PRESONUS SL-Dante-SPK, User Manual

Page 1: ...SL Dante SPK User Guide English Français Español Deutsch www presonus com ...

Page 2: ...Hardware 6 2 3 1 Adding aWireless Router 6 2 3 2 Choosing the Right Cables 7 2 4 Step 4 Downloading Dante Controller 7 2 5 Step 5 Naming Your Loudspeakers 8 2 6 Step 6 Connecting Your Network 11 2 7 Step 7 Routing Audio 12 2 7 1 Yamaha CL and QL series Console Routing 14 3 SL Room Control 15 3 1 Input Modes 15 3 2 Dante Lock 15 4 Alternative Network Configuration 16 4 1 Analog Failover 16 4 2 Inte...

Page 3: ...r your SL Dante SPK option card and StudioLive AI series loudspeaker at https my presonus com if you haven t already done so Your My PreSonus user account will provide the latest firmware software and documentation for all of your PreSonus products 1 1 About this Manual This manual covers the functions and installation of the SL Dante SPK option card and provides instructions for configuring your ...

Page 4: ...is installed you can no longer wirelessly control your loudspeaker using the USB Wi Fi LAN adapter All control must be done over Ethernet even when not connected to a Dante network 2 1 Step 1 Installing the SL Dante SPK 1 Using a Phillips screwdriver remove the three screws in the bottom and the center screw in the top of the SL Control SPK option card that came installed in your loudspeaker Retai...

Page 5: ... the SL Dante SPK SL Dante SPK User Guide 4 Slide the SL Dante SPK option card into the slot and line up the screw holes 5 Push the SL Dante SPK option card until it locks into the internal connector and tighten the thumbscrews 6 Screw the four Phillips screws back in ...

Page 6: ...nd ulmage 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 the drive is formatted correctly 7 Select all four of the firmware recovery files and either copy paste or drag them to the root of your thumb drive Eje...

Page 7: ...anel of your StudioLive AI loudspeaker will cycle until the firmware update is complete The firmware update takes approximately five minutes When the update is complete your loudspeaker will reboot Once the firmware update is complete you can remove the thumb drive You must update the firmware on every loudspeaker into which you are installing an SL Dante SPK Power User Tip It is highly recommende...

Page 8: ...nte network or if you are transferring non Dante data over the same network If you are using multiple switches on your Dante network we recommend using the same make and model to simplify setup and guarantee compatibility 2 3 1 Adding a Wireless Router Dante audio and routing cannot travel over a wireless network You can still wirelessly remote control your StudioLive AI series loudspeakers over a...

Page 9: ...cable a better fit for touring and shorter cable runs To prevent electromagnetic interference shielded twisted pair STP cables are recommended Unlike their unshielded cousins STP cables have shielding that reduces noise Like a balanced analog cable STP cables have to be grounded so you ll need to use STP compatible RJ45 or EtherCon connectors 2 4 Step 4 Downloading Dante Controller To connect your...

Page 10: ...ioLive AI loudspeakers to your Dante network for the first time they will be named SL AI PA followed by a unique numeric identifier e g SL AI PA 0123a4 Taking a moment to give your speakers a custom name will save time later 1 Turn on your StudioLive AI series loudspeaker and connect it to your computer with an Ethernet cable 2 Launch Dante Controller on your computer ...

Page 11: ...Live AI Loudspeaker 2 5 Step 5 Naming Your Loudspeakers SL Dante SPK User Guide 3 You will see your loudspeaker on the Routing tab 4 Open the Device view by double clicking on the speaker name or by selecting Device Device View ...

Page 12: ... Left Center Balcony etc Power User Tip Dante device names can be up to 31 characters and are not case sensitive e g Guitar wedge and guitar Wedge are treated as the same label Device names must start with a letter of the alphabet but numbers and hyphens may also be used 5 Disconnect your loudspeaker and repeat Steps 1 4 with any loudspeaker you will be connecting to your Dante network ...

Page 13: ... as using the analog inputs as a redundant connection or using StudioLive AI series loudspeakers as the intermediary for a mixing console that does not have Dante capability Monitor Mix 1 312AI PC Recording CH 1 32 Dante Virtual Soundcard FOH Main L TOP 315AI Channels 1 32 Main L R Sub 1 2 Multicast Filtering ON FOH Main R TOP 315AI FOH Main L SUB 18sAI FOH Main R SUB 18sAI FOH Sub 1 to Delay Towe...

Page 14: ...ast routing creates flows that can be received by multiple receivers Multicast flows are assigned IDs enabling them to be identified in Dante Controller Unicast routing Unicast flows are point to point from a single transmitter to a single receiver Unicast flows typically have room for four channels of audio Multicast routing Multicast flows are one to many from a single transmitter to any number ...

Page 15: ...e Controller 1 On the Routing tab you will see all your connected devices Click on the next to each device to view its Transmit or Receive channels 2 Patch a Transmit channel from your mixer to the first Receive channel RxChan 0 of your loudspeaker 3 Continue patching Transmit channels from your mixer to the rest of the loudspeakers on your network ...

Page 16: ... loudspeakers to your Dante network select Setup from the CL series console s onscreen menu 2 Select WORD CLOCK SLOT and choose Dante 48 kHz as the Master Clock DANTE 48k DANTE 44 1k 3 From the main Setup menu select This Console in the Dante Patch Bay section and 24 in the Bit section 24 32 THIS CONSOLE DANTE CONTROLLER DANTE PATCH BY BIT 4 Select Device Mount to open the Dante Setup menu DEVICE ...

Page 17: ...n the StudioLive 18sAI subwoofer are summed in the DSP engine So each input has its own Transmit channel i e Transmit Channel 1 will carry the signal from analog Input 1 and Transmit Channel 2 will carry the signal from analog Input 2 Analog Failover The SL Dante SPK does not support network redundancy over Dante However by enabling Analog Failover you can use the analog connections on your loudsp...

Page 18: ...lternative Network Configuration 4 1 Analog Failover Monitor Mix 1 312AI FOH Main L TOP 315AI Dante enabled Mixer FOH Main R TOP 315AI FOH Main L SUB 18sAI FOH Main R SUB 18sAI Monitor Mix 2 312AI Monitor Mix 3 312AI Monitor Mix 4 312AI 12 PORT GIGABIT ETHERNET UNMANAGED SWITCH Dante Analog ...

Page 19: ...315AI Analog Mixer Main L R FOH Main R TOP 315AI FOH Main L SUB 18sAI FOH Main R SUB 18sAI 12 PORT GIGABIT ETHERNET MANAGED SWITCH Dante Analog Control Delay Tower L 328AI Delay Tower R 328AI Rear Fill L 328AI Rear Fill R 328AI Sub Array L 18sAI Sub Array R 18sAI PC SL Room Control Dante Controller Multicast Filtering ON Router wireless disabled ...

Page 20: ...e connected via a network switch which most often means a star topology All devices are connected to a single central point which minimizes the number of hops through which data must pass This also avoids the scenario in which the failure of one device causes the entire chain to break NOTE The secondary port found on some Dante devices is not to be used for daisy chaining this is for Dante redunda...

Page 21: ...f Service QoS with four queues Diffserv DSCP QoS with strict priority A managed switch is also recommended to provide detailed information about the operation of each network link port speed error counters bandwidth used etc Can I use switches with EEE Energy Efficient Ethernet or Green Ethernet in my Dante network Short answer No Long answer EEE Energy Efficient Ethernet is a technology that redu...

Page 22: ...chosen to make it simple to configure QoS with many switches some switches require special configuration to recognize and prioritize specific DSCP values The table below shows how Dante uses various Diffserv Code Points DSCP packet priority values Priority Usage DSCP Label Hex Decimal Binary High Time critical PTP events CS7 0x38 56 111000 Medium Audio PTP EF 0x2E 46 101110 Low reserved CS1 0x08 8...

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