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N6/N5 for NDI
超高清 HDMI/SDI 和 NDI 双向转换
N6/N5 for NDI
User Manuel

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  • Page 1 N6/N5 for NDI 超高清 HDMI/SDI 和 NDI 双向转换 N6/N5 for NDI User Manuel...
  • Page 2 Thousandview Electronics and technology advances, and Thousandview Electronics will not be notified of updates to this information. For matters not covered in this document, please visit the Thousand Vision Electronics website at www.kiloview.com NDI® is a registered trademark of NewTek Corporation!

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Content 1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION........................1 1.1 P ..........................2 RODUCT FEATURES 1.2 T ...........................3 ECHNICAL PARAMETERS 2 USER GUIDE ............................5 3 PACKING LIST AND INTERFACE DESCRIPTION..................6 ............................6 3.1 P ACKING 3.2 I ...........................6 NTERFACE ESCRIPTION 3.3 L ..........................7 ED INDICATORS 4 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION.....................8 4.1 C ........................8 ONNECT...
  • Page 4 9.4 D ..........................32 ISCOVERY ERVER 10 SYSTEM SETTINGS ........................35 10.1 U ..........................35 ANAGEMENT 10.2 D ..........................35 EVICE EBOOT 10.3 R .........................35 ESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS 10.4 F ..........................36 IRMWARE PGRADE 10.5 R ..................37 ECOVERY MODE TO UPGRADE DEVICE FIRMWARE 10.6 PTZ ...........................38 CONTROL 10.7 EDID S...

  • Page 5: Product Introduction

    KILOVIEW's new generation of NDI video codec conversion (I/O) products. Adopting the world's leading FPGA technology and advanced level of AVC/HEVC codec algorithm and NDI algorithm, N6/N5 can provide both NDI and NDI|HX codec transmission capability with resolution up to 1080P60, and the resolution is backward compatible, which is a highly stable and cost-effective NDI video transmission device.

  • Page 6: Product Features

    HDMI/SDI interfaces while decoding. ➢ supports up to 1080P60 video resolution, ensuring high quality applications  supports HDMI/SDI to NDI conversion (encoding mode) and NDI to HDMI/SDI Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Page 7  supports YCbCr 4:2:0 8bit high quality video encoding video format;  ensures video frame synchronization, as well as accurate picture and audio synchronization, through precise clocking and intelligent algorithms. Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 8: Technical Parameters

    Front panel uses LCD screen for Tally indication; rear panel with Tally Tally LED indicator. Power PoE、DC、D-Tap PTZ control support DHCP support Management Web /KiloLink Server method Overall power consumption Dimension 100x80x23mm Weight 272g Working -20℃~45℃（Storage temperature：-20℃~70℃） temperature Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 9: User Guide

    NDI sources within the same network segment and select one of them to decode and output to the monitor for monitoring. You can also manually add NDI sources across network segments or non-default group names for decoding output. Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 10: Packing List And Interface Description

    Certificare of Conformity/Warranty Card Cold shoe screw Cold show holder Quick star Manual 3.2 Interface Description N6 interface detail： 1000M Ethernet port- PoE 2 HDMI IN HDMI OUT LINE IN/OUT Power connector Tally status light Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 11: Led Indicators

    Encoding mode for indicating the status of the current video Indicates that current video Tally/LCD Green constant light pre-monitoring status display Indicates that the current video is in the PGM output Red constant light state Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 12: Installation And Connection

    4 Installation and connection 4.1 Connect Video Signal Since the N5 and N6 are functionally different only in terms of input interface (HDMI/SDI), N6 is used here for demonstration. The HDMI signal is connected from the source (e.g. camera) to the HDMI input port of the device via a connection cable. the HDMI output is connected to the display device via an HDMI cable.
  • Page 13 N6/N5 for NDI·User Manuel Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 14: Connect Power Supply

    Use the standard power adapter (DC 12V/2A) to connect the device, and when the power is connected, the device power light will be on and the device will start (if POE power supply is used, there is no need to connect the power adapter). Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 15: Display And Touch Keys

    N6/N5 for NDI·User Manuel 5 Display and touch keys The N6/N5 offers a color LCD display and touch buttons on the front panel. The N6 is used here as an example for demonstration. The LCD display also serves as a large Tally status display. Below is an example of the 5.1 Use of touch keys...
  • Page 16 N6/N5 for NDI·User Manuel Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 17: Use Of The Display

    5.2 Use of the display 5.2.1 Equipment status The first page of the LCD display shows the current operating status of the N6/N5, the CPU usage, the memory usage, the current temperature of the device and the current running version of the device.

  • Page 18: Working Mode

    After pressing on the current page, you can enter the sub-menu. The sub-menu page supports modifying the working mode of N6/N5 by selecting Model to enter the setting and switch N6/N5 from Encoder (encoding mode) to Decoder (decoding mode). It also supports modifying encoding quality.
  • Page 19 Very Low/Poor: indicates that the coding quality level is "Very Low". b.Decoding mode Decoder, which indicates that the device is currently in decoding mode, N6/N5 outputs HMDI/SDI video source, and LCD displays the output resolution information and NDI code stream information. The following figure shows the decoding mode...

  • Page 20: Network Status

    6 Device login and network configuration Login to the device via wired network First of all, the device wired network port through the network cable switch on the N6/N5 power on the device will automatically obtain an IP address, through the LCD screen can view the current IP address of the device.

  • Page 21: Network Configuration

    IP address. The factory default for the wired port is DHCP to obtain an IP address, it will automatically get a complete IP address, gateway and DNS according to the LAN. Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Page 22 Ethernet has two types of address acquisition, one is DHCP dynamic IP and the other is static IP address. Using DHCP automatic IP acquisition, the N6/N5 will get a dynamic IP address assigned by the router or switch (with DHCP service enabled) from the router or switch.

  • Page 23: Ndi Discovery And Monitoring

    N6/N5 for NDI·User Manuel 7 NDI discovery and monitoring The N6/N5 is a specialized video codec device for NDI video production, which can encode and compress HDMI/SDI video sources into NDI protocol streams for transmission over wired networks or decode NDI stream protocols for output to any compatible system, device or software in the network.
  • Page 24 After opening the Monitor tool to play NDI videos, click the gear-shaped button at the bottom right corner of the player to directly open the NDI device WEB management page, which is convenient for managing NDI devices directly. Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Page 25 N6/N5 for NDI·User Manuel Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 26: Ndi Encoding Code Rate

    NIC at the pulling end also needs a gigabit NIC, otherwise it will lead to lag or abnormal playback. The following table shows the reference bit rate for different resolution encoding: Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 27: Encoding Parameters Configuration

    8 Encoding parameters configuration 8.1 NDI configuration The N6/N5 is an NDI converter based on NDI SDK 5.0, a specialized video encoding device for NDI video production that encodes HDMI/SDI video sources into NDI protocol streams for video transmission over a wired network for use by any compatible system, device or software in the network.

  • Page 28: Information Column

    NDI is a protocol developed by NewTek to deliver IP video streams over a LAN with high quality and low latency. The parameters of NDI can be configured through the "Basic Settings". Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Page 29  encoding: support H.264 and H.265 encoding, NDI|HX version support NDI|HX2 and NDI|HX3, you can choose different versions according to the actual use  color space: N6/N5 support color space: YCbCr 4:2:0 8bit.  audio source: you can choose HDMI/SDI embedded audio or analog input, the default is HDMI/SDI embedded audio;...

  • Page 30: Ndi Connection

    Users can modify the connection mode of NDI according to their working requirements. For example, if you select Multicast mode, NDI transmission will transmit audio and video in multicast mode. Click "Generate", N6/N5 will automatically generate a random multicast address, or you can manually configure the multicast address and click "Apply"...

  • Page 31: Zdiscovering Ndi Sources

    WEB management page. zDiscovering NDI sources N6/N5 can automatically discover NDI sources on the same LAN and display them in the scan list, and you can click the icon to update network NDI sources in real time.
  • Page 32 If you want to search for devices with different group names in the same subnet, fill in the "Group" box with the specified group name (e.g. kiloview), click the Enter button, two group names will be displayed in the "Group" box, then click the Then click the "OK"...

  • Page 33: Decoding Output

    NDI source, and the device starts decoding. Click the icon corresponding to the NDI source to add the source to different decoding preset boxes; N6/N5 can support up to 9 preset bit settings. Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Page 34 N6/N5 for NDI·User Manuel After adding the desired NDI source to different preset bits, N6/N5 will immediately start decoding the corresponding NDI source in the preset bit by clicking on the preset bit, instantly switching between different NDI sources. By clicking on different NDI sources, you can quickly switch the decoding output. In the upper right corner of the preset box NDI source, click to delete the added source.
  • Page 35 Then open the [Numlock] key on the keyboard, the light is on to indicate normal connection, and the switching operation can be performed. Select the decoding preset corresponding to 1-9 by switching the numeric keys, and 0 selects Blank. Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 36: Decoding Parameter Setting

    Allow Device Discovery dialog box, and you can change the group to which this device belongs. Fill in the new name in the NDI channel name box and click OK to complete the channel name change. Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 37: Discovery Server

    NDI Discovery Server can replace NDI auto-discovery with a server, where NDI sources are centrally registered to the server, and the receiver side gets NDI sources from the server side. This function can also be configured to send the output video stream to the Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Page 38 Fill in the server address with the same registered address of NDI encoder. After clicking "OK" to save, all NDI sources registered to the discovery server can be found in the scan list. Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Page 39 After saving the configuration, the NDI stream that has been registered to the server can be discovered by the receiving software on the computer (such as VMIX, Studio Monitor, etc.). Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 40: System Settings

    There are two ways to restore factory settings: ①　"System Settings" in WEB interface > Restore factory settings; ②　LCD display: Enter the second page of the LCD device status by confirming Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 41: Firmware Upgrade

    After the upgrade is completed, you can check the current version information on the WEB page version information to confirm whether the current software version is consistent with the latest upgrade package to ensure that the device is upgraded successfully. Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 42: Recovery Mode To Upgrade Device Firmware

    Step 1: Prepare a USB flash drive and copy the firmware file downloaded from the official website to the flash drive. Step 2: Insert the USB flash drive into the N6/N5, after the device is powered on (about 2s), wait for the Kiloview logo to appear on the screen, long press and hold the key for more than 10s until the device enters Recovery mode.

  • Page 43: Ptz Control

    N6/N5 for NDI·User Manuel Step 5: When the N6/N5 screen shows "Firmware updated successfully", it means the N6/N5 has completed the firmware upgrade. Return to the Recovery menu, please select Reboot to reboot the device. Attention  "Press and hold down for more than 10 seconds" to enter recovery mode is only valid when the device is booted.

  • Page 44: Edid Settings

    There are common video interfaces such as DVI, VGA, HDMI, Display Port, etc. The characteristics and bandwidth of each interface are different, making the EDIDs of different interfaces different. Enter the EDID setting page, you can import, export and Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Page 45: Kilolink Server

    EDID file. 10.8 KiloLink Server Click "Kilolink Server" to enter the Kilolink Server configuration page, fill in the corresponding information devices can be connected to Kilolink Server platform to achieve unified device management. Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Page 46 Thank you for reading! Changsha KILOVIEW Electronics CO.,LTD. Service Hotline: 86-731-88315979 Website: en.kiloview.com Technical support Email: support@kiloview.com Skype: kiloview-support/keqiu wang WhatsApp: +86-18573195156/18573195256 Address: 188#, Middle Huanbao Rd, Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan Province, China Copyright © 2023 Kiloview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

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