Kiloview N50 User manual

N50/N60 Converter
NDI High Bandwidth+NDI|HX
Full Functional Codec
(Version 2023-2)
Leading solution provider of IP-Based video transmission
Quick Start Guide
Contents
◼Packing List
◼Device interfaces and functions
◼Device connection, login and use guide
◼Device upgrade and restore to factory settings
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.

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1 Packing List
(1) N50/N60×1
(2) Power Supply ×1
(3) Cold Shoe ×1
(4) Warranty Card ×1
(5) Quick Start Guide ×1
(6) V-mount ×1
2 Device Interface
The following is the interface diagram of N60 as example:
(1) Power ON/OFF
(2) Power Port
(3) Type-C Extension
(4) LINE OUT
(5) LINE IN
(6) 1GbE Port
(7) 1GbE Port with PoE
(8) USB Extension
(9) HDMI OUT （Note: SDI OUT for N50）
(10) HDMI IN （Note: SDI IN for N50）
(11) Tally
(12) Micro SD/TF slot
(13) Power Indicator
(14) LCD Screen
(15) Scroll Wheel
Note
In this manual, the interface diagram of N60 is used for demonstration. The device interface difference between N50 and
N60 is HDMI and SDI. The label (9) of N50 is SDI OUT, and the label (10) is SDI IN.
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3 Device Indicators
4 Application Scenario
Video status under encoding mode
Green Light
PVW
Tally/LCD Screen
Red Light
PGM
Name
Color
Status
Description
ON
Power connected
Power lights
Power
White
OFF
Power off or failure
Note
When the N50/N60 under encoding mode and receives the TALLY signal of NDI, the LCD screen will indicate PGM or PVW
(red or green) accordingly.
POE Note
N50/N60 only supports PoE on "ETHERNET 1" port, "ETHERNET 2" port is not available.
Please use PoE+ (802.11AT) standard switcher, other switchers may cause abnormality or damage due to output power
mismatch.
Note
The following example diagrams all take N60 as an example, and N50 is the SDI interface.
The encoding mode and decoding mode of the same device cannot be used at the same time.
In encoder mode, make sure that the video signal output by the camera is connected to the HDMI IN/SDI IN interface.
In decoder mode, make sure that the video signal cable is connected to the HDMI/SDI output port.

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4.1 Encoding Mode
Encoding mode application system connection diagram
4.2 Decoding Mode
Decoding mode application system connection diagram
HDMI Input
PC
Switcher
Power Adapter
Internet
LOOP
HDMI Monitor
PC
Switcher
Power Adapter
NDI Source

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5 LCD Screen and Scroll Wheel
The N50/N60 has a big color LCD screen and a scroll wheel on the front panel.
With the screen, it is easy to check the device status, to get configuration parameters, to switch working
mode and configure IP address, etc. Also, the LCD screen is a large Tally status indicator.
With the scroll wheel, it allows you to switch the display module. Press the wheel to enter the current display
module and check detailed parameters, change the basic configurations or the working mode of the
N50/N60. For more detailed operations, please refer to the user manual.
Take N60 as an example：

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6 Device Discovery
6.1 Check IP address
On the LCD Screen, it is easily to check the IP address of your device.
After the N50/N60 powered on, you can turn the scroll wheel to switch the images to your currently
connected network port, "ETHERNET 1" (network 1) or "ETHERNET 2" (network 2), to check the current IP
address of the device.
ETHERNET 1（Network 1）ETHERNET 2（Network 2）
6.2 Install Kiloview Multiview NDI player for free
Download Kiloview Multiview for free
Visit the website https://www.kiloview.com/en/ndi/multiview, click the [Get it Now] to install the software step by
step.
Kiloview Multiview is a free software for NDI video discovery, management and multi-view, which is popular and
highly praised all over the world.

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Step 1: Start the Kiloview Multiview software to configure the parameters.
Step 2: Find the device in the discovery list and enter to the device web page through browser.
Introduction
N60 naming rules: N60-<serial number>. Serial number refers to the numbers on the device label.
Two ways of accessing to the device web 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 page directly.

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7 Login to the device Web page
Enter to the web page of the N50/N60 and both the username and the password are “admin” by default.
8 Work with your device
Note
N50/N60 CANNOT be an encoder and a decoder simultaneously, but you can switch freely.
8.1 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 N50/N60 Web page. When the device work under "Decoder" mode, click
icon “Encoder”to switch back to encoding mode.
The video preview is in "Image" mode by default, and will be refreshed every 3 seconds. If your computer's
CPU performance is well, you can click the button to switch to "Video" mode, which will improve the
smoothness of the preview.
Method 2: Open web browser, enter: http://device IP address/（Kindly note the device IP address is the one of N60 in
the discovery list).
Note
To ensure information security, it is recommended to change your password immediately after your first login.
For the first login or upgrading the firmware, you need to agree the “End User License Agreement (EULA)”. Please read
carefully.

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8.2 Decoding mode
There are icons for switching between encoding mode and decoding mode on the left of the N50/N60 web
page. Click icon “Decoder” to switch back to decoding mode.
When the N50/N60 is in decoding mode, the NDI sources in the network will be displayed at the bottom of
the decoder web page automatically. Find the NDI source to be decoded, click the icon ，on the right of
it to decode and output.
Sources can be added to the Preset list by clicking "+" on the right of the NDI source. N60 supports up to 9
Presets, and you can save the frequently used NDI sources in the Preset list, which could ensure you quickly
select Presets 1-9 at any time to decode and output.
For more details of the N50/N60 in decoding mode, please visit at our website:
https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/docs/N50/ or https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/docs/N60/

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9 Firmware upgrading
9.1 Download firmware
9.2 Upgrade device firmware
Login to the web page of N50/N60, click "Settings">"Firmware Upgrade" to check if there is any latest
firmware available to download. If yes, select the downloaded firmware and click “Firmware Upgrade”.
After uploaded the firmware successfully, it needs to reboot the device. After clicking “ok”, the device will
restart, please be patient.
9.3 Upgrade device firmware in recovery mode
If you cannot access the N50/N60 web page with the method described in 9.2, please use the Recovery mode
to upgrade the firmware, as follows.
Step 1: Prepare a USB flash drive or SD card, copy the firmware file downloaded from Kiloview website to
the USB flash drive/SD card.
Step 2: Insert the USB flash drive or SD card into the N50/N60, after the device is turned on (about 2s), wait
Kiloview will keep update the new firmware of N50/N60. Please visit：
https://www.kiloview.com/ensupport/download/
Select “NDI”list > “N50” to find the latest firmware to download. or
Select “NDI”list > “N60” to find the latest firmware to download.
Note
Google Chrome or Edge with Windows OS is recommended for upgrading.
Please do not power off during the upgrade process, otherwise the device could not work.
Generally, it will take 3-5 minutes to upgrade the device. If it is still not completed after 5 minutes, please try refreshing
web page. If still cannot access it normally, please try to contact technical support for assistance.

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for the Kiloview logo to appear on the screen, long press and hold the scroll wheel for more than 10s until
the device enters recovery mode.
Step 3: Select "Recover from USB Device" or "Recover from SD Card" by turning the scroll wheel, press the
wheel to confirm the selection to start the upgrade.
Step 4: During the upgrading, it will prompt with "Updating! Please keep the power on." (Please do not
power off).
Step 5: When the N50/N60 screen displays "Firmware updated successfully", the N60 has completed the
firmware upgrade. At this time, any operation of the scroll wheel will help you return to“RECOVERY”, please
select “Reboot” to restart the device.
Note
“Press and hold the scroll wheel for more than 10s to enter recovery mode” is only available when the device is starting.
Upgrade firmware is available only in the root folder.
If the firmware CANNOT be found, the pop-up window will show "No firmware found", please operate the scroll wheel
to return to the selection screen.
During the firmware upgrading, any operation is invalid.
If the firmware upgrade fails, it will prompt "Failed to update the firmware", please contact technical support for help.

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10 Restore factory settings
If the device cannot work normally after modified the parameters or forgot IP configuration and
Couldn’t search and find the device, please restore 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/decoding parameters of video and audio will be restored to default value.
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To prolong the device life，please unplug the power and keep it properly if you do not use it for a long
time.