Kystar Kommander-Z4, User Manual

Page 1: ...g KYSTAR Technology Co LTD www kystar com cn Muliti media server Z4 User manual Service hotlane 400 159 0808 official website www kystar com cn Follow WeChat Official Account Beijing KYSTAR Technology Co LTD ...

Page 2: ... company You can make copies but only for personal use If you use this software for other purposes especially for commercial purposes please contact our company The company reserves the right to pursue legal liability for infringements Please read this manual carefully before use Improper operation may cause damage to the product this product is a live working product please pay attention to the s...

Page 3: ...device If you need repair please contact the after sales personnel Ensure good grounding In order to protect the personal safety of users please make sure that the power cable is well grounded before use Please stay away from strong magnetic fields engines and transformers In order to ensure the normal use of the equipment please keep away from strong magnetic fields engines and transformers Pay a...

Page 4: ... 2small tools 10 3 2 3playlist 10 3 2 4Special effects library 10 3 3 Broadcast Control Area 10 3 3 1 Screen management 11 3 3 2 Canvas editing 11 3 3 3Play state 12 3 3 4 Black screen 12 3 3 5Material settings on canvas 12 3 4 Parameter setting bar 13 3 4 1 Level adjustment 14 3 4 2 Play from the beginning when switching 14 3 4 3 Play mode and end mode 15 3 4 4 File transparent channel 15 3 4 5 E...

Page 5: ...Local media 22 5 1 1 Media introduction 23 5 1 2 Media operations 23 5 2 playlist 23 5 2 1 List introduction 23 5 2 2 Add list 23 5 3 subtitle 24 5 3 1 Introduction to subtitles 24 5 3 2 Subtitle added 24 5 4 Office file 24 5 4 1 office added 24 5 4 2 office support 25 5 5 Collection equipment 25 5 6 Internet media 25 5 7 Screenshot 26 5 8 website 26 5 8 1 Website Introduction 26 5 8 2 Add website...

Page 6: ... after selecting a black screen and how to cut off the audio 36 7 3 How to realize the progress of the previous plan after the plan is switched 36 7 4 How can you ensure that multiple identical materials are fully synchronized 36 7 5 How to use a display port to achieve ultra long screen output 37 7 6 How to use a display port to realize the output of special shaped screen 38 7 7 Why sometimes the...

Page 7: ...rge events large opera houses theaters hotels auditoriums multi function halls lecture halls conference rooms high end entertainment venues disco bars night clubs karaoke private rooms etc These are closely related to the stage LED display 4 Exhibition LED display large screen is one of the important services provided by the company s corporate exhibition organizer providing its own brand culture ...

Page 8: ...R Technology Co LTD www kystar com cn 2 support but for multi screen unified Play control management is rare and there is an urgent need on the market for a combination of control and playback software and hardware ...

Page 9: ...r pictures to superimpose roaming arbitrarily replacing four computers to control Support mobile tablet cloud control system management real time remote monitoring and control Professional screen management and plan editing and broadcasting easy to change the scene Super rendering capability excellent playback performance Virtual screen management display port splitting various special shaped disp...

Page 10: ...de out no black screen flower screen flash screen and other bad phenomena Support linkage control with video splicing processor to realize unified scene switching Screen cloning material playback is fully synchronized Control commands support remote command control under UDP protocol Support linkage control with splicer and console to realize scene switching Front panel Function Description 1 USB3...

Page 11: ...cn 5 output port Types of Qty specification VGA 1 VGA Maximum support 1920 1080 60Hz HDMI 1 HDMI 2 0Maximum support 3840 2160 60Hz Audio 3 3 3 5mm interface Control port Types of Qty specification RJ 45 1 1000M USB 6 USB3 0 4 USB2 0 2 serial 2 RS232 ...

Page 12: ...s settings lock screen Media resource library material grouping and addition and modification of gadgets playlists special effect library Broadcast control area screen editing output mode setting material replacement etc Parameter setting bar view and edit corresponding material parameters Planning plan setting and grouping of plans 3 1 Menu Bar There are four parts in the menu bar options file ca...

Page 13: ...www kystar com cn 7 3 1 2 Canvas menu The canvas menu is mainly used to set parameters such as the size ratio and position of the canvas 3 1 3 Resource menu The resource menu is mainly used to add various materials to the resource area ...

Page 14: ...e software temporarily and does not affect the current output the user can use the lock screen function to prevent misoperation When the screen is locked some keyboard shortcuts are opened such as the pageup pagedown and arrow keys required for the office to turn pages 3 1 6 Help Located in the upper right corner of the software User manual It is convenient for users to quickly browse the product ...

Page 15: ...aterials grouping management and deleting and some types support attribute setting Material adding method 1 Through the plus sign at the top right of the material column 2 Right click menu to add materials 3 Support the material or the folder to which the material belongs directly to the material area to complete the addition Material management 1 Support material drag and drop sorting 2 Support r...

Page 16: ...ting and deleting playlists Support to set the duration or times of each file Support to set the duration quickly 3 2 4 Special effects library Support 4 special effects crop HSLA feather mirror border Support drag and drop effect to the screen on the canvas All objects with pictures support superposition of special effects The order of special effects stacking affects the final effect 3 3 Broadca...

Page 17: ...en management 1 Edit the number and size of explicit ports and screens and the corresponding relationship between the two 2 Edit the actual display position of the screen adjust the display layout of the screen to facilitate screen combination and realize the display of a long screen and a special shaped screen Note Different products have different restrictions on the display ports and screen dat...

Page 18: ... Pause All materials on the canvas are paused 3 Stop All materials on the canvas stop playing 4 Sound settings volume setting of output audio material as well as mute and restore 3 3 4 Black screen 1 In the system settings the black screen is forbidden to be checked When the black screen is selected there is no picture on the canvas and output 2 In the system settings the black screen prohibit edi...

Page 19: ...material is quickly restored to its original size through zoom reset 6 Hierarchical setting The material has a hierarchical relationship which can be modified through the hierarchical setting 7 Disable audio Select to disable the output of audio from the material Only one audio output is allowed for all the materials on the canvas The default is the first audio material added Uncheck the box to au...

Page 20: ...op bottom previous layer and next layer to adjust the level of the material on the canvas 3 4 2 Play from the beginning when switching Select if you want to confirm that the current material needs to inherit the progress in the output when outputting that is if a material is used in multiple connected plans at the same time and you want its playback progress to be uninterrupted you can select this...

Page 21: ...er of times of audio video material and stops playing after the specified number of times End mode define the action of the material after the end of the playback and trigger after the end of the playback When the material playback mode is loop mode this parameter cannot be set because it does not end 1 Freeze at the last frame After the material playing time ends the picture is fixed at the last ...

Page 22: ... Effect settings 1 Saturation brightness contrast and transparency color and effect can be set by adjusting the value 2 Feathering The feathering is worth adjusting and has a blanking effect on the surroundings of the material to improve the display effect 3 Restore settings restore all changed effect values to default values 4 Rotation set the material to rotate on the canvas to output at a speci...

Page 23: ... drag a video progress the program will automatically calculate the relative position of other videos in the same group and adjust its progress which is convenient for users to quickly understand the stage picture effect at different time points of the program Timing When enabled the video playback progress is played according to the timing Countdown When enabled the video playback progress will f...

Page 24: ...to save 2 Rename the plan The name of the right mouse button can be customized and changed according to the needs 3 Sorting plans You can change the position of the plan in this group by dragging the target plan with the mouse 4 Plan update When you need to change the material for the specified plan you can right click the plan after the change and select Update Plan to overwrite the plan before t...

Page 25: ...ick the Windows P button the following window appears select the expansion mode 4 2 Run the software Double click the software icon Run Kommander T1 player software 4 3 New Construction Click New to create a project file enter the project name and select the storage path and then click OK to complete the new project file ...

Page 26: ...corresponding addition option according to the type of material to be added The system supports the addition of multiple playback resources including local media subtitles office files capture cards streaming media NDI network screens websites screenshots 4 5 Configure screen management After adding the playing material click on the left Can enter the screen management interface Z4 restricts the a...

Page 27: ... the graphics card will automatically compress and fill the content according to the size of the graphics card 4 5 2 New and edit screen On the left side of the figure above the screen is newly created and the physical properties are edited Edit the display layout of the screen on the right The left side defines which display port and location through which the screen is output and is composed of ...

Page 28: ...n the canvas and the material can be output to the external led screen through the screen The material can be operated on the canvas for size rotation playback mode display efficiency cropping etc Users can also save the content of the canvas as a plan and when the event starts only need to call to output the content directly without editing again When the user needs to edit the content temporaril...

Page 29: ... blank space of the asset area and select Add Local Media to add local files to the asset area Drag and drop the material to the canvas in the broadcast control area to play 5 2 playlist 5 2 1 List introduction A playlist is to add multiple local media files to the same playlist to achieve multiple media files in turn in a window and you can set the duration of each media file 5 2 2 Add list In th...

Page 30: ...to add subtitle files to the asset area Drag and drop the material to the canvas in the broadcast control area to play When adding subtitle material the subtitle editing interface will be displayed If you want to modify the subtitle content during playback just right click the subtitle material in the broadcast control area and select Edit or double click the subtitle material to enter the editing...

Page 31: ...win10 system 2010 version office 5 5 Collection equipment Click the sign in the menu bar select Add Acquisition Device and select the corresponding acquisition device to add the acquisition card file to the material resource area Drag and drop the material to the canvas in the broadcast control area to play 5 6 Internet media Click the sign in the menu bar select Add Network Media enter the correc...

Page 32: ...rol area to play 5 8 website 5 8 1 Website Introduction Add a website enter the target URL and output the contents of the URL such as news and videos on the large screen 5 8 2 Add website Click the sign in the menu bar and select Add Website to add the website file to the resource area The Baidu webpage is added by default Drag and drop the material to the canvas in the broadcast control area to p...

Page 33: ...9 small tools 5 9 1 subtitle Welcome words company name etc can be added on the screen 5 9 2 Digital clock The following are two digital clocks and two display formats which can be set according to requirements 5 9 3 Analog clock 5 9 4form Add a table you can enter the content to be displayed the table size and format can be customized ...

Page 34: ...n the collected computer If Z4 is installed the NDI sender startup program is located under the Z4 installation path and there is a startup item in the start menu If it is an NDI client program you can run the startup program in the compressed package directly after decompression The program is compatible with third party NDI senders The second step run the NDI sender program when the computer has...

Page 35: ...d output Description 1 Scanning may be slow here please be patient 2 The collection and collected computer networks need to be on the same network to be able to ping each other otherwise they will not be discovered 3 Before use check whether the NDI sender has started to send VI Other functions 6 1 Software system settings The software can implement different system settings for different operatin...

Page 36: ... types are straight cut and fade in and out used to set the switching effect when switching materials or plans self starting at startup and project self starting used to set whether the software and project are automatic turn on 3 Codec setting used to set coding decoding parameters If an independent high performance graphics card is installed it is recommended to enable the hardware solution If t...

Page 37: ...ackage project name save path and select the packaged material Choose Start to enter the sorting process After finishing you can copy the project to other computers and open them on other computers Note Packing engineering materials by copying does not affect display output 6 3 Update software online Through the About Product in the upper right corner of the software you can detect whether the cur...

Page 38: ...cancel the optimization of all pictures in the material library Support users to perform single optimization and cancel optimization of pictures through the right click menu of picture materials 6 5 Automatic save and restore The system settings menu adds settings for automatic saving Support to define save interval The software is abnormally closed and when it is opened again if there is an autom...

Page 39: ...aster if the master is connected to the slave or slave the related operations of the slave or slave will also be performed 6 7 Scheduled tasks The software has the function of scheduling tasks and the software can be set to switch and output a specific plan at a specific time Select Timed Settings under the system menu to expand the following setting window Add a timing switch command through New ...

Page 40: ... modify it please expand Advanced Settings Recording area The default is the effective content area of the canvas which can also be set manually Supports drag and drop canvas editing when manually setting Composition type Automatic means judging by the file type on the canvas the picture is synthesized when all pictures are taken otherwise it is recorded video Resolution The default is 1920 1080 w...

Page 41: ...t the playback mode of the material in plan C to jump to the designated plan and designate it as the A plan In this way loop playback can be realized and when there are more plans they can be set in sequence 7 2 Z4 How to edit the canvas output after selecting a black screen and how to cut off the audio Open the software and enter the system settings Turn off the Prohibit editing when black screen...

Page 42: ...of the previous plan In this case the continuation progress needs to be used Setting steps Select the target material Tick the continuation progress in the parameter setting column on the left Save the current plan The same operation as other plans 7 4 How can you ensure that multiple identical materials are fully synchronized To achieve the simultaneous output of multiple same materials you can f...

Page 43: ... in the same display port as shown in the figure below Set the splicer to determine the splicing relationship between each screen and the actual screen Place 4 screens horizontally on the right 4 Return to the main interface drag and drop the material to the area composed of 4 screens to complete the ultra long screen output When you need to replace the material in the future just replace it direc...

Page 44: ...thod Create a good screen based on the points of the external physical screen Place the screen in a display port confirm the output of each screen and configure the splicer Set the position and rotation angle of each screen in the right window save and return to the main interface 4 Return to the main interface drag and drop the material to this area you can complete the special shaped screen outp...

Page 45: ... In addition after this option is selected the arrow keys used in other places for quick operation will be invalid 7 8 There are several abnormal signs of the material what do they mean 1 Indicates that the material does not exist The cause may be that the USB drive has fallen off or may have been deleted 2 During file loading it is usually an office document The office document requires a long op...

Page 46: ...y if it only sounds once this is normal if it continues to sound it is abnormal and feedback to the technician or upgrade the software If you encounter abnormal ppt pages and incomplete ppt display please upgrade the software version to T1 v3 3 and above 7 10 What is the effective time after the modification of media time cropping playback mode and end mode Time cropping playback mode and end mode...