configure ACE permissions to access them.

Developers
Ace Permissions
If you have enabled Config.acePermsForScanners
, you must add permissions in your server.cfg
for the scanner to work.
The channel IDs can be found in the dispatcher panel or in-game radio.
# Give the group access to /radio scanner
add_ace group.admin sonoranradio.scanner allow
# Only public (non-private) channels are accessible
# Grant access to a private channel with the ID of 123
add_ace group.admin sonoranradio.channel.123 allow
Giving the Scanner Item (QBCore)
Sonoran Radio does not provide a way to get the scanner item independently. You can give the item with any method, but here's an example chat command:
/giveitem <playerId> sonoran_radio_scanner 1
Please note that if you changed Config.ScannerItem.name
, it will not work with sonoran_radio_scanner
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