User’s Manual MODELS: ARC100 & ARC100-B ANALOG WAY® AXION – AW5090 EDITION: 09 / 07
AXION TABLE OF CONTENTS SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ...........................................................................................................................................................3 Chapter 1 : INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................6 1-1. ACCESSORIES SUPPLIED...........................................................................................................
AXION SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS All of the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated and should be retained for further reference. Please follow all of the warnings on this product and its operating instructions. CAUTION: WARNING: To prevent the risk of electric shock and fire, do not expose this device to rain, humidity or intense heat sources (such as heaters or direct sunlight). Slots and openings in the device are provided for ventilation and to avoid overheating.
AXION INSTRUCTIONS DE SÉCURITÉ Afin de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement de cet appareil nous vous conseillons de bien lire toutes les consignes de sécurité et de fonctionnement de l’appareil avant utilisation. Conserver les instructions de sécurité et de fonctionnement afin de pouvoir les consulter ultérieurement. Respecter toutes les consignes marquées dans la documentation, sur le produit et sur ce document.
AXION SICHERHEITSHINWEISE Um den Betrieb dieses Geräts zu verstehen, raten wir Ihnen vor der Inbetriebnahme alle Sicherheits- und Betriebsanweisungen genau zu lesen. Diese Sicherheits- und Betriebsanweisungen für einen späteren Gebrauch sicher aufbewahren. Alle in den Unterlagen, an dem Gerät und hier angegebenen Sicherheitsanweisungen einhalten.
AXION AXION Chapter 1 : INTRODUCTION 1-1. ACCESSORIES SUPPLIED • • • • • 1 AXION (ARC100) 1 AC power cord 2 Stylus 1 User’s Manual. 1 CD-ROM (Tutorials). 1-2. GENERAL INFORMATION Axion by Analog Way is a Powerful High End Remote Controller to manage, independently or simultaneously, several Switchers of the iX range either as stand alone boxes or any kind of combination, including soft-edge blending.
AXION Chapter 1 : INTRODUCTION (continued) 1-4.
Chapter 1 : INTRODUCTION (continued) AXION 1-4. FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION (continued) • CONTROL AREA 12 Vdc 0.1A: BNC plug for portable lamp. USB MEMORY: USB plug for USB memory drive connection. Use for update and parameters back up copy. HOME: Displays the home menu. HELP: Display the help menu. , , , : Moving arrows. SELECT: EXIT: Return to the previous menu. ENTER: Selection menu and item validation. JOYSTICK: Three axis joystick (X, Y & Z).
AXION Chapter 1 : INTRODUCTION (continued) 1-4. FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION (continued) • EDIT AREA SCREEN SELECTION: Row of screen selection buttons. NOTE: Axion can control up to 6 screens. A screen is a projection area and can handle several machines and video projector (notably in Softedge mode configuration). 1 to 6: FREEZE SCREEN: Screen selection. Freeze the selected screen configuration. SEQUENCE: 1 to 5: SHIFT: SCREEN PRESET: Row of screen preset buttons.
Chapter 1 : INTRODUCTION (continued) AXION 1-5. REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION • MODEL: ARC100 RS-232 100-250 VAC 1A 50-60 Hz 100-250 VAC 1A 50-60 Hz (OPTIONAL) IP/LAN MODEL : ARC100 100-240 Vac 3A 50-60Hz: IEC standard power connector. O / I: Power switch (O = OFF, I = ON) IP/LAN: LAN communication port on a RJ45 connector. RS-232: RS-232 communication port.
AXION Chapter 2 : STARTING 2-1. CONNECTIONS (MODEL ARC100) NOTE: Turn OFF all of your equipment before connecting. Connect the AC power supply cord to the AXION and to an AC power outlet. Connect your sources and display devices to the iX devices as describe in the iX Device User's Manual. Connect the AC power supply cord to the iX devices and to an AC power outlet. Connect the AXION to your network / router according to your installation (IP/LAN connector).
Chapter 2 : STARTING (continued) AXION 2-2. CONNECTIONS (MODEL ARC100-B) NOTE: Turn OFF all of your equipment before connecting. Connect the AC power supply cord to the AXION and to an AC power outlet. Connect your sources and display devices to the iX devices as describe in the iX Device User's Manual. Connect the AC power supply cord to the iX devices and to an AC power outlet. Connect the iX devices to your network / router according to your installation (IP/LAN connector).
AXION Chapter 2 : STARTING (continued) 2-3. SHOW SETUP • Around one minute after switching ON the AXION, the touchscreen displays the User selection screen. Create a new user by pressing the New User touchscreen button. • Press the Edit name touchscreen button to open the touchscreen keyboard… … And enter a name: my_ name in the example below. Then press ENTER on the touchscreen keyboard.
Chapter 2 : STARTING (continued) AXION 2-3. SHOW SETUP (continued) • If needed, you can set a password, press Edit password to display the touchscreen keyboard… …. Then choose your password and press Enter on the touchscreen keyboard. • Select your User account and press Enter. Type your password and press Enter to validate the creation of your User name. ….The main window is thus displayed. Shows button: Allows configuring a show. System button: Allows configuring the AXION.
AXION Chapter 2 : STARTING (continued) 2-4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION • Press the System touchscreen button to display the System window… …then press the Network touchscreen button and set the AXION IP address with the knobs on the right of the touchscreen. • Press the Axion’s ENTER button. The AXION displays the following message: AXION needs to restart to store the new IP address as default. YES: the AXION will restart and keep the IP address as default.
Chapter 2 : STARTING (continued) AXION 2-5. HOW TO SET A DEVICE TO A SCREEN • Press the Shows touchscreen button to display the Show window. • Press Create a new show and type a new show name for example show#1. Then press the Enter touchscreen button.
AXION Chapter 2 : STARTING (continued) 2-5. HOW TO SET A DEVICE TO A SCREEN (continued) • Add a device to your screen: Press Screen setup to open the Screen properties window. Then press Edit name and type a screen name (for example Screen 1). Then press Enter. • Press Edit devices to add a device to your screen. Then select Add new device and select a device model in the Type field. • Then press Edit name to rename your device, for example mixer#1 and press Enter.
Chapter 2 : STARTING (continued) AXION 2-5. HOW TO SET A DEVICE TO A SCREEN (continued) • Select the Connection type (RS232, UDP or TCP) according to your installation. Then press Edit LAN Settings to open the IP parameters window. • Select the IP Address corresponding to your device. The Device IP address is available in Control menu > LAN setup. Verify in the Device that the LAN port is activate (Control menu > RS232/LAN Port > LAN).
AXION Chapter 2 : STARTING (continued) 2-5. HOW TO SET A DEVICE TO A SCREEN (continued) • Press on the Output resolution arrow to open the output list… Select the needed resolution validate with ENTER and select the others needed adjustment…. • Then press several times on the Axion’s ENTER button… …to return to the Screen window.
Chapter 2 : STARTING (continued) AXION 2-6. PRESET SETUP NOTE: Before beginning, open an existing show or create a new one. Wait for the initialization. The touchscreen displays “Success: all devices connected are initialized”. Then… Select a SCREEN with the SCREEN SELECTION buttons. Select a PRESET with the SCREEN PRESET buttons. NOTE: With the touchscreen display you can give a convenient name to your preset. Add an element on the selected PRESET: Select a Background button on the PRESET ELEMENT row.
AXION Chapter 3 : HOW TO SET A SOFTEDGE SCREEN WITH TWO DEVICES 3-1. SCREEN SET UP • Log on and press the Shows touchscreen button… …then press Create a new show. • Type the show’s name (i.e: Show#2) and press Enter. • Then Press the Screen setup touchscreen button… …the Screen properties window is thus displayed. • Press Edit name and type the Screen’s name (i.e: softedge#1) then press Enter.
Chapter 3 : HOW TO SET A SOFTEDGE SCREEN WITH TWO DEVICES (continued) AXION 3-1. SCREEN SET UP (continued) • Press Edit devices to add the 2 devices to your Screen. • Press the Edit name button… …then press Add new device and select the device type. …then type the Device’s name (i.e: mixer left).
AXION Chapter 3 : HOW TO SET A SOFTEDGE SCREEN WITH TWO DEVICES (continued) 3-2. PROJECTORS CONFIGURATION IMPORTANT: Before doing the following adjustments, make sure the 2 projectors are the same (mark, model and type) with same lenses. The projector matrices should be imperatively at the same resolution. The parameters of the 2 projectors should be homogenous (color, gamma, lamp lifetime...).
Chapter 3 : HOW TO SET A SOFTEDGE SCREEN WITH TWO DEVICES (continued) AXION 3-2. PROJECTORS CONFIGURATION (continued) • Press ENTER button to return to the Screen Properties window… ...then press Edit Input and set up all the inputs. • Press ENTER Axion’s button to come back to the Screen properties window. Then Press Edit softedge to display the softedge window. • Set the Softedge type (Horizontal or Vertical) and device’s Position. • Press Patterns and select Covering Pattern type.
AXION Chapter 3 : HOW TO SET A SOFTEDGE SCREEN WITH TWO DEVICES (continued) 3-2. PROJECTORS CONFIGURATION (continued) • Press the Covering touchscreen button and set the Covering adjustment so that the test pattern overlaps each other at the junctions of the projectors. Example: Test pattern in horizontal SE configuration. NOTE: Verify that the Softedge is disabling. • Press the Patterns touchscreen button and turn OFF the test pattern: The covering area will appear brighter than the noncovering areas.
Chapter 3 : HOW TO SET A SOFTEDGE SCREEN WITH TWO DEVICES (continued) AXION 3-2. PROJECTORS CONFIGURATION (continued) • Softedge curve explanations: The operation consist of attenuate progressively the light diffused of one projector and in the same time increase symmetrically the light of the other one. Thus, at any point (X) of the covering area, the sum of light (Y1+Y2) provided by each projector must be equal to the light that would be provided by one projector alone.
AXION Chapter 4 : UPDATING THE DEVICE The AXION can be updated thanks a USB memory stick. Plug your USB memory drive to your computer, open the disk drive and create a folder named AXION. Go on our website (http://www.analogway.com) and download the last firmware version to the AXION folder of your USB memory drive. Plug the USB memory drive to the USB port of the AXION (Top left of the front panel). Press the System touchscreen button and press the Update button.
AXION Chapter 5 : TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 5-1. COMMUNICATION PORTS • RS-232 (on DB9 female connector) Data Rate: 9600 Bauds, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity bit, and no flow control. Pin-out: PIN # 2 3 5 FUNCTIONS RXD (Receive data) TXD (Transmit data) GROUND (Gnd) DB9 connector • LAN (on RJ45 connector) Protocol: TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) / UDP (User Datagram Protocol). Data Rate: 10 / 100 Mbps. 5-2.
AXION WARRANTY Analog Way warrants the product against any defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three years from the date of purchase (back to the factory). In the event of any malfunction during the warranty period, Analog Way will, at its discretion, repair or replace the defective units, including free materials and labor.
