Sonosax SX-AD8+, User Manual

Page 1: ...IC LINE PREAMPLIFIER SONOSAX SX AD8 USER MANUAL Firmware Revision 1 0 November 2016 Audio equipment manufacturer SONOSAX SAS S A Ch de la Naz 38 CH 1052 Le Mont sur Lausanne Switzerland http www sonosax ch sonosax sonosax ch ...

Page 2: ...4 Setup Button 10 5 5 Input Setup 11 6 SX R4 Remote Operation 12 6 1 Enabling SX R4 Remote Operation 12 7 Service Mode 13 7 1 Introduction 13 7 2 Entering Service Mode 13 7 3 Service Mode Web Interface 13 7 4 Firmware Update 15 8 Performance Plots 16 8 1 Frequency Response Plot 16 8 2 LF Cut filter Plot 16 8 3 FFT Plots 17 9 Specifications 18 9 1 Analog Inputs 18 9 2 Low Frequency Cut Filter 18 9 ...

Page 3: ...essary to ensure safe operation of your equipment and to maintain it in good operating condition please read it carefully 1 1 Features Inputs Outputs 8 Mic Line inputs electronically balanced on XLR 3 phase reversal 48V phantom LF Cut and level control on front panel 4x AES3 transformer balanced outputs on 3M MDR 26 pin connector Performance 135 dB A weighted overall dynamic range 90 kHz overall f...

Page 4: ...ith push on C Cut out for shoulder strap L1 to L8 Tri color LEDs OFF input is powered off Light Green no signal detected Green signal activity Orange input signal reached orange level Red input signal reached red level or input level too high SX AD8 User Manual 4 19 ...

Page 5: ... Option Card Slot 2 3 Right Side Panel 5 7 6 8 4 3 2 1 1 to 4 XLR Analog electronically balanced Mic Line Inputs 5 to 8 5 SMA Female WIFI antenna connector 6 WIFI enable switch 7 Hirose 4 External power supply 9 to 18V DC 8 3M MDR 26 pin 4x AES outputs SX R4 interface link SX AD8 User Manual 5 19 ...

Page 6: ...NEL Analog Domain 48V phantom power 20dB switchable analog gain Low Frequency Cut LF CUT Analog to Digital conversion A very high dynamic range is achieved by using two Analog to Digital Converters ADC per channel driven by a software algorithm Digital Domain Input gain is computed using front panel input gain knob position user defined MIN MAX values of that knob and gain linking configuration Si...

Page 7: ...ted input LED blinks in red POWER 48V 20dB PHASE OFF 60Hz 120Hz LOW FREQ CUT FILTER UNUSED When input configuration is enabled knobs and LEDs 1 to 7 are used to change input setup 1 INPUT POWER LED off input OFF LED green input powered 2 PHANTOM POWER 48V LED off no phantom power LED green 48V phantom power 3 INPUT GAIN 20 dB LED off input gain 0 dB LED green input gain 20 dB 4 PHASE REVERSAL LED ...

Page 8: ... Connect to the SX AD8 WIFI network Network name SSID is SX AD8 __SNxxxxx where xxxxx is the device serial number No password is required 3 Launch a web browser and use 192 168 1 1 as the URL instead of http Firefox and Chrome are fully tested it should also work with other browsers like Safari Microsoft Edge or Opera The web interface is shown as below The main page consists of a top menu and 8 i...

Page 9: ...ls a general setup menu INPUT SETUP Call an input setup menu FULL SCREEN Toggles full screen mode CONNECTION STATUS Should be green connected Goes orange if the connection break or in case of hardware failure In case of connection problem toggles connection open close SX AD8 User Manual 9 19 ...

Page 10: ... 11 Red meter area 12 Orange meter area 13 Green meter area 14 Meter range 5 4 Setup Button SETUP INPUT SETUP SAMPLING FREQ 48k WLAN CHANNEL 10 LED INTENSITY 100 The SETUP button only modifies the top bar menu When active the following parameters are available Sampling Frequency select between 48 96 or 192 kHz WLAN channel select the WLAN channel to be used for WIFI interface After modification a ...

Page 11: ...erall meter range NOTE Orange red and meter range apply to web interface meters and front panel LEDs The input area consists of the following parameters MIN minimum gain value dB This is the lower gain value just after unmuting input with the gain knob MAX maximum gain value dB This is the higher gain value when gain know is at maximum POWER toggles input power 48V toggles 48V phantom power 20 tog...

Page 12: ...e and an Hirose power cable Don t forget to enable DC output in the SX R4 POWER menu As soon as both devices are powered the SX AD8 will connect with the SX R4 When operating in this mode The SX AD8 configuration is available through the SX R4 touch screen The SX AD8 potentiometers can operates as input gain or faders All SX AD8 push buttons can be assigned to a dedicated function SX AD8 User Manu...

Page 13: ...ory 5 XLR 1 4 input board failure 6 XLR 5 8 input board failure 7 Main board failure I2C bus 8 Failure detected on the optional card slot After power up the knobs and LEDs operation can be checked by pressing the knobs each push change the LED color OFF light green green orange red 7 3 Service Mode Web Interface The service mode exports a dedicated web application To view it proceed as following 1...

Page 14: ...nnected but hardware status failure detected CONNECTED CONNECTION BREAK Green or Yellow Connection breaks Indicates that the WIFI connection is not ideal short breaks or that the connection is not available any more OFFLINE Gray User manually disabled connection When connected the System Info section gives an overview of the hardware and software status SYSTEM INFO HARDWARE STATUS OK INIT CODE VER...

Page 15: ...t available The POTs POSITION gauges reflects the raw position of each potentiometer 7 4 Firmware Update To apply a firmware update first download the update file on Sonosax website Once completed enter service mode press the SELECT FIRMWARE FILE button and select the update file FIRMWARE UPGRADE SELECT FIRMWARE FILE UPGRADE FIRMWARE VALID FIRMWARE FOUND MAIN DSP VERSION 1 0 If the update file is ...

Page 16: ...8 Performance Plots 8 1 Frequency Response Plot 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 10 8 6 4 2 0 8 2 LF Cut filter Plot 1 10 100 1000 25 20 15 10 5 0 5 No LF Cut LF Cut 60Hz LF Cut 120Hz SX AD8 User Manual 16 19 ...

Page 17: ... 300 500 1k 2k 3k 5k 10k 20k 30k 50k L e v e l d B F S 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 Input 10 dBu Frequency Hz 10 20 30 50 100 200 300 500 1k 2k 3k 5k 10k 20k 30k 50k L e v e l d B F S 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 Input 0 dBu Frequency Hz 10 20 30 50 100 200 300 500 1k 2k 3k 5k 10k 20k 30k 50k L e v e l d B F S 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 Input 10 dBu Frequency ...

Page 18: ...Filter Frequency Response Third order 60 or 120 Hz See LF Cut filter Plot 9 3 Digital Domain Sampling Frequency 48 kHz 96 kHz 192 kHz A D 2x 24 bit per channel 40 bit processing A D Dynamic Range 135 5 dB A weighted Gain 0dB 129 5 dB A weighted Gain 20dB Output Bit Depth 24 bit Outputs 4x AES3 transformer balanced outputs on 3M MDR 26 pin 9 4 Power Input Voltage 9 18V DC on locking Hirose 4 Power ...

Page 19: ... 3M MDR 26 pin 13 1 14 26 1 ground 2 AES 1 2 3 AES 3 4 4 AES 5 6 5 AES 7 8 6 8 not connected 9 RS422 RX 10 RS422 TX 11 12 not connected 13 14 ground 15 AES 1 2 16 AES 3 4 17 AES 5 6 18 AES 7 8 19 21 not connected 22 RS422 RX 23 RS422 TX 24 25 not connected 26 ground SX AD8 User Manual 19 19 ...