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4.

 

 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR DEVICE

4.  Physical connectors
4.  Powering your 4K Converter
4.  PoE+ (Power over Ethernet)
4.  DC IN
4.  DC OUT
4.  NP-Style Battery plate (Flex 4K Backpack only)
4.  POWERING EXTERNAL DEVICES
5.  Thermal management

5. 

 

BOOTING UP YOUR BIRDDOG DEVICE

5.  Indication of system boot process

5. 

 

OPERATING YOUR CONVERTER

5.  Web configuration panel
5.  Access via web browser (URL)
5.  BirdDog Finder application
5.  Accessing via an IP address
5.  Accessing on a network without a DHCP server

6. 

 

PASSWORD MANAGEMENT

6.  Default password

6. 

 

A/V SETUP

7.  Video Mode
7.  Video Input Format
7.  YUV Colour Space
7.  Chroma Subsample Rate

7.  

NDI ENCODE

7.  NDI Output Bandwidth

7.  NDI Audio
7.  Onboard Tally
8.  Failover Source

8.

  

NETWORK

8.  Device naming
8.  Configuration method
8.  DHCP IP address
8.  Static IP address
8.  IP address recovery
8.  BirdDog name

9.

  

SYSTEM

9.  System update

10.  NDI NETWORK SETTINGS

10.  Transmit Preferred Method
10.  TCP
10.  UDP
10.  Multicast
10.  MultiTCP

11.  PTZ

11.  PTZ Control

11.  OPERATION

11.  Factory resetting your unit

11.  RECEIVING NDI STREAMS

11.  NewTek Studio Monitor
12.  NewTek TriCaster Series

FLEX 4K FAMILY

THE SMALLEST 4K NDI

ON THE PLANET

Summary of Contents for FLEX 4K Series

Page 1: ...USER GUIDE AUG 2020 FLEX 4K FAMILY THE SMALLEST 4K NDI ON THE PLANET...

Page 2: ...WELCOME TO THE FUTURE...

Page 3: ...t a DHCP server 6 PASSWORD MANAGEMENT 6 Default password 6 A V SETUP 7 Video Mode 7 Video Input Format 7 YUV Colour Space 7 Chroma Subsample Rate 7 NDI ENCODE 7 NDI Output Bandwidth 7 NDI Audio 7 Onbo...

Page 4: ...ptor DC OUT Located at the side of the Flex 4K converter is a DC Out connection port This power outlet socket is capable of delivering 12vDC power at up to 15w to power external equipment Please note...

Page 5: ...talled with Bonjour while Windows devices need a small plugin available here https support apple com kb dl999 locale en_AU BirdDog Finder application In addition to typing this URL in manually there i...

Page 6: ...ur device is shared with other users e g not private By entering this password the user is granted full access to the configuration settings and could interrupt a live program A V SETUP 6 FLEX 4K IN E...

Page 7: ...ample Rate This BirdDog converter is capable of operating in tow Chroma Subsample modes 4 2 2 and 4 2 0 According to the NDI specifica tion when you are operating in HD video resolutions the chroma su...

Page 8: ...t your environment Con guration method You can configure your device to operate on the network with a dynamic DHCP IP address or a fixed address For smaller networks DHCP networking is generally suita...

Page 9: ...of Flex 4K Converters bird dog tv rmware updates After downloading the latest firmware release navigate to the settings tab on the web configuration console and click on Choose file select the firmwar...

Page 10: ...ful for use cases that require a single source to be received on multiple receivers simultaneously Utilising Muliticast offloads the distribution of the NDI A V packets from the BirdDog Flex 4K to the...

Page 11: ...5 seconds until the Halo tally illuminates flashing red The unit will be accessible as per factory settings approximately 10 second later RECEIVING NDI STREAMS There are many applications that suppor...

Page 12: ...w many connections are availa ble on your device To select 4K converter as a source on your TriCaster simply click on the configuration cog below your desired source location this will bring up the In...

Page 13: ...bird dog tv hello bird dog tv...

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