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DOC-USR-0077-01

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Z3 Technology, LLC

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100 N 8

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Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA

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+1.402.323.0702

5.0

OPERATING CONTROLS

FRONT VIEW

*Note:

The LCD Display and LCD Panel Controls are not enabled in this version of the Z3-HE4K-R.

REAR VIEW

Status LEDs

Figure 2 Z3-HE4K-R Front View

Figure 3 Z3-HE4K-R Rear View

LCD

Display

LCD Panel

Controls

Power Switch

Power Supply

Serial HDMI

HDMI

Out

GigE

USB

SATA2

Serial HDMI

HDMI

Out

GigE

USB

SATA2

Encoder 2

Encoder 1

Summary of Contents for Z3-HE4K-R

Page 1: ...e use 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 t...

Page 2: ...Revision History Version Date Change Note Author 2 01 47 15 08 15 2015 Original Document KA RC...

Page 3: ...6 1 Prepare the 4K Source 9 6 2 Connect and Power Up the Z3 HE4K R 9 6 3 Find the Z3 HE4K R on the Network using ZFinder 10 6 4 Configure the Encoder to Stream to UDP 12 6 5 Streaming RTP 14 6 6 Using...

Page 4: ...work Stream Screen for RTP 15 Figure 14 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTP 15 Figure 15 The User Presets Tab 16 Figure 16 Entering a User Preset Name 16 Figure 17 Selecting z3_config1 within the...

Page 5: ...ng 2 0 QUICK START GUIDE 2 1 If You Have Received a System from Z3 with the Software Preloaded To start working with the encoder you can go straight to Section 6 0 GETTING STARTED AND RUNNING THE Z3 H...

Page 6: ...508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 6 3 0 INCLUDED PARTS LIST Note The serial cable and gender changer are included for debugging purposes and are not needed by the typical Z3 HE4K R user Note The HDMI cable...

Page 7: ...GigE Ethernet Multicast or Unicast streaming Bitrate and frame rate changes without stopping restarting encoder Web based configuration software for user friendly configuration control and update Ope...

Page 8: ...02 323 0702 8 5 0 OPERATING CONTROLS FRONT VIEW Note The LCD Display and LCD Panel Controls are not enabled in this version of the Z3 HE4K R REAR VIEW Status LEDs Figure 2 Z3 HE4K R Front View Figure...

Page 9: ...r Up the Z3 HE4K R For these steps please refer to Figure 4 2 Take the HDMI1 4 cable from step 1 and connect it to HDMI In of the Z3 HE4K R 3 Connect an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet jack on the Z3 H...

Page 10: ...lity 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 both encoders in the Z3 HE4K R...

Page 11: ...Open Device An Internet browser window is opened default browser used is Firefox and the Web GUI appears starting with the System Setup tab 12 Confirm that the operating mode is Encoder UltraHD If it...

Page 12: ...Address to the IP address of the PC you are streaming to for example a typical default value is 192 168 0 6 16 Change Dest Port to 5004 Note As shipped the left unit is configured to send to port 500...

Page 13: ...8 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 13 19 Run VLC on your PC version used in testing at Z3 2 1 5 20 Select Media Open Network Stream In the box type udp 192 168 0 6 5004 where 192 168 0 6 is the IP address of y...

Page 14: ...a 4K stream via RTP To do this perform the following steps 23 Click stop to stop any previous encoding runs 24 Change Output Format to RTP 25 Change Dest Address to the IP address of the PC you are s...

Page 15: ...68 is the IP address of the Z3 HE4K R and name is z3 1 for unicast streaming and z3 1m for multicast streaming For example if the IP address of the Z3 HE4K R is the default value of 192 168 81 68 and...

Page 16: ...seen either through the serial interface or through the ZFinder tool running on a PC To view how DHCP support works see the following steps 1 The first thing you need to do is set up a custom configur...

Page 17: ...as the preset the z3_config1 configuration you just created 4 As soon as you select z3_config1 the screen will reload Go ahead and check the Use DHCP box 5 Now that DHCP is set in z3_config1 save the...

Page 18: ...d Click Ok 7 Now that you ve set DHCP saved it to the configuration z3_config1 and specified that z3_config1 will be used when the system restarts you can reboot the Z3 HE4K R 8 Run the ZFinder PC Uti...

Page 19: ...ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 19 9 Select the Z3 HE4K R and then click Open Device A web browser will then open at the IP address of the Z3 HE4K R and you should see the Web GUI...

Page 20: ...accordingly To minimize latency this value should be set to the lowest possible value The lowest value Z3 recommends is 100 Figure 23 shows the suggested values for Maximum Delay for three common use...

Page 21: ...oding UDP the user can also simultaneously save the TS stream to a file by setting Aux TS File Enable to true When this is done they can then specify the file name in the Aux TS File Location box that...

Page 22: ...K R Connect the other end to a 4K monitor 2 Connect the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet jack on the Z3 HE4K R Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable directly to a PC or to a hub connected to the P...

Page 23: ...402 323 0702 23 7 2 Set Decoder Mode 6 Switch to Decoder mode by changing Operating Mode in the lower right corner of the GUI 7 Once you do this the System Setup tab will appear with decode settings I...

Page 24: ...0702 24 8 Once you see serial_menu appear on the presets click on Save 9 After you click on Save a Window saying that a reboot is required for settings to take effect appears Click on Ok after seeing...

Page 25: ...rowser You should then see the decoder settings come up with serial_menu as the preset used Note It is important to retype the IP address or to refresh the browser or exit the browser and reenter it N...

Page 26: ...nu appear on the presets click on Save 18 After you click on Save a Window saying that a reboot is required for settings to take effect appears Click on Ok after seeing this Note The very first time t...

Page 27: ...ion in Section 6 6 Using DHCP on page 16 8 2 Making a Firmware Update 1 Run the Web Interface Steps 1 11 in Section 6 0 2 In the System Setup Tab click update device firmware Note If update device fir...

Page 28: ...ers from accessing the Web GUI The steps for using it are shown below 1 In the System Setup tab click on go next to Set Password 2 Once you click on go the change password options appear Enter the new...

Page 29: ...A 1 402 323 0702 29 3 Wait for the password options to disappear This indicates that the password has changed 4 Retype the IP address in the web browser You should then see a prompt for a user name an...

Page 30: ...Gateway 192 168 a b 192 168 0 1 Sets the network gateway to use for the Z3 HE4K R Note that a save of these settings and a reboot is needed for changes to this value to take effect Use DHCP Checked U...

Page 31: ...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 1...

Page 32: ...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 cha...

Page 33: ...o encode at less than the input frame rate for example an input frame rate of 30fps with a divider of 2 would cause an output stream of 15fps Number of B frames 1 The number of B frames The Z3 HE4K R...

Page 34: ...format is selected the port associated with that audio channel Output Format RTP UDP TSFILE FILE MPTS Output format of encoded stream RTP requires an SDP file for the receiver or an RTSP URL see Secti...

Page 35: ...nly 0 8191 520 PID assigned to PCR in the TS stream PMT PID UDP Only 0 8191 31 PID assigned to PMT in the TS stream TS Rate UDP Only 125K 60000K 20000K The rate of the transport stream Normally this v...

Page 36: ...ify the location of the file Max Video Lag ms 0 2000 275 The maximum allowed offset between audio and video Increasing this allows more files to play back successfully but can also mean a more discern...

Page 37: ...l firewalls on the network turned off Try connecting the PC directly to the board without any routers etc Problem Do not see video in VLC UDP Does the IP address set in Dest Address equal the IP addre...

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