Apex Digital Intelli-X2 26 - Settings Menu; Sync Submenu; Network Submenu

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The Settings Menu is where some of the unit’s basic operating
conditions are dened. Once these have been established, the
menu will only rarely need to be accessed. The top page of the
Settings Menu offers four further submenus:
Press Enter to select one of the submenus.
Sync submenu
Sample rate – The Intelli-X
2
will operate at several common
sample rates. The default is 96 kHz. Scroll to the Sample rate:
eld, press Enter and scroll again to select an alternative.
Available sample frequencies are: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz,
96 kHz, 176.4 kHz and 192 kHz.
Sync source – As with all digital audio equipment, it will be
necessary to decide an operating methodology for wordclock
synchronisation in order to use the Intelli-X
2
effectively in each
practical application. Use of the wrong wordclock source can
give undesirable (and unpredictable) results, ranging from
occasional clicks to total silence!
The Intelli-X
2
has a three-level hierarchy of sync sources,
with automatic switching to the next “level”, should one fail.
The screen allows you to allocate one of four* possible sync
sources as the primary sync, and also as the secondary and
tertiary backups. The available sources are:
Internal – the Intelli-X
2
’s own internal clock generator
AES AB – the wordclock is derived from an incoming AES3
digital audio signal at Inputs A/B
AES CD - the wordclock is derived from an incoming AES3
digital audio signal at Inputs C/D*
Wordclock – uses an externally-supplied clock signal at the
rear panel WCLK IN BNC connector
* Inputs C/D are not tted on the Intelli-X
2
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Settings Menu
Use the rotary control to scroll to the Primary Src, Secondary
Src or Tertiary Src elds, press Enter, then use the rotary
control to scroll through the options in the list above. Press
Enter again to select one. Note that if Internal is set as Primary
Src, it is not possible to dene any external sources as backup.
Whatever choices are made for the primary and backup sync
sources, the source currently selected and its status are always
displayed at the bottom of the screen in the Sync source: eld
(not modiable).
Network submenu
When the Intelli-X
2
is being used with Apex’s Intelli-Ware
software application, an Ethernet network connection needs to
be established between the computer running Intelli-Ware and
the unit(s). Network settings are available in this submenu help
to permit this connection to be set up correctly.
In most cases all that needs to be done is enable the AUTO-IP
box. A valid IP address will then be assigned to the Intelli-X
2
(note that this is not an instant process and will take a few
seconds). If a static IP address is to be used then scroll to the
IP Address and SubNet elds to enter the correct settings.
If using external network management and monitoring
applications then ensure that the SMNP box (Simple Network
Management Protocol) is enabled. Generally such applications
are only used for managing very large networks (in large
corporations etc.) but can be implemented in xed installations
such a broadcast facilities or large AV installations.
After any changes have been made in the Network submenu,
exiting the page (by pressing BACK/HOME) rst opens a
screen requesting conrmation that the changes are to be
applied.
Press the h softkey to apply the changes or BACK/HOME to
reject them.