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SL-AVB-MIX Option Card

Installation and Hookup Guide

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Table of Contents

1 Updating the StudioLive AI console rmware — 1

2 Installing your SL-AVB-MIX card — 6

3 Using the StudioLive RM as a remote stage box and

monitor mixer with a StudioLive AI console at FOH — 7

3.1 Connecting a StudioLive AI console with a

StudioLive RM as a stage box and monitor mixer — 7

3.2 Routing Audio Between Mixers — 9

3.3 Remote-controlling the StudioLive RM inputs — 11

3.4 Setting up talkback — 12

3.5 Saving and recalling scenes — 13

Register online for software downloads,

manuals, and video guides

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Before proceeding, please be sure to register online. You’ll need

the latest rmware and software to ensure your SL-AVB-MIX card

functions properly. Upon registration you’ll also have access to helpful

installation and setup guides, as well as video tutorials and support.

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Register online for software downloads,

manuals, and video guides

my.PreSonus.com

Before proceeding, please be sure to register online. You’ll need

the latest rmware and software to ensure your SL-AVB-MIX card

functions properly. Upon registration you’ll also have access to helpful

installation and setup guides, as well as video tutorials and support.

1 Updating the StudioLive AI

console rmware

The rmware update process is designed to preserve your mixer’s scene and

Fat Channel preset memory. Nevertheless, as a precaution, we recommend

that you back up your scenes and presets before updating the rmware.

If your mixer is registered to your MyPreSonus account and is connected to

a network with Internet access, you can update the rmware directly and

skip to Step 11.

1. Download the

rmware les for your

mixer from your

MyPresonus account.

To nd these les,

click on the “See

Details” link on your

StudioLive

registration and click

the “Firmware” tab in

the details area.

IMPORTANT: StudioLive 16.4.2AI, 24.4.2AI, and 32.4.2AI mixers each

use dierent rmware les. Loading the wrong rmware can cause

the mixer to function improperly and can potentially damage the

unit.

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2. Open your

Downloads folder

and locate the

StudioLive rmware

folder. The folder will

be named with your

mixer’s model

number and the new

rmware version

(e.g.,

SL3242AI_v4733).

3. Depending

on your system

preferences, the

firmware.zip

archive le might

not automatically

decompress. To

expand the .zip

archive, simply

double-click it.

4. Open the rmware

folder; you will nd

ve les inside. You

will need all ve

les to upgrade

your mixer.

- Initvars.scr

- Recovery.scr

- Rootfs.img

- uImage

- upgrade.bin

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5. Connect a FAT32-formatted USB

thumb drive to your computer.

Power User Tip: Most small USB

drives (16 GB or less) should be

formatted correctly, but if your mixer

does not detect your thumb drive at rst,

we suggest reformatting it, even if it’s

already formatted as FAT32. On

Windows, be sure to do a “Full” format

as opposed to a “Quick” format. On

Macs, the choice will be listed as

MS-DOS (FAT). Please refer to the list of

suggested drives that can be found on

our Knowledge Base.

6. Select all ve rmware les and

either copy/paste or drag them

to the root of your thumb drive.

Eject your drive and disconnect

it from your computer.

7. Power ON your StudioLive AI mixer.

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8. Remove the Wi-Fi LAN adapter

(if connected).

9. Plug in the FAT32-formatted

USB thumb drive.

10. It will take approximately ve

seconds for your mixer to detect your

thumb drive. Count to ve slowly

before proceeding to the next step.

11. Press the System button.

USB Drive

1 Louisiana

2 Louisiana

3 Louisiana

4 Louisiana

5 Louisiana

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12. Press the

Pg Dn button

until you reach the

last page of the

System menu.

13. Press the Recall button.

14. You will be

instructed that the

mixer is reading the

rmware update

les.

Warning: Do not power o the mixer during the update.

15. When the update

is complete, you will

be prompted to

restart the mixer.

16. Power down your mixer.

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17. If your mixer connects to your

network via Wi-Fi, please reinsert the

Wi-Fi LAN adapter before powering

the mixer back on.

2 Installing your SL-AVB-MIX card

1. Power o your mixer and

disconnect all outputs for your safety.

2. Remove the option card currently

installed in your mixer.

3. Insert your new SL-AVB-MIX option

card and tighten the screws.

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3 Using the StudioLive RM as a remote

stage box and monitor mixer with a

StudioLive AI console at FOH

There are several dierent ways to utilize your new SL-AVB-MIX card

with the StudioLive AI mixer. The following details the most common

setup using a StudioLive RM mixer as a remote stage box and monitor

mixer with a StudioLive AI console at front-of-house (FOH). For more

setup options and use cases, please refer to the User Manual, which

is available as a downloadable PDF in your MyPreSonus account.

NOTE: you must also update the rmware on your StudioLive RM

mixer to enable AVB functionality.

3.1 Connecting a StudioLive AI console

with a StudioLive RM as a stage box

and monitor mixer

1. Using a standard CAT5 or CAT6

Ethernet cable, connect the

StudioLive AI console directly

to the StudioLive RM mixer.

NOTE: For details on connecting

with a qualied AVB switch,

please refer to the User Manual.

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2. On the StudioLive AI console, press

the System button.

3. Press the Pg Dn

button until you

reach the Digital

page of the System

menu.

4. Press the Next button until the

Stage Box option is highlighted.

5. Turn the value knob to change the

Stage Box option to “On.”

6. You are now ready to start using

your StudioLive RM mixer as a remote

stage box and monitor mixer!

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3.2 Routing audio between the mixers

Once the StudioLive RM mixer is connected as a remote stage box,

the audio routing will be connected for you automatically.

Inputs

All inputs from the StudioLive RM mixer on stage are routed as input options

on the AI console at FOH, and all inputs from the AI console are routed

as input options on the RM mixer. By default, the inputs are routed 1 to 1,

meaning input 1 on one mixer is the network input for input 1 on the other

mixer, input 2 is the network input for input 2, and so on. If a StudioLive

AI console with fewer than 32 inputs (such as a 16.4.2AI) is being

used,

then only the rst 16 StudioLive RM inputs will be routed by default.

When connected to an RM mixer,

the Digital Input button on the AI

console will default to assigning

the network input, rather than

assigning the FireWire input. To

assign an input on the AI console to

a network input from the RM mixer,

simply engage the Digital Input

button on the associated channel.

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The AI console at

FOH can also use a

FireWire input as the

source. To do this,

select the FireWire

input in the master

control screen. When

you select a channel,

the Channel Info

page will be shown

on the screen.

Press the Next button until the Digital

Return option is highlighted, then use

the Value knob to change the setting

to FireWire.

You can also assign a network input

from the AI console at FOH to an input

on the RM mixer on stage. This is

useful when you have additional

sources at FOH, such as wireless

microphone receivers or computer

playback tracks, that need to be sent

to the monitor mixes in the RM mixer.

To assign an input on

the RM mixer to a

network input from

the AI console, select

the input source or

open the Channel

Settings view in UC

Surface and then

change the source

from Analog to

Digital.

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Outputs

The main left and right outputs of the

RM mixer will be taken over by the

main left and right mix from the AI

console.

Talkback

The talkback input on the AI console is

routed to the talkback input on the RM

mixer. You can change this at any time

by selecting a dierent talkback

source in the settings view of UC

Surface for the RM mixer.

3.3 Remote-controlling the StudioLive RM inputs

When using an RM mixer as a stage box and monitor mixer for an AI console,

you have control over the RM mixer inputs directly from the console. On

any input that is assigned to the network input, the following functions

will control the remote RM mixer input associated with that channel:

Remote preamp gain. When the

channel is selected, the Value knob in

the Master Control Display will control

the RM preamp gain.

Save

Undo

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The screen will show

the Channel Info

view with the

preamp gain

selected.

+48V phantom power. The +48V

button on the AI console channel will

control the +48V phantom power on

the associated RM mixer channel.

Polarity. The Polarity button on the

associated channel will control the

polarity on the associated RM mixer

channel.

3.4 Setting up talkback

By default, the Talkback input of the AI console will be routed

to the talkback source for the RM mixer. The Talkback button on

the AI console will also engage talkback on the RM mixer. To set

up talkback from FOH to the stage, simply select the RM mixer

monitor outputs with which you wish to communicate.

Save

Undo

Save

Undo

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1. In UC Surface for

the RM mixer, select

Talkback, then select

the mix destinations.

3.5 Saving and recalling scenes

Since the StudioLive AI console and RM mixer work together as a unied

system, you have linked scenes for saving and recalling. To ensure exibility

for both FOH and monitor mixes, there are two ways to manage scenes.

Managing scenes from the AI console

Once the AI console at front-of-house is connected

to an RM mixer/stage box, any scene you save on the

AI console will save the state of both the AI console

and the RM mixer. When you recall a scene saved

this way, the scenes for both mixers are recalled.

Recalling a scene that was saved without an RM mixer

connected will only recall the scene for the AI console.

Managing scenes from the RM monitor mixer

When saving and recalling scenes directly to

the RM mixer, the scenes will only save and

recall to that mixer and not to the AI console.

This makes it easy to manage separate monitor-

mix setups when alternate performers are used

and you do not have changes to the FOH.

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