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ZCube-SC
Model Name:
DOC-USR-0265-01
Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save this manual for future use.
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  • Page 1 Z3 Technology and ZEUS are registered trademarks of Z3 Technology, LLC. 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.
  • Page 2 ZCube-SC User Guide DOC-USR-0265-01 REVISION HISTORY Version Date Change Note Author 02/14/23 Original Document for ZCube-SC ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    6.11 Composite Pass-Through ..................38  7.0 ONVIF PROFILE S AND T .................... 40 8.0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS WITH THE ZCube-SC ............41 8.1 Save Current Settings ....................41 8.2 Advanced Settings Mode .................... 42 8.3 Encoder ROI ......................44 8.4 Overlay Timestamp ....................
  • Page 4 APPENDIX C: Example Camera Controller Application .............. 75 APPENDIX D: Support and Troubleshooting................79 Appendix D: Support ..................... 79 Appendix D: Troubleshooting ................... 79 Appendix D: Warranty ....................80 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 5 Figure 4 ZCube-SC Front Interfaces ..................11 Figure 5 ZFinder with the ZCube-SC Selected ................12 Figure 6 ZCube-SC User Interface – CH1 Tab ................13 Figure 7 CH1 Tab Configuration – UDP ................... 15 Figure 8 VLC Open Network Stream Screen for UDP ..............16 Figure 9 Example of Video Streaming to VLC (UDP) ..............
  • Page 6 Figure 59 Wowza Performance Settings .................. 73 Figure 60 Wowza Security Settings ..................74 Figure 61 Running the Example Application ................75 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 7: General Description

    DOC-USR-0265-01 GENERAL DESCRIPTION The ZCube-SC is a compact encoder system. It is a H.265/H.264 and MJPEG video encoder designed for easy and portable use. It is capable of accepting 3G-SDI or Composite video and producing IP stream over ethernet. The hardware consists of encoder boards capable of encoding H.265/H.264 video in HD resolutions.

  • Page 8: Features

    Storage Temp: -10 to 75 degrees C at 20-80% relative humidity (non-condensing) o Measurements: 65 x 61 x 38 mm o Weight: 270g ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 9: Supported Resolutions

    ZCube-SC User Guide DOC-USR-0265-01 2.1 Supported Resolutions The ZCube-SC supports simultaneous output of up to three streams encoded at different resolutions, frame rates and bitrates. Supported stream resolutions are: 1080p (2MP), 1280x1024, 720p (1MP), 480p, 576p, 1024x576, 704x576, 640x480, 640x360, 420x380,...

  • Page 10: Operating Controls

    Serial I/O (RS-485, RS-422, RS-232) Microphone Input 12V Power or POE Gigabit Ethernet Figure 3 ZCube-SC Back Interfaces LED light will blink green when streaming. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 11: Figure 4 Zcube-Sc Front Interfaces

    ZCube-SC User Guide DOC-USR-0265-01 3G-SDI In Composite/CVBS In HDMI Out Figure 4 ZCube-SC Front Interfaces ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 12: Getting Started With The Zcube-Sc

    Note: The ZCube-SC is set to DHCP by default. If no DHCP server is available on the network, a static IP address of 192.168.0.120 and a netmask of 255.255.0.0 will be assigned. The IP address can be manually entered as the URL in a browser window to access the user interface.

  • Page 13: Figure 6 Zcube-Sc User Interface - Ch1 Tab

    ZCube-SC User Guide DOC-USR-0265-01 Figure 6 ZCube-SC User Interface – CH1 Tab (6) By default, the system will have automatically started encoding. Click on the CH1 tab for channel one configuration settings. If the encoder status message in the bottom right corner of the screen shows RUNNING, you will need to click the stop or Stop All button in order to change any settings.

  • Page 14: Streaming Control

    This section gives step-by-step instructions on setting the ZCube-SC to output and stream video using each of the output format options: UDP, RTP, RTSP and RTMP . In addition to the ZCube-SC, a Windows PC with the VLC media player downloaded is required.

  • Page 15: Figure 7 Ch1 Tab Configuration - Udp

    Dest_Address will be values of the IP address or multicast address entered in the Dest Address field in the user interface CH1 tab. The IP address used in this example is 192.168.0.6. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 16: Figure 8 Vlc Open Network Stream Screen For Udp

    (5) Press Enter or click Play. You will see your camera’s video streaming to VLC. Figure 9 Example of Video Streaming to VLC (UDP) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 17: Stream Rtp

    “Follow Input” to “RTP” (3) Note value (5) Click “Start” (1) If necessary, click “Stop” Figure 10 CH1 Tab Configuration – RTP ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 18: Figure 11 Example Of Encoded Video Streaming To Vlc (Rtp)

    6.2.2 Run VLC to View RTP Stream An SDP file is needed to view an RTP stream from the ZCube-SC in the VLC media player. If you have not yet downloaded these files to your computer, you can find them on your Z3 account.

  • Page 19: Stream Rtsp

    (4) Change to “RTSP” (3) Note value (5) Click “Start” (1) If necessary, click “Stop” Figure 12 CH1 Tab Configuration – RTSP ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 20: Figure 13 Finding Your Camera's Ip Address

    (4) Enter “rtsp:// IP_Address/z3-#.sdp” for the network URL. a. IP_Address will be the IP address of your ZCube-SC. If your camera is set to DHCP (This is the default setting when it is first received.), you can find this in ZFinder or the web browser with your user interface open.

  • Page 21: Figure 14 Force Multicast Rtp Via Rtsp

    When streaming RTSP via multicast the output address must end in .mp4 instead of .sdp. Also, {m} is added if a multicast address is being used. (For example, rtsp://IP_Address/z3-1m.mp4). ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 22: Stream Rtmp

    VLC in order to view the stream. 6.4 Stream RTMP When in H.264 mode, the ZCube-SC supports RTMP streaming accepted by a variety of CDN’s (Content Delivery Networks) and social media platforms for wide content distribution and live streaming.
  • Page 23 (7) Click on the Start button. After a moment, the encoder status will change to RUNNING and the fields above will appear in dark grey. The status LED on the unit will blink green when streaming. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 24: Figure 17 Ch1 Tab Configuration - Rtmp Streaming To Wowza Streaming Engine

    (11) At the top of the screen, click on Applications. (12) Select live on the left side of the screen. (13) Click Test Players in the top right-hand corner. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 25: Figure 18 Navigating To The Wowza Test Player

    (1) Use IP address of Wowza server + “:8088” (2) Select “Applications” (4) Select “Test Players” (3) Select “live” Figure 18 Navigating to the Wowza Test Player ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 26: Figure 19 Viewing Streamed Content On Wowza Test Player

    DOC-USR-0265-01 (14) The Test Players popup screen will appear. Select the Adobe RTMP tab. (15) Enter the Stream name you listed as the Dest Address in the ZCube-SC user interface. For this example, enter hevc4k. (16) Click Start. You will see your camera’s video streaming to the Wowza server.

  • Page 27: Figure 20 Youtube Live Dashboard - Encoder Setup

    By default a limited selection of video encoding settings are available in the user interface. See Section 8.2, “Advanced Settings Mode”, for more information on accessing additional settings including Video Rate ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 28: Figure 21 Ch1 Tab Configuration - Rtmp Streaming To Youtube Live

    (6) Set to “Disable” (7) Click “Start” (1) If necessary, click “Stop” Figure 21 CH1 Tab Configuration – RTMP Streaming to YouTube Live ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 29: Figure 22 Facebook "Create Post" Dialog Box

    URL and Stream Key for your session displayed on the left. Figure 23 Facebook Live Streaming Dialog (4) Return to the ZCube-SC web interface and select the “Ch1” tab. Click “Stop.” Ensure the “Output Format” is set to “RTMPS.” ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦...

  • Page 30: Figure 24 Facebook Live Stream Encoder Settings

    (7) Return to the Facebook Live Video Setting dialog box to ensure your stream is previewing properly. Add a message to the video stream, if desired, and click Go Live at the bottom. Your Stream is now active! ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 31: Tuning For Latency

    In general, streaming using RTP/RTSP will result in lower latency than streaming using TS. When streaming UDP or TSRTP, the ZCube-SC supports a low latency mode called TS Lowlat Mode. When enabled, TS Lowlat Mode sends the transport stream packets as soon as possible, instead of pacing them out evenly.

  • Page 32: Figure 26 Vlc Media Player Tools Menu

    Network Caching (ms) value. Figure 27 VLC Media Player Advanced Preferences ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 33: Stream Multiple Resolutions

    Figure 29 Create Additional Output Channels 6.7 Setting NTP The ZCube-SC has support for NTP to set the time on the unit. If you require the system time to be set do the following: (1) Load the web UI of the unit and switch to the System Setup tab. Click the go button next to Time Settings.

  • Page 34: Record To Usb

    ZCube-SC User Guide DOC-USR-0265-01 Figure 30 Setting NTP 6.8 Record to USB The ZCube-SC supports writing encoded video to a storage device connected to the USB port in .ts file format. Connect Storage to USB 3.1 Port Figure 31 USB Connection (1) Connect a USB flash drive or other USB storage device to USB on the back of the camera, or insert a microSD card into the slot on the side of the DCK.

  • Page 35: Figure 32 Ch1 Tab Configuration - Tsfile

    (1) If necessary, click “Stop” Figure 32 CH1 Tab Configuration – TSFILE (9) When your desired recording length has been reached, click on the Stop button. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 36: Dual Stream And Record

    (5) Set Output Device and File Prefix as described in section 6.8 steps (6) and (7). (6) Click start and repeat steps on the CH2 tab. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 37: Microphone Input

    MIC should be used with non-powered/non-amplified microphones. (5) Set Audio Enable to False to disable encode of the audio input. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 38: Composite Pass-Through

    Figure 34 CH1 Tab Configuration – Microphone Audio Settings 6.11 HDMI Pass-Through The ZCube-SC allows for the currently encoded content to be passed through to the HDMI output while the unit is streaming. This allows the camera content to be viewed on a TV or other display monitor.

  • Page 39: Figure 36 Set Composite Pass-Through Resolution

    (4) Click the Set Display button for changes to take effect. Select Resolution Option Click “Set Display” Figure 36 Set HDMI Pass-Through Resolution ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 40: Onvif Profile S And T

    (2) Use ONVIF device discovery to find the ZCube-SC on the network. Note: For manual discovery of ONVIF, use the ZCube-SC IP address and the port 8080 as shown in the following URL example: http://192.168.0.120:8080/onvif/device_service (3) Enter your valid user ID and password.

  • Page 41: Performing Other Operations With The Zcube-Sc

    8.0 PERFORMING OTHER OPERATIONS WITH THE ZCube-SC 8.1 Save Current Settings If you have a specific configuration you’d like to preserve, you can save it so that when the ZCube-SC is powered off and back on, it automatically boots to those settings.

  • Page 42: Advanced Settings Mode

    (3) Select your newly created configuration from the preset dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen. (4) As soon as you select your preset, the screen will reload. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 43: Figure 40 Accessing Advanced Settings

    Section 10.7, The CH1 Tab (Channel 1), for more information on the advanced settings available for each streaming output. Figure 41 Default RTSP Settings (Left) and Advanced RTSP Settings (Right) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 44: Encoder Roi

    System Setup tab and saving that to the preset. 8.3 Encoder ROI The ZCube-SC allows for the encoding of a Region of Interest (ROI) in the captured video. This allows the encode of only the region of the video you are interested in.

  • Page 45: Upgrade Firmware

    YYYY/MM HH:MM:SS use “{ts%Y/%m %H:%M:%S}” Figure 43 CH1 Tab Overlay Timestamp 8.5 Upgrade Firmware Firmware upgrades for the ZCube-SC are available for download on your Z3 account. (1) In the System Setup Tab, click the Update device firmware button. Click here...

  • Page 46: User Management

    Note: User Level Access is planned for an upcoming release. Section 8.6 is not supported in the currect ZCube-SC release The ZCube-SC will support for up to 16 separate users. There are 8 user access levels available on the system.

  • Page 47: Factory Reset

    (5) To login as the new user, click the logout button in the top right of the web interface. You will be prompted to login. Login with new credentials. 8.7 Factory Reset The ZCube-SC can be reset to its original factory settings using the pinhole reset on the lower right of the I/O PCB of the unit. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦...

  • Page 48: Decode Options

    (1) Allow the ZCube-SC to boot completely. (2) Press and hold pinhole reset switch until status light flashes yellow. (3) Power cycle device. Once the boot sequence has completed the ZCube-SC will return to its original factory settings. The ZCube-SC can also be reset via a USB device at boot: (1) Plug a FAT32 formatted USB drive into your PC.

  • Page 49: Figure 52 Lav Filters Configuration

    VLC is an open source media player from the VideoLAN organization that can be downloaded for free online. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 50: Figure 53 Disable Hardware Decoding In Vlc

    (10) In the Advanced Preferences window that appears, navigate to Video codecs on the left-hand column and select FFmpeg. (11) Select Disable in the Hardware decoding dropdown menu. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 51: Zeus  Sme-01 Decode

    DOC-USR-0265-01  9.2 ZEUS SME-01 Decode When in H.264 mode, the ZCube-SC is compatible with the ZEUS SME-01, also manufactured by Z3 Technology. Please contact Z3 for more information. Figure 51 ZEUS SME-01 H.264 Decoder 9.3 ZEUS® DMD-4K Figure 52 ZEUS DMD-4K Decoder When in H.265 mode, the ZCube-SC is compatible with the ZEUS DMD-4K, also manufactured by Z3...

  • Page 52: Summary Of Options

    Check this box to use DHCP to dynamically obtain an IP Use DHCP Checked address at start up. Unchecked ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 53 Sets a password to limit access to the user interface. Button New password Text box to enter new password. Password again Text box to re-enter new password. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 54 Allows setting of a detection zone within the video. 1-100 (1) Sets the sensitivity of the video motion detect higher Sensitivity numbers are more sensitive. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 55: The User Presets Tab

    Delete a configuration file. export Export current settings to a file. import Load settings from a previously exported file. Reset Resets presets. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 56: User Tab

    Number of frames sent from encoder to channel since the beginning of encoding. Stream Status Channel The channel number (1 - 3). ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 57: The Video Tab

    Click to stop the live preview of camera video in the user interface. Live preview will auto stop when leaving the tab. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 58: The Term Tab

    Serial Port Serial 1 Each available serial port is listed and can be changed by the user as required. Serial Z1 Serial 2 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 59 Sets number of stop bits for serial port. Most devices expect 1. Function Camera 1 (VISCA) Sets the function of the serial port. Camera 2 (VISCA) IR camera User ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 60: The Ch1 Tab (Channel 1)

    An asterisk (*) denotes a field available in Advanced Settings Mode. See Section 8.2 to access these fields. Options (default Parameter Description in bold) Encoder Setup ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 61 Selects quality mode for video encoder. Low Latency optimizes the encoder settings for Balanced latency at the expense of quality and High ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 62 Sixth Latency Mode High Quality Slider for setting the balance between quality and latency. Balanced Low Latency Lowest Latency ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 63 Used to specify the default multicast address for audio rtsp stream. (RTSP Only) 225.1.2.3 Rtp Port (RTP Only) 0 – 9999 (8700) Destination port for RTP audio. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 64 Pro- MPEG Forward Error Correction (FEC). RTMP is only supported with H264(AVC) selected as the Video Codec. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 65 0 – 8191 (31) PID assigned to PMT in the TS stream. Video Max Delay* (UDP/TSRTP/TSFILE (300) Sets encoder maximum video delay in Only) milliseconds. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 66 Overlay Text Z3Cam Textbox for entering display text. Overlay Location Top Left Sets screen location of display text. Top Center Top Right ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 67 Error statuses will be preceded by an exclamation point and include a description of the error. Note 1: Encode Resolutions Supported: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 68: The Ch2 & Ch3 Tabs (Channels 2 & 3)

    10.8 The CH2 & CH3 Tabs (Channels 2 & 3) The ZCube-SC supports simultaneous encode into multiple different resolutions and bitrates. Each output stream can be set using a separate Channel tab. See the CH1 Tab section for detailed descriptions of available settings on the CH2 and CH3 tab.

  • Page 69: Values Appearing At The Bottom Of All Tabs

    10.9 Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs Parameter Options (default in Description bold italics) preset encoder The configuration file selected for use. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 70: Zfinder

    Status 10.10 ZFinder Buttons Description Refresh Rescans the network for Z3 Technology products. Edit Allows for manual edits to encoder settings: Device Name: Name visible in ZFinder and top right corner of user interface (useful when multiple units are on the same network)

  • Page 71: Appendix A: Finding The Ip Address Of Your Computer

    (4) The IP address of your computer can be found in the section labeled either Ethernet or Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection. The IP address will display as 169.254.x.x where x is any one-to- three-digit number. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 72: Figure 58 Locating Your Computer's Ip Address

    ZCube-SC User Guide DOC-USR-0265-01 Figure 55 Locating Your Computer’s IP Address ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 73: Appendix B: Configuring The Wowza Server For Rtmp

    In this section, configuring Wowza Streaming Engine version 4.1.0 is described. To configure Wowza to work with RTMP streaming from the ZCube-SC, the following steps are needed: (1) Log in to the Wowza Streaming Engine Manager Home page by typing http://localhost:8088.

  • Page 74: Figure 60 Wowza Security Settings

    (9) Verify Client Restrictions is set to No client restrictions. (10) Click on Save. Figure 57 Wowza Security Settings The Wowza server is now configured to work with your Z3 Technology product. Note: You can also select Require password authentication under RTMP Publishing. In this case, Authentication on the Encoder tab needs to be enabled and a valid Wowza user name and password need to be entered to successfully access Wowza.

  • Page 75: Appendix C: Example Camera Controller Application

    If you do not have camera control software it is quite straight-forward to write your own. Below is a simple example application on how to send VISCA commands from a Windows PC to the ZCube-SC. The following example code connects to the TCP socket of the unit and is capable of sending several VISCA commands to the unit.
  • Page 76 *argv[]) int res, i; int ch = 0, chant = 0; SOCKET s; char buf[255]; unsigned char cmdVisca[6][10]= {{0x06,0x81,0x01,0x04,0x07,0x02,0xFF,0x00,0x00,0x00}, ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 77 (connect(s,(struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr,sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) printf("ERROR connecting\n"); return -3; printf("connected!\n"); if (s != INVALID_SOCKET) { help(); while ( 1) { ch = _getch(); ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
  • Page 78 (ch == 32) //stop zoom printf("Stop Zoom\n"); visca_send(s, cmdVisca[2]); visca_receive(s,buf,sizeof(buf), 1); if (ch == 'x' || ch == 'X') break; Sleep(1); closesocket(s); ______________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...

  • Page 79: Appendix D: Support And Troubleshooting

    APPENDIX D: Support and Troubleshooting Appendix D: Support When contacting Z3 Technology for additional support, please click the Download device logs button in the System Setup tab of the user interface at the time the problem occurs and send the resulting .tgz file, along with screenshots of all applicable tabs in the user interface to Z3.

  • Page 80: Appendix D: Warranty

    TTL to 5, you could enter “225.1.2.3/5” for the “Dest Address”. Appendix D: 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/.

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