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Table of Contents 1 Introduction — 1 1.1 About this Manual — 1 1.2 Summary of SL Room Control Features — 1 2 Networking Your Loudspeaker — 3 2.1 Step 1: Install SL Room Control — 3 2.1.1 Mac OS X — 3 2.1.2 Windows — 3 2.1.3 iPad — 3 2.2 Step 2: Update Your Loudspeaker Firmware — 3 2.3 Step 3: Connecting your Network — 4 3 The Venue Page — 9 3.1 Creating a New Venue Preset — 9 3.2 Loading, Editing, and Deleting Venue Presets — 10 4 Speaker Groups — 12 4.
1 1.1 Introduction About this Manual 1 Introduction SL Room Control User Guide Thank you for purchasing a PreSonus® StudioLive™ AI-series Active Integration™ Loudspeaker. PreSonus StudioLive AI-series PA speakers offer a wealth of system-control and performance-monitoring features. The key to accessing these features is SL Room Control, a speaker-management system and remotecontrol/monitoring software for Mac® OS X, Windows®, and Apple iPad®.
1 1.2 Introduction Summary of SL Room Control Features 1.
2 2.1 Networking Your Loudspeaker Step 1: Install SL Room Control 2 Networking Your Loudspeaker SL Room Control User Guide Your StudioLive AI-series loudspeaker can connect directly to a wireless router using an Ethernet cable, or it can connect to the router wirelessly using the USB Wi-Fi adapter that is included in the box with your loudspeaker.
2 2.3 SL Room Control User Guide Networking Your Loudspeaker Step 3: Connecting your Network 7. Select the upgrade.bin firmware file and copy/paste or drag it to the root level of your thumb drive. Eject your thumb drive and disconnect it from your computer. IMPORTANT: Always label the thumbdrive with the StudioLive AI loudspeaker model firmware loaded on it. Loading the wrong model firmware on your loudspeaker will result in poor performance and may require a recovery to reload the correct firmware.
2 2.3 SL Room Control User Guide Networking Your Loudspeaker Step 3: Connecting your Network Connecting wirelessly (auto-setup) Your StudioLive AI loudspeakers have been preprogrammed to join a specific wireless network. Simply configure your wireless router network with the name “StudioLive” and secure it with the password “StudioLive.” Your loudspeakers will automatically join when they are powered on with their USB LAN adapters connected.
2 2.3 SL Room Control User Guide Networking Your Loudspeaker Step 3: Connecting your Network 1. To begin, connect your loudspeakers to your wireless router using Ethernet cables. wireless router 2. Connect the USB LAN adapters to your loudspeakers. 3. Power on your loudspeakers.
2 2.3 SL Room Control User Guide Networking Your Loudspeaker Step 3: Connecting your Network 4. Connect your device wirelessly to the wireless router’s network and launch SL Room Control. iPad running SL Room Control wireless router 5. Press or click the Wireless icon in the upper right-hand corner of the Venue page in SL Room Control. This will launch the Wireless Setup wizard. 6. Across the top of the screen you will see every loudspeaker connected to your wireless router.
2 2.3 Networking Your Loudspeaker Step 3: Connecting your Network SL Room Control User Guide 7. If any of the loudspeakers have the “No WiFi Installed” warning, you will be prevented from joining a new network. Verify that your USB LAN adapter is connected and power-cycle your loudspeaker. Note: StudioLive loudspeakers do not support hot swapping. The USB LAN adapter must be connected when you power on your loudspeaker. 8.
3 3.1 The Venue Page Creating a New Venue Preset 3 The Venue Page SL Room Control User Guide When you first launch SL Room Control, you will be taken to the Venue page. This page allows you to manage multiple loudspeaker systems with a single Venue preset. For example, your front-of-house (FOH) system might be one speaker group, your stage setup may be a second group, the balcony delays may be a third, and so on.
3 3.2 The Venue Page Loading, Editing, and Deleting Venue Presets SL Room Control User Guide 2. Name your Venue preset by tapping or clicking on the default name (“My New Venue”). 3. Click on the Add button to begin configuring your new Venue preset. 3.2 Loading, Editing, and Deleting Venue Presets As you create Venue presets, SL Room Control will automatically store them, and they will be displayed across the bottom of the Venue page.
3 3.2 The Venue Page Loading, Editing, and Deleting Venue Presets SL Room Control User Guide This will take you to Venue Edit page: •• To edit the name, tap or click it. •• To load a preset, tap or click the Load button. •• To delete a preset, tap or click the Delete button. •• To return to the Venue page, click the Close button.
4 4.1 Speaker Groups Speaker Net Browser 4 Speaker Groups SL Room Control User Guide SL Room Control allows you to create multiple speaker groups within any Venue preset. Each speaker group has its own level control and 31band graphic EQ and can be designed in SL Room Control to mimic each loudspeaker’s physical placement within the room. 4.1 Speaker Net Browser Once you’ve created a new Venue preset, you will be taken to the Speaker Net browser.
4 4.2 Speaker Groups Creating Speaker Groups SL Room Control User Guide Customizing Speaker Names To give any loudspeaker a custom name, simply click or tap on the default name and rename it (FOH Left, Vocal Monitor, etc.). Use this as an easy way to quickly identify speakers. Speaker Arrangement Loudspeakers can be arranged in the Group Design field to mimic their physical placement in the room.
4 4.3 Speaker Groups Speaker Mapping 4.3 Speaker Mapping SL Room Control User Guide A map is created after any loudspeaker is added to a speaker group. Each loudspeaker’s settings are stored in its position in the speaker group map. Any changes to a loudspeaker’s settings are also stored in this map. If a loudspeaker is not detected on the network, its mapped position is still saved with the group. In this way, you can use a different loudspeaker to fill this position in the map.
4 4.4 Speaker Groups Group Monitor Page 4.4 Group Monitor Page SL Room Control User Guide When you close the Speaker Net browser, your speaker group will enter the Group Monitor page. From this page, you can monitor the performance of every loudspeaker in the group, edit each speaker’s individual parameters, and edit the group parameters. If you need to make placement adjustments or delete a loudspeaker from a group at any time, simply tap or click the Unlock Group button in the upper left corner.
4 4.5 Speaker Groups Group Edit Page SL Room Control User Guide •• Thermal. This indicator monitors the temperature of the onboard amplifiers. It will not illuminate while the temperature is within normal operating limits (less than 147˚ F/63.9° C). It will illuminate yellow when the temperature rises to dangerous level (147 – 152˚ F/63.9 – 66.7° C). It will illuminate red when the temperature rises to a level where your loudspeaker will be severely damaged (over 153˚ F/67.2° C).
4 4.5 Speaker Groups Group Edit Page SL Room Control User Guide Group Level Control. Tap or click the “+” or “-“ buttons to raise or lower the level by 1 dB. The overall level of the group is reflected by the indicator to the left of these buttons and displayed in dB in the read-out above. Comments. To add comments about any speaker group, tap or click in the Comments field. Press Enter when finished. GEQ On/Off Button. Turns the graphic EQ on or off. By default, each graphic EQ is turned off.
4 4.6 Speaker Groups Speaker Edit Page 4.6 Speaker Edit Page SL Room Control User Guide To edit the parameters of any loudspeaker on the network or in a group, click or tap on the “gear” below the meter in its icon. This will access the Speaker Edit page for that speaker from anywhere in SL Room Control. Speaker Edit Enable. Enables/Disables speaker editing. By default, Speaker Edit is enabled.
4 4.6 Speaker Groups Speaker Edit Page SL Room Control User Guide Polarity (18sAI only). Remotely enables/disables polarity reverse. When enabled, the Polarity button reverses the polarity of the summed input signal. Power User Tip: Reversing the polarity can improve the system’s response when lowfrequency waveforms from the subwoofer are reinforced or cancelled by waveforms from another subwoofer or from the low-frequency drivers of the full-range loudspeakers.
4 4.6 Speaker Groups Speaker Edit Page SL Room Control User Guide Power User Tip: The alignment delay compensates for the cancellation or reinforcement of low frequencies when the same frequencies are reproduced by two sound sources that are set apart from one another, such as a center-fill speaker that is reproducing the summed stereo signal in a front-of-house system.
4 4.6 Speaker Groups Speaker Edit Page SL Room Control User Guide 4.6.2 Notch Filters (full-range only) Each full-range loudspeaker is equipped with eight notch filters, allowing you to quickly remove feedback. Each notch filter has a Q of 24. To access these notch filters, tap or click the Notch button on the parametric EQ. Notch filters On/Off. By default, all notch filters are disabled. To enable notch filters, click or tap on this button.
SL Room Control User Guide 5 The User Layer 5 The User Layer Any settings that you’ve created in SL Room Control (speaker group, individual speaker settings, etc.) are immediately stored in real-time onboard your StudioLive AI loudspeaker, in the User Layer. In this way, you can configure your loudspeaker system with SL Room Control and disconnect the application without any change to the sound that you’ve created.
6 Troubleshooting 6 Troubleshooting SL Room Control User Guide Please check our Web site (www.presonus.com) regularly for software information and updates, firmware updates, and support documentation for frequently asked questions. You can get individual technical assistance by calling PreSonus at 1-225-216-7887, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Central Time. PreSonus technical support is available via email during the same hours through your My PreSonus account.
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