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FV2K-1XA User Guide

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FV2K-1XA

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Page 1: ...ed 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...

Page 2: ...8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 2 REVISION HISTORY Version Date Change Note Author 01 12 15 2021 Original Document for FV2K 1XA NC 02 08 22 2022 Switched from 13A to 1XA to in...

Page 3: ...16 6 1 Stream UDP 17 6 2 Stream RTP 20 6 3 Stream RTSP 22 6 4 Stream RTMP 26 6 5 Tuning for Latency 34 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions 36 6 7 Setting NTP 37 6 8 Record to USB Micro SD 37 6 9 Dual Str...

Page 4: ...ecoder 71 9 3 ZEUS SME 01 Decode 71 10 0 SUMMARY OF OPTIONS 72 10 1 The System Setup Tab 72 10 2 The User Presets Tab 75 10 3 Users Tab 75 10 4 The Status Tab 75 10 5 The Camera Tab 76 10 6 The Term T...

Page 5: ...e 14 CH1 Tab Configuration RTSP 23 Figure 15 Finding your Camera s IP Address 24 Figure 16 Force multicast RTP via RTSP 25 Figure 17 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTP 25 Figure 18 Example of Z3 V...

Page 6: ...52 Figure 50 Com2TCP Configuration 53 Figure 51 Camera Controller Software Configuration 54 Figure 52 ONVIF Device Manager page 55 Figure 53 New Password prompt 55 Figure 54 Password change notice 56...

Page 7: ...2 7 Figure 77 Disable Hardware Decoding in VLC 70 Figure 78 ZEUS DMD 4K Decoder 71 Figure 79 ZEUS SME 01 H 264 Decoder 71 Figure 80 Term Tab Configuration 79 Figure 81 Using the Command Prompt to Dete...

Page 8: ...visible camera or a visible camera and an infrared or night vision camera The hardware consists of a 2 board set Encoder and Connector PCB The system is capable of encoding multiple channels of H 265...

Page 9: ...net USB 2 0 Micro SD Card and RS 232 Serial 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...

Page 10: ...ution 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...

Page 11: ...9 USA 1 402 323 0702 11 4 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 1 RS 485 Serial Port1 5 Status Light2 2 USB 2 0 6 Composite Output 3 12V Power optional 7 RS 232 Serial Port 4 Gigabit Ethernet 8 Line level Audio input...

Page 12: ...the cables provided by Sony can permanently damage the boards or camera The KEL cable is sold separately by Z3 ordering part number CBL 0028 01 WARNING Use ONLY FCB EV7520 LVDS or compatible camera w...

Page 13: ...eparately Figure 5 Interface Front End PCB WARNING ONLY USE THE CORRECT KEL RIBBON CABLE PROVIDED BY Z3 TECHNOLOGY Using an incorrect cable can permanently damage the camera body 2 Connect an Ethernet...

Page 14: ...ss can be manually entered as the URL in a browser window to access the user interface 5 Run the ZFinder PC utility on your PC You may need to allow it past any firewalls or security programs on your...

Page 15: ...ult web browser for best results Firefox or Chrome are recommended If you need a password the Users section will prompt to change the default admin password The default password is admin Weak password...

Page 16: ...the Flir Tau2 or Boson for Boson support 2 Select Tamarisk for Digital video from the DRS Tamarisk 3 Select Composite if Analog or NTSC PAL video from Flir Tau2 DRS Tamarisk or another composite vide...

Page 17: ...ample H265 HEVC is selected 4 Under Output Setup select UDP in the Output Format dropdown menu 5 Set Dest Address to a the IP address of your PC that will be running the VLC media player To determine...

Page 18: ...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 Add...

Page 19: ..._______________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 19 12 Press Enter or click Play You will see your camera s video streaming to VLC Figure...

Page 20: ...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 codec you would like to use for yo...

Page 21: ...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...

Page 22: ...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 codec you would like to use for your video encoding In the pic...

Page 23: ..._____________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 23 Figure 14 CH1 Tab Configuration RTSP 4 Change to RTSP 1 If nece...

Page 24: ...ss of your FV2K 1XA If your camera is set to DHCP This 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 yo...

Page 25: ...T STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 25 Figure 16 Force multicast RTP via RTSP Note some versions of VLC do not require the Force Multicast settings in VLC In this example rtsp 192 168 0...

Page 26: ...ive 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...

Page 27: ...f the PC with the Wowza server In this example 1935 is used c application will need to match the application selected in Wowza In this example the live application is used d Stream_Name will need to m...

Page 28: ...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 Wow...

Page 29: ...________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 29 1 Use IP address of Wowza server 8088 2 Select Applications 3 Select...

Page 30: ...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 FV2K 1XA user interface For this example enter hevc4k 16 Click Start...

Page 31: ...rify 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 U...

Page 32: ...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 6 4 3 Facebook Live...

Page 33: ...Take note of the Server URL and Stream Key for your session displayed on the left Figure 25 Facebook Live Streaming Dialog 4 Return to the FV2K 1XA web interface and select the Ch1 tab Click Stop Ensu...

Page 34: ...the encoder For a full description please refer to DOC USR 0169 xx How to Achieve Low Latency App Note 6 5 1 TS Lowlat Mode In general streaming using RTP RTSP will result in lower latency than strea...

Page 35: ...critical set TS Lowlat Mode to False 6 5 2 VLC Media Player Latency If streaming to the VLC media player latency can be reduced on the decode side by adjusting the network caching value By default th...

Page 36: ...rom the menu on the left and scroll to the bottom on the right side of the window to find the Network Caching ms value Figure 29 VLC Media Player Advanced Preferences 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions T...

Page 37: ...ress The default is pool ntp org NIST 5 Click the change button NTP is now enabled and your system clock will be adjusted Note The encoder will need to be on a network with a route to the specified NT...

Page 38: ...d if necessary click on the Stop button in the Channel Controls section 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 Reso...

Page 39: ...ngs will be entitled MOV1_ ts MOV1_2 ts etc c The default prefix provided is MOV1_ F_ T_ which will pull the current date in year month day format and time in 24 hour notation into the file name Note...

Page 40: ...at least a quadcore or 8 core PC If the PC is too slow frame skips and possibly video artifacts will be observed upon playback VLC should be version 2 1 3 or newer 6 9 Dual Stream and Record Dual stre...

Page 41: ...microphones 5 Set Audio Enable to False to disable encode of the audio input 6 11 Composite Pass Through The FV2K 1XA allows for the currently encoded content to be passed through to the Composite out...

Page 42: ...9 USA 1 402 323 0702 42 3 The output resolution can be adjusted in real time In the System Setup tab select the desired option from the Resolution and Source dropdown menu under the Display Setup sect...

Page 43: ...RL as follows 1 Find the IP address of the camera using Local IP Address field in the System Setup tab or the ZFinder utility described in Section 5 2 2 Type the URL into a Web browser as http IP Addr...

Page 44: ...upports real time camera adjustments remotely via the user interface The UART interface connector J5 connects to dev ttyS1 RS232 and dev ttyS4 RS485 RS422 RS485 is Half Duplex and uses the same chipse...

Page 45: ...Download Image 1 On load of the camera tab a live preview stream is started To stop the stream click the Stop button After clicking the Stop button to load a still preview image click the Load button...

Page 46: ...______________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 46 USR 0126 XX PTZ App Note Click to load a still preview image Stop and Start Li...

Page 47: ...era1 tab look for the PTZ box in the right column In the PTZ box click on the Presets tab 2 Navigate to your desired Pan Tilt position using the arrows in the Preview 3 In the PTZ box click on the Add...

Page 48: ...N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 48 7 4 2 Recall PTZ Preset 1 In the Camera1 tab look for the PTZ box in the right column In the PTZ box click on the Presets tab 2 Click on t...

Page 49: ...STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 49 7 4 3 Delete PTZ Preset 1 In the Camera1 tab look for the PTZ box in the right column In the PTZ box click on the Presets tab 2 Click on the red min...

Page 50: ...e PTZ box click on the Tours tab 3 In the dropdown box select the tour you want to modify 4 Click on the Add button 5 In the Preset column click on the select dropdown to choose an existing preset 6 I...

Page 51: ...3 Click the Run button 7 4 6 PTZ Relative or Absolute Positioning Absolute and Relative mode is changed on the Term Tab within the PtzTab section This setting is required to be changed manually to swi...

Page 52: ...to your desired Color Suppress settings 7 6 Sony VISCA Camera Control The FV2K 1XA leverages Sony camera technology Remote control of the camera video input is supported by Sony s VISCA protocol If S...

Page 53: ...o 1000 This value must match the Camera 1 VISCA TCP Port value listed in the term tab of the FV2K 1XA user interface 5 Assign a COM Port that is not currently in use on your system using the dropdown...

Page 54: ...nt with ONVIF Profile S and T 5 ONVIF is enabled by default ONVIF Clients should be able to discover the FV2K 1XA using WS Discovery 1 Open your ONVIF client program 2 Use ONVIF device discovery to fi...

Page 55: ...Changing Password for user admin ONVIF user management can be achieved through a tool such as ONVIF Device Manager Figure 51 ONVIF Device Manager page 1 Within ODM click on the camera in the Device l...

Page 56: ...zed until logged out of ODM and log back in again with the new username password 7 9 ONVIF Fixed Profile Support By default this Z3 device supports 2 fixed profiles for each Camera Channel this allows...

Page 57: ...the Max fixed profiles drop down selection 2 Then click on change you then be asked to reboot the system for the changes to take effect 3 The CH1 tab from this point is the designated tab in which ON...

Page 58: ...ecific configuration you d like to preserve you can save it so that when the FV2K 1XA is powered off and back on it automatically boots to those settings 1 In the preset dropdown menu located at the b...

Page 59: ...tem Setup tab or 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 encod...

Page 60: ...ettings available for each streaming output 9 You can return to the use of limited settings by un checking the Advanced Settings box in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset 8 3 Channel 2...

Page 61: ...__________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 61 Figure 62 PIP Configuration Note The PIP stream needs to be set to a resolution that is smaller th...

Page 62: ...e ROI checkbox ROI options will appear below the checkbox Including a screenshot from the video source 3 Resize and Drag the selection box to indicate the desired ROI 4 When satisfied with the selecti...

Page 63: ...you would like to have your PC set to a static IP address you will need to set your camera to a static IP address as well in order for it to be discoverable by ZFinder 8 6 1 Setup a Custom Configurati...

Page 64: ...6 3 Open the User Interface Using ZFinder 10 Run the ZFinder PC Utility on your Windows PC The ZFinder window appears ZFinder does a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems conne...

Page 65: ...k the Update device firmware button Note To disable the password requirement set the password to blank and click change 2 A Software Updater screen will appear Click Choose File and navigate to the so...

Page 66: ...de and Control PTZ 4 Operator 2 Currently identical permissions as Operator 1 5 User 1 Read non sensitive data View streams and settings 6 User 2 Currently identical permissions as User 1 7 User 3 Cur...

Page 67: ...to login Login with new credentials 8 9 Factory Reset The FV2K 1XA can be reset to its original factory settings using the pinhole reset on the right of the I O PCB of the unit Figure 70 Pinhole Reset...

Page 68: ...same settings except the password will be disabled 9 0 DECODE OPTIONS 9 1 PC Configuration for HD HEVC H 265 Decode Due to the advanced processing needed to support HEVC H 265 decoding at HD resoluti...

Page 69: ...9 USA 1 402 323 0702 69 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 De...

Page 70: ...2 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 bo...

Page 71: ...der When in H 265 mode the FV2K 1XA is compatible with the ZEUS DMD 4K also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information Figure 73 ZEUS DMD 4K Decoder 9 3 ZEUS SME 01 Decode Wh...

Page 72: ...ote 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 y z 8 8 8 8 Specifies the primary D...

Page 73: ...e for the camera to appear in the user interface New device Name Text box to enter desired device name Set Password Button Sets a password to limit access to the user interface New password Text box t...

Page 74: ...eo motion detect higher numbers are more sensitive Enable Too Dark Detect TRUE FALSE Enables Video Too Dark Tamper detection notification from ONVIF Threshold 1 100 85 Sets the percent darkness of the...

Page 75: ...resets 10 3 Users Tab The User tab is used to Add Remove Modify Users of the system See 8 8 User Management for details 10 4 The Status Tab The Status tab may take a few seconds to load after being cl...

Page 76: ...deo FPS Capture frames per second for video Temperature Status Sensor There are three temperature sensors lens FPGA chip and CPU chip Temp Celsius Sensor readings in degrees Celsius Parameter Options...

Page 77: ...nce 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...

Page 78: ...ons Zoom Slider Wide Telephoto Sets the camera zoom Optical only Checked Unchecked Sets whether to allow optical zoom only StableZoom Checked Unchecked Enable Disable StableZoom Video Standard Monitor...

Page 79: ...ab and PtzTab TermTab allows for the functionality change of Serial Port s defined on the Z3 hardware along with the default Baud Rate and TCP Port PtzTab allows for the ability to enable disable the...

Page 80: ...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 us...

Page 81: ...ROI Resolution Specifies the W x H of the ROI ROI Location Specifies the start X Y of the ROI ROI Image representation of ROI allowing move resize by user Rotate Enable True False Enables image rotati...

Page 82: ...Select True to enable refresh of the frame data gradually Video Bitrate RTP RTSP RTMP RTMPS and MP4 Only 2k 100M 2M Textbox for entering video bitrate For example 1M 1 000 000 bits per second 1000k 1...

Page 83: ...ulticast 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 Onl...

Page 84: ...le can be recorded if TS Lowlat Mode below is False Output Device Click this field to select the detected storage device for output file destination File Prefix MOV1_ F_ T_ Textbox to enter desired fi...

Page 85: ...Mbps for TS Lowlat Mode Must be set to False for stream to be compliant with ISO 13818 1 systems specification for transport stream timing Authentication RTMP RTSP RTMPS Only Disable Enable If authent...

Page 86: ...d 1080p 2MP 1280x1024 720p 1MP 480p 576p 1024x576 704x576 640x480 640x360 420x380 352x576 352x288 352x240 320x240 and 320x180 Follow input Follow input Generate encoder resolution based on capture res...

Page 87: ...Bitrate 2K 40M 2M Textbox for entering video bitrate 10 9 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs Parameter Options default in bold italics Description preset encoder any user defined profiles new...

Page 88: ...Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 88 Open Device Opens the HTTP based graphical user interface GUI Flash LEDs Causes status LED on the selected HE2K DCK 1...

Page 89: ...ter 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 76 Using the Command Promp...

Page 90: ...he FV2K 1XA 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 exam...

Page 91: ...ify 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 authentic...

Page 92: ...e application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the FV2K 1XA The following example code connects to the TCP socket of the unit and is capable of sending several VISCA commands to the...

Page 93: ...his 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...

Page 94: ...ing 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...

Page 95: ...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...

Page 96: ...tches etc Verify your computer is set to DHCP Try connecting through a wired Ethernet connection and turning off your computer s wifi Problem My FV2K 1XA appears in red in ZFinder The netmask of the c...

Page 97: ...n 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...

Page 98: ...imited 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 https z3technology com su...

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