Retail template
The retail template opens a sales floor and a stock room with background music, two access points and two cameras, already calculated. No venue preset is a shop, so the template’s own values are the place to start.
Retail demo
Drawn to scale · 1 m grid
the template
Sales floor with even background music, storefront cameras and Wi-Fi. It opens as a project of its own with two areas at these sizes, every calculation done. Treat the values as a starting point, not a recommendation for your site.
| Area | Size | Floor | Ceiling | Ear height | RT60 | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales floor | 10 × 8 m | 80 m² | 3.4 m | 1.7 mstanding | 0.7 s | 85 dB |
| Stock room | 4 × 3 m | 12 m² | 3 m | 1.7 mstanding | 0.5 s | 85 dB |
design notes, 06
Even spacing places speakers edge to edge, so their −6 dB coverage circles just touch: the smooth pattern a brand floor wants. Economy stretches the spacing by about 40% for the fewest speakers that still cover the area, accepted practice for background music. Switch between them on the area card and compare the count.
The sales floor’s listening height is 1.7 m under a 3.4 m ceiling, so each speaker throws 1.7 m to the ear. The grid is sized to a listening plane at least 1 m below the ceiling, and speakers are never packed closer than about 2 m.
None of the fourteen venue presets is a shop. Start from the template, or add areas as Custom with the Background music quick pick of 85 dB. A café inside the store can use the Coffee shop preset: 85 dB over 62 dBA.
A camera that sees the till is not the same as one that can identify a face at it. Draw a zone over the till and the door, set the grade each must reach, and the tool marks any gap in red. The lens calculator says whether a lens will identify a face at the distance you need.
Set the retention in days, continuous or motion recording, the codec and the frame rate, and the recorder card sizes the NVR and the disks. It checks the PoE budget too: a recorder with eight channels and a switch with four powered ports is a common mistake.
Many speakers on long runs suit a 70 or 100 V line with tap transformers; a few speakers close to the rack suit low impedance. Each area’s Amplifier and wiring group gives the channels, the power per channel and the cable size.
venue presets, 14
Pick a venue preset when you add an area, and it fills in the target, RT60, noise floor and spacing, then places the recommended speaker and any subwoofer. Every value stays editable.
| Venue preset | Target | RT60 | Noise | Spacing | Recommended speaker | Subwoofer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee shop | 85 dB | 0.6 s | 62 dBA | Even | Nice SC1-IC6in ceiling, surface | None |
None of the fourteen presets is a shop. Areas you add can start as Custom, with the Background music quick pick of 85 dB, or from the Coffee shop preset for a café inside the store.
disciplines
Even background music on the sales floor and in the stock room.
Two access points, one in each area, with a signal map per band.
Two cameras to start, for the door and the till once you move them.
Screens per area; auto-design picks an HDBaseT matrix or AV over IP.
An ELAN controller sized for the touch panels and devices on the job.
what you hand over, 06
Prepare reports opens each report with an introduction for the venue type. For retail stores, pick Commercial, retail and showroom for the audio report.
System reports
A branded PDF for audio, video, control, Wi-Fi, CCTV, wiring or the rack, or all of them in one.
Client proposalPremium for dealers
Your cover image, grouped by area and priced, with labour, tax, terms and a signature block.
Client handover
A PDF, or a ZIP with the drawings and the equipment, cable and commissioning schedules.
Room sheets
One page per area, with its equipment and connections, for the people pulling the cable.
Rack elevation
Front and rear, with the PDU outlets, the power budget, heat and weight.
Priced bill of materials
The BOM with the speaker installation schedule, the cable schedule and a pull schedule per run.
questions
No. The fourteen venue presets cover homes, hospitality, meeting rooms, gyms and outdoor areas. For a shop, start from the retail template, or add areas as Custom with your own target.
Yes. From the retention, the recording mode, the codec and the frame rate, the recorder card sizes the NVR channels and the storage, and checks the PoE budget against the cameras.
The audio report offers a Commercial introduction for retail and showrooms. Pick it in Prepare reports before you generate the preview.
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