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  • Page 1 OWNERS MANUAL Assembly & Installation Instructions...
  • Page 2 Owners Manual IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 12. The AC Power Cord is the AC Mains disconnect. 1. Read these instructions. 13. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the 2. Keep these instructions. manufacturer. 3. Heed all warnings. 14. Disconnect this apparatus during lightning storms or 4.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    If you have a question about Steerable Column Loudspeakers or run into a problem using one of our ICONYX Steerable Column Loudspeakers, call our technical support staff. Phone: 949 588 9997 Monday through Friday between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Pacific Time. Ask for: Jim Mobley (Extension 104) Jonas Domkus (Extension 135) E-mail jim@renkus-heinz.com jonas@renkus-heinz.com...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Owners Manual Owners Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of a Renkus-Heinz Iconyx Steerable Column Loudspeaker. We hope you enjoy it. Your Iconyx Steerable Column Loudspeaker was carefully tested and inspected before leaving our factory and should have arrived in perfect condition. Please carefully inspect the shipping carton(s) and loudspeak- er(s) for any noticeable damage, and if any damage is found, immediately notify the shipping company.
  • Page 5 Owners Manual Owners Manual Model Model Model Model IC16 IC24 IC32 IC16/8 IC32/16 Item Description 6-Foot power cord with IEC connectors 3-pin Phoenix connectors (used for audio input con- nections 7-pin Phoenix connectors (used for data control con- nections AC power jumper cables (3-conductor with Molex connectors) Data / signal jumper cable (15-conductor flat wire cable) with Amp connectors...

  • Page 6: Assembly Instructions

    8. Into the end of each module connect the short 3-conductor AC cable. It only goes into the sockets one way and the cable is reversible. Make sure each end is firmly seated and a click is heard when inserting the plug. Caution: For safety, use only the interconnection cable supplied by Renkus-Heinz.
  • Page 7 It does not matter which end goes into which module. Caution: for safety, use only the interconnection cable supplied by Renkus-Heinz.Using a small Philips screw driver, secure the connector on each end of the ribbon with two 4-40 Philips head screws (supplied).
  • Page 8 Owners Manual 14. The last step is to finish tightening the screws that hold the heavy joining plate in place. Turn the assembly on its side and tighten the screws. 15. If you are assembling an IC24, IC32 or IC32/16, repeat the assembly procedure until all the mod- ules are joined together into one assembly.

  • Page 9: Address Number Verification

    Owners Manual ADDRESS NUMBER VERIFICATION 1. Iconyx steerable column loudspeakers are digitally controlled and each 8-channel module must have a separate and distinct address number. The address number for each module is set using a BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) coding system and 8 on/off dip switches. The switches are located behind each module’s rear access plate.

  • Page 10: Software Installation & Setup

    Owners Manual The switch settings for modules 17 to 32 are: 3. Common practice is to number the 8-channel modules consecutively starting at 01 with the bottom module. In an IC32, for example, the bottom module would be 01 and the ones on top of it num- bered 02, 03 and 04.

  • Page 11: Computer Requirements

    2. Since the Iconyx digital network uses a RS422 serial line for control, a USB to RS422 converter/adapter (Renkus-Heinz SETUP-IC) is needed to connect your computers USB out put to RS422. The USB to RS422 converter/adapter terminates in a 9-pin DB-9 connector.

  • Page 12: Usb To Rs422 Driver Installation

    Owners Manual INSTALLING THE USB TO RS422 ADAPTER DRIVERS Normally the USB to RS422 adapter and serial extension cable is installed before any of the soft- ware programs. However, the USB to RS422 adapter and software programs can be installed in any order.
  • Page 13 Owners Manual Owners Manual 3. After Windows finds the approprate driver, you will be notified that the driver has not passed Windows Logo testing with the following message. Click on “Continue Anyway”. Windows will finish the driver installation. Click on “Finish” when prompted. 4.

  • Page 14: For Windows 2000 Users

    Owners Manual After Windows finds the appropriate driver, you will be notified that the driver has not passed Windows Logo testing with the following message. Click on “Continue Anyway”. Windows will finish the driver installation. Click “Finish” when prompted. You have now completed the USB to RS422 adapter driver installation. FOR WINDOWS 2000 USERS 1.
  • Page 15 Owners Manual 3. You will be prompted to search for the location of the drivers. Click CD ROM Drives, then click Next. After Windows finds the appropriate driver, you will be prompted to install it, click on Next. After Windows finishes installing the driver, click “Finish” when prompted. 4.
  • Page 16 Owners Manual 5. You will be prompted with the following screen. Click “Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)” and then click Next. 6. You will be prompted for a location to search for the drivers. Click CD ROM Drives, then click on Next.
  • Page 17 Owners Manual IF WINDOWS DID NOT PROMPT TO INSTALL DRIVERS AUTOMATICALLY If Windows did not prompt you as in step 1, you will need to manually initate the driver installation. Open Device Manager (by Right-Clicking on MyComputer and selecting “Manage”). Click on the “Device Manager”...

  • Page 18: Beamware Installation

    Owners Manual INSTALLING BEAMWARE 1. Click on the Install BeamWare button to activate the BeamWare installer program. If you have an old version of BeamWare installed on your computer, the window shown below will appear. The old version needs to be uninstalled before the new BeamWare version is installed. Select Remove RHBeamWare and click on OK.
  • Page 19 Owners Manual Notice that you are given the choice of limiting access to BeamWare to just yourself or of giving access to anyone using the computer. Make your choice and then approve the suggested file loca- tion by clicking on Next. A Confirm Installation window will open.

  • Page 20: Beamload (Array Ii) Installation

    Owners Manual INSTALLING ARRAY II 1. Click on the Install ARRAY II button to activate the Array II installer program. A. Click on OK. B. Click on the large button in the dialogue box to continue C. Click on Continue to begin the installation (note that this also accepts the DC Audio program group) D.
  • Page 21 Owners Manual A. Click on Next. B. Approve the suggested file location by clicking on Next. C. Select the Icon Option you wish to use and then click on Next to continue. D. Click on Install to begin the installation. E.

  • Page 22: Using The Software

    Owners Manual USING BEAMWARE 1. To open BeamWare, click on the BeamWare icon the installer placed on your desktop. This will start BeamWare and open the screen shown below. 2. Before you go any further, you should first verify that you are using the correct measurement system (feet or meters).
  • Page 23 Owners Manual Notice that the Options window also allows you to change the height of the measuring plane (the Ear Height), the Scale Level Views and the Color Legend. Until you are more familiar with the program we suggest you accept the default settings. There are times, however, when you will want to change the height of the measuring plane.
  • Page 24 Owners Manual 6. The next step is to select the steerable column you want to use in the simulation, position it and define the beam (lobe). Select the appropriate column, IC8, IC16, IC24, IC32, IC16/8 or IC32/16, using the Setup field on the left side of the screen and its associated drop down arrow.
  • Page 25 Owners Manual Note that at any point you can click on the Calculate Mapping [F5] bar to tell the program to map the array’s performance. Initially, a pop up screen will ask you to choose the resolution of the simulation. Low Resolution simulations are much faster to run than High Resolution ones.
  • Page 26 Owners Manual Now, let’s investigate the multiple beam capabilities of Iconyx. In many installations, a single beam is the ideal solution for the room’s acoustical challenges and the beam’s movable acoustic center pro- vides all the mounting location flexibility needed. In some cases, however, multiple beams are needed to provide the desired coverage.
  • Page 27 Owners Manual Change the acoustical center for both beams, placing the acoustical center for one beam at the top of the array and the other one at the bottom. Note that you can place the acoustical center of either beam 1 or of beam 2 at the top of the array. In other words, either beam can be above or below the other one.
  • Page 28 Owners Manual As the next step in this excercise, let’s assume you have to move the IC16 10 feet futher away from the audience area and up 20 feet in height. Change the Position [ft] parameters to read X = -10 and Y = 24 and reaim the two lobes.
  • Page 29 Owners Manual Now that we understand the basics of using Beamware, it’s time to investigate one of the unique tools Beamware includes to even further speed the design process. It’s called Auto-Focus and it is available as a design aid whenever you choose to use 2 or more beams. You’ll find it under the Edit pull down menu. Clicking on Auto-Focus or using the Ctrl+F shortcut key will open the setup window shown below.
  • Page 30 Owners Manual Auto-Focus will also warn you if the location you have chosen for the steerable array isn’t ideal; see below. You can override this warning if you want and the program will still attempt to properly focus all the beams. You may, however, want to try moving the array up or down to see if you can find a better location for the Iconyx array or use more or fewer beams to see it you can eliminate this warning prompt.
  • Page 31 Owners Manual 8. The final step after you are happy with the design is to create the FIR (Finite Impulse Response) file that will be used by the Array II program to control the column’s performance. Pressing the Generate FIR bar will open the FIR file naming/destination screen shown below.
  • Page 32 Owners Manual Selecting Create Print Version under the File pull down menu will create a Word document that can easily stored. Selecting Save Picture As under the File pull down menu allows you to save the graphic project dis- play as an electronic file, for example as a Bitmap or JPEG. Selecting Export under the File pull down menu opens the Screen shown below that allows you to Export (save) the Beamware Setup as a .rhs setup file that can easily be imported into EASE.

  • Page 33: Beamload (Array Ii)

    Owners Manual USING ARRAY II 1. To open Array II, click on the the Array II Icon the installer placed on your desktop. This will open the screen shown below. Notice that the opening screen contains 4 separate windows. Their appearance will change as you step through the setup procedure.
  • Page 34 Owners Manual 2. Now choose Read Array from the Read Array pull down menu at the top of the screen. This will add to the Column List window a listing of all the 8-channel modules the program has found in the system.
  • Page 35 Owners Manual 3. Repeat this operation for every 8-channel module in the system, making sure they are placed cor- rectly. 4. When all the modules are in their correct location, click on Store Configuration in the upper menu bar. This will add a number box below each column array in the Speaker Array window. See below.
  • Page 36 Owners Manual 5. Clicking on one of the number boxes will open the Select FIR Filter File window shown below. Locate the FIR Filter set you want to install and click on the file that ends in a “1”; file DCC16_CI_09_10_051.fir in the above screen.

  • Page 37: Beameq (Canvas)

    Owners Manual USING CANVAS 1. To open the Canvas program, click on the Canvas Icon the installer program placed on your desk- top. The screen shown below will open. Notice that you have several options; one is to select the column array you want to control through use of the drop down arrow.
  • Page 38 Owners Manual As you can see from the flow chart, Canvas places control of the column array’s frequency response and level at your fingertips. Clicking on the Tone button opens the tone control screen shown below. It gives you total control of both the low and high frequency response. The High Pass Filter button inserts a high pass filter into the signal chain and allow you to dial in any low frequency roll off you desire.
  • Page 39 Owners Manual The 8-Band button provides access to an 8-band parametric EQ allowing you to adjust the response to compensate for any room acoustic pecularities. The Master Level button allows you to control the output level of the column array. The Compressor button allows you to adjust the compressor settings.
  • Page 40 Owners Manual A tone signal generator is also included in the program. Pressing the Signal Generator button will bring up the following screen which allows you to choose the signal’s frequency and distribute the signal to the column array. Please note that any changes are not saved in the column array’s memory until you have acti- vated the “Save settings to EEPROM”...

  • Page 41: Installation

    Owners Manual INSTALLATION PRE INSTALL TEST It’s always a good idea to test the column array as a complete unit before it is installed to make sure all the connections were properly made and all the transducers are working. If there is a problem, its a lot easier to find and correct before the unit is physically installed.
  • Page 42 Owners Manual Each access port includes input connectors and looping ouput connectors for the audio and RS422 digital control lines. See below. The audio cable is a conventional twisted pair shielded cable; 24 gauge or larger recommended. The audio connectors are 3-pin Phoenix connectors. The audio amplifier has a high (10 K Ohm) input impedance to allow bridging a number of amplifiers across the line and requires a 1 volt audio signal to drive the amplifier to full output.

  • Page 43: Installation

    WALL MOUNTING The following instructions assume that the column array(s) will be mounted using Renkus-Heinz HK series hinge kits. Unless the hinge kits were ordered separately from the column array(s) the female hinge sections...

  • Page 44: Suspended (Flying)

    Owners Manual Notice that each mounting plate has hinge sections on both the right and left side of the plate to provide for either “right” or “left” swing away from the wall. IC8, IC16 and IC16/8 column arrays will have two hinge sections; IC 24, IC32 and IC32/16 column arrays will have three hinge sections.

  • Page 45: Servicing

    Owners Manual SERVICING GENERAL INFORMATION Your Iconyx steerable column array contains no user-serviceable parts and all service should be referred to qualified service personnel. Great care was taken in its design, however, to allow it to be serviced in the field without being removed from its mounting position.
  • Page 46 Owners Manual The best way to check is probably to remove the grille from the module and use your fingertips to feel for cone vibrations while music is being played through the system. Be aware that no movement of the cone of a transducer is not positive proof that the transducer is bad.
  • Page 47 Owners Manual 3. Disconnect (unplug) the module from the signal buss line. See below. 4. Disconnect (unplug) the module from the output buss line. 5. Disconnect (unplug) the module from the AC power buss line.
  • Page 48 9. Set the address dip switches of the new assemby to the same address as the assembly being replaced. 19201 Cook Street, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610, USA . Phone: +1 949 588 9997 . Fax: +1 949 588 9514 . sales@renkus-heinz.com . www.renkus-heinz.com RH 572 Rev D 24/06...

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