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DOC-USR-0056-09

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Z3 Technology, LLC

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100 N 8

ST, STE 250

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Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA

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+1.402.323.0702

4.0

FEATURES

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Encode up to 3840 x 2160 at 30fps H.264 + AAC

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29.97, 25, 24 and 23.98fps capture also supported

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Output to MPEG-2 TS, RTP or RTMP stream through GigE Ethernet

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Supports simultaneous encode of a single 4K source into two different resolutions

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Supports camera control via USB connection, including VISCA protocol compatible cameras

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Multicast or Unicast streaming

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Optional output to TS file on USB or SATA2

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Bitrate and frame rate changes without stopping/restarting encoder

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HTTP-based configuration software for user-friendly configuration, control, and update

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Operating temperature: 0 to 40 degrees C at 20-80% relative humidity

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Storage temperature: -10 to 65 degrees C at 20-80% relative humidity

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Measurements: 145 x 130 x 34 mm (5.71 x 5.12 x 1.34 in)

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Weight: 608 g (1.34 lb)

Supported Single Stream Encode Resolutions

4.1

HDMI:

2160p30, 2160p29.97, 2160p25, 1080p30, 1080i30, 1080i29.97, 1080i25, 720p60,
720p59.94, 720p50, 720p30, 720p29.97, 720p25, 576p50, 576i25, 480p60, 480i30, and
480i29.97

Supported Multi-Stream Encode Resolutions (Optional Upgrade)

4.2

The Z3-HE4K-01 is also available with a software upgrade that supports simultaneous encode of a single

4K source into two different resolutions and bitrates. Supported simultaneous stream encode
resolutions:

HDMI:

2160p30 and 720p30

2160p29.97 and 720p29.97

2160p25 and 720p25

Supported Decode Resolutions

4.3

HDMI:

2160p30, 2160p29.97, 2160p25, 1080p30, 1080i30, 1080i29.97, 1080i25, 720p60,
720p59.94, 720p50, 576p50 and 480p60

Software upgrade available. Contact Z3 for more information.

Only SATA2 drives are supported.

Summary of Contents for Z3-HE4K-01

Page 1: ...6 Z3 Technology LLC All rights reserved This document contains proprietary and confidential 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 Technology LLC incorporates HDMI technology The terms of HDMI and HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface and the HDM...

Page 2: ...s Available Added Appendix A on Troubleshooting Updated screenshots Made document more robust RC 2 01 47 03 27 2015 Added Supported Resolutions Latency DHCP support sections Added Decode information in Section 7 0 and RTMP Streaming in Section 8 0 KA 2 01 47a 07 20 2015 Added SATA2 note KA 2 01 47b 12 17 2015 Formatting updates Added Section 9 4 Saving to File Corrected Video Bitrate range Updated...

Page 3: ...TTING STARTED AND RUNNING THE ENCODER 10 Prepare the 4K Source 10 6 1 Connect and Power Up the Z3 HE4K 01 10 6 2 Access the User Interface using ZFinder 11 6 3 Streaming UDP 12 6 4 Streaming RTP 15 6 5 Tuning for Latency 18 6 6 7 0 STREAMING RTMP 19 Connect the Encoder 19 7 1 Configure for RTMP Streaming 19 7 2 Set Up the Wowza Server 20 7 3 Start the Encode 20 7 4 View the Content on Wowza 20 7 5...

Page 4: ...e 3 Encode Connections for Z3 HE4K 01 10 Figure 4 Power On the Z3 HE4K 01 11 Figure 5 ZFinder with Z3 HE4K 01 Selected 11 Figure 6 System Setup Tab 12 Figure 7 Channel 1 Configuration Screen UDP 13 Figure 8 VLC Open Network Screen for UDP 14 Figure 9 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC UDP 14 Figure 10 Channel 1 Configuration Screen RTP 15 Figure 11 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTP 16 Figur...

Page 5: ...Setting a Static IP Address within a User Preset 28 Figure 29 User Interface Using New IP Address 29 Figure 30 Updating the Device Firmware 30 Figure 31 Selecting Set Password 31 Figure 32 Changing the Password 31 Figure 33 Password Entry Screen 32 Figure 34 Configuring the Encoder to Write to File 33 Figure 35 USB Connection for Camera Control 35 Figure 36 Term Tab Settings for USB1 Camera Connec...

Page 6: ...e information 2 0 QUICK START GUIDE If You Have Received a System from Z3 with the Software Preloaded 2 1 To start working with the encoder you can go straight to Section 6 0 GETTING STARTED AND RUNNIG THE ENCODER on page 10 This section describes how to quickly stream 4K through the Ethernet via UDP or RTP Adding password protection is described in Section 9 4 Using the Password Feature on page 3...

Page 7: ...NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 7 3 0 PACKAGE CONTENTS Z3 HE4K 01 12V Power Supply HDMI Cable Serial Cable Gender Changer Note The HDMI cable is an HDMI 1 4 cable This is required for 4K support Note The serial cable and gender changer are included for advanced troubleshooting purposes only and are not needed by the typical user Figure 1 Package Contents ...

Page 8: ...rature 0 to 40 degrees C at 20 80 relative humidity Storage temperature 10 to 65 degrees C at 20 80 relative humidity Measurements 145 x 130 x 34 mm 5 71 x 5 12 x 1 34 in Weight 608 g 1 34 lb Supported Single Stream Encode Resolutions 4 1 HDMI 2160p30 2160p29 97 2160p25 1080p30 1080i30 1080i29 97 1080i25 720p60 720p59 94 720p50 720p30 720p29 97 720p25 576p50 576i25 480p60 480i30 and 480i29 97 Supp...

Page 9: ...h 2 Status LED s 3 RS 232 Serial Port3 4 HDMI Input4 5 HDMI Output 6 Gigabit Ethernet 3 For advanced troubleshooting purposes only Not needed by typical users Please contact Z3 to activate serial functionality 4 Supports Non HDCP content only For example a Blu Ray player cannot be used as a video source 7 2x USB 2 0 Top USB1 Bot USB2 8 SATA2 9 12V Power FRONT PANEL REAR PANEL Figure 2 Front and Re...

Page 10: ...o supported If you are using a VISCA or other camera control protocol compatible camera see Section 9 6 for information on camera control via the Z3 HE4K 01 Connect and Power Up the Z3 HE4K 01 6 2 2 Connect the HDMI1 4 cable from your video source to HDMI In on the back of the unit 3 Connect an Ethernet cable from Ethernet on the back of the unit to a switch router or other DHCP server on the same...

Page 11: ...it will appear in red and you will be unable to proceed 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 HE4K 01 appears 7 Click on the Z3 HE4K 01 entry in the window This will cause the Edit Device Open Device and Flash LEDs boxes to activ...

Page 12: ...ltraHD from the dropdown menu 10 Click on the CH1 tab to bring up the channel 1 encoder settings Streaming UDP 6 4 11 On the CH1 tab change Output Format to UDP 12 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 multicast address would be 225 1 2 3 If you are on a shared network...

Page 13: ...NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 13 Enable to False for the best performance 15 Click start 16 After your changes the CH1 tab should have the following settings Figure 7 Channel 1 Configuration Screen UDP 1 Change Output Format to UDP 2 Change Dest Address to IP address of PC or multicast address 3 Change Dest Port to 5004 4 Set to True for audio support ...

Page 14: ...n used by Z3 2 1 5 18 Select Media Open Network Stream In the box type udp 192 168 0 6 5004 where 192 168 0 6 matches the values of the computer IP address or multicast address entered for Dest Address previously and 5004 is the value of Dest Port noted previously 19 Press Play 20 You will now see your 4K video streaming to VLC Figure 9 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC UDP Figure 8 VLC Open Ne...

Page 15: ...interface click the stop button to stop any previous encoding in progress 22 In the CH1 tab change Output Format to RTP 23 Change Dest Address to the IP address of the PC running VLC or a multicast address the pictured example is 192 168 0 6 24 Click on the start button to begin encoding Figure 10 Channel 1 Configuration Screen RTP 1 Change Output Format to RTP 2 Change Dest Address to IP address ...

Page 16: ... Z3 HE4K 01 and name is z3 1 for unicast streaming and z3 1m for multicast streaming In the pictured example the IP address of the Z3 HE4K 01 is a static IP address value of 192 168 81 68 and unicast streaming is being done The user would type in rtsp 192 168 81 68 z3 1 mp4 You can find the IP address of your encoder as the URL in your open web browser or by using ZFinder Figure 11 VLC Open Networ...

Page 17: ...__________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 17 27 Click Play 28 You will then see RTP video streaming on VLC Note VLC Version 2 1 5 or higher is needed for RTSP support Figure 13 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTP ...

Page 18: ...e accordingly To minimize latency this value should be set to the lowest possible value The lowest value Z3 recommends is 100 Figure 14 shows the suggested values for Maximum Delay for three common use cases Maximum Delay Case 1 Highest Quality Highest Latency 3000 Case 2 Good Quality Standard Latency 2000 Case 3 Normal Quality Lowest Latency 100 Figure 14 Tuning for Various Use Cases RTP offers l...

Page 19: ...nect the Encoder 7 1 1 Follow steps 1 10 in Section 6 0 to connect the Z3 HE4K 01 for encode and bring up the encoder user interface Configure for RTMP Streaming 7 2 2 Click on the CH1 tab 3 Set Output Format to RTMP using the dropdown menu 4 For Dest Address type 192 168 0 2 1935 live 4k where a 192 168 0 2 is the IP address of the PC with the Wowza server b 1935 is the PC port c live matches the...

Page 20: ...a 7 5 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 8088 in this example 192 168 0 2 8088 This will bring up the Wowza home page Log in with your valid user name and password 9 At the top you will see four options Home Server Applications and Help Click on Applications and select...

Page 21: ...02 323 0702 21 10 The Test Players popup screen will appear Select the Adobe HDS tab change the Stream name to 4k This will need to match the value entered in the encoder user interface and click Start You will then see the content streamed from the Z3 HE4K 01 Figure 17 Viewing Z3 HE4K 01 Content on Wowza 1 Select Adobe HDS tab 3 Click Start 4 Audio and Video appear 2 Type 4k ...

Page 22: ...ltiple units you can also connect one unit in encode mode to a second unit in decode mode for an end to end solution 1 Connect an HDMI 1 4 cable to HDMI Out on the back of the unit Connect the other end to a 4K monitor 2 Connect an Ethernet cable from Ethernet on the back of the unit to a switch router or other DHCP server on the same network as your Windows PC 3 Connect a USB 3 0 drive with the c...

Page 23: ...Mode 8 2 6 Select Decoder from the Operating Mode dropdown menu in the lower right corner of the screen 7 Once you do this the System Setup tab will appear with decode settings 8 Changes cannot be saved to the factory default preset At the bottom of the screen select serial_menu from the preset dropdown menu Figure 19 System Setup Tab Change to Decoder Figure 20 Changing a Preset Change to serial_...

Page 24: ...ffect appears Click on Ok Note The very first time this is done it can take up to 15 seconds for this window to appear 11 Power off the unit and power it back on 12 After the green ready light remains on use ZFinder to access the user interface again The unit will have booted to decoder mode with the serial_menu preset used Note It is important to retype the IP address or to refresh the browser or...

Page 25: ...a1 4kdemo ts where media sda1 provides the path to the USB1 port and 4kdemo ts matches the file name of the encoded content on the USB drive 16 Click the start button to begin decoding Your decoded 4K video will appear on the 4K monitor Changing Back to Encoder Mode 8 3 To return to encoder mode stop any currently running decoding and repeat the steps in Section 8 2 after selecting Encoder UltraHD...

Page 26: ...serve you can save it so that when the Z3 HE4K 01 is powered off and back on it automatically uses those settings 1 Click on the User Presets tab 1 Click on the new button 2 This brings up a new text box to enter the preset name For this example type z3_config1 and click ok 3 Return to the System Setup tab 4 Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the...

Page 27: ...s to IP Address DHCP Local Netmask Default Gateway to take effect a reboot is required Click Ok 9 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 10 In order for these changes to take effect the unit mu...

Page 28: ...custom configuration so that the manual networking settings are used the next time the system boots up To do this see Section Error Reference source not found Saving Current Settings 2 Return to the System Setup tab 3 Select your newly created custom configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen As soon as you select your configuration the screen will reload 4 Un check th...

Page 29: ... also update the network settings on the PC running ZFinder so that the encoder is discoverable If the unit appears in red your computer s IP address or Network Mask may not be compatible with the encoder and changes may be required before you can access the user interface 10 A web browser will then open at the IP address of the Z3 HE4K 01 and you will see the user interface 11 You can return to t...

Page 30: ...e device firmware 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 This brings you to the Software Updater screen Click Browse and browse to the image file you wish to update 3 Click Open 4 Click Upload and Update You should see a FLASH Update now in progress message Once finished it will ret...

Page 31: ...word to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the HTTP based user interface The steps for using it are shown below 1 In the System Setup tab click on go next to Set Password 2 The change password options appear Enter the new password twice and click change 3 Wait for the password options to disappear This indicates that the password has changed Figure 31 Selecting Set Password Click here Figur...

Page 32: ...0 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 32 4 Retype the IP address in the web browser You will then see a prompt for a user name and password Enter admin for the user name and the value you had entered before for the password 5 You will now be able to access the user interface Figure 33 Password Entry Screen ...

Page 33: ...e dropdown menu 3 In Dest Address type in the name of the file to save to example media sda1 test_4k2k ts will save a file entitled test_4k2k ts on a drive in the USB1 port 4 Check if the encoder has already auto started the encoder will auto start if it senses a valid input and 20 seconds have elapsed since the Z3 HE4K 01 came up If it has auto started click on stop The status will then change to...

Page 34: ...ing to indicate the encoder has stopped Wait at least one second before removing the USB drive 9 Remove the USB drive from the Z3 HE4K 01 and connect to a PC 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 observed upon playback 10 On the PC open VLC version 2 1 3 or newer 11 Select Media Open File Select test_4k2k ts on...

Page 35: ... camera directly to the Z3 HE4K 01 as well as a Windows 7 PC with Com2TCP and your camera controller software downloaded 9 6 1 Connecting the Camera 1 Connect your compatible camera with a USB cable to the encoder USB1 the top USB port The necessary cable may have been provided with your camera 2 Connect your compatible camera s HDMI output to HDMI In on the encoder 9 6 2 Configure the Z3 HE4K 01 ...

Page 36: ...ccess and is available online 9 Launch the Com2TCP application 10 Set the Remote IP field to the IP address of your Z3 HE4K 01 This can be found using ZFinder or as the URL of the web browser with the GUI open 11 Set the TCP Port to match the Local Port value listed in the GUI By default this will be 1000 12 Assign a COM Port that is not currently in use on your system using the dropdown menu 13 C...

Page 37: ...receive and error stating that the camera is not responding click Continue 16 Set the port name to match the COM Port selected previously in Section 9 6 3 17 Set the Baud Rate to 9600 This will match the Baudrate listed in the GUI in Section 9 6 2 18 Click OK 19 Reference your camera documentation for more information regarding the camera control options Remember you may need to close and restart ...

Page 38: ...plicable Default Gateway 192 168 a b 192 168 0 1 Sets the network gateway to use for the Z3 HE4K 01 Note that a save of these settings and a reboot is needed for changes to this value to take effect If DHCP is enabled 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 in static IP mode When in DHCP mode DNS information ...

Page 39: ...pdating the firmware on the Z3 HE4K 01 download device logs Clicking this causes the Z3 HE4K 01 to extract a set of diagnostic logs that can be sent to Z3 Technology in the event of an issue to be reported This file is saved on the PC which the GUI is being run from Note 1 Decode Resolutions supported 2160p30 2160p29 97 2160p25 2160p24 2160p23 98 1080i30 1080i29 97 1080i25 1080p60 1080p59 94 1080p...

Page 40: ...ry 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 or 2 Subchannel Always 1 in this release Codec The codec being used to encode audio for that channel Stream Status channel The channel number 1 or 2 URL URL the channel is being streamed to frames of frames sent from encoder t...

Page 41: ...K 01 for USB connection Devicefile dev tty02 Location path on the Z3 HE4K 01 Enter the following for either USB port on the encoder USB1 Top dev ttyUSB0 USB2 Bottom dev ttyUSB1 The CH1 Tab Encode Options 10 6 Parameter Options default in bold Notes Encoder Setup Video Source HDMI The input source Only HDMI is supported in the Z3 HE4K 01 Video Resolution Follow Input The encode resolution will be b...

Page 42: ...ffer The higher the value the smoother the encode but also the higher the latency Audio Enable True False Set to True to encode audio To disable audio or if your video source does not support audio set to False Audio Info Enable yes for Sub Channel 1 no Enables a specific audio subchannel Codec DSP AACLC ARM AACLC ARM AACLC MPEG2 ARM AACHE The codec to use for audio Sample Rate 48000 Hz The sample...

Page 43: ...e connected to USB1 FILE will write raw h264 and raw aac to 2 separate files If this is selected you should type the path name of the H264 file in Dest Address for example media sda1 test h264 If audio is enabled a companion aac file is then created for example for test h264 a companion file test_0 aac is created MPTS will be supported in an upcoming release Dest Address 192 168 x y 192 168 0 6 Th...

Page 44: ...o encode This can be especially useful for ensuring smooth playback at lower bitrates stop Stop current encode session start Start encode session update Not supported in this release clone Duplicate CH tab can be used to quickly copy CH1 values to CH2 for example delete Used to delete excess tabs created by Clone status IDLE STOPPED RUNNING POLLING Current status of the encoder POLLING indicates s...

Page 45: ... Where to output audio Only HDMI supported in the Z3 HE4K 01 The CH2 Tab Not Supported Available by Optional Software Upgrade 10 8 The Z3 HE4K 01 supports simultaneous encode of a single 4K source into two different resolutions and bitrates See the CH1 Tab encode section for detailed descriptions of available settings Supported simultaneous stream encode resolutions HDMI 2160p30 and 720p30 2160p29...

Page 46: ...___________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 46 selected Operating Mode Encoder UltraHD Decoder This selects how the HE4K 01 is being used ...

Page 47: ...MP streaming 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 2 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 Ga...

Page 48: ...umn click on live and then Incoming Security Click Edit and then make sure RTMP Publishing and RTSP Publishing are both set to Open and Client Restrictions are set to No client restrictions Then click Save The Wowza Streaming EngineTM is now configured to work with your ZEUS encoder If you are unable to see RTMP streaming to Wowza working correctly please verify the Firewall on your PC with the Wo...

Page 49: ... the value entered in the URL for VLC Is the PC fast enough for 4K decode on VLC Does the PC have enough DDR to handle 4K decode on VLC Is VLC version 2 1 5 or later Problem Do not see video in VLC RTP Is Dest Port set to 5004 If using an SDP file is the correct SDP file z3 netra sdp being used Is VLC version 2 1 5 or later Problem My multicast stream is not reaching multiple networks By default t...

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