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Z3-LEO-1X User Instructions

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Z3 Technology, LLC

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION

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2.0 FEATURES

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2.1 Supported Resolutions

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3.0 PACKAGE CONTENTS

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4.0 OPERATING CONTROLS

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5.0 GETTING STARTED WITH THE Z3-LEO-1X

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5.1 Connecting the KEL Cable

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5.2 Access the User Interface Using ZFinder

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6.0 STREAMING CONTROL

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6.1 Stream UDP

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6.2 Stream RTP

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6.3 Stream RTSP

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6.4 Stream RTMP

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6.5 Tuning for Latency

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6.6 Stream Multiple Resolutions

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6.7 Setting NTP/PTP

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6.8 Record to Micro SD

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7.0 CAMERA CONTROL

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7.1 Zoom

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7.2 Preview Image

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7.3 Color Controls

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7.4 Sony VISCA Camera Control

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7.5 ONVIF

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Profile S and T

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8.0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS WITH THE Z3-LEO-1X

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8.1 Save Current Settings

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8.2 Advanced Settings Mode

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8.3

Encoder ROI

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8.4

Overlay Timestamp

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8.5 Set a Static IP Address

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8.6 Upgrade Firmware

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8.7 Setting a Password

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8.8 Using Wi-Fi

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9.0 DECODE OPTIONS

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9.1 PC Configuration for HD HEVC/H.265 Decode

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9.2 ZEUS

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DMD-4K Decoder

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Summary of Contents for Z3-LEO-1X

Page 1: ...ed 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 na...

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 01 24 2020 Original Document for Z3 LEO 1X SI SXC 02 4 17 2020 Updated features and resolutions SI ...

Page 3: ...ONTROL 13 6 1 Stream UDP 13 6 2 Stream RTP 17 6 3 Stream RTSP 19 6 4 Stream RTMP 21 6 5 Tuning for Latency 29 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions 32 6 7 Setting NTP PTP 33 6 8 Record to Micro SD 33 7 0 CAMERA CONTROL 35 7 1 Zoom 35 7 2 Preview Image 36 7 3 Color Controls 36 7 4 Sony VISCA Camera Control 37 7 5 ONVIF Profile S and T 39 8 0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS WITH THE Z3 LEO 1X 40 8 1 Save Curr...

Page 4: ...sets Tab 55 10 3 The Status Tab 56 10 4 The Camera Tab 57 10 5 The Term Tab 61 10 6 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 63 10 7 The CH2 CH3 Tabs Channels 2 3 69 10 8 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs 70 10 9 ZFinder 71 APPENDIX A Finding the IP Address of Your Computer 72 APPENDIX B Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP 73 APPENDIX C Example Camera Controller Application 75 APPENDIX D Support and Troub...

Page 5: ...TP 20 Figure 14 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTSP 21 Figure 15 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming to Wowza Streaming Engine 22 Figure 16 Navigating to the Wowza Test Player 23 Figure 17 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Player 24 Figure 18 YouTube Live Dashboard Encoder Setup 25 Figure 19 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming to YouTube Live 26 Figure 20 Facebook Create Post dialog b...

Page 6: ...ure 43 Updating Device Firmware 45 Figure 44 Software Updater Screen 46 Figure 45 Creating or Changing the Password 46 Figure 46 Password Entry Screen 47 Figure 47 Display of Network Options 48 Figure 48 Example of encoder showing up on ZFinder application 48 Figure 49 ZFinder page showing Available Networks dropdown 49 Figure 50 LAV Filters Configuration 50 Figure 51 Disable Hardware Decoding in ...

Page 7: ...oln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 7 1 0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Z3 LEO 1X is a H 265 HEVC H 264 and MJPEG video encoder It is capable of accepting HD video from the camera at 60 frames per second and producing IP streams that can be sent on a standard Ethernet cable The Z3 LEO 1X has one KEL connector and one Micro SD port Figure 1 Z3 LEO 1X Board Dimensions 32 mm 60 mm ...

Page 8: ...PG snapshot while video streaming ONVIF Profile S and Profile T compliant Compatible with the ZEUS DMD 4K decoder also available from Z3 Technology HTTP based configuration software for user friendly configuration control and update Operating Temp 5 to 70 degrees C at 20 80 relative humidity non condensing Storage Temp 10 to 60 degrees C at 20 80 relative humidity non condensing Weight 11g Encoder...

Page 9: ...ng down the frame rate to save bandwidth Each channel can select from full frame rate half frame rate quarter or sixth frame rate For example it is possible to configure a primary stream of 1920x1080 at 60 fps simultaneously with a secondary stream at 480p at 10 fps The maximum performance for two channels is two 1080p60 streams 3 0 PACKAGE CONTENTS Figure 2 Z3 LEO 1X Package Contents NOTE A Kel C...

Page 10: ...__________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 10 4 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 1 Micro SD Card 2 KEL Connector Figure 3 Z3 LEO 1X Interfaces ...

Page 11: ...NG Only use a Z3 approved KEL ribbon cable to connect Z3 s boards to the Sony camera Using an incorrect cable the cables provided by Sony can permanently damage the boards or camera Be sure to always insert the ribbon cable into the connector with the shiny flat side facing away from the PCB Inserting the connector with the wrong orientation is likely to cause permanent damage to the jack Powering...

Page 12: ...d 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 Z3 LEO 1X appears 3 Click on the Z3 LEO 1X entry in the window to select it This will cause the Edit Device Open Device and Flash LEDs buttons to activate Figure 4 ZFinder with the Z3 LEO 1X Selected Note Sele...

Page 13: ...ll button in order to change any settings 6 0 STREAMING CONTROL This section gives step by step instructions on setting the Z3 LEO 1X to output and stream video using each of the output format options UDP RTP RTSP and RTMP In addition to the Z3 LEO 1X a Windows PC with the VLC media player1 downloaded is required Please see Section 8 6 Decoder Options for more information on compatible decoders an...

Page 14: ...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 your PC see APPENDIX A Finding the IP Address of Your Computer In the example pictured 192 168 0 6 is used b or a multicast address An example multicast address would be 225 1 2 3 If you are on a shared network check with your Net...

Page 15: ...information 8 Open the VLC media player on your PC 9 Select the Media menu 10 Select Open Network Stream 11 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 ...

Page 16: ...___ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 16 e In this example the full network URL would be udp 192 168 0 6 8600 12 Press Enter or click Play You will see your camera s video streaming to VLC Figure 8 Example of Video Streaming to VLC UDP Figure 7 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for UDP ...

Page 17: ...output a HD 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: ...3Cam 4k Z3technology com Note Verify your PC is set up to handle decode of H 265 content at HD resolutions See Section 9 1 PC Configuration for HD 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 entitled ...

Page 19: ...utput a HD 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 Sec...

Page 20: ...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 exam...

Page 21: ... and live streaming 6 4 1 RTMP Camera Streaming to the Wowza Streaming Engine Z3 Technology is a member of the Wowza Media Systems Technology Alliance partner program and the Wowza Streaming Engine is used here as an example Note Settings in the user interface cannot be changed if the unit is currently encoding 1 If necessary click on the Stop button in the Channel Controls section of the user int...

Page 22: ...is example the live application is used d Stream_Name will need to match the stream information you provide to the Wowza server In this example hevc4k is used e In this example the full destination address would be 192 168 0 6 1935 live hevc4k 6 If necessary set Authentication to Enable and enter your valid Wowza log in credentials Note By default a limited selection of video encoding settings are...

Page 23: ...P The test player within Wowza Streaming Engine is recommended 9 Go to any PC that is on the same 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 1...

Page 24: ...24 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 Z3 LEO 1X user interface For this example enter hevc4k 16 Click Start You will see your camera s video streaming to the Wowza server Figure 17 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Player 4 Audio and Video appear 1 Select Adobe RTMP tab 2 Type hevc4k for Stream ...

Page 25: ... 4 Verify the Output Resolution is set to 1920x1080 If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 5 Set the Video Codec to H264 AVC for RTMP streaming 6 Under Output Setup select RTMP in the Output Format dropdown menu 7 Set Dest Address to Server_URL Stream_Key a Server_URL will be the value specified in your YouTube Live dashboard Omit the RTMP ...

Page 26: ...G 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 broadcasting for an organization 2 Point your browser to Facebook s main URL facebook com and navigate to the page...

Page 27: ... Device Take note of the Server URL and Stream Key for your session displayed on the left Figure 21 Facebook Live Streaming Dialog 4 Return to the Z3 LEO 1X 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 liv...

Page 28: ... 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 28 Figure 22 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 29: ...ications When streaming UDP or TSRTP the Z3 LEO 1X supports a low latency mode called TS Lowlat Mode When enabled TS Lowlat Mode sends the transport stream packets as soon as possible instead of pacing them out evenly This option can only be accessed when the advanced settings mode has been enabled See Section 8 2 Advanced Settings Mode for more information on accessing these settings For minimum ...

Page 30: ...educed on the decode side by adjusting the network caching value By default this is set to 1000ms You can lower this to as low as 200ms To do this go to the following 1 Click Tools on the main menu and select Preferences from the dropdown Figure 24 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...

Page 31: ...dvanced Preferences 6 5 3 Recommended Settings When streaming HD video in HEVC H 265 mode the following recommended settings can be used for the best results Output Format Rate Control Bitrate VLC Network Cache Notes RTSP CBR 2 Mbps 300 ms Best latency approx 400 ms no frame skips TSRTP CBR 3 Mbps 1000 ms 300 ms frame skips 1000 ms no frame skips UDP CBR 3 Mbps 1000 ms 300 ms frame skips 1000 ms n...

Page 32: ... 402 323 0702 32 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions The Z3 LEO 1X 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 A total of three channels can be added Figure 27 Create Additional Output Channels Click the Tab ...

Page 33: ...up NTP The Z3 LEO 1x also supports PTP Please refer to the PTP app note to use this feature DOC USR 0223 01_PTP Testing_APP_Note 6 8 Record to Micro SD The Z3 LEO 1X supports writing encoded video to a storage device connected to the Micro SD slot in ts and mp4 file format 1 Insert a microSD card into the slot on the side of the camera Note The storage device must be formatted in FAT32 VFAT EXT3 o...

Page 34: ... auto increment to the next number b For example if the prefix MOV1_ is provided This will result in a file entitled MOV1_0 ts on the USB Subsequent recordings will be entitled MOV1_1 ts MOV1_2 ts etc c The default 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 enc...

Page 35: ...re 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 storage 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 wi...

Page 36: ... preview image click the Load button To start the live preview again click the Start Button 4 If PTZ is connected to the 485 port of your unit and enabled on the Term tab arrows on the preview stream will send PTZ commands to the unit For more information on PTZ see DOC USR 0126 XX PTZ App Note 7 3 Color Controls 3 Select from a variety of supported white balance configurations using the White Bal...

Page 37: ... the Com2TCP application onto your PC For Windows 8 or above verify you are using v1 4 6 Com2TCP is an application supporting remote access and is available online 2 Launch the Com2TCP application 3 Set the Remote IP field to the IP address of your Z3 LEO 1X 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 matc...

Page 38: ...onnection 7 4 2 Camera Controller Software 7 Install your camera control software onto your PC 8 Launch the controller software application 9 Set the 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 Figure 34 Camera Controller Software C...

Page 39: ...ant with ONVIF Profile S and Profile T 3 ONVIF is enabled by default ONVIF Clients should be able to discover the Z3 LEO 1X using WS Discovery 1 Open your ONVIF client program 2 Use ONVIF device discovery to find the Z3 LEO 1X on the network Note For manual discovery of ONVIF use the Z3 LEO 1X IP address and the port 8080 as shown in the following URL example http 192 168 0 120 8080 onvif device_s...

Page 40: ...ple 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 the saving of these settings is complete Click OK 9 In orde...

Page 41: ...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 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 8 2 2 Access Advanced Settings 1 Un...

Page 42: ...ttings box in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset 8 3 Encoder ROI The Z3 LEO 1x 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 dropdown Check the ROI checkbox ROI options w...

Page 43: ...a 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 diffe...

Page 44: ...verable by ZFinder 8 5 1 Setup a Custom Configuration 1 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 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 y...

Page 45: ...inder does a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems connected to the network The Z3 LEO 1X appears with your manually entered IP address 2 Select the Z3 LEO 1X 3 Click Open Device to reach the user interface 8 5 4 Open the User Interface Manually 1 You can also access the user interface by manually typing your unit s static IP address into a web browser on any computer connec...

Page 46: ...ill return to the main menu 8 7 Setting a Password The Z3 LEO 1X 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 twice and click change 3 A log in screen...

Page 47: ...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 application board 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 saved networks or none of the sav...

Page 48: ...d you can find the encoder with the ZFinder application Select the encoder from the list click Open Device This will bring up the web interface Figure 48 Example of encoder showing up on ZFinder application 4 On the web interface click the Wi Fi tab to set up a network connection 5 To select the Wi Fi network to connect to click on the Available Networks dropdown If you don t see the network you a...

Page 49: ... 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 50: ...V Filters4 version 0 63 or higher VLC media player5 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 9 1 2 LAV Filters 2 Install LAV Filters if necessary 4 LAV Filters is an open source program that allows playback of video and audio on a PC without inst...

Page 51: ...a video card under Hardware Decoder to use 6 Select Apply 9 1 3 VLC Media Player 1 Install VLC media player v2 2 4 if necessary 2 Navigate to the Tools menu and select Preferences 3 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 4 In the Advanced Preferences window that appears navigate to Video codecs on...

Page 52: ..._______ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 52 9 2 ZEUS DMD 4K Decoder The Z3 LEO 1X is compatible with the ZEUS DMD 4K also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information Figure 52 ZEUS DMD 4K H 265 Decoder ZEUS is a registered trademark of Z3 Technology LLC ...

Page 53: ... needed for changes to this value to take effect When in DHCP mode this field is not applicable Default Gateway w x y z 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 w x y z 8 8 8 8 Specifies the primary DNS server to be used f...

Page 54: ...put Set Display Button Click 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...

Page 55: ...r of cameras to advertise to ONVIF clients Set Term Server Enable Disable remote 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 support logs Button Extract a set of diagnostic logs that can be provided to Z3 in the event of an ...

Page 56: ...eans 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 The sample rate of the stream audio Input The audio source Frames Number of frames sent from encoder to channel since the...

Page 57: ...ab 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 t...

Page 58: ...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 black subject based on a range of values from 2500K to 7500K Indoor 3200K Base Mode One push Fixed WB that may be au...

Page 59: ...color suppress Note 1 Sodium Vapor Lamps High pressure sodium lamps are supported Proper white balance may not be captured for some subjects when using low pressure sodium lamps About Camera Model Sony FCB EV7520A or compatible Version Firmware Version installed on camera Camera Zoom Current zoom position 0 100 Displays the value of the zoom position selected in the slider Zoom Step Size 1 7 4 Set...

Page 60: ... 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 Enableds camera high resolution mode when checked Image Stabilizer Checked Unchecked En...

Page 61: ...ions TermTab and PtzTab TermTab allows for the functionality change of the Serial Port s defined on the Z3 hardware along with the default Baud Rate and TCP Port PtzTab allows for the ability to enable disable the 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 ...

Page 62: ...f data bits sent per serial message most serial devices expect 8 data bits Parity None Odd Even Sets serial parity for serial ports Most devices expect none Stop Bits 1 2 Sets number of stop bits for serial port Most devices expect 1 Function Camera 1 VISCA Camera 2 VISCA IR camera Off User RS485 PTZ FlexIO spare pins 9 11 Sets the function of the serial port TCP Port TCP port used for remote term...

Page 63: ...ed for remote terminal server 10 6 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 An asterisk denotes a field available in Advanced Settings Mode See Section 8 2 to access these fields Parameter Options default in bold Description Encoder Setup Output Resolution 320x180 1920x1080 Follow Input The encode resolution If this resolution is different from the capture resolution 1920x1080 resizing will occur Follow Input genera...

Page 64: ...y optimizes the encoder settings for latency at the expense of quality and High Quality optimizes the encoder settings for quality at the expense of latency Video Interlace Mode H265 HEVC Only Combined Separated In the case of interlaced inputs this selects how the unit formats the output stream In Combined mode the top and bottom fields are combined into a single frame In separated mode the field...

Page 65: ...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 Target bitrate for audio encode The bitrate range for AACLC is 12 384 Kbps though 64 Kbps or higher is recommended for best results The bitrate range for AACHE and ...

Page 66: ...lay Output Setup Output Format RTP RTSP UDP TSRTP TSFILE RTMP RTMPS Output format of the encoded IP stream If UDP is selected don t forget to check the value of TS Rate to make sure it is in line with expectation RTP requires an SDP file for the receiver that corresponds with the video codec used RTSP requires the use of the RTSP URL TSRTP causes streaming of TS over RTP This format is required fo...

Page 67: ...t file destination File Prefix MOV1_ F_ T_ Textbox to enter desired file name for output file Enteredtext will be followed by a number starting with zero in the recorded file name F will pull the current date in year month day format into the file name T will pull the current time in 24 hour notation into thefile name Max File Size 1024M Sets the file size at which a new ts file is started Video P...

Page 68: ...r to instead send packets out as soon as it receives them rather than buffering them This results in lower latency at the expense of decreased network efficiency and a less smooth bitstream There is a limit of 5Mbps for TS Lowlat Mode Must be set to False for stream to be compliant with ISO 13818 1 systems specification for transport stream timing Authentication RTMP RTSP RTMPS Only Disable Enable...

Page 69: ...urrently encoding Must be in this mode to make any configuration changes POLLING indicates start was pressed and the encoder is waiting for valid input data to be detected RUNNING indicates the unit is currently encoding Error statuses will be preceded by an exclamation point and include a description of the error Note 1 Encode Resolutions Supported 1080p 2MP 1280x1024 720p 1MP 480p 576p 1024x576 ...

Page 70: ... occur Video Bitrate 2K 40M 2M Textbox for entering video bitrate CH3 Defaults Parameter Options default in bold Description Encoder Setup Output Resolution 320x180 1920x1080 720 480 Follow Input The encode resolution If this resolution is different from the capture resolution 1920x1080 resizing will occur Video Bitrate 2K 40M 2M Textbox for entering video bitrate 10 8 Values Appearing at the Bott...

Page 71: ... 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 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 Z...

Page 72: ...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 54 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 73: ...rom the Z3 LEO 1X 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 H...

Page 74: ...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 75: ...ample application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the Z3 LEO 1X 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 sy...

Page 76: ...nts this 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 r...

Page 77: ...blocking 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...

Page 78: ...sca_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 79: ... switches etc Verify your computer is set to DHCP Try connecting through a wired Ethernet connection and turning off your computer s Wi Fi Problem My Z3 LEO 1X 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 mat...

Page 80: ...ation Are all firewalls on the network turned off Try connecting the PC directly to the camera without any routers switches etc Problem I m receiving a Destination Unreachable error in the user interface UDP TSRTP Try rebooting by disconnecting power Problem I do not see video in VLC RTP One of the provided SDP files is required Is the correct SDP file being used H265 HEVC video use the SDP file e...

Page 81: ...d 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 z3technology com Support Z3Cam 4K HW Warranty html To submit a warranty claim complete a Return Material Authorization RMA request form online at http z3technology com Support Report RMA html Your receipt or invoice with the ...

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