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LSR Dispatch Desktop opens the same hosted console as your web browser. It adds background PTT, desktop updates, and optional local recordings. Your dispatch account, permissions, channels, and server still come from your community.

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Download and connect

  1. Obtain the desktop installer from your community’s staff, or select Help → Download Windows desktop app in the web dispatch console if a download has been configured.
  2. Run the trusted installer and open LSR Dispatch Desktop. The published installer currently targets Windows x64.
  3. On first launch, enter the full console address supplied by staff, including its /console/ path. Prefer the community’s HTTPS address.
  4. Select Save and open console.
  5. Select Sign in with Discord and complete sign-in in your normal browser. Keep the app open while authorization completes.
  6. Allow microphone access and make a short radio check with another operator.
Only use your community’s trusted console address and installer. Never enter Discord passwords, application secrets, or session tokens into the console URL field. Discord sign-in belongs on Discord’s authorization page.
There is no desktop registration or separate desktop password. You must use an authorized Discord account, just as in the browser console. Staff account changes may require signing in again.

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Background PTT

Open Help → Keyboard shortcuts to choose General transmit (hold) and any Channel PTT assignments.
  • General PTT follows your console’s TX group and fallback channel selection.
  • Channel PTT targets its assigned channel instead of your TX group.
  • Hold to transmit and release to stop; only one PTT can be active at a time.
  • Keep the desktop app running. A browser tab alone cannot capture PTT while another application is focused.
  • Background Channel PTT requires desktop 1.3.9 or newer and a current hosted console. Updating only the page cannot add native capabilities to an older installed app.
The native PTT integration supports Windows and macOS, subject to OS permissions and key availability. The published Windows installer is not a macOS installer. If your community separately provides a compatible macOS build, grant its requested Accessibility permission. Laptop function keys may also require Fn or Fn Lock. See Dispatch keybindings for conflicts, function keys, and saved assignments.

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App settings

Open Help → Desktop App settings… inside the console to view the app version, console address, update status, and general PTT binding. This modal also contains recording preferences. Use Save recording settings to apply those preferences; it does not change your channel permissions or automatically start a session recording.

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Change the radio console address

  1. Finish any transmission and stop/save a session recording if one is active.
  2. Open Help → Desktop App settings….
  3. Select Reset console URL… and confirm Reset URL.
  4. The current console closes and the address setup form opens. Enter the new trusted address and sign in as needed.
If the hosted console cannot open, the desktop application’s native Help → Reset radio console URL… menu is also available. A staff-managed launch override can take precedence again on the next launch. If the address keeps reverting, ask staff to check the shortcut or managed app configuration rather than repeatedly clearing your settings.

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Update the app

The app checks for updates at startup before connecting to the radio website. You can also check manually from Help → Check for desktop updates in the console or Help → Check for updates… in the native application menu. When an update is offered, follow the prompt. Finish radio traffic and stop/save recordings before choosing to restart and install. The app attempts to finalize recordings, but an update is not a substitute for explicitly saving an important session. Updates depend on your community’s release feed and network availability. If no update is configured or a download fails, contact staff. You do not need to install Node.js or build the application to use a supplied installer.

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If the console cannot load

A connection failure offers Change URL, Retry, or Quit. Check your connection and the exact console address, then retry or choose a different address supplied by staff. The updater can still operate when the radio website is offline. An app update will not necessarily repair a server outage or an incorrect console address. See Troubleshooting for sign-in and audio checks.