Z3 Technology DME-10J, User Instructions

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Page 2: ...______________________________________________________________________________________ 2 REVISION HISTORY Version Date Change Note Author 2 03 12 22 2016 Original Document TA RL 2 03a 01 12 2017 Correction to Section 8 5 TA ...

Page 3: ... On the DME 10J 10 6 2 Access the User Interface using ZFinder 11 6 3 Configure Encoder for Streaming RTSP 13 6 4 View the RTSP Stream in VLC 14 6 5 Tuning for Latency 15 6 6 Encoding with Pro MPEG Forward Error Correction 16 6 7 Encoding Telop Display Text 17 6 8 7 0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS WITH THE DME 10J 18 Saving Current Settings 18 7 1 Advanced Settings Mode 20 7 2 Using a Static IP Addr...

Page 4: ...ay Text 17 Figure 10 Creating a New User Preset Configuration 18 Figure 11 Entering a User Preset Name 18 Figure 12 Saving a User Preset 18 Figure 13 Accessing Advanced Settings 20 Figure 14 Default TSRTP Settings Left and Advanced TSRTP Settings Right 21 Figure 15 Saving Updated Network Settings 22 Figure 16 Save Complete Message 23 Figure 17 DME 10J IP Address Shown in ZFinder 23 Figure 18 User ...

Page 5: ...ly stream video to the web or internal clients PCs via RTSP or TSRTP This solution is ideal for applications such as low cost broadcast encoders low bandwidth video security satellite uplink remote monitoring and industrial applications The DME 10J provides immediate access to H 265 HEVC HD video integrated system peripherals and production qualified codecs The DME 10J features HD performance comp...

Page 6: ...ge 10 This section describes how to quickly generate an RTSP or TSRTP stream to VLC how to tune for latency and how to utilize Pro MPEG Forward Error Correction and Telop If You Already Have an Encoder and Need to Update the Firmware 2 2 You can update the firmware via the HTTP based user interface GUI by following the instructions in Section 7 4 Making a Firmware Update on page 25 Please Note Act...

Page 7: ...DOC USR 0112 02 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 3 0 PACKAGE CONTENTS DME 10J 5V 2A Power Supply ...

Page 8: ...t Telop text display support Video Inputs HD SDI Outputs RTSP or TSRTP 1x USB 2 0 interface for local storage SD card interface for local storage and software update RS 232 serial port for technical configuration and control RS 485 RS 422 serial port for camera control Measurements 146 x 115 x 24 mm 5 7 x 4 5 x 9 in Weight 436 g 0 96 lb Supported Input Resolutions Encoder 4 1 SDI Only 1080i is sup...

Page 9: ..._____________________ 9 5 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 1 Power Switch 3 SD Card 6 HD SDI Input 9 Gigabit Ethernet 2 Status LEDs 4 USB 2 0 7 HDMI Input 10 RS 232 Serial Input 5 RS 485 RS 422 8 Composite Input 11 5V Power Encoder Serial Not supported in this release Figure 1 Front and Rear Panels ...

Page 10: ...lect an HD source with SDI output 1 Power on the HD Source Connect HDMI to a monitor Set the HD Source to 1080i output If your source is a media player select the content you would like to stream If you see playback on the monitor you ve confirmed the source setup Connect and Power On the DME 10J 6 2 Connect the SDI source to SDI In on the rear panel of the encoder 2 Connect an Ethernet cable from...

Page 11: ...Finder PC Utility on your Windows PC The ZFinder window appears ZFinder completes 6 a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems connected to the network In this case the DME 10J appears Click on the DME 10J entry in the window to select it This will cause the Edit Device Open 7 Device and Flash LEDs boxes to activate Figure 3 ZFinder with DME 10J Selected Note Selecting Edit Dev...

Page 12: ...__________________________________________ 12 Click on Open Device An Internet browser window is opened for best results Firefox or Chrome 8 are recommended and the HTTP based graphical user interface GUI appears at the CH1 tab Figure 4 DME 10J User Interface CH1 Tab ...

Page 13: ...current encoding Verify Video Resolution is set to 1920x1080 or Follow Input 10 Set Output Format to RTSP using the dropdown menu 11 Make note of your encoder s IP address This can be found in ZFinder or as the URL of the web 12 browser running the user interface Note By default a limited selection of video encoding settings are available in the user interface See Section 7 2 Advanced Settings Mod...

Page 14: ...ss of the DME 10J noted previously ch is 1 for CH1 and m is added if a multicast address is being streamed For example if the IP address of the DME 10J is 192 168 0 120 encode is being done from CH1 and unicast streaming is being done the user would type in rtsp 192 168 0 120 z3 1 mp4 Note VLC version 2 1 5 or later is needed for RTSP support You will now see video streaming to VLC 16 Figure 7 Exa...

Page 15: ... using RTP will result in lower latency than streaming using TS If streaming to the VLC media player latency can be reduced on the decode side by adjusting the network caching value By default this is set to 1000ms You can lower this to as low as 200ms To do this go to the following VLC Tools Preferences Show Settings ALL Input Codecs Network caching ms ...

Page 16: ...3 After setting the Output Format the FEC Enable dropdown will become visible Change the value 4 for FEC Enable to True This will allow for setting the number of FEC columns and rows The default setting is 5x1 This is a 5 medium level of coverage that will work in many situations The number of columns multiplied by the number of rows must be less than or equal to 100 so 10x10 would be an example o...

Page 17: ...ble drop down menu This will reveal additional settings 19 Entered the desired text for Telop Display Text 20 Using the Telop Location dropdown menu select the location on the screen where you would 21 like the text to appear Using the Telop Text Size dropdown menu select the size in pixels for the display text 22 Click the Start button and video will be streamed with Telop text data 23 Figure 9 E...

Page 18: ...ttom of any screen select new preset 1 A text will appear Enter your desired preset name In the pictured example z3_config1 is used 2 Click ok 3 Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the 4 screen As soon as you select a new preset the screen will reload 5 Change your desired settings 6 Once your changes have been set in this configuration click on t...

Page 19: ...______________________ 19 A pop up window appears to confirm the saving of these settings is complete Click OK 8 In order for changes to IP settings to take effect the unit must be re started A prompt will appear 9 requesting a reboot Click Ok and wait 20 30 seconds for the unit to boot ...

Page 20: ...custom configuration so that the advanced settings will remain visible To do this see Section 7 1 Saving Current Settings 2 Return to the System Setup tab 3 Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen 4 As soon as you select your preset the screen will reload 7 2 2 Access Advanced Settings 5 Under Device Setup check the Advanced Settings box 6 ...

Page 21: ...g configuration parameters for your stream See Section 8 5 The CH1 Tab for more information on the advanced settings available for each streaming output 9 You can return to the use of limited settings by un checking the Advanced Settings box in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset Figure 14 Default TSRTP Settings Left and Advanced TSRTP Settings Right ...

Page 22: ...to be discoverable by ZFinder To set your unit to a static IP address complete the following steps First you will need to set up a custom configuration so that the manual networking settings are 1 used the next time the system boots up To do this see Section 7 1 Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the 2 screen As soon as you select your configurat...

Page 23: ...our Windows PC The ZFinder window appears ZFinder 8 completes a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems connected to the network The DME 10J appears with your manually entered IP address Figure 17 DME 10J IP Address Shown in ZFinder Select the DME 10J and click Open Device 9 Note You may need to also update the network settings on the PC running ZFinder so that the encoder is ...

Page 24: ...J and you will see the user 10 interface You can return to the use of DHCP by checking the Use DHCP checkbox in the System Setup 11 tab and saving that to the preset 7 3 2 Open the User Interface Manually You can also access the user interface by manually typing your unit s static IP address into a web browser New IP address Figure 18 User Interface Using New IP Address ...

Page 25: ...tup tab 2 Click the Update device firmware button 3 This brings you to the update image screen In this screen click on the Choose File button 4 This brings you to the File Selection Screen Navigate to the img file to update with and click Open 5 Click on Upload and Update 6 You will see screens stating that the image is being uploaded and that the flash is being updated After about one minute you ...

Page 26: ...d has an Ethernet cable connected to a DHCP 3 network plugged into the back panel Insert the SD card with your update img file in the slot on the front panel 4 Power on the system and wait a few minutes for the new software to be detected and the system 5 to update While the unit is updating the status LED s on the front panel will be red Once the update is 6 complete the status LED s will turn gr...

Page 27: ...assword options appear Enter the new password twice and click change 2 Wait for the password options to disappear This indicates that the password has changed 3 Refresh the web browser A log in screen will appear prompting for a user name and password 4 Enter admin for the user name This is not editable Enter your selected password and click login to access the user interface 5 To preserve the pas...

Page 28: ...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 Used to specify the DNS server for hostname lookup when in static IP mode When in DHCP mode DNS information is acquired from the DHCP server and ...

Page 29: ...nagement Protocol SNMP is enabled Trap Hosts 192 168 0 6 Comma delimited list of destinations for trap notifications Enable PowerOn Trap True False Enable Disable Power On trap Will send trap to Trap Hosts when unit is powered on Enable Input Loss Trap True False Enable Disable Input Loss trap Will send trap to Trap Hosts when encoder input is lost Enable Input Recover Trap True False Enable Disab...

Page 30: ... logs that can be provided to support in the event of an issue to be reported The resulting file is saved on the PC with the user interface open Reboot Button Restarts the unit without the need to use the power switch The User Presets Tab 8 2 Button Notes new Define a new configuration file Up to nine configurations can be created rename Rename a configuration file delete Delete a configuration fi...

Page 31: ...ec The codec being used to encode audio for that channel Stream Status Channel The channel number 1 URL URL the channel is being streamed to Frames Number of frames sent from encoder to channel since the beginning of encoding This can serve as a quick sanity check For example you can click Refresh count to 10 click Refresh again and you should see an increase of around 600 for 60 frames per second...

Page 32: ...omparable characters Telent and all characters Clear Channel Local Port Server Only 0 9999 1000 Selects port to use on Encoder Remote IP 192 168 0 6 Ip address of remote terminal server Remote Port 0 9999 1000 Port used by remote terminal server Baudrate 115200 57600 38400 19200 9600 4800 2400 1200 300 Selects the serial port baudrate to use on the Encoder Device File dev ttyAMA1 Selects the seria...

Page 33: ...ncoding Video Bit Rate 2M Fixed setting The bitrate of the encoded video Frame Rate Full Fixed setting If interlaced input is used then this is used to reduce the number of fields being encoded GOP Size 10 240 Frames 60 Frames I frame frequency Note 1 Audio Enable False Fixed setting Disables encode of audio Output Setup Output Format RTSP TSRTP Output format of the encoded IP stream RTSP requires...

Page 34: ...nds TS Rate TSRTP Only 125K 20000K 5000K The rate of the transport stream Normally this value should be set to 1 25 video bitrate audio bitrate This can be set to higher 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 TSRTP Only True False Turning Lowlat Mode on causes the TS muxer to i...

Page 35: ... Bottom Right Sets screen location of display text Telop Text Size 16 px 32 px 64 px Sets size of display text in pixels Channel Controls stop Stop current encode session start Start encode session delete Used to delete excess tabs created by Clone status STOPPED RUNNING POLLING Current status of the encoder POLLING indicates start was pressed and the encoder is waiting for valid input data to be ...

Page 36: ...les by selecting new preset Save Click on this to save selected values to the current preset Stop Stop encode Encode must be stopped in order for settings to be altered Start Start encode system status OK encoder status IDLE STOPPED RUNNING Current status of the encoder IDLE indicates no valid input data is present STOPPED indicates the previous encoding session has ended RUNNING indicates the uni...

Page 37: ...work turned off Try connecting the PC directly to the board without any routers etc Can the PC and target board see each other on the network Try pinging the encoder IP address from the PC Try pinging the PC from the encoder Problem Do not see video in VLC RTSP Is the version of VLC 2 1 5 or newer When contacting Z3 Technology for additional support please use the Download device logs button on th...