Operating Manual - nX, nXe, and nXp Power Amplifiers
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.1 Amplifier Series
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 nX Installation Requirements
. . . . . . . 7
2.1 AC Mains Voltage, Power, and Current. . 7
2.2 Input Signal Wiring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 Output Speaker Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4 Remote Control Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.5 AUX Output Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.6 Mechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.7 Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3 nX Amplifier Protection
. . . . . . . . . . . 10
4 Front Panel Features (all models)
. . . 10
4.1 Mounting Holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.2 Air Inflow Vents
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.3 Factory Reset/Sleep Mode Switch . . . . 10
4.4 Channel Attenuators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.5 Channel LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.6 Amplifier Status LEDs
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.7 Power Switch/LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.8 Series and Model Labels . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5 Rear Panel Features (nX Series)
. . . . 12
5.1 Channel Configuration DIP Switch
. . . . 12
5.2 Euroblock Input Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.3 Remote DC Level Control . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.4 Combo Input Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.5 Bridge Mode Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.6 SpeakON
®
Output Jacks . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.7 PowerCON
®
AC Mains Connector . . . . . 12
5.8 Serial Number Sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6 Rear Panel Features (nXe Series)
. . . 13
6.1 Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.2 Network Audio Module Option . . . . . . . 13
6.3 Standby Contact Closure . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.4 Fault Logic Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.5 Preset Recall Contact Closure . . . . . . . 13
6.6 Serial Data Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.7 Aux Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.8 AES3 Digital Audio I/O Option. . . . . . . 13
7 Rear Panel Features (nXp Series)
. . . 14
7.1 Installed DSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8 Ethernet Communications . . . . . . .
14
8.1 IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.2 Firewalls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.3 Wi-Fi and LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.4 Connecting Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
*NOTE:
Sections 9-13
(p15-51)
are NOT included in the printed
manual shipped with nX amplifiers.
The complete owner's manual is avail-
able as a PDF file on the Ashly Web
-
site. For best results when viewing
and navigating the PDF file, enable
the PDF Bookmarks.
9 Protea
ne
Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9.1 Installing and Using the Software . . . . 15
9.1a Ashly Network Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9.1b Ashly Project Canvas . . . . . . . . . . 15
9.1c File Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
9.1d Network Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
9.1e Project Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
9.1f Add Item Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
9.1g Options Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
9.1h Flash Programmer Menu . . . . . . . . 17
9.1i Load Analysis Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
9.1j Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.2 nX Device Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.2a Flash Reprogram Mode . . . . . . . . . 18
9.2b Link Group Configuration
. . . . . . . . 18
9.2c Power On Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.2d Idle Time Before Sleep . . . . . . . . . 19
9.2f Factory Installed Options . . . . . . . . 19
9.2g Clear All Stored Presets. . . . . . . . . 19
9.2h Sample Rate and Master Clock. . . . 19
9.2i DVCA Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.2j DSP Enable/Disable . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.3 nX Preset Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.3a Sub Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.4 Device Control Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9.4a Software Control Surface. . . . . . . . 20
9.4b Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
9.4c Network Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
9.4d DSP Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
9.4d - Pluggable DSP Blocks . . . . 23-38
9.4d - I/O Matrix Router . . . . . . . . . . 39
9.4d - Matrix Mixer and Auto Mixer. . . 39
9.4e Input Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
9.4f Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
9.4g Event Scheduler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
9.4h Fault Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41