Content Packing List ........................2 About Your Product ....................... 3 Product Overview ....................3 Key Features ......................3 Appearance ......................4 Interface ........................5 Dimension ........................6 Device Installation and Connection ................7 Connect Video Signal ....................7 Connect Power Supply .................... 7 Connect Network ....................8 Network Configuration ....................8 Use Your Product ......................
About Your Product Product Overview TAO 1mini supports HDMI &UVC and FULL NDI ® gigabit Ethernet video stream codecs for encoding and decoding. TAO 1mini is small and compact, which makes it easy to carry. Standard camera screw holes are provided for camera mounting. The device has a 2.1-inch touch screen for real-time monitoring of signals and menu operations.
Appearance Item Description 2.1-inch touch screen for real-time monitoring of Touch Screen signals and menu operations. ¼in Mounts For mounting. Tally Lamp Work indicators show device status.
Interface Connectors Description USB-C Connect to the power supply, support PD protocol. Connect to external monitor for real-time monitoring of HDMI-OUT inputs and outputs. For receiving video signal from your phone or others. USB-C Connect to USB camera for UVC capture. Support 5V/1A reverse power supply.
Device Installation and Connection Connect Video Signal Connect the HDMI/UVC signal source to the HDMI/UVC input port of the device through a cable. And connect the HDMI output port to the display device via a HDMI cable. Connect Power Supply Connect your TAO 1mini with the packaged USB-C power link cable and standard power adapter.
Connect Network Connect one end of the network cable to LAN port of TAO 1mini. The other end of the network cable is connected to the switch. You can also connect directly to the network port of your computer. Network Configuration TAO 1mini and your computer configuration must be in the same LAN.
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The second way is Manual Setting. Step 1: Click Network icon in Settings for TAO 1mini network configuration. Turn off DHCP and manually configure IP address, net mask and gateway. The default IP address is 192.168.5.100. Step 2: Turn off the computer's network an then configure TAO 1mini and computer to the same LAN.
Use Your Product After completing the above steps in Device Installation and Connection, you can use TAO 1mini for following operations. NDI Encoding Users can refer to the following diagram for application of NDI encoding. NDI Encoding Connection Diagram Input Signal Selection Tap yellow arrows to select/switch HDMI/UVC as input signal according to actual input signal source, and make sure the input image can be displayed successfully on the screen of TAO 1mini.
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Configure NDI Encoding Parameters Tap NDI Encoding icon in Output Area to turn on NDI Encoding and long press the icon to choose encoding format (NDI|HX by default), set resolution, bitrate and check channel name. Download NDI Tools You can download and install NDI Tools from NewTek website for more operations.
After successful pull of video stream, you can click blank area of device interface to check NDI resolutions. NDI Decoding Users can refer to the following diagram for application of NDI decoding. NDI Decoding Connection Diagram You can configure network of other device (Support NDI decoding function ) and TAO 1mini to the same LAN.
Find the NDI source to be decoded by swiping the screen and then click to decode and output. Note: NDI encoding mode and decoding mode cannot work simultaneously. RTMP Push Long press RTMP Push icon in Output Area and you can check RTSP/RTMP/SRT stream address by click .
ON AIR Click ON AIR and TAO 1mini will start streaming. Following steps take YouTube stream as the example. Two methods for you to choose from. The first method is to operate RTMP Push via USB disk. Step 1: Make sure the device is connected and the network is set up. Step 2: Open YouTube Studio on your computer to Copy Stream URL and Stream Key.
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Step 4: Press and hold the streaming settings, you can see the links of the platforms identified by TAO 1mini after entering the settings, select the links of the live stream platforms you need, tap Next. Once the parameters are set, go back to the home screen and click ON AIR. The second method is to operate RTMP Push via TAO APP.
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Step 4: Take following steps to turn on Bluetooth of TAO 1mini. Notice: 1. Make sure the distance between TAO 1mini and mobile phone is within 2m. 2. Pair TAO 1mini with TAO APP within 300s. Step 5: Turn on Bluetooth of TAO APP. Then TAO 1mini will be recognized, shown as below.
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Step 6: After successful paring, user should click Device Name and then scan the QR code created in Step 1. Step 7: The RTMP address will be shown in the box, then click Send RTMP. Step 8: Then TAO 1mini will pop up a message, shown as below. Click YES to receive RTMP stream address.
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Then choose the platform you need. The saved platforms are displayed at the top of the interface, and the newly added platforms are displayed at the bottom. The green circle indicates the platform been chosen. Long press the icon to check stream address and click Edit in the middle for deletion of platform.
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Finally, click [ON AIR] in the main interface to stream ( Support up to 4 live streaming platforms at the same time). Click the blank area of the home page. The left area of interface is the Status Display Area, which displays the status of the TAO 1mini. no network input no U disk Bluetooth not connected...
such as recording duration, streaming platform and output resolution are displayed. 2: On the basis of operation 1, the user can click the screen again to hide all the information, and only the streaming image will appear on the screen. 3: On the basis of operation 2, the user can click the screen again to restore the setting interface.
Record Plug U disk to TAO 1mini USB port and TAO 1mini can work as a recorder. The storage of U disk is up to 2T. Users can set resolution, bitrate and check disk info in Settings. Note: During video synchronization, do not unplug the USB flash disk.
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