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User Instructions
H.264 HD Encoder
Z3-MVPR-01 Multiformat Video Player/Recorder
Z3-MVPR-01
Model Name:
DOC-USR-0036-02
Manual Version 1.06.07b
Software Version 1.06.07
February 25, 2014
Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these
instructions carefully and save the manual for future use.

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  • Page 1 User Instructions H.264 HD Encoder Z3-MVPR-01 Multiformat Video Player/Recorder Z3-MVPR-01 Model Name: DOC-USR-0036-02 Manual Version 1.06.07b Software Version 1.06.07 February 25, 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

    Updating Firmware from an SD Card ................... 30     APPENDIX A: SERIAL CONTROL ......................... 31   APPENDIX B: TROUBLESHOOTING ........................34   _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 4 Figure 30 TeraTerm Serial Port Setup Screen ..................31   Figure 31 Serial Port Encode Options ....................... 32   Figure 32 Serial Port Decode Options ....................... 33   _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 5: General Information

    Designed to excel at encoding and streaming or encoding to file, the Z3-MVPR-01 can also be used to play back networked video and audio streams or locally stored content. The Z3-MVPR-01 is the ideal solution for industrial video, video distribution, digital signage and security, and remote monitoring.

  • Page 6: Included Parts List

    2.0 INCLUDED PARTS LIST Z3-MVPR-01 5V Power Supply HDMI Cable Serial Cable Gender Changer Video Cable x 2 Figure 1 Parts Included with the Z3-MVPR-01 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 7: Features

    § Storage Temperature and Humidity: -40 to 70 degrees C at 20-80% relative humidity (non- condensing) § Measurements: 120mm x 132mm x 22mm § Weight: 371g _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 8: Operating Controls

    9 5V Power In Figure 3 Z3-MVPR-01 Front View 10 HDMI Out 11 Ethernet 12 SD Card 13 USB 2.0 Figure 2 Z3-MVPR-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-Mvpr-01

    Z3-MVPR-01 V1.06.07b 5.0 GETTING STARTED AND RUNNING THE Z3-MVPR-01 For these steps, you will need: a computer, a 1080p30/1080i video source, a Z3-MVPR-01, a 5V power supply, a video Cable, and at least 1 Ethernet cable. Setting up the Video Source (1) Select an HD source with component output (such as a Blu-ray player).

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

    (6) Wait around 1 minute. Finding the Z3-MVPR-01 on the Network using ZFinder (7) Make sure your Windows PC is connected to the same network which the Z3-MVPR-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 8 Zfinder With Z3-Mvpr-01 Selected

    Z3-MVPR-01 V1.06.07b (9) Click on the Z3-MVPR-01 entry in the window to select it. This will cause the “Edit Device”, “Open Device” and “Flash Leds” boxes to activate: Figure 8 ZFinder with Z3-MVPR-01 Selected (10) By clicking “Edit Device”, you can change the Name, IP Address, Netmask, and Gateway address of the Z3-MVPR-01.

  • Page 12: Figure 10 Changes To Encoding Parameters

    Format” to “MPEG-2 TS” (3) Make sure “Dest IP Address” is 225.1.2.3 (4) Make sure “Dest Port” is 8888 Figure 10 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 11 Z3-Mvpr-01 Web Menu - Start/Stop/Status Section

    (1) If necessary, click “Stop Encoder” (2) Status changes to “Stopped” (3) Click “Start Encoder” Figure 11 Z3-MVPR-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 13 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

    (22) Open VLC. Select “Media – Open File” and select the “z3-dm368.sdp” file you just copied. (23) You should then see RTP video streaming on VLC: Figure 14 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

    (25) Click on “Save User”. Wait for “Saved All to User” message to appear: (2) Wait for “Saved all to User” to appear in status (1) Click “Save User” Figure 16 Saving “Use DHCP” _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 17: Figure 17 New Ip Address In Zfinder

    (26) Power off the Z3-MVPR-01. (27) Power back on the Z3-MVPR-01. Wait about 1 minute. (28) Click “Refresh” on ZFinder. The Z3-MVPR-01 should appear with a new IP address based on what it received through DHCP: (2) New IP Address appears (1) Click “Refresh”...

  • Page 18: Dynamically Changing Bitrate / Frame Rate

    The video stream will then continue interrupted with the new parameter. (1) Change bitrate (2) Click “Start Encoder” (3) “Changed rate” appears in Status area Figure 19 Example of Dynamically Changing Bitrate _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 19: Running Decode On The Z3-Mvpr-01

    (3) Connect the “CV+Aud Out” of the MVPR-01 to composite and audio inputs on a monitor. (4) The control PC should still have the Web GUI of the Z3-MVPR-01. If the encoder is still running from the previous demo, click “Stop Encoder” (Figure 11).

  • Page 20: Figure 22 Z3-Mvpr-01 Changing To "Decode" Mode

    Figure 22 Z3-MVPR-01 Changing to “Decode” Mode (6) This will cause the GUI to change to the Decoder configuration menu: Figure 23 Z3-MVPR-01 Decoder Configuration Menu _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 21 (12) You should see video on the monitor. Figure 24 and Figure 25 on the next 2 pages show an example of streaming from one Z3-MVPR-01 to another. Note that the encoder and decoder need to have different IP addresses. Since both use DHCP in this example, this is automatically taken care of.

  • Page 22: Figure 24 Z3-Mvpr-01 Example Encoder Settings For End-To-End Streaming

    Z3-MVPR-01 V1.06.07b Figure 24 Z3-MVPR-01 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 23: Figure 25 Z3-Mvpr-01 Example Decoder Settings For End-To-End Streaming

    Z3-MVPR-01 V1.06.07b Figure 25 Z3-MVPR-01 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 24: 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 frames. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 25 Disregarded if “Use DHCP” is checked. 255.255.X.X (255.255.0.0) Sets the netmask of the Z3-MVPR-01. Local Netmask Disregarded if “Use DHCP” is checked. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 26: 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 27 ----- 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 28: Performing Other Operations With The Z3-Mvpr-01

    Figure 26 The “Save User Settings” Button Now, if you reboot the Z3-MVPR-01, you should see that encode 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 29: Making A Firmware Update

    IP/MAC address again, as it resets it to factory defaults. Please contact Z3 Technology for documentation on how to update. (5) Click on “Upload and Update”. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 30: Updating Firmware From An Sd Card

    (This is important – otherwise another update will occur next time you reboot …) (12) 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 31: Appendix A: Serial Control

    3) Setup the serial port. In TeraTerm, the settings are 115k, 8, N, 1, N, 1ms/char, 50ms/line. Figure 30 TeraTerm Serial Port Setup Screen _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 32: Figure 31 Serial Port Encode Options

    4) Power on the Z3-MVPR-01. 5) After approximately 30 to 45 seconds, the following menu will be displayed: Figure 31 Serial Port Encode Options _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 33: Figure 32 Serial Port Decode Options

    7) By selecting “0” you can change the operating mode. If you change it to “Decoder”, the menu options become: Figure 32 Serial Port Decode Options 8) Operation of the Decoder is the same as through the Web GUI. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 34: Appendix B: Troubleshooting

    APPENDIX B: TROUBLESHOOTING Problem: Web interface does not come up -Is the Ethernet cable plugged into the Z3-MVPR-01 solidly (do you see the link light on the Ethernet cable which indicates data is being transmitted)? -Does the Z3-MVPR-01 IP address and PC IP address have the same first 2 values (or, if netmask is set to 255.255.255.0, the same first 3 values)?

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