{"name":"enableChannel","operator":null,"title":"enableChannel","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableChannel","revid":378455,"updated":"2026-04-19T11:32:44Z","groups":["Radio and Chat"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.42"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.42"},"arma3_since":"1.42","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":"local","server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Enables/disables UI functionality which is responsible for sending text or voice chat to the given chat channel.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> This command:\n> - can override Description.ext or server config's channel setting\n> - cannot disable Global channel for the admin or server host, because Global channel is always available for the admin\n> - does not disable *incoming* text or voice\n> - actively interrupts (since Arma 3 v2.02) the current communication in progress\n> - does not affect chat related scripting commands such as vehicleChat, globalRadio etc.\n\n| Channel ID number correspondence |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Default Channels | Custom Channels |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Global | Side | Command | Group | Vehicle | Direct | CC 1 | CC 2 | CC 3 | CC 4 | CC 5 | CC 6 | CC 7 | CC 8 | CC 9 | CC 10 |\n| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"channelID enableChannel enable","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"channelID","type":"Number","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"channel ID","types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"channelID: Number - channel ID"},{"name":"enable","type":"Boolean","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"true to enable, false to disable (both VoN and chat)","types":["Boolean"],"since":null,"text":"enable: Boolean - true to enable, false to disable (both VoN and chat)"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"channelID","types":["Number"]},"right":{"text":"enable","types":["Boolean"]}},{"syntax":"channelID enableChannel [chat, VoN]","since":"arma3 1.60","effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"channelID","type":"Number","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"channel ID","types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"channelID: Number - channel ID"},{"name":"chat","type":"Boolean","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"true to enable text chat","types":["Boolean"],"since":null,"text":"chat: Boolean - true to enable text chat"},{"name":"VoN","type":"Boolean","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"true to enable voice chat","types":["Boolean"],"since":null,"text":"VoN: Boolean - true to enable voice chat"},{"name":"enableMapMarkers","type":"Boolean","optional":true,"default":"true","description":"true to enable map marker placement","types":["Boolean"],"since":"arma3 2.22","text":"enableMapMarkers: Boolean - (Optional, default true) true to enable map marker placement"},{"name":"enableMapDrawing","type":"Boolean","optional":true,"default":"true","description":"true to enable drawing on the map","types":["Boolean"],"since":"arma3 2.22","text":"enableMapDrawing: Boolean - (Optional, default true) true to enable drawing on the map"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"channelID","types":["Number"]},"right":{"text":"[chat, VoN]","types":["Array"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n0 enableChannel false; // disable user ability to send voice and text on global channel\n```","code":["0 enableChannel false; // disable user ability to send voice and text on global channel"]},{"text":"```sqf\n0 enableChannel [true, false]; // enable user ability to send text but disable voice on global channel\n```","code":["0 enableChannel [true, false]; // enable user ability to send text but disable voice on global channel"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["currentChannel","setCurrentChannel","getPlayerChannel","channelEnabled","radioChannelCreate"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Radio and Chat","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.42","Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands: Local Effect"]}