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HE4K-DCK-10 User Instructions

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+1.402.323.0702

6.2.2

Run VLC to View RTP Stream

An SDP file is needed to view an RTP stream from the HE4K-DCK-10 in the VLC media player.

If you have

not yet downloaded these files to your computer, you can find them at

Z3Cam-4K.Z3technology.com

Note:

Verify your PC is set up to handle decode of H.265 content at 4K resolutions. See Section 9.1, “PC

Configuration for 4K HEVC/H.265 Decode”, for more information.

(1)

Open the VLC media player on your PC.

(2)

Select the

Media

menu.

(3)

Select

Open File

(4)

Find and select the SDP file corresponding to the video codec you selected previously.

H265(HEVC) video: use the SDP file entitled “z3-h265-he4k-dck.sdp”

H264(AVC) video: use the SDP file entitled “z3-h264-he4k-dck.sdp”

(5)

Press

Enter

or click

Open

. You will see your camera’s video streaming to VLC.

Figure 12 Example of Encoded Video Streaming to VLC (RTP)

Summary of Contents for HE4K-DCK-10

Page 1: ... are 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 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 ...

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 07 27 2016 Initial document JC ...

Page 3: ...am RTP 17 6 3 Stream RTSP 19 6 4 Stream RTMP 22 6 5 Tuning for Latency 30 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions 32 6 7 Record to USB 33 6 8 Microphone Input 35 6 9 Composite Pass Through 35 6 10 Record Snapshot 37 7 0 CAMERA CONTROL 38 7 1 Zoom 38 7 2 Preview and Download Image 38 7 3 Color Controls 39 7 4 Sony VISCA Camera Control 39 7 5 ONVIF Profile S 42 8 0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS WITH THE HE4K ...

Page 4: ... Setup Tab 54 10 2 The User Presets Tab 57 10 3 The Status Tab 57 10 4 The Camera Tab 58 10 5 The Term Tab 60 10 6 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 60 10 7 The CH2 CH3 Tabs Channels 2 3 65 10 8 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs 66 10 9 ZFinder 67 APPENDIX A Finding the IP Address of Your Computer 68 APPENDIX B Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP 69 APPENDIX C Example Camera Controller Application ...

Page 5: ...n RTSP 19 Figure 13 Finding your Camera s IP Address 20 Figure 14 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTP 20 Figure 15 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTSP 21 Figure 16 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming to Wowza Streaming Engine 23 Figure 17 Navigating to the Wowza Test Player 24 Figure 18 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Player 25 Figure 19 YouTube Live Dashboard Encoder Setup 26 Fig...

Page 6: ...3 Figure 43 Accessing Advanced Settings 44 Figure 44 Default UDP Settings Left and Advanced UDP Settings Right 45 Figure 45 Saving Updated Network Settings 46 Figure 46 Updating Device Firmware 47 Figure 47 Software Updater Screen 47 Figure 48 Creating or Changing the Password 48 Figure 49 Password Entry Screen 48 Figure 50 Pinhole Reset 49 Figure 52 LAV Filters Configuration 51 Figure 53 Disable ...

Page 7: ... other compatible cameras Figure 1 HE4K DCK 10 Board Stack Dimensions 2 0 FEATURES Noise reduction algorithm for high frequency and high detail areas HEVC H 265 encode and stream up to 1080p at 60 fps H 264 encode and stream up to 2160p at 60 fps Encode modes of operation HEVC H 265 H 264 and MJPEG Low bandwidth low latency video encoding Simultaneously output two different resolutions from a sing...

Page 8: ...net PoE when present Operating Temp 5 to 50 degrees C at 20 80 relative humidity non condensing Storage Temp 10 to 60 degrees C at 20 80 relative humidity non condensing 2 1 Supported Resolutions Follow_input 2160p29 97 Resize to 1080p29 97 720p29 97 and 480p29 97 The HE4K DCK 10 supports simultaneous output of up to three streams encoded at different resolutions frame rates and bitrates Supported...

Page 9: ...250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 9 3 0 PACKAGE CONTENTS Figure 2 HE4K DCK 10 Package Contents NOTE additional cables may be required to connect your secondary camera Contact Sales for more information about available cables and compatible cameras HE4K PCB Assembly KEL Ribbon Cable 12V 1 Amp AC Adapter Optional Serial Cable Optional Gender Changer Optional ...

Page 10: ...C 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 10 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 HE4K DCK 10 Interfaces ...

Page 11: ... PCB of the HE4K DCK 10 assembly see Figure 4 has a 30 pin KEL connector that allows a flexible ribbon cable to be used to connect the encoder assembly to an identical connector on the Sony FCB ER8300 The KEL cable is sold separately ordering part number CBL 0025 01 WARNING ONLY USE THE CORRECT KEL RIBBON CABLE PROVIDED BY Z3 TECHNOLOGY Using an incorrect cable can permanently damage the camera bo...

Page 12: ...ed as the URL in a browser window to access the user interface 2 Run the ZFinder PC utility on your PC You may need to allow it past any firewalls or security programs on your PC The ZFinder window appears and completes a scan of the network ZFinder then lists all Z3 systems connected to the network The HE4K DCK 10 appears as the Z3Cam 4K 3 Click on the Z3Cam 4K entry in the window to select it Th...

Page 13: ...NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 13 5 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 7 HE4K DCK 10 User Interface System Setup Tab ...

Page 14: ...solution 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 address of your PC that will be running the VLC media player To determine the correct IP address of y...

Page 15: ...____________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 15 Figure 8 CH1 Tab Configuration UDP 4 Change to UDP 1 If necessary click Stop 7 Click Start 2 Verify is Follow input 3 Verify is H265 HEVC 5 Set to PC IP Address or Multicast Address 6 Note value ...

Page 16: ...ct the Media menu 3 Select Open Network Stream 4 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 in the user interface CH1 tab The IP address used in this example is 192 168 0 6 d Dest_Port will match the value found in the Dest Port field in the Encoder tab The default...

Page 17: ...output 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 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 Sec...

Page 18: ... Z3Cam 4K Z3technology com Note Verify your PC is set up to handle decode of H 265 content at 4K resolutions See Section 9 1 PC Configuration for 4K HEVC H 265 Decode for more information 1 Open the VLC media player on your PC 2 Select the Media menu 3 Select Open File 4 Find and select the SDP file corresponding to the video codec you selected previously a H265 HEVC video use the SDP file entitle...

Page 19: ...output 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 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 20: ...ceived 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 example if the CH1 tab is used z3 1 is ente...

Page 21: ...__ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 21 Note RTSP is only supported with VLC version 2 1 5 or later When encoding via RTSP any time the encoding session is stopped and restarted you will need to reopen VLC in order to view the stream Figure 16 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTSP ...

Page 22: ... this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 3 Set the Video Codec to H264 AVC for RTMP streaming 4 Under Output Setup select RTMP in the Output Format dropdown menu 5 Set Dest Address to IP_Address port application Stream_Name a IP_Address will be the IP address of the PC with the Wowza server In this example 192 168 0 6 is used b port will be the port number of the PC with the Wowza server...

Page 23: ...y done so install the Wowza Streaming Engine server on a PC on your network for details on configuring Wowza please see APPENDIX B Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP Figure 17 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming to Wowza Streaming Engine 4 Change to RTMP 1 If necessary click Stop 7 Click Start 2 Verify is Follow input 3 Verify is H264 AVC 5 Set to correspond to Wowza server information 6 Set t...

Page 24: ...me 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 12 Select live on the left side of the screen 13 Click Test Players in the top right hand corner...

Page 25: ...25 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 HE4K DCK 10 user interface For this example enter hevc4k 16 Click Start You will see your camera s video streaming to the Wowza server Figure 19 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Player 4 Audio and Video appear 1 Select Adobe RTMP tab 2 Type hevc4k for Strea...

Page 26: ... right corner of the screen of any tab 4 Verify the Output Resolution is set to 2560x1440 If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur Note As of the date of this document 1440p is the maximum resolution supported by YouTube for live streaming Consult YouTube s online Live streaming guide for supported resolutions 5 Set the Video Codec to H264 AV...

Page 27: ...e 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 6 4 3 Facebook Live 1 If you haven t already ensure you have an active Facebook accou...

Page 28: ...ternal Device Take note of the Server URL and Stream Key for your session displayed on the left Figure 23 Facebook Live Streaming Dialog 4 Return to the HE4K DCK 10 web interface and select the Ch1 tab Click Stop Ensure the Output Format is set to RTMP 5 Enter the Server URL minus the protocol header and stream Key as a continuous string in the Dest Address field In our example the full address re...

Page 29: ...NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 29 Figure 24 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 stream if desired and click Go Live at the bottom Your Stream is now active Enter Server URL and Stream Key Set to RTMP ...

Page 30: ...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 default To ensure smoothest playback and reduce loading on network set TS Lowlat Mode to False For applications where ISO 13818 1 constant end to end delay is required ...

Page 31: ...coln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 31 Figure 26 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 the left and scroll to the bottom on the right side of the window to find the Network Caching ms value Figure 27 VLC Media Player Advanced Preferences 6 5 3 Recommended Settings ...

Page 32: ... Notes RTSP CBR 4 Mbps 300 ms Best latency approx 400 ms no frame skips TSRTP CBR 5 Mbps 1000 ms 300 ms frame skips 1000 ms no frame skips UDP CBR 5 Mbps 1000 ms 300 ms frame skips 1000 ms no frame skips 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions The HE4K DCK 10 supports simultaneous encode into up to three different resolutions bitrates and output formats Each output stream can be set using a separate chann...

Page 33: ...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 Output Format dropdown menu 6 Click on the Output Device field to select your USB storage location This will automatically populate if a USB is detected 7 In the File Prefix textbox enter the desired prefix for your ts file name a When...

Page 34: ...reen and wait at least 10 seconds after stopping the encoding before disconnecting the USB storage device to ensure that all buffered data is completely transferred Note If less space is available on the USB device than the Max File Size specified in the user interface the oldest files will be removed until there is sufficient space or no files remain This check for available space is performed wh...

Page 35: ...ab 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 non powered non amplified microphones b MIC should be used with powered amplified microphones 5 Set Audio Enable to False to disable encode of the audio input 6 9 Compo...

Page 36: ...fy 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 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 bu...

Page 37: ...n 7 2 2 Using HE4K DCK 10 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 http IP Address of Z3CAM snapshot cgi Example if the camera IP address is 192 168 0 19 the URL to download a snapshot is http 192 168 0 19 snapshot cgi 3 The snapshot file will be downl...

Page 38: ...n the available options 1 Return to the user interface and click on the Camera tab 7 1 Zoom 2 Use the slider to adjust your preferred zoom position 7 2 Preview and Download Image 3 Click the Load button to view a still image of the video being captured by the camera 4 To download the image right click on the preview image and select the menu button option to save it Depending on your browser the o...

Page 39: ...te PC using the same IP connection that carries the video Control actions include zoom focus aperture and more To complete the following instructions a Windows PC with Com2TCP4 and your camera controller software downloaded is required 7 4 1 Com2TCP Setup 1 If you have not already done so install the Com2TCP application onto your PC For Windows 8 or above use v1 4 6 Com2TCP is an application suppo...

Page 40: ...hat is not currently in use on your system using the dropdown menu 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 HE4K DCK 10 If the camera is rebooted or power cycled you will need to reconnect COM2TCP on your PC COM2TCP does not automatically detect the dropped connecti...

Page 41: ... 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 HE4K DCK 10 has been provided in APP...

Page 42: ...10 using WS Discovery 1 Open your ONVIF client program 2 Use ONVIF device discovery to find the HE4K DCK 10 on the network Note For manual discovery of ONVIF use the HE4K DCK 10 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 default...

Page 43: ...ppear 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 this configuration click on the Save button 8 A pop up window appears to confirm th...

Page 44: ...f 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 up a custom configuration so that the advanced settings will remain visible To do this see Section 8 1 Save Current Settings 2 Return to the System Setup tab 3 Select your newly...

Page 45: ...Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol This is enabled by default allowing the camera to dynamically receive an IP address at startup The IP address that is assigned can be seen through using ZFinder If you prefer you can set your camera to a static IP address If 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 t...

Page 46: ...ot in order to take effect Click OK to reboot the unit Wait 45 60 seconds for the unit to boot up 18 You can return to the use of DHCP by checking Use DHCP in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset 8 3 3 Open the User Interface Using ZFinder 19 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 sy...

Page 47: ...the System Setup Tab click the Update device firmware 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 f...

Page 48: ...a password has been set it can be changed but the requirement of a password cannot be undone 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 passwor...

Page 49: ... 49 8 6 Factory Reset The HE4K DCK 10 can be reset to its original factory settings using the pinhole reset on the lower right of the rear interface panel of the unit Figure 51 Pinhole Reset 1 Allow the camera to boot completely 2 Press and hold pinhole reset switch until status light flashes yellow 3 Power cycle camera Once the boot sequence has completed the camera will return to its original fa...

Page 50: ...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 au...

Page 51: ...08 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 51 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 52 LAV Filters Configuration Verify is Set to your Nvidia video card Verify HEVC is checked ...

Page 52: ...ayer 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 Verif...

Page 53: ...Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 53 9 2 ZEUS HE4K 01 Decode When in H 264 mode the HE4K DCK 10 is compatible with the ZEUS HE4K 01 also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information ZEUS is a registered trademark of Z3 Technology LLC Figure 54 ZEUS HE4K 01 H 264 Decoder ...

Page 54: ...alue to take effect When in DHCP mode this field is not applicable Default Gateway 192 168 a b 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 a b c d 8 8 8 8 Specifies the primary DNS server to be used for hostname lookup when i...

Page 55: ...ed device name Set Password Button Sets a password to limit access to the user interface New password Text box to enter new password Password again Text box to re enter new password Must match previous field Set SNTP Button Click this button to access Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP configuration options Enable SNTP True False Sets whether Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP is enabled Time Zone A...

Page 56: ...____________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 56 with the user interface open Reboot Button Restarts the unit without the need to disconnect power ...

Page 57: ...ew seconds to load after being clicked Output Value Explanation Video Status CH The channel number 1 3 Bitrate Kbps Current target bitrate of encoder Actual Bitrate Actual bitrate being output by encoder FPS Current target frames per 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 ev...

Page 58: ...econd 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 4 The Camera Tab Parameter Options ...

Page 59: ... by clicking the Trigger button Auto Trace ranges from 2000K to 10000K Manual allows for manual set of R and B gain Sodium Lamp Auto auto WB compatible with sodium vapor lamps Note 1 Sodium Lamp Fixed fixed WB specifically for sodium vapor lamps Note 1 Sodium Lamp Outdoor fixed WB specifically for outdoors which is compatible with sodium vapor lamps Note 1 Trigger One push One Push WB Button One p...

Page 60: ... different from the capture resolution 3840x2160 resizing will occur Follow Input generates the resolution based on the capture resolution Note 1 Video 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 High Main Baseline The H 264 profile of the bits...

Page 61: ...e frequency The number of frames in each Group of Pictures GOP Audio Enable True False Select True to enable encode of audio from the powered amplified microphone jack Audio Setup if Audio Enable is set to True Codec ARM AACLC ARM AACLC MPEG2 ARM AACHE ARM AACHE V2 Codec to be used for audio encode Sample Rate 48000 Hz 44100 Hz 32000 Hz 16000 Hz Sample rate of audio Bit Rate 12 384 Kbps 128 Kbps T...

Page 62: ...SDP file for the receiver that corresponds to the video codec used TSRTP streams TS over RTP RTMP is only supported with H264 AVC selected as the Video Codec Dest Address 192 168 x y 192 168 0 6 The IP address of the destination of the encoded stream Dest Port 0 9999 8600 The destination port that the encoder is streaming to Output Device TSFILE Only Click this field to select the detected USB sto...

Page 63: ...rt stream Normally this value should be set to 1 25 video bitrate audio bitrate This can be set to higher values to allow leeway for times when many bits are needed to encode This can be especially useful for ensuring smooth playback at lower bitrates TS Lowlat Mode UDP TSRTP Only False True Selecting True causes the TS muxer to instead send packets out as soon as it receives them rather than buff...

Page 64: ...xt in pixels Channel Controls Stop Button Stop current encode session for Channel 1 Encode must be stopped in order for settings to be altered Start Button Start encode session for Channel 1 Delete Button Removes channel instance for encoding status Not running IDLE STOPPED RUNNING POLLING Current status of the encode process IDLE indicates no valid input data is present STOPPED indicates that the...

Page 65: ... for detailed descriptions of 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 2160p30 plus one 720p30 stream CH2 Default Parameter Options default in bold Description Encoder Setup Output Resolution 320x180 12560x1440 1280x720 Follow Input The encod...

Page 66: ...Parameter Options default in bold italics Description preset encoder any user defined profiles new preset The configuration file selected for use encoder Factory default settings Can also add more profiles by selecting new preset Save Button Click to save preset value to the selected configuration Stop All Button Stop all current encode channels Encode must be stopped in order for settings to be a...

Page 67: ...rk for Z3 Technology products Edit Device Allows for manual edits to encoder settings Name Name visible in ZFinder and top right corner of user interface useful when multiple units are on the same network IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Open Device Opens the HTTP based graphical user interface GUI Flash LEDs Causes status LED on the selected HE4K DCK 10 to flash red approximately 30 times This is h...

Page 68: ... 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 55 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 69: ...rom the HE4K DCK 10 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 Edit and then change Java...

Page 70: ... 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 successfully access Wowza If you are...

Page 71: ... application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the HE4K DCK 10 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 The example application code is as follows include stdio h include stdlib h include string h include assert h include fcntl h include time h include sys t...

Page 72: ... 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 73: ...cking 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 ar...

Page 74: ...isca_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 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...

Page 75: ...netmask 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 camera match those of the network and PC Problem The HTTP based user interface does not appear Is the Ethernet cable plugged in to the camera solidly Do you see the link light Are all firewalls on the net...

Page 76: ...eo 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 quality in VLC is poor H 265 HEVC Is the version of VLC 2 2 4 or newer for HEVC H 265 decoding Does your PC meet the requirements outlined in Section 9 1 Problem Latency in VLC is too high Is the network ...

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