Patent ID: 6950653

Claim:
A land mobile radio dispatch system comprising: a radio communication system comprising a configuration for scanning radio frequency (RF) channels for an RF activity: a scanning tone remote adapter; and at least one remote dispatch device; wherein the scanning tone remote adapter is configured to: receive a first communication system status signal from the radio communication system, the first communication system status signal comprising a first signal indicative of a presence of the RF activity on at least one of the channels; transmit a second communication system status signal to the at least one remote dispatch device, the second communication system status signal comprising a second signal indicative of the RF activity on the at least one of the channels; receive a first communication system command signal from at least one remote dispatch device, the first communication system command signal comprising a third signal indicative of an external control parameter to control the scanning; and transmit a second communication system command signal to the radio communication system, the second communication system command signal comprising a fourth signal indicative of the external control parameter.