AIMLINE ALX Series User manual

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

ALX Manual
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.

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

ALX Manual
3
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)

ALX Manual
4
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
192.168.10.10
Set your network-adapter at your PC to a fixed IP-address in the range:
192.168.10 XX (without using 10)

ALX Manual
5
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 (192.168.10.1 – 192.168.10.100)
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

ALX Manual
6
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.

ALX Manual
7
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 DANTE-
controller you can
assign the DANTE-
signals to the DANTE
receivers. Each Aimline
ALX offers two DANTE-
inputs.
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

ALX Manual
8
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 UNMUTE-
bottom unmutes ALL devices in your network.

ALX Manual
9
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

ALX Manual
10
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.

ALX Manual
11
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

ALX Manual
12
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)

ALX Manual
13
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.

ALX Manual
14
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

ALX Manual
15
After you created one or more presets press the button “Store Device Param-
eters”. 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

ALX Manual
16
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)

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

ALX Manual
18
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.

ALX Manual
19