Caton NVE 9100 User manual

NVE 9100
H.264 HD Network Encoder
User Manual
Caton Technology Corporation© 2014

NVE9100 User Manual
Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................................1
1.1 Abstract ............................................................................................................1
1.2 Applications .....................................................................................................1
1.3 Main Features...................................................................................................2
1.4 Panel design.....................................................................................................2
1.4.1 Front Panel.............................................................................................2
1.4.2 Rear Panel..............................................................................................3
2 Front Panel Control..................................................................................................4
2.1 Power up ..........................................................................................................4
2.2 Control Method................................................................................................4
2.2.1 Basic Operations....................................................................................4
2.2.2 Menu Overview.....................................................................................5
3 Web Control..............................................................................................................7
3.1 Log In...............................................................................................................7
3.2 Basic Setting ....................................................................................................9
3.2.1 Basic Configuration...............................................................................9
3.2.2 Preview................................................................................................11
3.3 Advanced Configuration................................................................................11
3.4 Status Display ................................................................................................12
3.5 System Information........................................................................................12
3.5.1 System Info..........................................................................................12
3.5.2 Load Default........................................................................................13
3.5.3 Reboot..................................................................................................13
3.5.4 Upgrade ...............................................................................................13
3.5.5 Password..............................................................................................14
4 Technical Parameters.............................................................................................15
4.1 Video Encoding Index....................................................................................15
4.2 Audio Encoding Index ...................................................................................15
4.3 Interface Index...............................................................................................15
4.4 Environment Index.........................................................................................16
4.5 Physical Index................................................................................................16

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1 Introduction
1.1 Abstract
Caton NVE9100 HD Network Encoder is a portable network multimedia encoder,
for high definition video real-time streaming applications. It provides flexible
streaming for low-bandwidth transmission applications using H.264 video and AAC
audio encoding, supporting FLV over RTMP streaming output, thus seamlessly
connecting to Streaming Media Server for FLASH video applications, such as Wowza,
Adobe Flash Media Server, RED5 Media Server and so on.
The NVE9100 also supports TS streaming output and can achieve low latency
HD video transmission over the Internet by combining with Caton NVD series
products. NVE9100 supports R2TP (Reliable Real time Transport Protocol), which is
Caton proprietary transport protocol especially designed to solve the QoS problems
for live video transmission over Internet.
The NVE9100 is perfectly suitable for E-learning, distance education, video
conferencing, marketing and other multimedia streaming applications.
1.2 Applications
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1.3 Main Features
HD/SD-SDI, HDMI and CVBS HD and SD video input;
IP output, support FLV Over RTMP, R2TP(Reliable Real time Transport
Protocol), TS Over UDP, TS Over HTTP,FLV Over HTTP;
H.264 High profile video encoding and AAC audio encoding with low bit rate;
Seamlessly connecting to Streaming Media Server for FLASH video applications;
Using DSP encoding chip and Linux operating system;
OLED screen and touch slide button, support web browser control;
1.4 Panel design
1.4.1 Front Panel
(1) Indicator Light: Indicate the current device status. The 4 lights represent (from
top to bottom):
i. Power Light: Green represent right power status, Red represent abnormal
power status.
ii. Encoding Light: Green represent right encoding status, Red represent
abnormal encoding status.
iii. Video Input Light: Green represent right video input status, Red represent
abnormal video input status.
iv. Audio Input Light: Green represent right audio input status, Red represent
abnormal audio input status.
(2) OLED Screen: Display the basic configuration & parameters of the device.
(3) Control Buttons: Include “Select”, “Adjust”, “Enter” and “Esc”.
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1.4.2 Rear Panel
(1) SDI: Input HD/SD-SDI HD/SD Video & Audio Signals.
(2) HDMI: Input HDMI HD Video & Audio Signals.
(3) CVBS & Analog: Input Analog SD Video & Audio Signals.
(4) ETH(x2): Network interface to control the device through Internet，also for IP
output of encoded streaming.
(5) USB(x2): Mount USB flash disk to save or apply the configuration file.
(6) Reset: Press over 15 seconds to recover to the default settings.
(7) Power: Connect the power adapter to power up the device.
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2 Front Panel Control
2.1 Power up
Power up NVE9100, OLED screen will display as follows:
P Lock>>>>>>>Unlock
V 192.168.050.016
A
E Lock>>>>>>>Unlock
P ←Menu →
V 1.1 Device IP Address
A 192.168.050.016
E
Starting
Loading Power On
Starting
Completed
Screen Locked
2.2 Control Method
2.2.1 Basic Operations
Through the NVE9100 front panel, user can do the following operations:
(1) Unlock: Slide the “Select” button or “Adjust” button from left to right to
unlock the OLED screen. The screen will be locked if there is no operation
over 1 minute.
(2) Enter: Press the “Enter” button to enter the submenu or save the modifications.
(3) Esc: Press the “Esc” button to return to the upper menu or cancel the
modifications.
(4) Select: Press the “Select” button to select the menu or select the position of
parameters.
(5) Adjust: Press the “Adjust” button to select the option or modify the parameter
value.
Steps to configure parameters through front panel:
Slide the “Select” button to select the menu, press the “Enter” button to enter the
edit mode:
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To modify the value of parameters, slide the “Select” button to select the position
of parameters. After the cursor moved to the right position, slide the “Adjust” button
to adjust the value of parameters (Slide the “Adjust” button towards the left to
decrease the value, Slide towards the right to increase the value). Press the “Enter”
button to save the modifications, press the “Esc” button to cancel the modifications.
To change the option of parameters, slide the “Adjust” button to select the option.
Press the “Enter” button to save the modifications, press the “Esc” button to cancel
the modifications.
2.2.2 Menu Overview
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Device IP Address: To view or set the IP address of device.
User can set custom IP address of device. The default IP address of device is
192.168.1.12.
Subnet Mask: To view or set the subnet mask of device.
User can set custom subnet mask of device. The default subnet mask of device is
255.255.255.0.
Gateway: To view or set the gateway of device.
User can set custom gateway of device. The default gateway of device is
192.168.1.1.
DHCP: To view or select open DHCP or not.
Disable: Close DHCP; Enable: Open DHCP。
Video Input:To view or select the video input.
SDI: SDI video input; HDMI: HDMI video input; CVBS: CVBS signal input;
Video Rate: To view or set the video bit rate.
User can set custom video bit rate.
Video Status: To view the status of video input.
Audio Input:To view or select the audio input.
SDI: SDI audio embedded input; HDMI: HDMI audio embedded input; Analog:
Analog audio input;
Audio Rate: To view or set the audio bit rate.
User can set custom audio bit rate.
Audio Status: To view the status of audio input.
Stream Status: To view the status of video/audio encoding.
Recovery: To recover to the default setting.
NO: Not to recover; YES: Recover to the default setting.
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3 Web Control
3.1 Log In
User can configure the device via Internet. Take the follow steps to log in before
using web UI control:
(1) Prepare a PC with web browser.
(2) Connect PC and the device through network interface.
(3) Make sure that the IP address of the device and PC are in the same network
segment:
Click , then click , and input “CMD” in the textbox.
Click , it will display the following window:
Input “ipconfig”, and press the “Enter” Key:
Confirm the IP address of the device through the front panel:
Tips: IE 8.0 or Firefox6.0 or higher version is recommended.
Tips: 202.0.0.100 is the local IP address of PC.
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As the IP address of the device and PC are not in the same network segment, user
needs to modify the device local IP address to make sure that the IP address of the
device and PC are in the same network segment (eg. Set the device IP address to be
202.0.0.16). And make sure the IP address is not occupied by other devices, which
might cause IP address conflict.
(4) Open the web browser of PC, input the IP address of the device, and it will
display the following window:
(5) Input the account name and the password to log in. The default account name and
password are both “admin”.
Tips: 192.168.50.16 is the local IP address of the device.
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3.2 Basic Setting
3.2.1 Basic Configuration
Select Config in the main menu, pull downward and click Config:
User can configure the basic settings of device. Click to save the
modifications.
Video
Video Input Interface SDI/HDMI/CVBS
Compress STD
AVC
Compressed Bit Rate(kbps) <Custom>
Audio
Video Input Interface SDI/HDMI/CVBS
Compress STD
AAC
Compressed Bit Rate(kbps) <Custom>
Equipment
IPAddress <Custom>
Sub Mask
<Custom>
Default Gateway <Custom>
DHCP
Disable/Enable
Target Server
Protocol
UDP/RTMP/TSHTTP/RTSP/R2TP/R2TP-s
Port <Custom>
Address
<Custom>
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The configuration of different transport protocol:
Protocol Configuration
UDP
udp://Address:port
RTMP
rtmp://Address:port/Application/password
*The default port of RTMP is 1935
TSHTTP
http://Address:8089
RTSP
rtsp://Address/Application
R2TP
r2tp://Address:port
R2TPS r2tps://Address:port/ID
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3.2.2 Preview
Select Config in the main menu, pull downward and click Preview:
After select Preview in the protocol options, user can click to preview the
video after encoded.
3.3 Advanced Configuration
Select Advance in the main menu:
User can configure the advanced settings of device. Click to save the
modifications.
Video Compress Profile
High/Main/Basic
Video Compress Level 4.1/4.0/3.2/3.1/3.0/2.2/2.1/2.0/1.3/1.2/1.1/1.0
Video GOP
I/IP/IBP/IBBP/IBBBP
Video GOP Length 13/25/37/49/61/73/85
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Video Bit Rate Mode
Var/Fix
Video Frame Rate
1/1
，
1/2
，
1/3
，
1/4
，
1/5
，
dynamic
Video Scan Mode Progressive/Auto
Video Frame Filter
ON/OFF
Video Compress STD
AVC
Video Resolution
Auto/Custom
Video Hsize(Pixel)
<Custom>
Video Vsize(Pixel)
<Custom>
Audio Compress STD
AAC/MP2
Audio Track
Stereo/Mono-L/Mono-R
SDI Audio Channel
0/1/2/3
HDMI Audio Channel
0/1/2/3
R2TP Buffer Time(ms)
<Custom>
（
200~2000
）
3.4 Status Display
Select Status in the main menu:
User can view the status of device.
3.5 System Information
3.5.1 System Info
Select Sys Info in the main menu, pull downward and click System Info:
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User can check the system information of device.
3.5.2 Load Default
Select Sys Info in the main menu, pull downward and click Load Default:
User can click to recover to the default settings.
3.5.3 Reboot
Select Sys Info in the main menu, pull downward and click Reboot:
User can click to reboot the device.
3.5.4 Upgrade
Select Sys Info in the main menu, pull downward and click SW Upgrade:
User can upgrade the software version of device. Click to select the
upgrade file, and click to upgrade the device. The upgrade process will
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last about half a minute. The device will restart automatically after upgraded, and
recover to the default settings.
3.5.5 Password
Select Sys Info in the main menu, pull downward and click Password:
Click to save the new password, click to cancel the modifications.
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4 Technical Parameters
4.1 Video Encoding Index
Video Coding
H.264(MPEG-4 Part 10/MPEG-4 AVC)
Profile & Level
Baseline/Main/High Profile, 2.0/3.0/3.1/4.0/4.1 level
Input Format
1080p: 1080p@30/25/24;
1080i: 1080I@60/50;
720p: 720p@60/50;
SD: 576p@50/480p@60/576i@50/480i@60;
Pattern
PAL, NTSC
Bit Rate
100kbps~20Mbps
Output Resolution
Auto, Custom(support video resolution rescaling)
Video Coding
H.264(MPEG-4 Part 10/MPEG-4 AVC)
4.2 Audio Encoding Index
Audio Coding AAC-LC, MPEG1-Layer2(MP2)
Sampling Rate
24 bit
Bit Rate
30Kb/s~384Kb/s
4.3 Interface Index
Input Interface
1 x HD/SD-SDI(1xBNC, 75Ω)
1 x HDMI (v1.1)
1 x CVBS Input(3xRCA)
Output Interface 2 x RJ45 , 10/100 Base-T
Other
2 x USB 2.0, support USB storage
Output Protocol
UDP, RTMP, RTSP, HTTP(TS Over HTTP),
R2TP(Reliable RTP, Caton
Proprietary Transport
Protocol ), Preview(FLV Over HTTP)
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4.4 Environment Index
Room Temperature
10°C~40°C
Working Temperature
0°C~50°C
Storing Temperature
-20°C~70°C
Power
AC85~265V
Power Consumption
≤40W
4.5 Physical Index
Height
42.5mm
Width
430.0mm
Depth 230.0mm
Weight
6kg
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