SL Room Control
User Guide
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Table of Contents
4 Speaker Groups — 12
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
4.1 Speaker Net Browser — 12
4.2 Creating Speaker Groups — 12
4.3 Speaker Mapping — 14
4.4 Group Monitor Page — 15
4.4.1 Performance Monitoring — 15
4.5 Group Edit Page — 16
4.5.1 Saving and Loading
Graphic EQ Presets — 17
4.6 Speaker Edit Page — 18
4.6.1 Eight-Band Parametric EQ
(full-range only) — 20
4.6.2 Notch Filters
(full-range only) — 21
4.6.3 Saving and Loading a Speaker
Preset — 21
5 The User Layer — 22
6 Troubleshooting — 23
1 Introduction
1.1 About this Manual
1 Introduction
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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®.
To use SL Room Control, you simply create a local area network using a
wireless router and connect your StudioLive AI speakers with the included
USB 2.0 Wi-Fi LAN adapter or onboard Ethercon connection. Connect your
Mac, PC, or iPad to the same Wi-Fi network and launch SL Room Control to
unlock your StudioLive AI speaker system’s full power. SL Room Control’s
Network Setup wizard makes it easy to network your entire system.
We encourage you to contact us with questions or comments regarding
this product. PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc., is committed to constant
product improvement, and we value your suggestions highly. We believe
the best way to achieve our goal of constant product improvement is by
listening to the real experts: our valued customers. We appreciate the
support you have shown us through the purchase of this product.
For technical support, please see Section 6: Troubleshooting.
1.1 About this Manual
This manual covers the functions and features of SL Room Control with all three
full-range StudioLive AI loudspeakers (312AI, 315AI, and 328AI), as well as the
companion StudioLive 18sAI subwoofer. We suggest that you use the manual to
familiarize yourself with the features, applications, and connection procedures for
your StudioLive AI-series loudspeakers before trying to set up and operate them.
SL Room Control’s features and functions are the same for all three full-range
models and, in most respects, for the 18sAI. Whenever possible, these features
and functions will be described for the entire line. Unless preceded by “full-range,”
the term “loudspeaker” will refer to the full-range models and the subwoofer.
Throughout this manual you will find Power User Tips highlighting
distinctive aspects of SL Room Control, offering tips, and explaining
terms. In addition, you will find an assortment of tutorials that
cover the basics of room acoustics and speaker placement.
Thank you, once again, for buying our product. We are confident that
you will enjoy your StudioLive AI speakers and SL Room Control!
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1 Introduction
1.2 Summary of SL Room Control Features
1.2 Summary of SL Room Control Features
• Remote Control over:
• DSP contours
• 100 Hz highpass filter (312AI, 315AI, 328AI)
• Polarity invert (18sAI)
• Network Setup wizard:
• Network scanning automatically detects connected speakers
• Network browser to switch speakers to a new wireless network
• Performance monitoring over:
• Excursion limiter
• Real-time temperature
• ADC clip detection
• Power-amp soft limiting
• Individual speaker DSP settings:
• 8-band parametric EQ (312AI, 315AI, 328AI)
• 8 notch filters (312AI, 315AI, 328AI)
• Variable limiter
• Alignment delay, up to 500 ms in 0.1 ms increments
• Output-level control
• Solo
• Mute
• Store/load complete speaker setups
• Copy/paste settings to other speakers
• Custom labels and comments
• Group Speaker Management
• Group level control
• Speaker mapping
• 31-band graphic EQ
• Store/load graphic EQ presets
• Speaker-group browser
• Store multiple speaker groups together
• Settings are automatically stored in the User Layer onboard
each loudspeaker for use away from SL Room Control
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2 Networking Your Loudspeaker
2.1 Step 1: Install SL Room Control
2 Networking Your Loudspeaker
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. It
is important to mention that the StudioLive loudspeaker does not support
hot-swapping the Wi-Fi adapter; the adapter must be connected when
you power on your loudspeaker. Note that the included adapter is the
only LAN adapter supported for use with StudioLive AI loudspeakers.
Power User Tip: The use of more than one instance of SL Room
Control on the speaker network is not supported.
2.1 Step 1: Install SL Room Control
2.1.1 Mac OS X
Installing SL Room Control on Mac OS X machines is a simple as drag-and-drop.
1. Double-click on the SL Room Control .dmg file.
2. Drag the SL Room Control icon to the Applications folder on your computer.
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3. Once SL Room Control has been copied to your hard drive, it is ready
to use. Simply double-click on its icon in your Applications folder.
2.1.2 Windows
The Windows installer for SL Room Control provides easy-to-follow onscreen
instructions to make the installation process quick and simple.
1. When you launch the SL Room Control .exe file, a Welcome screen will launch. By
default, SL Room Control will install in the Program Files folder on your computer.
We highly recommend that you do not change this default location. Click “Install.”
2. Once SL Room Control has been successfully installed on
your computer, click “Finish” to exit the install wizard.
2.1.3 iPad
SL Room Control for Apple iPad is available free from Apple’s
App Store and must be downloaded from there.
2.2 Step 2: Update Your Loudspeaker Firmware
To use SL Room Control, you must update the firmware for your
StudioLive AI loudspeaker. The firmware is available from your
My PreSonus account at https://my.presonus.com.
1. Log into your My PreSonus account.
2. Download the firmware-update file for your loudspeaker.
3. Open your Downloads folder and locate the StudioLive firmware folder. The
folder will be named with your StudioLive AI loudspeaker model name.
4. Depending on your system preferences, the firmware folder may not
automatically uncompress from the .zip file. To expand it, simply double-click it.
5. Open the firmware folder; you will find a file inside named “upgrade.bin.”
6. Connect a FAT32-formatted USB thumb drive to your computer.
Power User Tip: Most small USB drives (16 GB or less) are already
formatted correctly, so no formatting is required. If your loudspeaker does
not detect your thumb drive, verify that it is formatted correctly.
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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.
If you are unsure of the model firmware you have copied to your drive, it is highly
recommended that you verify by overwriting the file with the confirmed correct firmware
before proceeding. In other words: only load the firmware file for a 315AI on a 315AI.
8. Power off your StudioLive AI loudspeaker.
9. Remove the Wi-Fi LAN adapter from your loudspeaker (if connected).
10. Connect the USB thumb drive to the USB port on your StudioLive AI loudspeaker.
11. Hold down any button on the back of your StudioLive AI loudspeaker while
powering it on. Continue holding the button for 10 full seconds before releasing it.
12. The lights on the back panel of your StudioLive loudspeaker will cycle until
the firmware update is complete. The firmware update takes approximately
60 seconds. When the update is complete, your loudspeaker will reboot.
Note: You must update the firmware on every loudspeaker with which you intend
to use SL Room Control. Each StudioLive AI loudspeaker model has its own firmware
upgrade file. Do not use the firmware update for one model on another model!
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2.3 Step 3: Connecting your Network
Connecting via Ethernet
If you are hardwiring your loudspeakers to your wireless router with Ethernet cables,
simply connect the speakers to your wireless router and then wirelessly join the
same network with your computer or iPad. No other network setup is required.
Power User Tip: In the event that you require more ports than your wireless router
provides, you will need to purchase an Ethernet switch and connect it to your router
to provide the additional ports. PreSonus recommends using an unmanaged
switch, rather than a managed switch, as this type requires no additional setup or
configuration. Whenever hardwiring your computer, it is recommended that it be
connected to a port on an Ethernet switch rather than using the local ports on a
router as some routers require additional set-up to support this configuration.
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2.3 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.
iPad running
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“StudioLive”
password: StudioLive
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Joining a new network
To connect the loudspeakers wirelessly to a new network for the first time, you need
to hardwire your loudspeakers to your router and use SL Room Control to save the
intended network’s information. The instructions below can be used to give any
number of StudioLive AI loudspeakers the ability to connect wirelessly to a new
network. StudioLive AI loudspeakers only support WPA and WPA2 wireless networks.
Power User Tip: If you are connecting some speakers wirelessly, while
others will be hardwired to the same network, temporarily disconnect
the speakers you wish to hardwire while you provision the speakers
that will connect to the network using a USB Wi-Fi LAN adapter.
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1. To begin, connect your loudspeakers to your wireless router using Ethernet cables.
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2. Connect the USB LAN adapters to your loudspeakers.
3. Power on your loudspeakers.
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4. Connect your device wirelessly to the wireless router’s
network and launch SL Room Control.
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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. At the bottom of the page,
you will see every wireless network within range.
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