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FVXK-13A-RPS User Guide

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FVXK-13A-RPS

DOC-USR-0264-02

December 28, 2022

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Page 1: ...s 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 app...

Page 2: ...______________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 REVISION HISTORY Version Date Change Note Author 1 0 04 22 2022 Original Document...

Page 3: ...PERATING CONTROLS 12 7 0 UART AND RS 485 PIN OUTS 13 8 0 THERMAL MANAGEMENT 13 9 0 UNTARRING AND BUILDING THE SAMPLE CODE 14 9 1 Making the Directory and untarring the RPS code 14 9 2 Preparing the Li...

Page 4: ...taneous Stream and Record 37 13 21 Encoding with Forward Error Correction 38 13 22 Encoding KLV Stream 39 14 0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS 40 14 1 Accessing the User Interface using ZFinder 40 14 2 Sa...

Page 5: ...____________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 APPENDIX C Support and Troubleshooting 61 Appendix C Support 61 App...

Page 6: ...o Streaming to VLC RTSP 29 Figure 20 Example Settings for RTMP Encode 30 Figure 21 Getting to the Wowza Test Player 31 Figure 22 Viewing Content on Wowza 32 Figure 23 Composite Adapter Cable 33 Figure...

Page 7: ...0264 02 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 Figure 47 Wowza Security Se...

Page 8: ...e FV2K 13A except for in a few specific ways The FV4K can encode up to 4Kp30 video while the FV2K is made for encoding 1080p60 video Also on the FV4K one of the KEL jacks J5 is made for an HDMI camera...

Page 9: ...L LVDS Camera Micro HDMI Composite powered line audio o Outputs Composite Micro HDMI o Additional Interfaces include Gigabit Ethernet USB 2 0 Micro SD Card and RS 232 Serial o RS485 alarm input and ou...

Page 10: ...s simultaneous output of up to three streams encoded at different resolutions frame rates and bitrates Supported stream resolutions are 4K FV4K 13A only 1080p 2MP 1280x1024 720p 1MP 480p 576p 1024x576...

Page 11: ...SD card Enabling Pro MPEG Forward Error Correction FEC Zixi Feeder or KLV data are also described 4 4 If You Already Have a System from Z3 and Need to Update the Firmware There are several options fo...

Page 12: ...02 323 0702 Figure 3 FVXK 13A RPS IOs 5 0 PACKAGE CONTENTS 1 x Z3 FVXK 13A RPS 1 x 12V1A Power Supply 1 x Serial Cable 1 x Null Modem Adapter 6 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 1 UART Connection1 5 Line level aud...

Page 13: ...hich contains the major I O jacks such as Ethernet and power jacks The system requires that heat is removed from the CPU chip on the module board and from the FPGA chip on the Application board and di...

Page 14: ...compiling sudo apt get install y cmake automake libtool yodl libmnl dev libmnl0 pkg config liblzo2 dev uuid dev libpcre3 dev libarchive zip perl python sudo dpkg reconfigure dash Then select No when i...

Page 15: ...to the root directory cd home z3 fv2k 13a AMB 2022_04_06 20220406 makeall sh Note Building can take around 45 minutes The outcome of the build process should be newly created image files in the image...

Page 16: ...uilt components ambarella rootfs Ambarella root filesystem build scripts ambarella unit_test Ambarella unit test application source code The Z3 applications are run by the systemd initialization scrip...

Page 17: ...10 5 scripts z3 img This directory contains the Z3 images for WebUI upgrade Filename Description z3 30 0139 upd img UPD image to upgrade SW via WebUI z3 30 0139 mfr img MFR image to upgrade SW via We...

Page 18: ...13 6 or 14 1 2 Click the Update device firmware button from the System Setup tab 3 This brings you to the update image screen In this screen click on the Choose File button 4 This brings you to the Fi...

Page 19: ...ed into the LVDS ONLY KEL connector on the FVXK 13A RPS it will destroy the FVXK 13A RPS and the camera This is also true if a LVDS ONLY KEL camera is plugged into the 4K KEL connector on the FVXK 13A...

Page 20: ...on numbers for your Z3 product may differ from those pictured in this document 13 1 Set up the Video Source 1 Select a 4K or HD source with non HDCP HDMI output in Z3 s testing the Brite View BV 5005H...

Page 21: ...ESS OF Z3 DEVICE z3 1 mp4 Within the command the vf tinterlace merge option is what tells ffplay what to do with the interlaced fields You may also use Z3 H 265 Decoder products to play back the H 265...

Page 22: ...communicate with the board the PC that you are communicating from needs to have the same first two parts of the IP address For example if the board has an IP address of 192 168 0 120 your PC would ne...

Page 23: ...g 1 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 2 In the CH1 tab verif...

Page 24: ...3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 Figure 11 CH1 Tab UDP Configuration 5 Change to UDP 1 If necessary click Stop 8 Click Start 2 Verify Is HDMI 3 Change to...

Page 25: ...player on your PC 2 Select Media Open Network Stream In the box type udp 192 168 0 6 8600 where 192 168 0 6 matches the values of the computer IP address or multicast address entered for Dest Address...

Page 26: ...tion to 1920x1080 or Follow Input 5 Select the codec you would like to use for your encoding Both H 265 HEVC and H 264 AVC are supported In the pictured example Video Codec is set to H265 HEVC in the...

Page 27: ...account 1 Open VLC media player 2 Select Media Open File 3 In the file type dropdown menu select All Files 4 Find and select the SDP file corresponding to the video and audio codec you selected previo...

Page 28: ...3 At the CH1 tab verify the Video Source is set to HDMI using the dropdown menu 4 Verify Output Resolution to 1920x1080 or Follow Input 5 Select the codec you would like to use for your encoding Both...

Page 29: ...address of the Z3 FVXK 13A RPS default 192 168 0 120 ch is 1 for CH1 and m is added if a multicast address is being streamed For example if the IP address of the Z3 FVXK 13A RPS is the default value...

Page 30: ...any tab 3 At the CH1 Tab set Output Format to RTMP 4 The Dest Address textbox should be formatted as IP_address port application stream_name where the IP address is the address of the PC with the Wow...

Page 31: ...wza Streaming Engine to View RTMP Stream 1 Go to a PC that is on the same network as the Wowza server and open a web browser in this example FireFox is used Type in the URL of the Wowza server with th...

Page 32: ...0702 3 You should see the Test Players popup screen Select the Adobe RTMP tab change the Stream name to 1080 should match the directory you are streaming to in the Z3 MVE 250 and click Start You will...

Page 33: ...the red and white connectors to the analog audio outputs of your video source 3 Connect black connector to A V In on the RPS 4 Return to the user interface 5 If necessary click on the Stop button in t...

Page 34: ...erify the unit is currently encoding and streaming to the VLC media player 2 In VLC click on Tools and select Codec Information 3 Select the Statistics tab In this tab you can see the current video au...

Page 35: ...250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 7 Enter B for the Update Bitrate option and press enter to set the new bitrate 8 You will see the quality of the encoded video in VLC change and the video...

Page 36: ...onnected to the Micro SD card in ts or mp4 file format 1 Insert a microSD card into the microSD slot on the front of the unit Note The microSD card must be formatted in either FAT32 VFAT EXT3 or EXT4...

Page 37: ...ote The PC should be 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 13 20 Simultane...

Page 38: ...g the Output Format the FEC Enable dropdown will become visible Change the value for FEC Enable to True 5 This will allow for setting the number of FEC columns and rows The default setting is 5x1 This...

Page 39: ...TRUE from the KLV Enable drop down This will reveal the KLV Pid KLV Bitrate KLV Mode and KLV source settings 4 Set the desired PID value Most applications will dynamically find any PID with KLV The de...

Page 40: ...n of all Z3 systems connected to the network In this case the Z3 FVXK 13A RPS appears 3 Click on the Z3 FVXK 13A RPS entry in the window to select it This will cause the Edit Device Open Device and Fl...

Page 41: ...et dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen 5 As soon as you select a new preset the screen will reload 6 Change your desired settings 7 Once your changes have been set in this configuration click on...

Page 42: ...le To do this see Section 14 2 Saving Current Settings 2 Return to the System Setup tab 3 Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen 4 As soon as...

Page 43: ...______ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 5 You can return to the use of limited settings by un checking the Advanced Settings box in the System Setup tab...

Page 44: ...n so that the manual networking settings are used the next time the system boots up To do this see Section 14 2 2 Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of...

Page 45: ...s up reminding the user that for changes to IP Address Netmask Gateway to take effect a reboot is required and asking if a reboot is desired Click Ok and then Ok to the Are you sure window after that...

Page 46: ...6 or 14 1 9 Click the Update device firmware button from the System Setup tab 10 This brings you to the update image screen In this screen click on the Choose File button 11 This brings you to the Fil...

Page 47: ...e both supported Full release image bst_bld_kernel_lnx_release bin you can extract it from the SW ASx yyyy zz_FV2K 13A images tar bz2 Terminal emulator minicom for Linux TeraTerm PuTTY for Windows 15...

Page 48: ...re Find button and navigate to the bst_bld_kernel_lnx_release bin file 4 Power off the Z3 30 0139 30 0141 board Make sure all cables are disconnected from the Z3 board at this time 5 Connect the USB t...

Page 49: ...508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 8 Connect the 2 5mm serial cable to the serial console port Set up your terminal emulator for 115200 baud N81 9 Click on the blue download button The programming process sh...

Page 50: ...USR 0264 02 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 Figure 43 Programmed A...

Page 51: ...8 8 8 Used to specify the DNS server for hostname lookup when in static IP mode DNS Server IP 2 e f g h 8 8 4 4 Used to specify the secondary DNS server for hostname lookup when in static IP mode Use...

Page 52: ...r second of encoder Actual FPS Actual frames per second 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 e...

Page 53: ...Codec H265 HEVC H264 AVC MJPEG Selects the codec used for compression of the output video stream MJPEG is only available when RTP or RTSP are selected as the Output format Video Profile H264 AVC Only...

Page 54: ...e bitrate range for AACHE and AACHE V2 is 32 64 Kbps Rtp Port RTP Only 0 9999 8700 Destination port for RTP audio Pid UDP TSRTP TSFILE ZIXI Only 0 8191 120 Audio PID for transport stream Max PTS PCR U...

Page 55: ...x to enter desired file name for ts file Entered text will be followed by a number starting with zero in the recorded file name Max File Size TSFILE Aux TS File Only 1024M Sets the file size at which...

Page 56: ...True allows for entering valid Zixi user credentials User ID ZIXI Only Allows for entering valid Zixi user ID Zixi Overhead ZIXI Only 1 100 Adjust Zixi percent overhead KLV Enable True False Enables...

Page 57: ...s method allows for a reduction in bits needed processing power without introducing extra jerkiness when there is motion in the video For example if the input is 1080i at 60 fields per second 30 frame...

Page 58: ...lution 3840x2160 resizing will occur Video Bitrate 2K 40M 2M Textbox for entering video bitrate 16 6 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs Parameter Options default in bold Notes preset encoder a...

Page 59: ...ur encoder the following steps are needed 1 Log in to the Wowza Streaming Engine Manager Home page by typing http localhost 8088 where localhost is the IP address of the server in this User s Guide 19...

Page 60: ...nd RTSP Publishing are both set to Open and Client Restrictions is set to No client restrictions Then click Save The Wowza server is now configured to work with your Z3 encoder Note You can also speci...

Page 61: ...tc Can the PC and target board see each other on the network Try pinging the encoder IP address from the PC Try pinging the PC from the encoder Problem Do not see video in VLC UDP Does the IP address...

Page 62: ...5E920F5C65 Repo Maintainer repo android kernel org not changed gpg key 67B7E448692B382C public key Conley Owens cco3 android com imported gpg Total number processed 2 gpg imported 1 gpg unchanged 1 Ge...

Page 63: ...in _ConfigureUser name self _Prompt Your Name mp UserName File home z3 workspace SW Q01 01015 08 z3 QCS SW Q01 01015 08 20210301 codeaurora repo repo project py line 650 in UserName self _LoadUserIden...

Page 64: ...anty 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 support warra...

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