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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.
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4K/HD Switch Reboot Note – Section 7.0 Added operating controls section, UART/RS485 connections section, 05/13/2021 SD/BM WiFi Antenna section, and thermal management section ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
13.8 Run VLC to View the UDP Stream ................26 13.9 Configure Channel 1 for Streaming RTP ................. 27 13.10 Run VLC to View the RTP Stream ................28 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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APPENDIX C: Support and Troubleshooting ................65 Appendix C: Support ..................... 65 Appendix C: Troubleshooting ................... 65 Appendix C: Warranty ....................68 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Figure 43 Updating the Device Firmware from the Web Interface ..........48 Figure 44 Updater Screen ....................48 Figure 45 Open QFIL Application ..................49 Figure 46 QFIL: Select Flat Build ..................50 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Figure 50 “Download Succeed” and “Finish Download” in “Status” field ........53 Figure 51 Wowza Performance Settings ................62 Figure 52 Wowza Security Settings ..................63 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
The Z3-Q603-MOD (PCB-0101-20) is a compact OEM module which supports H.265/HEVC and H.264 High Profile encode at up to 2160p30. 50 mm Figure 1 Z3-Q603-MOD Dimensions ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
50 mm Figure 3 Z3-Q603-RPS Dimensions The Z3-Q603-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.
CONFIDENTIAL DOC-USR-0239-04 The following figure shows a block diagram of the Z3-Q603-RPS system. (^not enabled) Figure 4 Z3-Q603-RPS Block Diagram ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
“RUNNING THE CODE YOU BUILT ON THE BOARD”, on page 48. 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...
UART Connection* Power/Status LED 12V1A Power Connection Board reset button J19: Not-enabled USB-3.1 type C RS-485* *See section 6.0 for pin-out details ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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...
WiFi, so one must be connected here if the WiFi function is to be used. The connector placed is a Taoglas RECE.20279.001E.01 receptacle. Figure 8 WiFi Antenna connection ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
The system designer is responsible for implementing the cooling mechanisms necessary for any given application. The Z3-Q603-RPS board set as provided from Z3 Technology includes a block of aluminum which is thermally coupled to the CPU chip. This aluminum block is meant to be attached to a heat sink such as a metal enclosure or other material capable of removing heat from the system.
# ls -alt The output will look like the following note that filenames, dates, and times will differ. See section 15.0 for installation methods. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
CONFIDENTIAL DOC-USR-0239-04 Figure 9 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...
This directory contains the code for the Z3 applications. Recipes/ Subdirectory Description haproxy Web proxy inadyn DDNS app libconfuse Conif file parser for inadyn ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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: codeaurora/recipes/z3-encode-app/files/z3-encode-app/src 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...
Using an incorrect cable (the cables provided by Sony) can permanently damage the boards or camera. The KEL cable is sold separately. Ordering part number: CBL-0028-01 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
When switching between 4k and HD or HD and 4k monitoring mode on the Camera tab click on save setting and a reboot is required. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
13.0 RUNNING THE ENCODER This section gives step-by-step instructions on HEVC/H.265 encoding with the Z3-Q603-RPS and streaming 2160p, 1080p or 1080i video to VLC media player running on your PC. In addition to the Z3-Q603-RPS, you will need the following: ▪...
(2) 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...
(2) After you are done, make note of the address your PC is set to. This will be important in the streaming step. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
By default a limited selection of video encoding settings are available in the user interface. See Section 14.3, “Advanced Settings Mode”, for more information on accessing additional settings. (8) Click the “Start” button. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(3) Press “Enter” or click “Play.” (4) You will now see your source video streaming to VLC. Figure 16 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...
DOC-USR-0239-04 13.10 Run VLC to View the RTP Stream An SDP file is needed to view an RTP stream from the Z3-Q603-RPS in the VLC media player. You can find this on your Z3 account. (1) Open VLC media player.
(2) In the “Open Media” box, type “rtsp://{IP Address}/z3-{ch #}{m}.mp4”, where {IP Address} is the IP address of the Z3-Q603-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-Q603-RPS is the default value of 192.168.0.120, encode is being done from CH1, and unicast streaming is being...
DOC-USR-0239-04 13.13 Configure Channel 1 for RTMP Streaming When in H.264 mode, the Z3-Q603-RPS supports streaming to an RTMP streaming server for wide content distribution. Z3 Technology is a member of the Wowza Media Systems™ Technology Alliance partner program, and the Wowza Streaming Engine™ is used here as an example.
(1) Use IP address of Wowza server + “:1935” (2) Select “Applications” (3) Select “live” (4) Select “Test Players” Figure 23 Getting to the Wowza Test Player ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(1) Select “Adobe RTMP” tab (2) Type stream name (3) Click “Start” (4) Audio and Video start to appear Figure 24 Viewing Content on Wowza ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
CONFIDENTIAL DOC-USR-0239-04 13.15 Encoding Composite Video The Z3-Q603-RPS also supports encoding from a composite video source. If this is desired, a composite U.FL to BNC male adapter cable is needed. Figure 25 Composite Adapter Cable (1) Connect the yellow connector to the composite output of your video source.
(5) Enter “1” and press “enter” to select the Bitrate option. (6) Change the bitrate from “4M” to “2M” and press “enter.” Change bitrate to 2M Figure 28 Changing the Bitrate Dynamically ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(8) You will see the quality of the encoded video in VLC change and the video bitrate drop. Lower video + audio bitrate Figure 29 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...
Figure 30 Create Additional Output Channels 13.19 Record to Micro-SD Card The Z3-Q603-RPS supports writing encoded video to a storage device connected to the Micro-SD card in .ts or .mp4 file format. (1) Insert a microSD card into the microSD slot on the front of the unit.
(3) The “Output Device” and “File Prefix” fields appear. Follow the steps in Section 8.19 to connect your microSD card and set these fields. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(2) Set to 1 and 100 “address:port/streamid” (4) Select “True” and enter valid credentials (5) Click “Start” Figure 32 Enabling Zixi Feeder Encode ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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...
(6) Click the “Start” button and video will be streamed with KLV data. (1) Change to “UDP” (2) Select “True” (3) Click “Start” Figure 34 Enabling KLV ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
14.1 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.
(9) 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...
(4) Return to your channel tab to set additional encoding configuration parameters for your stream. See Section 16.4, 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...
(5) 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...
(5) Click on the “Save” button. (1) Enter New IP Address and desired network settings (2) Click “Save” Figure 41 Saving Updated Network Settings ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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...
(7) Your encoder is now updated. 15.2 Via USB using Windows QFIL application This method requires the Qualcomm QFIL application (contact Z3 for details). ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(3) Upon opening QFIL should find your board within a few seconds. If the board is not found click on select serial port. Note you may have to manually find the serial port in Device Manager (control panel). ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
Figure 46 QFIL: Select Flat Build (4) Select the Flat Build radio button under “Select Build Type”. Under “Select Programmer” browse to “flat_image\prog_firehose_ddr.elf” and click “Open”. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
Figure 47 Select XML file (6) A “Select Patch File” dialog will show up. Select “patch0.xml” and click “Open” Figure 48 Select Patch File dialog prompt ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(7) The QFIL application is now ready to write the image to the board. Click “Download” to write the image to the board. It will take about a minute to complete. Figure 49 QFIL application write image ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
Figure 50 “Download Succeed” and “Finish Download” in “Status” field (9) Disconnect the USB and the 12V power. Re-connect the 12V power to boot the board. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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...
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...
Quarter 15fps). If interlaced input is used then this is used Sixth to reduce the number of fields being encoded. [Note 2] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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RTSP requires the use of the RTSP URL. ZIXI TSRTP causes streaming of TS over RTP. This format is required for encoding with Pro-MPEG Forward Error Correction (FEC). ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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This can be especially useful for ensuring smooth playback at lower bitrates. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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IDLE indicates no valid input data is present. POLLING STOPPED indicates that the unit is not currently encoding. Must be in this mode to make any configuration changes. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
320x180 – 12560x1440 The encode resolution. If this resolution is different from the capture resolution (3840x2160), resizing (1280x720) will occur. Follow Input ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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...
“Java Garbage Collection Settings” to “Concurrent collector”. Click on “Save.”: Figure 51 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...
If you still run into issues, verify the Firewall on your PC with the Wowza server is turned off. Figure 52 Wowza Security Settings ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
DL_DIR but default this is in the prjroot/downloads directory. To prevent the need to redownload source for each project set a common DL_DIR in .bashrc: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
- Is the card formatted to FAT or FAT32, whichever was the default option? - When formatting the card, was the “Default allocation size” selected for the “Allocation unit size” option? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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This will import the gpg key needed and now "make universe" will work. Problem: fatal: unable to auto-detect email address (got 'USER@HOSTNAME.(none)') ▪ If observing the following: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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You need to add your username and email address to the global GIT config still on this PC. This is done by the follwoing commands: git config --global user.email "you@example.com" git config --global user.name "Your Name" ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
CONFIDENTIAL DOC-USR-0239-04 Appendix C: Warranty 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. You can view Z3 Technology’s full hardware warranty at https://z3technology.com/support/warranty/. To submit a warranty claim, complete a Return Material Authorization (RMA) request form online at https://z3technology.com/support/report-rma/.
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