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User Instructions 

 

Model Name: 

FV4K-DCK-1x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOC-USR-0127 -07

 

April 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.

 

 

Copyright © 2019 Z3 Technology, LLC. All rights reserved. 

 

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Summary of Contents for FV4K-DCK-1 Series

Page 1: ...egistered 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 th...

Page 2: ...6 2017 Original Document for FV4K DCK 1X SI 02 05 29 2018 Updated for 13 15 variants SI 03 09 12 2018 Updated Operating Temperature SI 04 9 14 2018 Removed CMOS and Cameralink reference SI 05 11 29 20...

Page 3: ...Stream RTP 21 6 3 Stream RTSP 23 6 4 Stream RTMP 25 6 5 Tuning for Latency 33 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions 35 6 7 Setting NTP 35 6 8 Record to USB Micro SD 36 6 9 Dual Steam and Record 39 6 10 Micr...

Page 4: ...265 Decode 62 9 2 ZEUS HE265 DEC Decoder 65 9 3 ZEUS HE4K 01 Decode 65 10 0 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 7...

Page 5: ...1 Tab Configuration UDP 19 Figure 15 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for UDP 20 Figure 16 Example of Video Streaming to VLC UDP 20 Figure 17 CH1 Tab Configuration RTP 21 Figure 18 Example of Encoded Vi...

Page 6: ...IF Device Manager Page 47 Figure 50 New Password prompt 48 Figure 51 Password change notice 48 Figure 52 User not authorized prompt 48 Figure 53 System Setup tab configuration 49 Figure 54 Channel 1 T...

Page 7: ...works dropdown 62 Figure 73 LAV Filters Configuration 63 Figure 74 Disable Hardware Decoding in VLC 64 Figure 75 ZEUS HE265 DEC Decoder 65 Figure 76 ZEUS HE4K 01 2160p30 Decoder 65 Figure 77 Term Tab...

Page 8: ...camera It is capable of accepting 4K video from the camera at 30 frames per second and producing IP streams that can be sent on a standard Ethernet cable The FV4K DCK 1X has one KEL connector for Sony...

Page 9: ...t 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 Easily mounts to tripods or mounting...

Page 10: ...d 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 sixt...

Page 11: ...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 Gi...

Page 12: ...______________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 12 1 RS 232 Serial Control 4 GPIO UART 2 Power Ground 5 1...

Page 13: ...ra may permanently damage the camera and the FV4K DCK 1X Figure 6 Camera Compatibility Warning Figure 7 FV4K DCK 1X Physical Block Diagram Cameras Not Included 1 Once received the FV4K DCK 1X assembly...

Page 14: ...onnected to the FV4K DCK 1X assembly via the MMCX Connector see 8 The KEL cable ordering part number CBL 0025 01 and the MCX to MMCX cable are sold separately Figure 8 Interface Front End PCB WARNING...

Page 15: ...the ring on the CBL 0033 01 to insure security Needle nose pliers will be needed to remove ring from MMCX to BNC cable Figure 10 MMCX to MCX with Ring left MMCX to BNC without Ring Right 2 Next locat...

Page 16: ...ology product on your network If you have not yet downloaded this to your computer you can find this program at Z3Stream com downloads 1 Verify your PC is set to DHCP If it is set to a static IP addre...

Page 17: ...r interface 4 Click on Open Device An internet browser window is opened in your default web browser for best results Firefox or Chrome are recommended and the user interface appears with the System Se...

Page 18: ...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 Cod...

Page 19: ...ndle decode of H 265 content at HD resolutions See Section 9 1 PC Configuration for HD HEVC H 265 Decode for more information 1 Open the VLC media player on your PC 2 Select the Media menu 3 Select Op...

Page 20: ...68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 20 b Dest_Port will match the value found in the Dest Port field in the Encoder tab The default value is 8600 c In this example the full network URL would be udp 192 168...

Page 21: ...utput 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 exam...

Page 22: ...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 1 Open the VL...

Page 23: ...utput 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 exam...

Page 24: ...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 L...

Page 25: ...n 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 i...

Page 26: ...is 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 ad...

Page 27: ...P 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...

Page 28: ...8 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 FV4K DCK 1X user interface For this example enter hevc4k 16 Clic...

Page 29: ...ion of the user interface CH1 tab or the Stop All button in the lower right corner of the screen of any tab 4 Verify the Output Resolution is set to 1920x1080 If a lower resolution output is desired s...

Page 30: ...tream setup documentation available in YouTube s online Live streaming guide for recommended bitrates for your resolution 11 Set Authentication to Disable as this field is not applicable to YouTube 12...

Page 31: ...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...

Page 32: ...ess 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 30 Facebook Live Stre...

Page 33: ...d 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 increa...

Page 34: ...1 402 323 0702 34 1 Click Tools on the main menu and select Preferences from the dropdown Figure 32 VLC Media Player Tools Menu 2 In the Preferences window that appears change from Show settings From...

Page 35: ...FV4K DCK 1X supports simultaneous encode into up to three different resolutions bitrates and output formats Each output stream can be set using a separate channel tab If the CH2 tab is not present yo...

Page 36: ...ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 36 Figure 36 Setting NTP 6 8 Record to USB Micro SD The FV4K DCK 1X supports writing encoded video to a storage device connected to the USB port in...

Page 37: ...er 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...

Page 38: ...itional 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 str...

Page 39: ...s 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 Dev...

Page 40: ...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 non powered non amplified microphones b MIC should b...

Page 41: ...to a TV or display monitor 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 C...

Page 42: ...o view a still image of the video being captured by the camera 2 Click Start on the camera tab to view a live preview stream To stop the stream click Stop button After clicking the Stop button to load...

Page 43: ...68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 43 7 3 Color Controls 1 Select from a variety of supported white balance configurations using the White Balance Mode dropdown menu 2 Adjust Color Gain and Color Hue using...

Page 44: ...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 FV4...

Page 45: ...___________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 45 Figure 47 Com2TCP Configuration S...

Page 46: ...port name to match the COM Port selected previously 4 Set the Baud Rate to 9600 5 Save these settings 6 Remember you may need to close and restart your camera controller application for changes to ta...

Page 47: ...DCK 1X on the network Note For manual discovery of ONVIF use the FV4K 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 you...

Page 48: ...list 2 Within IP Camera or the current identification of the camera section Click on User management 3 Within the User management section select the User admin and click on Modify Figure 50 New Passw...

Page 49: ...where only one camera is desired to be seen by an ONVIF VMS NVR This can be achieved by going to the System Setup tab and clicking on on Advanced Settings The clicking on Configure ONVIF within the D...

Page 50: ..._______________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 50 Start the encoding so the change is pushed to the Z3 device Figure 55 Save preset opt...

Page 51: ...wn 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 c...

Page 52: ...ower 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 av...

Page 53: ...Settings box 2 Click on the Save button 3 A pop up window appears with a message that the settings were saved successfully 4 Return to you channel tab to set additional encoding configuration paramet...

Page 54: ...Setup select True from the Channel 1 PIP Enable dropdown 3 A PIP Location dropdown will appear Select the desired location from the dropdown and click start Figure 61 Channel 2 PIP on Channel 1 Note...

Page 55: ...ts the overlay of a system timestamp on the video stream This is done via the Text Overlay feature on the encoder tab 1 Click on the CH1 tab and stop the stream with the Stop button if necessary 2 On...

Page 56: ...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 Configuration 1 The first step is to set up a custom configuration so that the...

Page 57: ...t up 5 You can return to the use of DHCP by checking Use DHCP in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset 8 6 3 Open the User Interface Using ZFinder 1 Run the ZFinder PC Utility on your Win...

Page 58: ...same network as the unit 8 7 Upgrade Firmware Firmware upgrades for the FV4K DCK 1X are available for download at Z3Cam 4K Z3technology com 1 In the System Setup Tab click the Update device firmware b...

Page 59: ...ovides the option to set a password to limit access to the user interface Note To disable the password requirement set the password to blank and click change 1 In the System Setup tab click on the go...

Page 60: ...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 driv...

Page 61: ...ss 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 networ...

Page 62: ...doesn t show up in ZFinder make sure you are connected to the same network you directed the encoder to connect to It could be that the password entered is incorrect If the encoder fails to connect it...

Page 63: ...alled and it is set as the default graphics processor 9 1 2 LAV Filters 1 Install LAV Filters if necessary 2 Navigate to the Properties and select the Video Settings tab 3 Verify the HEVC checkbox is...

Page 64: ...ayer v2 2 4 if necessary 2 Navigate to the Tools menu and select Preferences 3 In the Simple Preferences window find the Show settings section in the bottom left corner of the window and select the ch...

Page 65: ...EC Decoder When in H 265 mode the FV2K DCK 1X is compatible with the ZEUS HE265 DEC also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information Figure 75 ZEUS HE265 DEC Decoder 9 3 ZEUS...

Page 66: ...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 netw...

Page 67: ...0169 0x for more details reboot required Display Setup Resolution AUTO NTSC PAL Selects the desired resolution for Composite pass through output Source Primary Secondary Selects the desired source for...

Page 68: ...s to the hardware configuration of DCK may require a change to the FPGA config Most customers will not need change this setting Configure ONVIF Enable Disable ONVIF and contorl number of cameras to ad...

Page 69: ...being encoded Key frame FPS of key frames 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...

Page 70: ...Unchecked Sets whether the status tab will automatically refresh information 10 4 The Camera Tab Parameter Options Default in bold Description Preview Image Stream Load Button Click to view a still p...

Page 71: ...ra HLC level mask Slider to set the HLC Level mask of the camera Color Controls White Balance Mode Auto Indoor One push Auto Trace Manual Sodium Lamp Auto Sodium Lamp Fixed Sodium Lamp Outdoor Selects...

Page 72: ...Color Suppress off 1 2 3 Adjusts color suppress Note 1 Sodium Vapor Lamps High pressure sodium lamps are supported Proper white balance may not be captured for some subjects when using low pressure s...

Page 73: ...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 Unch...

Page 74: ...rts 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 a...

Page 75: ...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 Configura...

Page 76: ...e 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 differ...

Page 77: ...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 o...

Page 78: ...utput 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 ba...

Page 79: ...ophone 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 On...

Page 80: ...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...

Page 81: ...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...

Page 82: ...able 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...

Page 83: ...aiting 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...

Page 84: ...w 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 CH3 Defaults Paramete...

Page 85: ...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 Dev...

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 78 Using the Command...

Page 87: ...om the FV4K 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 th...

Page 88: ...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 auth...

Page 89: ...mple application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the FV4K DCK 1X The following example code connects to the TCP socket of the unit and is capable of sending several VISCA commands t...

Page 90: ...nts this 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...

Page 91: ...blocking 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 Fa...

Page 92: ...sca_send 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...

Page 93: ...etmask is 255 255 0 0 do the first two values of the IP address of the camera match those of the network and PC If the netmask is 255 255 255 0 do the first three values of the IP address of the camer...

Page 94: ...o in VLC RTSP Is the version of VLC version 2 1 5 or newer Are all firewalls on the network turned off Try connecting the PC directly to the camera without any routers switches etc Problem Video quali...

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