AXESS ELECTRONICS RX1 User Manual

Router/switcher

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AXESS
ELECTRONICS
User Manual and
Firmware Ver. 3 Rev. 2
RX1 Router/Switcher

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  • Page 1 AXESS ELECTRONICS User Manual and Firmware Ver. 3 Rev. 2 RX1 Router/Switcher...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Warranty Precautions Introduction Front Panel Rear Panel Internal Adjustments Control Function & INSRT Cable Diagrams RX1 MIDI Control RX1 MIDI Control w/DMC Ground Control RX1 Block Diagram - 3 -...
  • Page 4: Warranty

    Any damage resulting from physical abuse or failure to follow the operating instructions. Axess Electronics’ liability to the owner and under this warranty is limited only to the repair or replacement of the defective product. Call or write to Axess Electronics prior to shipping the product for repair.
  • Page 5: Introduction

    Congratulations and thank you for selecting the Axess Electronics RX1 Router/Switcher. The RX1 is a 1U rack space device jam-packed with 24 functions and it’s been designed unlike any other relay based router/switcher. Most companies decide on a price and a set number of functions (eight seems to be very common, and limiting) even before it has been designed, then they see what they can fit/manufacture into their predetermined parameters, which usually requires cutting corners.
  • Page 6: Front Panel

    In... The chassis and internal circuit board(s) signal ground are connected. Out… The chassis and internal circuit board(s) signal ground are NOT connected. MIDI CHAN Switch – latching pushbutton switch to select the MIDI Channel that the RX1 will receive MIDI Control Change numbers on.
  • Page 7: Rear Panel

    RX1 MIDI IN jack does NOT utilize pins 1 & 3, otherwise you may damage the RX1 and/or the connected device. Do NOT use the front and rear panel MIDI IN jacks at the same time, otherwise you may damage the RX1 and/or the connected devices.
  • Page 8 IN1 Jack – standard ¼” mono TS jack that provides an audio signal to Loops 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. This input feeds a low noise, sonically transparent, instrument and line level buffer (factory set for unity gain). Please refer to the Internal Adjustments section of this User Manual for information on how to deactivate the buffer or adjust it’s gain level.
  • Page 9 (either the RX1 or other rack devices or power supplies/adapters) around. After you have found the hum source, you can determine the best location to put it within the rack so that it’s hum-field doesn’t affect the RX1 isolation transformer(s), or anything else in the rack.
  • Page 10: Internal Adjustments

    Inside GND Lift – this ground lift switch makes it possible to isolate (or not) the ground of Loops 1 to 5, OUTA and OUTB from the signal ground inside the RX1. The switch is located on the printed circuit board labeled “RX1 Rack Switcher PCB2…”...
  • Page 11: Control Function & Insrt Cable Diagrams

    Control Function & INSRT Cable Diagrams (8) FRONT PANEL NORMALLY (4) FRONT PANEL NORMALLY OPEN SW ITCHING FUNCTIONS CLOSED SW ITCHING FUNCTIONS PRI SW. FUNC. CTL2 + 4 + 6 + 8 SEC SW. FUNC. CTL1 + 3 + 5 + 7 (2) REAR PANEL AUDIO MUTES (4) FRONT PANEL DUAL NORM.
  • Page 12: Rx1 Midi Control

    RX1 MIDI Control The RX1 responds only to MIDI Control Change numbers on MIDI Channel 15 or 16, as selected by the front panel switch labeled “MIDI CHAN”. Every function on the RX1 is assigned its own MIDI Control Change number (CTL1/CTL2 on the front and rear panel share the same number –...
  • Page 13: W/Dmc Ground Control

    Controlling the RX1 with the old DMC Ground Control (which must have the memory upgrade enabling it to control four GCX’s) or the DMC Ground Control Pro, simply requires you send the RX1 a different set of MIDI Control Change numbers (which are listed below).
  • Page 14: Rx1 Block Diagram

    RX1 Block Diagram INPUT BUFFER INPUT BUFFER INPUT BUFFER SND1 SOUT RTN1 SND6 SND2 RTN6 RTN2 SND7 SND3 RTN7 RTN3 SND8 SND4 RTN8 RTN4 Factory Defaults: OUT8 OUTA ISO = Bypassed SND5 INSIDE GND LIFT = No FRONT GND LIFT = No...

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