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Z3Dome-4K User Instructions

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Figure 26 VLC Media Player Advanced Preferences

6.5.3

Recommended Settings:

When streaming 4K 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

4 Mbps

300 ms

Best latency (approx. 400 ms), no frame skips

TSRTP

CBR

5 Mbps

1000 ms

@ 300 ms, frame skips; @ 1000 ms, no frame skips

UDP

CBR

5 Mbps

1000 ms

@ 300 ms, frame skips; @ 1000 ms, no frame skips

Figure 27 Recommended Settings

Summary of Contents for Z3Cam 4K Z3Dome-4K

Page 1: ...and ZEUS are registered 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 servic...

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 21 2019 Preliminary Document for Z3Dome 4K SI 02 05 07 2019 Update for latest SW JW 03 05 09 2019 Added PTZ Presets and Tours JW 04 05 15 2019 Updated connections and added composite pass through SI ...

Page 3: ... 6 0 STREAMING CONTROL 15 6 1 Stream UDP 15 6 2 Stream RTP 19 6 3 Stream RTSP 21 6 4 Stream RTMP 24 6 5 Tuning for Latency 32 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions 35 6 7 Setting SNTP 35 6 8 Record Snapshot 36 6 9 Composite Pass Through 36 7 0 CAMERA CONTROL 37 7 1 Zoom 37 7 2 Preview and Download Image 37 7 3 PTZ 39 7 4 Color Controls 43 7 5 Sony VISCA Camera Control 44 7 6 ONVIF Profile S T 46 8 0 PER...

Page 4: ...C Decode 60 10 0 SUMMARY OF OPTIONS 61 10 1 The System Setup Tab 61 10 2 The User Presets Tab 63 10 3 The Status Tab 64 10 4 The Camera Tab 65 10 5 The Term Tab 69 10 6 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 71 10 7 The CH2 CH3 Tabs Channels 2 3 78 10 8 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs 79 10 9 ZFinder 79 APPENDIX A Finding the IP Address of Your Computer 80 APPENDIX B Configuring the Wowza Server for RTM...

Page 5: ...Address 22 Figure 14 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTP 23 Figure 15 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTSP 23 Figure 16 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming to Wowza Streaming Engine 25 Figure 17 Navigating to the Wowza Test Player 26 Figure 18 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Player 27 Figure 19 YouTube Live Dashboard Encoder Setup 28 Figure 20 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming t...

Page 6: ...ault UDP Settings Left and Advanced UDP Settings Right 49 Figure 46 CH1 Encoder Region of Interest 50 Figure 47 CH1 Overlay Timestamp 50 Figure 48 Saving Updated Network Settings 52 Figure 49 Updating Device Firmware 53 Figure 50 Software Updater Screen 54 Figure 51 Creating or Changing the Password 55 Figure 52 Password Entry Screen 55 Figure 53 Mounting Bracket 56 Figure 54 DXVA Checker 58 Figur...

Page 7: ...ce remotely with a Web based configuration interface ONVIF Profile S and with VISCA control commands sent over IP to the Z3Dome 4K The Z3Dome 4K leverages a Sony FCB ER8530 block camera for video capture Where seeing sharp lines is key Sony s 4K ISP with superb noise reduction algorithm provides the highest quality imaging fit for virtual reality imaging and high detail data analytics The Z3Dome 4...

Page 8: ...nal equipment o Supports 4K UHD and HD resolutions up to 30 fps 2160p 1080p 720p and lower o Outputs RTP RTSP MPEG 2 TS or RTMP o Composite output o Simultaneously stream and or record in multiple resolutions and bitrates o Supports unicast and multicast streaming o Compatible with Wowza Streaming Engine Facebook Live and YouTube Live o Z3 web interface for Control and configuration o Live Video P...

Page 9: ...orted stream resolutions are 2160p 8MP 1440p 4MP 1080p 2MP 1280x1024 720p 1MP 480p 576p 1024x576 704x576 640x480 640x360 420x380 352x576 352x288 352x240 320x240 and 320x180 In addition to scaling the resolution the camera is also capable of scaling down the frame rate to save bandwidth Each channel can select from full frame rate half frame rate or a quarter frame rate For example it is possible t...

Page 10: ...________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 10 3 0 PACKAGE CONTENTS Z3Dome 4K Camera 12V 4A Power Supply Figure 2 Z3Dome 4K Package Contents ...

Page 11: ...__________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 11 4 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 1 12V power out 2 Composite Video Output 3 Ethernet with PoE Support 4 12V Power input 3 Figure 3 Z3Dome 4K 4 2 1 ...

Page 12: ...aming needs and control the camera In addition to the Z3Dome 4K a Windows PC a 12V power supply and an Ethernet cable are required 5 1 Connect and Power Up the Camera 1 Connect an Ethernet cable from Ethernet on the back of the camera to a switch router or other DHCP server on the same network as your Windows PC 2 Connect the 12V power supply to 12V on the camera and plug into a power outlet If Po...

Page 13: ...indow to access the user interface 3 Run the ZFinder PC utility on your PC You may need to allow it past any firewalls or security programs on your PC The ZFinder window appears and completes a scan of the network ZFinder then lists all Z3 systems connected to the network The Z3Dome 4K appears 4 Click on the Z3Dome 4K entry in the window to select it This will cause the Edit Device Open Device and...

Page 14: ...ln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 14 6 By default the system will have automatically started encoding Click on the CH1 tab for channel one configuration settings If the encoder status message in the bottom right corner of the screen shows RUNNING you will need to click the stop or Stop All button in order to change any settings Figure 6 Z3Dome 4K User Interface System Setup Tab ...

Page 15: ...solution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 3 Select the Video Codec you would like to use for your video encoding In the pictured example H265 HEVC is selected 4 Under Output Setup select UDP in the Output Format dropdown menu 5 Set Dest Address to a the IP address of your PC that will be running the VLC media player To determine the correct IP address of y...

Page 16: ..._____________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 16 Figure 7 CH1 Tab Configuration UDP 4 Change to UDP 1 If necessary click Stop 7 Click Start 2 Verify is Follow input 3 Verify is H265 HEVC 5 Set to PC IP Address or Multicast Address 6 Note value ...

Page 17: ... player on your PC 2 Select the Media menu 3 Select Open Network Stream 4 Under the Network tab enter udp Dest_Address Dest_Port for the network URL c Dest_Address will be values of the IP address or multicast address entered in the Dest Address field in the user interface CH1 tab The IP address used in this example is 192 168 0 6 d Dest_Port will match the value found in the Dest Port field in th...

Page 18: ...USR 0188 04 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 18 Figure 9 Example of Video Streaming to VLC UDP ...

Page 19: ...o output a 4K stream If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 3 Select the codec you would like to use for your video encoding In the pictured example H265 HEVC is selected 4 Under Output Setup select RTP in the Output Format dropdown menu Note By default a limited selection of video encoding settings are available in the user interface See S...

Page 20: ...om camera solutions Product Z3Dome 4K 82 html Note Verify your PC is set up to handle decode of H 265 content at 4K resolutions See Section 9 1 PC Configuration for 4K HEVC H 265 Decode for more information 6 Open the VLC media player on your PC 7 Select the Media menu 8 Select Open File 9 Find and select the SDP file corresponding to the video codec you selected previously a H265 HEVC video use t...

Page 21: ... output a 4K stream If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 3 Select the codec you would like to use for your video encoding In the pictured example H265 HEVC is selected 4 Under Output Setup select RTSP in the Output Format dropdown menu Note By default a limited selection of video encoding settings are available in the user interface See S...

Page 22: ...era is set to DHCP This is 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 ...

Page 23: ...9 USA 1 402 323 0702 23 5 Press Enter or click Play You will see your camera s video streaming to VLC Note RTSP is only supported with VLC version 2 1 5 or later When encoding via RTSP any time the encoding session is stopped and restarted you will need to reopen VLC in order to view the stream Figure 14 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTP Figure 15 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTSP ...

Page 24: ... this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 3 Set the Video Codec to H264 AVC for RTMP streaming 4 Under Output Setup select RTMP in the Output Format dropdown menu 5 Set Dest Address to IP_Address port application Stream_Name a IP_Address will be the IP address of the PC with the Wowza server In this example 192 168 0 6 is used b port will be the port number of the PC with the Wowza server...

Page 25: ... 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 12 Select live on the left side of the screen 13 Click Test Pla...

Page 26: ...________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 26 1 Use IP address of Wowza server 8088 2 Select Applications 3 Select live 4 Select Test Players Figure 17 Navigating to the Wowza Test Player ...

Page 27: ...2 27 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 Z3Dome 4K user interface For this example enter hevc4k 16 Click Start You will see your camera s video streaming to the Wowza server Figure 18 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Player 4 Audio and Video appear 1 Select Adobe RTMP tab 2 Type hevc4k for Strea...

Page 28: ...e screen of any tab 4 Verify the Output Resolution is set to 2560x1440 If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur Note As of the date of this document 1440p is the maximum resolution supported by YouTube for live streaming Consult YouTube s online Live streaming guide for supported resolutions 5 Set the Video Codec to H264 AVC for RTMP streamin...

Page 29: ...ot applicable to YouTube 12 Click on the Start button After a moment the encoder status will change to RUNNING and the fields above will appear in dark grey The status LED on the unit will blink green when streaming 13 Allow a few seconds for your video to appear in your YouTube live dashboard 6 4 3 Facebook Live 1 If you haven t already ensure you have an active Facebook account and page if broad...

Page 30: ...External Device Take note of the Server URL and Stream Key for your session displayed on the left Figure 22 Facebook Live Streaming Dialog 4 Return to the web interface and select the Ch1 tab Click Stop Ensure the Output Format is set to RTMPS 5 Enter the Server URL minus the protocol header and stream Key as a continuous string in the Dest Address field In our example the full address reads live ...

Page 31: ... NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 31 Figure 23 Facebook Live Stream Encoder Settings 6 Click Start or Start All to begin encoding stream 7 Return to the Facebook Live Video Setting dialog box to ensure your stream is previewing properly Add a message to the video stream if desired and click Go Live at the bottom Your Stream is now active Enter Server URL and Stream Key Set to RTMPS ...

Page 32: ...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 latency with possibility of skipped frames at the expense of...

Page 33: ... be reduced 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 25 VLC Media Player Tools Menu 2 In the Preferences window that appears change Show settings from Simple to All Select interface from the menu on the...

Page 34: ... Advanced Preferences 6 5 3 Recommended Settings When streaming 4K 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 4 Mbps 300 ms Best latency approx 400 ms no frame skips TSRTP CBR 5 Mbps 1000 ms 300 ms frame skips 1000 ms no frame skips UDP CBR 5 Mbps 1000 ms 300 ms frame skips 1000 ms...

Page 35: ...t for SNTP to set the time on the unit If you require the system time to be set do the following 1 Load the web UI of the unit and switch to the System Setup tab Click the go button next to Set SNTP 2 Select TRUE from the Enable SNTP dropdown 3 Select the desired time zone for the unit form the Time Zone dropdown 4 Enter an NTP server address The default is 128 138 141 172 NIST 5 Click the change ...

Page 36: ... is 192 168 0 19 the URL to download a snapshot is http 192 168 0 19 snapshot cgi 3 The snapshot file will be downloaded with a default file name as snap_chn0_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS JPG where YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS are Year Month Day Hour Minute and Second 4 To Change image size use the Size parameter in URL for example in order to change the image size to 1280x720 on above IP address type this http 192...

Page 37: ...Download Image 1 On load of the camera tab a live preview stream is started To stop the stream click the Stop button After clicking the Stop button to load a still preview image click the Load button To start the live preview again click the Start button 2 To download the image right click on the preview image and select the menu button option to save it Depending on your browser the option will b...

Page 38: ...__________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 38 Click to load a still preview image Stop and Start Live Preview Buttons Figure 32 Camera Tab Preview Image Right Click here to save image ...

Page 39: ...ra1 tab look for the PTZ box in the right column In the PTZ box click on the Presets tab 2 Navigate to your desired Pan Tilt position using the arrows in the Preview see section 7 2 3 In the PTZ box click on the Add button 4 In the Name column click on the New_Preset text so it is highlighted Type it a new name 5 Click the Save button Figure 33 Add PTZ Preset 2 Navigate using arrows 1 Click on Pre...

Page 40: ... LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 40 7 3 2 Recall PTZ Preset 1 In the Camera1 tab look for the PTZ box in the right column In the PTZ box click on the Presets tab 2 Click on the arrow icon in the Action column to recall the saved PTZ preset position Figure 34 Recall PTZ Preset 1 Click on Presets 2 Click on arrow icon ...

Page 41: ...8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 41 7 3 3 Delete PTZ Preset 1 In the Camera1 tab look for the PTZ box in the right column In the PTZ box click on the Presets tab 2 Click on the red minus sign icon in the Action column to delete the PTZ preset from the database Figure 35 Delete PTZ Preset 1 Click on Presets 2 Click on red minus sign icon ...

Page 42: ...mn In the PTZ box click on the Tours tab 3 In the dropdown box select the tour you want to modify 4 Click on the Add button 5 In the Preset column click on the select dropdown to choose an existing preset 6 In the StayTime column click to change the number of seconds to stay at this preset 7 Repeat steps 4 5 and 6 for each preset you want to visit on the PTZ Tour 8 Click the Save button 9 To start...

Page 43: ... in the right column In the PTZ box click on the Tours tab 2 In the dropdown box select the tour you want to run 3 Click the Run button 7 4 Color Controls 1 Select from a variety of supported white balance configurations using the White Balance Mode dropdown menu 2 Adjust Color Gain and Color Hue using the sliders 3 Use the button options to adjust to your desired Color Suppress settings Figure 38...

Page 44: ...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 Z3Dome 4K This can be found using ZFinder or as the URL of the web browser with the user interface open 4 Set the TCP Port to 1000 This value must match the VISCA Control TCP Port value listed in the Camera tab of the Z3Dome 4K user inter...

Page 45: ... the port name to match the COM Port selected previously 4 Set the Baud Rate to 9600 5 Save these settings 6 Remember you may need to close and restart your camera controller application for changes to take effect If you do not have camera control software it is possible to write your own An example application for sending VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the Z3Dome 4K has been provided in APPE...

Page 46: ...4K using WS Discovery 1 Open your ONVIF client program 2 Use ONVIF device discovery to find the Z3Dome 4K on the network Note For manual discovery of ONVIF use the Z3Dome 4K IP address and the port 8080 as shown in the following URL example http 192 168 0 120 8080 onvif device_service 3 Enter your valid user ID and password Note If you are logging onto the camera for the first time the default use...

Page 47: ...ppear Enter your desired preset name In the pictured example z3_config1 is used 3 Click ok 4 Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen 5 As soon as you select z3_config1 the screen will reload 6 Change your desired settings 7 Once your changes have been set in this configuration click on the Save button 8 A pop up window appears to confirm th...

Page 48: ...e of encoding settings is available by default Additional settings can be accessed in Advanced Settings Mode for greater customization to your specific application 8 2 1 Setup a Custom Configuration 1 The first step is to set up a custom configuration so that the advanced settings will remain visible To do this see Section 8 1 Save Current Settings 2 Return to the System Setup tab 3 Select your ne...

Page 49: ...ited settings by un checking the Advanced Settings box in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset 8 3 Encoder ROI The Z3Dome 4K 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 d...

Page 50: ...s done via the Text Overlay feature on the encoder tab 1 Click on the CH1 tab and stop the stream with the Stop button if necessary 2 On the right side of the page select True in the Text Overlay Enable dropdown 3 The Overlay Text text box will appear Add ts to the text box and click the Start button 4 The date and time will be overlayed on the video stream in YYYY MM DD HH MM SS format Note To us...

Page 51: ... camera to a static IP address as well in order for it to be discoverable 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 d...

Page 52: ...hat to the preset 8 5 3 Open the User Interface Using ZFinder 6 Run the ZFinder PC Utility on your Windows PC The ZFinder window appears ZFinder does a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems connected to the network The Z3Dome 4K appears with your manually entered IP address 7 Select the Z3Dome 4K 8 Click Open Device to reach the user interface 8 5 4 Open the User Interface M...

Page 53: ...re available for download at Z3Dome 4K Z3technology com 1 In the System Setup Tab click the Update device firmware button Note If this button 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 A Software Updater screen will appear Click Choose File and navigate to the software image file on you...

Page 54: ...____________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 54 3 Once your desired image file is selected click Open 4 Click Upload and Update A progress message will appear Once update of firmware is completed it will return to the main menu Figure 50 Software Updater Screen ...

Page 55: ... been set it can be changed but the requirement of a password cannot be undone 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 will appear prompting for a user name and password Enter admin for the user name This is not editable 4 Enter your selected password and click lo...

Page 56: ...___________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 56 8 8 Mounting the Camera The Z3Dome 4K easily mounts to walls Figure 53 Mounting Bracket ...

Page 57: ...port HEVC H 265 decoding at 4K resolutions a PC must meet the following requirements Video Card Supports HEVC_VLD_Main or higher VLC media player4 version 3 0 4 or higher Quad Core or better CPU 12GB RAM recommended 8GB minimum 9 1 1 Video Card Verify your PC or laptop video card has support for HEVC_VLD_Main or higher This can be verified by following VLC guidelines for decoding at https wiki vid...

Page 58: ...___________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 58 9 1 2 DXVA Checker 1 Install DXVA Checker if necessary 2 Verify the HEVC_VLD_Main supports under Decoder Devices for HW Decoding Figure 54 DXVA Checker ...

Page 59: ...8508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 59 9 1 3 LAV Filters 1 Install LAV Filters if necessary 2 Navigate to the Properties and select the Video Settings tab 3 Verify the HEVC checkbox is checked under Codecs for HW Decoding 4 Enable the Nvidia video card under Hardware Decoder to use 5 Select Apply Figure 55 LAV Filters Configuration Verify is Set to your Nvidia video card Verify HEVC is checked ...

Page 60: ...Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 60 9 2 ZEUS HE265 DEC Decode When in H 264 mode the Z3Dome 4K is compatible with the ZEUS HE265 DEC also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information ZEUS is a registered trademark of Z3 Technology LLC Figure 56 ZEUS HE265 DEC H 265 Decoder ...

Page 61: ...t is needed for changes to this value to take effect When in DHCP mode this field is not applicable Default Gateway 192 168 a b 192 168 0 1 Sets the network gateway to use for the unit Note that a save of these settings and a reboot is needed for changes to this value to take effect When in DHCP mode this field is not applicable DNS Server IP 1 a b c d 8 8 8 8 Specifies the primary DNS server to b...

Page 62: ... the camera to appear in the user interface New device Name Text box to enter desired device name Set Password Button Sets a password to limit access to the user interface New password Text box to enter new password Password again Text box to re enter new password Must match previous field Set SNTP Button Click this button to access Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP configuration options Enable SN...

Page 63: ...n image file of the desired firmware is needed Download device logs Button Extract a set of diagnostic logs that can be provided to Z3 in the event of an issue to be reported The resulting file is saved on the PC with the user interface open Reboot Button Restarts the unit without the need to disconnect power 10 2 The User Presets Tab Button Notes new Define a new configuration file Up to nine con...

Page 64: ...of encoded picture A small i will appear if interlaced is being encoded 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 sanity check For example you can click Refresh count to 10 click Refresh again and you should see an increase of around 600 for 60 ...

Page 65: ...o in the user interface Stop Button Click to stop the live preview of camera video in the user interface Live preview will auto stop when leaving the tab Camera Focus auto manual radio buttons auto manual Sets manual or auto focus Focus Step Size Manual Only 1 7 Sets step size for manual focus buttons Focus Slider Manual Only Used to set manual focus position Exposure Exposure Mode Auto Shutter Pr...

Page 66: ...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 automatically readjusted only by clic...

Page 67: ...alue manually Manual BGain Manual Only 0 255 194 Sets BGain value manually Color Gain 60 200 100 Adjusts color gain Color Hue 14 14 0 Adjusts color hue Color Suppress off 1 2 3 Adjusts color suppress Note 1 Sodium Vapor Lamps High pressure sodium lamps are supported Proper white balance may not be captured for some subjects when using low pressure sodium lamps About Camera Model Sony FCB EV7520 or...

Page 68: ...Turns the camera picture 180 degrees This allows the camera to be mounted upside down LR Reverse Mirror Checked Unchecked Reverses the camera images from left to right This allows the camera to be pointed at a mirror and show the correct orientation Camera Image Options Image Freeze Checked Unchecked Freezes camera image when checked High Resolution Mode Checked Unchecked Enableds camera high reso...

Page 69: ...rmTab allows for the functionality change of 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 the same Serial Port defined i...

Page 70: ...r of 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 t...

Page 71: ...S485 Address RS485 Address TCP Port TCP port used 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 2560x1440 Follow Input The encode resolution If this resolution is different from the capture resolution 38...

Page 72: ...t in the Video Codec selection 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 encoder rate control mechanism VBR Variable Bitrate means that the encoding bitrate can fluctuate within the bitrate statistical period CBR Constant Bitrate means...

Page 73: ...me rate of 30fps with Half selected would cause an output stream of 15fps If interlaced input is used then this is used to reduce the number of fields being encoded GOP Size 10 240 Frames 60 Frames I frame frequency The number of frames in each Group of Pictures GOP Slice Mode Single Input low latency mode only Checked Unchecked Advanced encoder feature reduces latency by about 15ms When checked p...

Page 74: ... at 250 Certain decoders may require a value similar to the video delay If an issue is encountered with a specific decoder try setting this value to the same value as the video delay Output Setup Output Format RTP RTSP UDP TSRTP RTMP Output format of the encoded IP stream RTP requires an SDP file for the receiver that corresponds to the video codec used TSRTP streams TS over RTP RTMP is only suppo...

Page 75: ... TSFILE Only 50 Interval assigned to PCR in the TS stream in milliseconds PMT PID UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only 0 8191 31 PID assigned to PMT in the TS stream Video Max Delay UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only 300 Sets encoder maximum video delay in milliseconds TS RATE UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only 125K 20000K 5000K The overall bitrate of the transport stream Normally this value should be set to 1 25 video bitrate audio bitr...

Page 76: ...owza password Text Overlay Enable True False Enables overlay text over video Overlay Text ENCDEV Textbox for entering display text Overlay Location Top Left Top Center Top Right Bottom Left Bottom Center Bottom Right Sets screen location of display text Overlay Text Size 16 px 32 px 64 px Sets size of display text in pixels Channel Controls Stop Button Stop current encode session for Channel 1 Enc...

Page 77: ... 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 2160p 8MP 1440p 4MP 1080p 2MP 1280x1024 720p 1MP 480p 576p 1024x576 704x576 640x480 640x360 420x380 352x576 352x288 352x240 320x240 and 320x180 Follow input...

Page 78: ...three channels are supported The maximum performance for two channels is one 2160p30 plus one 1080p30 stream with Version 2 hardware or one 720p30 stream with Version 1 hardware 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...

Page 79: ...lue to the selected configuration Stop All Button Stop all current encode channels Encode must be stopped in order for settings to be altered Start All Button Start all encode channels System Status OK 10 9 ZFinder Buttons Description Refresh Rescans the network for Z3 Technology products Edit Device Allows for manual edits to encoder settings Name Name visible in ZFinder and top right corner of u...

Page 80: ...r 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 58 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 a...

Page 81: ... from the Z3Dome 4K the following steps are needed 1 Log in to the Wowza Streaming Engine Manager Home page by typing http localhost 8088 a localhost is the IP address of the PC with the server b In this example the full URL is http 192 168 0 4 8088 2 Click on Server in the top band of options 3 On the left column click on Performance Tuning and then Java Settings 4 Click Edit and then change Java...

Page 82: ...en 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 a...

Page 83: ... example application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the Z3Dome 4K 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...

Page 84: ...rints 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...

Page 85: ... in non 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 ...

Page 86: ...Out n visca_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...

Page 87: ...netmask is 255 255 0 0 do the first two values of the IP address of the camera match those of the network and PC If the netmask is 255 255 255 0 do the first three values of the IP address of the camera match those of the network and PC Problem The HTTP based user interface does not appear Is the Ethernet cable plugged in to the camera solidly Do you see the link light Are all firewalls on the net...

Page 88: ...video in VLC RTSP Is the version of VLC version 2 1 5 or newer Are all firewalls on the network turned off Try connecting the PC directly to the camera without any routers switches etc Problem Video quality in VLC is poor H 265 HEVC Is the version of VLC 2 2 4 or newer for HEVC H 265 decoding Does your PC meet the requirements outlined in Section 9 1 Problem Latency in VLC is too high Is the netwo...

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