Axel Oxygen 4, Manual

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Page 2: ...ssential to know An electrical shock is caused by voltage and current actually it is the current that causes the shock In practice the higher the voltage the higher the current will be and the higher...

Page 3: ...and return it to your dealer for repair And last but not least be careful not to touch a person being shocked as you yourself could also be shocked Once removed from the shock have someone send for me...

Page 4: ...have become familiar with your console We will certainly learn from your comments and we will very much appreciate the effort and time it will take for you to communicate your idea s and suggestions...

Page 5: ...2 COBRANET BUNDLES 18 8 3 COBRANET AND ETHERNET 18 9 HARDWARE CONNECTIONS 19 9 1 ANALOG IN OUTPUTS 19 9 1 1 MIC inputs 19 9 1 2 LINE inputs 21 9 1 3 External inputs 22 9 1 4 Program Sub Aux CRM output...

Page 6: ...4 11 13 INPUT POOL LEVELS 55 11 14 NETWORK LEVELS 56 12 FTP 57 12 1 PRESETS 57 12 2 SECURITY 57 12 3 FLASH 57 13 SPECIFICATIONS 58 13 1 GENERAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS 58 13 2 A D AND D A CONVERTERS AND DSP...

Page 7: ...u can use this manual later on as a reference In the first chapters we shall give you an overview of the Oxygen 4 Digital and its features In this way you can have an impression of how to implement th...

Page 8: ...cable between the fader module to the 19 rack unit TO CNTRL UNIT 1 You can now also hook up the UTP cable to your ETHERNET 802 3 network if you would like to make settings In chapter 10 5 you can fin...

Page 9: ...ate unit with knobs and faders is used to control the Oxygen 4 Digital There are two connections at the 19 rack to make it possible to have at maximum 8 stereo faders Further this control surface hold...

Page 10: ...place You can assign one of your inputs to the eight modules in any way you want Furthermore you can bring one of the inputs to the external inputs to make them available at the CRM buss 5 2 Buss str...

Page 11: ...all Digital outputs you have a separate router which makes it possible for you too choose which buss is connected to the digital output Due to the advanced routing matrix you also have the option to r...

Page 12: ...FS This means you have on your digital outputs enough headroom The 0 dB level on the meter is 6 dBu on the balanced analog outputs Because you also need your bit resolution we interface with 24 bits a...

Page 13: ...hortly 0 dB on your meter is 6 dBu on the balanced input outputs 0 dBu on the unbalanced inputs outputs 20 dBFS fixed or 20 dBFS to 0 dBFS variable at the digital inputs outputs Oxygen 4 Digital from...

Page 14: ...t to explain the complete OSI model Below you will get some basic information regarding layers Figure 2 OSI Model Physical Data Link Layer Ethernet Network Layer Internet Protocol or Cobranet Transpor...

Page 15: ...hernet payload field 7 3 1 IP Address An IP address is a unique identifier for a device on a TCP IP network Within an isolated network it is possible to assign IP addresses at random as long as each a...

Page 16: ...rved for identifying the subnet To come up with a subnet mask the bits for the network number including the new subnet number are all set to 1 In our example the subnet mask would be 11111111 11111111...

Page 17: ...properly DHCP can cause headaches As I mentioned earlier DHCP automatically configures clients for TCP IP at the time the clients attach to the network Obviously this process doesn t happen by magic G...

Page 18: ...receive data from 4 different devices 8 2 Cobranet Bundles To setup a connection you have to give a transmit and receive socket a bundle number If a receive socket and transmit socket have the same b...

Page 19: ...ctors are wired 9 1 Analog In Outputs On the Oxygen 4 Digital 19 rack you can find several different types of analog inputs Below we will describe every input type to give you an overview on the dedic...

Page 20: ...t pins while phantom power is on At the back side you can find the four microphone inserts on a jack type connector Pin 1 Mic IN 1 Pin 6 Mic IN 1 Pin 2 GND Pin 7 Mic IN 2 Pin 3 Mic IN 2 Pin 8 GND Pin...

Page 21: ...Mono Input 5 6 Pin 1 Left Mono IN Pin 6 Left Mono IN Pin 2 GND GND Pin 7 Right Auto Cleanfeed OUT Pin 3 Right Auto Cleanfeed OUT Pin 8 GND GND Pin 4 GPO A GPO A Pin 9 GPO B GPO B Pin 5 Not Connected...

Page 22: ...ght OUT Pin 8 GND GND GND GND Pin 4 Mono OUT Not Connected Not Connected GPO A Pin 9 Mono OUT Not Connected Not Connected GPO B Pin 5 GND Not Connected GND Not Connected Table 5 Pinning for PROGRAM SU...

Page 23: ...in 9 GPO B Pin 5 Not Connected Table 6 Pinning Dig I 0 1 6 GPO A and GPO B make connection if the GPO is activated Maximum current 200 mA Maximum resistance when connection made 12 Ohm Maximum Voltage...

Page 24: ...ke connection if the GPO is activated Maximum current 200 mA Maximum resistance when connection made 12 Ohm Maximum Voltage 24 V 9 3 2 Word clock in and out On the rear side of the Oxygen 4 Digital yo...

Page 25: ...to your local network or directly to your PC Note When connecting directly to the PC you will need a Crosslink cable One crosslink cable comes with the Oxygen 4 Digital By entering the IP address of...

Page 26: ...v Pin 11 5v Pin 4 5v Pin 12 5v Pin 5 GND Pin 13 GND Pin 6 GND Pin 14 GND Pin 7 PHONE GND Pin 15 PHONE LEFT Pin 8 PHONE RIGHT Table 8 Pinning Control Surface connector The power supply for the control...

Page 27: ...onnection as the audio This makes it compatible to different manufactures so they can also hook up and control information of the Oxygen 4 Digital Cobranet side CobraNet is Ethernet based in most case...

Page 28: ...routing selection Now we shall give you a global overview of the Oxygen 4 Digital All hands on features described here can be found on the control surface of the system Next to the 4 fader version of...

Page 29: ...Using the Control Surface Figure 22 The 8 fader Control Surface of the Oxygen 4 Digital 10 1Input routing Oxygen 4 Digital from Axel Technology Phone 39 051736555 support axeltechnology com Page 29...

Page 30: ...located on the delivered CDROM For explanation see chapter 13 The range for each band is adjustable from 18dB to 18dB maximum Depending on the EQ Range settings on the webpage When pushing the encode...

Page 31: ...back to 140dB 10 4 3 CUE buss The stereo CUE buss can be fed from one or more modules by ways of the CUE switches on the console or on the computer screen The signal from the processing channel to th...

Page 32: ...ese addresses you must reboot the console for changes to take effect When you have connected the Oxygen 4 Digital directly to a PC you must manually assign all four addresses for example Oxygen 4 Digi...

Page 33: ...280x1024 11 1Opening screen To log on to the webpage you should enter the IP address in your internet explorer You will get a logon screen The first time you logon you don t have to enter a username o...

Page 34: ...Webpage Output Settings Security Settings Oxygen 4 Digital from Axel Technology Phone 39 051736555 support axeltechnology com Page 34...

Page 35: ...Oxygen 4 Digital Ethernet identifier System Up Time Displays the online time from the last time the Oxygen 4 Digital was activated Sample rate Displays the sample rate currently used by the Oxygen 4...

Page 36: ...he Oxygen 4 Digital automatically requests an IP address The Current DHCP section indicates whether the DHCP function is active or not When displaying the IP address the DHCP function is active When d...

Page 37: ...which user The disconnect button disconnects any user which is connected to the port FTP Data Connection Displays the time the FTP data port 20 was opened and by which user The disconnect button disc...

Page 38: ...he Cobranet module is active Max 21 characters Contact You can enter the name of the person here which has administrator privileges on the Oxygen 4 Digital Cobranet module Max 21 characters Cobranet d...

Page 39: ...The status of a channel tells you whether the channel is active or inactive Dropouts Displays the number of frames that didn t reach destination properly Bundle Let s you choose the bundle number that...

Page 40: ...48 kHz Cobranet clock If not the Cobranet input selections menu options will be disabled Digital Nominal Level Lets you adjust the headroom for the digital outputs See also chapter 6 Auto CUE Reset T...

Page 41: ...n selecting the Talkback button the chosen input will be directly put through on all the outputs who have Conference Talkback active 11 5 1 GPI 1 to 6 The GPI can receive a signal from the outside and...

Page 42: ...PO is active On Pulse GPO pulses when action becomes active Off Pulse GPO pulses when action becomes inactive Action MIC1 4 The activation of MIC1 4 triggers the GPO Redlight1 2 The activation of Redl...

Page 43: ...enu you can see all the inputs of the Oxygen 4 Digital You can adjust the corresponding label per input Each of the inputs has its advanced settings If Cobranet is not installed the Cobranet input set...

Page 44: ...B to 20dB MIC Gain MIC Only The possibility to trim the level of the MIC inputs from 0dB to 60dB EQ Active Enables the EQ functionality Dynamics Active Enables the dynamics functionality Remote Type Y...

Page 45: ...select if you want a trigger when the fader opens fader closes fader opens and closes and fader closes Remote Buss Here you can select if the fader must activate a remote Buss 1 4 Cobranet Local Func...

Page 46: ...32 10 Cobranet Input Settings The idea behind the Cobranet Input Settings is basically the same as the normal Input Settings Each bundle pair represents one 48kHz stereo channel You can rename each l...

Page 47: ...Each output has three settings Conference Talkback The Talkback MIC selected in the Global Settings menu will be put through directly to the output with the Conf TB setting activated Studio Mute All...

Page 48: ...output You can select PROG SUB AUX CUE and CRM at 20dBFS For the digital outputs you can choose the buss at 20dBFS or at the user setup digital headroom level at the Global Settings of the Oxygen 4 Di...

Page 49: ...c purposes Just like the normal Output Settings there are also three options per bundle pair available Conference Talkback Studio Mute and CRM Mute These three options are already discussed in chapter...

Page 50: ...ess levels to the Oxygen 4 Digital Users names can be stored on personal chip cards The chip cards can be used to allow access to the control surfaces The chip cards are fully compatible with the othe...

Page 51: ...Store button stores your personal settings inside the Oxygen 4 Digital Recall loads your personal setting for you Each user has an extra checkbox called Preset by Chip card When this option is set yo...

Page 52: ...and can t be limited Supervisor This is a user definable level Operator 1 This is a user definable level Operator 2 This is a user definable level Unknown Unknown user is basically the same as Idle us...

Page 53: ...ole you have to mark the setting Control surface 2 chip card determines user level for control surface 1 for correct chip card functionality To program a chip card simply type the username max 32 char...

Page 54: ...ivated user acquires privilege to setup the network through the control surface Input Routing When activated user acquires privilege to operate input routing Gain When activated user acquires privileg...

Page 55: ...ng menu enables you to prevent users will access the inputs from the control surface This option is also available for the Cobranet input channels if Cobranet is available in your Oxygen 4 Digital Oxy...

Page 56: ...l permissions to access the Global Settings menu Input Settings Grants user level permissions to access the Input Settings menu Output Settings Grants user level permissions to access the Output Setti...

Page 57: ...tuation EQ routing remotes etc you can store this file on your FTP client If that file is restored the Oxygen 4 Digital will immediately jump to the settings in the file which is uploaded 12 2Security...

Page 58: ...B THD Noise 100 dB 0 001 EQ is 3 band any band can perform one of the following functions specifications Low 18 dB 120Hz center shelving Q 0 1 to 10 variable MID 18 dB 1200Hz center bell Q 0 1 to 10 v...

Page 59: ...anced Output impedance 5R Ohm Nominal output level 6dBu maximum output 26dBu Max Output power 1W into 32R Ohm 80mW into 600R Ohm Dynamic Range 114dB AD converter CS4385 Frequency response 20Hz 20kHz 0...

Page 60: ...isolated relays able to handle a maximum of 50V at 200mA or 5V TTL 560R 8mA out All GPI s have a 5V TTL 100kOhm circuitry GPIO MIC has a 5V 56Ohm LED driver circuit Oxygen 4 Digital from Axel Technol...

Page 61: ...k in output unit Width 485mm Height 88 5mmDepth 300mm Notes 0dBu 775 mV All measurements were made on an Audio Precision system Two For more info on this and many other broadcast consoles contact your...

Page 62: ...cifications EMC NEN EN 55103 1 1995 NEN EN 55103 2 1995 NEN EN 55013 1 1994 Supplementary Information The products herewith complies with the requirements of the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC 1989 as amend...

Page 63: ...ears of enjoyable mixing Best regards Giuseppe Vaccari President Axel Technology srl Via Caduti di Sabiuno 6 F 40011 Anzola Dell Emilia ITALY Website http www axeltechnology it E mail support axeltech...

Page 64: ...rear side 27 Figure 21 The 4 fader Control Surface of the Oxygen 4 Digital 28 Figure 22 The 8 fader Control Surface of the Oxygen 4 Digital 29 Figure 23 Openingscreen of the webpage 33 Figure 24 Syste...

Page 65: ...Pinning Inserts 20 Table 4 Pinning for Stereo Input 1 4 and Mono Input 5 6 21 Table 5 Pinning for PROGRAM SUB AUX and CRM 22 Table 6 Pinning Dig I 0 1 6 23 Table 7 Pinning GPIO s 24 Table 8 Pinning C...

Page 66: ...brid 22 IP10 16 IP Address 16 levels 13 microphones 20 Network Addressing 16 phantom 20 ping 17 Subnet 17 Subnet Mask 17 TCP IP 16 telephone hybrid 22 Oxygen 4 Digital from Axel Technology Phone 39 05...

Page 67: ...you not only the possibility to route the busses to the outputs but also the possibility to route any input directly to an output without interference from the Mixing Console The modules external 1 2...

Page 68: ...in spixels Events OnFaderOn ModuleNr When a fader opens this event is generated OnFaderOff ModuleNr When a fader closes this event is generated OnChannelOn ModuleNr When a On switch is turned ON this...

Page 69: ...char Username unsigned char Password Log on if a user and password Void SetSource long ModuleNr long Source Set ModuleNr Source Source may be 0 till 34 0 N C 1 4 MIC1 MIC4 5 11 Analog1 Analog7 12 18...

Page 70: ...ModuleNr Value may be 140dB till 10dB Void SetProgToCRM long State Set Prog to CRM at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetSubToCRM long State Set Sub to CRM at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch...

Page 71: ...n long ModuleNr returns 20 dB till 20 dB Long GetMono long ModuleNr returns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetProg long ModuleNr returns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetSub long ModuleNr returns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetAux long Modul...

Page 72: ...1 ON 0 OFF Long GetAuxToCRM returns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetCUEToCRM returns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetExt1ToCRM returns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetExt2ToCRM returns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetCRMDim returns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetT...

Page 73: ...ithin or outside of warranty periods and does not extend to any loss or damage which may be caused as a consequence of misuse or failure of the equipment or products Axel Technology shall not in any e...