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FSDI2-DCK-1X User Instructions

DOC-USR-0233-01

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Z3 Technology, LLC

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available settings on the CH2 and CH3 tab. If these tabs are not present, you can create a them by clicking

on the “+” tab. Only three channels are supported.

The maximum performance for two channels is one 1080p60 plus one 720p60 stream.

CH2 Default:

Parameter

Options (default
in bold)

Description

Encoder Setup

Output
Resolution

320x180

–

1920x1080

(1280x720)

Follow Input

The encode resolution. If this resolution is different from the
capture resolution (1920x1080), resizing will occur.

Video Bitrate

–

40M (

)

Textbox for entering video bitrate.

Output Setup

Channel 1 PIP
Enable

True

False

Enables a picture in picture in channel 1 of the same size as the
Output Resolution on the channel 2 tab.

CH3 Defaults:

Parameter

Options (default
in bold)

Description

Encoder Setup

Output
Resolution

320x180

–

1920x1080

(720-480)

Follow Input

The encode resolution. If this resolution is different from the
capture resolution (1920x1080), resizing will occur.

Video Bitrate

–

40M (

)

Textbox for entering video bitrate.

Summary of Contents for FSDI2-DCK-1X

Page 1: ...d trademarks of Z3 Technology LLC This document contains proprietary information of Z3 Technology LLC Z3 This document may not be used reproduced disclosed or disseminated to anyone without the prior written approval of an authorized representative of Z3 Z3 reserves the right to change this product at any time and without notice All product names trademarks trade names service marks or service nam...

Page 2: ...____________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 2 REVISION HISTORY Version Date Change Note Author 01 05 29 2020 Original Document for FSDI2 DCK 1X SI ...

Page 3: ...16 6 2 Stream RTP 19 6 3 Stream RTSP 21 6 4 Stream RTMP 23 6 5 Tuning for Latency 31 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions 33 6 7 Encoding KLV Stream 34 6 8 Setting NTP 37 6 9 Record to USB and Micro SD 38 6 10 Dual Stream and Record 40 6 11 Microphone Input 41 6 12 Composite Pass Through 42 7 0 CAMERA CONTROL 44 7 1 Zoom 44 7 2 Preview Image 45 7 3 Color Controls 45 7 4 Sony VISCA Camera Control 46 7 5...

Page 4: ... SUMMARY OF OPTIONS 66 10 1 The System Setup Tab 66 10 2 The User Presets Tab 68 10 3 The Status Tab 69 10 4 The Camera Tab 70 10 5 The Term Tab 73 10 6 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 76 10 7 The CH2 CH3 Tabs Channels 2 3 83 10 8 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs 85 10 9 ZFinder 85 APPENDIX A Finding the IP Address of Your Computer 86 APPENDIX B Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP 87 APPENDIX C ...

Page 5: ...ideo Streaming to VLC RTP 20 Figure 14 CH1 Tab Configuration RTSP 21 Figure 15 Finding your Camera s IP Address 22 Figure 16 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTP 22 Figure 17 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTSP 23 Figure 18 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming to Wowza Streaming Engine 24 Figure 19 Navigating to the Wowza Test Player 25 Figure 20 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Play...

Page 6: ...2 Figure 50 Default UDP Settings Left and Advanced UDP Settings Right 52 Figure 51 Channel 2 PIP on Channel 1 53 Figure 52 Saving Updated Network Settings 54 Figure 53 Channel 1 Tab with ROI 55 Figure 54 CH1 Tab Overlay Timestamp 56 Figure 55 Updating Device Firmware 57 Figure 56 Software Updater Screen 57 Figure 57 Creating or Changing the Password 58 Figure 58 Password Entry Screen 58 Figure 59 ...

Page 7: ...s DOC USR 0233 01 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 7 Figure 72 Running the Example Application 89 ...

Page 8: ...gned to be a video encoder for SDI cameras visible cameras and thermal IR cameras It is capable of accepting HD video from the camera at 60 frames per second and producing IP streams that can be sent on a standard Ethernet cable The FSDI2 DCK 1X has two MCX connectors available for simultaneous 3G SDI encoding NTSC and PAL composite input is also available on these connectors Either connector supp...

Page 9: ...o SD Card and RS 232 Serial o RS485 alarm input and output interfaces available internally o Supports streaming in MPEG 2 TS UDP RTP RTSP RTMP and TSRTP o Supports unicast and multicast streaming o Compatible with CDN s including Wowza Streaming Engine YouTube Live and Facebook Live o Record a compressed ts mp4 file to a USB SD storage device o ONVIF profile S T compliant o Compatible with the ZEU...

Page 10: ...76p 1024x576 704x576 640x480 640x360 420x380 352x576 352x288 352x240 320x240 and 320x180 In addition to scaling the resolution the camera is also capable of scaling down the frame rate to save bandwidth Each channel can select from full frame rate half frame rate quarter or sixth frame rate For example it is possible to configure a primary stream of 1920x1080 at 60 fps simultaneously with a second...

Page 11: ...C 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 11 4 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 1 RS 232 Serial Port1 5 Status Light2 2 USB 2 0 6 Composite Output 3 Microphone Input 7 12V Power optional 4 GigE PoE 1 For advanced debugging purposes only Not needed by typical users 2 LED light will blink green when streaming Figure 3 FSDI2 DCK 1x Interfaces ...

Page 12: ...I2 DCK 1X assembly will need to be connected to a SDI camera and the secondary camera with Composite Out The Interface Front End PCB of the FSDI2 DCK 1X assembly has two 3G SDI inputs and one composite input Either connector supports composite input but only one at a time Both the SDI camera and the composite output secondary camera can also be connected to the FSDI2 DCK 1X assembly via MCX to BNC...

Page 13: ...our Windows PC 3 Connect the 12V power supply to 12V on the camera and plug into a power outlet If Power over Ethernet PoE is available then no connection to the power supply is required It will take 15 30 seconds to boot 5 1 Access the User Interface Using ZFinder ZFinder is a PC utility that allows you to find any Z3 Technology product on your network If you have not yet downloaded this to your ...

Page 14: ...connected to the network The FSDI2 DCK 1X appears 6 Click on the FSDI2 DCK 1X entry in the window to select it This will cause the Edit Device Open Device and Flash LEDs buttons to activate Figure 7 ZFinder with the FSDI2 DCK 1X Selected Note Selecting Edit Device allows for manual changes to network settings See Section 10 9 ZFinder for more information Note If the device appears in red there is ...

Page 15: ...NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 15 8 By default the system will have automatically started encoding Click on the CH1 tab for channel one configuration settings If the encoder status message in the bottom right corner of the screen shows RUNNING you will need to click the stop or Stop All button in order to change any settings Figure 8 FSDI2 DCK 1x User Interface System Setup Tab ...

Page 16: ...any tab 2 Verify the Output Resolution is set to Follow Input to output a HD stream If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 3 Select the Video Codec you would like to use for your video encoding In the pictured example H265 HEVC is selected 4 Under Output Setup select UDP in the Output Format dropdown menu 5 Set Dest Address to a the IP addr...

Page 17: ...andle decode of H 265 content at HD resolutions See Section 9 1 PC Configuration for HD HEVC H 265 Decode for more information 8 Open the VLC media player on your PC 9 Select the Media menu 10 Select Open Network Stream 11 Under the Network tab enter udp Dest_Address Dest_Port for the network URL c Dest_Address will be values of the IP address or multicast address entered in the Dest Address field...

Page 18: ... 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 18 d Dest_Port will match the value found in the Dest Port field in the Encoder tab The default value is 8600 e In this example the full network URL would be udp 192 168 0 6 8600 12 Press Enter or click Play You will see your camera s video streaming to VLC Figure 11 Example of Video Streaming to VLC UDP Figure 10 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for UDP ...

Page 19: ... output a HD stream If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 3 Select the codec you would like to use for your video encoding In the pictured example H265 HEVC is selected 4 Under Output Setup select RTP in the Output Format dropdown menu Note By default a limited selection of video encoding settings are available in the user interface See Se...

Page 20: ... Z3Cam 4k Z3technology com Note Verify your PC is set up to handle decode of H 265 content at HD resolutions See Section 9 1 PC Configuration for HD HEVC H 265 Decode for more information 6 Open the VLC media player on your PC 7 Select the Media menu 8 Select Open File 9 Find and select the SDP file corresponding to the video codec you selected previously a H265 HEVC video use the SDP file entitle...

Page 21: ...output a HD stream If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 3 Select the codec you would like to use for your video encoding In the pictured example H265 HEVC is selected 4 Under Output Setup select RTSP in the Output Format dropdown menu Note By default a limited selection of video encoding settings are available in the user interface See Se...

Page 22: ...is the default setting when it is first received you can find this in ZFinder or the web browser with your user interface open If you have set your encoder to a static IP address this should match the Local IP Address field in the System Setup tab In the example pictured the encoder was assigned 192 168 0 120 at start up b z3 corresponds to the number of the channel tab of the user interface For e...

Page 23: ...ion and live streaming 6 4 1 RTMP Camera Streaming to the Wowza Streaming Engine Z3 Technology is a member of the Wowza Media Systems Technology Alliance partner program and the Wowza Streaming Engine is used here as an example Note Settings in the user interface cannot be changed if the unit is currently encoding 1 If necessary click on the Stop button in the Channel Controls section of the user ...

Page 24: ...this example the live application is used d Stream_Name will need to match the stream information you provide to the Wowza server In this example hevc4k is used e In this example the full destination address would be 192 168 0 6 1935 live hevc4k 6 If necessary set Authentication to Enable and enter your valid Wowza log in credentials Note By default a limited selection of video encoding settings a...

Page 25: ...TMP The test player within Wowza Streaming Engine is recommended 9 Go to any PC that is on the same network as the Wowza server and open a web browser Type in the IP address of the Wowza server with the port 8088 in this example 192 168 0 6 8088 This will bring up the Wowza Streaming Engine home page 10 Log in with your valid user name and password 11 At the top of the screen click on Applications...

Page 26: ...26 14 The Test Players popup screen will appear Select the Adobe RTMP tab 15 Enter the Stream name you listed as the Dest Address in the FSDI2 DCK 1X user interface For this example enter hevc4k 16 Click Start You will see your camera s video streaming to the Wowza server Figure 20 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Player 4 Audio and Video appear 1 Select Adobe RTMP tab 2 Type hevc4k for Stre...

Page 27: ...ab 4 Verify the Output Resolution is set to 1920x1080 If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 5 Set the Video Codec to H264 AVC for RTMP streaming 6 Under Output Setup select RTMP in the Output Format dropdown menu 7 Set Dest Address to Server_URL Stream_Key a Server_URL will be the value specified in your YouTube Live dashboard Omit the RTM...

Page 28: ... your resolution 11 Set Authentication to Disable as this field is not applicable to YouTube 12 Click on the Start button After a moment the encoder status will change to RUNNING and the fields above will appear in dark grey The status LED on the unit will blink green when streaming 13 Allow a few seconds for your video to appear in your YouTube live dashboard Figure 22 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP ...

Page 29: ... your browser to facebook s main URL facebook com and navigate to the page management interface for your page if desired Select the Live Video link at the top of the Create Post dialog box near the top of the page Figure 23 Facebook Create Post dialog box 3 At the top of the new dialog box that appears select Connect Take note of the Server URL and Stream Key for your session displayed on the left...

Page 30: ...ress field In our example the full address reads live api facebook com 443 rtmp 10105999705404285 s_sw 0 s_vt api s a Abyv0xFhiC6Wrgo9 Authentication should remain disabled Figure 25 Facebook Live Stream Encoder Settings 6 Click Start or Start All to begin encoding stream 7 Return to the Facebook Live Video Setting dialog box to ensure your stream is previewing properly Add a message to the video ...

Page 31: ...transport stream packets as soon as possible instead of pacing them out evenly This option can only be accessed when the advanced settings mode has been enabled See Section 8 2 Advanced Settings Mode for more information on accessing these settings For minimum latency with possibility of skipped frames at the expense of increased network burstiness set TS Lowlat Mode to True This is enabled by def...

Page 32: ... reduced on the decode side by adjusting the network caching value By default this is set to 1000ms You can lower this to as low as 200ms To do this go to the following 1 Click Tools on the main menu and select Preferences from the dropdown Figure 27 VLC Media Player Tools Menu 2 In the Preferences window that appears change from Show settings From Simple to All Select interface from the menu on t...

Page 33: ...e best results Output Format Rate Control Bitrate VLC Network Cache Notes RTSP CBR 2 Mbps 300 ms Best latency approx 400 ms no frame skips TSRTP CBR 3 Mbps 1000 ms 300 ms frame skips 1000 ms no frame skips UDP CBR 3 Mbps 1000 ms 300 ms frame skips 1000 ms no frame skips 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions The FSDI2 DCK 1X supports simultaneous encode into up to three different resolutions bitrates and...

Page 34: ... Pid KLV Bitrae KLV Mode and KLV source settings 5 Set the desired PID value Most applications will dynamically find any PID with KLV The default KLV bitrate of 1000 bps is usually sufficient If a higher data rate is expected set the bitrate higher 6 Set the KLV Mode to SDI The other positions are FILE and SERIAL FILE will take a binary file of capture KLV data as it s source and SERIAL configures...

Page 35: ... set KLV Enable to True Set KLV Mode to SERIAL and the KLV Serial Baud Rate to the rate of the device feeding the KLV metadata Our example assumes 9600 baud To use the RS232 port set int KLV Source to dev ttyAMA0 KLV has two multiplex modes and the DME 10 supports both Synchronous mode includes a timestamp in each TS packet while Asynchronous does not Choose based on the expectation of your decode...

Page 36: ...00 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 36 Figure 32 Settings for Multiplex Modes 2 When using the back panel RS232 port it is important to disable the serial console Save your settings and click on the Term tab Set the function of Serial 0 to User and click Save Serial Ports a reboot will be required Figure 33 Reboot Screen Example ...

Page 37: ...to set the time on the unit If you require the system time to be set do the following 1 Load the web UI of the unit and switch to the System Setup tab Click the go button next to Set NTP 2 Select TRUE from the Enable NTP dropdown 3 Select the desired timezone for the unit form the Time Zone dropdown 4 Enter an NTP server address The default is 128 138 141 172 NIST 5 Click the change button NTP is ...

Page 38: ...tion of the user interface CH1 tab or the Stop All button in the lower right corner of the screen of any tab 3 Verify the Output Resolution is set to Follow Input to output a HD stream If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 4 Select the Video Codec you would like to use for your video encoding 5 Under Output Setup select TSFILE from the Out...

Page 39: ...e in the user interface See Section 8 2 Advanced Settings Mode for more information on accessing additional settings 8 Click on the Start button After a moment the encoder status will change to RUNNING and the fields above will appear in dark grey The status LED on the unit will blink green when streaming 9 When your desired recording length has been reached click on the Stop button Verify the sta...

Page 40: ...10 Dual Stream and Record Dual streaming and recording to mp4 file simultaneously is supported in RTP RTSP UDP TSRTP RTMP and RTMPS modes In UDP and TSRTP mode support recording to ts file when low latency transport stream is disabled advanced setting 1 Go to CH1 tab and select RTP RTSP UDP TSRTP RTMP or RTMPS as the output format 2 Set Aux File Enable to MP4File 3 Set Output Device and File Prefi...

Page 41: ...ction of the user interface CH1 tab or the Stop All button in the lower right corner of the screen of any tab 3 Verify Audio Enable is set to True and set your desired values for Codec Sample Rate and Bit Rate 4 Select the appropriate option from the Source dropdown menu corresponding to your microphone a MIC Line In should be used with powered amplified microphone or a source other than a microph...

Page 42: ... the unit is streaming This allows the camera content to be viewed on a TV or other display monitor 1 To view this pass through content verify the unit is currently encoding The channel status will show RUNNING in the bottom right corner of the user interface 2 Connect a composite video cable from CVBS on the camera to a TV or display monitor Figure 38 CH1 Tab Configuration Microphone Audio Settin...

Page 43: ...TE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 43 3 The output resolution can be adjusted in real time In the System Setup tab select the desired option from the Resolution dropdown menu under the Display Setup section 4 Click the Set Display button for changes to take effect Select Resolution Option Click Set Display Figure 40 Set Composite Pass Through Resolution ...

Page 44: ...NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 44 7 0 CAMERA CONTROL The FSDI2 DCK 1X supports real time camera adjustments remotely via the user interface Refer to Section 10 4 The Camera Tab for more details on the available options 1 Return to the user interface and click on the Camera tab 7 1 Zoom 2 Use the slider or button to adjust your preferred zoom position Figure 41 Camera Zoom Slider ...

Page 45: ...ick the Load button To start the live preview again click the Start Button 4 If PTZ is connected to the 485 port of your unit and enabled on the Term tab arrows on the preview stream will send PTZ commands to the unit For more information on PTZ see DOC USR 0126 XX PTZ App Note 7 3 Color Controls 5 Select from a variety of supported white balance configurations using the White Balance Mode dropdow...

Page 46: ...aded is required 7 4 1 Com2TCP Setup 1 If you have not already done so install the Com2TCP application onto your PC Windows 7 is recommended For Windows 8 or 10 verify you are using v1 4 6 Com2TCP is an application supporting remote access and is available online 2 Launch the Com2TCP application 3 Set the Remote IP field to the IP address of your FSDI2 DCK 1X This can be found using ZFinder or as ...

Page 47: ...6 Click the Connect button The application will minimize Do not close this application while your camera control is in use The COM port selected will now redirect data to the FSDI2 DCK 1X If the camera is rebooted or power cycled you will need to reconnect COM2TCP on your PC COM2TCP does not automatically detect the dropped connection Figure 44 Com2TCP Configuration Set to 1000 Set to the IP Addre...

Page 48: ... port name to match the COM Port selected previously 10 Set the Baud Rate to 9600 11 Save these settings 12 Remember you may need to close and restart your camera controller application for changes to take effect If you do not have camera control software it is possible to write your own An example application for sending VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the FSDI2 DCK 1X has been provided in AP...

Page 49: ...X using WS Discovery 1 Open your ONVIF client program 2 Use ONVIF device discovery to find the FSDI2 DCK 1X on the network Note For manual discovery of ONVIF use the FSDI2 DCK 1X IP address and the port 8080 as shown in the following URL example http 192 168 0 120 8080 onvif device_service 3 Enter your valid user ID and password Note If you are logging onto the camera for the first time the defaul...

Page 50: ...down menu located at the bottom of any screen select new preset 2 A textbox will appear Enter your desired preset name In the pictured example z3_config1 is used 3 Click ok 4 Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen 5 As soon as you select z3_config1 the screen will reload 6 Change your desired settings 7 Once your changes have been set in t...

Page 51: ... power the unit off by unplugging the power supply Then plug the power supply back in and wait 15 30 seconds for the unit to boot up 8 2 Advanced Settings Mode A limited range of encoding settings is available by default Additional settings can be accessed in Advanced Settings Mode for greater customization to your specific application 8 2 1 Setup a Custom Configuration 1 The first step is to set ...

Page 52: ...ed Settings box 6 Click on the Save button 7 A pop up window appears with a message that the settings were saved successfully 8 Return to you channel tab to set additional encoding configuration parameters for your stream See Section 10 6 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 for more information on the advanced settings available for each streaming output 2 Click Save 1 Check Advanced Settings Figure 49 Accessin...

Page 53: ... dropdown and click start Figure 51 Channel 2 PIP on Channel 1 Note The PIP stream needs to be set to a resolution that is smaller than the resolution of Channel 1 If Channel 2 not a smaller resolution the PIP will not show on Channel 1 Set a Static IP Address The FSDI2 DCK 1X supports DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol This is enabled by default allowing the camera to dynamically receive an...

Page 54: ...red network settings including Local IP Address Local Netmask Default Gateway DNS Server IP 1 and DNS Server IP 2 7 Now that DHCP is no longer set in this configuration and your network settings have been entered click on the Save button 8 A pop up window appears with a reminder that changes to network settings require a reboot in order to take effect Click OK to reboot the unit Wait 45 60 seconds...

Page 55: ...nterface Manually 13 You can also access the user interface by manually typing your unit s static IP address into a web browser on any computer connected to the same network as the unit 8 4 Encoder ROI The FSDI2 DCK 1x allows for the encoding of a Region of Interest ROI in the captured video This allows the encode of only the region of the video you are interested in 1 Click on the Ch1 tab and sto...

Page 56: ...erlay feature on the encoder tab 1 Click on the CH1 tab and stop the stream with the Stop button if necessary 2 On the right side of the page select True in the Text Overlay Enable dropdown 3 The Overlay Text text box will appear Add ts to the text box and click the Start button 4 The date and time will be overlayed on the video stream in YYYY MM DD HH MM SS format Note To use a different timestam...

Page 57: ...irmware button Note If this button is not selectable it is because the encoder is running If you click Stop at the bottom of the screen the Update device firmware button will become active 2 A Software Updater screen will appear Click Choose File and navigate to the software image file on your PC that you wish to update with 3 Once your desired image file is selected click Open 4 Click Upload and ...

Page 58: ...e the password requirement set the password to blank and click change 1 In the System Setup tab click on the go button next to Set Password 2 The change password options appear Enter your desired password twice and click change 3 A log in screen will appear prompting for a user name and password Enter admin for the user name This is not editable 4 Enter your selected password and click login to ac...

Page 59: ... a FAT32 formatted USB drive into your PC 2 To do a factory reset create a directory or file named z3reset To only reset the password create a directory or file named z3passreset instead 3 Eject the drive from your PC and plug into a powered down HE2K DCK 1X Power on the encoder 4 When the boot is complete the unit will be running the factory defaults if z3reset was used If z3passreset was used th...

Page 60: ...saved networks or none of the saved networks are currently available the device will enter Access Point AP mode In this mode it will create a wireless network from the product name and ethernet mac address of the unit The default password for this network is z3password To connect to this network connect to the network from your PC Figure 60 Display of Network Options 3 Once connected you can find ...

Page 61: ...elect the Wi Fi network to connect to type in the password and click Connect At this point close the browser window and connect to the network you selected on your PC Open ZFinder and look for your encoder If your encoder shows up you are done and can now use your encoder via Wi Fi If your encoder doesn t show up in ZFinder make sure you are connected to the same network you directed the encoder t...

Page 62: ... requirements Nvidia GEForce GTX960 desktop or GTX960M laptop graphics card LAV Filters6 version 0 63 or higher VLC media player7 version 2 2 4 or higher 9 1 1 Video Card 1 Verify your PC or laptop has the Nvidia GEForce GTX960 M graphics card all Nvidia drivers are installed and it is set as the default graphics processor 6 LAV Filters is an open source program that allows playback of video and a...

Page 63: ...508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 63 9 1 2 LAV Filters 2 Install LAV Filters if necessary 3 Navigate to the Properties and select the Video Settings tab 4 Verify the HEVC checkbox is checked under Codecs for HW Decoding 5 Enable the Nvidia video card under Hardware Decoder to use 6 Select Apply Figure 63 LAV Filters Configuration Verify is Set to your Nvidia video card Verify HEVC is checked ...

Page 64: ...layer v2 2 4 if necessary 8 Navigate to the Tools menu and select Preferences 9 In the Simple Preferences window find the Show settings section in the bottom left corner of the window and select the check box next to All 10 In the Advanced Preferences window that appears navigate to Video codecs on the left hand column and select FFmpeg 11 Select Disable in the Hardware decoding dropdown menu Veri...

Page 65: ...1 Decode When in H 264 mode the FSDI2 DCK 1X is compatible with the ZEUS SME 01 also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information 9 3 ZEUS DMD 4K Figure 66 ZEUS DMD 4K Decoder When in H 265 mode the FSDI2 DCK 1X is compatible with the ZEUS DMD 4K also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information ZEUS is a registered trademark of Z3 Technology LLC Fig...

Page 66: ...e unit Note that a save of these settings and a reboot is needed for changes to this value to take effect When in DHCP mode this field is not applicable Default Gateway w x y z 192 168 0 1 Sets the network gateway to use for the unit Note that a save of these settings and a reboot is needed for changes to this value to take effect When in DHCP mode this field is not applicable DNS Server IP 1 w x ...

Page 67: ...oot required Display Setup Resolution AUTO NTSC PAL Selects the desired resolution for Composite pass through output Source Primary Secondary Selects the desired source for the Composite pass through output Set Display Button Click once the desired selection is made in the Resolution dropdown menu to make real time changes Device Management Set Device Name Button Sets a custom name for the camera ...

Page 68: ...nge to the FPGA config Most customers will not need change this setting Configure ONVIF Enable Disable ONVIF and contorl number of cameras to advertise to ONVIF clients Set Term Server Enable Disable remote terminal server Set ZFinder Enable Disable ZFinder support on unit Update device firmware Button Access the Software Updater to update the firmware on your device An image file of the desired f...

Page 69: ...mes per second for example a value of 0 5 means a key frame is inserted every two seconds Width Width of encoded picture Height Height of encoded picture A small i will appear if interlaced is being encoded Audio Status Channel The channel number 1 3 Codec The codec being used to encode audio for that channel Frames Number of frames sent from encoder to channel since the beginning of encoding Stre...

Page 70: ...tomatically refresh information 10 4 The Camera Tab Parameter Options Default in bold Description Preview Image Stream Load Button Click to view a still preview image of camera video in the user interface If a preview stream is currently running click the Stop button to enable this button Start Button Click to start a live preview of camera video in the user interface Stop Button Click to stop the...

Page 71: ...ntrols White Balance Mode Auto Indoor One push Auto Trace Manual Sodium Lamp Auto Sodium Lamp Fixed Sodium Lamp Outdoor Selects preset white balance WB modes Auto computes WB value output using color information from the entire screen outputs values using color temperature radiating from a black subject based on a range of values from 2500K to 7500K Indoor 3200K Base Mode One push Fixed WB that ma...

Page 72: ...ssure sodium lamps are supported Proper white balance may not be captured for some subjects when using low pressure sodium lamps About Camera Model Sony FCB EV7520 or compatible Version Firmware Version installed on camera Camera Zoom Current zoom position 0 100 Displays the value of the zoom position selected in the slider Zoom Step Size 1 7 4 Sets the step size for the buttons Higher values resu...

Page 73: ...e Checked Unchecked Freezes camera image when checked High Resolution Mode Checked Unchecked Enableds camera high resolution mode when checked Image Stabilizer Checked Unchecked Enables Image stabilizer when checked Image Black White Checked Unchecked Camera outputs black and white image when checked 10 5 The Term Tab This section reflects changes for software version 2 36b or newer These are adva...

Page 74: ...onnected via a RS 485 connection along with defining the device address being used on the RS 485 interface for each PTZ device both TCP Ports are required to be defined as the same Serial Port defined in the TermTab section above for the RS 485 PTZ functionality The Term tab contains two tables one of available serial ports and one of available PTZ control Parameter Options default in bold Descrip...

Page 75: ...al ports Most devices expect none Stop Bits 1 2 Sets number of stop bits for serial port Most devices expect 1 Function Camera 1 VISCA Camera 2 VISCA IR camera Off User RS485 PTZ FlexIO spare pins 9 11 Sets the function of the serial port TCP Port TCP port used for remote terminal server PTZ Configuration Type Absolute Relative Type of PTZ control expected Flip None Flip Pan Axis Flip Tilt Axis Fl...

Page 76: ...nal server 10 6 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 An asterisk denotes a field available in Advanced Settings Mode See Section 8 2 to access these fields Parameter Options default in bold Description Encoder Setup Output Resolution 320x180 1920x1080 Follow Input The encode resolution If this resolution is different from the capture resolution 1920x1080 resizing will occur Follow Input generates the resolution ...

Page 77: ...can fluctuate within the bitrate statistical period CBR Constant Bitrate means that a stable encoding bitrate is ensured within the bitrate statistical time Video Quality Mode Low Latency Balanced High Quality Selects quality mode for video encoder Low Latency optimizes the encoder settings for latency at the expense of quality and High Quality optimizes the encoder settings for quality at the exp...

Page 78: ...e for example an input frame rate of 30fps with Half selected would cause an output stream of 15fps If interlaced input is used then this is used to reduce the number of fields being encoded Latency Mode High Quality Balanced Low Latency Lowest Latency Slider for setting the balance between quality and latency GOP Size 5 240 Frames 60 Frames I frame frequency The number of frames in each Group of ...

Page 79: ...on amplified microphone Select MIC when using a powered amplified microphone Multicast IP RTSP Only w x y z 225 1 2 3 Used to specify the default multicast address for audio rtsp stream Rtp Port RTP Only 0 9999 8700 Destination port for RTP audio Pid UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only 0 8191 120 Audio PID for transport stream Max PTS PCR UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only 0 8191 250 Maximum difference between the PTS and P...

Page 80: ... This format is required for encoding with Pro MPEG Forward Error Correction FEC RTMP is only supported with H264 AVC selected as the Video Codec Decoder URL RTSP UDP TSRTP Only Shows the url for use in VLC and others to decode the stream Dest Address w x y z 192 168 0 6 The IP address of the destination of the encoded stream Multicast IP RTSP Only w x y z 225 1 2 3 Used to specify the default mul...

Page 81: ...d to video in the TS stream PCR PID UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only 0 8191 521 PID assigned to PCR in the TS stream PCR Interval UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only 50 Interval assigned to PCR in the TS stream in milliseconds PMT PID UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only 0 8191 31 PID assigned to PMT in the TS stream Video Max Delay UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only 300 Sets encoder maximum video delay in milliseconds TS RATE UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only ...

Page 82: ...e If authentication is required for the stream select Enable to enter user credentials User RTMP RTSP RTMPS Only Enter a valid stream user name Password RTMP RTSP RTMPS Only Enter a valid stream password Text Overlay Enable True False Enables display text over video Overlay Text Z3Cam Textbox for entering display text Overlay Location Top Left Top Center Top Right Bottom Left Bottom Center Bottom ...

Page 83: ...ation changes POLLING indicates start was pressed and the encoder is waiting for valid input data to be detected RUNNING indicates the unit is currently encoding Error statuses will be preceded by an exclamation point and include a description of the error Note 1 Encode Resolutions Supported 1080p 2MP 1280x1024 720p 1MP 480p 576p 1024x576 704x576 640x480 640x360 420x380 352x576 352x288 352x240 320...

Page 84: ...iption Encoder Setup Output Resolution 320x180 1920x1080 1280x720 Follow Input The encode resolution If this resolution is different from the capture resolution 1920x1080 resizing will occur Video Bitrate 2K 40M 2M Textbox for entering video bitrate Output Setup Channel 1 PIP Enable True False Enables a picture in picture in channel 1 of the same size as the Output Resolution on the channel 2 tab ...

Page 85: ...e to the selected configuration Stop All Button Stop all current encode channels Encode must be stopped in order for settings to be altered Start All Button Start all encode channels System Status OK 10 9 ZFinder Buttons Description Refresh Rescans the network for Z3 Technology products Edit Device Allows for manual edits to encoder settings Name Name visible in ZFinder and top right corner of use...

Page 86: ... computer when it is set to DHCP 1 Open the Windows Start Menu Start Screen and type cmd or Command Prompt 2 Open the command prompt 3 Type ipconfig and press the Enter key Figure 68 Using the Command Prompt to Determine Your PC s IP Address 4 The IP address of your computer can be found in the section labeled either Ethernet or Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection The IP address will display as...

Page 87: ...ork with RTMP streaming from the FSDI2 DCK 1X the following steps are needed 1 Log in to the Wowza Streaming Engine Manager Home page by typing http localhost 8088 a localhost is the IP address of the PC with the server b In this example the full URL is http 192 168 0 4 8088 2 Click on Server in the top band of options 3 On the left column click on Performance Tuning and then Java Settings 4 Click...

Page 88: ...shing are both set to Open 9 Verify Client Restrictions is set to No client restrictions 10 Click on Save The Wowza server is now configured to work with your Z3 Technology product Note You can also select Require password authentication under RTMP Publishing In this case Authentication on the Encoder tab needs to be enabled and a valid Wowza user name and password need to be entered to successful...

Page 89: ... application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the FSDI2 DCK 1X The following example code connects to the TCP socket of the unit and is capable of sending several VISCA commands to the unit The interface looks like the following Figure 72 Running the Example Application The example application code is as follows include stdio h include stdlib h include string h include assert h i...

Page 90: ... message n tX t Exits n void hex_dump void hex int size int i char hex_c char hex for i 0 i size i printf 02x hex_c i 0xff if i 1 16 0 printf n printf n int visca_send SOCKET soc char cmd send soc cmd 1 size_t cmd 0 0 int visca_receive SOCKET soc char receive int size int do_dump int ret 1 while ret 1 again ret recv soc void receive size 0 Sleep 1 if ret 0 do_dump hex_dump receive ret if ret 2 rec...

Page 91: ...way read will return immediately if argc 1 usage exit 1 else int portno 1000 n struct sockaddr_in serv_addr WSADATA wsa printf nInitialising Winsock if WSAStartup MAKEWORD 2 2 wsa 0 printf Failed Error Code d WSAGetLastError return 1 open tcp socket s socket AF_INET SOCK_STREAM 0 if s INVALID_SOCKET printf error opening socket d n WSAGetLastError return 2 printf connecting to s s n argv 1 argv 2 i...

Page 92: ...end s cmdVisca 1 visca_receive s buf sizeof buf 1 if ch 67 Right printf Right n if ch 68 Left printf Left n if ch 86 ch 118 printf Version Inq n visca_send s cmdVisca 3 visca_receive s buf sizeof buf 1 if ch f ch F printf Flip On n visca_send s cmdVisca 4 visca_receive s buf sizeof buf 1 if ch n ch N printf Flip Off n visca_send s cmdVisca 5 visca_receive s buf sizeof buf 1 if ch h ch H help if ch...

Page 93: ...rs switches etc Verify your computer is set to DHCP Try connecting through a wired Ethernet connection and turning off your computer s wifi Problem My FSDI2 DCK 1X appears in red in ZFinder The netmask of the camera and the network must be compatible Does the netmask of the camera match the netmask of the network If the netmask is 255 255 0 0 do the first two values of the IP address of the camera...

Page 94: ...uration Are all firewalls on the network turned off Try connecting the PC directly to the camera without any routers switches etc Problem I m receiving a Destination Unreachable error in the user interface UDP TSRTP Try rebooting by disconnecting power Problem I do not see video in VLC RTP One of the provided SDP files is required Is the correct SDP file being used H265 HEVC video use the SDP file...

Page 95: ...ted Warranty will be void if the label on the hardware bearing the Serial Number is removed tampered with or defaced You can view Z3 Technology s full hardware warranty at http z3technology com Support Z3Cam 4K HW Warranty html To submit a warranty claim complete a Return Material Authorization RMA request form online at http z3technology com Support Report RMA html Your receipt or invoice with th...

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