Kiloview S2 User manual

S2 Video Encoder
H.265/H.264-HD/4K
（2021-8 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) S2×1
(2) Power Supply×1
(3) Warranty card×1
(4) Quick start guide×1
2. Device Interface
(1) Power Switch
(2) Power Port
(3) 3.5mm Line in/Line out
(4) HDMI Loop
(5) HDMI Input
(6) USB Port
(7) 1 GbE port with PoE
(8) Tally
(10) Status Indicator

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

4. Applications
5.Device discovery
5.1 Install Kiloview Multiview NDI Player for free
Note:
⚫Please use the standard power adapter equipped in the package. Likewise, other
unqualified power adaptor may damage the device.
⚫Please make sure the camera is connected to the HDMI IN connector.
⚫If you wish, you can connect S2 to your monitor for real time preview by HDMI OUT .
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.
HDMI Video source
LOOP
Logging in PC
AC100~240V Power Supply
Switch
Power Adapter
DC12V
Network

①Click in the upper right corner to log into webpage.
②Find the device and IP address in the device 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 S2 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 S2.
5.3 How to handle if the device can’t be found?
If the S2 device can’t be found in the network by the above two methods due to the network conditions,
please kindly try to 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.
Note:
Naming rules：S2-<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 S2 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:
Naming rules：S2-<serial number>. Serial number refers to the numbers pasted on the
device lable.

6. Login to the device management page
Open the Web page of S2，Default username/password is admin/admin.
Note:
To insure your information security, it is recommended to revise your password after you
log into for the first time.
7. Work with your device
7.1 Video input checking
After video source connected, you will be allowed to preview video in real time through web browser.
Kindly note the video preview window is under “image” mode by default, and it is refreshed every 3
seconds. If your computer’s CPU performance is good, you can click the mouse to switch to the “video”
mode, and the smoothness of the preview will be improved.
For more configurations and help, please visit Kiloview official website
https://www.kiloview.com/cn/support/docs/S2/getting/

7.2 Streaming service
Click“+”on the right side of the stream service at the bottom of S2 Web UI. Add a stream service, take
RTSP protocol as an example.
Select RTSP, fill in the name, service port and session ID, the other setting parameters can remain default
configuration, click “OK”.
After saving configurations, it will be displayed under the stream service, which is closed by default. Click
switch to start the stream service, it will come up a RTSP stream address in the corresponding address.
Note:
⚫The default RTSP port is 554, when add multiple RTSP service, different port number should be used.
⚫Session ID can be any combination of numbers, letters and symbol.

Click icon at the back of stream address, copy it and then check the encoded video stream by VLC.
Click media on the VLC - open network streaming - enter the URL address of RTSP over internet, click play at
the lower right corner to start streaming.
Download VLC tool
Download and install VCL tool through official website
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/, please follow the official VCL instructions for
download method and installation process.
VLC is a multimedia player and framework with free and open cross platform,
which can play most of streaming media protocols.
For more support while using with S2 encoders, please visit Kiloview website:
https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/

8. Firmware upgrading
8.1 Download upgrade firmware
8.2 Upgrade device firmware
Login the management web page of S2, click "Settings"-- "System Settings"--"Firmware Upgrade" to
check whether the latest firmware version downloaded is higher than your current version. If yes, select
the downloaded firmware and click "Firmware Upgrade".
After uploaded the firmware successfully, it need reboot the device. After clicking “ok”, the device will
restart, please be patient. After the device restart, refresh web management interface to re-enter the
web UI.
Kiloview will continue to provide the firmware of updating functions and fixing bug
for S2. Kindly visit “ https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/download/”
Select “video encoders” in the filter list > “S2”, find the latest firmware to
download in the program tag.

Note
⚫Please not power off during the upgrade process, otherwise the device couldn’t work.
⚫Generally speaking, it will cost 3-5 minutes to upgrade the device, if it’s still not completed
after 5 minutes, please try refreshing webpage, if you still can’t access it normally, try
contacting technical support.
9 Restore factory settings
If the device cannot work normally after modifies the parameters or forgot internet IP configuration and
couldn’t search and find the device, please restore factory settings.
Two methods for restoring factory settings:
1) If the device can login to web page, then via the WEB page, click "Settings—System settings--
Restore factory settings".
2) If the device can’t 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”;
⚫IP address will be restored as 192.168.1.168, subnet mask will be 255.255.255.0;
⚫All encoding parameters of video and audio will be restored to default value.

10 Note
To prolong the device life，please unplug the power and keep it properly if you do not use it for a
long time.
Website for Official online document of S2
https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/docs/S2
Website for Kiloview official technical support
https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/