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Multi-Channel H.264 HD Multimedia System
Z3-MVPR-02
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The Power of ZEUS™
DOC-USR-0027-10
Manual Version 2.18.01
Software Version 2.18.01
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. 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 the prior written approval of an authorized representative of Z3.
- Page 2 Revision History Version Date Change Note Author 1.0.0 10/12/12 Original System 1.0.1 10/17/12 Modify 6.4, 6.7, and 9.2 1.0.2 01/14/13 Photo changes and parts list 1.0.3 02/26/13 Format changes 1.0.4 08/05/13 Engineering updates 1.0.5 08/07/13 Modified measurements, a few comments 1.0.6 08/07/13 Format changes, equipment list picture...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
OPERATING CONTROLS .................... 10 RUNNING THE ENCODER ..................11 Set up the HD Source ..................11 Connect and Power Up the Z3-MVPR-02 ..............11 Find the Z3-MVPR-02 using ZFinder ................. 12 Configure CH1 and Encode ................... 14 Run VLC to View Stream ..................15 Streaming RTP .................... - Page 4 Figure 6 ZFinder with Z3-MVPR-02 Listed ................12 Figure 7 ZFinder with Z3-MVPR-02 Selected ................12 Figure 8 Z3-MVPR-02 Web GUI (System Setup Page) ..............13 Figure 9 Channel 1 Configuration Screen – UDP ..............14 Figure 10 VLC Open Network Screen for UDP ................ 15 Figure 11 Example of Z3 Video Streaming to VLC (UDP) ............
- Page 5 Figure 27 Reboot Reminder for Changing IP Settings ..............26 Figure 28 ZFinder with Z3-MVPR-02 DHCP Address ..............26 Figure 29 Selecting Z3-MVPR-02 w/ DHCP Address in ZFinder ............. 27 Figure 30 Web GUI Using DHCP Address ................27 Figure 31 Allowed Input Combinations on the Z3-MVPR-02 ............28 Figure 32 Mapping of A/V Cable to Component Jacks ...............
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Page 6: General Description
1.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Z3-MVPR-02 is a cost-optimized, compact 198 x 91 x 36 mm system that allows encode of HD video (up to 1080p60) through HDMI or component input, and encode of SD video through composite input. It has 2x HDMI, 2x component and 2x composite inputs. -
Page 7: Quick Start Guide
“Making a Firmware Update” on page 33. Please Note: Actual version numbers for your Z3 product may differ from those pictured in this document. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 8: Included Parts List
DOC-USR-0027-10 3.0 INCLUDED PARTS LIST Figure 2 Parts Included with the Z3-MVPR-02 *Note: The serial cable and gender changer are included for debugging purposes and are not needed by the typical Z3-MVPR-02 user. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8... -
Page 9: Features
576i25, 480p60, 480i30, and 480i29.97 Composite: 576i25, 480i29.97 Supported Output Resolutions HDMI: 1080p60, 1080i30, 1080i29.97, 1080i25, 1080p60, 1080p59.94, 1080p50, 720p60, 720p59.94, 720p50, 576p50, 480p60 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 10: Operating Controls
2 Serial Port Connection 3 Composite Out 4 Status Light 1 5 Status Light 2 6 SD Card Slot Figure 3 Front View of the Z3-MVPR-02 Audio In 1 Audio In 2 HDMI In 1 10 HDMI In 2 11 Component (YPbPr) In 2 12 Component (YPbPr) In 1/ Composite (AV) In 1 –... -
Page 11: Running The Encoder
This section gives step-by-step instructions on taking the Z3-MVPR-02 and using it to stream 1080p or 1080i video to VLC running on your PC. In addition to the Z3-MVPR-02, an HD source with HDMI output and a PC are required. Encoding with a component or a composite source is described in Section 6.11 on page 28. -
Page 12: Find The Z3-Mvpr-02 Using Zfinder
Z3-MVPR-02 appears: Figure 6 ZFinder with Z3-MVPR-02 Listed (8) Click on the Z3-MVPR-02 entry in the window to select it. This will cause the “Edit Device”, “Open Device” and “Flash LEDs” boxes to activate: Figure 7 ZFinder with Z3-MVPR-02 Selected ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦... -
Page 13: Figure 8 Z3-Mvpr-02 Web Gui (System Setup Page)
(9) Click on “Open Device.” An Internet browser window is opened (default browser used is Firefox) and the Web GUI appears at the System Setup tab: Figure 8 Z3-MVPR-02 Web GUI (System Setup Page) (10) Click on the “CH1” tab. -
Page 14: Configure Ch1 And Encode
“STOPPED”. Then click on “start”. Once you do this, the status will change to “RUNNING.” If the encoder hadn’t started already, simply click on “start” and observe the status change. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 15: Run Vlc To View Stream
(15) Press “Enter.” (16) You should now see video streaming to VLC: Figure 11 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 16: Streaming Rtp
Click on “start” to start the RTP encoding session. At this point your settings will look like the following: (1) Change to “RTP” Figure 12 Channel 1 Configuration Screen – RTP ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 17: Figure 13 Vlc Open Network Stream Screen For Rtp
In the “Open Media” box, type “rtsp://{IP Address}/z3-{ch #}{m}.mp4”, where {IP Address} is the IP address of the Z3-MVPR-02, {ch #} is 1 for CH1, 2 for CH2, and {m} is added if a multicast address is being streamed. For example, if the IP address of the Z3-MVPR-02 is the default value of 192.168.81.48, encode is being done from CH1, and unicast streaming is being done,... -
Page 18: Changing The Bitrate Dynamically For Rtp Mode
Changing the Bitrate Dynamically for RTP Mode The Z3-MVPR-02 includes an “Update” button which allows you to change the bitrate without stopping and restarting the encoder. This can be used if streaming RTP. To use it, do the following steps: (23) In VLC, click on “Tools”... -
Page 19: Figure 16 Changing The Bitrate Dynamically
Figure 17 Drop in Bit Rate after Dynamic Bitrate Change If you click on the status page and click “Refresh,” you will also see the updated bitrate reflected: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 20: Adjusting The Udp Ts Rate
All other parameters require a stop and then start to change. Adjusting the UDP TS Rate The Z3-MVPR-02 includes a parameter to adjust the TS rate independent of the video bitrate. This can be found just below “PMT PID” when “UDP” is selected as the output format. -
Page 21: Figure 19 Changing Ts Rate
Open VLC to view your UDP stream (Section 6.5) and view the “Statistics” tab (Section 6.7). You will see a lower value for the overall input rate and for the “content” rate: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 22: Figure 20 Ts Rate And Lower Bitrate Reflected In Vlc
The value of TS Rate must be higher than (video bitrate + audio bitrate) * 1.25. If an attempt is made to input a value less than this, the error message “TS rate too small to carry elementary streams” will appear. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 23: Tuning For Latency
By default, this is set to 1000ms. You can lower this to as low as 200ms. To do this, go to the following: VLC → Tools → Preferences → Show Settings (ALL) → Input / Codecs → Network caching (ms) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 24: Running Dhcp
DOC-USR-0027-10 6.10 Running DHCP DHCP is also supported. When enabled, the Z3-MVPR-02 dynamically receives an IP address to use at startup. The IP address that is assigned can be seen through the ZFinder tool running on a PC. To view... -
Page 25: Figure 24 Selecting "Z3_Config1" Within The System Setup Tab
Now that DHCP is set in z3_config1, save the configuration by clicking on the “Save” button: Click “Save” Figure 26 Saving a User Preset ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 26: Figure 27 Reboot Reminder For Changing Ip Settings
For now, click “cancel” since you just want to save the settings and not reboot the system. (Note – when done for the first time, it might take up to 10 seconds for this message to appear. This is due to the Z3-MVPR-02 initializing various configuration values). Figure 27 Reboot Reminder for Changing IP Settings (37) Now that you’ve set DHCP , saved it to the configuration “z3_config1”, and specified that... -
Page 27: Figure 29 Selecting Z3-Mvpr-02 W/ Dhcp Address In Zfinder
Figure 29 Selecting Z3-MVPR-02 w/ DHCP Address in ZFinder (40) A web browser will then open at the IP address of the Z3-MVPR-02 and you will see the Web GUI: New IP address Figure 30 Web GUI Using DHCP Address (41) You can go back to Static IP by unchecking “Use DHCP”... -
Page 28: Encoding From Component Or Composite In
DOC-USR-0027-10 6.11 Encoding from Component or Composite In The Z3-MVPR-02 also supports encode via 1 of 2 component inputs or 1 of 2 composite inputs. These can be used in addition to the 2x HDMI inputs. HDMI1, Component1, and Composite1 are all accessible from the “CH1” tab. HDMI2, Component2, and Composite2 are all accessible from the “CH2”... -
Page 29: Streaming Rtmp
Composite1 and the red connector is used for Composite2. 7.0 STREAMING RTMP This section shows how to use the Z3-MVPR-02 to take one video input and stream it over RTMP . Z3 has used the Wowza Streaming Engine as an example server for RTMP streaming. RTMP output from the Z3-... -
Page 30: Figure 33 Rtmp Encode - Channel 1 Settings
DOC-USR-0027-10 (6) After you’re finished, your settings should look like the following: Figure 33 RTMP Encode – Channel 1 Settings ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 31: Set Up The Wowza Server
(1) Use IP address of Wowza server + “:8088” (2) Select “Applications” (3) Select “live” (4) Select “Test Players” Figure 34 Getting to the Wowza Test Player ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 32: Figure 35 Viewing Z3-Mvpr-02 Content On Wowza
You should see the “Test Players” popup screen. Select the “Adobe RTMP” tab, change the Stream name to “1080” (should match the directory you are streaming to in the Z3-MVPR-02), and click “Start”. You should then see the content streamed from the Z3-MVPR-02: (1) Select “Adobe RTMP”... -
Page 33: Performing Other Operations With The Z3-Mvpr-02
Saving Current Settings If you have a specific configuration you’d like to preserve, you can save it so that when the Z3-MVPR-02 is powered off and back on, it automatically uses those settings. For an example of doing this, please see the description in Section 6.10, “Running DHCP”... -
Page 34: Figure 37 Updater Screen
(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 Z3-MVPR-02 is now updated! ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8... -
Page 35: Using The Password Feature
Click “change” Figure 40 Changing the Password (3) Wait for the password options to disappear. This indicates that the password has changed. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 36: Figure 41 Password Entry Screen
Use “admin” for the user name and the value you had entered before for the password: Figure 41 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... -
Page 37: Summary Of Options
Parameter Options (default in bold) Notes Local IP Address 192.168.x.y Sets the IP address of the Z3-MVPR-02. Note that (192.168.81.07) a “save” of these settings and a reboot is needed for changes to this value to take effect. Local Netmask 255.255.z.w (255.255.0.0) -
Page 38: The User Presets Tab
See Section 8.2, “Making a Firmware Update” on p.33. download device logs Clicking this causes the Z3-MVPR-02 to extract a set 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 39 DOC-USR-0027-10 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Page 40: The Status Tab
Refresh the current status values. Refresh If checked, causes the values in the status tab to be refreshed automatically Auto Refresh once every ten seconds. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... -
Page 41: The Mpts Tab
[Note 2] Number of B-frames 0 – 2 (0) The number of B-frames. A value of “0” means B- ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... - Page 42 (128Kbps) Mode Mono Select between stereo and mono inputs. Stereo Source HDMI1 Where to get audio for that subchannel. HDMI2 Analog1 Analog2 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
- Page 43 DOC-USR-0027-10 None 0 – 8191 If UDP format is selected, the PID to use for that (120,121,122,123) audio channel. (UDP/TS Only) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
- Page 44 USB1) FILE will write raw .h264 and raw .aac to 2 separate files. If this is selected, you should type ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
- Page 45 (see Section 6.8, “Adjusting the UDP TS Rate,” on page 20). Authentication Disable When in RTMP mode, the Z3-MVPR-02 supports entering an authentication User name and (RTMP only) Enable Password. If this is desired, set Authentication to “Enable”.
- Page 46 1080i at 60 fields per second (30 frames per second), Frame Rate Divider has the following effect: Frame Rate Divider Output # fields used frame rate 1080i 1080p ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Page 47: The Ch1/Ch2 Tab (Decode)
(TSFILE / FILE only) reached. Audio Output On / Off Set to “Off” for video only streams. Output Port AUTO Where to output audio. HDMI ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702... - Page 48 DOC-USR-0027-10 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8 ST, STE 250 ♦ Lincoln, NE 68508-1369 USA ♦ +1.402.323.0702...
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Page 49: Values Appearing At The Bottom Of All Tabs
Click on this to save preset value to what was selected. Operating Mode Encoder Interlaced/Progressive This selects how the Z3-MVPR-02 is being used. Encode Single Ch No Scale “Encoder Interlaced/Progressive” is the default Decoder mode of operation – it can be used to encode up to two channels. -
Page 50: Appendix A: Configuring The Wowza Server For Rtmp
In this section, configuring Wowza Streaming Engine version 4.0.1 is described. To configure Wowza to work with the Z3-MVPR-02 RTMP streaming, the following steps are needed: (1) Log in to the Wowza Streaming Engine Manager Home page by typing http://localhost:8088, where “localhost”... -
Page 51: Figure 43 Wowza Security Settings
“Open” and “Client Restrictions” is set to “No client restrictions.” Then click “Save”: Figure 43 Wowza Security Settings The Wowza server is now configured to work with the Z3-MVPR-02. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Z3 Technology, LLC ♦ 100 N 8... -
Page 52: Appendix B: Troubleshooting
-Is the Ethernet cable plugged in to the Z3-MVPR-02 solidly (do you see the link light)? -Do the Z3-MVPR-02 IP address and the PC IP address have the same first 2 values (or, if netmask is set to 255.255.255.0, the same first 3 values)? -Do the Z3-MVPR-02 and the PC have the same netmask? (Default value is 255.255.0.0)
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