Woxcon IPH400D, User Manual

Page 1: ...IPH400E IPH400D 1080p IP Streaming Encoder Decoder All Rights Reserved Version IPH400_2019V1 0 User Manual ...

Page 2: ... 7 5 2 General Setting 10 5 3 Video Routing Tab 13 5 3 1 Video Switching 13 5 3 2 Video Recording 14 5 3 3 Sending Single Source to All RX Devices 15 5 3 4 Disconnecting Source from RX 15 5 3 5 Preset Management 16 5 4 Video Preview Tab 16 5 5 Audio Routing Tab 20 5 6 RS232 Routing Tab 21 5 6 1 Assign Encoder to all Decoders 22 5 6 2 Sending RS232 Data from IP Streaming Management to a Third party...

Page 3: ... Reset 31 5 8 1 4 Device Reboot 31 5 8 1 5 Firmware Upgrade 31 5 8 1 6 Video File Management 31 5 8 2 Encoder TX Settings Options 32 5 8 2 1 Device Setting 33 5 8 2 2 Video Format Setting 34 5 8 2 3 Factory Reset 35 5 8 2 4 Device Reboot 35 5 8 2 5 Firmware Upgrade 35 5 9 System Management Tab 36 5 9 1 Security Settings 36 5 9 2 System Logs 37 5 9 3 Group Management 38 5 10 Routing Table 39 ...

Page 4: ...he IP streaming system 1 1 Features l Supports H 264 encoding and decoding l 1080p video over IP network l Support video extension video distribution and video matrix l Support output video scaling to 720p or 1080p l Supports PoE Encoder Decoder can be powered by PoE Switch l Support Video Live Preview on the GUI l Support Video Broadcasting over network l Supports video recording l The encoder fe...

Page 5: ...ut 1 HDMI Out Video Output Connector 1 Type A female HDMI HDMI Output Resolution Up to 1080p 60Hz 444 10 12bit Audio Output 1 Audio Out L R Audio Output Connector 1 RCA jack Control 1 Storage 1 RS232 1 IR In 1 IR Out 1 LAN PoE Control Connector 1 Type A USB 1 3 pin terminal block 2 3 5mm jack 1 RJ45 General Video Encoding Standard H 264 External Power Supply Input AC 100 240V 50 60Hz Output 12V DC...

Page 6: ...and the network switch HDMI In Type A female HDMI port to connect HDMI video source device HDMI Out Type A female HDMI port to connect HDMI display device RS232 3 pin terminal block for RS232 routing control Supports point to point unicast and point to multipoint broadcast configuration IR IN 3 5mm jack to connect an IR receiver for IR routing control IR OUT 3 5mm jack to connect an IR emitter for...

Page 7: ...video Start Stop Button Press the button to start or stop video recording HDMI Out Type A female HDMI port to connect HDMI display device Audio Out RCA jack to connect audio output device RS232 3 pin terminal block for RS232 routing control Supports point to point unicast and point to multipoint broadcast configuration IR IN 3 5mm jack to connect an IR receiver for IR routing control IR OUT 3 5mm ...

Page 8: ...y A V signal can be flawlessly and instantly distributed to a near limitless number of decoder and screens any number of times Matrix Switcher Many to One Many to Many The combination of switching and splitting enables a completely scalable matrix system Independently route video audio and RS232 IR control signal from any source to any endpoint The IP streaming system allows for on the fly upgradi...

Page 9: ...o test RS232 serial extension between TX and RX units 6 Optional Connect compatible IR emitter modules to the IR output connectors of any TX or RX 7 Optional Connect compatible IR receiver modules to the IR input connectors of any TX or RX 8 Connect an Ethernet cable Cat 6a recommended from the LAN port each TX and RX unit to any available LAN port 9 Connect the control PC to the LAN port of any I...

Page 10: ...uting and switching between Encoder and Decoder units The IP Streaming Management can be used on any Windows PC using Microsoft Net framework 4 0 or later Windows version Before proceeding ensure that the IP addresses of PC and all units are on the same local area network LAN After install the control software start the application by double clicking on IPH400 exe file Username admin Password admi...

Page 11: ...uld be Video Switching which means the video source displayed by an RX device Decoder l The top area of the user interface is labeled Decoder RX All RX devices detected on the network will be displayed here l The bottom area of the user interface is labeled Encoder TX All TX devices detected on the network will be displayed here All connected TX and RX devices on the network will appear as a gray ...

Page 12: ...ustration of a display will appear within the corresponding RX tile If no device is visible within the tile it means that the device is connected and detected but no source or display device is connected to the TX RX TX device tile info RX device tile info Hostname Streaming Stopped Status Setting Menu Video Resolution More Information Color Space IP Address Hostname Streaming Stopped Status Setti...

Page 13: ...e Select initial interface for system operating easily l Factory Reset All Click Factory Reset to restore all Encoders and Decoders to factory settings l Update Time All Click Update Time to set the time of all connected Encoders and Decoders to synchronize with computer time l Enable Preview Enable video preview function the Encoder Decoder title on the Video Switching will display the video imag...

Page 14: ...1080p IP Streaming Encoder Decoder 11 l Preview Interval Seconds Set the refresh time of video preview Log Setting l Log Save Days Set the number of days to save the software log ...

Page 15: ...tion of audio follow video switching When switching video signal at Video Switching tab the audio will automatically follow the video switch Note that it is invalid that switch audio separately at Audio Switching tab l Audio Codec Set the audio coding standard to AAC or PCM for all encoders ...

Page 16: ...he left mouse button to select a TX by clicking on its associated active tile b Hold down the left mouse button and drag the TX tile over the RX tile it is to be joined with Then release the mouse button to drop the TX tile onto the RX tile c TX and RX are now joined The video source connected to the Encoder TX now appears on the display connected to the respective Decoder RX If the video is not b...

Page 17: ...t Stop button on the front panel of Decoder RX or left click the Start Stop icon on the Decoder RX title as below 3 After starting video recording the Recording LED on the front panel of Decoder RX will illuminate blue 4 Click the Start Stop icon again to stop video recording and the Recording LED will go out 5 Wait at least 1 minute and then remove the U disk Note l The recorded video format is M...

Page 18: ...ted to onto the blue tile in the Decoder RX section labeled Group ALL Comment To verify which RX and TX are joined together click on the Decoder RX or Encoder TX tile you want to see the connection status for All the joined tiles will be highlighted in blue 5 3 4 Disconnecting Source from RX To disconnect a Decoder RX from an Encoder TX source click the menu icon of the respective RX tile and sele...

Page 19: ... current video switching setting recall a saved preset by selecting Preset 1 9 and click the gear icon to select the desired option Rename Clear Preset Save Preset Recall Preset 5 4 Video Preview Tab The Video Preview tab is used to preview video signal of all TX and RX devices and up to 16 screens to display video ...

Page 20: ...e screen block it is to be displayed Full screen Shrink screen Clear the current screen The product uses H 264 standard so the application VLC Media Player Downloaded from website can be installed in the control PC for previewing video in higher definition 1 After installing VLC Media Player double click to open it and then click Media and select Open Network Streaming ...

Page 21: ...r 18 2 Click Network and enter a network URL of desired encode and then click Play Network URL example rtsp 192 168 0 106 8554 live stream 0 The 192 168 0 106 of network URL can be modified according the IP address of different encoder ...

Page 22: ...aming Encoder Decoder 19 Note When the VLC media player plays a video if there is no sound the audio encoding standard of the encoder can be set to AAC at Audio Setting tab Please refer to the 5 8 2 1 Device Setting ...

Page 23: ...Decoder RX is currently joined with the desired Encoder TX a Click on the RX and the Encoder TX it will be highlighted in blue when joined to b Selecting the respective encoder will highlight all the decoders joined to the same TX 2 If the respective Encoder TX is currently not joined to the Decoder RX join them together a In the Encoder TX section select a TX by clicking on its associated active ...

Page 24: ...elect the RS232 Routing tab in the IP Streaming Management interface 2 Verify which Encoders and Decoders are joined together Click on the device tile whose connection status you want to see All joined together tiles will be highlighted blue 3 To pair devices drag the tile representing the Encoder TX and drop it over the desired Decoder RX to create one way communication 4 To create a bi direction...

Page 25: ...of the respective encoder or decoder tile 2 Select Device Options 3 Select Send Receive RS232 4 A dialog box opens 5 Enter the RS232 string you want to send 6 Click the Send button to send out the string 7 Paired devices will receive the RS232 command 5 7 IR Routing Tab The IR Routing tab is used to setup and manage IR data distribution for devices There are two sections provided in the IP Streami...

Page 26: ... one way communication 4 To create a bi directional IR path on a pair of Encoder TX and Decoder RX two separate pairings are required Repeat the step above but in reverse drop TX on RX to create the second pairing 5 7 1 Assign Encoder to all Decoders To distribute IR data from a single encoder to all decoders drag and drop the respective encoder s tile onto the tile labeled Group ALL in the Decode...

Page 27: ...er can either send IR data to a specific device unicast or broadcast to all devices active on the network broadcast Should be noted however that a sender cannot send data simultaneously to a range of devices using multi unicast The data format used when sending IR data from control layer to a device is Pronto The link below points to a good description of Pronto format definition with examples htt...

Page 28: ...with data and error checksum Large libraries of Pronto IR codes are publicly available and easy to find on the Web The code below is a Pronto string to turn Sony BlueRay player ON and OFF 0000 0067 0000 0015 0060 0018 0030 0018 0018 0018 0030 0018 0018 0018 0030 0018 0018 0018 0018 0018 0018 0018 0030 0018 0018 0018 0030 0018 0030 0018 0018 0018 0030 0018 0018 0018 0018 0018 0018 0018 0030 0018 00...

Page 29: ...o Channel Disconnect the Decoder RX from an Encoder TX source l Video Formats Set the video format of the decoder l Device Setting Analog Audio Setting Network Setting and External Storage Setting l Factory Reset Restore the decoder to factory settings l Reboot Reboot the decoder l Update Time Update the device time to let it same with the control PC l Firmware Upgrade Update firmware version of d...

Page 30: ...der click the menu icon of the respective RX tile and select Video Formats The following resolution color space Deep Color can be selected Video Resolution 1080p 25Hz 1080p 30Hz 1080p 50Hz 1080p 60Hz Default 720p 50Hz 720p 60Hz 1080I 50Hz 1080I 60Hz Color Space RGB YCbCr 4 4 4 Deep Color 10Bit 12Bit ...

Page 31: ...espective RX tile and click Device Options then select Setting to enter the below device setting interface Analog Audio Setting Select Enable Disable to turn on off the analog audio output of decoder Network Setting Use this tab to modify the device s host name and configure the IP address ...

Page 32: ...Select Manual to set a static IP address IPV4 address subnet mask and gateway address Press Save to save the new IP address The new IP mode settings are stored in non volatile memory and kept until the device is forced back to factory defaults Note Special attention is required when assigning a manual IP address The address has to be both unique and reachable Any mistake when entering the IP addre...

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Page 34: ...then click Reboot to open prompt box Click Yes to reboot the device 5 8 1 5 Firmware Upgrade Click the menu icon of the respective RX tile and click Device Options then click Firmware Upgrade to enter the below interface Select upgrade type and click Browse to add the update file and then click Submit to start the firmware upgrade 5 8 1 6 Video File Management Click the menu icon of the respective...

Page 35: ...Network Setting and Audio Setting l Factory Reset Restore factory default l Reboot Reboot the encoder l Update Time Update the device time to let it same with the control PC l Firmware Upgrade Update firmware version of encoder l Show Info OSD Show the device information of encoder on display l Hide Info OSD Hide the device information of encoder on display l Video Formats Set the video format of ...

Page 36: ...to set the audio coding standard of the encoder to AAC or PCM Network Setting Use this tab to modify the device s host name and configure the IP address To rename a device enter a name e g IPH400E 1 into the Host Name edit box Press the Save button to save the new host name The host name is persistent and kept until the device is forced back to factory defaults The IP address can be set to be eith...

Page 37: ...s forced back to factory defaults Note Special attention is required when assigning a manual IP address The address has to be both unique and reachable Any mistake when entering the IP address subnet mask or gateway address can render the device unreachable 5 8 2 2 Video Format Setting To set the video format of encoder click the menu icon of the respective TX tile and select Video Formats The fol...

Page 38: ...4 Device Reboot Click the menu icon of the respective TX tile and click Device Options then click Reboot to open prompt box Click Yes to reboot the device 5 8 2 5 Firmware Upgrade Click the menu icon of the respective TX tile and click Device Options then click Firmware Upgrade to enter the below interface Select upgrade type and click Browse to add the update file and then click Submit to start t...

Page 39: ...b in the IP Streaming Management interface to enter the section for modifying the password l Click New to add new user account and set its access permission l Select one account on the list and then click Change to reset password l Select one account on the list and then click Delete to delete the selected user ...

Page 40: ...System Logs Select the System Logs tab in the IP Streaming Management interface to enter the section for inquiring the system logs l Select system log file and then click Save To to save the log file or click Clear to delete the selected log file ...

Page 41: ...t Select the Group tab in the IP Streaming Management interface to enter the section for group setting l Click to add new group l Select one group on the list and then click to delete the group l Select one group on the list and then click Edit to set the group ...

Page 42: ...1080p IP Streaming Encoder Decoder 39 5 10 Routing Table The routing table allows to gather info about the video HDMI audio analog audio and RS232 routing status Video Routing Table ...

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Page 44: ...1080p IP Streaming Encoder Decoder 41 IR Routing Table ...