Reducing interference between Electromagnetic Tracking systems

A system comprising:

• a status sensor configured to receive a status signal from a first electromagnetic system, the first electromagnetic system including a magnetic transmitter configured to generate magnetic fields and a magnetic sensor configured to generate signals based on characteristics of the magnetic fields received at the magnetic sensor;
• and
• a computing device configured to:
• determine, from the status signal, one or more first frequencies at which the first electromagnetic system is operating,
• identify one or more second frequencies that do not interfere with the determined one or more first frequencies, and
• send, to a magnetic transmitter of a second electromagnetic system, a request to operate at the identified one or more second frequencies;
• wherein the computing device identifies the one or more second frequencies in response to determining that the second electromagnetic system operates at a frequency that is within a threshold value of at least one of the first frequencies such that an interference between operations of the first electromagnetic system and the second electromagnetic system would result.