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Z3 Technology Z3-DME-01 User Instructions

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H.264 HD Multimedia System
Z3-DME-01 Digital Media Encoder & Streamer
Z3-DME-01
Model Name:
DOC-USR-0018-06
Manual Version 1.06.09a
Software Version 1.06.09
April 7, 2014
Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these
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  • Page 1 User Instructions H.264 HD Multimedia System Z3-DME-01 Digital Media Encoder & Streamer Z3-DME-01 Model Name: DOC-USR-0018-06 Manual Version 1.06.09a Software Version 1.06.09 April 7, 2014 Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save the manual for future use.
  • Page 2 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Encoder Options ..................30 Decoder Options ..................32/33 APPENDIX A: CONFIGURING THE WOWZA SERVER FOR RTMP ..........34 APPENDIX B: TROUBLESHOOTING ................36 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 4 Figure 27 The “Save User” Button ................27 Figure 28 The “UPDATE” Button ................28 Figure 29 Wowza Performance Settings ..............34 Figure 30 Wowza Security Settings ................35 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 5: General Information

    The Z3-DME-01 offers multi-format, multi-channel HD video up to 1080p30. The Z3-DME-01 features HD performance, compact size, and low latency while still having less power consumption than a PC-based encoder platform. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 6: Included Parts List

    2.0 INCLUDED PARTS LIST Z3-DME-01 Power Supply BNC to BNC Cable RCA to RCA Cable DB-9 Serial 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

    Storage Temp: -40 to 70 degrees C at 20-80% relative humidity (non-condensing)  Measurements: 186mm x 123mm x 29mm  Weight: 722 g _______________________________________________________________________________________ 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

    (3) Connect an Ethernet cable to “Ethernet” on the Z3-DME-01 (see Figure 4). 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.

  • Page 10: Finding The Z3-Dme-01 On The Network Using Zfinder

    (6) Wait around one minute for the “Status” LED to light up. Finding the Z3-DME-01 on the Network using ZFinder (7) Make sure your Windows PC is connected to the same network which the Z3-DME-01 is connected to. (8) Run the “ZFinder” PC Utility on your Windows PC. The ZFinder window appears. ZFinder does a scan of the network and lists the location of all Z3 systems connected to the network.

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

    Z3-DME-01 V1.06.09 (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

    “MPEG-2 TS” (4) Make sure “Dest IP Address” is 225.1.2.3 (5) Set “Dest Port” to 8888 Figure 9 Changes to Encoding Parameters _______________________________________________________________________________________ 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” (3) Click “Start Encoder” (2) Status changes to “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

    (23) Open VLC. Select “Media – Open File” and select the “z3-dm368.sdp” file you just copied. (24) You should then see RTP video streaming on VLC: Figure 13 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 16: Using Dhcp

    (1) Click “Load User” (2) Wait for “Saved all to User” to appear in status Figure 15 Saving “Use DHCP” (27) Power off _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 17: Figure 16 New Ip Address In Zfinder

    Z3-DME-01 V1.06.09 the Z3-DME-01. (28) Power back on the Z3-DME-01. Wait about one minute for the “ready” LED to turn on. (29) 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 18: Dynamically Changing Bit Rate / Frame Rate

    Case 1: Highest Quality, Highest Latency 2000 Case 2: Good Quality, Standard Latency 1000 Case 3: Normal Quality, Lowest Latency Figure 18 Tuning for Latency _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 19: Streaming Rtmp

    Z3-DME-01 V1.06.09 5.10 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 20: Figure 19 Configuring For Rtmp Encode

    Figure 19 Configuring for RTMP Encode (8) Click “Start Encoder” to begin RTMP stream. Now you are ready to view the content in Wowza. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 21: Figure 20 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 20 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 21 Viewing Dme-01 Content In Wowza

    (3) Click “Start” (2) Type “1080” for Stream name (4) Audio and Video start to appear Figure 21 Viewing 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: Running Decode On The Z3-Dme-01

    Figure 22 Z3-DME-01 Connections for Decode (3) Connect “ASI/SDI Output” of the Z3-DME-01 with a coaxial cable to “SDI In” of the SDI to HDMI converter (see Figure 22). (4) Connect the “HDMI Out” of the SDI to HDMI converter with an HDMI cable to “HDMI In” of a monitor.

  • Page 24: Figure 24 Z3-Dme-01 Decoder Configuration Menu

    (12) You should see video on the monitor. The figures on the next two pages show an example of streaming from one Z3-DME-01 to another. Note that the encoder and decoder need to have different IP addresses. Since one uses DHCP in this example, this is automatically taken care of.

  • Page 25: Figure 25 Example Encoder Settings For End-To-End Streaming

    Z3-DME-01 V1.06.09 Figure 25 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 26: Figure 26 Example Decoder Settings For End-To-End Streaming

    Z3-DME-01 V1.06.09 Figure 26 Example Decoder 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: Performing Other Operations With The Z3-Dme-01

    Figure 27 The “Save User” Button Now, if you reboot the DME-01, you should see that decode will automatically start with those settings. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 28: Making A Firmware Update

    (3) This brings you to the update image screen. In this screen, click on “Browse…” (4) From here, select the name of the .img file to update with and click “Open”. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 29: Updating Firmware From An 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 30: Summary Of Gui Options

    GOP Size 15, 30, 60, 120, 240 I-frame frequency. A GOP size of 15, for example, would mean 1 I-frame every 15 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 31 On -> Use DHCP to get IP address at boot- up (see “Using DHCP”). Stop [Button] ----- Stop current encode session. Start [Button] ----- Start encode session. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 32: Decoder Options

    The IP address and port being streamed to. x.y.z.w:pppp (225.1.2.3:8888) Video Codec The video format being used in the incoming H.264 stream. Only H.264 is supported in this release. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 33 ----- Settings [Button] Load User Settings ----- Load user settings previously saved. Save User Settings ----- Save current settings for later use. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 34: Appendix A: Configuring The Wowza Server For Rtmp

    Tuning” and then “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 29 Wowza Performance Settings _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 35: Figure 30 Wowza Security Settings

    “Open” and “Client Restrictions” are set to “No client restrictions.” Then click “Save”: Figure 30 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 36: Appendix B: Troubleshooting

    APPENDIX B: TROUBLESHOOTING Problem: Web interface does not come up -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)?

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