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DOC-USR-0096-06

 

 
 

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Z3 Technology, LLC 

 100 N 8

th

 ST, STE 250 

 Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA 

 +1.402.323.0702 

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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 
interface open. 

Reboot Button 

 

Restarts the unit without the need to disconnect 
power. 

 
 

 

Summary of Contents for Z3-DME-10

Page 1: ...logy 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 names mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners Z3 Technology LLC i...

Page 2: ...fault Added ZFinder information Added KLV information Updates to Section 8 0 TA 2 0 0 01 03 2017 Updated screenshots to 2 0 0 Updated to ZEUS logo with registered symbol Added sections on recording to USB streaming in multiple resolutions RTMP and the advance settings mode TA 2 0 0a 01 11 2017 Addition of KLV compliance information to Sections 4 0 and 6 19 TA 2 23 11 30 2017 Added KLV Metadata Mul...

Page 3: ...e User Interface using ZFinder 14 6 4 Configure Encoder for Streaming UDP 16 6 5 View the UDP Stream in VLC 17 6 6 Configure Encoder for Streaming RTP 18 6 7 View the RTP Stream in VLC 19 6 8 Configure Encoder for Streaming RTSP 20 6 9 View the RTSP Stream in VLC 21 6 10 Configure Encoder for Streaming RTMP 22 6 11 View RTMP Streaming 23 6 12 Encoding SDI Video 25 6 13 Encoding Composite Video 26 ...

Page 4: ...00 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 4 8 1 The System Setup Tab 45 8 2 The User Presets Tab 47 8 3 The Status Tab 48 8 4 The CH1 Tab 49 8 5 The CH2 CH3 Tabs Channels 2 3 55 8 6 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs 56 APPENDIX A Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP 57 APPENDIX B Troubleshooting 59 ...

Page 5: ... for RTSP 21 Figure 14 Example of Encoded Video Streaming to VLC RTSP 21 Figure 15 Example Settings for RTMP Encode 22 Figure 16 Getting to the Wowza Test Player 23 Figure 17 Viewing Content on Wowza 24 Figure 18 SDI Encode Connections 25 Figure 19 Channel 1 Tab SDI 25 Figure 20 Composite Adapter Cable 26 Figure 21 Composite Encode Connections 26 Figure 22 Channel 1 Tab Composite 27 Figure 23 Crea...

Page 6: ...Interface Using New IP Address 39 Figure 37 Accessing Advanced Settings 40 Figure 38 Default UDP Settings Left and Advanced UDP Settings Right 41 Figure 39 Updating the Device Firmware from the Web Interface 42 Figure 40 Updater Screen 42 Figure 41 Insert SD Card for Firmware Update 43 Figure 42 System Setup tab configuration 44 Figure 43 Wowza Performance Settings 57 Figure 44 Wowza Security Sett...

Page 7: ...ly take video from any of those three sources and stream them to the web or internal clients PCs via UDP RTP or RTSP This system is also enabled with Zixi FeederTM This solution is ideal for applications such as low cost broadcast encoders low bandwidth video security satellite uplink remote monitoring and industrial applications The Z3 DME 10 provides immediate access to H 265 HEVC HD video integ...

Page 8: ...quickly generate a UDP RTP or RTSP stream to VLC how to stream RTMP how to tune for latency how to stream in multiple resolutions recording to USB storage devices and how to utilize Zixi FeederTM and Pro MPEG Forward Error Correction Encoding from HDMI SDI and composite sources is described 2 2 If You Already Have a System from Z3 and Need to Update the Firmware You can update the firmware via the...

Page 9: ... STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 9 3 0 PACKAGE CONTENTS Z3 DME 10 5V Power Supply BNC to BNC Cable HDMI Cable Composite Adapter Cable Serial Cable Gender Changer Note The serial cable and gender changer are included for advanced troubleshooting purposes only and are not needed by the typical user Figure 2 Package Contents ...

Page 10: ...or local storage and software update RS 232 serial port for technical configuration and control Measurements 116 x 115 x 24 mm 4 57 x 4 53 x 0 94 in Weight 397 g 0 87 lb 4 1 Supported Input Resolutions Encoder HDMI 1080p60 1080p59 94 1080p50 1080p30 1080p29 97 1080p25 p1080p24 1080p23 98 720p60 720p59 94 720p50 720p30 720p29 97 720p25 720p24 720p23 98 576p50 576i25 480p60 480i30 and 480i29 97 1080...

Page 11: ...DOC USR 0096 06 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 11 ...

Page 12: ...0702 12 5 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 1 Power Switch 3 SD Card 6 HDMI Input1 9 RS 232 Serial2 2 Status LEDs 4 USB 2 0 7 Composite Input 10 5V Power Input 5 3G SDI Input 8 Gigabit Ethernet Encoder 1 Supports non HDCP HDMI content only For example Blu Ray players cannot be used as a video source 2 For advanced debugging purposes only Not needed by typical users Figure 3 Front and Rear Panels ...

Page 13: ...oduct may differ from those pictured in this document 6 1 Set up the HD Source 1 Select an HD source with HDMI output Power on the HD Source Connect HDMI to a monitor Set the HD Source to 1080p or 1080i output If your source is a media player select the content you would like to stream If you see playback on the monitor you ve confirmed the source works 6 2 Connect and Power Up the Z3 DME 10 2 Con...

Page 14: ...eed further 6 Run the ZFinder PC Utility on your Windows PC The ZFinder window appears ZFinder completes a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems connected to the network In this case the Z3 DME 10 appears 7 Click on the Z3 DME 10 entry in the window to select it This will cause the Edit Device Open Device and Flash LEDs boxes to activate Figure 5 ZFinder with Z3 DME 10 Selec...

Page 15: ..._ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 15 8 Click on Open Device An Internet browser window is opened for best results Firefox or Chrome are recommended and the HTTP based graphical user interface GUI appears at the CH1 tab Figure 6 Z3 DME 10 User Interface CH1 Tab ...

Page 16: ...x1080 or Follow Input 12 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 verify Video Codec is set to H265 HEVC 13 Set Output Format to UDP 14 You can set the Dest Address to a the IP address of your PC that will be running the VLC media player in the pictured example 192 168 0 6 b or to a multicast address An example mul...

Page 17: ...er on your PC version used in testing at Z3 2 1 5 18 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 previously and 8600 is the value of Dest Port noted previously 19 Press Enter 20 You will now see video streaming to VLC Figure 8 VLC Open Network Screen for UDP Figur...

Page 18: ...23 At the CH1 tab verify the Video Source is set to HDMI using the dropdown menu 24 Verify Output Resolution to 1920x1080 or Follow Input 25 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 dropdown menu 26 Verify the codec under Audio Info is set to the codec you would like to use fo...

Page 19: ...th your system 29 Open VLC media player 30 Select Media Open File 31 In the file type dropdown menu select All Files 32 Find and select the SDP file corresponding to the video and audio codec you selected previously a H265 HEVC video AACHE audio use the SDP file entitled z3 netra_h265_aache sdp b H265 HEVC video AACHEv2 audio use the SDP file entitled z3 netra_h265_aachev2 sdp c H264 AVC no audio ...

Page 20: ... screen to stop any current encoding 37 At the CH1 tab verify the Video Source is set to HDMI using the dropdown menu 38 Verify Video Resolution to 1920x1080 or follow input 39 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 dropdown menu 40 Set Output Format to RTSP 41 Make note of ...

Page 21: ... mp4 where IP Address is the IP address of the Z3 DME 10 noted previously 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 DME 10 is 192 168 0 120 encode is being done from CH1 and unicast streaming is being done the user would type in rtsp 192 168 0 120 z3 1 mp4 Note VLC version 2 1 5 or later is needed for RTSP support 45 You will no...

Page 22: ... 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 Wowza server installed port refers to the port used on this PC application will need to match the application used in Wowza and the stream name is of your choosing For the pictured example enter 192 168 ...

Page 23: ...1 2 Run the Wowza Streaming Engine to View RTMP Stream 8 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 the port 1935 in this example 192 168 0 4 1935 This will bring up the Wowza home page Log in with your user name and password 9 At the top you will see four options Home Server Application...

Page 24: ...23 0702 24 10 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 DME 10 and click Start You will then see the content streamed from your Z3 product Figure 17 Viewing Content on Wowza 1 Select Adobe RTMP tab 2 Type stream name 3 Click Start 4 Audio and Video start to appear ...

Page 25: ... to the user interface 3 Click the red Stop button at the bottom of any screen to stop any current encoding 4 At the CH1 tab change the Video Source to HD SDI using the dropdown menu Though HD SDI is listed this selection supports up to 3G SDI resolutions 5 Verify your remaining settings are as desired See Section 8 0 for a detailed list of all options 6 Click the green Start button Figure 19 Chan...

Page 26: ...deo source 2 Connect the red and white connectors to the analog audio outputs of your video source 3 Connect black connector to A V In on the rear panel of the encoder 4 Return to the user interface 5 Click the red Stop button at the bottom of any screen to stop any current encoding 6 At the CH1 tab change the Video Source to Composite using the dropdown menu 7 Verify your remaining settings are a...

Page 27: ...______________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 27 1 Change to Composite 2 Click Start Figure 22 Channel 1 Tab Composite ...

Page 28: ...ools Preferences Show Settings ALL Input Codecs Network caching ms 6 15 Stream Multiple Resolutions The Z3 DME 10 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 16 Record to USB The Z3 HE1080 RPS supports ...

Page 29: ... to the same USB existing files with the same prefix will be detected and the new recordings will auto increment to the next number b By default MOV is entered This will result in a file entitled MOV0 ts on the USB Subsequent recordings will be entitled MOV1 ts MOV2 ts etc 7 Click on the Start button After a moment the encoder status will change to RUNNING 8 When your desired recording length has ...

Page 30: ...vice 1 Connect and configure the encoder Output Format to output UDP or TSRTP 2 When UDP or TSRTP is selected the Aux TS File Enable option appears Select True using the dropdown menu to enable an auxiliary ts file recording 3 The Output Device and File Prefix fields appear Follow the steps in Section 6 16 to connect your USB device and set these fields Figure 24 Channel 1 Tab ts File Encode 2 Cha...

Page 31: ...ll button in the lower right corner of any screen to stop any current encoding 10 Set Output Format to ZIXI 11 Set the Dest Address to address port streamid where a address is the IP address of the decoder b port is the port of the decoder c streamid is any stream ID or name you select for example 192 168 0 6 2088 z3 12 The Zixi percent overhead can be adjusted by entering a number between 1 and 1...

Page 32: ...e dropdown will become visible Change the value for FEC Enable to True 1 This will allow for setting the number of FEC columns and rows The default setting is 5x1 This is a medium level of coverage that will work in many situations The number of columns multiplied by the number of rows must be less than or equal to 100 so 10x10 would be an example of the maximum coverage Keep in mind larger number...

Page 33: ...e and KLV source settings 5 Set the desired PID value Most applications will dynamically find any PID with KLV The default KLV bitrate of 1000 bps is usually sufficient If a higher data rate is expected set the bitrate higher 6 Set the KLV Mode to SDI The other option is FILE which will take a binary file of captured KLV data as its source 7 With SDI selected a gv7601 device will need to be entere...

Page 34: ... to the rate of the device feeding the KLV metadata Our example assumes 9600 baud To use the RS232 port set int KLV Source to dev ttyAMA0 KLV has two multiplex modes and the DME 10 supports both Synchronous mode includes a timestamp in each TS packet while Asynchronous does not Choose based on the expectation of your decoder many support both The settings below reflect those discussed above Figure...

Page 35: ...E Z3 DME 10 7 1 Saving Current Settings If you have a specific configuration you d like to preserve you can save it so that when the encoder is powered off and back on it automatically uses those settings 1 In the preset dropdown menu located at the bottom of any screen select new preset 2 A text will appear Enter your desired preset name In the pictured example z3_config1 is used 3 Click ok Figur...

Page 36: ...es have been set in this configuration click on the Save button 8 A pop up window appears to confirm the saving of these settings is complete Click OK Note The very first time settings are saved may take up to 30 seconds This is due to some flash initialization which occurs on the very first configuration save 9 In order for changes to IP settings to take effect the unit must be re started A promp...

Page 37: ... static IP address as well in order for it to be discoverable by ZFinder To set your unit to a static IP address complete the following steps 1 First you will need to set up a custom configuration so that the manual networking settings are used the next time the system boots up To do this see Section 7 1 2 Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the s...

Page 38: ...occurs on the very first configuration save 7 2 1 Open the User Interface Using ZFinder 19 Run the ZFinder PC Utility on your Windows PC The ZFinder window appears ZFinder completes a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems connected to the network The Z3 SME 01 appears with your manually entered IP address Figure 35 Z3 DME 10 IP Address Shown in ZFinder 20 Select the Z3 DME 1...

Page 39: ... then open at the IP address of the Z3 DME 10 and you will see the user interface Figure 36 User Interface Using New IP Address 22 You can return to the use of DHCP by checking the Use DHCP checkbox in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset 7 2 2 Open the User Interface Manually You can also access the user interface by manually typing your unit s static IP address into a web browser N...

Page 40: ...do this see Section 7 1 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 you select your preset the screen will reload 7 3 2 Accessing Advanced Settings 5 Under Device Setup check the Advanced Settings box 6 Click on the Save button 7 A pop up window appears with a message that ...

Page 41: ..._______ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 41 9 You can return to the use of limited settings by un checking the Advanced Settings box in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset Figure 38 Default UDP Settings Left and Advanced UDP Settings Right ...

Page 42: ...coder on the USB drive provided with your system 1 In the user interface System Setup tab click the Update device firmware button 2 This brings you to the update image screen In this screen click on the Choose File button 3 This brings you to the File Selection Screen Navigate to the img file to update with and click Open 4 Click on Upload and Update 5 You will see screens stating that the image i...

Page 43: ...the Z3 DME 10 is currently powered off and has an Ethernet cable connected to a DHCP network plugged into the back panel 4 Insert the SD card with your update img file in the slot on the front panel 5 Power on the system and wait a few minutes for the new software to be detected and the system to update 6 While the unit is updating the status LED s on the front panel will be red Once the update is...

Page 44: ...coln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 44 Figure 42 System Setup tab configuration 2 Click on Choose File for Select SSL certificate and choose the crt file that was created 3 Click on Choose File for Select SSL Key and choose the key file that was just created 4 Check the Enable HTTPS checkbox 5 Click on change You can now access the camera via HTTPS ...

Page 45: ...eway 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 DNS Server IP 1 a b c d 8 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 DHCP Checked Unchecked Sets whether DHCP is used t...

Page 46: ...TE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 46 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 interface open Reboot Button Restarts the unit without the need to disconnect power ...

Page 47: ...50 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 47 8 2 The User Presets Tab Button Notes new Define a new configuration file Up to nine configurations can be created rename Rename a configuration file delete Delete a configuration file export Export current settings to a file import Load settings from a previously exported file reset Resets presets ...

Page 48: ...icture A small i will appear if interlaced is being encoded Audio Status Channel The channel number 1 3 Subchannel Always 1 in this release Codec The codec being used to encode audio for that channel Stream Status channel The channel number 1 3 URL URL the channel is being streamed to frames Number of frames sent from encoder to channel since the beginning of encoding This can serve as a quick san...

Page 49: ...lution 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 bitstream Generally High is used for 1080p or greater Main for D1 and Baseline for less than D1 Video Rate Control VBR CBR Selects the e...

Page 50: ...long with video Selecting False disable encode of audio 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 Target bitrate for audio encode The bitrate range for AACLC is 12 384 Kbps though 64 Kbps or higher is recommende...

Page 51: ...red for encoding with Pro MPEG Forward Error Correction FEC RTMP is only supported with H264 AVC selected as the Video Codec ZIXI causes streaming via Zixi FeederTM to a Zixi ReceiverTM compatible device 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 Aux TS File Enable UDP TSRT...

Page 52: ...e overall bitrate of the transport 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 i...

Page 53: ...ce type for the KLV stream currently only and SDI source or a binary file containing KLV data are the only valid sources KLV Source dev gv7601 0 Location of KLV source this will be a character device for SDI Mode and or a file for FILE Mode 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 ses...

Page 54: ...put Generate encoder resolution based on capture resolution detected Note 2 If input is interlaced then Frame Rate will divide the number of fields used This means a conversion to progressive is done This 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 fr...

Page 55: ...d CH3 tab If these tabs are not present you can create a them by clicking on the tab Only three channels are supported CH2 Default Parameter Options default in bold Description Encoder Setup Output Resolution 320x180 12560x1440 1280x720 Follow Input The encode resolution If this resolution is different from the capture resolution 3840x2160 resizing will occur CH3 Defaults Parameter Options default...

Page 56: ... use encoder factory defaults More profiles by selecting new preset Save Click on this to save selected values to the current preset Stop Stop encode Encode must be stopped in order for settings to be altered Start Start encode system status OK encoder status IDLE STOPPED RUNNING Current status of the encoder IDLE indicates no valid input data is present STOPPED indicates the previous encoding ses...

Page 57: ...om your 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 192 168 0 4 2 Click on Server in the top band of options On the left column click on Performance Tuning and then Java Settings Click Edit and then change Java Heap Size to Production Level and Java...

Page 58: ...ing and 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 specify Require password authentication for RTMP Publishing In this case Authentication on the channel tab needs to be enabled and a valid Wowza user name and password needs to be entered to successfu...

Page 59: ...eo in VLC UDP Does the IP address set in Dest Address equal the IP address of the PC running VLC Does the port number in Dest Port equal the value entered in the URL for VLC Was included in the UDP address for VLC Is the PC fast enough for 1080p decode on VLC Does the PC have enough DDR to handle 1080p decode on VLC Is VLC version 1 1x or later Problem Do not see video in VLC RTP One of the provid...

Page 60: ...rt please click the download device logs button in the GUI at the time the problem occurs and send the resulting gz file along with screenshots of the CH1 CH2 Status tabs to Z3 Technology Z3 Technology s Express Limited Warranty will be void if the label on the hardware bearing the Serial Number is removed tampered with or defaced You can view Z3 Technology s full hardware warranty at http z3techn...

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