Axiom CX14A User manual

USER MANUAL
CX14A
Powered Processed Stage Monitor
KEY FEATURES
• High-Output Coaxial Acve Stage Monitor • Coaxial Transducers, 14” woofer, 2” HF compression driver
• Single magnet neodymium motor • 80° constant coverage
• Dual taper angle monitor conguraon (45° or 55°) • 96KHz / 40 bit oang point CORE processing with PRONET remote control
• Very compact size Low-prole design • Class D amplier module with SMPS
• Dual-angle pole holder for mulpurpose applicaons
INTRODUCTION
The CX14A is a coaxial stage monitor designed specifically for live sound,
although the very compact, low-prole enclosure also makes it suitable for
theatre and television applicaons.
The combinaon of a high-performance coaxial transducer, a carefully designed
cabinet, and powerful Class D amplier together with CORE DSP processing
provides very high SPL before feedback and excellent intelligibility even at very
high power.
The unique 14” LF transducer’s coaxial design oers a very stable acouscal
paern over 80° in both the horizontal and vercal axes. The high frequency
range is reproduced by a low-distoron compression driver equipped with a 3”
aluminium voice coil and polyester/tanium diaphragm. The special shape of the
LF cone allows precise and controlled conical dispersion of 80°.
The reduced size and weight of the birch plywood cabinet makes the CX14A
one of the most compact and lightweight stage monitors in its category. The 45°
and 55° angled sides enable it to be posioned at diering distances from the
performers depending on the stage size and type of monitoring needed.
A convenient dual-angle pole holder allows the CX14A to be mounted on a
standard speaker stand to be used as a mulpurpose front of house loudspeaker.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
SYSTEM Remote Control PRONET AX control soware
System’s Acousc Principle 2-way coaxial vented enclosure Network protocol CANBUS
Frequency response (±3 dB) 70 Hz – 18 kHz (Processed) Amplier Type Class D with SMPS
Horizontal Coverage Angle 80° (-6 dB) Output Power 900W + 300W
Vercal Coverage Angle 80° (-6 dB) Mains Voltage Range (Vac) 230 V~ ±15% or 115 V~ ±15% 50/60 Hz
Maximum Peak SPL 131 dB @ 1m Consumpon* 575 W (nominal) 1200 W (max)
TRANSDUCERS Mains Connector PowerCon® (NAC3MPA)
LF One 14” (355mm), 3”(75mm) voice coil,
waterproof cone
Mains Link Connector PowerCon® (NAC3MPB)
IN / OUT Connectors Neutrik XLR-M / XLR-F
HF One 2” driver, 3” (75mm) aluminium voice
coil, polyester/tanium diaphragm
IN / OUT Network Connectors ETHERCON® (NE8FAV)
Cooling Variable speed DC fan
ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURE & CONSTRUCTION
Input Impedance 20 kΩ balanced, 10kΩ unbalanced Dimensions 507mm W x 316mm H x 403mm
Input Sensivity +4 dBu / 1.25 V Taper Stage Monitor: 45° and 55°
Signal Processing CORE processing, 96kHz / 40bit oang
point SHARC DSP, 24 bit AD/DA converters
Pole holder One on the side, dual-angle
Enclosure Material 15 mm, reinforced Phenolic Birch
Direct access Controls 4 Presets (NORMAL WEDGE, COUPLED, LOW
CUT, USER), Network Terminaon, GND Link
Paint High resistance, black water based paint
Net Weight 16 Kg / 35.3 lbs
* Nominal consumpon is measured with pink noise with a crest factor of 12 dB, this can be considered a standard music program.
revision 2018-05

MECHANICAL DRAWING
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
CXCASE14PT Carrying Case for 2 box unit
COVERCX14A Cover for CX14A
NAC3FCA Neutrik Powercon® BLUE PLUG
NAC3FCB Neutrik Powercon® WHITE PLUG
NE8MCB Neutrik Ethercon PLUG
NC3MXXBAG Neutrik XLR-M
NC3FXXBAG Neutrik XLR-F
USB2CAND Dual output PRONET network converter
see hp://www.axiomproaudio.com/ for detailed descripon and other available accessories.
SPARE PARTS
NAC3MPA Neutrik Powercon® BLUE SOCKET
NAC3MPB Neutrik Powercon® WHITE SOCKET
9814CXN76WZ4 Coaxial Loudspeaker 14’’ woofer - 2” driver
98MMD9028M Titanium diaphragm for 2” driver
95MET300061 Loudspeaker protecon metal grid
91DA900B DA900B Power amplier module
91DSPKT10 DSP PCBA Input PCBA and Control PCBA
38,5cm
15.2”
31,6cm
12.5”
39,0cm
15.4”
40,3cm
15.9”
50,7cm
20.0”
35,0cm
13.8”
45° 55°

I/O AND CONTROL OPERATIONS
MAINS IN - Powercon® NAC3FCA power input connector (blue). To switch the amplier on, insert the Powercon® connector and turn it clockwise
into the ON posion. To switch the amplier o, pull back the switch on the connector and turn it counter-clockwise into the POWER OFF posion.
WARNINGS: In the case of product failure or fuse replacement, disconnect the unit completely from the mains power. The power cable
must only be connected to a socket corresponding to the specicaons indicated on the amplier unit. The power supply must be
protected by a suitably rated thermo-magnec breaker. Preferably use a suitable switch to power on the whole audio system leaving the
Powercon® always connected to each speaker, this simple trick extend the life of the Powercon® connectors.
MAINS OUT - Powercon® NAC3FCB power output connector (grey). This is connected in parallel with the MAINS ~ / IN. The maximum load
applicable depends on the mains voltage. With 230V~ we suggest to link a maximum of 4 CX14A loudspeakers, with 120V~ we suggest to link a
maximum of 2 CX14A loudspeaker.
INPUT - Audio signal input with locking XLR connector. It has a fully electronically balanced circuitry including AD conversion for the best S/N rao
and input headroom.
LINK - A direct connecon from the input connector to link other speakers with same audio signal.
ON - This LED indicates power on status.
SIGN/LIMIT - This LED lights in green to indicate the presence of the signal and lights in red when an internal limiter reduces the input level.
GND LIFT - This switch li the ground of the balanced audio inputs from the earth-ground of the amplier module.
PRESET BUTTON - This buon has two funcon:
1) Pressing it while powering on the unit:
ID ASSIGN the internal DSP assigns a new ID to the unit for the PRONET remote control operaon. Each loudspeaker must have a unique
ID to be visible in the PRONET network. When you assign a new ID, all the other loudspeakers with the ID already assigned
must be ON and connected to the network.
2) Pressing it with the unit ON you can select the DSP PRESET. The selected PRESET is indicated by the corresponding LED:
NORMAL WEDGE This PRESET is suitable for typical stage monitor applicaons. It can be used also when the CX14A is used mounted on a
pole.
COUPLED UNITS This preset provides the correct EQ when two CX14A monitors, fed with the same audio signal, are placed at no more than
0,6 m (2 feet) one to the other. To be used for double stage monitoring for singers or other musicians.
LOW CUT This PRESET is the same as NORMAL WEDGE but with a low cut at 110 Hz 48 dB/oct. To be selected when a CX14A is used
in combinaon with a subwoofer to form a DRUM FILL or a SIDE FILL system. It can be used also in case you need to cut
drascally the monitor LF response.
USER The USER PRESET corresponds to the rst USER MEMORY (Preset 4-U) stored in the DSP and, as a factory seng, it’s the
same as NORMAL WEDGE. If you want to modify it, you have to connect the unit to a PC, edit the parameters with PRONET
AX soware and save it into “Preset 4-U-your_preset_name” (see also the PRONET AX manual).
NETWORK IN/OUT - These are a standard RJ45 CAT5 connectors (with oponal NEUTRIK NE8MC RJ45 cable connector carrier), used for PRONET
network transmission of remote control data over long distance or mulple unit applicaons.
TERMINATE - In a PRONET network the last loudspeaker device must be terminated (with an inner load resistance) especially in a long run cabling:
press this switch if you want to terminate the unit.

POWER AMPLIFIERS
Powering the loudspeaker drivers is a well-proven DA series Class D amplier module used in many of the Axiom powered loudspeaker products,
with audio quality that is comparable to some of the best analogue Class A-B designs, but with the benet of lower weight and beer than 90%
eciency. The output power is opmised specically to the drive units, delivering 900 was to the low frequency woofer and 200 was to the
high frequency driver. The DA series amplier delivers superior denion at all frequencies, and very high dynamic range with low distoron even
at maximum level, so your sound remains clean and dynamic even when loud..
SIGNAL PROCESSING
The system processing is based on the CORE DSP plaorm, which has been designed by the PROEL R&D Laboratories using one of the most
advanced SHARC DSP for audio applicaon. It features 40bit, 96kHz oang point resoluon and high quality 24bit AD/DA converters, for a perfect
signal integrity, a dynamic range in excess of 110dB and a superior sonic performance. Thanks to its massive processing power, the CORE plaorm
is capable of providing the most sophiscated algorithms for speaker processing, together with remote control and networking capability.
The PRONET control soware, working on a solid and reliable CANBUS based network protocol, provides an intuive interface for the remote
control of the whole system, with the possibility of eqing, delaying, increasing the protecons and monitoring the status of the amplier.
PRONET AX
PRONET AX soware has been developed in collaboraon with sound engineers and sound designers, in order to oer an “easy-to-use” tool to
setup and manage your audio system. With PRONET AX you can visualize signal levels, monitor internal status and edit all the parameters of each
connected device.
Download the PRONET AX app from the AXIOM website at hp://www.axiomproaudio.com/ clicking on downloads secon of the product.
The AXIOM acve loudspeaker devices can be connected in a network and controlled by the PRONET AX soware. For the network connecon
the PROEL USB2CAN (with 1-port) or USB2CAND (with 2-port) converter oponal accessory is needed.
PRONET AX network is based on a “bus-topology” connecon, where the rst device is connected to the input connector of the second device,
the second device network output is connected to the network input connector of the third device, and so on. To ensure a reliable communicaon
the rst and the last device of the “bus-topology” connecon must be terminated. This can be done by pressing the “TERMINATE” switch near
the network connectors in the rear panel of the rst and the last device. For the network connecons simple RJ45 cat.5 or cat.6 ethernet cables
can be used (please don’t confuse a ethernet network with a PRONET AX network these are completely dierent and must be fully separated also
both use the same kind of cable).
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-15
-20
-25
-30
-35 20 50 100 200 500 1K 2K 5K 10K 20K Hz
LOW CUT
COUPLED UNITS
NORMAL WEDGE
CX14A - PRESET RESPONSE

Assign the ID number
To work properly in a PRONET AX network each connected device must have a unique idener number, called ID. By default the USB2CAND PC
controller has ID=0 and there can be only one PC controller. Every other device connected must have its own unique ID equal or greater than 1:
in the network cannot exist two devices with the same ID.
In order to correctly assign a new available ID to each device for working properly in a Pronet AX network, follow these instrucons:
1. Switch o all the devices.
2. Connect them correctly to the network cables.
3. “TERMINATE” the end device in the network connecon.
4. Switch on the rst device keep pressed “PRESET” buon on the control panel.
5. Leaving the previous device switched on, repeat the previous operaon on the next device, unl the latest device is turned on.
The “Assign ID” procedure for a device makes the internal network controller to perform two operaons: reset the current ID; search the rst free
ID in the network, starng from ID=1. If no other devices are connected (and powered on), the controller assume ID=1, that is the rst free ID,
otherwise it searches the next one le free.
These operaons ensure that every device has it’s own unique ID, if you need to add a new device to the network you simply repeat the operaon
of step 4. Every device maintains its ID also when it is turned-o, because the idener is stored in the internal memory and it is cleared only by
another “Assign ID” step, as explained above.
With the network made always of the same devices the assigning ID procedure must be executed only the rst me the system is turned on.
USB2CAND
do not
pressed
pressed
LAST DEVICE
network
network
FIRST DEVICE
AND FOLLOWING
notebook
with PRONET AX soware
USB 2.0 port
1) pressed if the USB2CAND is the first device
2) not pressed if other AXIOM system is connected
to the other connector
EXAMPLE OF PRONET NETWORK WITH CX14A WEDGE MONITOR

EDITING USER PRESETS
If you connect the CX14A stage monitor to a PC, using PRONET AX Control Soware you can edit the user presets.
Here below a typical stage setup of a band using 8 CX14A wedges from a monitor engineer point of view:
Setup - Device Name: here you can assign a unique name at the unit (twelve characters are available).
Setup - Device Group: here you assign the unit to a group, so when the LINK funcon on PRONET soware is acvated, you can automacally set
the same parameters to all the units assigned to the same group.
For each unit is possible to edit its DSP parameters, a brief explanaon will follow:
Input - Level: adjusts the input level gain in the range of -30 ÷ +6 dB (this is a digital control aer the A/D converter).
Input - Meter: shows the input level signal aer the A/D converter in dBFs. Green LED indicates the normal operang level before nominal input
sensivity (+4 dBu corresponding to -16 dBFs), yellow LED indicates that the signal exceeds the nominal sensivity, red LED indicates digital clipping
and must be avoided.
Input - Limiter: show the reducon of the input signal if it crosses the threshold of the input limiter for the whole loudspeaker, this value is set
from factory for the beer performance and transparency.
Input/Output - MUTE: these buons can be used to switch o the unit or the woofer or the HF driver in order to check the system.
Output - Out Trim: use these controls in you want to trim nely the level of woofer and HF driver within a ±3dB range.
Output - Limiter: show the reducon of the signal sent to each speaker, the threshold of these limiters is set from factory to preserve the safety
of each speaker.
Input - Delay: edit this box to apply a delay to the speaker, to be used pically if you need to align in me the speaker to another sound source.
Note: a delay higher than 10 mS (3 m) is easily audible and it can be annoying to singers and musicians.

PEQ - EQ1-5: 5-band full parametric EQ.
Note: CX14A is already opmized for the best performance for wedge monitoring, so we suggest to make only small adjustments to adjust the
response for parcular enviroments or instrument mic’ing.
PRESET: you can store or recall preset in the device’s memory or load and save presets in your computer HD as *.pcf les.
Note: the user preset no. 4-U can be reloaded also from the unit’s control panel without the need to re-connect to the pc.
For more detailed instrucon about PRONET AX see the USER’S MANUAL included with the soware.

LIMITED WARRANTY
Proel warrants all materials, workmanship and proper operaon of this product for a period of two years from the original date of purchase. If any
defects are found in the materials or workmanship or if the product fails to funcon properly during the applicable warranty period, the owner
should inform about these defects the dealer or the distributor, providing receipt or invoice of date of purchase and defect detailed descripon.
This warranty does not extend to damage resulng from improper installaon, misuse, neglect or abuse. Proel S.p.A. will verify damage on returned
units, and when the unit has been properly used and warranty is sll valid, then the unit will be replaced or repaired. Proel S.p.A. is not responsible
for any “direct damage” or “indirect damage” caused by product defecveness.
• This unit package has been submied to ISTA 1A integrity tests. We suggest you control the unit condions immediately aer unpacking it.
• If any damage is found, immediately advise the dealer. Keep all unit packaging parts to allow inspecon.
• Proel is not responsible for any damage that occurs during shipment.
• Products are sold “delivered ex warehouse” and shipment is at charge and risk of the buyer.
• Possible damages to unit should be immediately noed to forwarder. Each complaint for package tampered with should be done within eight
days from product receipt.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
– To reduce the risk, close supervision is necessary when the product is used near children.
– Protect the apparatus from atmospheric agents and keep it away from water, rain and high humidity places.
– This product should be site away from heat sources such as radiators, lamps and any other device that generate heat.
– This product should be located so that its locaon or posion does not interfere with its proper venlaon and heang dissipaon.
– Care should be taken so that objects and liquids do not go inside the product.
– The product should be connected to a power supply mains line only of the type described on the operang instrucons or as marked on the
product. Connect the apparatus to a power supply using only power cord included making always sure it is in good condions.
– WARNING: The mains plug is used as disconnect device, the disconnect device shall remain readily operable.
– Do not cancel the safety feature assured by means of a polarized line plug (one blade wider than the other) or with a earth connecon.
– Make sure that power supply mains line has a proper earth connecon.
– Power supply cord should be unplugged from the outlet during strong thunderstorm or when le unused for a long period of me.
CE CONFORMITY
Proel products comply with direcve 2014/30/UE (EMC), as stated in EN 55103-1 and EN 55103-2 standards and with direcve 2014/35/UE (LVD),
as stated in EN 60065 standard.
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