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CONFIDENTIAL
DOC-USR-0097-05
User Instructions
HD HEVC/H.265 Encoding System
Rapid Production Starter Kit
Z3-HE1080-RPS
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DOC-USR-0097-05
Manual Version 2.1
May 23, 2018
Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
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  • Page 1 Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use. This document contains proprietary 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 representative of Z3. Z3 reserves the right to change this product at any time and without notice.
  • Page 2 Updated screenshots. 05/23/2018 Added section 7.2.1 Encoding HEVC Interlaced Streams ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    7.15 Encoding SDI Video ....................28 7.16 Encoding Composite Video ..................29 7.17 Changing the Bitrate Dynamically ................30 7.18 Tuning for Latency ....................32 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 4 10.6 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs ..............56 APPENDIX A: Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP ..............57 APPENDIX B: Troubleshooting ..................... 59 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 5 Figure 41 Updating the Device Firmware from the Web Interface ..........46 Figure 42 Updater Screen ....................47 Figure 43 Wowza Performance Settings ................. 57 Figure 44 Wowza Security Settings ..................58 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 6: General Description

    The Z3-HE1080-MOD-xx is a compact OEM module which supports HEVC/H.265 and H.264 High Profile encode at up to 1080p60. 68 mm Figure 1 Z3-HE1080-MOD-xx Dimensions ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 7: Figure 2 Z3-He1080-Rps Dimensions And Interfaces

    Figure 2 Z3-HE1080-RPS Dimensions and Interfaces The Z3-HE1080-RPS software is based on the Linux OS. The kit comes with all of the low-level resources such as the Linux kernel, u-boot, tool chain and starter file system pre-integrated and configured. The software bundle also contains tools to allow the development of high-level applications using hardware-accelerated video processing.

  • Page 8: Figure 3 Z3-He1080-Rps Block Diagram

    CONFIDENTIAL DOC-USR-0097-05 The following figure shows a block diagram of the Z3-HE1080-RPS system. Figure 3 Z3-HE1080-RPS Block Diagram ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 9: Quick Start Guide

    “RUNNING THE CODE YOU BUILT ON THE BOARD”, on page 44. Please Note: Actual version numbers for your Z3 product may differ from those pictured in this document. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 10: Package Contents

    Interlaced inputs will be encoded as progressive by default; see section 7.2.1 for Encoding HEVC Interlaced Streams * Supports non-HDCP HDMI content only. For example, Blu-Ray players cannot be used as a video source. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 11: Untarring And Building The Sample Code

    # cp SW-BH1-00643-01_HE1080-20160608.tar.bz2 /home/z3/he1080 Untar the archive (name of tar file may slightly vary): # tar -xvjf SW-BH1-00643-01_HE1080-20160608.tar.bz2 *Note: Untarring takes 5 to 10 minutes. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 12: Figure 4 Sample Content Of Images Directory After Successful Build

    The result should be something like the following. Note that actual filenames, dates, and times will differ. Figure 4 Sample Content of Images Directory after Successful Build ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 13: Code Overview

    Z3 demo application code and scripts The Z3 application code that comes with the Z3-HE1080-RPS is run from the serial_menu.lua script in z3apps/hevc_app/scripts/. This code calls the /opt/mcsenc binary, which initializes and runs the encoder. This binary is built from the z3apps/hevc_app/encode_app directory. The code for the binary resides in z3apps/hi35xx_app/encode_app.
  • Page 14 Application source code is available under a separate license agreement. For customers that have licensed it, the application source code can be found mainly in: $PRJROOT/z3apps/hevc_app/encode_app The top-level file for the menu-driven application is mcsenc.cpp. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 15: Running The Encoder

    DOC-USR-0097-05 RUNNING THE ENCODER This section gives step-by-step instructions on HEVC/H.265 encoding with the Z3-HE1080-RPS and streaming 1080p or 1080i video to VLC media player running on your PC. In addition to the Z3-HE1080-RPS, you will need the following: ...

  • Page 16: Encoding Hevc Interlaced Streams

    Turn on the power switch. If all is configured properly, you will see the board booting up within the terminal window. After 20-30 seconds, you will see the RPS Main Menu. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 17: Verify Your Pc Has The Proper Ip Address

    The HTTP-based graphical user interface (GUI) appears at the CH1 tab. (See Section 8.1 for information on accessing the user interface using the ZFinder PC utility.) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 18 CONFIDENTIAL DOC-USR-0097-05 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 19: Configure Channel 1 For Streaming Udp

    IP Address or “H265(HEVC)” Multicast Address (7) Note value (8) Click “Start” (1) If necessary, click “Stop” Figure 7 CH1 Tab UDP Configuration ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 20: Run Vlc To View The Udp Stream

    Press “Enter” or click “Play.” You will now see your source video streaming to VLC. Figure 9 Example of Encoded Video Streaming to VLC (UDP) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 21: Configure Channel 1 For Streaming Rtp

    Is “HDMI” (5) Change to “RTP” (4) Note values (6) Click “Start” (1) If necessary, click “Stop” Figure 10 CH1 Tab RTP Configuration ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 22: Run Vlc To View The Rtp Stream

    (c) H264(AVC) + no audio: use the SDP file entitled “z3-netra_h264.sdp” Click “Open”. You will now see video streaming to VLC. Figure 11 Example of Encoded Video Streaming to VLC (RTP) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 23: Configure Channel 1 For Streaming Rtsp

    Is “HDMI” (5) Change to “RTSP” (4) Note value (6) Click “Start” (1) If necessary, click “Stop” Figure 12 CH1 Tab RTSP Configuration ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 24: Run Vlc To View The Rtsp Stream

    In the “Open Media” box, type “rtsp://{IP Address}/z3-{ch #}{m}.mp4”, where {IP Address} is the IP address of the Z3-HE1080-RPS (default 192.168.0.120), {ch #} is 1 for CH1, and {m} is added if a multicast address is being streamed. For example, if the IP address of the Z3-HE1080-RPS is the default value of 192.168.0.120, encode is being done from CH1, and unicast streaming is being...

  • Page 25: Configure Channel 1 For Rtmp Streaming

    “192.168.0.4:1935/live/1080” (4) If necessary, set to “Enable” (5) Click “Start” (1) If necessary, click “Stop” Figure 15 Example Settings for RTMP Encode ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 26: View Rtmp Streaming

    (1) Use IP address of Wowza server + “:1935” (2) Select “Applications” (3) Select “live” (4) Select “Test Players” Figure 16 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 27: Figure 17 Viewing Content On Wowza

    (1) Select “Adobe RTMP” tab (2) Type stream name (3) Click “Start” (4) Audio and Video start to appear Figure 17 Viewing Content on Wowza ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 28: Encoding Sdi Video

    Verify your remaining settings are as desired. See Section 10.0 for a detailed list of all options. Click the “Start” button. (1) Change to “HD-SDI” (2) Click “Start” Figure 18 Channel 1 Tab – SDI Encode ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 29: Encoding Composite Video

    Verify your remaining settings are as desired. See Section 10.0 for a detailed list of all options. Click the “Start” button. (1) Change to “Composite” (2) Click “Start” ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 30: Changing The Bitrate Dynamically

    “enter” to display dynamic options. Enter “1” and press “enter” to select the Bitrate option. Change the bitrate from “4M” to “2M” and press “enter.” ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 31: Figure 22 Changing The Bitrate Dynamically

    You will see the quality of the encoded video in VLC change and the video bitrate drop. Lower video + audio bitrate Figure 23 Drop in Bitrate after Dynamic Bitrate Change ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 32: Tuning For Latency

    Figure 24 Create Additional Output Channels 7.20 Record to USB The Z3-HE1080-RPS supports writing encoded video to a storage device connected to the USB port in .ts file format. Connect a USB flash drive or other USB storage device to one of the USB inputs on the back of the unit.

  • Page 33: Simultaneous Stream And Record

    (3) The “Output Device” and “File Prefix” fields appear. Follow the steps in Section 7.20 to connect your USB device and set these fields. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 34: Encoding With Forward Error Correction

    (2) Set to 1 and 100 “address:port/streamid” (4) Select “True” and enter valid credentials (5) Click “Start” Figure 26 Enabling Zixi Feeder Encode ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 35: Figure 27 Enabling Pro-Mpeg Fec Encode

    For more information on testing and verifying FEC using a Z3 Technology decoder with Pro-MPEG FEC support, please contact your Z3 sales account manager for additional user instructions. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 36: Encoding Klv Stream

    Click the “Start” button and video will be streamed with KLV data. (1) Change to “UDP” (2) Select “True” (3) Click “Start” Figure 28 Enabling KLV ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 37: Performing Other Operations

    8.1 Accessing the User Interface using ZFinder ZFinder is a PC Utility that allows you to find any Z3 Technology product on your network. If you have not downloaded this to your computer, you can find it on Z3’s support server.

  • Page 38: Saving Current Settings

    In order for changes to IP settings to take effect, the unit must be re-started. A prompt will appear requesting a reboot. Click “Ok” and wait 20-30 seconds for the unit to boot. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 39: Advanced Settings Mode

    (8) Return to your channel tab to set additional encoding configuration parameters for your stream. See Section 10.4, The CH1 Tab, for more information on the advanced settings available for each streaming output. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 40: Figure 34 Default Udp Settings (Left) And Advanced Udp Settings (Right)

    (9) You can return to the use of limited settings by un-checking the “Advanced Settings” box in the System Setup tab and saving that to the preset. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 41: Changing The Ip Address Via Serial

    {ip-address} z3-XXXXXXX# saveenv; reset The new IP address will now be set and the system’s user interface can be reached there. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 42: Changing The Ip Address Via The Http-Based User Interface

    Click on the “Save” button. (1) Enter New IP Address and desired network settings (2) Click “Save” Figure 35 Saving Updated Network Settings ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 43: Figure 36 Save Complete Message

    The very first time settings are saved it may take up to 30 seconds. This is due to some flash initialization which occurs on the very first configuration save. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 44: Running The Code You Built On The Board

    (d) Select the “Default allocation size” option from the “Allocation unit size” dropdown menu. (e) Select the “Quick Format” check box and click “Start”. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 45: Figure 38 Format Sd Card For Software Update

    Verify the Z3-HE1080-RPS is powered off. Insert the SD card and power on the system. Card Figure 39 SD Card Connection for Software Update ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 46: Via User Interface

    (2) Click the “Update device firmware” button from the System Setup tab. Click Here Figure 41 Updating the Device Firmware from the Web Interface ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 47: Figure 42 Updater Screen

    (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 encoder is now updated. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 48: Summary Of Options

    The resulting file is saved on the PC with the user interface open. Reboot Button Restarts the unit without the need to disconnect power. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 49: The User Presets Tab

    HDMI1 refers to the captured content from the camera lens Resolution Capture resolution for that input Capture frames per second for that input ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 50: The Ch1 Tab (Channel 1)

    (for example, an input frame rate of 30fps with Half “Half” selected would cause an output stream of Quarter 15fps). If interlaced input is used then this is used Sixth ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 51 If an issue is encountered with a specific decoder, try setting this value to the same value as the video delay. Output Setup ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 52 PID assigned to PMT in the TS stream. (UDP/TSRTP/TSFILE Only) Video Max Delay* (300) Sets encoder maximum video delay in milliseconds. (UDP/TSRTP/TSFILE Only) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 53 Removes channel instance for encoding. status !Not running, IDLE, Current status of the encode process. STOPPED, RUNNING, IDLE indicates no valid input data is present. POLLING ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 54: The Ch2 & Ch3 Tabs (Channels 2 & 3)

    “+” tab. Only three channels are supported. CH2 Default: Parameter Options (default in bold) Description Encoder Setup ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 55 (3840x2160), resizing (720-480) will occur. Follow Input Video Bitrate 2K – 40M (2M) Textbox for entering video bitrate. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 56: Values Appearing At The Bottom Of All Tabs

    Stop all current encode sessions. Encode must be stopped in order for settings to be altered. Start All Button Start all encode sessions. system status: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 57: Appendix A: Configuring The Wowza Server For Rtmp

    “Java Garbage Collection Settings” to “Concurrent collector”. Click on “Save.”: Figure 43 Wowza Performance Settings All registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 58: Figure 44 Wowza Security Settings

    Wowza. If you still run into issues, verify the Firewall on your PC with the Wowza server is turned off. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 59: Appendix B: Troubleshooting

    When contacting Z3 Support for additional support, please use the “Download device logs” button on the user interface System Setup tab to capture logs of any issue you’d like to report and send the resulting file to Z3 Technology. Z3 Technology’s Express Limited Warranty will be void if the label on the hardware bearing the Serial Number is removed, tampered with or defaced.

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