A Coord project is structured into three levels: Sites, Zones, and Groups. This structure organizes the data and enables flexible calculations.

A Site is the topmost level and can contain multiple Zones. Each Zone can have several Groups.

Each level of this hierarchy offers unique tools for calculations and organization.

Frequencies, which represent physical wireless transmitters, are at the heart of the Coord project. These Frequencies are housed in Groups. Groups are nested in Zones, and Zones are nested in Sites.

When performing frequency calculations, a destination group must be selected. This ensures the calculation considers the correct combination of other frequencies in coordination with the chosen group.

Sites

A Site is an organizational and computational tool in a Coord project. It represents a Venue or Location where wireless devices will be used or simply "a unique RF environment". A Site has a Location/Address and time zone assigned. When a project includes multiple Sites, calculation interactions can be customized between them. The "duplicate site" feature allows for customizing what information will be copied from the current site to a new one.

Usage Examples:

  1. Multiple Venues: For an event with multiple venues (each with its unique RF environment) across a city, creating separate Sites helps manage different environments effectively. Calculations for each Site can be isolated, yet still remain under the larger project for collaboration.
  2. Venues with a Roving ENG Crew: During an event with multiple venues, an ENG crew will visit each venue using their own wireless devices. The ENG crew’s equipment can be created as their own “Site” with enabled frequency calculation interactions to all other Sites.
  3. Touring Performance: For a touring act that travels to many cities, a project can be created with the Location of the rehearsal studio or first tour stop. Frequencies can be calculated normally, and for each subsequent stop, the previous Site is duplicated.
  4. Venue Hosting Various Events: In a venue hosting different events throughout the year, a project is created with a Site that contains all zones, groups, calculated frequencies, etc. This serves as the Baseline Site. For each event, a new Site is created by duplicating the Baseline Site, with the copy options Active Broadcast Channels, Band Plans, Zone Interactions, and Scan Data selected.

Zones

A Zone is a sub-division within a Site, representing a physical space that may need different calculation parameters or to organize frequencies. Zones contain Groups that hold frequencies.

Zones within a project avoid direct hits from frequencies in other Zones by default. Intermodulation tests can be enabled and configured in the Zone Settings Dialog.

Usage Examples:

  1. Multi-room large event: For a large event with isolated happenings in different parts of a building, Zones can be created for each event space. This allows near events to consider all Intermodulation tests and channel spacing, and disables all interactions for far apart events.
  2. Large Event + Roving ENG crew: During a large event with an ENG crew visiting each Zone, a dedicated Zone for the crew can be created and all interactions to other Zones can be enabled. This ensures frequencies in this Zone won't interfere with all other frequencies in the venue.
  3. Large College Football Game: For a game requiring multiple frequencies for sideline comms, broadcast mics/IFB and ENG/press, different zones can be created. For example, the Near and Far sidelines can be different Zones, considering channel spacing but avoiding intermod interference.
  4. Festival: For a festival with many bands, separate Zones for each band keeps the coordination list clean and small. Each Zone can have multiple Groups (IEMs, Backline, Mics, etc.) for organization.