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Chapter 3

 

Preparations 

In this chapter, we will describe various essential devices to be connected to iCast 10NDI in order to 
complete the system setup. If you possess the skills for setting up the production system, feel free to 
skip this chapter and proceed to 

Chapter 4: OSD MENU

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3.1

 

Power 

1. Connect the supplied 12V PSU to the DC Power Input on the rear of the iCast 10NDI. The 
connection can be secured by screwing the outer fastening ring of the DC In plug to the socket. 

 

 

 

2. Turn ON the power switch to turn ON the 2” LCD screen showing device status and the OSD menu 
which are described in detail in 

Chapter 4

 

 

 

3. Press the power button to turn on the device’s button functions.  

3.2

 

Connecting Input Devices 

Looking at the rear panel of the iCast 10NDI, you should find five input video channels with channel 
1 being an only SDI/HDMI selectable channel. Channel 5 or the UVC channel is a USB 3.0 port 
designed for connecting a document camera. External audio sources such as microphones can be 
connected to XLR balanced audio input ports.  

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for iCast 10NDI

Page 1: ...1 STREAMING SWITCHER 5 CHANNEL ALL IN ONE iCast 10NDI Instruction Manual...

Page 2: ...FRONT PANEL 15 2 3 DISK ASSEMBLY 17 CHAPTER 3 PREPARATIONS 18 3 1 POWER 18 3 2 CONNECTING INPUT DEVICES 18 3 3 CONNECTING OUTPUT DEVICES 19 3 4 NETWORK CONNECTIONS 19 3 5 MULTIVIEW 20 CHAPTER 4 OSD ME...

Page 3: ...ubleshooting the Network Connection 38 Advanced Troubleshooting 40 5 2 SOURCE 40 SDI 41 HDMI 42 IP Stream 43 NDI 44 WebRTC 45 UVC 46 5 3 ENCODER 47 Type 47 Resolution 48 Frame Rate 48 Profile 48 Level...

Page 4: ...Width Height 65 Scale 66 Background Color 66 Side By Side 66 Window 01 02 Location X Y 67 Window 01 02 Width Height 67 Scale 67 Background Color 68 PIP 68 Window 01 02 Location X Y 69 Window 01 02 Wi...

Page 5: ...Services The information offered in this instruction manual is intended as a guide only At all times Datavideo Technologies will try to give correct complete and suitable information However Datavideo...

Page 6: ...ovided 7 This product should only be operated from the type of power source indicated on the marking label of the AC adapter If you are not sure of the type of power available consult your Datavideo d...

Page 7: ...deo logo have only one year warranty from the date of purchase Damage caused by accident misuse unauthorized repairs sand grit or water is not covered under warranty Viruses and malware infections on...

Page 8: ...nserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling...

Page 9: ...on it can be used as a video IP switcher allowing you to operate the device from a remote location The videos are recorded to an external 2 5 HDD SSD inserted into the disk slot found on the front pan...

Page 10: ...10 1 2 System Diagram...

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Page 12: ...the supplied 12V PSU The connection can be secured by screwing the outer fastening ring of the DC In plug to the socket 2 Power Switch The power switch ONLY powers ON the device s LCD display on which...

Page 13: ...C Note The USB 3 0 port UVC 5 is designed for connecting a document camera See Section 3 5 Multiview for definitions of the input video channels See Section 5 2 Source for assigning an appropriate vid...

Page 14: ...lows you to deliver the video source connected to the SDI IN port to the connected SDI destination device such as an SDI monitor 9 Program OUT The program OUT port allows you to connect an HDMI monito...

Page 15: ...witch which can be found on the rear panel 2 Headphone Jack Headphone jack accepts the mini jack plug of the stereo headphone type The headphone volume is controlled by the Headphone volume adjustment...

Page 16: ...tton to select either a 2x2 or 4x1 Multiview layout The fourth quadrant of the Multiview layout is shared by channels 4 and 5 and can be changed by pressing the respective MV button 7 Record Button Pr...

Page 17: ...sert the screws into the holes found on the two sides as shown in the diagram on the left Fasten the screws to secure the SSD HDD to the enclosure tray 3 The 2 5 SSD HDD assembled in the disk enclosur...

Page 18: ...e outer fastening ring of the DC In plug to the socket 2 Turn ON the power switch to turn ON the 2 LCD screen showing device status and the OSD menu which are described in detail in Chapter 4 3 Press...

Page 19: ...Layout and Section 5 7 PGM for details The Multiview OUT displays a combination of four channel videos You can press the corresponding buttons on the front panel to select either a 2x2 or 4x1 multivi...

Page 20: ...onitors could be used The iCast 10NDI offers two Multiview layouts You can press the corresponding buttons on the front panel to select either a 2x2 or 4x1 Multiview layout depicted below 2x2 4x1 1 HD...

Page 21: ...MPS PGM Layout Quad View Multiview 1 2 3 4 Tap the menu browsing knob up to view the record status or down to view the stream status such as the disk capacity and the encoder that each video channel i...

Page 22: ...d Stream Setting Status Main Record Sub Record Main Streaming Sub Streaming Channel 2 Video Source HDMI IP Stream NDI Audio Source Embed Line In XLR Audio Setting Record Stream Setting Status Main Rec...

Page 23: ...Network Settings The iCast 10NDI can be accessed over an existing TCP IP LAN type network In Network Settings you will be allowed to gain direct access to the DHCP and Static IP modes Enabling DHCP al...

Page 24: ...menu You can also view the disk capacity which is displayed in MB Format Type In Format Type select FAT 32 NTFS or exFAT Please note that formatting the disk will delete all the files Storage Capacit...

Page 25: ...le the HDMI PGM OUT can also be used to monitor video and audio in a number of different configurations The available Multiview layouts are described below You can also see Section 5 7 PGM for configu...

Page 26: ...ted channel buttons should illuminate white You can press the channel buttons on the front panel to switch the program view The displayed video should take up the entire screen POP The POP Multiview l...

Page 27: ...am channels Channel 1 Video Source Select the video source from the list below SDI SDI IN HDMI HDMI 1 IP Stream NDI LAN Audio Source Select the audio source from the list below Embed Embedded audio of...

Page 28: ...nfigurations of the respective recorders and streaming servers Channel 2 Video Source Select the video source from the list below HDMI HDMI 2 IP Stream NDI LAN Audio Source Select the audio source fro...

Page 29: ...o source from the list below Embed Embedded audio of HDMI 3 Line In RCA unbalanced audio XLR XLR balanced audio Audio Setting The Audio Setting adjusts the audio delay Tap the menu browsing knob up to...

Page 30: ...elay Audio Setting 0000 Note See Section 5 8 Mixer for adjusting audio delay using the web UI Record Stream Setting Status Select the channel recorder or streaming server from the list below Main Reco...

Page 31: ...in Record Sub Record Main Streaming Sub Streaming See Section 5 3 Encoder Section 5 4 Record and Section 5 5 Streaming for configurations of the respective recorders and streaming servers Program Audi...

Page 32: ...annel recorder or streaming server from the list below Main Record Sub Record Main Streaming Sub Streaming See Section 5 3 Encoder Section 5 4 Record and Section 5 5 Streaming for configurations of th...

Page 33: ...which allows you to establish point to point connection with your laptop PC The following setup should allow you to log in to the web user interface and initially configure the device s various settin...

Page 34: ...201 4 On the laptop double click the DVIP Network Configuration Tool icon to open the utility interface 5 Click the SCAN icon at the top left corner to search for the connected iCast 10NDI 6 Manually...

Page 35: ...35 7 Enter the login credentials Username admin Password 000000 to log in to the web UI shown below...

Page 36: ...raphic layers Text News Graphic Logo and Animation on the videos Multiview Set the Multiview screen layout PGM Set the screen layout for PGM OUT Mixer Set the volume and delay of various audio sources...

Page 37: ...ended that you manually assign a fixed IP address to the device or use the default IP address 192 168 1 201 To configure the iCast 10NDI from DHCP to a static IP please follow the steps outlined below...

Page 38: ...a needle into the reset hole at the rear panel then push and hold for several seconds until the system starts resetting itself or you can do the following to reset the network settings Turn off iCast...

Page 39: ...rning on the device s power Wait for about five seconds then release the buttons as soon as you see the RECORD and STREAM button LEDs light up Connect your PC to iCast 10NDI directly using an Ethernet...

Page 40: ...olumn of the Services window locate DHCP Client then click Restart On the command prompt enter ipconfig flushdns followed by ipconfig release or ipconfig renew 5 2 Source In Source you will be able to...

Page 41: ...41 SDI The SDI Source page is shown below Please note that the SDI video source type is only available on input video channel 1...

Page 42: ...e allowed to adjust the source video s brightness contrast hue and saturation by dragging the corresponding sliders as shown in the diagram below Please note that the HDMI video source type is availab...

Page 43: ...In IP Stream enter the URL of your video source as well as the source s account name and password if necessary Please note that only up to three input video channels can be set to the IP stream video...

Page 44: ...rted by iCast 10NDI Instead iCast 10NDI only offers NDI HX which is basically a low bandwidth version of NDI If your video is delivered from NDI cameras simply select the source from the Group drop do...

Page 45: ...if your video is streamed directly from another WebRTC device Then enter the receiving iCast 10NDI s IP address and leave the rest of the fields blank When setting the encoder please note that the ma...

Page 46: ...46 UVC The UVC 5 or USB 3 0 port is designed for connecting a document camera Simply select a device from the device list...

Page 47: ...over different protocols The configurable encoder settings are Encoder Type Resolution Frame Rate Profile Level Entropy GOP Video Bitrate bps and Audio Bitrate bps which will be detailed in this secti...

Page 48: ...you will also have no gain in quality and you are using more bandwidth than is necessary for your viewers You should also be aware that higher resolutions require greater processing power to encode t...

Page 49: ...0 4 Entropy There are two coding options available for generating H 264 content CAVLC Context Adaptive Variable Length Coding CABAC Context based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding CABAC encoding provi...

Page 50: ...speed available your combined audio and video bitrate should not exceed 1Mbps Available video bitrates are listed as follows 32M 24M 16M 12M 8M 6M 4M 2M 1M 512K 256K The following video bitrates are r...

Page 51: ...s 240 120 60 30 5 1 Click Apply to save the new settings and Default to reset 5 5 Streaming The Streaming page allows you to select the two built in streaming encoders for each input video channel on...

Page 52: ...an assign Main Encoder of Channel 3 to stream Channel 1 video via the configured streaming protocol See Section 5 12 Advanced for more details RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol RTSP Port The RTSP port...

Page 53: ...DI supports RTMP Publish only and not RTMP Local Stream Name Enter a stream name or key from any live streaming platform such as Ustream Account Password Enter the account name and the password of you...

Page 54: ...selected NDI make sure the NDI video players and the iCast 10NDI are on the same network Please also note that only one encoder main or sub will be enabled for the input video channel if NDI is chosen...

Page 55: ...ncoder settings Public Server DV Cloud server name SRTPassword Enter a password to encrypt the SRT stream Channel Name Enter an arbitrary name of the video channel streamed to DV Cloud Model Name Name...

Page 56: ...up to 15 lines of text into the text file only and for Chinese text please set the font type to UTF 8 Size Set the font size to large medium or small See the table below for the corresponding English...

Page 57: ...Graphic You can also add a picture to the video You will be required to select a png file from your local hard disk Click Select to browse the hard drive for your graphic file then click Update to st...

Page 58: ...e size by entering appropriate values in the Width and Height fields The Effect drop down list sets how the logo enters the video Select Cut in if you want the logo to appear with no effect If you wan...

Page 59: ...by entering appropriate values in the Width and Height fields The Effect drop down list sets how the animation enters the video Select Cut in if you want the animation to appear with no effect If you...

Page 60: ...60 5 7 Multiview Connect an HDMI monitor to the Multiview port then select a layout for the Multiview screen...

Page 61: ...out buttons of the displayed input channels will illuminate red 1 2 3 4 or 5 Since the fourth quadrant is shared by channels 4 and 5 only the selected channel button will illuminate red and the unsele...

Page 62: ...heel button at the bottom right corner to confirm the selection Full Screen By selecting the full screen mode only the selected channel video will be displayed on the monitor and the corresponding cha...

Page 63: ...M OUT window by setting the X Y coordinates Window 01 Width Height Enter the appropriate width and height to set the size of the PGM OUT window Scale The PGM OUT window can also be scaled by clicking...

Page 64: ...m the selection POP The POP mode divides the program screen into two halves with only one channel video shown on the left and three channel videos shown on the right You can click the channel buttons...

Page 65: ...1 02 03 04 Location X Y You can set positions of the PGM OUT windows by setting the X Y coordinates Window 01 02 03 04 Width Height Enter the appropriate width and height to set the size for each PGM...

Page 66: ...t to each other As shown in the diagram below there are two rows of channel buttons in this mode Click the top row of channel buttons to change the channel video shown on the left of the screen and yo...

Page 67: ...GM OUT windows by setting the X Y coordinates Window 01 02 Width Height Enter the appropriate width and height to set the size for each PGM OUT window Scale The PGM OUT window can also be scaled by cl...

Page 68: ...de of it As shown in the diagram below there are two rows of channel buttons in PIP mode Click the top row of channel buttons to change the channel video shown in the background and you should see the...

Page 69: ...GM OUT windows by setting the X Y coordinates Window 01 02 Width Height Enter the appropriate width and height to set the size for each PGM OUT window Scale The PGM OUT window can also be scaled by cl...

Page 70: ...s background color Then fine tune the selected color by dragging the circle cursor on the palette Click the color wheel button at the bottom right corner to confirm the selection 5 9 Mixer In Mixer y...

Page 71: ...ct SMPTE or EBU There is an extra Stereo Mono button for LINE IN external audio input When switched to mono iCast 10NDI will automatically synchronize the left audio channel to the right You can assig...

Page 72: ...lows the user to configure several network and system related settings The network settings are DHCP enable disable static IP address subnet mask default gateway primary and secondary DNS and etc The...

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Page 74: ...ault Tip If you do not know the device s IP address you can always use the following method to reset the network settings Shut down the machine Turn on the machine while holding down RECORD and STREAM...

Page 75: ...here An example of the NTP server address is time google com Manual If you ve selected Manual the Date and Time fields will appear showing the device s system date and time values A calendar will app...

Page 76: ...See below for available options 20 Min 120 Min 1 Day 7 Day Never Auto Streaming Restart Enable Disable auto stream here Once enabled your device will start streaming automatically as soon as it s pow...

Page 77: ...e update the page periodically regardless of how you operate the device using the device s physical buttons only or using the device s physical buttons along with the web UI This ensures the page is a...

Page 78: ...p down menu then check the stream servers that you would like to use to deliver the channel video to your viewers Stream 1 corresponds to main and sub stream servers of input video channel 1 stream 2...

Page 79: ...ction 5 3 Encoder and Section 5 5 Streaming RTSP TS HLS The stream server allows any client device to connect and playback your video stream in RTSP TS or HLS mode The following operation procedure us...

Page 80: ...RTSP video stream enter the RTSP URL into the client device 7 Open VLC then click Open Network Stream shown in the diagram below 8 As shown in the diagram below enter the stream URL then click Play to...

Page 81: ...ain and sub encoders 3 Select TS from the Stream Type drop down menu 4 Enter the TS URL Note that the TS URL shown below is only for illustration purpose 5 Click the Start Stream button to start the s...

Page 82: ...e encoder from the Encoder Source drop down menu See Section 5 3 Encoder for setup of main and sub encoders 3 Select HLS from the Stream Type drop down menu 4 Click the Start Stream button to start th...

Page 83: ...he stream URL then click Play to start streaming 9 You can also play m3u8 stream URL using the devices listed as follows iPhone iPad and MacBook Use Safari to open the m3u8 stream URL Windows 10 Use M...

Page 84: ...unt setup is outlined as follows 1 First obtain the Server URL and Stream name key from Youtube 2 Open the Youtube Live Dashboard https www youtube com live_dashboard 3 On the left column locate and c...

Page 85: ...ou should also see an RTMP URL generated 12 At this point you should be able to view your stream video on Youtube 13 To stop live streaming simply click the Stop Stream button SRT When setting up an S...

Page 86: ...m 4 Click the Start Stream button to start the SRT stream NDI NDI Network Device Interface is an open protocol developed by NewTek to enable video compatible products to share video across a local are...

Page 87: ...ton for at least one second to start stop streaming Please note the following If the Record or Stream button illuminates white the function is turned off If the Record or Stream button shows blinking...

Page 88: ...cable The RS 232 connection wiring scheme is shown below iCast 10NDI 5 Channel All In One Streaming Switcher PTZ Camera GND 1 White Orange White Orange 1 GND NC 2 Orange Orange 2 NC NC 3 White Green W...

Page 89: ...upgrade process which should not be interrupted once started as this could result in a non responsive unit Successful firmware upgrade on iCast 10NDI requires iCast 10NDI x 1 12V Power adapter x 1 PC...

Page 90: ...ribes problems that you may encounter while using iCast 10NDI If you have any questions please refer to related sections and follow the suggested solutions If problem still exists please contact your...

Page 91: ...91 Appendix 4 Dimensions All measurements in millimeters mm...

Page 92: ...C 75 ohm HDMI 1 4 x 4 Channel 1 as SDI HDMI selectable USB 3 0 x 1 Mix HD SD Source Yes Computer Graphic Interface 4 via HDMI Video Output 3G HD SD SDI loop through x 1 HDMI 1 4 x 1 PGM HDMI 1 4 x 1 M...

Page 93: ...cording File Format MP4 Video Encode H 264 Audio Encode AAC LC Sample Rate 48 kHz 16 bit AAC LC Sample Rate 48 kHz 16 bit Configurable bit rate 128K or 256K or 384K Streaming Protocol DHCP client TS o...

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Page 96: ...96 Service and Support www datavideo com product iCast 10NDI Sep 30 2022 Version E1 Datavideo Technologies Co Ltd All rights reserved 2020...

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