Z3 Technology HE4K-DCK-1X, User Instructions

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Page 2: ...02 2 REVISION HISTORY Version Date Change Note Author 01 07 27 2017 Initial document JC 02 05 29 2018 Added Wi Fi setup section new system setup tab screenshot HE265 DEC decoder option SI 03 06 27 201...

Page 3: ...ING CONTROL 15 6 1 Stream UDP 15 6 2 Stream RTP 18 6 3 Stream RTSP 20 6 4 Stream RTMP 23 6 5 Tuning for Latency 31 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions 33 6 7 Setting NTP 33 6 8 Record to USB Micro SD 34 6...

Page 4: ...5 DEC Decoder 59 9 3 ZEUS HE4K 01 Decode 59 10 0 SUMMARY OF OPTIONS 60 10 1 The System Setup Tab 60 10 2 The User Presets Tab 62 10 3 The Status Tab 63 10 4 The Camera Tab 64 10 5 The Term Tab 67 10 6...

Page 5: ...gure 14 Example of Encoded Video Streaming to VLC RTP 19 Figure 15 CH1 Tab Configuration RTSP 20 Figure 16 Finding your Camera s IP Address 21 Figure 17 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for RTP 21 Figur...

Page 6: ...gs Left and Advanced UDP Settings Right 47 Figure 50 Channel 1 Tab with ROI 48 Figure 51 CH1 Tab Overlay Timestamp 48 Figure 52 Saving Updated Network Settings 49 Figure 53 Updating Device Firmware 50...

Page 7: ...K DCK 1X is a H 265 HEVC H 264 and MJPEG video encoder designed to be a companion to the Sony FCB ER8300 block camera It is capable of accepting HD video from the camera at 60 frames per second and pr...

Page 8: ...able 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 YouTube Live and Faceb...

Page 9: ...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 example i...

Page 10: ...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 Gi...

Page 11: ...____________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 11 1 RS 232 Serial Control 4 GPIO UART 2 Power Grou...

Page 12: ...be used to connect the encoder assembly to an identical connector on the Sony FCB ER8300 1 Connect the KEL ribbon cable to the Sony FCB ER8300 block camera Gold teeth face up 2 Connect the other end...

Page 13: ...d as the URL in a browser window to access the user interface 2 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 app...

Page 14: ...E 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 14 Figure 9 HE4K DCK 1X User Interface System Setup Tab 5 By default the system will have automatically started encoding Click on the CH1 tab for channel one configurat...

Page 15: ...solution 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...

Page 16: ...__________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th ST STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 16 Figure 10 CH1 Tab Configuration UDP 4 Change to UDP 1 If necessary click Stop 7 Click Star...

Page 17: ...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 i...

Page 18: ...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 exa...

Page 19: ...Z3Cam 4K 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 1 Open the VL...

Page 20: ...utput 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 exam...

Page 21: ...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 Lo...

Page 22: ...0 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 22 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 v...

Page 23: ...streaming Newer versions of the Wowza Streaming 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 th...

Page 24: ...nk green when streaming 8 If you have not already 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...

Page 25: ...e 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 p...

Page 26: ...6 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 HE4K DCK 1X user interface For this example enter hevc4k 16 Clic...

Page 27: ...creen of any tab 4 Verify the Output Resolution is set to 2560x1440 If a lower resolution output is desired select this in the dropdown menu and resizing will occur Note As of the date of this documen...

Page 28: ...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 wh...

Page 29: ...ct Take note of the Server URL and Stream Key for your session displayed on the left Figure 25 Facebook Live Streaming Dialog 4 Return to the HE4K DCK 1X web interface and select the Ch1 tab Click Sto...

Page 30: ...68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 30 Figure 26 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 y...

Page 31: ...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 M...

Page 32: ...T STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 32 Figure 28 VLC Media Player Tools Menu 2 In the Preferences window that appears change from Show settings from Simple to All Select interface from...

Page 33: ...0 ms frame skips 1000 ms no frame skips 6 6 Stream Multiple Resolutions The HE4K DCK 1X supports simultaneous encode into up to three different resolutions bitrates and output formats Each output stre...

Page 34: ...USA 1 402 323 0702 34 4 Enter an NTP server address The default is 128 138 141 172 NIST 5 Click the change button NTP is now enabled and your system clock will be adjusted Figure 32 Setting up NTP 6...

Page 35: ...odec you would like to use for your video encoding 5 Under Output Setup select TSFILE from the Output Format dropdown menu 6 Click on the Output Device field to select your USB storage location This w...

Page 36: ...e disconnect the storage device to ensure that all buffered data is completely transferred Note If less space is available on the storage device than the Max File Size specified in the user interface...

Page 37: ...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...

Page 38: ...ther 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 user interface 2 Connect a composi...

Page 39: ...7 2 2 Using HE4K DCK 1X URL as follows 1 Find the IP address of the camera using Local IP Address field in the System Setup tab or the ZFinder utility described in Section 5 2 2 Type the URL into a W...

Page 40: ...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 previe...

Page 41: ...68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 41 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...

Page 42: ...on supporting remote access and is available online 2 Launch the Com2TCP application 3 Set the Remote IP field to the IP address of your HE4K DCK 1X This can be found using ZFinder or as the URL of th...

Page 43: ...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...

Page 44: ...X using WS Discovery 1 Open your ONVIF client program 2 Use ONVIF device discovery to find the HE4K DCK 1X on the network Note For manual discovery of ONVIF use the HE4K DCK 1X IP address and the port...

Page 45: ...pear 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...

Page 46: ...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 T...

Page 47: ...settings by un checking the Advanced Settings box in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset 8 3 Encoder ROI The HE4K DCK 1x allows for the encoding of a Region of Interest ROI in the capt...

Page 48: ...ia 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 dropd...

Page 49: ...able by ZFinder 8 5 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 thi...

Page 50: ...nder does a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems connected to the network The HE4K DCK 1X appears with your manually entered IP address 20 Select the Z3Cam 4K 21 Click Open Dev...

Page 51: ...update of firmware is completed it will return to the main menu 8 7 Setting a Password The HE4K DCK 1X provides the option to set a password to limit access to the user interface Note To disable the...

Page 52: ...the rear interface panel of the unit Figure 57 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...

Page 53: ...r 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...

Page 54: ...k connection 3 To select the Wi Fi network to connect to click on the Available Networks dropdown If you don t see the network you are looking for click the Wi Fi tab again and go back to the dropdown...

Page 55: ...323 0702 55 Wi Fi If your 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 I...

Page 56: ...equirements 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...

Page 57: ...8 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 57 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...

Page 58: ...yer 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 che...

Page 59: ...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 63 ZEUS HE265 DEC H 265 Decoder 9 3 ZEUS HE4K...

Page 60: ...lue 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 i...

Page 61: ...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...

Page 62: ...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 firmwa...

Page 63: ...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...

Page 64: ...eview 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...

Page 65: ...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 co...

Page 66: ...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 captur...

Page 67: ...ges 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 Reso...

Page 68: ...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 the same Serial Po...

Page 69: ...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 re...

Page 70: ...ion 320x180 2560x1440 Follow Input The encode resolution If this resolution is different from the capture resolution 3840x2160 resizing will occur Follow Input generates the resolution based on the ca...

Page 71: ...TMPS and MP4 Only 2K 100M 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...

Page 72: ...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...

Page 73: ...e Prefix MOV1_ F_ T_ Textbox to enter desired file name for output file Entered text will be followed by a number starting with zero in the recorded file name F will pull the current date in year mont...

Page 74: ...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 Mode Must be set to False f...

Page 75: ...nning 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 76: ...tream CH2 Default Parameter Options default in bold Description Encoder Setup Output Resolution 320x180 12560x1440 1280x720 Follow Input The encode resolution If this resolution is different from the...

Page 77: ...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 I...

Page 78: ...Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 78 Figure 66 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...

Page 79: ...om the HE4K 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 th...

Page 80: ...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 auth...

Page 81: ...application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the HE4K DCK 1X The following example code connects to the TCP socket of the unit and is capable of sending several VISCA commands to the...

Page 82: ...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...

Page 83: ...king 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...

Page 84: ...sca_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...

Page 85: ...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 came...

Page 86: ...o 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 quali...