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User Instructions

H.265 4K IP Camera

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Z3Cam-4M

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Page 1: ... 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 service marks or s...

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 05 2022 Preliminary Document for Z3Cam 4M NC RJ 02 01 18 2022 Minor changes NC ...

Page 3: ...ew Features on Z3Cam 4M 15 6 0 STREAMING CONTROL 16 6 1 Stream UDP 17 6 2 Stream RTP 20 6 3 Stream RTSP 22 6 4 Stream RTMP 25 6 5 Tuning for Latency 33 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions 35 6 7 Record to USB 36 6 8 Microphone Input 39 6 9 Record Snapshot 40 7 0 CAMERA CONTROL 41 7 1 Zoom 41 7 2 Preview and Download Image 41 7 3 Color Controls 42 7 4 Sony VISCA Camera Control 43 7 5 ONVIF Profile S 45...

Page 4: ...coder 60 9 3 ZEUS HE4K 01 Decode 60 10 0 SUMMARY OF OPTIONS 62 10 1 The System Setup Tab 62 10 2 The User Presets Tab 64 10 3 The Status Tab 65 10 4 The Camera Tab 66 10 5 The Term Tab 70 10 6 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 72 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 ...

Page 5: ...Figure 15 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTP 23 Figure 16 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTSP 24 Figure 17 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming to Wowza Streaming Engine 26 Figure 18 Navigating to the Wowza Test Player 27 Figure 19 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Player 28 Figure 20 YouTube Live Dashboard Encoder Setup 29 Figure 21 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming to YouTube L...

Page 6: ...dated Network Settings 50 Figure 49 Updating Device Firmware 51 Figure 50 Software Updater Screen 51 Figure 51 Creating or Changing the Password 52 Figure 52 Password Entry Screen 52 Figure 53 Pinhole Reset 53 Figure 55 Display of Network Options 55 Figure 56 Example of encoder showing up on Zfinder application 55 Figure 57 Zfinder page 56 Figure 58 LAV Filters Configuration 58 Figure 59 Disable H...

Page 7: ...ce remotely with a Web based configuration interface ONVIF Profile S and with VISCA control commands sent over IP to the Z3Cam 4M The Z3Cam 4M leverages a Sony 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 Z3Cam 4M brings clari...

Page 8: ... Additional Interfaces include Gigabit Ethernet USB 2 0 Micro SD Card and RS 232 Serial o RS485 alarm input and output interfaces available internally o Supports streaming in MPEG 2 TS UDP RTP RTSP RTMP and TSRTP o Supports unicast and multicast streaming o Compatible with CDN s including Wowza Streaming Engine and YouTube Live o Record a compressed ts mp4 to a USB SD storage device o Record a JPG...

Page 9: ...frame rates and bitrates Supported stream resolutions are 2160p 8MP 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 examp...

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 Z3Cam 4M Camera 12V 1A Power Supply Figure 2 Z3Cam 4M Package Contents ...

Page 11: ...ogy LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 11 4 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 1 RS 232 Serial Port1 5 Status Light2 2 USB 3 1 6 Serial I O 3 Microphone Input 7 12V Power optional 4 GigE PoE 1 For advanced debugging purposes only Not needed by typical users 2 LED light will blink green when streaming Figure 3 Z3Cam 4M Interfaces ...

Page 12: ...ming needs and control the camera In addition to the Z3Cam 4M 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 Powe...

Page 13: ...window 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 Z3Cam 4M appears 4 Click on the Z3Cam 4M 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 Z3Cam 4M User Interface System Setup Tab ...

Page 15: ... ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 15 5 3 New Features on Z3Cam 4M There are many new features with the Z3Cam 4K including enabled camera center crop when in 4K mode Auto Color and thresholds in ICR Flicker Reduction Visibility Enhancement and new Noise Reduction Please see examples below The 4M needs camera center crop enabled when in 4K mode ...

Page 16: ...bility Enhancement is also new Noise Reduction can now define how the camera does the noise reduction 6 0 STREAMING CONTROL This section gives step by step instructions on setting the Z3Cam 4M to output and stream video using each of the output format options UDP RTP RTSP and RTMP In addition to the Z3Cam 4M a Windows PC with the VLC media player3 downloaded is required Please see Section 8 5 Deco...

Page 17: ... 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 your PC see APPENDIX A Finding the IP Address of Your Computer In the example pictured 192 168 0 6 is used b ...

Page 18: ..._____________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 18 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 19: ...ect 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 the Encoder tab The defaul...

Page 20: ... 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 Se...

Page 21: ...Z3Cam 4M Z3technology com 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 the SDP file entitled...

Page 22: ... 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 23: ...s 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 ex...

Page 24: ...250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 24 10 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 15 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTSP ...

Page 25: ...Engine support HEVC to use HEVC check the Use H 265 for RTMP checkbox 4 Under Output Setup select RTMP in the Output Format dropdown menu In the case that an encrypted stream is required select RTMPS Encryption requires a certificate to be set up on the Wowza Streaming Engine See Wowza documentation for details 5 Set Dest Address to IP_Address port application Stream_Name a IP_Address will be the ...

Page 26: ...dy done so install the Wowza Streaming Engine server on a PC on your network for details on configuring Wowza please see APPENDIX B Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP Figure 16 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming to Wowza Streaming Engine 4 Change to RTMP 1 If necessary click Stop 7 Click Start 2 Verify is Follow input 3 Verify is H264 AVC 5 Set to correspond to Wowza server information 6 Set ...

Page 27: ...ame 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 Players in the top right hand corne...

Page 28: ...2 28 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 Z3Cam 4M 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 Stream...

Page 29: ...r right corner of the screen of any tab 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 Note As of the date of this document 1080p 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 A...

Page 30: ...le as this field is not 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 acco...

Page 31: ...nal 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 Z3Cam 4M 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 l...

Page 32: ...NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 32 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 33: ...ection 8 2 Advanced Settings Mode for more information on accessing these settings For minimum latency with possibility of skipped frames at the expense of increased network burstiness set TS Lowlat Mode to True This is enabled by default To ensure smoothest playback and reduce loading on network set TS Lowlat Mode to False For applications where ISO 13818 1 constant end to end delay is required b...

Page 34: ... ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 34 Figure 25 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 left and scroll to the bottom on the right side of the window to find the Network Caching ms value Figure 26 VLC Media Player Advanced Preferences ...

Page 35: ...LC 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 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions The Z3Cam 4M supports simultaneous encode into up to three different resolutions bitrates and output formats Each output stream can be set using a s...

Page 36: ...d if necessary click on the Stop button in the Channel Controls section of the user interface CH1 tab or the Stop All button in the lower right corner of the screen of any tab 3 Verify the Output Resolution is set to Follow Input to output a 4K stream If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur 4 Select the Video Codec you would like to use for ...

Page 37: ...ing settings are available in the user interface See Section 8 2 Advanced Settings Mode for more information on accessing additional settings 8 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 9 When your desired recording length has been reached click on the S...

Page 38: ...STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 38 10 You can verify your recording by connecting the USB 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 will be observed upon playback VLC should be version 2 1 3 or newer ...

Page 39: ...button in the Channel Controls section of the user interface CH1 tab or the Stop All button in the lower right corner of the screen of any tab 3 Verify Audio Enable is set to True and set your desired values for Codec Sample Rate and Bit Rate 4 Select the appropriate option from the Source dropdown menu corresponding to your microphone a MIC Line In should be used with non powered non amplified mi...

Page 40: ...al IP Address field in the System Setup tab or the ZFinder utility described in Section 5 2 2 Type the URL into a Web browser as http IP Address of Z3CAM snapshot cgi Example if the camera IP address 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_H...

Page 41: ... interface and click on the Camera tab 7 1 Zoom 2 Use the slider or button to adjust your preferred zoom position 7 2 Preview and Download Image 3 Click on Start on the camera tab to view a live preview stream To stop the stream click the Stop button After clicking the Stop button t load a still preview image click the Load button To start the live preview again click the Start Button 4 If PTZ is ...

Page 42: ... 1 402 323 0702 42 7 3 Color Controls 5 Select from a variety of supported white balance configurations using the White Balance Mode dropdown menu 6 Adjust Color Gain and Color Hue using the sliders 7 Use the button options to adjust to your desired Color Suppress settings Figure 34 Camera Tab Preview Image Right Click here to save image Click to load a still preview image Figure 35 Color Controls...

Page 43: ... 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 Z3Cam 4M 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 Z3Cam 4M user interf...

Page 44: ...he 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 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 Z3Cam 4M has been provided in APPE...

Page 45: ...using WS Discovery 1 Open your ONVIF client program 2 Use ONVIF device discovery to find the Z3Cam 4M on the network Note For manual discovery of ONVIF use the Z3Cam 4M 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 user ID ...

Page 46: ...ear 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 the ...

Page 47: ...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 48: ...e Advanced Settings box in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset 8 3 Overlay Timestamp The Z3Cam 4M supports the overlay of a system timestamp on the video stream This is 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 ...

Page 49: ...d to set your camera to a static IP address as well in order for it to be discoverable by ZFinder 8 4 1 Setup a Custom Configuration 10 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 11 Return to the System Setup tab 12 Select your newly created configuration f...

Page 50: ...tility 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 Z3Cam 4M appears with your manually entered IP address 20 Select the Z3Cam 4M 21 Click Open Device to reach the user interface 8 4 4 Open the User Interface Manually 22 You can also access the user interface by manually typing your unit s sta...

Page 51: ... 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 your PC that you wish to update with 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...

Page 52: ... the password requirement se 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 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 login to acce...

Page 53: ...02 53 8 7 Factory Reset The Z3Cam 4M can be reset to its original factory settings using the pinhole reset on the lower right of the rear interface panel of the unit Figure 49 Pinhole Reset 1 Allow the camera to boot completely 2 Press and hold pinhole reset switch until status light flashes yellow 3 Power cycle camera Once the boot sequence has completed the camera will return to its original fac...

Page 54: ...lsusb at the prompt You should see this entry Bus 003 Device 002 ID 2357 010c If you you don t see this entry the device you are using is not currently supported Contact Z3 Technology for support options 8 9 1 Initial WiFI Setup 1 Power down the encoder and plug the wifi adapter into the USB slot on the camera Then power on the encoder The device will boot up and you will see the green indicator L...

Page 55: ...e Zfinder application Select the encoder from the list click Open Device This will bring up the web interface Figure 51 Example of encoder showing up on Zfinder application 4 On the web interface click the Wifi tab to set up a network connection 5 To select the WiFi network to connect to click on the Available Networks dropdown If you don t see the network you are looking for click the Wifi tab ag...

Page 56: ...ndow 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 WiFi If you 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 it will return to...

Page 57: ... requirements Nvidia GEForce GTX960 desktop or GTX960M laptop graphics card LAV Filters6 version 0 63 or higher VLC media player7 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 6 LAV Filters is an open source program that allows playback of video and a...

Page 58: ...508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 58 9 1 2 LAV Filters 2 Install LAV Filters if necessary 3 Navigate to the Properties and select the Video Settings tab 4 Verify the HEVC checkbox is checked under Codecs for HW Decoding 5 Enable the Nvidia video card under Hardware Decoder to use 6 Select Apply Figure 53 LAV Filters Configuration Verify is Set to your Nvidia video card Verify HEVC is checked ...

Page 59: ...layer v2 2 4 if necessary 8 Navigate to the Tools menu and select Preferences 9 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 10 In the Advanced Preferences window that appears navigate to Video codecs on the left hand column and select FFmpeg 11 Select Disable in the Hardware decoding dropdown menu Veri...

Page 60: ...0 9 2 ZEUS HE265 DEC Decoder When in H 265 mode the HE2K DCK 1X is compatible with the ZEUS HE265 DEC also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information Figure 55 ZEUS HE265 DEC H 265 Decoder 9 3 ZEUS HE4K 01 Decode When in H 264 mode the Z3Cam 4M is compatible with the ZEUS HE4K 01 also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information Figure 56 ZEUS HE4K...

Page 61: ... 0261 02 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 61 ZEUS is a registered trademark of Z3 Technology LLC ...

Page 62: ...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 63: ...h output 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 pas...

Page 64: ...eras 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 device logs Button Extract a set of diagnostic logs that can be provided to Z3 in the event of an issue to ...

Page 65: ...t 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 Frames Number of frames sent from encoder to channel since the beginning of encoding Stream Status Channel The channel number 1 3 URL URL the channel is being streamed to Frames Number of frames sent from encoder to...

Page 66: ...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 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 S...

Page 67: ...e 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 clicking the trigg...

Page 68: ...s 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 compatible Version Firmware Version installed on camera Camera Zoom Current zoom position 0 100 Displa...

Page 69: ...cked Unchecked 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 c...

Page 70: ...ctions TermTab and PtzTab TermTab 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 th...

Page 71: ... 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 te...

Page 72: ...CP 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 3840x2160 resizing will occur Follow In...

Page 73: ...lect True to enable refresh of the frame data gradually Video Bitrate RTP RTSP RTMP RTMPS and MP4 Only 2K 40M 4M Textbox for entering video bitrate For example 1M 1 000 000 bits per second 1000k 1 000 000 bits per second 2 5M Not a Valid Format Frame Rate Full Half Quarter Sixth Used to encode at less than the input frame rate for example an input frame rate of 30fps with Half selected would cause...

Page 74: ... bitrate range for AACHE and AACHE V2 is 32 64 Kbps Source MIC Line In MIC Select MIC Line In when using a non powered non amplified microphone Select MIC when using a powered amplified microphone Rtp Port RTP Only 0 9999 8700 Destination port for RTP audio Pid UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only 0 8191 120 Audio PID for transport stream Max PTS PCR UDP TSRTP TSFILE Only 0 8191 250 Maximum difference between th...

Page 75: ...UDP TSRTP RTMP RTMPS Only TSFile MP4File None Set to MP4File to record the stream to an MP4 file For UDP or TSRTP mode a ts file can be recorded if TS Lowlat Mode below is False Output Device Click this field to select the detected storage device for output file destination File Prefix MOV1_ F_ T_ Textbox to enter desired file name for output file Entered text will be followed by a number starting...

Page 76: ...re needed to encode This can be especially useful for ensuring smooth playback at lower bitrates TS Lowlat Mode UDP TSRTP Only False True Selecting True causes the TS muxer to instead send packets out as soon as 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...

Page 77: ...encode session for Channel 1 Encode must be stopped in order for settings to be altered Start Button Start encode session for Channel 1 Delete Button Removes channel instance for encoding status Not running IDLE STOPPED RUNNING POLLING Current status of the encode process IDLE indicates no valid input data is present STOPPED indicates that the unit is not currently encoding Must be in this mode to...

Page 78: ...lable settings on the CH2 and CH3 tab If these tabs are not present you can create a them by clicking on the tab Only 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 1920x1...

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 Z3Cam 4M 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: ...n 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 ar...

Page 83: ... example application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the Z3Cam 4M 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 n...

Page 86: ...ut 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: ...tmask 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 netwo...

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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