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4K Video Encoder
Z3-HE4K-01-SW-02
Model Name:
The Power of ZEUS™
DOC-USR-0082-01
Manual Version 2.01.47.17
Software Version 2.01.47.17
October 22, 2015
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 Before attempting to connect or operate this product, please read these instructions carefully and save the manual for future use. © Z3 Technology, LLC. All rights reserved. This document contains proprietary and confidential information of Z3 Technology, LLC ("Z3"). This document may not be used, reproduced, disclosed, or disseminated to anyone without prior written approval of an authorized Z3 representative.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Values Appearing at the Bottom of All Tabs ..............37 APPENDIX A: Configuring the Wowza Server for RTMP ..............38 APPENDIX A: Troubleshooting ..................... 40 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... - Page 4 Figure 37 Selecting “Set Password” ..................29 Figure 38 Changing the Password ..................29 Figure 39 Password Entry Screen ..................30 Figure 40 Wowza Performance Settings ................. 38 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
- Page 5 DOC-USR-0056-05 Figure 41 Wowza Security Settings ..................39 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Page 6: 1.0 General Information
You can update the firmware via the web GUI interface by following the instructions in Section 8.2, “Making a Firmware Update,” on page 28. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 7: 3.0 Included Parts List
The serial cable and gender changer are included for debugging purposes and are not needed by the typical Z3-HE4K-01 user. *Note: The HDMI cable is an HDMI 1.4 cable. This is required for 4K support. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 8: 4.0 Features
576p50, 576i25, 480p60, 480i30, and 480i29.97 Supported simultaneous stream Encode Resolutions HDMI: 2160p30 and 720p30 2160p29.97 and 720p29.97 2160p25 and 720p25 Only SATA2 drives are supported. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 9: 5.0 Operating Controls
2. HDMI Out (for future use) 3. GigE Ethernet 4. USB1 (top) and USB2 (bot) 5. SATA 6. 12V Power Figure 3 Z3-HE4K-01 Rear View ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 10: Getting Started And Running The Z3-He4K-01
(1) Connect Video Source (2) Connect (3) Connect to 12V power to HDMI In Ethernet USB1 (top) Figure 4 Encoder Connections for Z3-HE4K-01 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 11: Find The Z3-He4K-01 On The Network Using Zfinder
Z3 systems connected to the network. In this case, the Z3-HE4K-01 appears: Figure 6 ZFinder with Z3-HE4K-01 Listed ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 12: Figure 7 Zfinder With Z3-He4K-01 Selected
Web GUI appears starting with the System Setup tab: *your firmware version might vary from the featured firmware version below. Figure 8 System Setup Tab ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 13: Configure The Encoder To Write To File And Start The Encoder
The status will then change to “STOPPED.” (17) Click on “start” to begin encoding. You will see LED2 start to flash. This indicates the encoder is running. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 14: Figure 10 Configuring The 4K Encoder To Write To File
(3) If status is “RUNNING”, click on “stop” (4) Click on “start” Figure 10 Configuring the 4K Encoder to Write to File ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 15: Play Back The File
(23) Select “Media – Open File”. Select “test_4k2k.ts” on the USB drive. You should now be able to see encoded 4K video playing on the PC. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 16: Stream Via Udp
IP address of PC being streamed to (3) Change Dest Port to 5004 Figure 11 Configuring the 4K Encoder to Stream via UDP ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 17: Figure 12 Vlc Open Network Screen For Udp
(31) Press “Play.” (32) You should now see 4K video streaming to VLC: Figure 13 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC (UDP) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 18: Streaming Rtp
(2) Change Dest Address to IP address of PC being streamed to Figure 14 Configuring the 4K Encoder to Stream via RTP ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 19: Figure 15 Vlc Open Network Stream Screen For Rtp
Figure 16 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC (RTP) *Note: The latest version of VLC (2.1.5) may be needed for RTSP support. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 20: Using Dhcp
(2) This brings up a new text box to enter the preset name. Type “z3_config1” and click “ok”: (2) Click “ok” (1) Type “z3_config1” Figure 18 Entering a User Preset Name ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 21: Figure 19 Selecting "Z3_Config1" Within The System Setup Tab
(5) Now that DHCP is set in z3_config1, save the configuration by clicking on the “Save” button: Click “Save” Figure 21 Saving a User Preset ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 22: Figure 22 Reboot Reminder For Changing Ip Settings
(8) Use the “ZFinder” utility on a Windows PC to find the new IP address that is assigned to the unit. To use ZFinder, make sure the Windows PC with ZFinder is connected to the same network as the Z3- HE4K-01. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 23: Figure 23 Zfinder With Z3-He4K-01 Dhcp Address
Figure 24 Web GUI Using DHCP Address (11) You can return to Static IP by unchecking “Use DHCP” and saving that to the preset. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 24: Tuning For Latency
Figure 25 Tuning for Various Use Cases RTP offers lower latency than UDP, so for the lowest latency you should use RTP. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 25: 7.0 Streaming Rtmp
(4) For “Dest Address”, type “192.168.0.2:1935/live/4k”, where “192.168.0.2” is the IP address of the PC with the Wowza server. (5) After you’re finished, your settings should look like the following: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 26: Set Up The Wowza Server
“192.168.0.2:8088”). This will bring up the Wowza home page. Log in with your user name and password. (9) At the top you will see 4 options: Home, Server, Applications, and Help. Click on “Applications” and ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 27: Figure 35 Viewing Z3-He4K-01 Content On Wowza
(10) You should see the “Test Players” popup screen. Select the “Adobe HDS” tab, change the Stream name to “4k” and click “Start”. You should then see the content streamed from the Z3-HE4K-01: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 28: Performing Other Operations With The Z3-He4K-01
If you have a specific configuration of settings that you would like to preserve, you can save it so that when the Z3-HE4K-01 is powered off and back on, it automatically uses those settings. For an example of ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 29: Figure 37 Selecting "Set Password
(5) Click “Upload and Update.” You should see a “FLASH Update now in progress” message. Once finished it will go back to the main menu. (6) You should be able to now run using the updated image. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 30: Using The Password Feature
(2) Once you click on “go”, the change password options appear. Enter the new password twice and click “change.” Enter new password twice Click “change” Figure 31 Changing the Password ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... - Page 31 Use “admin” for the user name and the value you had entered before for the password: Figure 32 Password Entry Screen (5) You should now be able to access the web GUI. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Page 32: 9.0 Summary Of Options
Click to update to new firmware. See Section 8.2, update device firmware “Making a Firmware Update” on page 28 for more details. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 33: The User Presets Tab
Clicking this causes the Z3-HE4K-01 to extract a set download device logs of diagnostic logs that can be sent to Z3 Technology in the event of an issue to be reported. This file is saved on the PC which the GUI is being run from. -
Page 34: The Status Tab
Capture resolution for that input Capture frames per second for that input The MPTS Tab *Note: Upcoming release- Combine multiple streams into 1 TS stream. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 35: The Ch1 And Ch2 Tab (Encode Options)
The sample rate of the audio. Bitrate 12Kbps – 384Kbps (128Kbps) The bitrate of the audio. Mode Mono Select between stereo and mono inputs. Stereo ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... - Page 36 The IP address that the encoder is streaming Dest Port 0 – 9999 (5004) The port that the encoder is streaming to. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
- Page 37 Note 1: GOP Sizes Supported: 10, 12, 15, 25, 30, 50, 60, 100, 120, 200, 240 frames ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Page 38: Values Appearing At The Bottom Of All Tabs
Click on this to save preset value to what was selected. Operating Mode Encoder UltraHD This selects how the HE4K-01 is being used. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 39: Appendix A: Configuring The Wowza Server For Rtmp
“Java Garbage Collection Settings” to “Concurrent collector”. Click on “Save.”: Figure 33 Wowza Performance Settings All registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... - Page 40 “Open” and “Client Restrictions” are set to “No client restrictions.” Then click “Save”: Figure 34 Wowza Security Settings The Wowza server is now configured to work with the Z3-HE4K-01. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Page 41: Appendix A: Troubleshooting
When contacting Z3 Support for additional support, please click the “download device logs” button in the GUI at the time the problem occurs and send the resulting .gz file to Z3 Technology. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8...
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