Antrica ANT-1773 User manual

Antrica Quick Start Guide
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ANT-1773 QUICK START GUIDE
Applicable to ANT-1773H, 1773S, 1773Q

Contents!
1 Whats in the box
2 Setting up the ANT-1772
3. Configuring the ANT-1772
3.0 Settings
3.1 Settings/System
3.3 Settings/System/CSI1 or CSI2
3.4 Settings/System/RTSP Server
3.5 Settings/ Mux Setup
4. Home/Streaming
4.1 URL’s for VLC player
5. Help and Further Support
5.1 ONVIF Support
5.2 Other Information
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The ANT-1773 is a Universal miniature Encoder for UAV and other applications
where size is required to be small. Low latency and multiple inputs are supported.
The ANT-1773 has 3 variants HDMI(H) HDSDI(S) and Quad Composite(Q)
Some of the settings will vary slightly depending on which version and also which
firmware. The document applies to Firmware 2.3.7.x and newer FW . Older FW
(2.3.6.4 ) will show the (i) information page slightly differently.
1.What’s in the Box
The ANT-1773x (includes SD card recording module) box contains
- ANT-1773x Encoder, SD card +HDMI or HDSDI or Quad Video
-Cable sets if ordered , ethernet ,power ,RS232 and video cables
2. Setting up the ANT-1773x
Connect the ANT-1773x to a laptop or PC via an Ethernet switch using standard
ethernet cables. Connect appropriate SD Camera or PAL NTSC video source to the
composite input and HD 1080P30 or 720P (or Quad SD) video to the mezzanine
board input. Connect the 12 volt (4.5v-16v range) power input and switch on.
The ANT-1773x will take less than 1 minutes to boot up. Please visit https://
antrica.com and browse to the ANT-1773 product page. In the Downloads section
navigate to software and download the Neptune Guard and Player installer.
Neptune Guard utility is used to find the IP address of the board and upgrade FW .
3. Configuring the ANT-1773x
The ANT-1773x default IP address is 192.168.0.30 .
Open Neptune Guard and allow the software to
search for boards . Once found, Neptune Guard
shows the IP address, how many boards its found
and Firmware version (2.3.7.2 in this example)
Chrome can be used to browse directly to the IP
address or just click GO TO WEB on Neptune Guard
. Neptune Guard can also be used to save and
upload Config files and new Firmware as well as
change IP address.
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Click on Go to Web and the following page
appears showing;
1) Setting: general board settings
2) Streaming: setup 4 different streams
3) i Info: Tells you what video is connected
4) Control: allows factory reset / reboot
Other settings are in the full manual
3.0 Setting :
This takes you to the Setting page that shows
7 further options
SYSTEM: This option takes you to basic video
input settings RTSP and ONVIF setup
MUX SETUP: This configures the H264 codec
Other Icons are described in other documents.
3.1 Setting / System
Here CSI1 and CSI2 video inputs , RTSP server and ONVIF
settings can be modified.
CSi1 CSi2: These are two internal connections to video decoder
ICs used for a basic HD + SD connection(ANT-1773H/S) or Quad
SD + SD (ANT-1773Q). Further details below section 3.3
RTSP Server: Allows the server to be turned on and Port allocated
ONVIF: Allows ONVIF discovery to be turned on or off
Network: Changes Network settings
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3.3 Setting/System/ CSI1 or CSI2
CSI1and CSI2 have to be applied to internal video ICs used to decode Composite
video HDSDI HDMI quad Composite etc. TW9910 is a single SD decoder , TVP5150
is a Quad SD decoder , HDMI is an HDMI decoder and HDSDI is an HDSDI decoder.
For the ANT-1773x connect CSI1 to TW9910 and CSI2 to HDMI/HDSDI or TVP5150
(quad video option)
To check if the two connections have been successful
by clicking the information button (lower case i)
CSI-1 CH0 is assigned to the composite video input
and shows lock
CSI2-CH0 is assigned to the HDMI (HDSDI or TVP5150 for quad SD video) input
and shows lock. Select the appropriate input depending which module you have
Both showing locked means the board is detecting video on these two inputs
3.4 Setting/System/RTSPServer
Enable RTSP server and select port 554 or whatever you need
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3.5 Setting / Mux Setup
MUX SETUP is used to setup 4 individual streams & H264 codec functions, like bit
rate, frame rate, GOP etc. Select MUX1 2,3 or 4 for each of the 4 streams as these
settings can be different for each stream.
4.0 Home/ Streaming
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The Home button takes you back to main menu where we now select Streaming to
setup the video stream settings . These can use either of the video inputs or just one
and can be RTSP or MPEG-TS, Unicast or multicast.
Each stream is called a MUX. Mux1 Mux2 etc and can be configured independently
with either video source, RTSP or MPEG-TS and then unicast or multicast.
The icons above control (from left to right):
Settings: round cog configures each mux setting
Green Triangle: Turns to red square if stream is streaming. Click triangle to start
stream or auto start it in the individual MUX settings page.
Orange circle: start /stop recording video if SD card fitted.
Red Camera: Take snapshot JPEG if SD card fitted
Monitor Icon: Not used
CSI-2-CH0 (channel zero) in this example (see below) is assigned to the HDMI/
HDSDI or Quad SD input. To check this, click the information i button. The example
here shows RTSP streaming using CSI-2 CH0 as video source (The IP address and
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port are not used in this case as RTSP port was already set to 554 and IP is always
IP of the board rtsp://192.168.0.30:554/mux4.sdp
If setting MPEG-TS Unicast you would enter a port and the IP address of the
receiver . If setting MPEG-TS multicast you set the port and a multicast IP address.
RTSP urls refer to the mux number e.g mux3.sdp whilst in MPEG-TS mode only the
port and IP address is used.
4.1 VLC URLS for RTSP and MPEG-TS
A) UDP://@:1234 unicast MPEG TS stream
B) UDP://@227.2.2.7:1234 Multicast MPEG-TS stream
C) rtsp://192.168.0.30:554/mux3.sdp rtsp stream setting for MUX 3 example.
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5.0 Help and Further Support
5.1 ONVIF Support
The ANT-1773x series supports ONVIF Profile Discovery and Streaming Only. It is
NOT fully ONVIF S or G compliant but can discover ONVIF devices.
5.2 Other Information
Please visit our website www.antrica.com and browse to the product page (e.g
ANT-1773x) where you can find a DOWNLOADS SECTION :
- NEPTUNE PLAYER : Low latency player for the ANT-177X series free to use
- application notes
- Full User manuals
- FAQs
- Firmware
- Other useful information
- More help Open up a Technical Support Ticket from the support page.
- RS232 is supported both ways please refer to [email protected] for further
details.
Contact: [email protected] Call : [phone] x3
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