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Gateway:

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Receiving NDI streams

There are many applications that support receiving the NDI 

signal that P4K produces. Each application will vary slightly 

on how you choose your source. 

NewTek Studio Monitor

NewTek provide a free Studio Monitor application that 

allows you to monitor many NDI sources on a standard 

Windows computer. Once Studio Monitor is launched on 

your computer, simply right click anywhere in the interface 

and select your Mini from the drop-down list.

Once connected to the P4K you will notice a configuration 

cog appears on the bottom right-hand side of the video 

display, this is a shortcut to access the P4K web configura-

tion panel.

NewTek TriCaster Series

NewTek TriCaster series devices allow several NDI sources 

to be received simultaneously, the amount of simultaneous 

connections varies by what model TriCaster you have. 

Consult your TriCaster user manual to determine how many 

connections are available on your device.

To select P4K as a source on your TriCaster, simply click on 

the configuration cog below your desired source location, 

this will bring up the Input Setting dialog, select from the 

drop-down list your P4K source.

Once connected to the P4K you will notice a configuration 

cog appears next to the source drop down window, this is a 

shortcut to access the P4K web configuration panel.

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Device naming 

When your device is first powered on it defaults to the 

naming convention as described in the web configuration 

panel section of this manual. 

It is possible to change the name along with the network 

settings to better suit your environment. 

Configuration 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 

suitable, however larger networks with managed opera-

tions will often deter- mine each device needs to have a 

dedicated and static IP address. 

DHCP IP address 

DHCP is set as the network configuration by default for 

Mini. 

Static IP address 

To enable a static IP address, change configuration method 

to static and fill in the details required in Address, Mask and 

Gateway. Particular attention should be paid to the Address 

and Mask fields as incorrect information entered will result 

in device not being visible on the network and a factory 

reset will be required in order to recover the unit. 

IP address recovery 

In the event that the device is not visible on the network, 

the network has changed, or the static IP address details 

have been lost, reset the BirdDog back to its default settin-

gs by following the factory reset procedure. 

BirdDog name 

You can name each unit with a friendly name that makes 

sense for each production (Camera 1, Camera 2, etc). This 

name will appear on any NDI receiver when it looks for 

video coming from Mini over the network. The name must 

not include any special characters and can be any combina-

tion of ‘a-z, 1-0, and –‘. 

Note: no uppercase characters are valid. 

On NDI receiving devices, the device will present as a 

source as follows: birddog-name [HDMI] when the unit is 

set to automatic input.

Summary of Contents for P4K

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL PART 2 NDI INSTRUCTIONS P4K THE HIGHEST QUALITY FULL NDI CAMERA ON THE PLANET...

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

Page 3: ...ASSWORD MANAGEMENT 6 Default password 6 A V SETUP 6 Adjusting Camera image settings 6 A V Input 6 Video input format 7 NDI Encode 7 Bitrate management 7 NDI Audio 7 Onboard Tally 7 Failover Source 8 P...

Page 4: ...ll connected devices P4K uses approximately 14 watts in PoE mode DC Located at the rear of the P4K is a DC connection port This power input socket is capable of accepting 12vDC power P4K should only b...

Page 5: ...o typing this URL in manually there is an applica tion BirdDog Finder which is available from http www bird dog tv firmware updates This application looks on the local network for any NDI capable P4K...

Page 6: ...usting Camera image settings Please note in the initial release of P4K the image adjust ments for the camera are affected by using the camera s unbuilt OSD On Screen Display details of how to access t...

Page 7: ...quipmed with a 360 degree tally system allowing you to see a tally light from any angle of the camera head This tally light automatically communicates with receiver software and will illuminate RED wh...

Page 8: ...DI you can limit the maximum speed of PTZ movements by affecting this option the higher the number 18 the faster and more sensitive the movements will be on theP4K OSD In the initial release of P4K th...

Page 9: ...cket SYSTEM Multicast Multicast is especially useful for use cases that require a single source to be received on multiple receivers simulta neously Utilising Muliticast offloads the distribution of t...

Page 10: ...ice is first powered on it defaults to the naming convention as described in the web configuration panel section of this manual It is possible to change the name along with the network settings to bet...

Page 11: ...bird dog tv hello bird dog tv...

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