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HETM-DCK-21 User Instructions

 

 

 

DOC-USR-0202-01

 

 
 

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Z3 Technology, LLC 

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Figure 25 VLC Media Player Tools Menu

 

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In the Preferences window that appears, change from 

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Network Caching (ms)

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Figure 26 VLC Media Player Advanced Preferences

 

 
 

Summary of Contents for HETM-DCK-21

Page 1: ...red 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 or service n...

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 28 2019 Initial document SI ...

Page 3: ... CONTROL 15 6 1 Stream UDP 15 6 2 Stream RTP 18 6 3 Stream RTSP 20 6 4 Stream RTMP 23 6 5 Tuning for Latency 31 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions 33 6 7 Setting NTP 33 6 8 Record to Micro SD 34 6 9 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 40 7 5 ONVIF Profile S 42 8 0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS WITH TH...

Page 4: ...tup Tab 57 10 2 The User Presets Tab 59 10 3 The Status Tab 60 10 4 The Camera Tab 61 10 5 The Term Tab 64 10 6 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 67 10 7 The CH2 CH3 Tabs Channels 2 3 73 10 8 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs 74 10 9 ZFinder 74 APPENDIX A Finding the IP Address of Your Computer 75 APPENDIX B Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP 76 APPENDIX C Example Camera Controller Application 78 ...

Page 5: ... Camera s IP Address 21 Figure 14 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTP 21 Figure 15 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTSP 22 Figure 16 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming to Wowza Streaming Engine 24 Figure 17 Navigating to the Wowza Test Player 25 Figure 18 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Player 26 Figure 19 YouTube Live Dashboard Encoder Setup 27 Figure 20 CH1 Tab Configuration RTM...

Page 6: ...d Network Settings 47 Figure 45 Updating Device Firmware 48 Figure 46 Software Updater Screen 49 Figure 47 Creating or Changing the Password 49 Figure 48 Password Entry Screen 50 Figure 49 Display of Network Options 51 Figure 50 Example of encoder showing up on Zfinder application 51 Figure 51 Zfinder page showing Available Networks dropdown 52 Figure 52 LAV Filters Configuration 54 Figure 53 Disa...

Page 7: ...02 7 1 0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION The HETM DCK 21 is a H 265 HEVC H 264 and MJPEG video encoder designed to be a companion to the Sony 4K and HD block cameras It is capable of accepting HD or 4K video from the camera and producing IP streams that can be sent on a standard Ethernet cable The HETM DCK 21 has 2 KEL connector one for an LVDS HD connection or a 4K HDMI camera Figure 1 HETM DCK 21 Dimensions...

Page 8: ...s Micro HDMI passthrough 4K mode only 3G SDI passthrough o Additional Interfaces include Gigabit Ethernet 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 streaming o Compatible with CDN s including Wowza Streaming Engine YouTube Live and Facebook Liv...

Page 9: ...coded at different resolutions frame rates and bitrates Supported stream resolutions are 2160p 8MP 1440p 4MP 1080p 2MP 1280x1024 720p 1MP 480p 576p 1024x576 704x576 640x480 640x360 420x380 352x576 352x288 352x240 320x240 and 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 fra...

Page 10: ...250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 10 3 0 PACKAGE CONTENTS Figure 2 HETM DCK 21 Package Contents NOTE additional cables may be required to connect your secondary camera Contact Sales for more information about available cables and compatible cameras HETM PCB Assembly KEL Ribbon Cable 12V 1 Amp AC Adapter Optional Serial Cable Optional Gender Changer Optional ...

Page 11: ...chnology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 11 4 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 1 Reset Button 5 Micro HDMI In 2 HD Camera Kel Connection 6 4K Camera Kel Connection 3 MCX connector 7 RS 232 Serial Port1 4 Micro HDMI Out 1 For advanced debugging purposes only Not needed by typical users Figure 3 HETM DCK 21 Interfaces ...

Page 12: ...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 1 Connect the KEL ribbon cable to the Sony FCB ER8300 block camera Gold teeth face up 2 Connect the other end of the KEL ribbon cable to the Interface Front PCB Gold teeth face away from the PCB s WARNING Only use a Z3 approved KEL ribbon cable ...

Page 13: ...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 HETM DCK 21 appears as the Z3Cam 4K 3 Click on the Z3Cam 4K entry in the window to select it Th...

Page 14: ...NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 14 Figure 6 HETM DCK 21 User Interface System Setup Tab 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 ...

Page 15: ...esolution 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 ...

Page 16: ...____________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 16 Figure 7 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 17: ...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 18: ... 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 is available in the user interface See Sec...

Page 19: ... 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 20: ...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 is available in the user interface See Sec...

Page 21: ... 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 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 exa...

Page 22: ...50 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 22 10 Press Enter or click Play You will see your camera s video streaming to VLC 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 15 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTSP ...

Page 23: ... streaming Newer versions of the Wowza Streaming Engine support HEVC to use HEVC check the Use H 265 for RTMP checkbox 4 Under Output Setup select RTMP in the Output Format dropdown menu In the case that an encrypted stream is required select RTMPS Encryption requires a certificate to be set up on the Wowza Streaming Engine See Wowza documentation for details 5 Set Dest Address to IP_Address port ...

Page 24: ...ink green when streaming 8 If you have not already 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 16 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 ...

Page 25: ...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 26: ...26 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 HETM DCK 21 user interface For this example enter hevc4k 16 Click Start You will see your camera s video streaming to the Wowza server Figure 18 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Player 4 Audio and Video appear 1 Select Adobe RTMP tab 2 Type hevc4k for Strea...

Page 27: ...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 AVC for RTMP streaming ...

Page 28: ... 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 account and page if broadca...

Page 29: ...ect Take note of the Server URL and Stream Key for your session displayed on the left Figure 22 Facebook Live Streaming Dialog 4 Return to the HETM DCK 21 web interface and select the Ch1 tab Click Stop Ensure the Output Format is set to RTMPS 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 reads live ...

Page 30: ...E 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 30 Figure 23 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 RTMPS ...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 32 Figure 25 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 26 VLC Media Player Advanced Preferences ...

Page 33: ...00 ms frame skips 1000 ms no frame skips 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions The HETM DCK 21 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 you can create a second channel by clicking on the tab 6 7 Setting NTP The HETM DCK 21 has support for NTP to set the time on ...

Page 34: ... format Figure 30 Micro SD Connection 1 Connect a Micro SD card to the HETM DCK 2x Note The Micro SD drive must be formatted in either FAT32 VFAT EXT3 or EXT4 format 2 Return to the user interface and 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 Resol...

Page 35: ...ult 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 By default a limited selection of video encoding settings is available in the user interface See Section 8 2 Advanced Settings Mode for more information on accessing additional settings 8 Click on the Start button After a moment the encoder status will c...

Page 36: ...is sufficient space or no files remain This check for available space is performed when start is clicked and every time a new file is created 10 You can verify your recording by connecting the USB device to your PC and opening the newly created ts file in VLC media player Note 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 o...

Page 37: ...n 7 2 2 Using HETM DCK 21 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: ... interface and click on the Camera tab 7 1 Zoom 2 Use the slider or button to adjust your preferred zoom position 7 2 Preview and Download Image 3 Click on Start on the camera tab to view a live preview stream To stop the stream click the Stop button After clicking the Stop button to load a still preview image click the Load button To start the live preview again click the Start Button 4 If PTZ is...

Page 39: ... 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 39 7 3 Color Controls 5 Select from a variety of supported white balance configurations using the White Balance Mode dropdown menu 6 Adjust Color Gain and Color Hue using the sliders 7 Use the button options to adjust to your desired Color Suppress settings Figure 33 Camera Tab Preview Image Click to load a still preview image Figure 34 Color Controls ...

Page 40: ...ion supporting remote access and is available online 2 Launch the Com2TCP application 3 Set the Remote IP field to the IP address of your HETM DCK 21 This can be found using ZFinder or as the URL of the web browser with the user interface open 4 Set the TCP Port to 1000 This value must match the VISCA Control TCP Port value listed in the Camera tab of the HETM DCK 21 user interface 5 Assign a COM ...

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 HETM DCK 21 has been provided in APP...

Page 42: ...21 using WS Discovery 1 Open your ONVIF client program 2 Use ONVIF device discovery to find the HETM DCK 21 on the network Note For manual discovery of ONVIF use the HETM DCK 21 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: ... of 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 new...

Page 45: ...d settings by un checking the Advanced Settings box in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset 8 3 Encoder ROI The HETM DCK 21 allows for the encoding of a Region of Interest ROI in the captured video This allows the encode of only the region of the video you are interested in 1 Click on the Ch1 tab and stop the stream with the Stop button if necessary 2 Next to the Output Resolution dr...

Page 46: ...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 the right side of the page select True in the Text Overlay Enable dropdown 3 The Overlay Text text box will appear Add ts to the text box and click the Start button 4 The date and time will be overlayed on the video stream in YYYY MM DD HH MM SS format Note To use a dif...

Page 47: ...rable by ZFinder 8 5 1 Setup a Custom Configuration 10 The first step is to set up a custom configuration so that the manual networking settings will be used the next time the system boots up To do this see Section 8 1 Save Current Settings 11 Return to the System Setup tab 12 Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen 13 As soon as you select...

Page 48: ...inder does a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems connected to the network The HETM DCK 21 appears with your manually entered IP address 20 Select the Z3Cam 4K 21 Click Open Device to reach the user interface 8 5 4 Open the User Interface Manually 22 You can also access the user interface by manually typing your unit s static IP address into a web browser on any computer co...

Page 49: ...e update of firmware is completed it will return to the main menu 8 7 Setting a Password The HETM DCK 21 provides 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 button next to Set Password 2 The change password options appear Enter your desired password ...

Page 50: ...us 003 Device 002 ID 2357 010c If you don t see this entry the device you are using is not currently supported Contact Z3 Technology for support options 8 8 1 Initial Wi Fi Setup 1 Power down the encoder and plug the Wi Fi adapter into the USB slot on the camera Then power on the encoder The device will boot up and you will see the green indicator LED on the Wi Fi stick flashing 2 If there are no ...

Page 51: ...ZFinder application Select the encoder from the list click Open Device This will bring up the web interface Figure 50 Example of encoder showing up on Zfinder application 2 On the web interface click the Wi Fi tab to set up a network connection 3 To select the Wi Fi network to connect to click on the Available Networks dropdown If you don t see the network you are looking for click the Wi Fi tab a...

Page 52: ...e the browser window and connect to the network you selected on your PC Open Zfinder and look for your encoder If your encoder shows up you are done and can now use your encoder via Wi Fi If your encoder 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...

Page 53: ...requirements Nvidia GEForce GTX960 desktop or GTX960M laptop graphics card LAV Filters5 version 0 63 or higher VLC media player6 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 5 LAV Filters is an open source program that allows playback of video and au...

Page 54: ...08 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 54 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 55: ...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 56: ...r When in H 265 mode the HETM DCK 21 is compatible with the ZEUS DMD 4K also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information Figure 54 ZEUS DMD 4K H 265 Decoder 9 3 ZEUS HE4K 01 Decode When in H 264 mode the HETM DCK 21 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 L...

Page 57: ...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 58: ...once the desired selection is made in the Resolution dropdown menu to make real time changes Device Management Set Device Name Button Sets a custom name 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 to enter new password Password again Text box to r...

Page 59: ...emote terminal server Set ZFinder Enable Disable ZFinder support on unit Update device firmware Button Access the Software Updater to update the firmware on your device An image file of the desired firmware is needed Download device logs Button Extract a set of diagnostic logs that can be provided to Z3 in the event of an issue to be reported The resulting file is saved on the PC with the user int...

Page 60: ...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 i will appear if interlaced is being encoded Audio Status Channel The channel number 1 3 Codec The codec being used to encode audio for that channel Samplerate Audio sample rate Input Input AIC32 or HDMI Frames Number of frames sen...

Page 61: ...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 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 ...

Page 62: ...h Sets the HLC level of the camera 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 preset white balance WB modes Auto computes WB value output using color information from the entire screen outputs values using color temperature radiating from a blac...

Page 63: ...the camera is powered off Manual RGain Manual Only 0 255 192 Sets RGain value manually Manual BGain Manual Only 0 255 194 Sets BGain value manually Color Gain 60 200 100 Adjusts color gain Color Hue 14 14 0 Adjusts color hue 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 w...

Page 64: ...s allows the camera to be mounted upside down LR Reverse Mirror Checked Unchecked Reverses the camera images from left to right This allows the camera to be pointed at a mirror and show the correct orientation Camera Image Options Image Freeze Checked Unchecked Freezes camera image when checked High Resolution Mode Checked Unchecked Enabled camera high resolution mode when checked Image Stabilizer...

Page 65: ...e PTZ hardware connected via a RS 485 connection along with defining the device address being used on the RS 485 interface for each PTZ device both TCP Ports 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 available PTZ control Parameter Options default...

Page 66: ...ra 2 VISCA IR camera Off User RS485 PTZ FlexIO spare pins 9 11 Connect to Serial 1 Connect to Serial 4 Sets the function of the serial port The Connect to Serial X option will create a bi directional cross connect between this row s serial port and another serial port named Serial X TCP Port TCP port used for remote terminal server PTZ Configuration Type Absolute Relative Type of PTZ control expec...

Page 67: ...ncoder Setup Output Resolution 320x180 2560x1440 Follow Input The encode resolution If this resolution is different from the capture resolution 3840x2160 resizing will occur Follow Input generates the resolution based on the capture resolution Note 1 ROI Checked Unchecked Enables and disables encoding a region of video ROI Resolution Specifies the W x H of the ROI ROI Location Specifies the start ...

Page 68: ...Video Bitrate RTP RTSP RTMP RTMPS and MP4 Only 2K 100M 4M Textbox for entering video bitrate For example 1M 1 000 000 bits per second 1000k 1 000 000 bits per second 2 5M Not a Valid Format Frame Rate Full Half Quarter Sixth Used to encode at less than the input frame rate for example an input frame rate of 30fps with Half selected would cause an output stream of 15fps If interlaced input is used ...

Page 69: ...ge for AACHE and AACHE V2 is 32 64 Kbps Source MIC Line In MIC Select MIC Line In when using a non powered non amplified microphone Select MIC when using a powered amplified microphone 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 Only 0 8191 250 Maximum difference between the PTS and PC...

Page 70: ...tination port that the encoder is streaming to Aux File Enable RTP RTSP UDP TSRTP RTMP RTMPS Only TSFile MP4File None Set to MP4File to record the stream to an MP4 file For UDP or TSRTP mode a ts file 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 file...

Page 71: ...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 mixer to instead send packets out as soon as it receives them rather than buffering them This results in lower latency at the expe...

Page 72: ...lay text 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 th...

Page 73: ...n be set using a separate Channel tab See the CH1 Tab section 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 ...

Page 74: ...tton 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 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 Device Allows for manual edits to encoder settings Name Name visible in ZFind...

Page 75: ... 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 57 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 76: ...rom the HETM DCK 21 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 77: ... 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 78: ... application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the HETM DCK 21 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 79: ... 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 80: ...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 81: ...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 82: ...uter s Wi Fi Problem My HETM DCK 21 appears in red in ZFinder The netmask of the camera and the network must be compatible Does the netmask of the camera match the netmask of the network If the 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 mat...

Page 83: ...e the SDP file entitled z3 h265 he4k dck sdp H264 AVC video use the SDP file entitled z3 h264 he4k dck sdp Is Dest Port set to 5004 Problem I do not see video 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...

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