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FV4K-1XA User Guide

 

 

 

DOC-USR-0268-03

 

 
 

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Z3 Technology, LLC 

 100 N 8

th

 ST, STE 250 

 Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA 

 +1.402.323.0702

 

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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.   

Stream Status

 

  Channel 

The channel number (1 - 3) 

  URL 

URL the channel is being streamed to 

  Frames 

Number of frames sent from encoder to channel since the beginning of encoding.  This can 

serve as a quick sanity check. (For example, you can click “Refresh”, count to 10, click 
“Refresh” again, and you should see an 

increase of around 600 for 60 frames per second 

content). 

Input Status

 

  Input 

HDMI1 refers to the captured content from the camera lens  

  Resolution 

Capture resolution for video 

  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 (default in bold)

 

Description

 

  Refresh 
Button 

N/A 

Click button to manually refresh information  

  Auto 
Refresh 

Checked 

Unchecked

 

Sets whether the status tab will automatically refresh 
information 

 
 

10.5

 

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 live preview of camera video in the user 
interface. Live preview will auto stop when leaving the tab.

 

Camera Focus

 

auto/manual radio 
buttons

 

auto 

 

manual

 

Sets manual or auto focus.

 

Focus Step Size 
(Manual Only)

 

1

-7

 

Sets step size for +/- manual focus buttons.

 

Focus Slider (Manual 

 

Used to set manual focus position.

 

Summary of Contents for FV4K-1XA

Page 1: ...registered 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 t...

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 08 22 22 Original Document...

Page 3: ...L 17 6 1 Stream UDP 17 6 2 Stream RTP 21 6 3 Stream RTSP 23 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 St...

Page 4: ...ecoder 70 9 3 ZEUS SME 01 Decode 70 10 0 SUMMARY OF OPTIONS 71 10 1 The System Setup Tab 71 10 2 The User Presets Tab 74 10 3 Users Tab 74 10 4 The Status Tab 74 10 5 The Camera Tab 75 10 6 The Term T...

Page 5: ...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 Video Streami...

Page 6: ...2TCP Configuration 52 Figure 51 Camera Controller Software Configuration 53 Figure 52 ONVIF Device Manager page 54 Figure 53 New Password prompt 54 Figure 54 Password change notice 55 Figure 55 User n...

Page 7: ...ilters Configuration 68 Figure 77 Disable Hardware Decoding in VLC 69 Figure 78 ZEUS DMD 4K Decoder 70 Figure 79 ZEUS SME 01 H 264 Decoder 70 Figure 80 Term Tab Configuration 78 Figure 81 Using the Co...

Page 8: ...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 and H 264 video in HD resolutions The Inpu...

Page 9: ...USB 2 0 Micro 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 st...

Page 10: ...olution 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...

Page 11: ...STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 11 4 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 1 RS 485 Serial Port1 5 Status Light2 2 USB 6 Composite Output 3 12V Power optional 4 Gigabit Ethernet 1 For advanced debugg...

Page 12: ...Sony camera 1 Connect the KEL ribbon cable to the Sony FCB EW9500H block camera Gold teeth face up 2 Connect the other end of the KEL ribbon cable to the Interface Front PCB label HDMI only Gold teet...

Page 13: ...used for Camera1 which is HDMI CAMERA ONLY and the second KEL connector labeled J7 is used for Camera2 which is LVDS CAMERA ONLY For configuration Option 2 connect the primary Sony FCB EW9500H HDMI c...

Page 14: ...CP by default If no DHCP server is available on the network a static IP address of 192 168 0 120 and a netmask of 255 255 0 0 will be assigned The IP address can be manually entered as the URL in a br...

Page 15: ...access the user interface 8 Click on Open Device An internet browser window is opened in your default web browser for best results Firefox or Chrome are recommended In the User tab you can change the...

Page 16: ...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 RUN...

Page 17: ...ntrol options refer to the FV2K FV4K and FSDI System Guide 6 0 STREAMING CONTROL This section gives step by step instructions on setting the FV4K 1XA to output and stream video using each of the outpu...

Page 18: ...n 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 the correct IP address of your PC see APPENDIX A Finding the...

Page 19: ...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 20: ..._______________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 20 12 Press Enter or click Play You will see your camera s video streaming to VLC Figure...

Page 21: ...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 H...

Page 22: ...ur Z3 account 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 play...

Page 23: ...a 4K 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 H...

Page 24: ...of your FV4K 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 your...

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 FV4K 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 FV4K 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: ...8 1 constant end to end delay is required but delay is not 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...

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: ...e Protocol NTP from the Enable Time Service dropdown 3 Select the desired timezone for the unit form the Time Zone dropdown 4 Enter an NTP server address The default is pool ntp org NIST 5 Click the c...

Page 38: ...esizing will occur 4 Select the Video Codec you would like to use for your video encoding 5 Under Output Setup select TSFILE from the Output Format dropdown menu 6 Click on the Output Device field to...

Page 39: ...g green Click the eject icon and wait for prompt The disconnect the storage device to ensure that all buffered data is completely transferred Note If less space is available on the storage device than...

Page 40: ...cannot be supported in low latency mode 6 10 Microphone Input 1 Connect a microphone with a 3 5mm cable output to MIC on the back of the camera 2 Return to the user interface and if necessary click o...

Page 41: ...te output while 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...

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: ...g FV4K 1XA URL 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...

Page 44: ...The Camera Tab for more details on the available options The UART interface connector J5 connects to dev ttyS1 RS232 and dev ttyS4 RS485 RS422 RS485 is Half Duplex and uses the same chipset for RS422...

Page 45: ...l preview image click the Load button To start the live preview again click the Start button 2 To download the image right click on the preview image and select the menu button option to save it Depen...

Page 46: ...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 47: ...N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 47 7 5 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 48: ...STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 48 7 5 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 49: ...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 50: ...3 Click the Run button 7 5 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 51: ...tton options to adjust to your desired Color Suppress settings 7 7 Sony VISCA Camera Control The FV4K 1XA leverages Sony camera technology Remote control of the camera video input is supported by Sony...

Page 52: ...o 1000 This value must match the Camera 1 VISCA TCP Port value listed in the term tab of the FV4K 1XA user interface 5 Assign a COM Port that is not currently in use on your system using the dropdown...

Page 53: ...nt with ONVIF Profile S and T 5 ONVIF is enabled by default ONVIF Clients should be able to discover the FV4K 1XA using WS Discovery 1 Open your ONVIF client program 2 Use ONVIF device discovery to fi...

Page 54: ...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 55: ...og back in again with the new username password 7 10 ONVIF Fixed Profile Support This section reflects changes for software version 2 36b or newer By default this Z3 device supports 2 fixed profiles f...

Page 56: ...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 57: ...ecific configuration you d like to preserve you can save it so that when the FV4K 1XA is powered off and back on it automatically boots to those settings 1 In the preset dropdown menu located at the b...

Page 58: ...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 59: ...uccessfully 8 Return to you channel tab to set additional encoding configuration parameters for your stream See Section 10 7 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 for more information on the advanced settings availab...

Page 60: ...le video 1 Start channel 1 from the CH1 tab 2 On the CH2 tab under Output Setup select True from the Channel 1 PIP Enable dropdown 3 A PIP Location dropdown will appear Select the desired location fro...

Page 61: ...ck Start to begin encoding Only the selected area will be encoded Figure 64 Channel 1 Tab with ROI 8 5 Overlay Timestamp The FV4K 1XA supports the overlay of a system timestamp on the video stream Thi...

Page 62: ...o 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 Configuration 1 The first step is to set up a custom configuration so that the manua...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...quirement set the password to blank and click change 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 yo...

Page 65: ...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 Currently identical permissions as User 1 8 Anonymous See limited sys...

Page 66: ...reset to its original factory settings using the pinhole reset on the right of the I O PCB of the unit Figure 71 Pinhole Reset 1 Allow the FV4K 1XA to boot completely 2 Press and hold pinhole reset sw...

Page 67: ...1 PC Configuration for HD HEVC H 265 Decode Due to the advanced processing needed to support HEVC H 265 decoding at HD resolutions a PC must meet the following requirements Nvidia GEForce GTX960 deskt...

Page 68: ...9 USA 1 402 323 0702 68 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 69: ...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 70: ...der When in H 265 mode the FV4K 1XA is compatible with the ZEUS DMD 4K also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information Figure 74 ZEUS DMD 4K Decoder 9 3 ZEUS SME 01 Decode Wh...

Page 71: ...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 72: ...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 73: ...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 74: ...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 75: ...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 76: ...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 77: ...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 78: ...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 79: ...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 80: ...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 81: ...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 82: ...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 83: ...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 84: ...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 85: ...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 86: ...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 87: ...Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 87 Open Device Opens the HTTP based graphical user interface GUI Flash LEDs Causes status LED on the selected HE2K DCK 1...

Page 88: ...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 77 Using the Command Promp...

Page 89: ...he FV4K 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 90: ...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 91: ...e application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the FV4K 1XA The following example code connects to the TCP socket of the unit and is capable of sending several VISCA commands to the...

Page 92: ...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 93: ...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 94: ...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 95: ...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 FV4K 1XA appears in red in ZFinder The netmask of the c...

Page 96: ...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 U...

Page 97: ...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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