{"name":"enableChannel","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","games":{"arma3":"1.42"},"since":"arma3 1.42","arma3_since":"1.42","locality":{"effect":"local"},"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>\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","params":[{"name":"channelID","type":"Number","description":"channel ID","type_expr":"Number"},{"name":"enable","type":"Boolean","description":"true to enable, false to disable (both VoN and chat)","type_expr":"Boolean"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"channelID"},"right":{"text":"enable"}},{"syntax":"channelID enableChannel [chat, VoN]","since":"arma3 1.60","params":[{"name":"channelID","type":"Number","description":"channel ID","type_expr":"Number"},{"name":"chat","type":"Boolean","description":"true to enable text chat","type_expr":"Boolean"},{"name":"VoN","type":"Boolean","description":"true to enable voice chat","type_expr":"Boolean"},{"name":"enableMapMarkers","type":"Boolean","optional":true,"default":"true","description":"true to enable map marker placement","type_expr":"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","type_expr":"Boolean","since":"arma3 2.22","text":"enableMapDrawing: Boolean - (Optional, default true) true to enable drawing on the map"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"channelID"},"right":{"text":"[chat, VoN]"}}],"examples":[{"code":["0 enableChannel false; // disable user ability to send voice and text on global channel"]},{"code":["0 enableChannel [true, false]; // enable user ability to send text but disable voice on global channel"]}],"see_also":["currentChannel","setCurrentChannel","getPlayerChannel","channelEnabled","radioChannelCreate"]}