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Preface About This Manual This manual provides introductions to users about how to operate the device correctly. The content includes introduction to product installation, product characteristics and product settings, etc. It is highly suggested users to go through this document before actually operating the device. Intended Readers This manual is suggested to be studied by the following readers: ...
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Important Avoid personal injury and product damage! Do not proceed beyond any symbol until you fully understand the indicated conditions. You may find this symbol in the document that accompanies this product. This symbol indicates important operating or maintenance instructions. ...
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Notices Trademark Acknowledgments All trademarks shown in this manual are trademarks of their respective owners. Publication Disclaimer Our company assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in this publication. We reserve the right to change this publication at any time without notice. This document is not to be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel, or otherwise any license or right under any copyright or patent, whether or not the use of any information in this document employs an invention claimed in any existing or later issued patent.
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Safety Instructions This warning symbol means danger. You are in a situation that could cause bodily injury. Before you work on any equipment, be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar with standard practices for preventing accidents. Electric Shock Hazard This equipment meets applicable safety standards.
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Important Safety Instructions Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
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WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus. Revision History Date Version...
1 CHAPTER1 OVERVIEW 1.1 Introduction StreamCast NB100U is a highly effective encoder for video and audio processing which supports HDMI/SDI/CVBS standard input source and output as RTSP/HLS/UDP/RTP/RTMP Ethernet protocol. The NB100U supports one channel HD/SD live encoding, playback, recording and IP streaming out or modulating out.
Rear Panel 1. HDMI /AV / YPbPr / SDI IN port 2. RF OUT port 3. RJ45-- management connection port 4. DC —DC Power connection 2 CHAPTER2 INSTALLATION 2.1 Installation Procedure Preparation before Installation Setup Connection (signals, wiring) Parameters Configuration System Debug Finish...
2.2 Preparation before Installation Before installation, the installation personnel should read through and confirm the followings: • Go through this user manual. • Has the knowledge of digital television system. • Has defined the sources, racks allocation, and set-up plan system wiring. •...
2.3.4 Connection Setup for HDMI/CVBS/SDI signal input Connect HDMI/CVBS/SDI signal to NB100U “HDMI IN”/”AV IN”/ “YPbPr IN”/”SDI IN” port with a HDMI /AV/YPbPr/SDI cable. 3 CHAPTER3 OPERATION GUIDE 3.1 Operating the Front Panel Interface 3.1.1 Powering Up and Initialization Before powering-up the device, make sure that all cabling is correctly connected (refer to chapter 2.3 of this manual).
3.1.2Front Panel Menu Structure Layer Layer Layer Layer Live Playing/ Paused Playback Playing/Paused Record Playing/ Paused Auto/ Input HDMI/YPbPr/ AV/SDI UDP/RTP/RTSP/ Output live HLS Live/RTMP x.x.x.x Port xxxxx Work Sequence Mode Clrole Single Mode Clrole List Clrole Random Status Playback x.x.x.x Port xxxxx...
Recovery Yes/NO Reboot Yes/NO Press OK to apply, press MENU to back to upper layer, press direction arrows to move to other items. 3.2 Operating the WEB Interface 3.2.1 Access Interface PC Web-GUI NB100U can be accessed and configured via web GUI. The accessing instruction is as the followings: 1.
Pic-3.2.1 The default login info shows as below. Click Sign in button after input the correct user name and password. User Name: admin Password: admin. Wireless connection to device Please refer to 3.3.6 System Wi-Fi Hotspot. 3.2.2 Main Interface NB100U provides 3 working modes: Live, Playback and Recording.
Pic-3.2.2 3.2.3 Live Mode To set the parameters for HD/SD channels encoding, as well as the broadcasting mode and parameters. Basic Setting Pic-3.2.3-1 This interface provides the main parameters of encoding and broadcasting. Please check and set the parameter according to the following items: ...
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Output: support UDP/RTSP/HLS/RTP/RTMP/Modulation protocol IP/Port: you can configure the IP streaming output address UDP Setting User can set IP/Port parameter. Pic-3.2.3-2 RTSP Setting User can view RTSP URL (Ethernet)/RTSP URL (Wireless) parameter. Pic-3.2.3-3 HLS Setting User can view HLS URL (Ethernet)/ HLS URL (Wireless) parameter.
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RTP Setting User can set RTP IP/Port parameter. Pic-3.2.3-5 RTMP Setting User can set RTMP FMS URL/Stream/Port/Encryt parameter. Pic-3.2.3-6 Modulation Setting QAM Modulation is custom-made feature with additional hardware. Pic-3.2.3-7...
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User can set Frequency from 66000 to 858000 KHz. Symbol Rate is fixed in 5057(in 64QAM Mode) and 5360(in 256QAM Mode) KBaud. Pic-3.2.2.1-7 QAM Mode support 64 / 256QAM output. Pic-3.2.3-8 The output power Level Range is from 90 to 116 dBu. Pic-3.2.3-9 The Interleave mode can be set as these parameters below:...
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Pic-3.2.3-10 I=128, J=1 I=128,J=2 I=64,J=2 I=128,J=3 Interleave mode I=32,J=4 I=128,J=4 I=16,J=8 I=8,J=16 Advanced Setting To configure the advanced setting for encoding and streaming, please click the Advance Settings chars in blue. It will reflect to the new page to set the detailed parameters for Live Mode. It contains three parts of configuration: Stream info, Video info and Audio info (Dolby D St Creator) Pic-3.2.3-11...
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Program Number: ranging from 1 – 65535 Stream ID: ranging from 0 – 65535 PMT/PCR PID: ranging from 32 – 8190 Program/Provider Name: length must be less 20 Pic-3.2.3-12 Video Info (refer to Pic-3.2.3-12) Video Source: base on the source you selected in basic setting page ...
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Video Bitrate: ranging from 800 to 14000Kpbs(MPEG2/H.264) Video Profile: Baseline/High/Main Video Level: H.264 1b/ H.264 1.0 - 4.2 GOP Structure: IBBP, IPPP,IBP,IBBBP GOP Close: Enable/Disable Close Caption: Enable/Disable Note: When input signal is detected and the preset output signal is of the allowed ones (see mapping table below), the preset will be remained, otherwise the output resolution will changed to Auto automatically.
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1280x720_50p 1280x720_50p 1280x720_25p 720x576_50i 720x480_60i: 720x480_60i 720x576_50i 720x576_50i Audio Info(Dolby D St Creator) Pic-3.2.3-13 Audio Source: Audio HDMI/Audio MIC could be selected Audio PID: ranging from 32-8190 Audio Encoding Mode: AC3/MPEG1 Layer2/MPEG2 AAC-LC/MPEG4 AAC-LC Audio Bitrate: 128K/160K/192K/224K/256K/320K/384K/448K ...
Live Status Pic-3.2.3-14 Click the Status icon on the right-bottom to get reflect to the live status page. The page displays and updates the real-time status of encoding and streaming. 3.2.4 Playback mode Basic Setting 1. Plug one USB disk to USB port on the front panel of the NB100U to play the TS from the disk. 2.
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Pic-3.2.4-1 Note: The Playback interface will save and display the TS list from memory of the last USB disk. If there is no disk connected. : to add new Play list. The default play list is named “default”. : to delete the existing Play list. : to modify the play list name.
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Advanced Setting Pic-3.2.4-2 UDP mode is like Pic-3.2.4-2 Output: UDP/Modulation IP: The destination IP address for IP streaming. Port: The destination IP port for IP streaming. Daily play plan: To set the play plan. Pic-3.2.4-3 In Modulation mode (Pic-3.2.4-3), you can configure Frequency, Symbol Rate, Mode, Level, Interleave mode.
Pic-3.2.4-4 3.2.5 Recording Mode Basic Setting 1. Connect the USB disk to the NB100U. Click Recording icon to get the recording page (Pic-3.2.5-1). 2. Set the encoding parameter, and click the Start icon to start the recording or Pause to stop the recording.
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Pic-3.2.5-2 Pic-3.2.5-3 Advance setting For advance setting, please refer to 3.2.3 Live Encoding Advance setting. Recording Status This page offers the status of the recording and the storage of the connected USB disk. Pic-3.2.5-4...
3.2.6 System Click the icon to get the System page. The System page provides the Network Status, Ethernet, Wifi Hotspot, Wifi, Language, Time, Upgrade, Development and Contact us these items. (Pic-3.2.6-1) Pic-3.2.6-1 Network Status: This page shows status of network related info: ...
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Pic-3.2.6-3 Wi-Fi Hotspot: This page shows how to set a Wi-Fi Hotspot which enable PC, Hand phone or Tablet to log in via wireless connection to the device. Pic-3.2.6-4 Wi-Fi Enable NB100U Wi-Fi function to connect to a wireless LAN. Pic-3.2.6-5 Note: Wi-Fi hotspot and Wi-Fi reception have the same range.
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hotspot, Wi-Fi reception is disabled automatically, vice versa. Language: English and Chinese are available to pick. Pic-3.3.6-6 Time: to configure the system time sync with Manual or Internet time. Pic-3.2.6-7 Upgrade: to upgrade new version software by select a file and click the Arrow button. It will ...
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Logs: User can export & clear the logs in this interface. Pic-3.2.6-10 Debug: User can check the debug info which is usually used for R-D. Pic-3.2.6-11 Configuration: User can export configuration (including system and service configuration) in this tab.
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Pic-3.2.6-13 System information: User can check system info in this tab. Pic-3.2.6-14 Contact us Pic-3.2.6-15...
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