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Users Manual IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions. 13. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufac- 2. Keep these instructions. turer. 3. Heed all warnings. 14. Disconnect this apparatus during lightning storms or when 4. Follow all instructions unused for long periods of time. 5.
Users Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of a Renkus-Heinz RHAON Empowered digitally steered Iconyx ( IC Squared) loudspeaker system We hope you enjoy it. Your Iconyx IC Squared 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 loudspeaker(s) for any noticeable damage, and if any damage is found, im- mediately notify the shipping company.
IC2-R Mobile Array Module Assembly Floor Stacks IC2-R mobile array modules and their matching subwoofers are often floor stacked using the subwoofers as a mounting base for the array modules. Typical floor stacks include two or three array modules plus one or two matching subwoofers.
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Users Manual IC2-FR Assembly (Fixed Installation) RHANG-IC2 Flybar IC2-FR Array Module IC Squared array modules and their matching subwoofers are often floor stacked using the subwoofers as a mounting base for the array modules. Typical floor stacks include two or three array modules plus one or two matching subwoofers. Floor stacks can be built without the subwoofers, but the stack isn’t as stable as one built with one or two subwoofers as the base.
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Users Manual IC2-FR-WR Assembly (Weather Resistant Fixed Installation) 1) Unpack the individual enclosures and associated hardware. Do not remove these bolts 2) Pre stage your array on a clean non-abrasive padded surface such as carpet by laying the enclosures in position face down on the carpet. A small gap of less than 1/4” (6.35 mm) between the enclosures is normal.
Address Number Verification All that remains is to verify that the individual IC2-R modules are properly identified in the RHAON network. IC Squared offers two methods of handling multi cabinet line arrays; the conventional Master/Slave arrangement and an All Master approach.
RHAON systems feature several levels of password-protected access control to prevent inadvertent or unauthorized changes of the control settings. Even when you connect a computer running RHAON software, you may be denied access to some or all of the Connect and Control mode functions, depending on how the access control system is configured.
UTP cable meeting at least CAT5 standards and/or analog cables as well as AC power cords. Network connections are established in the software. You don’t have to make the two types of connections in a particular order. RHAON software allows you to set up a “virtual system”, use beam steering, pre-configure DSP settings for individual loudspeakers and establish and store preset configurations before...
OPERATOR ALERTS DETAILED INFORMATION FAULT LOGGING OPERATOR NOTIFICATION MULTI-LEVEL PASSWORD Just click through to the RHAON logs the fault via e-mail or text message PROTECTION RHAON indicates problems loudspeaker’ s Supervise screen conditions you specify to a (if your computer has a second...
RHAON. If you want to delete an earlier version, use Settings/Control Panel and Add/Remove to remove it. The RHAON Installer will put a RHAON Icon on your desktop. Double click on it to open RHAON. You should see the opening screen...
Customizing Your RHAON Workspace The grey background with RHAON watermark can easily be changed to something more useful, such as a block diagram of your system or a photo of the venue. To change the background, go to the Options pull-down menu and select Background Image/Load Image. Then...
Virtual System Design RHAON software can save you time at the job site by enabling you to set up a complete virtual loudspeaker system before you go to the site. When you get to the site, you connect your computer to the network, link the virtual loudspeakers with their real counterparts, and upload the settings to each individual loudspeaker.
Find the connection you wish to use. It will likely be called “Local Area Connection” unless you have renamed it. Also, make note of the model number of the NIC you will be using. The RHAON software will require you to use it later. Right click on the connec- tion line/icon and then select “Properties”...
Type two valid IP addresses into the two fields: one for the lower limit of the range and the other for the upper limit. Since 192.168.1.1 is already in use by the RHAON host computer, the lower limit must be at least 192.168.1.2. The upper limit can be set as high as 192.168.1.255, but needs to be only high enough to accommodate all the devices on the network.
Most Iconyx setup and installation problems are “network problems” and not Iconyx or RHAON problems. Your Iconyx IC 2 loudspeakers were factory tested before they left our factory and barring shipping damage should be in perfect operating condition. The RHAON Network Manager allows you to check the integrity of the Ethernet network before you actually link to the loudspeakers.
CobraNet devices on the network and automatically assign them IP addresses if they don’t already have one. RHAON will then list them under Network in the directory tree. Note that you did not have to first create virtual loudspeakers. RHAON found the actual loudspeakers.
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System Layout and place the cursor over the loudspeaker listings in the directory tree. As you can see from the pop up screens, RHAON has assigned IP numbers to each of the loud- speakers. Note that you could also open the Network Manager and view this same informa- tion in list form.
Users Manual Properties Windows The three operational modes of RHAON, Connect, Control and Supervise all have their own unique Properties window (see below). Notice that the vertical pane on the left side of each window is identical. The Connect, Control and Supervise tabs at the top of the window allow you to switch between the three operating modes without return- ing to the main window.
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Users Manual The vertical pane in each Properties window provides for loudspeaker identification and selected control features. See below for details. Loudspeakers model number or name Text fields for entering a name for the loudspeaker and listing its location. Loudspeakers DSP sample rate (48 kHz or 96 kHz).
However, if you use AES/EBU serial digital inputs, all other audio inputs are automatically disabled. If you are not using CobraNet for digital audio distribution in your RHAON system, you can skip the next few pages and move on to Beam Steering (page 29).
RHAON software makes this easy. In most cases the settings of a CobraNet source will have already been established with the source’s own proprietary software and can be...
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CobraNet source to the RHAON loudspeaker’s CobraNet Receivers. You can also assign Outputs 1 and 2 (selected in the upper section under Assign CobraNet Outputs) to the RHAON loudspeaker’s CobraNet Transmitters. 22 24...
The FIR files that shape and aim these beams of energy are created within RHAON under Beam Steering and then either stored as a Preset or loaded into the array’s DSP. Presets are an Iconyx feature that allows you to store up to 10 preset beam steering and DSP control setup configurations in the array’s DSP memory and then select between them.
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Users Manual The opening Beam Steering window displays the setup criteria and the beams aiming angle and focal point. It does not map (calculate and display) the Array’s beam until the Calculate Mapping button is pressed. You’ll find it in the Mapping setup section.
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Preferences from the Options pull down menu in the tool bar section of RHAON window. If you want to change from feet to meters, click in the Metric radio button. Note that this window also allows you to control the behavior of the Fault Relay and the Power-On sequenc- ing delay.
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Users Manual You should know the physical dimensions of the area(s) you want to cover, so the next logical step is to set up the audience area(s) using the Audience Area section on the right side of the Beam Steering screen. To simplify this step, Beam Steering provides five templates, the Standard one used as the default starting point and four others;...
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Auto-Focus in RHAON v1.10.2 will analyze your project and suggest the number of beams, their acoustic center location, their aiming and relative gain - all at the touch of the Auto-Focus button.
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Users 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. In some cases, however, multiple beams are needed to provide the desired coverage. Rooms with a balcony are a good example; in most cases a single beam can’t cover both the main floor and the balcony.
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Users Manual Now that we understand the basics of using beam steering, it’s time to investigate another one of the unique tools beam steering includes to make life easier for you. It’s called Auto- Focus. You’ll find it in the IC Configuration section next to Beams.
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Users Manual The next graphic shows a much larger room, 100 feet deep instead of 50 feet. Note that the beam opening set at 20 to obtain a longer throw. Still the level is starting to fall off at the rear of the room. Maybe we should consider a Dual ICL-FR array. The next graphic shows an even larger room, one requiring a 125 foot throw.
Users Manual At this point the changes you have made in beam steering have not been sent to the working memory (DSP) in the associated array or stored as a Preset. In the beam steering window, select either Send to Working Memory or Save to Preset. The two commands are in the lower right of the beam steering window.
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Down buttons are being used to adjust the array’s output level. Presets can also be loaded using RHAON. The Beams / Presets tabs opening window lists and describes the Presets stored in the Array’s memory and highlights the one installed. In the example shown below, Preset 12 is installed. If no Preset was installed a separate listing would be added for it.
Users Manual The buttons located below the white Preset Listing area provide for a variety of functions. The Load Preset button loads the selected Preset into the associated array’s working memory. The Delete Preset erases the selected Preset and the Delete All button erases all of the Presets. The Reset Array button restores the Arrays DSP and beam steering settings to their original default settings.
Users Manual CONTROL MODE Control Mode provides access to the Loudspeaker Amplifier’s internal DSP and allows you to control its settings. You can enter Control Mode by clicking on the Control button at the top of the main workspace, or from within any loudspeaker’s Properties window.
It has a range of 0 to +12 dB. The RHAON input module’s DSP has 340 milliseconds of signal delay available if you are using the 48 kHz sample rate; 170 milliseconds if...
Users Manual Priority Override is one of the unique features of RHAON. It allows you to assign signal-activated priority override capabilities to any one of the array’s multiple inputs. The Priority Override controls in the lower right section of the properties window allow you to set the Attach Time, the Hold Time, the Release Time and the Threshold Level.
Now it’s time to turn our attention to the All Loud- speakers icon in the upper left of the work space and to the Array and Group features of RHAON. All Loudspeakers controls all the arrays in the system while Group controls only loudspeakers included in the Group.
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Users Manual Double clicking on the Group icon will open the Connect Properties folder. Notice that the Group Connect window shown here is very similar to the one for individual loudspeakers except for the lack of level meters and CobraNet channel selection facilities.
Reset Reset is a RHAON feature that allows you to restore an array’s DSP and beam steering settings to their original default settings, quickly and easily. Reset can be initiated from either the controls on the rear of the array or from the associated computer.
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The FIR files that shape and aim these beams of energy are created within RHAON under Beam Steering and then either stored as a Preset or loaded into the array’s DSP.
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Users Manual The opening Beam Steering window displays the setup criteria and the beams aiming angle and focal point. It does not map (calculate and display) the Array’s beam until the Calculate Mapping button is pressed. You’ll find it on the right side of the screen in the Mapping setup sec- tion.
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Preferences from the Options pull down menu in the tool bar section of the RHAON window. If you want to change from feet to meters, click in the Metric radio button. Note that this window also allows you to control the behavior of the Fault Relay and the Power-On sequenc- ing delay.
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Users Manual You should know the physical dimensions of the area(s) you want to cover, so the next logical step is to set up the audience area(s) using the Audience Area section on the right side of the Beam Steering screen. To simplify this step, Beam Steering provides five templates, the Standard one used as the default starting point and four others;...
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Auto-Focus in RHAON v1.10.0 will analyze your project and suggest the num- ber of beams, their acoustic center location, their aiming and relative gain - all at the touch of the Auto-Focus button.
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Users Manual Now, let’s investigate the multiple beam capabilities of IC Squared. In many installations, a single beam is the ideal solution for the room’s acoustical challenges. In some cases, however, multiple beams are needed to provide the desired coverage. Rooms with a balcony are a good example;...
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Users Manual Now that we understand the basics of using beam steering, it’s time to investigate another one of the unique tools beam steering includes to make life easier for you. It’s called Auto- Focus. You’ll find it in the IC Configuration section next to Beams.
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Users Manual The graphic below shows a 120 foot deep room with a dual IC2-2 array, a typical starting point for a beamware project in a room of this size.. Note that the single beam opening is set at 20 o and the acoustic center placed at 5 The next graphic is of the same room after Auto-Focus has been applied.
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At this point the changes you have made in beam steering have not been sent to the working memory (DSP) in the associated array or stored as a Preset. In the beam steering window, select either Send to Working Memory or Save to Preset. The two commands are in the lower right of the beam steering window.
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Down buttons are being used to adjust the array’s output level. Presets can also be loaded using RHAON. The Beams / Presets tabs opening window lists and describes the Presets stored in the Array’s memory and highlights the one installed. In the example shown below, Preset 12 is installed. If no Preset was installed a separate listing would be added for it.
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Users Manual The buttons located below the white Preset Listing area provide for a variety of functions. The Load Preset button loads the selected Preset into the associated array’s working memory. The Delete Preset erases the selected Preset and the Delete All button erases all of the Presets. The Reset Array button restores the Arrays DSP and beam steering settings to their original default settings.
Users Manual RHAON’s Supervise mode is the one you will use most while your system is in operation (i.e., making sound). It is designed to empower system operators with a comprehensive set of monitoring and loudspeaker/amplifier management tools. In Supervise mode, you can quickly detect a problem anywhere in the system and (if you have access to the appropriate Control mode functions) take corrective action.
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The loudspeaker’s RHAON Microcontroller and DSP and microprocessor Firmware version numbers are shown in a darker grey panel at the bottom right of this window.
Click on OK to activate Event Logging. The log file will be written to the computer’s hard drive in a RHAON.log file in the Program Files/ Renkus-Heinz directory.
Depending on the delay interval you select, there will be a .5, 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0 millisecond turn-on delay between each amplifier in the Group. Start Up options allow you to always open RHAON in Full Screen mode and to require Sign-In. When the Sign-In option is checked, the program will ask for your password whenever it is opened.
Control Mode. RHAON passwords are case sensitive. Once the password access system has been set up it will be impossible to operate RHAON without entering a password. The Password Prompt shown below will appear each time the program is opened and a proper password must be...
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The Password restrictions are stored on the computer used to setup the password protection (usually the“House” computer ) and don’t prevent you or someone else from connecting to the network with a RHAON equipped PC and changing the settings. The Speaker Protection window provides an additional level of protection, as it allows locking the settings for individual loudspeakers to positively prevent their being changed by anyone who doesn’t know the password.
Normally Open & Normally Closed contacts handle up to .5 Amp @ 28 Volts AC or DC. The detection circuit functions either with or without the array being connected to a RHAON network. If the RHAON carrier is present when the array is first turned on, it reports if the carrier signal is lost;...
Suitable analog to CobraNet converters are available from a number of sources, such as Bi-Amp, Peavey and others. 4. The RHAON network can easily be made redundant by connecting a duplicate of this network to the Secondary Ethernet Inputs on each...
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It could, for example, be broken into several separate analog circuits for zone paging applications, for monitors, fills, etc. 2. The analog to CobraNet converter would not be needed for a system using only analog audio along with RHAON Control and Supervi- sion.
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Serial Digital (AES3 aka AES/EBU) The block diagram below shows a RHAON system using digital audio distribution in the AES3 format along with RHAON loudspeaker control and monitoring. Notice that the wiring loops from loudspeaker to loudspeaker just as it does in analog distribution. The digital audio distribution line is conventional twisted pair shielded digital audio cable, Beldon 1800B or 1800F or equivalent.
Users Manual Appendix II: Block Diagrams IC-RC1 Remote Preset Control Notes 1. The IC-RC1 provides preset control for either 1 or 2 IIC Squared arrays. When used to control only one array, the array should be con- nected to pins 1,2 & 3 on the IC-RC1. 2.
To connect an IC to the RHAON network, you first make the hardware connections, and then (if you are using CobraNet for digital audio distribution) assign signal routing using RHAON software. You can also connect Serial Digital (AES3 aka AES/EBU) and analog audio to an IC , as well as Fault Detect and Fault Relay lines.
Users Manual PM2L-R Input / Control Panel Input Pad & LED Indicator Primary Analog - AES/ Signal LED On / Off 10 dB pad for Primary Analog Input; allows input signals EBU Input/Output & Flickers when an audio signal of at Looping Output least -30 of up to +24 dBu when inserted.
Heinz loudspeakers. In other words, follow the “if it isn’t broke, don’t try to fix it” policy. There are two easy ways to find out what version of RHAON is installed on your computer so you can determine if a later version is avail- able.
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RHAON. If you have an earlier version of RHAON on your computer, you do not have to uninstall it. If you want to remove it, you will need to use...
Loudspeaker is in the “Power On’ mode. Check the Power LED on the back of the amplifier to see if it is lit or if the center of the Power indicator in the RHAON screen is Green.
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Users Manual Updating Microcontroller Firmware (Continued) Step 2: Select Update Microcontroller Firmware and when the window shown below opens select the appropriate firmware file and press Download. Notice that the window tells you what Microcontroller Firmware version is installed in the loudspeaker. Selecting Download will install the new firmware in the loudspeaker.
Microcontroller firmware be upgraded first. Step 1: In RHAON, right-click on the one of the loudspeaker listings in the directory tree view or on the loudspeakers icon in the main display area and select “Update DSP Firmware…”. The pop up menus are the same ones we explored on page 58 under Updating Micro- controller Firmware.
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Users Manual Updating DSP Firmware (Continued) Step 3: Wait for the Firmware transfer to complete. When finished, control will be returned to the dialog window. Select “Done”. Note: If you are installing the DSP Firmware into a multiple module Array set up for Master/Slave operation, disconnect the signal cable from its normal connection to the Master (lower) module and insert it into the Primary Ethernet input on one of the Slave (upper) modules and reset the Dip Switches on the Slave module to designate it as a Master (set to 00).
Note that in multi-module arrays, such as the ICL-FR Dual, all modules are now under control of the RS485 device. Important Installation Instructions It is important that the RHAON network be installed first and system commissioning (EQ, beam steering, etc.) completed before the serial RS485 line is connected to the devices.
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Transferring control of the array back to your computer can only be done from the external control device or from your computer using RHAON.. To do so from RHAON, you will need a USB-to-RS485 adapter such as the Renkus-Heinz model RS485-ADAPT. . Once you have set up the adapter on your PC, connect the D+, D-, and SG pins on the adapter to the X, Y, and G pins respectively on the array: Note that first you will have to disconnect (unplug) the cable connecting the remote control device to the array.
TROUBLE SHOOTING HINTS GENERAL Most IC 2 setup and installation problems are “network problems” and not Iconyx or RHAON problems. Your Iconyx array was factory tested before it left our factory and barring shipping damage should be in perfect operating condition.
Gated or Chopped Audio The Analog 1 input is receiving a signal, but some other input has been selected in the RHAON Connect tab. As a trouble shooting aid, the Analog 1 input will always pass audio if the signal exceeds a threshold level even if some other input is selected. The solution is to select Analog 1 as the input or disconnect the analog 1 input signal line.
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Rather than attempting to search for the car by going through the VINs for every car in the world, one could narrow things down by first selecting the country in which it was registered and then by license plate number within that country. RHAON acts as the license plate authority, if a CobraNet device (RHAON speaker, mixer, etc.) doesn’t yet have a “license plate”, it asks RHAON for one and the software...
RHAON Network Manager To activate the RHAON Network Manager open RHAON and select Network Manager from the File pull down menu. The Network Manager will scan the Ethernet network, list all the CobraNet devices it found on the network and identify them by name, MAC and IP numbers.
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You can’t use a Wi Fi connection with RHAON. Wi-Fi doesn’t have sufficient bandwidth to handle Cobranet and RHAON, so you will need to switch to a wired\ Ethernet connection. 2. Has a private IP address been set up on the com- puter’s Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC)?
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If these settings are correct and you still receive the ‘No CobraNet Device Found” error message; 4. In RHAON select the File pull down menu and select the Network Manager. Wait for a minute or two, to see if a list of the RHAON/CobraNet devices on the network appears.
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Users Manual SERVICING and TROUBLE SHOOTING (Continued) 3. Check for split pairs. A split pair cable will drop packets even if the cable is only 2 meters long. The incorrect wiring example shown below represents a split pair. CORRECT WIRING INCORRECT WIRING (Split Pair) Pins 1 &...
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LED is flashing. 1. This indicates that this RHAON device is acting as the CobraNet Conductor and it is passing signal. Every CobraNet network has a “conductor” to which all other devices are synchronized. The flashing amber LED indicates this device is the conductor. This is a normal condition.
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Symptom: I need to change the sample rate of my Array from 48 kHz to 96 kHz. How do I do this? 1. You need to install new 96 kHz DSP firmware (.Bin files) in your array. Open RHAON, Scan Network, right click on the array’s listing in the directory tree and select Update DSP Firmware from the pop up menu.
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The first thing to do would be to check the network connection. Use RHAON to scan the network. If you can see the array on the network, drag it into the RHAON work space. If it Sync’s the network connection is OK.
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Users Manual SERVICING and TROUBLE SHOOTING (Continued) Check the Microcontroller version installed on the array (the version number is shown in the RHAON Supervisory window) and if it is earlier than version 2.43 update to the latest version. Please call our technical support staff before updating the firmware. They will be glad to walk you through the update process.
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Users Manual T e c h n i c a l S p e c i f i c a t i o n s I C 2 A r r a y M o d u l e 1.0 V (for rated power output) Sensitivity: Freq.