Z3 Technology Z3-MVPR-01, User Instructions

Page 1: ...at Video Player Recorder Model Name Z3 MVPR 01 DOC USR 0036 02 Manual Version 1 06 07b Software Version 1 06 07 February 25 2014 Before attempting to connect or operate this product please read these instructions carefully and save the manual for future use ...

Page 2: ...tion RC 1 06 07a 02 19 14 Made correction in List of Figures Modified wording on p 9 10 11 and p 18 added a note on p 21 on p 27 about Component being used to also select HDMI output made correction in decoder sequence numbering RC 1 06 07b 2 25 14 HW Warranty Video Resolution Temp Humidity added MAC Address MS Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B d...

Page 3: ... powering up the Z3 MVPR 01 9 5 3 Finding the Z3 MVPR 01 on the Network using ZFinder 10 5 5 Opening a VLC Client to Receive the Encoded Stream 14 5 6 Streaming RTP 15 5 7 Using DHCP 16 5 8 Dynamically changing bitrate frame rate 18 6 0 RUNNING DECODE ON THE Z3 MVPR 01 19 7 0 SUMMARY OF GUI OPTIONS 24 7 1 Encoder Options 24 7 1 Decoder Options 26 8 0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS WITH THE Z3 MVPR 01...

Page 4: ... 13 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC UDP TS 14 Figure 14 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC RTP 15 Figure 15 Using DHCP 16 Figure 16 Saving Use DHCP 16 Figure 17 New IP Address in ZFinder 17 Figure 18 Web GUI using New IP Address 17 Figure 19 Example of Dynamically Changing Bitrate 18 Figure 20 Z3 MVPR 01 Front Connections for Decode 19 Figure 21 Z3 MVPR 01 Rear Connections for Decode 19 Fig...

Page 5: ...etwork enabled software configurable media player and recorder Designed to excel at encoding and streaming or encoding to file the Z3 MVPR 01 can also be used to play back networked video and audio streams or locally stored content The Z3 MVPR 01 is the ideal solution for industrial video video distribution digital signage and security and remote monitoring The Z3 MVPR 01 features multiple interfa...

Page 6: ..._______________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 6 2 0 INCLUDED PARTS LIST Z3 MVPR 01 5V Power Supply HDMI Cable Serial Cable Gender Changer Video Cable x 2 Figure 1 Parts Included with the Z3 MVPR 01 ...

Page 7: ...nt Output Interfaces Composite Component HDMI Outputs RTP or MPEG 2 Transport Stream Low power consumption SD Card interface for local storage and firmware updates Ethernet Interface USB 2 0 Interface for mass storage devices or other peripherals Web based configuration software for user friendly configuration and control Serial port for configuration and control Operating Temperature and Humidity...

Page 8: ...68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 8 4 0 OPERATING CONTROLS 10 HDMI Out 11 Ethernet 12 SD Card 13 USB 2 0 11 10 12 1 Component YPbPr In 2 Component YPbPr Out 3 Composite Audio In 4 Composite Audio Out 5 Head Phone Out 6 Serial Port Connection 7 Power LED 8 Power Switch 9 5V Power In 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 13 Figure 3 Z3 MVPR 01 Front View Figure 2 Z3 MVPR 01 Rear View ...

Page 9: ...the 3 component outputs of the source to YPbPr In of the Z3 MVPR 01 use the following mapping red red white blue yellow green 2 Use the white and red connectors of a second video cable to connect to the left and right audio outputs of the source to CV Aud in of the Z3 MVPR 01 5 2 Connecting and powering up the Z3 MVPR 01 3 Connect an Ethernet cable to Ethernet on the Z3 MVPR 01 see Figure 5 Connec...

Page 10: ...e Z3 MVPR 01 on the Network using ZFinder 7 Make sure your Windows PC is connected to the same network which the Z3 MVPR 01 is connected to 8 Run the ZFinder PC Utility on your Windows PC The ZFinder window appears ZFinder does a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems connected to the network In this case the Z3 MVPR 01 appears Figure 7 ZFinder with Z3 MVPR 01 Listed Figure 6...

Page 11: ...Edit Device Open Device and Flash Leds boxes to activate Figure 8 ZFinder with Z3 MVPR 01 Selected 10 By clicking Edit Device you can change the Name IP Address Netmask and Gateway address of the Z3 MVPR 01 You can also flash the LEDs on the Z3 MVPR 01 by clicking Flash Leds useful if there are multiple Z3 MVPR 01 s connected Click on Open Device An Internet browser window is opened default browse...

Page 12: ...ou have reached the GUI you are ready to modify the settings for the encode that you want to do Change Video Source to Composite change Output Format to MPEG 2 TS make sure Dest IP Address is 225 1 2 3 and Dest Port is 8888 Figure 10 Changes to Encoding Parameters 1 Change Video Source to Composite 2 Change Output Format to MPEG 2 TS 3 Make sure Dest IP Address is 225 1 2 3 4 Make sure Dest Port i...

Page 13: ...ncoder may have already started If it has click on stop The status should then change to Stopped Then click on Start Encoder Once you do this the status will change If the encoder hadn t started already simply click on Start Encoder and observe the status change Figure 11 Z3 MVPR 01 Web Menu Start Stop Status Section 2 Status changes to Stopped 3 Click Start Encoder 1 If necessary click Stop Encod...

Page 14: ... 323 0702 14 5 5 Opening a VLC Client to Receive the Encoded Stream 13 Run VLC on your PC version used in testing at Z3 2 05 Any version after 1 1 should be ok 14 Select Media Open Network Stream In the box type udp 225 1 2 3 8888 15 Press Enter 16 You should now see video streaming from VLC Figure 12 VLC Open Network Screen Figure 13 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC UDP TS ...

Page 15: ...ase from Z3 To stream using RTP do the following steps 17 Click on Stop Encoder to stop the current encoding session 18 Make sure Output Interface is Ethernet VBR see Figure 10 19 Change Output Format from MPEG 2 TS to RTP see Figure 10 Note Do not select MPEG TS over RTP 20 Confirm that Dest Port Figure 10 is 8888 this will be important for the VLC configuration 21 Copy the z3 dm368 sdp file rece...

Page 16: ...orts using DHCP to acquire an IP address at boot up 24 Click the Use DHCP check box in the Web GUI Once it is checked you will see that the values of Local IP Address Local Netmask and Default Gateway will gray out 25 Click on Save User Wait for Saved All to User message to appear 1 Click Save User 2 Wait for Saved all to User to appear in status Figure 16 Saving Use DHCP Figure 15 Using DHCP 1 Ch...

Page 17: ... the Z3 MVPR 01 Wait about 1 minute 28 Click Refresh on ZFinder The Z3 MVPR 01 should appear with a new IP address based on what it received through DHCP 29 As you did previously select the Z3 MVPR 01 row and then click Open Device A browser will then appear with the GUI this time using the new IP address New IP Address Figure 17 New IP Address in ZFinder Figure 18 Web GUI using New IP Address 1 C...

Page 18: ... change 2 parameters in the middle of an encoding session 1 Video Bitrate 2 Frame Decimation To change these simply enter the new desired value and then click the Start Encoder button The web page will respond with the following message Status Changed rate The video stream will then continue interrupted with the new parameter Figure 19 Example of Dynamically Changing Bitrate 1 Change bitrate 2 Cli...

Page 19: ...d in Section 5 0 to connect the Z3 MVPR 01 and access the web server to control settings 2 Connect the streaming source to a hub router that is connected to the control PC Connect the Ethernet port of the Z3 MVPR 01 to this same hub router 3 Connect the CV Aud Out of the MVPR 01 to composite and audio inputs on a monitor 4 The control PC should still have the Web GUI of the Z3 MVPR 01 If the encod...

Page 20: ...ogy LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 20 5 In the top right corner is an Operating Mode selector Select Decoder 6 This will cause the GUI to change to the Decoder configuration menu Select Decoder Figure 22 Z3 MVPR 01 Changing to Decode Mode Figure 23 Z3 MVPR 01 Decoder Configuration Menu ...

Page 21: ...other Z3 DM368 based streamer click on MVE Flag so it is selected 11 Click Start Decoder 12 You should see video on the monitor Figure 24 and Figure 25 on the next 2 pages show an example of streaming from one Z3 MVPR 01 to another Note that the encoder and decoder need to have different IP addresses Since both use DHCP in this example this is automatically taken care of The streamer and decoder a...

Page 22: ...______________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 22 Figure 24 Z3 MVPR 01 Example Encoder Settings for End to End Streaming ...

Page 23: ...______________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 23 Figure 25 Z3 MVPR 01 Example Decoder Settings for End to End Streaming ...

Page 24: ...WQVGA 1080i Follow input The input resolution Note 1 Follow input means use the capture resolution to determine the encode input resolution Note There is no conversion of progressive to interlaced in the DM368 so if a progressive input is used and an interlaced resolution is selected the stream will be progressive For example if the input is 1080p then selecting 1080i for the encode resolution wil...

Page 25: ... Only enabled for composite input Output Interface Ethernet VBR Ethernet CBR Selects between VBR and CBR Ethernet RTP requires VBR For UDP specifying CBR will cause insertion of null packets where necessary Output Format RTP MPEG 2 TS MPEG 2 TS RTP RTMP Output format of encoded stream Note RTP requires an SDP file for the receiver MPEG 2 TS RTP sends a stream encapsulated with MPEG 2 TS within an ...

Page 26: ...urrent settings to a file set name Set name for the Z3 MVPR 01 set pass Assign a password to the Z3 MVPR 01 UPDATE Button Update firmware Note 1 Input resolutions Supported 1080i 1920x1080 3 4 1080i 1440x1080 XGA 1280x1024 720p 1280x720 4 5 720p 1024x720 D1 NTSC 720x480 D1 PAL 720x576 4 CIF 704x576 VGA 640x480 2 CIF 352x576 CIF 352x288 SIF 352x240 QVGA 320x240 WQVGA 320x180 7 1 Decoder Options Par...

Page 27: ...te Note that selecting component also causes the output to go out on HDMI so if HDMI output is desired component should be selected Video Frame Rate 50Hz 60Hz Use to select between NTSC and PAL monitors for example Local IP Address 192 168 X XX 192 168 0 65 Sets the IP address of the Z3 MVPR 01 Disregarded if Use DHCP is checked Local Netmask 255 255 X X 255 255 0 0 Sets the Netmask of the Z3 MVPR...

Page 28: ... a specific configuration you d like to preserve you can save it so that when the Z3 MVPR 01 is powered off and back on it automatically uses those settings This can be done with the following steps 1 Once you make a change you want to save click on Save User at the bottom of the configuration menu Figure 26 The Save User Settings Button Now if you reboot the Z3 MVPR 01 you should see that encode ...

Page 29: ...up the Web Interface steps 1 10 in Section 5 2 On the Main Screen click UPDATE 3 This brings you to the update image screen In this screen click on Browse 4 From here select the name of the img file to update with and click Open If using a MFR img to update from version A to version B as an example you will need to follow steps to setup the IP MAC address again as it resets it to factory defaults ...

Page 30: ... 4 Select the img file 5 Specify your SD card as the location to write to Important note Do NOT make a mistake on this This will cause wherever you specify to be overwritten There is no recovery once you hit Write Device 6 When ZWriter is finished eject the SD card from your computer 7 Place the SD card in the socket on the Z3 MVPR 01 8 Power on the system viewing the terminal output via your PC s...

Page 31: ...NDIX A SERIAL CONTROL Note Please only use the serial control if you are experiencing difficulties with the Web Server 1 Plug in the serial cable from the Z3 MVPR 01 to the PC 2 Open TeraTerm Connect to the proper COM port Select OK Figure 29 TeraTerm Connection Screen 3 Setup the serial port In TeraTerm the settings are 115k 8 N 1 N 1ms char 50ms line Figure 30 TeraTerm Serial Port Setup Screen ...

Page 32: ...____________________________________________ Z3 Technology LLC 100 N 8th St STE 250 Lincoln NE 68508 1369 USA 1 402 323 0702 32 4 Power on the Z3 MVPR 01 5 After approximately 30 to 45 seconds the following menu will be displayed Figure 31 Serial Port Encode Options ...

Page 33: ...3 0702 33 6 Through the menu you can set encode parameters in a way similar to using the GUI Select S to start the encoding session once the parameters are set to the desired values 7 By selecting 0 you can change the operating mode If you change it to Decoder the menu options become 8 Operation of the Decoder is the same as through the Web GUI Figure 32 Serial Port Decode Options ...

Page 34: ... serial interface required for this see Appendix A Are all firewalls on the network turned off Try connecting the PC directly to the board without any routers etc Problem Do not see video in VLC UDP Does the IP address set in Dest Address equal the IP address of the PC running VLC Does the port number in Dest Port equal the value entered in the URL for VLC Does the video coming out of the source m...