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Z3 Technology Z3-DME-01 User Instructions

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User Instructions
H.264 HD Multimedia System
Z3-DME-01 Digital Media Encoder & Streamer
Z3-DME-01
Model Name:
DOC-USR-0018-09
Manual Version 1.06.26a
Software Version 1.06.26
February 9, 2015
Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save the manual
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  • Page 1 Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save the manual for future use. This document contains proprietary and confidential information of Z3 Technology, LLC ("Z3"). This document may not be used, reproduced, disclosed, or disseminated to anyone without the prior written approval of an authorized...
  • Page 2 Revision History Version Date Change Note Author 1.0.4.08 05/13/12 Original System 1.04.15 06/05/12 Updated Software Version 1.04.19 07/06/12 Updated Software Version 1.04.20 07/16/12 Address Update 1.05.00 08/21/12 Updated Software Version 1.05.00a 09/04/12 FCC & CE Certification 1.05.09 05/20/13 Updated Software Version 1.05.09a 05/21/13 Formatting, pictures...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    9.1 Encoder Options ...................... 33 9.2 Decoder Options ..................... 36 APPENDIX A: Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP ..............37 APPENDIX B: Troubleshooting ..................... 39 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 4 Figure 36 Setting the Password ................... 32 Figure 37 Entering the Password ..................32 Figure 38 Wowza Performance Settings ................. 37 Figure 39 Wowza Security Settings ..................38 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 5: General Information

    To start working with the encoder, you can go straight to Section 6.0, “GETTING STARTED AND RUNNING THE Z3-DME-01,” on page 9. A summary of each parameter that can be configured in the GUI is given in Section 9.0, “SUMMARY OF OPTIONS,” on page 33.

  • Page 6: Included Parts List

    3.0 INCLUDED PARTS LIST Z3-DME-01 Power Supply BNC to BNC Cable DB-9 Serial Cable RCA to RCA Cable Figure 1 Parts Included with the Z3-DME-01 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 7: Features

    1080p30, 1080i30, 1080i29.97, 1080i25, 1080720p60, 720p59.94, 720p50, 576i25, 480i30, and 480i29.97. Also supports 23.98Psf input for all resolutions. Composite: 576i25, 480i30, and 480i29.97 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 8: Operating Controls

    Composite In Analog Audio In R 10 Analog Audio In L 11 Ethernet 12 12V Power In Figure 3 Z3-DME-01 Rear View ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 9: Getting Started And Running The Z3-Dme-01

    If you see playback on the monitor, you’ve confirmed the source works. Now move the HDMI cable from the monitor to “HDMI In” on the HDMI to SDI converter box. (2) Connect the coaxial cable from “SDI Out” on the converter box to the Z3-DME-01 “SD/HDI Input” port Figure 4...

  • Page 10: Connecting And Powering Up The Z3-Dme-01

    (3) Connect an Ethernet cable to “Ethernet” on the Z3-DME-01 (see ). Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable directly to a PC. You will use this PC to control the Z3-DME-01 and to decode the output stream. Figure 4 (4) Connect the 12V power supply to “+12VDC”...

  • Page 11: Figure 7 Zfinder With Z3-Dme-01 Selected

    CONFIDENTIAL DOC-USR-0018-09 (9) Click on the Z3-DME-01 entry in the window to select it. This will cause the “Edit Device,” “Open Device” and “Flash LEDs” boxes to activate: Figure 7 ZFinder with Z3-DME-01 Selected (10) By clicking “Edit Device,” you can change the Name, IP Address, Netmask and Gateway address of the Z3-DME-01.

  • Page 12: Figure 9 Changes To Encoding Parameters For Ts Encode

    (4) Confirm “Dest IP Address” is 225.1.2.3 (5) Set “Dest Port” to 8888 Figure 9 Changes to Encoding Parameters for TS Encode ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 13: Figure 10 Z3-Dme-01 Web Menu - Start/Stop/Status Section

    (1) If necessary, click “Stop Encoder” (2) Status changes to (3) Click “Start Encoder” “Stopped” Figure 10 Z3-DME-01 Web Menu – Start/Stop/Status Section ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 14: Opening A Vlc Client To Receive The Encoded Stream

    (15) Press “Enter.” (16) You should now see video streaming from VLC. Figure 12 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC (UDP/TS) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 15: Streaming Rtp

    “RTP” (1) Click “Stop Encoder” (4) Click “Start If encoder was running Encoder” Figure 13 Changes to Encoding Parameters for RTP Encode ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 16: Figure 14 Entering Rtsp Url Into Vlc

    (23) Click “Play.” You should then see RTP video streaming on VLC: Figure 15 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC (RTP) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 17: Using Dhcp

    (25) Click on “Save User.” Wait for the “Saved All to User” message to appear. (1) Click “Load User” (2) Wait for “Saved all to User” to appear in status Figure 17 Saving “Use DHCP” ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 18: Figure 18 New Ip Address In Zfinder

    (26) Power off the Z3-DME-01. (27) Power back on the Z3-DME-01. Wait about one minute for the “ready” LED to turn on. (28) Click “Refresh” on ZFinder. The Z3-DME-01 should appear with a new IP address based on what it received through DHCP: (1) Click “Refresh”...

  • Page 19: Dynamically Changing Bit Rate / Frame Rate

    By default, this is set to 1000ms. You can lower this to as low as 200ms. To do this, go to the following: VLC → Tools → Preferences → Show Settings (ALL) → Input / Codecs → Network caching (ms) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 20: Streaming Rtmp

    DOC-USR-0018-09 6.9 Streaming RTMP The Z3-DME-01 also supports streaming RTMP to servers such as Wowza and ustream. The steps for doing so are as follows: (1) Follow steps (1)-(9) earlier in this section to connect the DME-01 for encode and bring up the Web GUI.

  • Page 21: Figure 22 Getting To The Wowza Test Player

    (1) Use IP address of Wowza server + “:8088” (2) Select “Applications” (3) Select “live” (4) Select “Test Players” Figure 22 Getting to the Wowza Test Player ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 22: Figure 23 Viewing Z3-Dme-01 Content In Wowza

    (3) Click “Start” (2) Type “1080” for Stream name (4) Audio and Video start to appear Figure 23 Viewing Z3-DME-01 Content in Wowza ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 23: Encoding Closed Caption Data

    Figure 24 Connections for Closed Caption Extraction (2) Configure the Encoder to use composite input: Figure 25 Sample Encoder Settings for Closed Caption Extraction ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 24: Figure 26 Setting Vlc To Use The Extracted Closed Caption Data

    (5) Extraction of closed caption through SDI input is also possible. In that case, SDI In of the DME-01 is used. The procedure for seeing the closed caption data through VLC is the same as shown above. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 25: Running Decode On The Z3-Dme-01

    Ethernet. A source generating this stream (for example, another Z3-DME-01) is required. 7.1 Connect the Decoder (1) Use a BNC-to-BNC cable to connect “ASI/SDI Output” on the Z3-DME-01 to an SDI monitor or to “SDI In” of an SDI->HDMI converter:...

  • Page 26: Configure The Encoder

    Using multicast allows you to also open VLC and view the stream from there: Figure 28 Example Encoder Settings for End-to-End Streaming ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 27: Configure The Decoder

    This can be done by changing “Operating Mode” in the lower right corner: Select “Decoder” Figure 29 Z3-DME-01 Operating Mode Selector (8) Once you do this, the description at the top right will change from “Z3-DME-01 Encoder” to “Z3-DME- 01 Decoder”: Figure 30 Z3-DME-01 Decoder Configuration Menu ____________________________________________________________________________________...

  • Page 28: Figure 31 Example Decoder Settings For End-To-End Streaming

    (16) You can also view the content using VLC. Open VLC and use the RTSP URL as described in Section 6.5 on page 15. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 29: Performing Other Operations With The Z3-Dme-01

    8.1 Saving Current Settings If you have a specific configuration you’d like to preserve, you can save it so that when the Z3-DME-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”...

  • Page 30: Making A Firmware Update

    (6) You will see screens stating that the image is being uploaded and that the flash is being updated. After about one minute, you should see the main menu again. (7) Your Z3-DME-01 is now updated! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 31: Updated Firmware From An Sd Card

    Remove the SD card. (This is important – otherwise another update will occur) (13) Turn the system back on. The update should then be finished. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 32: Using The Password Feature

    (4) Exit the browser and restart it (or create another browser window). In the new browser, enter the IP address of the Z3-DME-01. When you do so, the same authentication window that appeared in step (3) will appear. Enter “admin” and the password as you did previously.

  • Page 33: Summary Of Options

    Video Bit Rate 100 – 12000K (Default = 8000k) The video bit rate. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 34 “MPEG-2 TS” or “MPEG-2 TS over RTP” is selected. A margin of 30-50% over the video bit rate for high bit rates is recommended. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 35 D1 PAL (720x576), D1 NTSC (720x480), 16:9 PAL (1024x576), 4/5 720p (1024x720), 720p (1280x720), 3/4 1080i (1440x1080), 1080p (1920x1080), and 1080i (1920x1080) “Follow input” = Generate encoder resolution based on capture resolution detected ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 36: Decoder Options

    Load settings installed at the factory. Settings [Button] Load User Settings ----- Load user settings previously saved. Save current settings for later use. Save User Settings ----- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 37: Appendix A: Configuring The Wowza Server For Rtmp

    “Java Settings”. Click “Edit” and then change “Java Heap Size” to “Production Level” and “Java Garbage Collection Settings” to “Concurrent collector”. Click on “Save.”: Figure 38 Wowza Performance Settings ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 38: Figure 39 Wowza Security Settings

    “Open” and “Client Restrictions” are set to “No client restrictions.” Then click “Save”: Figure 39 Wowza Security Settings The Wowza server is now configured to work with the Z3-DME-01. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 39: Appendix B: Troubleshooting

    -Is the Ethernet cable plugged into the Z3-DME-01 solidly (do you see the link light on the Ethernet cable which indicates data is being transmitted)? -Does the Z3-DME-01 IP address and PC IP address have the same first two values (or, if netmask is set to 255.255.255.0, the same first three values)? -Do the Z3-DME-01 and the PC running VLC have the same netmask? (Default value in the Z3-DME-01 is 255.255.0.0)

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