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Advantech DVP-7421BE Manual

4 channel triplex mpeg-1/2/4 video/audio codec card
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DVP-7421BE
4 Channel Triplex
MPEG-1/2/4
Video/Audio Codec Card
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  • Page 1 DVP-7421BE 4 Channel Triplex MPEG-1/2/4 Video/Audio Codec Card...
  • Page 2 Copyright This documentation and the software included with this product are copyrighted 2007 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Setting Save ..........43 2.4.11 Sensor Control ..........44 2.4.12 GPIO control........... 46 2.4.13 ENC control ............ 47 2.4.14 EE Control ............48 2.4.15 Convert Function ........... 49 2.4.16 Multi-Board ID Reorganization ....50 CHAPTER 3 DVP-7421BE TRIPLEX EXPERIMENT....52...
  • Page 4 ：P4 P 3.1 P ..........52 LATFORM LATFORM ：M 3.2 A ....... 54 PPENDIX OFTWARE ECODER...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 General Information

    General Information...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Chapter 1 General Information 1.1 Introduction The DVP-7421BE is a high-end video capture board with a hardware codec (simultaneous compression/ decompression, or encode/decode) engine. It supports 4-channel live preview, video/audio compression and playback at D1 resolution and 120/100 fps. Up to four...

  • Page 7: Production Feature

    1.2 Production Feature The photo is the main interface of DVP-7421BE sample program. The DVP-7421BE feature is like below： A. EEPROM function ready product Customer can write the value in EEPROM and check the value before surveillance software boot up. System Integrator can design protection to protect software system.
  • Page 8 DVP-7421BE hardware capability. D. Software Decoder to AVI The DVP-7421BE support software decode that can convert compression MPEG file to AVI format (*.Divx).It is convenient for customer integrate the function to their software system. E. GPIO access control User can integrate the DI/DO device, like warning alarm or IR sensor.
  • Page 9 H. Video Configuration The DVP-7421BE can configure the most feature of video. User can set GOP frames, GOP type, Video Format, Frame rate, Video Bit rate, Average Video Bit Rate, Audio Bit rate, Audio Sampling rate, etc.

  • Page 10: Product Spec

    1.3 Product Spec Video Standard Composite for NTSC/PAL Video Input 4 x BNC connectors Capture Resolution D1 (NTSC: 720 x 480; PAL: 720 x 576) Frame Rate 30/25 fps (NTSC/PAL) for each channel (total 120/100 fps @ D1 resolution) Image Processing Hardware adjustment of hue, contrast, Video saturation, and brightness...

  • Page 11: Hardware Requirements

    1.3.1 Hardware Requirements CPU：Intel Pentium III 800MGHz or above RAM：256 MB SD RAM or above PCI slot：One PCI Slot or above VGA：AGP 4X above 1.3.2 Software Requirement Support Microsoft DirectX 9 or above Microsoft Windows 2000/XP Support Complete demo program with VC++ Builder programming language sample code for reference 1.3.3 Block Diagram...

  • Page 12: Packing List

    1.3.4 Packing List 1 x DVP-7421BE video codec card P/N：9692742100E 1 x Drive & Utility CD P/N：2066742100 2 x 30 cm Dsub-15 to 8 x BNC P/N：1700001618 connector Board product warranty card P/N：2190000902 1.3.5 Dimensions 4 x D e c o d e r A u d io O u t 4 D I/ 4 D O Figure 1.2 Dimensions...
  • Page 13 Figure 1.3 Bracket I/O definition...

  • Page 14: Overview

    1.3.6 Overview Stereo (L/R) Extra Audio Input Extra Video Output Extra Audio Output Stereo (L/R) DIO Connector Extra Video Input Smart-Quad TV Out 4 x BNC Mono Audio In 4 x BNC Mono Audio Loop 4 x BNC Video In 4 x BNC Video Loop ODM Only 4 x BNC Video In...

  • Page 15: Connector And Pin Definition

    1.3.7 Connector and Pin Definition A. Extra Video Output Type Video 1 Out Video 2 Out Video 3 Out Video 4 Out B. Extra Video Input Type Video 1 In Video 2 In Video 3 In Video 4 In...
  • Page 16 C. Extra Audio Input (Stereo L/R) Audio Left Channel Audio Right Channel Input CON Input CON Type Type Audio L1 Audio R1 Audio L2 Audio R2 Audio L3 Audio R3 Audio L4 Audio R4...
  • Page 17 D. Extra Audio Output (Stereo L/R) Audio Left Channel Audio Right Channel Output CON Output CON Type Type Audio L1 Audio R1 Audio L2 Audio R2 Audio L3 Audio R3 Audio L4 Audio R4...
  • Page 18 DI/O connector Type GPIO 4 GPIO 5 GPIO 6 GPIO 7 GPIO 0 GPIO 1 GPIO 2 GPIO 3...

  • Page 19: Chapter 2 Product Installation

    Product Installation...
  • Page 20 The device drivers and demo program for the DVP-7421BE board are located on the 「Driver & Utility CD」. Please install Driver & Utility software before install...

  • Page 21: Install Driver & Utility Cd

    2.1. Install Driver & Utility CD Step 1: Open CD-ROM folder from「My Computer \ CD \ DVP-7421BE_Software_Develop_Kit \ Installation」on windows desktop. Step 2: Open「Installation」folder and double click 「Setup.exe」to install driver and demo program for DVP-7421BE.
  • Page 22 Step 3: Program start prepares files for installation. Click 「Next」bottom to continue...
  • Page 23 Step 4: Input user name and company name and click 「Next」 bottom.
  • Page 24 Step 5: Select 「 Complete」to install driver & demo program in default folder 「c:\program files\advantech\」, otherwise select 「Custom」to choose different folder. Click 「Next」bottom.
  • Page 25 Step 6: Program starts install drivers and demo program. User can find demo program from [Start] [Advantech] [DVP7421B]...

  • Page 26: Hardware Installation

    Note: Keep the anti-static bag for future use. You might need the original bag to store the Module if you have to remove the card from the PC or transport it elsewhere. Install 4 x DVP-7421BE codec card into one system can establish of 16 channels hardware compression DVR platform.

  • Page 27: Install Driver For Capture Card

    When computer boot into windows system, it will found new hardware and request user assign the driver location Step 2: Because we already install the driver into hard disk (default folder c:\Program Files\Advantech\DVP7421B\Driver) therefore user will not download from internet. Please select [No, not this time] and click 「Next」bottom.
  • Page 28 Step 3: Select [install from a list or specific location] and click next...
  • Page 29 Step 4: Select [Search for the best driver in these locations] Click 「Browse」bottom to choose folder [C:\Program Files\Advantech\DVP7421B\Driver\SAA7134 and click 「OK」 Step 5: Click 「Next」bottom. Window start search and install driver for device [Advantech WDM Video Capture 0601]...
  • Page 30 Step 6: Click 「Continue Anyway」to install driver Step 7: Click 「Finish」bottom to complete the driver instillation.
  • Page 31 Step 8: Install driver for [Advantech MPEG4 Codec device 0506](User must install four copy of driver for each DVP-7421BE capture card)
  • Page 32 Step 9: Select [Search for the best driver in these locations] Click 「Browse」bottom to choose folder [C:\Program Files\Advantech\DVP7421B\Driver\Vweb2010 and click 「OK」bottom.
  • Page 33 Right click on [My computer] on window desktop and select [Management] from pop-up menu. Click [Device Manger] [Sound, video and game controller] User can find five devices from Advantech. Advantech MPEG-4 Codec device 0506 x 4 Advantech WDM Video Capture 0601 x 1...

  • Page 34: Demo Program Functionality

    2.4. Demo Program Functionality Start demo program from 「Start」 「Advantech」 「DVP7421B」 Following is demo program window. 2.4.1 Channel Select Each “Channel” is representative of one codec chip. There are four channels for each DVP-7421BE. User can set different parameters to different channel.

  • Page 35: Video Standard

    2.4.2 Video Standard Set the video standard of your camera and display. Set the video and audio codec broadcast television systems. 2.4.3 Encoding Format Set the encoding format for customize needs.

  • Page 36: Resolution

    2.4.4 Resolution Set the video encoding resolution. D1 (NTSC：720 x 480；PAL：720 x 576) VGA(NTSC：640 x 480；PAL：640 x 576) QVGA(NTSC：320 x 240；PAL：320 x 288) SIF (NTSC：352 x 240；PAL：352 x 288) QCIF (NTSC：176 x 120；PAL：176 x 144) 2.4.5 Encoding Mode Click 「Encode」start encode video. The bottom of the windows will show the file size of the encode file if the encode function is proceed.

  • Page 37: Playback Mode

    2.4.6 Playback Mode There are two way to show the result of playback. 1.Enable 「Display Windows」 watch the result in the display of host PC. 2. Connect the BNC cable out to the external display.
  • Page 38 enable will shown on the host PC display...

  • Page 39: Preview Mode

    2.4.7 Preview Mode The User can preview on host PC using 「Preview Mode」demo program. First select the button， 「Preview」 ；there will show the preview resolution setting windows. Ones choice the preview resolution，Quad in a D1 preview windows and switch audio on/off. Then user can preview the video on screen.

  • Page 40: Snapshot

    Only on 「Preview Mode」 effect that can enable 「Snapshot」 function. Like the above figure ,press the 「Snapshot」 to get the image data of specific channel video input. The snap image will be show on the up panel. The snapshot saves in C:\Program Files\Advantech\DVP7421B...

  • Page 41: Motion Detect

    2.4.9 Motion Detect Only on 「Encoding Mode」 enforce, then press the 「Motion Detect」 to enable the function that 「the movement」 of object will be connect the assigned command. The detail 「Motion Detect」parameter can refer the below figure.
  • Page 42 The motion detect configure please refer the graph above.

  • Page 43: Setting Save

    2.4.10 Setting Save Specify the path and filename for encode data. Separate encode data into specify size.

  • Page 44: Sensor Control

    2.4.11 Sensor Control...
  • Page 45 To set the brightness, contrast, hue and saturation of specific channel. Please refer to Chapter 2, 「DVP-7421BE Functions Library Summary」: DVP7421B_SetBrightness DVP7421B_GetBrightness DVP7421B_SetContrast DVP7421B_GetContrast DVP7421B_SetSaturation DVP7421B_GetSaturation DVP7421B_SetHue DVP7421B_GetHueDVP-2420E_GetBrightness...

  • Page 46: Gpio Control

    2.4.12 GPIO control To get a specified 4 DI value or to set a specified 4 DO value. The user can connect the GPIO device. For example, ones connect DI 1 and DO 2.When user push 「Get」 button, the blank will show the hook.

  • Page 47: Enc Control

    2.4.13 ENC control The encode parameter are tuned more detail to tune in this item. GOP frame：Set the value of Group Of Pictures between 1~256. GOP type：Set type of mpeg I.P.B frame sequence. Frame rate：Set the NTSC/PAL and the encode frame rate per second.

  • Page 48: Ee Control

    2.4.14 EE Control Press the button「EE control」,the user can write two fields to EEPROM. When system shut down, the value will store. The user can write the key to protect the rights of the software. The numeric range of Address are 0~127, and the numeric range of Value are 0~255.

  • Page 49: Convert Function

    2.4.15 Convert Function press the button” Mpeg4 to Divx” could convert the movie format from mpeg to Divx format video file.

  • Page 50: Multi-Board Id Reorganization

    Maximum performance Triplex example：The DVP-7421BE could preview、encode and playback simultaneously with four codec chip. One system can install four DVP-7421BE capacities; it is notice below to recognize the board ID of multi-card. The driver of the video capture device in the DVP-7421B is a DirectShow source filter.
  • Page 51 DVP-7421BE Triplex Function Experiment...

  • Page 52: Chapter 3 Dvp-7421Be Triplex Experiment

    Chapter 3 DVP-7421BE Triplex Function Experiment 3.1 Platform：P4 Platform Motherboard：Advantech AIMB-741E2-00A1 Motherboard (Intel 845E+ICH4) CPU：Intel Pentium 4，2.4 GHz Memory：KINGMAX DDR-433/400，256MB PCI bus：PCI 32-bit/33 MHz, 5 slots VGA：Nvidia Geforce2 MX 400，AGP，64MB OS：XP professional，SP2 HDD：WD，40G...
  • Page 53 Experiment Parameter： Video Standard：NTSC Capture Frame Rate：real time，30/25 fps for NTSC/PAL Full D1(NTSC：720 x 480)， QVGA(320 x 240 ) Input Function Each Video Average CPU load (%) Setting Capture Resolution Channel Preview Full D1 Encode Full D1 Decode Full D1 Host PC Full D1 Display...
  • Page 54 3.2 Appendix： Mpeg4 Software Decoder The Document File,"MPEG4 Software Decoder",include two files. First,"mpgviddec.ax"：Vweb MPEG4 Decoder Filter Second,"VwebDemuxFilter2R.ax"：Vweb MPEG4 Demux Filter (this file is a "Filter" separate the Video and Audio) (File name can change by user) User Guide Line: In command line execute "command" regsvr32 mpgviddec.ax →...

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