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OWNERS MANUAL Assembly & Installation Instructions ...
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Owners Manual 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK: OPEN ONLY IF QUALIFIED AS SERVICE PERSONNEL To reiterate the above warnings: servicing instructions are for use by qualified personnel only. To avoid elec- tric shock, do...
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Owners Manual 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction 2 General Information 3 Assembly Instructions 6 Address Number Verification 9 Software Installation & Setup 10 Computer Requirements 11 USB to RS422 Driver Installation 12 For Windows XP Users 1...
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Owners Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of a Renkus-Heinz Iconyx Steerable Column Loudspeaker. We hope you enjoy it. Your Iconyx Steerable Column Loudspeaker was carefully tested and inspected before leaving our factory and shoul...
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Owners Manual Owners Manual 5 Item Description 6-Foot power cord with IEC connectors 3-pin Phoenix connectors (used for audio input con- nections 7-pin Phoenix connectors (used for data control con- nections AC power jumper cables (3-conductor with M...
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Owners Manual ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS In the following instructions, the term “module” is used to refer to one of the 8-channel sections of the finished assembly, which is called a column or a column array. 1. Prepare an assembly area. Each module ...
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Owners Manual 9. Into the end of each module connect the short 15-conductor ribbon cable. It only goes into the sockets one way and the cable is reversible. It does not matter which end goes into which module. Caution: for safety, use only the interc...
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Owners Manual 14. The last step is to finish tightening the screws that hold the heavy joining plate in place. Turn the assembly on its side and tighten the screws. 15. If you are assembling an IC24, IC32 or IC32/16, repeat the assembly procedure un...
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ADDRESS NUMBER VERIFICATION 1. Iconyx steerable column loudspeakers are digitally controlled and each 8-channel module must have a separate and distinct address number. The address number for each module is set using a BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) cod...
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Owners Manual 10 The switch settings for modules 17 to 32 are: 3. Common practice is to number the 8-channel modules consecutively starting at 01 with the bottom module. In an IC32, for example, the bottom module would be 01 and the ones on top of it...
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Owners Manual 11 Notes: 1. The Audio Cable is a conventional twisted-pair shielded audio cable. It terminates in a 3- pin Phoenix connector and loops from column to column; looping Phoenix connectors are provided on each column. 1.0 V is required fo...
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Owners Manual INSTALLING THE USB TO RS422 ADAPTER DRIVERS Normally the USB to RS422 adapter and serial extension cable is installed before any of the soft- ware programs. However, the USB to RS422 adapter and software programs can be installed in any...
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Owners Manual 3. After Windows finds the approprate driver, you will be notified that the driver has not passed Windows Logo testing with the following message. Click on “Continue Anyway”. Windows will finish the driver installation. Click on �...
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Owners Manual After Windows finds the appropriate driver, you will be notified that the driver has not passed Windows Logo testing with the following message. Click on “Continue Anyway”. Windows will finish the driver installation. Click “Fin...
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Owners Manual 3. You will be prompted to search for the location of the drivers. Click CD ROM Drives, then click Next. After Windows finds the appropriate driver, you will be prompted to install it, click on Next. After Windows finishes installing ...
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Owners Manual 5. You will be prompted with the following screen. Click “Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)” and then click Next. 6. You will be prompted for a location to search for the drivers. Click CD ROM Drives, then c...
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Owners Manual IF WINDOWS DID NOT PROMPT TO INSTALL DRIVERS AUTOMATICALLY If Windows did not prompt you as in step 1, you will need to manually initate the driver installation. Open Device Manager (by Right-Clicking on MyComputer and selecting “Man...
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Owners Manual INSTALLING BEAMWARE 1. Click on the Install BeamWare button to activate the BeamWare installer program. If you have an old version of BeamWare installed on your computer, the window shown below will appear. The old version needs to be ...
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Owners Manual Notice that you are given the choice of limiting access to BeamWare to just yourself or of giving access to anyone using the computer. Make your choice and then approve the suggested file loca- tion by clicking on Next. A Confirm Instal...
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Owners Manual INSTALLING ARRAY II 1. Click on the Install ARRAY II button to activate the Array II installer program. A. Click on OK. B. Click on the large button in the dialogue box to continue C. Click on Continue to begin the installation (note t...
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Owners Manual A. Click on Next. B. Approve the suggested file location by clicking on Next. C. Select the Icon Option you wish to use and then click on Next to continue. D. Click on Install to begin the installation. E. Click on Done to complete the ...
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Owners Manual 22 USING BEAMWARE 1. To open BeamWare, click on the BeamWare icon the installer placed on your desktop. This will start BeamWare and open the screen shown below. 2. Before you go any further, you should first verify that you are us...
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Owners Manual 23 Notice that the Options window also allows you to change the height of the measuring plane (the Ear Height), the Scale Level Views and the Color Legend. Until you are more familiar with the program we suggest you accept the default s...
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Owners Manual 24 6. The next step is to select the steerable column you want to use in the simulation, position it and define the beam (lobe). Select the appropriate column, IC8, IC16, IC24, IC32, IC16/8 or IC32/16, using the Setup field on the left...
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Owners Manual 25 Note that at any point you can click on the Calculate Mapping [F5] bar to tell the program to map the array’s performance. Initially, a pop up screen will ask you to choose the resolution of the simulation. Low Resolution simulatio...
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Owners Manual 26 Now, let’s investigate the multiple beam capabilities of Iconyx. In many installations, a single beam is the ideal solution for the room’s acoustical challenges and the beam’s movable acoustic center pro- vides all the mounting...
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Owners Manual 27 Change the acoustical center for both beams, placing the acoustical center for one beam at the top of the array and the other one at the bottom. Note that you can place the acoustical center of either beam 1 or of beam 2 at the top o...
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Owners Manual As the next step in this excercise, let’s assume you have to move the IC16 10 feet futher away from the audience area and up 20 feet in height. Change the Position [ft] parameters to read X = -10 and Y = 24 and reaim the two lobes. As...
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Owners Manual Now that we understand the basics of using Beamware, it’s time to investigate one of the unique tools Beamware includes to even further speed the design process. It’s called Auto-Focus and it is available as a design aid whenever yo...
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Owners Manual Auto-Focus will also warn you if the location you have chosen for the steerable array isn’t ideal; see below. You can override this warning if you want and the program will still attempt to properly focus all the beams. You may, howev...
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Owners Manual 8. The final step after you are happy with the design is to create the FIR (Finite Impulse Response) file that will be used by the Array II program to control the column’s performance. Pressing the Generate FIR bar will open the FIR f...
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Owners Manual Selecting Create Print Version under the File pull down menu will create a Word document that can easily stored. Selecting Save Picture As under the File pull down menu allows you to save the graphic project dis- play as an electronic ...
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Owners Manual USING ARRAY II 1. To open Array II, click on the the Array II Icon the installer placed on your desktop. This will open the screen shown below. Notice that the opening screen contains 4 separate windows. Their appearance will change as ...
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Owners Manual 2. Now choose Read Array from the Read Array pull down menu at the top of the screen. This will add to the Column List window a listing of all the 8-channel modules the program has found in the system. We had only an IC8, so the system ...
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Owners Manual 3. Repeat this operation for every 8-channel module in the system, making sure they are placed cor- rectly. 4. When all the modules are in their correct location, click on Store Configuration in the upper menu bar. This will add a numbe...
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Owners Manual 5. Clicking on one of the number boxes will open the Select FIR Filter File window shown below. Locate the FIR Filter set you want to install and click on the file that ends in a “1”; file DCC16_CI_09_10_051.fir in the above screen....
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Owners Manual USING CANVAS 1. To open the Canvas program, click on the Canvas Icon the installer program placed on your desk- top. The screen shown below will open. Notice that you have several options; one is to select the column array you want to c...
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Owners Manual As you can see from the flow chart, Canvas places control of the column array’s frequency response and level at your fingertips. Clicking on the Tone button opens the tone control screen shown below. It gives you total control of both...
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Owners Manual The 8-Band button provides access to an 8-band parametric EQ allowing you to adjust the response to compensate for any room acoustic pecularities. The Master Level button allows you to control the output level of the column array. The C...
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Owners Manual A tone signal generator is also included in the program. Pressing the Signal Generator button will bring up the following screen which allows you to choose the signal’s frequency and distribute the signal to the column array. Please n...
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Owners Manual 41 INSTALLATION PRE INSTALL TEST It’s always a good idea to test the column array as a complete unit before it is installed to make sure all the connections were properly made and all the transducers are working. If there is a problem...
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Owners Manual 42 Each access port includes input connectors and looping ouput connectors for the audio and RS422 digital control lines. See below. The audio cable is a conventional twisted pair shielded cable; 24 gauge or larger recommended. The audi...
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Owners Manual 43 Connections to the Fault Relay are made using the 2-pin Orange Phoenix connector designated R- Control. A separate Fault Relay is needed for each 8-channel DSP controlled digital amplifier; an IC24, for example, would have 3 Fault re...
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Owners Manual Notice that each mounting plate has hinge sections on both the right and left side of the plate to provide for either “right” or “left” swing away from the wall. IC8, IC16 and IC16/8 column arrays will have two hinge sections; I...
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Owners Manual 45 SERVICING GENERAL INFORMATION Your Iconyx steerable column array contains no user-serviceable parts and all service should be referred to qualified service personnel. Great care was taken in its design, however, to allow it to be ser...
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Owners Manual 46 The best way to check is probably to remove the grille from the module and use your fingertips to feel for cone vibrations while music is being played through the system. Be aware that no movement of the cone of a transducer is not p...
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Owners Manual 3. Disconnect (unplug) the module from the signal buss line. See below. 4. Disconnect (unplug) the module from the output buss line. 5. Disconnect (unplug) the module from the AC power buss line. 47 ...
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6. Remove the 9 machine screws that secure the power supply/amplifier assembly to the frame. Three are located above the heat sink, three are located below and three are located near the center of the heat sink. See below. note that when the array ...
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