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DOC-USR-0264-02 REVISION HISTORY Version Date Change Note Author 04/22/2022 Original Document 12/28/2022 Updates to section on fresh Ubuntu install ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
13.5 Verify your PC has the Proper IP Address ............... 22 13.6 Access the User Interface ..................23 13.7 Configure Channel 1 for Streaming UDP ................. 23 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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APPENDIX A: Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP ..............59 APPENDIX B: Speeding up the Build Process .......... Error! Bookmark not defined. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ................61 Appendix C: Support ..................... 61 Appendix C: Troubleshooting ................... 61 Appendix C: Warranty ....................64 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Figure 43 AmbaUSB ......................48 Figure 44 AmbaUSB ......................49 Figure 45 Programmed AmbaUSB ..................50 Figure 46 Wowza Performance Settings ................59 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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DOC-USR-0264-02 Figure 47 Wowza Security Settings ..................60 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
The FVXK-13A-RPS is available with either software preloaded or with an optional SDK starter kit. 75 mm Figure 1 FVXK-13A-RPS (Front) Dimensions ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
HTTP-based configuration software for user-friendly configuration, control and update o RS-232 serial port for technical configuration and control o Supports Power over Ethernet (PoE) when present ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
For example, it is possible to configure a primary stream of 1920x1080 at 60 fps simultaneously with a secondary stream at 480p at 10 fps. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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...
Composite Output 12V Power (optional) GigE *See section 6.0 for pin-out details For advanced debugging purposes only. Not needed by typical users. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
RS232 RX 8.0 THERMAL MANAGEMENT The Z3-FVXK-13A-RPS system is comprised of a CPU module board, one Application board which contains the hardware implementation of the input and output circuits and one Connector board which contains the major I/O jacks such as Ethernet and power jacks.
DOC-USR-0264-02 The Z3-FVXK-13A-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.
The output will look like the following note that filenames, dates, and times will differ. See section 15.0 for installation methods. Figure 5 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...
Z3 LED control and reset to defaults service finder.service Z3 Finder service 10.4 ambarella/out/cv22_walnut/images This directory contains the AmbaUSB factory flasher images ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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 basefs Z3 binary files fixup_rootfs.sh Script to modify rootfs before packaging ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(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...
12.1 KEL Cable Warning If you intend to use your FVXK-13A-RPS’s KEL connections, you will need to connect it to your chosen Sony camera block. The FVXK-13A-RPS assembly has two 30-pin KEL connectors on J5 and J7 that allow a flexible ribbon cable to be used to connect the encoder assembly to an identical connector on a 4K or HD Sony block camera.
(3) Take the HDMI cable connected to the monitor and now connect it to HDMI In on the board. Figure 8 FVXK-13A-RPS Assembly ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
-Set option E (“Bps/Par/Bits”) to 115200 8N1 -Press <return> -Select “Exit” 13.4 Power on the Board (1) Connect the 12V 1A power supply. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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 13 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-0264-02 13.10 Run VLC to View the RTP Stream An SDP file is needed to view an RTP stream from the Z3-FVXK-13A-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-FVXK-13A-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-FVXK-13A-RPS is the default value of 192.168.0.120, encode is being done from CH1, and unicast streaming is being...
“192.168.0.4:1935/live/1080” (4) If necessary, set to “Enable” (5) Click “Start” (1) If necessary, click “Stop” Figure 19 Example Settings for RTMP Encode ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(1) Use IP address of Wowza server + “:1935” (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...
(1) Select “Adobe RTMP” tab (2) Type stream name (3) Click “Start” (4) Audio and Video start to appear Figure 21 Viewing Content on Wowza ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(7) Verify your remaining settings are as desired. See Section 16.0 for a detailed list of all options. (8) Click the “Start” button. (1) Change to “Composite” (2) Click “Start” Figure 23 Channel 1 Tab – Composite Encode ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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 26 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...
(b) By default, “MOV” is entered. This will result in a file entitled MOV0.ts on the microSD. Subsequent recordings will be entitled MOV1.ts, MOV2.ts, etc. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
(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...
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 30 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 36 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...
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. (14) Your encoder is now updated. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
Both ends should be plugs. Make sure it is not an “extender” cable with a receptacle end. ● AmbaUSB v4.3.2 (Linux and Windows are both supported) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
7) While still holding the long reset button down, power on the Z3 board. You should see the AmbaUSB download button light up blue. On some boards, you may need to wait for several seconds. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
The programming process should take about one minute. The Device Status field should go though these states: Loading HAL Loading BLD Downloading Programming Finished ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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 44 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...
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If you still run into issues, verify the Firewall on your PC with the Wowza server is turned off. Figure 45 Wowza Security Settings ____________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N. 8th St. STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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- 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...
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DOC-USR-0264-02 Appendix B: 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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