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OmniRF by AVL Events

Shure and Sennheiser.
One plan.

OmniRF plans, coordinates and monitors Shure and Sennheiser wireless systems together, each judged by its own maker’s coordination rules. A native Mac app from AVL Events.

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470–702 MHz Shure Sennheiser
Illustration of a mixed Shure and Sennheiser plan, before and after Coordinate All.

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Forty-five seconds of OmniRF, with the sound on.

From first scan to showtime, on one work surface.

The same four steps for every rack, whichever brand is in it.

  1. 01

    Scan

    Choose the network adapter your wireless control runs on. OmniRF finds the Shure and Sennheiser units on that adapter and nowhere else, so your Wi-Fi internet and Dante networks are left alone. Kit that hasn’t arrived yet can be added offline for planning.

    OmniRF Add Hardware window with Scan Control Network selected on the chosen adapter
  2. 02

    Coordinate

    Coordinate All finds compatible frequencies for every unlocked channel. It checks carrier spacing, third to ninth-order intermod between two transmitters, third-order between three, and each receiver’s front-end filter. Shure channels follow Wireless Workbench’s equipment rules and Sennheiser channels follow WSM’s spacings, all in the same plan.

    OmniRF Spectrum and Coordination view with sixteen coordinated carriers over an imported scan
  3. 03

    Deploy

    OmniRF opens in Monitor Only every time. It reads meters and settings and changes nothing. Switch on Live Control when you’re ready, and Deploy lists every frequency change, from and to, channel by channel, before anything is sent.

    OmniRF toolbar showing Monitor Only, Coordinate All, All Compatible and Deploy
  4. 04

    Monitor

    Live Monitoring shows RF and audio meters, batteries and transmitter details for every channel, in folders you arrange. IEM transmitters show audio level, RF mute and RF power, and Shure SBC and Sennheiser L 6000 chargers report charge, time to full and battery health.

    OmniRF Live Monitoring grid of channel tiles with frequencies and meters

Also in the beta

Backup frequencies
Backups stay off until you need one. Each is checked against every primary except the one it stands in for.
Foreign frequencies
Another company’s IEMs, talkback or a broadcast link are worked around. Check a frequency before you commit to it.
Licensed TV channels
Block the UK and EU UHF TV channels, 21 to 60, that you aren’t licensed for.
Scans from kit you own
Import WSM, WWB, RF Explorer or tinySA files, sweep with a USB tinySA, or scan with EW-DX, UHF-R and Axient Digital receivers.
Bulk editing
Change many channels of one kind at once, including numbered names such as VOX 1, VOX 2.
RF Profiles
See the spacing values behind each product, mode and level, and edit them if you need to.
Rack order
Sort units by Device ID, IP address or by hand, and name them by position.
Project files
.omnirf files hold the hardware, plan, scans and layout, and always reopen in Monitor Only.
Packet console
A log of what was sent to and received from each unit, for when something needs diagnosing.

Festival mode reuses frequencies through the day.

Stages become RF zones and every artist gets a transmit window from the timetable, so OmniRF only coordinates what is on air at the same time.

  • Set each pair of stages to Intermod + Spacing, Spacing Only or None, depending on how close they are.
  • Coordinate All keeps every frequency that still works, so artists keep what they’ve been sent as the timetable grows.
  • House equipment and comms belong to a stage and stay on air all day.
  • One click saves a branded A4 PDF for every artist on a day, with their set, changeover, transmit window and frequencies.
Festival timetable with a transmit windowMain Stage runs artists A, B, C and D from 15:00 to 20:00 with 30 minute changeovers. Artist C is on air from 15:45 to 19:00. House comms are on air all day.15:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:00Main StageC on airHouse commsABCDTransmit window 15:45 to 19:00SetChangeoverArtist C on airOn air all day

Swipe to see the whole day.

Artist C’s transmitters may be on from the changeover between A and B until the end of the changeover after C’s own set. A’s and D’s sets fall outside the window.

Nothing on stage changes by surprise.

Every session starts read-only. Changes reach your hardware only when you send them.

Monitor Only

At every launch and whenever a project opens. OmniRF reads meters and settings and sends no changes.

Live Control

Switched on by you in the toolbar. Only the action you take is sent: one name, one gain step, one mute, one frequency.

  • Deploy shows every frequency change and asks before sending.
  • Coordinate and Analyse only change the plan inside the app.
  • Device passwords live in the macOS Keychain, never in project files.
OmniRF Select Wireless Control Network window listing the Mac’s network adapters
OmniRF only sends and receives on the adapter you choose. Wi-Fi internet and Dante networks on other adapters are left alone.

Built for the racks you already run.

21 networked models to monitor and control, and 12 more to plan with.

Shure 17 live, 1 planning

Shure hardware in OmniRF
Axient DigitalAD4Q, AD4D
Live controlReceiver scan
Axient Digital PSMADTQ, ADTD
Live control
ULX-DULXD4Q, ULXD4D, ULXD4
Live control
QLX-DQLXD4
Live control
SLX-DSLXD4Q+, SLXD4D, SLXD4
Live control
UHF-RUR4D, UR4S
Live controlPreset scan
PSM 1000P10T
Live control
ChargersSBC220, SBC450, SBC850
Charger status
PSM 900P9T
Planning only

Sennheiser 4 live, 11 planning

Sennheiser hardware in OmniRF
EW-DXEM 4, EM 2
Live controlReceiver scan
Digital 6000EM 6000
Live control
ChargersL 6000
Charger status
Digital 9000EM 9046
Planning only
EW-DEM
Planning only
ew G4EM 300-500 G4, EM 100 G4, SR IEM G4
Planning only
ew G3EM 100/300/500 G3, SR 300 IEM G3
Planning only
2000 SeriesEM 2000, EM 2050, SR 2000/2050 IEM
Planning only
SpecteraBase station
Planning only

Live control means OmniRF monitors the unit and, with Live Control on, can change it. Planning only means the unit is coordinated and drawn but never connected to. Any model can be added offline for planning and given an IP address later. During the beta we’re confirming each model on real hardware, so tell us what you run.

Join the beta.

OmniRF opens to a small group of RF coordinators and wireless techs first. Tell us what you run, and we’ll email you when the beta is ready.

Platform
Native macOS app
Price
One-off purchase, price to be announced
Download
Direct from omnirf.uk
Release
Beta first, date to be confirmed
What do you run? (tick any)

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