Aimline ALX Series Manual

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1 Aimline ALX Series Manual Download the PDF version by scanning the QR code 1

2 Manual for Aimline ALX series Mounting Prepare the cabling for the ALX. All connectors are located at the back side behind a plate at the bottom of the enclosure. Mount the speaker to the wall using the L-brackets or the two pieces wallmount for space less mounting. Recommended mounting height should be minimum 1,80 bottom to the ground. Correct orientation is having the input panel at the bottom side. 2

3 Dimensions ALX 8 Dimensions cover plate Dimensions connecting plate Dimensions bracket 2

4 ALX connection Input-connector 1: Ground Ch 1 2: Analog Input Ch 1 minus 3. Analog Input Ch 1 plus 4. Analog Input Ch 2 minus 5. Analog Input Ch 2 plus GPIO-/ AES-EBU-Connector GPIO general purpose input/output) 1: Ground 2. GPI: Input: Contact can switch between Dante and analogue input 3. GPIO: Output: Gives status report (failure indication) about the system (for surveillance). 4: AES-EBU-Digital Input Ground 5: AES-EBU Digital-Input minus 6: AES-EBU Digital Input plus (AES-EBU always carries 2 Channels of audio) 3

5 Connecting the ALX to PANC software Connect your computer to the Ethernet port DATA-IN of the ALX using a standard CAT-5 cable. Connections to more ALX speaker are made using DATA-THRU going to the next ALX speaker. For having more than two devices in a network and using DANTE as audio transmission the use of the IP switch is strongly recommended. Factory default setting of ALX is set to a fixed IP-address Set your network-adapter at your PC to a fixed IP-address in the range: XX (without using 10) 4

6 Open PANC CONTROL.exe RIGHT-click on INTERFACES (top left on the screen) Have a look at IP-RANGE (top-right), be sure the IP-range is set to the correct value ( ) In UDP MENUE NETWORK VIEW you can have a look to all devices that are in your network In UDP MENUE NETWORK VIEW you can have a look to all devices that are in your network 5

7 Click START SCANNING The software now scans the IP-RANGE and will show all Aimline speaker within the network. Click ADD ALL. The scan window will be closed and the main-window shows up. Online-devices appear with a green dot. Maybe a popup appears that offers you to do a firmware-update: Please click CANCEL. You can change the IP address of any Aimline speaker in the network using NETWORK-view in the TOOLS Menue: Double-click the unit and change the IP address. Notice: Effect appears after restarting the unit. A new network-scan is necessary. Notice that every device has to be set to an individual IP address. Be sure to choose the right audio input source: Analogue, AES or Dante for your audio-input. Factory default setting for ALX is DANTE INPUT You can name each device individually: Double-click on the device in the Interface-window and name your device. Please notice not to use the same name twice. 6

8 DANTE: Please notice: Factory default setting for the DANTE card is DHCP, DANTE does not have a fixed IP-address. You can change the network settings for the DANTE-cards using the software DANTE controller, that is available from Audinate-website. With the DANTEcontroller you can assign the DANTEsignals to the DANTE receivers. Each Aimline ALX offers two DANTEinputs. In DANTE controller you can also change the network settings for the DANTE cards from DHCP to a fixed IP address. Notice that this range has to be separated from the range of the PANC range. To download DANTE controller for Windows or MacOS scan the QR code 7

9 If the connection between PANC software and one ore more devices is lost (caused by mains disconnected or network disconnected) the green bottom top left will turn to RED. RIGHT-click on the speaker and choose RECONNECT Notice: The MUTE-ALL- bottom mutes ALL devices in your network; the UNMUTEbottom unmutes ALL devices in your network. 8

10 DEVICE-MANAGER In DEVICE-MANAGER you have a TAB for each ALX speaker found in the network. Below the TAB you see TABs for editing each speaker: MAIN GAIN/DELAY IRR FIR BEAM - PRESETS SYSTEMS SETTINGS The tab MAIN offers an overview and gives direct access to MUTE GAIN DELAY IIR- and the presets 9

11 The tab GAIN/DELAY gives access to the level and the delay for each input. The delay can be switched from ms to meter to feet The IIR tab gives access to a full parametric equalizer for each of the two inputs. Note: The inputs can be linked in the main-view, with linked inputs the PEQ-settings will be linked as well. 10

12 Beam settings: The tab BEAM offers you the complete setup for the beam steering ability of the ALX series. Choose between one or two beams by choosing how many speaker are used for each beam. For each beam the angle (up and down) can be set. For each beam the beam spreading can be set. For each beam the acoustic center can be set. For each beam the gain can be set. Speakers per Beam: Used for multibeam-applications, splits the beam into two beams. Decide, how many driver-units physically are used to build up one beam. Minimum 4 drivers are necessary to build one beam. Possible configurations: ALX4: No multibeam ALX8: 4:4 is the only choice ALX16: 8:8, 12:4, 4:12 ALX24: 12:12, 20:4, 4:20, 12:8, 8:12 ALX32: 16:16, 28:4, 4:28, 20:12, 12:20 ALX40: 20:20, 36:4, 4:36, 32:8, 8:32, 28:12, 12:28, 24:16, 16:24 ALX48: 24:24, 40:4, 4:40, 36:4, 4:36, 32:8, 8:32, 28:12, 12:28, 24:16, 16:24 11

13 Angle: Specifies the angle of one or two beams. Using the Down arrow the acoustical beam moves down, using the Up arrow the acoustical beams moves up. If only one beam is activated use the lower button line. BEAM-Spreading: Specifies the opening-angle for each beam. If only one beam is activated use the lower button line. Acoustic Mid Specifies the acoustical center. This can be moved up and down using the up and down arrows. If only one beam is activated use the lower button line. Gain: Specifies the Gain (volume) for each beam If only one beam is activated use the lower button line. Testfrequency: Specifies the frequency for the beam graphic. Standard-setting is 1500Hz. Room length: Enter the room dimensions (length) Room height: Enter the room dimensions (height) 12

14 Install-Pos X: Enter the install position of the ALX-speaker in x-dimension (distance from the wall) Install-Pos Y: Enter the install position of the ALX-speaker in y-dimension (height from the floor, bottom of enclosure) Install Angle: Enter the install-angle of the ALX-speaker if the speaker is mounted in an angle down- or upwards. 13

15 Working with presets Presets are to be created in the PANC control software. They will be stored in the hardware-device. Use the Load and Store- button in the MAIN-tab of the device. The current active preset is shown in the left area. Quick access to load presets is given using the tab PRESETS 14

16 After you created one or more presets press the button Store Device Parameters. The device will load the last preset after each start. Working with UDP commands to switch presets The presets can be recalled using UDP commands coming from a media control system integrated in the same network. UDP Port for all Aimline devices is: 3022 Command has to be send to the fixed IP address of the selected device. #LOAD_PRESET=preset_number 15

17 Using PANC offline: To use PANC in offline-mode without any speaker in a network: RIGHT-click on the symbol ROOT in the GROUP-LIST and select the virtual device from the pull-down menue The virtual device appears in the DEVICE-Manager as DEVICE0 and can be named and handled as an online-device. With right click on the offline-device the settings can be stored local in a file (Export device settings) 16

18 Cascading ALX modules ALX8 modules can be cascaded to ALX16 (two modules), ALX 24 (three modules), ALX32 (four modules), ALX40 (five modules), ALX 48 (six modules) to build extended columns. 17

19 Instruction: Decide which module should be Master (the lower one) and which module should be slaves (the upper ones). Start to open all connection port coverplates. Put he modules straight on the floor, face down. Remove the caps (except the lowest and the upper) Put in the connection plate into the rail (one per two modules) Connect the enclosures by latching them with the two short screws. Slide the connection plate in the centre between the two modules. 18

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23 Cabling: The lower Master module gets power with the mains-connector and network using the ETHERNET DATA in port. Remove the two cables behind the UPPER plate and move them to the next slave-module. Connect the mains clamp to the main input, connect the network cable to the ETHERNET DATA THRU-port. Having more than two modules go on in the same way. Notice that all slaves have to be connected to the DATA THRU port. Close the connector port plates and mount the new built column. After starting the ALX (connected with mains) the software in network scan will recognize the new built column as ALX16/24/32/40/48. Notice: Every change of the configuration forces a new start (power off, power on). Networking with cascaded modules: Having modules cascaded the Master module (the lowest one) reassigns the IP-addresses to the slaves (e.g. master , first slave: , next slave: a.s.o.) Audio-signal with cascaded modules: The Master module gets audio, using analogue, AES or Dante. The slaves will automatically be switched to Input AES, signal will be transported via AES from master to slaves internally. Using DANTE: The DANTE-input in the Master module has to get the DANTE input. Notice: If it necessary to rebuilt a cascaded column and use the modules as single ALX the input has been switched to AES, the IP-adress will be the one that was assigned from the master. 22

24 Aimline Company contact: Beckumer Str Warendorf Germany Phone: info@aimline-audio.com 23