Kiloview N3-s SDI User manual

N3-s SDI and NDI Bi-directional Converter
NDI Encoder/Decoder
（2022-5 Version）
Leading solution provider of IP-Based video transmission
Quick Start Guide
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 to 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.

1Packing List
(1) N3-s×1
(2) Power Supply×1
(3) Cold Shoe×1
(4) Warranty Card×1
(5) Quick Start Guide×1
(6) Type-C to USB Adapter×1
2Device Interface
(1) 1GbE port with PoE
(2) SDI Output
(3) SDI Input
(4) 3.5mm Line In/Line Out
(5) Power Supply
(6) Tally
(7) Type-C Port
(8) Tally
(9) Working Indicator
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

(10) Reset
3Device Indicators
Tally
Video status under encoding mode
Green light
PVW
Red light
PGM
LED Indicators
Name
Color
Status
Description
Power
White
Always on
Power connected
Off
Power off or failure
LINK
White
Flashing/Always on
Network connected
Off
Network disconnected/abnormal
Run
White
Flashing
Working normally
Always on
Starting to work
Off
Working abnormal/not started
10

4Applications
4.1 Connection under encoding mode
Note
⚫Please use the standard power adapter equipped in the package. Otherwise, other
unqualified power adaptor may damage the device. You can also choose to power via
PoE and D-Tap.
⚫Under encoding mode, please make sure the camera is connected to the SDI IN
connector.
⚫If you wish, you can connect N3-s to your monitor for real-time review by SDI OUT
port.
SDI Video Source
LOOP
PC
AC100~240V
Switcher
Power Supply
DC5V
Network

4.2 Connection under decoding mode
Note
⚫N3-s cannot do encoding and decoding simultaneously at present.
⚫Under decoding mode, make sure the monitor is connected to the SDI output
connector.
5Device discovery
5.1 Install Kiloview Multiview NDI Player for free
Download Kiloview Multiview for free
Visit website https://www.kiloview.com/en/ndi/multiview/, select “NDI Series”
“Multiview”and click download, then install software step by step as
instructions.Kiloview Multiview is a free software for NDI video discovery,
management and multi-view, which is popular and highly praised all over the world.
PC
Switcher
NDI
Input
Monitor
AC100~240V
DC 5-18V
Power Supply

1) Start the Kiloview Multiview, open the setting interface.
2) Find the device in the device discovery list. Enter management interface through web browser.

5.2 Use Studio Monitor in the NDI SDK Tools
Right click on the Studio Monitor interface，find the name of N3-s in the pop up menu, click it for playing
NDI video. At the same time, a gear icon will appear in the lower right corner, click it and then a browser
window will pop up for logging in and accessing the Web UI of N3-s.
5.3 How to handle if the device can not be found?
If your device can not be found in the network by the above two methods, please configure your
computer network to 192.168.1.xxx first, and then access the device by its default fixed IP address
192.168.1.168. That is to say,enter http://192.168.1.168/ in the browser to visit Web UI.
6Login to the device management page
Open the Web page of N3-s, default username/password is admin/admin.
Note
N3-s naming rules：N3-s-<serial number>. Serial number refers to the numbers pasted on
the device label.
Two ways of accessing to the device management page
⚫Method 1：Drag the device directly in the discovery list to the left window, wait and
click the icon ⓔappeared in the upper right to access Web UI directly.
⚫Method 2：Open Web browser, enter: http://device IP address/ （Kindly note the
device IP address for N3-s is showed in the discovery device list.）
Download NDI SDK Tools
Download and install NDI SDK Tools through NDI official website
https://www.ndi.tv/tools/. Kindly follow the NDI official instructions for download
method and installation process.
Studio Monitor is one of the NDI SDK Tools for free，which is provided officially by
NDI for discovery and monitoring NDI video.
Note
N3-s naming rules：N3-s-<serial number>.
Serial number refers to the numbers pasted
on the device label.

Note
⚫To ensure your information security, we recommend you to revise your password
immediately after you first login.
⚫For the first login or upgrading the firmware, you need to accept the End User License
Agreement (EULA). Please read carefully.
7Work with your device
Note
⚫N3-s could only work in either encoding mode or decoding mode currently, but you
can switch freely between both.
7.1 Encoding mode
The device is under encoding mode by default.
There are icons for switching between encoding mode and decoding mode on the left of the
N3-s Web management page. When the device works under other mode, click icon
“Encoder” to switch back to encoding mode.
For more configuration and help for N3-s, please visit Kiloview official website
https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/docs/N3-s/.

7.2 Decoding mode
There are icons for switching between encoding mode and decoding mode on the left of the
N3-s Web management page. Click icon “Decoder” to switch back to decoding mode.
When working under decoding mode, NDI source can be auto discovered and displayed in the bottom
of decoding Web page. Click the NDI source corresponded icon , which can directly decode and
output the video.
Click the NDI source corresponded icon , you can add the source to the decoding preset list. There
are 9 presets, you can keep nine preset decoding sources in the preset list, thus you can quickly switch
and decode by clicking different NDI sources from number 1 to 9 at any time.
For more configuration and help of N3-s decoding mode, please visit Kiloview official
website “https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/docs/N3-s/”

8Firmware upgrading
8.1 Download the upgrading firmware
8.2 Upgrade device firmware
Login the management Web page of N3-s, click "System Settings">"Firmware Upgrade" to check
whether the latest firmware version is downloaded, select the downloaded firmware and click "Firmware
Upgrade".
After uploaded the firmware successfully, the system indicates rebooting the device, you can either click
“ok” or wait for automatically rebooting, please be patient.
Note
⚫We recommend you upgrade the firmware via Google Chrome or Edge browser.
⚫Please do not power off during the upgrade process, otherwise the device could not
work.
⚫Generally speaking, it will take 3-5 minutes to upgrade the device. If it is still not
completed after 5 minutes, please try refreshing webpage. If you still can not access it
normally, please try to contact technical support for assistance.
Kiloview will continue to provide the firmware of updating functions and fix bugs
for N3-s. Kindly visit “https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/download/”
Select “NDI” in the filter list > “N3-s”, find the latest firmware to download.

9Restore factory settings
If the device cannot work normally after you modify the parameters or you forgot IP configuration and
could not find the device, please restore factory settings.
Two methods for restoring factory settings:
1) If you can login to web page, then via the web page, click "Settings>System settings>Restore
factory settings".
2) If you cannot login to web page, press the RESET button for 5 seconds in the bottom of device.
Note
After restoring factory setting, below parameters will be turned to default value:
⚫Login username and password will be “admin”.
⚫Your device will be restored to obtain a DHCP-assigned IP address by default and the
failover address 192.168.1.168 will be bound to the device.
⚫All encoding parameters of video and audio will be restored to default value.

10 Note
To prolong the device life，please unplug the power cable and keep it properly if you do not use it for a
long time.
For more questions, please contact us via：
https://www.kiloview.com/en/support
KILOVIEW Electronics CO., LTD.
Tel：[phone] Email：[e-mail] Web：www.kiloview.com/en
Address: B4-106/109, Jiahua Intelligence Valley Industrial Park, 877 Huijin Road, Yuhua District,
Changsha City, Hunan Province, China.