3.3.3 Output Settings ........................27 3.3.4 Network ..........................32 3.3.5 Bluetooth ..........................33 3.3.6 Fan Control ...........................34 3.3.7 Display ..........................35 3.3.8 About TAO 1mini-HN ......................36 3.4 ON AIR ............................37 3.5 Status Display Area ........................38 Chapter 4 Ordering Codes ......................39 TAO 1mini-HN...
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4.1 Product Code ..........................39 Chapter 5 Support ........................40 5.1 Contact us ...........................40 Chapter 6 Appendix ........................41 6.1 Specification ..........................41 6.2 Terms & Definitions ........................42 6.3 Revision History .......................... 49 TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
RGBlink. If the purchaser or a third party carries out modifications or repairs on goods delivered by RGBlink, or if the goods are handled incorrectly, in particular if the systems are commissioned operated incorrectly or if, after the transfer of risks, the goods are subject to influences not agreed upon in the contract, all guarantee claims of the purchaser will be rendered invalid.
If there is damage, notify the shipping carrier immediately for all claims adjustments. Site Preparation The environment in which you install your product should be clean, properly lit, free from static, and have adequate power, ventilation, and space for all components. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
Chapter 1 Your Product 1.1 In the Box USB-C Cable Power Adapter Double-thread 1/4 Screw Storage Box Note: The color of the accessories is subject to actual conditions. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
1.2 Product Overview TAO 1mini-HN supports HDMI & UVC and FULL NDI gigabit Ethernet video stream codecs for encoding and decoding. TAO 1mini-HN features light in weight and small in appearance, which makes it easy to carry. Standard camera screw holes can be easily installed to the camera bracket.
1.2.2 Appearance Description Item 2.1-inch TFT touch screen for real-time monitoring of signals Touch Screen and menu operations. For installation. ¼in mounts TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
USB camera for UVC capture. Support 5V/1A reverse power supply. HDMI-IN For receiving video signal. 3.5mm Audio For analog audio input and audio output monitoring. Socket Connect to hard disk for recording, and storage up to 2T. USB 3.0 Gigabit network port,support PoE. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
Besides, you can also use PoE module for power supply. 2.2 Connect Input Signal The camera or device with HDMI 1.3 compliance can be input signal to TAO 1mini-HN by HDMI interface. You can also connect camera with USB interface to USB-C or USB-A interface of TAO 1mini-HN.
2.4 Connect Network TAO 1mini-HN comes with a LAN port (support PoE), which makes TAO 1mini-HN can be connected to the router via CAT5e/CAT6 cable or connected wirelessly via SIM card for live streaming. 2.5 Connect Input Audio Signal and External Monitor TAO 1mini-HN features one 3.5mm standard audio jack which can be used for connecting audio...
Once power on TAO 1mini-HN, the 2.1 inch display will show TAO 1mini-HN logo and then come into the main menu. Operator can follow the operations below to use TAO 1mini-HN. The main menu of TAO 1mini-HN can be divided into five parts: Input Area, Output Area, Settings, ON AIR and Status Display Area.
User can set UVC Input Signal parameters by long-pressing of UVC icon and then adjust Brightness and Mirror, shown as below. Brightness: 0-14 adjustable. Mirror: Turn on or off the mirror mode by swiping the screen left and right. Notice: The above parameter settings are designed for UVC input signal ONLY. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
Long press the icon to enter the following interface. Long press NDI decoding icon and TAO 1mini-HN will automatically search all NDI sources. You can select NDI sources by swiping the screen left and right.
If TAO APP has not been installed, click the icon for installation and then do the above operations again. 3.1.4 Play Video in U Disk You can insert U disk to USB 3.0 port of TAO 1mini-HN and then you can play the video stored. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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Click to pause. Click to play. In player interface, you can view video name( Here is Rgblink_Video), video duration and video playback progress. You can click to switch video-playing mode. :Single Play :Random Play; :List Circulation; TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
Click RTMP Push icon in output area, and the interface will display the RTMP stream address of TAO 1mini-HN by default, shown as below. TAO 1mini-HN supports RTMP stream address modification. Users can download TAO APP by clicking the icon at the bottom of the interface, and then import the new stream address.
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STREAM URL/YOUR STREAM KEY), and save the TXT file to USB as rtmp.ini.(Newline is required to add multiple streaming addresses) and connect the USB disk to TAO 1mini-HN’s USB port. Step 4: Press and hold the streaming settings, you can see the links of the platforms identified by TAO 1mini after entering the settings, select the links of the live stream platforms you need, tap Next.
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Step 4: Take following steps to turn on Bluetooth of TAO 1mini. Step 5: Turn on Bluetooth of TAO APP. Then TAO 1mini will be recognized, shown as below. Click connect to pair TAO 1mini with TAO APP. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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Step 6: After successful paring, users should firstly click Device Name and then scan the QR code created in step 1. Step 7: The RTMP address will be shown in the box, then click Send RTMP. Step 8: Then TAO 1mini-HN will pop up a message, shown as below. Click YES to receive RTMP stream address. TAO 1mini-HN...
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Notice:1.Make sure the distance between TAO 1mini-HN and mobile phone is within 2m so as to ensure the stability of Bluetooth. 2.Pair TAO 1mini with TAO APP within 300s. Otherwise, you need to click refreshing icon for re-searching. If you finish the above steps, choose the streaming platform you want. The green circle indicates the platform you chose.
TAO 1mini-HN supports NDI 5.0 decoding and can transmit data in H.264/H.265/RGBA/YUV442 format. In NDI network, TAO 1mini-HN can convert video data from other channels (such as IP video streaming, HDMI, etc.) into NDI format and send it to the receiver.
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Channel Name: Can't be edited. HX indicates format of NDI encoding, 100 indicates the last segment of IP address. Users can revise channel name via software. Format: FULL NDI, NDI |HX, NDI |HX2, NDI | HX3 available, NDI | HX by default. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
Homepage, Input Settings, Output Settings, Network, Bluetooth, Fan Speed, Display and Device Info. 3.3.1 Go to Homepage Click to return to the main interface of TAO 1mini-HN. 3.3.2 Input Settings Click to enter [Input Settings] page. You can operate five functions, including RTMP Pull, NDI Decoding, UVC Input Settings, Video Playing and Audio Settings.
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Click RTMP Pull icon in Input Settings. You can achieve RTMP Pull with TAO APP, shown as below. For more details, please refer to 3.1.3 RTMP Pull. 3.3.1.2 NDI Decoding Click NDI Decoding icon in Input Settings to enter the following interface. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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3.1.1 Input Signal Selection. 3.3.1.4 Play the Video TAO 1mini-HN can serve as a player. Click Player icon in Input Settings to enter the following interface. You can view video name, check video duration, video playback progress and swith video-playing mode.
Encoding, USB Recording, HDMI Output Settings, UVC Output Settings and Audio Settings. Notice:Click to return to the previous interface. 3.3.3.1 RTMP Push Click RTMP Push icon in Output Settings. You can achieve RTMP Push and for more details, please refer to 3.2.1 RTMP Push. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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3.2.2 NDI Encoding. 3.3.3.3 USB Recording Plug USB hard drive to TAO 1mini-HN USB port and then TAO 1mini-HN can work as a recorder. When TAO 1mini-HN recognizes the USB flash drive, it will start recording after clicking ON AIR on the homepage (User should turn off Video Playing first.), and end recording process by closing ON...
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Disk info: View total disk capacity, used disk capacity and remaining recording time. Bitrate: Choose bitrate by swiping the screen up and down. Click to confirm. You can return to the main menu to check the recording status, shown as below. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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You can set HDMI output resolution by swiping the screen up and down. The resolution is up to 1080P60. After setting, click to confirm. 3.3.3.5 UVC Output Setting Click UVC icon in Output Settings to enter the parameter setting interface. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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Mirror: Turn on/off mirror mode by swiping the screen left and right. Display Mode: Vertical mode and landscape mode optional. Click to confirm. 3.3.3.6 Audio Setting Click Audio icon in Output Settings to enter the parameter setting interface. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
3.3.4 Network Click Network icon to do the following settings. TAO 1mini-HN support DHCP. If DHCP is turned on, TAO 1mini-HN will automatically capture the IP address. DHCP is off by default. If DHCP is turned off, users can manually set the IP address, net mask and gateway.
You can turn on/off Bluetooth by swiping the screen left and right, shown as below. TAO 1mini-HN can import stream-address with TAO APP. Firstly, you should pair TAO 1mini-HN with TAO APP via Bluetooth. The following interface will pop up to remind the user whether to import a new stream address.
Click YES to receive the stream address. Notice: Make sure the distance between TAO 1mini-HN and mobile phone is within 2m to ensure the stability of Bluetooth. connection. After turning on Bluetooth, you need to pair the device with TAO APP within 300s. Otherwise, you need to click refreshing icon for re-searching.
3.3.7 Display Click Display icon to enter the following interfaces. You can set the brightness of the output and choose screen rotation function. Brightness: 0-100 adjustable. Display Rotation: 0°/ 180°adjustable. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
3.3.8 About TAO 1mini-HN Click Information icon to enter the following interface. User can check device information, set language, upgrade TAO 1mini-HN and choose factory reset. Device Information: Show device name, Serial number and software version Language: English and Chinese optional Upgrade: Choose version recognized by U disk and then click version for upgrade.
2. If no file available on the USB disk or the file can not be recognized, the interface will display “None”, shown as Image 2. Image 2 Image 1 3.4 ON AIR Click ON AIR and TAO 1mini-HN will start streaming. If TAO 1mini-HN recognizes the USB flash drive, it will start recording. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
3: On the basis of operation 2, user can click the screen again to restore the setting interface. 3.5 Status Display Area Click blank area of the homepage. The left area of interface is the Status Display Area, which displays the status of the TAO 1mini-HN. no network input no USB Bluetooth is not connected.
1, 2, and 3 and interlaced when using in mode. ● DVI: Digital Visual Interface. The digital video connectivity standard that was developed by DDWG (Digital Display Work Group). This connection standard offers two different connectors: one with 24 pins that handles TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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HDMI 2.1: Released on November 28, 2017. It adds support for higher resolutions and higher refresh rates, Dynamic HDR including 4K 120 Hz and 120 Hz. ●DisplayPort: A VESA standard interface primarily for video, but also for audio, USB and other data. DisplayPort (orDP) is backwards compatible with HDMI, DVI and VGA. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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● ST: (Straight Tip) was invented by AT&T and uses a bayonet mount along with a long spring-loaded ferrule to support the fiber. ●USB: Universal Serial Bus is a standard that was developed in the mid-1990s that defines cables, connectors and TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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●HDCP: High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) was developed by Intel Corporation an is in wide use for protection of video during transmission between devices. ●HDBaseT: A video standard for the transmission of uncompressed video (HDMI signals) and related features using Cat 5e/Cat6 cabling infrastructure. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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An API call may execute a function and/or provide datafeedback/report. ●DMX512: The communication standard developed by USITT for entertainment and digital lighting systems.The wide adoption of the Digital Multiplex (DMX) protocol has seen the protocol used for a wide range of other devices TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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Also see Black Burst and Color Burst. ●Blackburst: The video waveform without the video elements.It includes the vertical sync, horizontal sync, and the Chroma burst information. Blackburst is used to synchronize video equipment to align the video output. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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●EDID: Extended Display Identification Data. EDID is a data structure used to communicate video display information, including native resolution and vertical interval refresh rate requirements, to a source device. The source device will then output the provided EDID data, ensuring proper video image quality. TAO 1mini-HN User Manual...
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