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Page 2: ...rically conducting materials in the ventilation hole Do not open the top cover of the product It may cause a failure or electric shock from the components To prevent the unit from overheating make sure you keep the ventilation holes at the top least 10cm from any other object Also allow air underneath the unit and do not obstruct vent holes Make sure the mains voltage is correct 220V 110V before c...
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Page 4: ...itionally stream video at extremely low latencies delay typically 30mS The ANT 4000E provides a number of different video and audio interfaces together with a general purpose virtual 2 way serial cable interface Network transmission is via a 10 100 ethernet port Power is supplied by the 240 110V AC to12Volt DC converter supplied Video State of the art Compression Algorithm H 264 Baseline level 4 2...
Page 5: ...Video only PLC modem connection Serial Data Two serial ports RX and TX bi directional data 3 3v TTL serial data external level shift for RS232 required Data pass through mode Serial data communication between Encoder Decoder Virtual serial cable between encoder and decoder Bi Directional USB Engineering applications only User Interface Internet Explorer for system setup Firmware upgrade via PC com...
Page 6: ...3 Contents of Box Contents of Box 6 ANT 4000E User Manual CD Power adapter and Cable Software CD S c r e w s fitted B r a c k e t s fitted ...
Page 7: ... input number 1 2 HDMI 2 HDMI input number 2 3 CVBS Video Composite Video Input RCA 4 Audio L Audio input left 5 Audio R Audio input Right 6 IR Out Not used 7 Audio Jack Stereo audio input jack 8 PC IN VGA input for PC interface LAN 10 100 LAN RJ45 interface 12V DC 12 Volt DC input ...
Page 8: ... Data Tx input 4 3 3V 3 3 volts DC out 5 Ground Ground 6 LED1 Power indicator LED1 On 12v Power On LED2 System booting blinking Booted On LED3 Connected to Client On Decoder Blink IE LED4 Video streaming On Video streaming LED5 selected video port has a valid input signal Reset switch System reset to factory default IP address ...
Page 9: ...0 Hz or frames second A full list of supported video formats is described later in this manual HDMI CVBS VGA and Component using a Component to VGA dongle DVI D may be connected using a DVI D to HDMI dongle If you are using an ANT 4000D decoder unit connect this in a similar way as described above except Video and Audio connections will be Outputs instead of inputs ANT 4000E ANT4000D are shipped w...
Page 10: ...r browser may ask if it is safe to install Active X control 2 On the Streaming Control page select the RTSP SERVER pull down menu and select ON Then press SUBMIT to save these setting changes to RAM 3 If you wish to save this configuration to FLASH memory so that after next power up these settings will be default go to SAVE SETTINGS and click SAVE then confirm 4 Open VLC player and in Network type...
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Page 12: ...puts using an external DVI to HDMI dongle not supplied Component Video Supported via the VGA input using an external Component Video to VGA converter dongle Supplied as an option 6 Installation Connecting Audio Connecting Audio The ANT 4000E has two methods to connect Audio Via the stereo 3 5mm Jack socket Via the RCA stereo left and right input sockets Audio signal is at line level therefore a mi...
Page 13: ...12V DC Input 1 Observe ALL LEDs are illuminated and flashing momentarily this is to check all LEDs are working 2 LED1 This indicates if 12V DC power is connected ON Power On OFF Power OFF Flashing test mode on power up 3 LED2 Booting Status of the onboard CPU Flashing Booting On Booted LED3 4 5 will flash 4 LED3 Client Connected Flashing No Client connected decoder On Client decoder Connected 5 LE...
Page 14: ...fy which Encoder is being setup Submit changes changes will be saved when this buttion pressed However if system is rebooted changes will be lost unless also saved in Save Changes menu on left menu bar Refresh this web page Select Peer 2 Peer mode or multicast one to many mode P2P uses Peer IP address above Mcast uses Mcast IP address Multicast IP address ...
Page 15: ...00 11520 Stop Bit 1 2 Character size CS5 CS8 Parity Odd Even Disable Submit changes changes will be saved when this buttion pressed However if system is rebooted changes will be lost unless also saved in Save Changes menu on left menu bar Refresh this web page ...
Page 16: ...nce you press this button do not unplug the power lead as this may cause the system to be corrupted and may not recover or function correctly Make sure the Firmware file is correct before pressing UPLOAD TO FLASH Once UPLOAD TO FLASH is pressed the system will take several minutes to write the file to Flash and then reboot Do NOT UNPLUG the system at this time or make any further changes until it ...
Page 17: ...oder Information about this Encoder Select Video and Audio Ports Information on Video Audio Streaming if connected In systems where a large GOP is used it may be necessary to force an I frame to be generated to assist the decoder in locking on to the decoder stream Press here to force I frame ...
Page 18: ...ency P2P mode with an ANT 4000D decoder Note The ANT 4000D may also decode RTSP mode but ultra low latency is not supported P2P mode is default if the RTSP server is turned OFF MPEG TS mode is used when the ANT 4000E is streaming via UDP to a set top box or soft decoder capable of decoding MPEG Transport Stream H264 only Note Audio is currently not supported in this mode 18 Select Method of Encaps...
Page 19: ...ces and sent together with the P frames A traditional I frame is generated when a new client joins in or at the start of a transmission Contiguous Intra Coded ContIntraCoded is where the top left macroblock of an I frame is sent with the first P frame The next Macroblock of the I frame is sent with second P frame and so on Last macroblock is bottom right Random Intra Coded RandIntraCoded is where ...
Page 20: ...r Decoder The general explanation of the configuration in this manual is based on an Encoder system and differences according to the modes will be clarified when needed The configurations are grouped into 9 categories System Video Audio Network Serial Event Preset Record and User Any configuration changes are not applied until the Apply button is pressed Leaving the page without pressing the Apply...
Page 21: ... the system is rebooted these changes will be lost To write the changes on ALL pages into the system FLASH memory go to this page and click SAVE 21 Click here to Save ALL changes made and submitted on individual pages to FLASH Next Reboot the system will restart with all settings which were modified and saved using this button ...
Page 22: ...92 168 0 151 HDMI 1 input is default on factory reset Instructions Depower the encoder unplug 12 volt lead Using paper clip press and hold the reset button on the panel Power Up continuing to hold reset button Hold for 6 seconds after power up All settings are now restored to Factory Default 22 9 Reboot System Factory Reset Press here to Reboot Press and Hold Power Up Hold for 6 seconds after powe...
Page 23: ...der in PEER IP LAN Factory Reset Factory Reset Set all settings to the factory default values System log and user registrations are also cleared Log In User name and Password for log in will not be cleared however so it is important to remember these 23 10 Using P2P Low Latency Mode with ANT 4000D Decoder IP address here Encoder IP address Streaming mode is P2P STREAMING CONTROL WEB PAGE Turn RTSP...
Page 24: ... web page The Encoder will now stream Video to the Decoder which will display the decoded video on a suitable monitor or TV If the Encoder is streaming correctly all 5 LEDs will be solidly lit On the Decoder all 4 LEDs will be solidly lit LED5 not used on the Decoder 24 10 Using P2P Low Latency Mode with ANT 4000D Select appropriate Video ports on Encoder for Video and Audio Similar setup for vide...
Page 25: ...en the window shown below Type rtsp 192 168 0 151 8554 stream into the the Please enter a network URL box By checking the Show more options box in the bottom left corner you will have the option to increase or decrease the video buffer size cache Smaller buffer cache lower latency but possible jitter in video under certain network conditions We suggest 120mS as a starting point 25 10 Using VLC pla...
Page 26: ...th Quality selected the video compression will be effected by the quality of image selected Therefore Bit rate and Quality corresponds to CBR Constant Bit rate and VBR Variable Bit rate respectively CBR will try and maintain an average bit rate equal to the Bitrate value set In Quality mode the bit rate will vary within limits determined by the Quality setting selected Quality Select Video quality...
Page 27: ... profile is used in some videoconferencing and mobile applications This profile includes all features that are supported in the Constrained Baseline Profile plus three additional features that can be used for loss robustness or for other purposes such as low delay multi point video stream compositing Dual Encode Use Dual Encode 1 Select Off button on the Enable Preview to Enable use of Dual Encode...
Page 28: ... motion detection The value determines the sensitivity of the motion detection within a block the smaller the more sensitive Information Display System ID and or server time can be display over the video window in Internet Explorer Each item can be turned on or off separately and position can also be configured This information is displayed after the video is decompressed Burn in OSD Insert system...
Page 29: ... Select the Bit rate between 64kbps and 128kbps when AAC is selected 29 Domain Name System DNS is a database system that translates a computer s fully qualified domain name into an IP address Networked computers use IP addresses to locate and connect to each other but IP addresses can be difficult for people to remember For example on the web it s much easier to remember the domain name www amazon...
Page 30: ...cted to a decoder the decoder s audio algorithm should be set identically to transmit audio settings Mode Select audio operation mode Mode Action Off No operation Tx Only Transmit only Rx Only Receive only Tx Rx Transmit and Receive Input Gain Set audio input gain 4 Network Configuration 30 ...
Page 31: ...ol SNMP is used by network management systems to communicate with network elements SNMP lets TCP IP based network management clients use a TCP IP based internetwork to exchange information about the configuration and status of nodes SNMP can also generate trap messages used to report significant TCP IP events asynchronously to interested clients For example a router could send a message if one of ...
Page 32: ...t use for web based connection RTSP Port Enter RTSP port used for RTSP based connection The default RTSP port is 554 RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol is a standard for connected client s to control streaming data over the World Wide Web Authentication RTSP Authentication If RTSP Authentication is set on the network page the user should enter the correct user ID 32 Dynamic DNS is a method protocol...
Page 33: ...Related settings are as following Destination IP Set the IP Address for your destination system which will receive the RTP stream Destination Port Set the Port for your destination system which will receive the RTP stream User Name Enter the User name that will be used as session name in the SDP file File Name Enter the file name that will be used as the name of the SDP file Then it can be accesse...
Page 34: ...DynDNS service is used in this mode Refer www dyndns org for details ID Password and Domain name are needed when DynDNS is set Check IP Disable If Check IP Disable is selected IP Server will skip checking its own IP In Fixed IP mode the set IP will be registered on the DDNS server In DHCP mode the Allotted IP will be registered on DDNS server Bitrate Control When there is more than one client deco...
Page 35: ...ss Display the MAC address of the server In case the server is registered with a DDNS server the MAC address is used for DDNS registration Connecting Client IP Addresses that are currently connected to system are listed 1 Indicates Primary streaming and 0 indicates Secondary streaming 5 Serial Port Configuration 35 ...
Page 36: ...s or receivers over a single control line each camera or receiver will be assigned with a unique ID Enter PTZ ID of a camera or receiver for control The ID value range can be between 0 and 255 PTZ Port Select the serial port used for the PTZ camera control Direct Keyboard Control Keyboard controller can be connected to ANT 4000E directly to control pan tilt zoom and focus Sensor Type There are two...
Page 37: ... Each sensor port can be enabled or disabled by a day of week and hour unit Sensor is disabled with a grey colored block 6 Event Configuration 37 Move PTZ Camera to the desirable view Press Set Button Save Enter a name ...
Page 38: ...ons when the sensor is activated Multiple actions can be set for a single event On Video Loss Configure the actions when video input signal is lost Multiple actions can be set for a single event On Motion Configure the actions when motion is detected Multiple actions can be set for a single event On Disconnect Configure the actions when the link connection with peer system is disconnected Multiple...
Page 39: ...is the default port in FTP operation If a different port is configured in the FTP server this port needs to be changed accordingly ID password Enter ID and Password for accessing the FTP server Upload video Primary video and Secondary video H 264 only JPEG can be selected as an upload method Continuous upload Continuous upload on allows the video image to be transmitted regularly regardless of occ...
Page 40: ...uration Set the PTZ Presets by following the next steps Move cameras to desired view using PTZ control buttons Enter Preset name Press Set button Once all the presets are set press Save List button Move to Preset Position Select a preset from the Preset and press Go To button the camera will move to the selected preset position 8 Recording Configuration 40 ...
Page 41: ...n be used and at least 1GB size is recommended Either EXT3 or FAT32 file system can be used A disk with either EXT3 or FAT32 file system can be read in a Linux PC However only a memory stick with FAT32 file system can be read in a Windows PC In 41 ...
Page 42: ...may cause frame loss Disk information and recording setup Be sure to restart the system after connecting a USB disk During booting the system reads status of disk and initializes it Once the initialization of a disk is finished the status of disk is shown on Record page of web based setup Disk Information The status of a disk can be checked from the Disk Manage menu of True Manager as well Refer t...
Page 43: ...m If it happens while disk is connected it is recommended to format the disk General Use record On Recording function will be used when On is selected Off Recording function will not be used when Off is selected Select Video Select video streaming between primary video and secondary video Overwrite In overwrite option an action can be configured when the disk is full If Overwrite Off is set record...
Page 44: ...the connection to its client Decoder VMS NVR etc When one of its multiple clients system is disconnected this doesn t happen Event Type Records when an event configured in Event Type setting happens Checking status of recording Recording status can be shown on the main view page Recording status can be also shown in True Manager When data is being recorded Record column displays the ON sign 44 ...
Page 45: ...eated in series and the size of each is limited to 10 200MB or 10 minutes Search A file currently being recorded doesn t appear until it is completed In case of Continuous recording a file will be shown after 10 minutes from the start of recording for a file is generated every 10 minutes Press Search Page button on the Record setup page Dates with recording data will be shown as follows First choo...
Page 46: ... the file will be downloaded and played automatically with Media Player Another connection through the web is disabled during downloading and it is also not possible to download two AVI files at the same time Deletion If you want to delete recorded files select the files by checking the item in front of each file and press the Delete button 46 ...
Page 47: ...s of the disk in the dialog and press Disk Format to format the disk During formatting a disk the progress will update on the Disk Status item The system may be rebooted depending on the situation Once USB Disk available is displayed it means that formatting is completed successfully Once formatting is started it is not possible to cancel this Even if you close the Disk Manage dialog formatting wi...
Page 48: ... stick should be reformatted on the PC In case of EXT3 if the trouble in the file is not serious it can may recover by itself The recovery is executed at initialization of the system Recording is not performed while recovery is in progress 9 User Configuration User List User can be registered and privilege level of a user can be specified User configuration is allowed only to admin user Max 16 use...
Page 49: ... User The Page for adding a user appears on pressing the Add button User ID and password need to be entered and privilege level needs to be selected User ID and password consists of alphanumeric string of max 15 characters Delete User A user is deleted by pressing Delete button Change Password Pressing Modify Password button after selecting a user shows a page for changing password 49 ...
Page 50: ...Type For user login access algorithm can be selected Basic or Digest HTTP authentication based on RFC 2617 HTTP Authentication Basic and Digest Access Authentication is supported Skip Login provides for convenient access to the server when authentication is not required When Skip Login is set to Enable login step is skipped The privilege level after login in this way is determined by the setting o...
Page 51: ...uration Different configurations from the encoder will be explained in this Decoder Configuration section 1 System Configuration By setting System Mode to Decoder in System configuration the system will reboot and start to work as a Decoder 2 Video Configuration 51 ...
Page 52: ... 576 720p60 1280x720 1080p60 1920 x 1080 720p50 1280 x 720 1080i50 1920 x 1080 Buffering You can store a maximum 30 decoded frames temporarily by using buffering before displaying the frames Displaying stored frames is smoother than displaying in real time However displaying stored frames causes delay because of process of buffering 3 Network Configuration 52 ...
Page 53: ...Network page of Decoder has a section for specifying the remote system to connect to Remote Type Normal Connection for ANTRICA Encoder and decoder 53 ...
Page 54: ...umber to Remote Port Currently it supports only video Media Protocol Select protocol used for transmission of audio and video data between remote system and decoder The decoder system or VMS can choose media protocols among TCP UDP and Multicast Remote Address Address of the remote system to be connected Port Port of the remote system to be connected Remote Channel The channel can be selected when...
Page 55: ...n and information about the Streaming Server SS needs to be configured appropriately SS IP address IP address of Streaming server SS port Enter Port number that is set when registering Streaming server SS ID Enter Streaming Server ID SS password Enter Streaming Server Password 4 Display Configuration 55 ...
Page 56: ...e is a disconnection Black Screen Black Screen is shown when there is a disconnection LED Select from Video Audio and Serial to be indicated by Data LED When you have selected data Video or Audio or Serial communication between the encoder and the decoder the Data LED will indicate the status Appendix 1 Appendix A Sensor and Alarm Port 56 ...
Page 57: ...Port Terminal Type Voltage Rating 150VAC Current Rating 2A Color Red Sensor Signal Input Type NO Contact Signals Connection to External Device Alarm Port Terminal Type Voltage Rating 150VAC Current Rating 2A 57 ...
Page 58: ...ontact Rating 1A 30VDC Switching Power Max 30W 62 5VA Switching Voltage Max 60VDC Alarm Signal Output Type NO NC Contact Signals Connection to External Device 2 Appendix B Serial Port RS 232 Port Port Type 3 PIN 58 ...
Page 59: ...32 TX Transmit 2 RX RS232 RX Receive 3 GND Ground RS 422 485 Port Port Type 4 PIN Pin Diagram Pin Description Pin No Pin Name Description 1 RX RS422 RX 2 RX RS422 RX 3 TX RS422 TX or RS485 TRX selectable by S W Setup 4 TX RS422 TX or RS485 TRX selectable by S W Setup 59 ...
