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Video Grabber DisplayPort User Manual -  ver. 1.2

 

 

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3.

 

Quick start guide 

Step 1. 

 

Connect video source signal to Video Input port. 

Step 2. 

 

Connect display device (monitor) to Video Output port. Use the same type of cable for 
input and output. 

Step 3. 

 

Connect LAN 1 to the network using Ethernet cable. 

Step 4. 

 

(Optional) Connect LAN 2 to the second network using Ethernet cable. 

Step 5. 

 

Connect and tighten power plug to primary power socket. 

Step 6. 

 

(Optional) Connect and tighten power plug to secondary power socket. 

Step 7. 

 

Connect power supply units to the power source. 

Step 8. 

 

Enter device IP (as seen on Video Grabber screen) to internet browser. 

Step 9. 

 

Go to Configuration tab and log in to the device (login: grabber, password: vgbr2014). 

Step 10. 

 

Make desired changes to configuration. Video Grabber is now transmitting data to the 
network. 

3.1.

 

Device installation 

 

 

 

Figure 5. Connection schema 

Summary of Contents for DisplayPort

Page 1: ...VIDEO GRABBER DisplayPort User Manual ...

Page 2: ...eo Grabber DisplayPort User Manual ver 1 2 2 Version Date Description Author 1 0 2016 03 02 New document MM 1 1 2016 11 02 Revised to match 1 5 device firmware version MM 1 2 2019 11 28 Drawings changes MM ...

Page 3: ... 4 Video Grabber Web Interface 11 4 1 Status screen 11 4 2 Device configuration 13 4 2 1 Output format settings 14 4 2 1 1 Output method 14 4 2 1 2 Output frame rate 15 4 2 1 3 Output format 15 4 2 2 Video parameters 16 4 2 2 1 Video parameters description 16 4 2 3 Network settings 17 4 2 3 1 Network settings parameters 17 4 2 4 Device description 18 4 2 5 NTP configuration 18 4 2 6 Device control...

Page 4: ...ideo Grabber is configured through web based menu no additional software is required to configure it The video picture received on DisplayPort pins is captured and provided to Ethernet ports in a way that is non intrusive in any way and does not add modify or remove any content of the captured video if minimum 500mA is provided by Graphic Adapter or monitor Please note that Video Grabber supports ...

Page 5: ...n 2 1 Front Panel Figure 1 Front panel Table 1 Front panel elements Item Description SD Card Used for firmware update USB Used for firmware update and diagnostics Reset Used to restart Video Grabber Screen Displays information about video signal network configuration and protocol used ...

Page 6: ...l Figure 2 Back panel Table 2 Back panel elements Item Description Power 0 Primary power source Power 1 Secondary power source LAN 1 First network interface LAN 2 Second network interface Video Output DisplayPort output signal Video Input DisplayPort input signal ...

Page 7: ...agement console 2 IP of the first interface LAN 1 UP indicates active link DOWN indicates no active link 3 IP of the second interface LAN 2 UP indicates active link DOWN indicates no active link 4 Current settings of transmission 5 Detected signal displayed in format signal type resolution In case of unrecognized or lack of signal Looking for signal is displayed Item Description 1 Current date 2 C...

Page 8: ... network using Ethernet cable Step 5 Connect and tighten power plug to primary power socket Step 6 Optional Connect and tighten power plug to secondary power socket Step 7 Connect power supply units to the power source Step 8 Enter device IP as seen on Video Grabber screen to internet browser Step 9 Go to Configuration tab and log in to the device login grabber password vgbr2014 Step 10 Make desir...

Page 9: ... Grabber to work on only one network interface but it s not recommended due to lack of redundancy That minimizes the risk of losing important data due to hardware or software failure Device can work in 100 Mbit s network depending on frames per second resolution and output format used but better to connect to 1 Gbit s network in order to be able to achieve higher data rate Video Grabber detects ty...

Page 10: ... ampere power supply provided with device should be connected to Power 0 and second one to Power 1 If one power supply fails another one takes its place 12 Watts are required for Video Grabber to work Connecting Video Grabber to power source Step 1 Plug power supply unit to Video Grabber make sure click is heard Step 2 Tighten the screw on the plug to secure power supply unit from unplugging Step ...

Page 11: ...e screen in front of the device Figure 7 Access to Video Grabber Web Interface 4 1 Status screen Status screen provides information about Date and time to which Video Grabber is synchronized For how long is device turned on Serial number of this device Software version Free memory Physical addresses of both LAN interfaces and link status Status of both power units Temperature of CPU and PCB Status...

Page 12: ...Video Grabber DisplayPort User Manual ver 1 2 12 Figure 8 Video Grabber Status screen ...

Page 13: ...n order to make setting changes log in into the device is necessary When dialog box appear please using following credentials to login into device and obtain access to device Configuration Tab Username grabber Password vgbr2014 After successfully logging into device please proceed to Video Grabber configuration All available configuration options are shown on Figure 9 Device Configuration Tab Figu...

Page 14: ...ach interface There is two options using RTSP stream First one is designated for lossy H 264 compression method second one for lossless Examples of connection strings are shown on Figure 11 RTSP connection strings Figure 11 RTSP connection strings Item Description BROADCAST Broadcasting refers to transmitting a packet that will be received by every device on the network NFS Allowing to store files...

Page 15: ...frames which the device will send in one minute In order to convert frames per second to frames per minute please multiply required frame of 60 e g 4 fps 60 240 fpm Figure 12 Output frame rate 4 2 1 3 Output format Output format is only available when BROADCAST NFS or SMB output method is used All available options are shown on Figure 13 Broadcast output format Figure 13 Broadcast output format ...

Page 16: ...e in kbps QP VBR mode H264 Variable bit rate VBR encoding adjusts the data rate down and to the upper limit you set based on the data required by the compressor VBR takes longer to encode but produces the most favorable results IDR period H264 LOSSLESS Allowing to define Instantaneous Decoding Refresh in H 264 LOSSLESS video Pixel tolerance LOSSLESS Number of pixel for dithering compensation Enabl...

Page 17: ... interface Subnet Mask Netmask of defined IP Address NFS location Defines NFS share Only available if NFS output method is selected Accepted format server_ip share e g 192 168 5 1 pub NFS UID Only available if NFS output method is selected UID of NFS share on destination network folder with write permissions granted NFS GID Only available if NFS output method is selected GID of NFS share on destin...

Page 18: ...is about 16s to allow complete call while the spacing between the remaining packets is about 2s This is designed to improve timekeeping quality with the server command and s addresses iburst When the server is unreachable and at each poll interval send a burst of eight packets instead of the usual one As long as the server is unreachable the spacing between packets is about 16s to allow complete c...

Page 19: ...After successfully connection to NTP server window with information Time updated will replace device Configuration Tab for 1 sec If entered setting are wrong or device can t connect to NTP source information about error will be shown on device Web interface Using this button is strongly recommended to check connection between device and NTP Server and to reduce time synchronization period 4 2 6 3 ...

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