Studio manager will connect via the console by using the Midi Driver, it works the same way that a printer needs a driver. Now you can open Studio Manager and begin the connection process. Upon opening the Studio manager software you should see the editors that you have downloaded in the “workspace” of the screen. We aren't ready to open the editor, if you have opened it, just hit "command w" to close it- Studio Manager will remain open.

Next you will need to open the “ports” for communication with your console. If the Network Midi driver process was completed successfully then you should an input and output port for your console. In the drop down menu under SM2 follow the same path as you did for the workspace, but this time you will want to choose the Midi Settings.
Pref-> Midi Settings-> Checks the in and Out Ports for the console and Update

The master control box within the editor should change from being “offline”. If your editor is open and you don’t see the master control Box you can access it by clicking “Command 1"

At this point you should be able to hit re-sync and your editor window will fill with the data from your console, As soon as you move either a fader on the console or remotely from the computer you will see a change scene box that lets you know something has been changed and therefore an edit notification will present itself. You may store and recall from the computer just as you would in the scene section of your console. Almost all of the features that are available on the console are available for remote edit with the exception of a few that are console dependent such as the word clock settings Also, the output delays are not available on the LS9 editor, but are available on the M7CL editor.pen and you don’t see the master control Box you can access it by clicking “Command 1”

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Adding a Wireless Router to your Yamaha Network
*Router must transmit with a Static IP Address with range of Console. Yamaha does not support DHCP.

This information will give you wireless control of all the settings within studio manager and let you cut the cord between your computer and the console. Once the stagemix app became available, I haven’t actually connected to the console in this fashion. It really tends to bugger up the basic wifi settings of the laptop and it had problems re-establishing it's natural DHCP connections.

Just as above you will need to dive back into your network settings, except this time you will changing the Airport Card settings in your computer.

Apple Network Airport Settings
After Starting Wireless Router open Network Setting and Find Wifi Router for Console, select and choose Advanced

Choose TCP/IP and configure IPv4 Manually
Address: 192.168.0.126
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1

These setting are for the Netgear Routers, the specific one that I use is a RangeMax N150. It has one input and four outputs.

NetGear Router Set-up
Connect a Cat5 cable to the router and enter the follwing web address. Be sure that your airport is turned off. It will ask you for a login and password, there won’t be one yet.

http://www.routerlogin.net/

There are several tabbed pages of settings to change…
Basic Settings:
Internet Connection: No
Static IP Address: 192.168.0.127
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway IP Address: 192.168.0.1
DNS Primary 4-2-2-2, Secondary 4-2-2-3

Wireless Settings:
Name: Name Your Network
Security: WEP
Passphrase: Create a Password
Create Keys: There will four of them
Guest Network
Disable SSID, or Not: you choose. (Disabling the SSID will just hide it from the public, but you will need to remember it exactly the first time you connect)

Advanced Wireless settings:
(This allows you to add pre-approved devices to the network- by doing this it prevents someone from having your password and getting in. Think of it as a secondary level of security)

Disable WMM
Set-up Access List (do this for every device that may connect)
         Device Name: Add your Computer’s Name or Ipad Name
         Airport or Ipad Mac Address: <six pairs of numbers/letters>
         Enable Access Control (Click on the radio button)

After all the settings are complete Re-start Studio Manager and Check Port Protocols as listed above
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Once your wireless network is set-up and functiong, the addition of the iPad will be the easiest part of the equation. Your iPad loaded with StageMix is completely independent from the StudioManager software and should never be run at the same time. I'm pretty sure that it will trigger a zombie apocalypse of epic porportions. Actually, they just conflict and it can't be done.

iPad Settings
Connect to your dedicated Yamaha network
Once connected, open the extended network settings
Choose Static
Set IP Address: 192.160.0.1
Subnet: 255.255.255.0

Open the StageMix App and Add a Mixer

I have to give major thank you's to the Athens, GA music community in helping me set these things up. First to Tom Ryan (Bass Player and Computer Programmer) for lending his expertise on the DNS codes. Secondly to Zach Wetzel (Audio Engineer at The University of Georgia) for his help in the documenting of this process. Without these two guys I would have never gotten all of this to work smoothly.

When all else fails you can reach Yamaha by phone at (866) 211-9366, however they are bound by the same rules that other manufacturers abide to: They can only help you with the items that are specific to their product, but overall they were very nice in giving me the right details to make it work.

 

Here's my Netgear RangeMax N150 mounted in the back on my R&R case for the LS9. I had a local metal fabricator make me this aluminum shelf that screws to the top of the case. There is also a thick wooden trap door that goes on the back to conceal the cabling. The singal strength is still pretty superb and I can more than 250 feet away and still maintain connectivity to the console.