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EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Video over IP Encoder User Manual ez-Caster EN8 8CH HD Video over IP Encoder H.264 HD Encoder...
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Avoid wearing loosened clothes or accessories during installation/Operation. Avoid any unnecessary actions that may damage/harm system or personnel. Do NOT open the system unless advised by Lumantek representative. Lumantek takes no responsibility on units with broken RMA seals. Power Precautions Please check cable overload before connecting the system to the power supply.
EN8 – 8CH H.264 Video-IP Encoder H.264 8CH HD Encoder 1. Introduction ez-Caster EN8 is 8 channels H.264 HD Encoder. It consists of HDMI inputs and IP output. it supports H.264 Video compression and MPEG-1 Layer2, MPEG-2 AAC,MPEG-4 AAC for Audio compression.
③ ALARM LED : light up when problem occurs. ④ NMS : LAN port for device control (10BaseT/100BaseTX half/full duplex). ⑤ SERVICE : Port for firmware update (USB2.0). ⑥ PWR LED : POWER LED(PWR A/PWR B). < ez-Caster EN8 Main frame – Rear > ① ② ③...
EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual 3.2. Components This product is composed of followings ① ez-Caster EN8 Main Frame. ② AC Power Cord : 220V AC Power Cord. ez-Caster EN8 Main Frame AC power cord...
EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual 4. Product Operation 4.1. Status LED Normal, Status LED is GREEN and RED indicate Alarm. CH 1/2 LED - indicates LAN active Status of CH1 and CH2. CH 3/4 LED - indicates LAN active Status of CH3 and CH4. CH 5/6 LED - indicates LAN active Status of CH5 and CH6.
EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual 4.2. NMS control Execute NMS software to connect the device and change the setting. (Further information and operation will be added later) 1) UI Description ① Device selection, using ”+” user can add device.. ②...
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EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual 2) NMS Connection • COM port(USB) connection ① Connect PC and EN8 by USB cable ② On Connection Tab click COM(A). ③ Chose available Com port from drop box (B). ④ Click Connect(C). ※When user connecting to EN8 for the first time, user may need to to set NMS IP.
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EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual 3) EN8 IP Setting • EN8 IP setting ① NMS Setting : EN8 NMS socket setting for Window NMS Program Press “Setting” Button in the NMS Setting section. Enter setting value of EN8 NMS socket and press “Apply”.
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EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual ※ Setting for Port each channel. • (A) Above IP Address were already set in previous “Host setting” therefore it can not be change in this section. • (B) Source port for each channel. ※...
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EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual Enter Destination IP Address and Port and then press “Apply”. ※ Make sure that Destination IP address or port are different for each channels. - Need to set the IP differently, or set the Port for a different value.
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EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual B) Output Resolution Setting - Clicking on “Output Resolution” drop box, it will display list of the resolutions that can be output from the detected input. (refer to Appendix - If user do not specified the output resolution, the output resolution will follow default resolution. The default values are set according to the following rules: a.
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EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual C) Bit-rate Setting A: Entire bit-rate of TS B: Video rate(ES standard ) C: Audio rate(ES standard) - Please refer to Appendix C for configurable Audio codec. ※ A > B + C must be satisfied, B and C are ES standard whereas A is TS standard. Therefore A should be set a little bit more value for the margin.
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EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual D) Encoder Mode Setting Set the delay mode between the Encoder input and output. - Normal mode: default mode, Delay is controlled by CPB Delay(Refer to CPB Delay Setting). - Low Delay Mode: there are few constrains but this mode is minimum latency.
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EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual - GOP Size value should be set between 6~63. - When GOP Adaptive value is 0 If GOP Structure is IBBP or IPPP then the GOP Size should be a multiple of 3. If GOP Structure is IBP, then the GOP Size should be a multiple of 2.
EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual #B. GOP Structure - Frame Type I-Frame - Construction of a single complete image without using prediction. - The best quality picture, but the largest capacity (file size). P-Frame - Use Forward Prediction. - Contains the data of the part where the change occurred in previous I- frame or P-frame.
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