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Users Guide 

 

Model Name: 

FSDI-DCK-1X

 

 

 

DOC-USR-0131-03 

August 29, 2018 

 

 

 

Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use. 

 

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Summary of Contents for FSDI-DCK-1X

Page 1: ...gistered 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 serv...

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 10 25 2017 Original Document for FSDI DCK 1X SI 02 07 16 2018 Updated screenshots added Wi Fi section added KLV section SI 03 8 29 2018 Updated section 6 11 Microphone Input SI ...

Page 3: ... 16 6 2 Stream RTP 19 6 3 Stream RTSP 21 6 4 Stream RTMP 23 6 5 Tuning for Latency 31 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions 33 6 7 Encoding KLV Stream 33 6 8 Setting SNTP 36 6 9 Record to USB and Micro SD 37 6 10 Dual Stream and Record 39 6 11 Microphone Input 39 6 12 Composite Pass Through 40 7 0 CAMERA CONTROL 42 7 1 Zoom 42 7 2 Preview Image 42 7 3 Color Controls 43 7 4 Sony VISCA Camera Control 43 7...

Page 4: ...3 ZEUS HE265 DEC 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 68 10 6 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 69 10 7 The CH2 CH3 Tabs Channels 2 3 76 10 8 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs 77 10 9 ZFinder 78 APPENDIX A Finding the IP Address of Your Computer 79 APPENDIX B Configuring the Wowza Server...

Page 5: ... VLC UDP 18 Figure 14 CH1 Tab Configuration RTP 19 Figure 15 Example of Encoded Video Streaming to VLC RTP 20 Figure 16 CH1 Tab Configuration RTSP 21 Figure 17 Finding your Camera s IP Address 22 Figure 18 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTP 22 Figure 19 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTSP 23 Figure 20 CH1 Tab Configuration RTMP Streaming to Wowza Streaming Engine 24 Figure 21 Navigating ...

Page 6: ...g a User Preset 47 Figure 51 Accessing Advanced Settings 49 Figure 52 Default UDP Settings Left and Advanced UDP Settings Right 49 Figure 53 Channel 2 PIP on Channel 1 50 Figure 54 Saving Updated Network Settings 51 Figure 55 Updating Device Firmware 52 Figure 56 Software Updater Screen 53 Figure 57 Creating or Changing the Password 53 Figure 58 Password Entry Screen 54 Figure 59 Pinhole Reset 54 ...

Page 7: ...ermal IR cameras 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 FV2K DCK10 has one KEL connector for Sony EV7520 cameras or compatible one 3G SDI input with loop one analog composite input accepting PAL or NTSC a digital multi format input which can accept video from LVDS or Cameralink CMOS as c...

Page 8: ...and multicast streaming Compatible with CDN s including Wowza Streaming Engine YouTube Live and Facebook Live Record a compressed ts file to a USB storage device Easily mounts to tripods or mounting brackets 1 4 20 UNC screw hole on bottom of unit ONVIF profile S compliant Compatible with the ZEUS Z3 SME 01 H 264 decoder and Z3 HE265 DEC H 265 decoder also available from Z3 Technology HTTP based c...

Page 9: ...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 OPTIONS Figure 2 FSDI DCK 1X Package Options NOTE additional cables may be required to connect your secondary camera Contact Sa...

Page 10: ...LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 10 4 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 1 RS 232 Serial Port1 5 Status Light2 2 USB 2 0 6 Composite Output 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 HD Interfaces ...

Page 11: ...ure 5 FSDI DCK 1X Physical Block Diagram Cameras Not Included 1 Once received the FSDI DCK 1X assembly will need to be connected to a SDI camera or the Sony FCB EV7520 HD camera block and the secondary camera with Composite Out The Interface Front End PCB of the FSDI DCK 1X assembly see Figure 7 has SDI input or 30 pin KEL connectors that allow a flexible ribbon cable to be used to connect the enc...

Page 12: ...1 402 323 0702 12 CBL 0028 01 MCX to Flex I O cable number CBL 0027 01 MMCX to MCX CBL 0035 01 and MMCX to BNC CBL 0033 01 are sold separately Figure 6 Interface Front End PCB WARNING ONLY USE THE CORRECT KEL RIBBON CABLE PROVIDED BY Z3 TECHNOLOGY Using an incorrect cable can permanently damage the camera body Flex I O Connector Primary KEL Connector SDI Input Composite Video Input SDI Loop Input ...

Page 13: ...e Flex I O to MCX cable provided by Z3 technology Figure 8 MMCX and Flex I O Connections completed NOTE Other Cameras may require RCA or BNC connectors for composite output Contact the camera manufacturer if there is uncertainty and sales to purchase the correct cable Connect camera to power if required Figure 7 FSDI DCK 1X Connected to FCB EV7520 Camera Not Included KEL Ribbon Cable Sold Separate...

Page 14: ... to a static IP address ZFinder may be unable to discover your camera Note The FSDI DCK 1X is set to DHCP by default If no DHCP server is available on the network a static IP address of 192 168 0 120 and a netmask of 255 255 0 0 will be assigned The IP address can be manually entered as the URL in a browser window to access the user interface 6 Run the ZFinder PC utility on your PC You may need to...

Page 15: ...ur default web browser for best results Firefox or Chrome are recommended and the user interface appears with the System Setup tab open 9 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 ...

Page 16: ...y tab 2 Verify the Output Resolution is set to Follow Input to output a HD stream If a lower resolution 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 addres...

Page 17: ...ndle decode of H 265 content at HD resolutions See Section 9 1 PC Configuration for HD HEVC H 265 Decode for more 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 ...

Page 18: ...68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 18 d Dest_Port will match the value found in the Dest Port field in the Encoder tab The default value is 8600 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 13 Example of Video Streaming to VLC UDP Figure 12 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for UDP ...

Page 19: ...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 20: ...Z3Cam 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 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 21: ...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 RTSP 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 22: ...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 23: ...e content distribution 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 s...

Page 24: ... 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 available in the user interface See Section 8 2 Advanced Settings Mode for more information on accessing additional set...

Page 25: ...MP 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 ...

Page 26: ...26 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 FSDI DCK 1X user interface For this example enter hevc4k 16 Click Start You will see your camera s video streaming to the Wowza server Figure 22 Viewing Streamed Content on Wowza Test Player 4 Audio and Video appear 1 Select Adobe RTMP tab 2 Type hevc4k for Strea...

Page 27: ...tion of the user interface CH1 tab or the Stop All button in the lower 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 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 ...

Page 28: ...stream setup documentation available in YouTube s online Live streaming guide for recommended bitrates for your resolution 11 Set Authentication to Disable 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...

Page 29: ...r browser to facebook s main URL facebook com and navigate to the page management interface for your page if desired Select the Live Video link at the top of the Create Post dialog box near the top of the page Figure 25 Facebook Create Post dialog box 3 At the top of the new dialog box that appears select External Device Take note of the Server URL and Stream Key for your session displayed on the ...

Page 30: ...t Address field In our example the full address reads rmtp api facebook com 80 rtmp 101180953856248 ds 1 s_l 1 a ATicDctn4rtiWCXW Authentication should remain disabled Figure 27 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 strea...

Page 31: ...ed 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 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 ...

Page 32: ...incoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 32 1 Click Tools on the main menu and select Preferences from the dropdown Figure 29 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 ...

Page 33: ...1000 ms 300 ms frame skips 1000 ms no frame skips 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions The FSDI DCK 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 6 7 Encoding KLV Stream The FSDI DCK 1X is STANAG 4609 NGA MIS...

Page 34: ...be entered as the source On the Z3 DME 10 the only available gv7601 device is dev gv7601 0 so enter this for the KLV Source 8 Click the Start button and video will be streamed with KLV data Figure 33 Enabling KLV 6 7 1 Enable KLV Metadata Multiplex Mode via the RS232 Port 1 To receive KLV metadata via the RS232 port on the back panel of the DME 10 Set the Output Format as UDP and set KLV Enable to...

Page 35: ...1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 35 not Choose based on the expectation of your decoder many support both The settings below reflect those discussed above Figure 34 Settings for Mutiplex Modes 2 When using the back panel RS232 port it is important to disable the serial console Save your settings and click on the System Setup tab Uncheck the Enable Serial Console checkbox A reboot will be required ...

Page 36: ...port 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 timezone 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 chang...

Page 37: ...sary 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 HD 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 your video...

Page 38: ...ilable 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 Stop button Verify th...

Page 39: ...in TS mode 1 First you need to go to the Systems Tab and enable Advanced Settings 2 Turn off low latency transport stream 3 Go to the CH1 tab and Select TS mode 4 The AUX file option should appear 5 This allows you to stream and also to store CH1 to a file The same can be done for CH2 Note Dual Stream Record cannot be supported in low latency mode 6 11 Microphone Input 1 Connect a microphone with ...

Page 40: ... the audio input 6 12 Composite Pass Through The FSDI DCK 1X allows for the currently encoded content to be passed through to the Composite output while the unit is streaming This allows the camera content to be viewed on a TV or other display monitor 1 To view this pass through content verify the unit is currently encoding The channel status will show RUNNING in the bottom right corner of the use...

Page 41: ...1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 41 3 The output resolution can be adjusted in real time In the System Setup tab select the desired option from the Resolution dropdown menu under the Display Setup section 4 Click the Set Display button for changes to take effect Connect to CVBS Figure 41 Composite Connection Select Resolution Option Click Set Display Figure 42 Set Composite Pass Through Resolution ...

Page 42: ...ts real time camera adjustments remotely via the user interface Refer to Section 10 4 The Camera Tab for more details on the available options 1 Return to the user interface and click on the Camera tab 7 1 Zoom 2 Use the slider to adjust your preferred zoom position 7 2 Preview Image 3 Click the Load button to view a still image of the video being captured by the camera Figure 43 Camera Zoom Slide...

Page 43: ...ol of the camera video input is supported by Sony s VISCA protocol VISCA commands can be sent from a remote PC using the same IP connection that carries the video Control actions include zoom focus aperture and more To complete the following instructions a Windows 7 PC with Com2TCP4 and your camera controller software downloaded is required 7 4 1 Com2TCP Setup 1 If you have not already done so ins...

Page 44: ...st match the Camera 1 VISCA Control TCP Port value listed in the Camera tab of the FSDI DCK 1X user interface 5 Assign a COM Port that is not currently in use on your system using the dropdown menu 6 Click the Connect button The application will minimize Do not close this application while your camera control is in use The COM port selected will now redirect data to the FSDI DCK 1X If the camera i...

Page 45: ... 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 FSDI DCK 1X has been provided in APP...

Page 46: ...sing WS Discovery 1 Open your ONVIF client program 2 Use ONVIF device discovery to find the FSDI DCK 1X on the network Note For manual discovery of ONVIF use the FSDI DCK 1X 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: ...own menu located at the bottom of any screen select new preset 2 A textbox will appear 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 th...

Page 48: ...power the unit off by unplugging the power supply Then plug the power supply back in and wait 15 30 seconds for the unit to boot up 8 2 Advanced Settings Mode A limited range 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 u...

Page 49: ...d Settings box 6 Click on the Save button 7 A pop up window appears with a message that the settings were saved successfully 8 Return to you channel tab to set additional encoding configuration parameters for your stream See Section 10 6 The CH1 Tab Channel 1 for more information on the advanced settings available for each streaming output 2 Click Save 1 Check Advanced Settings Figure 51 Accessing...

Page 50: ...e dropdown and click start Figure 53 Channel 2 PIP on Channel 1 Note The PIP stream needs to be set to a resolution that is smaller than the resolution of Channel 1 If Channel 2 not a smaller resolution the PIP will not show on Channel 1 Set a Static IP Address The FSDI DCK 1X supports DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol This is enabled by default allowing the camera to dynamically receive an...

Page 51: ...ed network settings including Local IP Address Local Netmask Default Gateway DNS Server IP 1 and DNS Server IP 2 7 Now that DHCP is no longer set in this configuration and your network settings have been entered click on the Save button 8 A pop up window appears with a reminder that changes to network settings require a reboot in order to take effect Click OK to reboot the unit Wait 45 60 seconds ...

Page 52: ...user interface 8 3 4 Open the User Interface Manually 13 You can also access the user interface by manually typing your unit s static IP address into a web browser on any computer connected to the same network as the unit 8 4 Upgrade Firmware Firmware upgrades for the FSDI DCK 1X are available for download at Z3Cam 4K Z3technology com 1 In the System Setup Tab click the Update device firmware butt...

Page 53: ...ovides 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 will appear prompting for a user name and password Enter admin for...

Page 54: ...es yellow 3 Power cycle device Once the boot sequence has completed the FSDI DCK 1X will return to its original factory settings The HE2K DCK 1X can also be reset via a USB device at boot 1 Plug a FAT32 formatted USB drive into your PC 2 To do a factory reset create a directory or file named z3reset To only reset the password create a directory or file named z3passreset instead 3 Eject the drive f...

Page 55: ...3 Technology for support options 8 7 1 Initial Wi Fi Setup 1 Power down the encoder and plug the Wi Fi 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 LED on the Wi Fi stick flashing 2 If there are no saved networks or none of the saved networks are currently available the device will enter Access Point AP mode In this ...

Page 56: ...or click the Wi Fi tab again and go back to the dropdown Figure 62 ZFinder page showing Available Networks dropdown 6 Select the Wi Fi network to connect to type in the password and click Connect At this point close 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 F...

Page 57: ...ing at HD resolutions a PC must meet the following 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 ...

Page 58: ...08 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 63 LAV Filters Configuration Verify is Set to your Nvidia video card Verify HEVC is checked ...

Page 59: ...ayer 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 Verif...

Page 60: ...code When in H 264 mode the FSDI DCK 1X is compatible with the ZEUS SME 01 also manufactured by Z3 Technology Please contact Z3 for more information 9 3 ZEUS HE265 DEC Figure 66 ZEUS HE265 DEC Decoder When in H 265 mode the FSDI DCK 1X 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 ...

Page 61: ... 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 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...

Page 62: ...SC PAL Selects the desired resolution for Composite pass through 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 acce...

Page 63: ...e ONVIF Enable Disable ONVIF and contorl number 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 ...

Page 64: ...rted 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 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 bei...

Page 65: ...s whether the status tab will automatically refresh information 10 4 The Camera Tab Parameter Options default in bold Description Camera Zoom Current zoom position 0 100 Displays the value of the zoom position selected in the slider Zoom Slider Wide Telephoto Sets the camera zoom Optical only Checked Unchecked Sets whether to allow optical zoom only Camera Focus auto manual radio buttons auto manu...

Page 66: ...user interface This will not be live video About Camera Model Sony FCB EV7520 or compatible Video Standard Monitoring Mode Available settings depend on connected camera Dropdown list of available camera modes Selecting one changes the the camera monitoring mode Color Controls White Balance Mode Auto Indoor One push Auto Trace Manual Sodium Lamp Auto Sodium Lamp Fixed Sodium Lamp Outdoor Selects pr...

Page 67: ... occupying more than of the image should be submitted to the camera This data is lost when the camera is powered off Manual RGain Manual Only 0 255 192 Sets RGain value 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 Camera Orientation E Flip checked un...

Page 68: ...f available serial ports and one of available PTZ control Parameter Options default in bold Description Serial Port Configuration Serial Port Serial 1 Serial Z1 Serial 2 Serial Z0 Serial 4 Each available serial port is listed and can be changed by the user as required Baud Rate 1200 2400 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Each serial port can be configured with a selected baud rate Function Camera 1 VI...

Page 69: ...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 generates the resolution based on the capture resolution Note 1...

Page 70: ...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 fields are set separately for an HEVC stream The decoder will need to support field separated mode The HE265 DEC from Z3 supports separated mode Gradual Data Refresh True False Select True to e...

Page 71: ...p 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 AACHE V2 is 32 ...

Page 72: ...value 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 TSFILE RTMP 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 requi...

Page 73: ...SRTP Only True False Set to True to allow the same UDP or TSRTP stream to be saved to a ts file Only available if TS Lowlat Mode below is False Output Device TSFILE Only Click this field to select the detected USB storage device for ts file destination File Prefix TSFILE Only MOV1_ F_ T_ Textbox to enter desired file name for ts file Entered text will be followed by a number starting with zero in ...

Page 74: ...r values to allow leeway for times when many bits are 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 smoot...

Page 75: ...tton Stop current 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 ...

Page 76: ...s simultaneous encode into multiple different resolutions and bitrates Each output stream can be set using a separate Channel tab See the CH1 Tab section for detailed descriptions of available 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 1080p60 plus one 7...

Page 77: ...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 Bottom of All Tabs Parameter Options default in bold italics Description preset encoder any user defined profiles new preset The configuration file selected for use encoder Factory default settings Ca...

Page 78: ...rk 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 HE2K DCK 1X to flash red approximately 30 times This is h...

Page 79: ... 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 67 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 80: ...rom the FSDI DCK 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...

Page 81: ... 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 82: ...ample application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the FSDI DCK 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 Figure 71 Running the Example Application The example application code is as follows include stdio h include stdlib h include string h include assert...

Page 83: ...n tN t Sets picture to normal n tH t Prints 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...

Page 84: ...00 0x00 0x00 Pic flip off open the device 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 WSAGetLas...

Page 85: ...ntf Zoom 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 i...

Page 86: ...If the 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 ...

Page 87: ...eo 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 network ...

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