Adcom RD-230 User manual

4 Channels Rack-mounted Decoding Card
RD-230
Quick Start Guide
2021
REV. 1
Thanks for your purchasing! Before using this product, it is recommended that you read the
guide carefully. To ensure your personal safety and avoid physical or electrical damage to the
device, please strictly follow the instructions of this guide or install and use it under the guidance

of professionals. Incorrect electrical connections or physical installation may cause permanent
damage to the device and even threaten personal safety.
1. Interfaces description
1. Reset Button
Press and hold for 5 seconds to restore the factory settings
2. Ethernet Port1
1*RJ-45,100/1000Mbps
3. DVI Interface
DVI (HDMI/VGA)
4. SDI output
SDI output interface
5. Audio output
3.5mm audio output interface
1. Device installation and Connection
2.1 Card installation and device connection
1) Card installation
Align the card assembly to the two sides of the card slot, push in parallel and
tighten the left and right screws.

2) Device connection
2.2 Device login
1）Device default management IP address:
The default IP for the decoding card is 192.168.1.168 and the subnet mask is
255.255.255.0. This IP address can always be used as a device management,
without affecting the device's business IP address.
2) Network configuration
The computer end clicks in turn: "Network and Internet Settings - "Network and
Sharing Center" - "Ethernet"- "Internet Protocol Version 4" - "Use the IP address
below" for IP settings. Manually enter the IP address and subnet mask for
Ethernet interface
Monitor
AC input
DVI(HDMI/VGA) OUT
SDI OUT
1. Align and push the card in parallel
2. Tighten the left and right screws
PC

192.168.1.* (*Refers to numbers other than 168 between 1-255), Click "OK".
3) Login to the management web page
To connect the device's NET to your computer, and enter 192.168.1.168 or
http://192.168.1.168 in the browser. In the pop-up login dialog box, it will require
the user name and password.
Default username: admin , default password: admin .
4) Device IP address configuration
After login to your device, you can configure your network as DHCP or Manually
Set, which can be used for streaming and device management.
2. Add video source
Decoding devices support a variety of decoding protocols such as RTSP, RTMP,
RTMPS, SRT, TS over UDP, HTTP, etc. First get the correct video source URL address
(you can test the video source for availability with the VLC player) and then add it to
the decoding device for decoding.
Add an RTSP video source:
In the media tab, click "Add", configure the parameters in the pop-up dialog box,
and click "OK" to add the video source to the video list.

Note: It only supports to decode NDI|HX Version 2.0 sources.
All added sources are displayed in the video source list, and when no decoding, the
status is gray and offline. To preview or decode the output, manually drag to the
upper preview or output area to decode. The video source appears as a green
"Display/Service" and the video source is decoding or streaming.
3. Web page preview
Drag the added source into the source preview list, and after the normal
connection starts decoding, you can preview the source screen and decode the
source parameters on the WEB page.

Note: Preview function should be working the latest version of Google and
Edge browser; Browser preview does not support H.265 and video sources with
B-frame encoding; when multiple IP addresses are configured, the preview is
working by using the actual IP address of the device.
4. Multi-split-screen layout settings
Click Settings, go to the layout page, click "Add layout" and go to the layout editing
page. The decoding device can be configured up to 9 split screens, dragging
multi-screen window sizes and overlaying picture-in-picture with the mouse. When
multi-screen overlays, the smaller the window number, the lowest the overlay will
be.
5. Decoding output configuration
The decoder has two output windows that can decode the same or different
content simultaneously for both the SDI and DVI output (compatible with HDMI
and VGA). All you need to do is drag the video source that you've added to the
corresponding output window, and the decoding card starts decoding.

Note: One interface cannot correspond to the contents of two output windows,
and if both SDI and HDMI are selected in one output window, it will output the
same content.
6. Decode the playback buffer
For a variety of different scenarios and networks, and to balance of real-time and
smoothness while decoding, the device provides a variety of buffering strategies
for users to choose from. According to the actual network situation settings, you
can choose a lower delay in the good network conditions, while a higher delay in a
poor network conditions.

7. Quick reset and reboot
Quick reset：Used to reset the decoding service, typically to make modified
parameters take effect immediately or to decode exceptions. The current decoding
service is briefly interrupted during a quick reset and requires approximately 3S.
Reboot：To decode the device to perform a hot restart, try the device restart if the
device is not functioning well and still does not resolve the issue through a quick
reset. The device restart takes about 1 minute to restart, and in some cases, a
device restart may require a cold restart, i.e. unplugging the decoder first.
8. Restore factory settings
If the user modifies the parameters to cause the device to not function properly,
the device factory settings can be restored so that the device's configuration is
restored to the factory default value.
There are two ways to restore factory settings:
1）Manage the "System Settings" - "Recover Factory Settings" function of the WEB
interface
2）Device RESET button.
Pressing the RESET button for 5 seconds on the device, and the device will
restore to factory settings, it will take about 30s.
When factory settings are restored, the following parameters are restored to the
default:
Login username admin, password recovery to admin;
IP address will be restored to default: gate 1 IP 192.168.1.168, mask 255.255.255.0;
Gate 2 IP 192.168.2.168, mask 255.255.255.0;
All set decoding parameters and parameter configurations are restored to factory
defaults.
9. Firmware upgrade

The decoder supports online firmware upgrades to update the software version of
the decoded device. Through the "System Settings" - "Firmware Upgrade" function
of the WEB management interface, you can upload the firmware upgrade files
provided by the manufacturer for the firmware online upgrade.
After the firmware upgrade file uploaded successfully, the decoder will
automatically restart the device for the upgrade, which will take approximately 1 to
3 minutes (depending on the memory of the firmware, the upgrade time varies),
please be patient.
After the upgrade is complete, check the current software version information and
the upgraded firmware consistently through “System Settings" - "Firmware
Upgrade" in the WEB interface to confirm that the upgrade was successful.
Note: Configurations may change greatly after updating for certain firmware
versions, and some functions may be used abnormally. It is recommended to
restore the factory settings after the firmware upgrade.