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- Page 1 MX24 Operator’s Manual Revision 1.00...
- Page 2 Page 2 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 3 CONTENTS DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ................ 5 THANKS ....................... 6 INTRODUCTION ....................6 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ..............7 INSTRUCTIONS DE SECURITE IMPORTANTES ..........8 Installing Your MX24: Unpacking ............... 9 Additional Symbols and Warnings .................... 9 Installation Electrical Considerations .................. - Page 4 Page 4 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Appendix I: Microphone and Stereo Line Input DSP Filter Responses ... 34 Appendix II: Upgrading Firmware ..............35 Communications Set-up ......................35 Download the Files ......................... 35 Connect To The Unit ........................ 36 Start the Update ........................
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Page 5: Declaration Of Conformity
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 5 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY We, the manufacturer: XTA Electronics Limited The Design House Vale Business Park Worcester Road Stourport on Severn Worcestershire England DY13 9BZ acknowledge our responsibility that the following products: Kind of equipment:... -
Page 6: Thanks
All XTA products are carefully designed and engineered for cutting-edge performance and world-class reliability. If you would like further information about this or any other XTA product, please contact us. -
Page 7: Important Safety Instructions
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 7 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead The exclamation mark within an symbol within an equilateral triangle is equilateral triangle is intended to alert... -
Page 8: Instructions De Securite Importantes
Page 8 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions INSTRUCTIONS DE SECURITE IMPORTANTES ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE. NE PAS OUVRIR Le symbole représentant un éclair fléché Le point d’exclamation dans un triangle dans un triangle équilatéral a pour but équilatéral a pour but d’alerter d’alerter l’utilisateur de la présence... -
Page 9: Installing Your Mx24: Unpacking
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 9 Installing Your MX24: Unpacking After unpacking the unit, please check it carefully for any damage. If any is found, immediately notify the carrier concerned - you, the consignee, must instigate any claim. -
Page 10: Installation Electrical Considerations
Page 10 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Installation Electrical Considerations The MX24 has been manufactured to comply with your local power supply requirements, but before connecting the unit to the supply, ensure that the voltage (printed on the rear panel) is correct. -
Page 11: Installation Mechanical Considerations
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 11 Installation Mechanical Considerations To ensure that this equipment performs to specification, it should be mounted in a suitable rack or enclosure as described below. Like all sensitive signal processing equipment, it should be kept away from other equipment which is sensitive to magnetic fields. Also, this unit may suffer a substantial reduction in performance if it is subjected to or mounted close to equipment which radiates high RF fields. -
Page 12: Connecting To Your Mx24: Analogue Line Inputs And Outputs
Page 12 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Connecting To Your MX24: Analogue Line Inputs and Outputs The inputs are made via 3-pin XLR connectors, which are electronically balanced and should be connected via a high-grade twin core screened cable, as follows:... -
Page 13: Operating Your Mx24: Initial Set-Up And Switching On
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 13 Operating Your MX24: Initial Set-up and Switching On Please read all documentation before operating your unit and retain all documentation for future reference. Do not spill water or other liquids into or on the unit and do not operate your unit while standing in liquid. -
Page 14: Operating Your Mx24: The Basics
Page 14 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Operating Your MX24: The Basics Connect a source of up to four channels to inputs A or B on the rear — any format as appropriate to your model - analogue, AES or Dante via the Network Audio Ethernet ports. -
Page 15: Outside Your Mx24: Front Panel Controls And Indicators
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 15 Outside Your MX24: Front Panel Controls and Indicators Local Mic / Stereo Line Inputs 1: Microphone Input: Plug in a balanced mic to use for announcements — this socket is mirrored on the rear panel (both sockets are connected in parallel). - Page 16 Page 16 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions 8: Stereo Line Input: This unbalanced stereo input is mirrored on the rear panel with a pair of fully balanced XLR inputs. Use to connect a laptop or mobile sourced sound source for background music feeds, or even another stereo console.
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Page 17: Input / Backup Source Select
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 17 Input / Backup Source Select 1: Primary Input Source Selections: Choose Analogue, or Digital for the main source for each input set (A/B). Works in conjunction with 2. 2: Backup Source Selection: Choose whether to use a backup source — if primary is analogue, you cannot select a backup. -
Page 18: Console Select
Page 18 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Console Select 1: Console Select: The Main Event! These two switches route the output of each quad channel set (depending on the Primary/Backup source settings for each set) to the main outputs. They may be mixed (so more than one may be active) and there is a brief programmed fade on enable/disable. -
Page 19: Line Monitoring
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 19 Line Monitoring 1: Source Select: Choose to monitor the A or B input set, or the final outputs (monitor point in green in diagram below) and then… 2: Type Select: …chosen source type (Analogue or Digital which will be AES or Dante depending on the model) for the set. - Page 20 Page 20 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions 5: Headphone Level Control: The headphone output is mono and controlled by this rotary. 6: Headphones Socket: This is a stereo socket but headphone output is mono — please use a stereo jack to ensure the output is not shorted to ground.
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Page 21: Outside Your Mx24: Rear Panel Connections Mx24-D
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 21 Outside Your MX24: Rear Panel Connections MX24-D 1: Mains Inlets: The IEC mains inlet is unswitched - the front panel indicator for “PSU 1 OK” will illuminate when power is applied. 2: Main AES Outputs: These two XLRs carry the four main output channels as two AES pairs formatted as 1+2 and 3+4. -
Page 22: Outside Your Mx24: Rear Panel Connections Mx24-A
Page 22 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Outside Your MX24: Rear Panel Connections MX24-A 1: Mains Inlets: The IEC mains inlet is unswitched - the front panel indicator for “PSU 1 OK” will illuminate when power is applied. 2: Main analogue output XLR sockets: These carry the four main output channels - the sum of the A-B console selects. -
Page 23: Inside Your Mx24: Configurations And Routing
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 23 Inside Your MX24: Configurations and Routing Overview of Audio Routing The MX24 offers two sets of four inputs, each of which can be either analogue or digital audio. MX24-D MX24-A NETWORK AUDIO... - Page 24 Page 24 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Additionally, there is a stereo line input (unbalanced front 3.5mm stereo jack in parallel with balanced rear panel XLRs) which can be routed to either outputs 1+2, 3+4 or both pairs. It can also be fed in mono to outputs 3+4.
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Page 25: Operating Your Mx24: Working With Failover And Redundancy
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 25 Operating Your MX24: Working with Failover and Redundancy The MX24 is capable of operating with redundancy on either of the two main quad channel input sets. Analogue is always the lower priority. If a Dante subscription is removed or the network is lost, the MX24 can switch to the analogue backup (MX24-D). -
Page 26: Operating Your Mx24: With And/Or Without Redundancy
Page 26 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Operating Your MX24: With and/or Without Redundancy Each of the “sets” of four inputs can be considered as having a switched sub-mixer to select either the Dante streams, the AES pairs or the analogue inputs for the quad mix that appears at the “top”... -
Page 27: Working Without Redundancy
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 27 Working without Redundancy If alternate signal formats are not available for your sources, the unit can be run entirely without redundancy or of course it can be mixed - one set with, one without as explained in the previous example on page 26. -
Page 28: Operating Your Mx24: Headroom Monitoring System
Page 28 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Operating Your MX24: Headroom Monitoring System With up to 16 possible sources connected, monitoring them all would be virtually impossible, so the MX24 takes care of this by watching all incoming levels on all formats and alerting you to any channels that are close to running out of headroom. -
Page 29: Operating Your Mx24: Gpi Configuration For Voice Evac. Systems
Connect the MX24 to the network via its CONTROL Ethernet port, and run the utility app (available from the website under the MX Series product page) — if it’s the first time it has run, Windows will ask about allowing it through the firewall — be sure to tick all options before pressing “Allow Access”. - Page 30 Page 30 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions GPI Input 1 can be configured to either provide a system mute of the main outputs, or to route the mic input to selected outputs. Choose “Microphone Evac. To Main Outputs” to access the other available options as per the front panel - the mic gain, the filter setting, 48V and the routing required.
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Page 31: Connecting To The Gpi Port
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 31 Connecting to the GPI port Connect to pin 2 for the microphone trigger or system mute trigger (depending on the configuration chosen), or pin 3 for the line in trigger. Isolated connections should be between the input pin and 0V to trigger, and +5V to clear. -
Page 32: Looking After Your Mx24: Maintenance
Page 32 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Looking After Your MX24: Maintenance The casework of the unit may be cleaned with a lightly dampened cloth — do not use any solvents as they will damage the paint finish and could remove printing. -
Page 33: Performance Of Your Mx24: Specifications
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 33 Performance Of Your MX24: Specifications Audio Specifications Parameter (Units) MX24 Analogue line inputs (incl. stereo line input) Channels (2 x 4) + (1 x 2) Input impedance (Ohms) Max input level (dBu) CMR @ 1kHz (dB) >50... -
Page 34: Appendix I: Microphone And Stereo Line Input Dsp Filter Responses
Page 34 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Appendix I: Microphone and Stereo Line Input DSP Filter Responses Stereo Line Input: 12dB/Oct. Butterworth HPF @ 80.3Hz; 12dB/Oct. Butterworth LPF @ 16kHz Microphone Input: 24dB/Oct. Butterworth HPF @ 66.2Hz; 500Hz PEQ -3.3dB, Q = 0.84;... -
Page 35: Appendix Ii: Upgrading Firmware
MX Series units and is separate to the Dante Audio Ports (MX24-D). Download the Files Go to the Support > Latest Software section of the XTA website to find the latest loader — this will be a zip file containing the IP Loader. Remember there are now no separate firmware... -
Page 36: Connect To The Unit
The loader will detect multiple units, but as there is no way to easily cross-reference IP addresses with physical devices, we recommend only connecting one MX Series unit to the network at a time when performing firmware updates, or power down any other devices temporarily. -
Page 37: What If It All Goes Wrong
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 37 What If It All Goes Wrong… Don’t panic! Your unit can be recovered, but please be aware that this will involve taking the top cover off and exposing potentially dangerous mains voltages. If you are unsure about doing this, then please do nothing and email us for further information. -
Page 38: Appendix Iii: Dante I-O Channels Mapping (Mx24-D)
Page 38 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Appendix III: Dante I-O Channels Mapping (MX24-D) The MX24 appears in Dante Controller as “XTADPC-XXXXX” by default but this can be changed to a more friendly name if required. Individual receiving channels are labelled as follows: “Input A Ch 1”... -
Page 39: Appendix Iv: Aes Options Configuration (Mx24-A)
Connect the MX24 to the network via its CONTROL Ethernet port, and run the utility app (available from the website under the MX Series product page) — if it’s the first time it has run, Windows will ask about allowing it through the firewall — be sure to tick all options before pressing “Allow Access”. - Page 40 Page 40 MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Ignoring channels 3&4 on a set allows the redundancy failover operation to only monitor for a valid AES signal on a set’s 1&2 inputs, useful in situations when the console only provides a single AES copy of the main L/R outputs.
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Page 41: Appendix V: Restoring Defaults From The Front Panel Or App
MX Series — MX24 Operating Instructions Page 41 Appendix V: Restoring Defaults from the Front Panel or App Using the Configuration App Pressing the “Reset Defaults” will set all the adjustable parameters in the app back to their default values but remember to press “Set to Unit”...
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