LEIVIO IPVS-100 Series Assembly instructions

Model
IPVS-100 Series
LEIVIO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
MPEG-4 Encoder Manual
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Safety Information ...................................................1
GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS......................................................3
ADAPTER PLUGS..........................................................................4
Situations when power cord is disconnected infrequently...............4
Situations when power cord is disconnected frequently..................4
EXTENSION CORDS .....................................................................5
If an extension cord is used—.........................................................5
Chapter 2 Setup Instructions.....................................................6
Cabling and Connecting Setup .......................................................6
Video Connections..........................................................................6
Audio Connections..........................................................................7
Network Cable Connections............................................................7
Configuring the network interface....................................................8
Needed information..............................................................8
Configuring Step One......................................................................9
Terminal Program set-up ................................................................9
Configuring Step Two....................................................................12
Serial Port Main Menu...................................................................13
Configuring Step Three.................................................................14
Configuring Step four....................................................................17
Chapter 3 Web Control Interface.............................................18
Encoder Main Network Control .....................................................18
Network Bit Rate Control...............................................................21
Chapter 4 Decoder Setup........................................................23
Decoder Terminal Operation.........................................................24
Appendix A..............................................................................25
Key Operation Information ......................................................28

Front and Back connectors and ports
Figure 1 Unit view with connector diagram

Chapter
1
LEIVIO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Chapter 1
Safety Information
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ
ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.
For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to
minimize the risk of fire or explosion, electric shock, or to prevent
property damage, personal injury, or loss of life.
hen using electrical appliances basic safety precautions should be followed,
including the following:
W
SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS
Read and follow the specific precautions in this section at all times. This unit must
be grounded. Connect only to a properly grounded outlet. See the Grounding
Instructions section of this manual.
Install or locate this appliance only in accordance with the provided Installation
Instructions.
Be certain to place the unit in a secure location safe from dropping or accidental
tipping of the unit in normal usage. Also note, warrantee service does not cover
dropping or mishandling of the unit.
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Use this device only for its intended purpose as
described in this Owner’s Manual.
ÎThis unit is not approved or tested for marine use.
ÎThis unit is not approved or tested for aviation use.
ÎThis unit is not approved or tested for use in explosive or corrosive environments.
ÎThis unit is not approved for surgical or medical use. This unit is not approved for
use in a life support unit, its derivatives or associated products.
ÎThis unit is not designed for use where human life may be threatened by
malfunctions of the unit. Under no circumstances should this unit be used to monitor,
observe or interact with a system or process on which human life is maintained or
interacted with, in any life threatening manner.
ÎDo not mount the unit directly over or near any output of a heating or cooling
appliance.
ÎDo not store anything directly on top of the unit’s surface when the unit is in
operation.
ÎDo not operate this unit if it has a damaged power cord or plug, if it is not working
properly, or if it has been damaged or dropped. If the power cord is damaged, it must
be replaced by Leivio Technologies Inc. or an authorized service agent using a power
cord available from Leivio Technologies, Inc.
ÎDo not cover or block any openings on the unit.
ÎUse this appliance only for its intended use as described in this manual. Do not use
corrosive chemicals or vapors near this unit.
ÎThis product is specifically designed to encode video to IP traffic, and is not
intended for laboratory or medical use.
ÎDo not store this appliance outdoors. Do not use this product near water—for
example, in a wet basement, near a swimming pool, near a sink or not mount this unit
in a high humidity environmental location.
ÎKeep power cord away from heated surfaces.
ÎThis unit must only be serviced by the manufacturers qualified service personnel.
Contact nearest authorized service facility for examination, repair or adjustment.
ÎAs with any product, close supervision is necessary when used by children.
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GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING!
Improper use of the grounding plug can result in a risk of
electric shock.
This unit must be grounded. In the event of an electrical short circuit, grounding
reduces the risk of electric shock by providing an escape wire for the electric current.
This unit is equipped with a power cord having a grounding wire with a grounding
plug. The plug must be plugged into an outlet that is properly installed and grounded.
Consult a qualified electrician or service technician if the grounding instructions are not
completely understood, or if doubt exists as to whether the appliance is properly
grounded.
If the outlet is a standard 2-prong wall outlet, it is your personal responsibility and
obligation to have it replaced with a properly grounded 3-prong wall outlet.
Do not under any circumstances cut or remove the third (ground) prong from the
power cord.
We do not recommend using an extension cord with this unit. If the power cord is too
short, have a qualified electrician or service technician install an outlet near the
appliance. (See WARNING—EXTENSION CORDS section.)
For best operation, plug this unit into its own electrical outlet.
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ADAPTER PLUGS
Ensure proper ground and firm connection before use.
Situations when power cord is disconnected infrequently.
Because of potential safety hazards under certain conditions, we strongly
recommend against the use of an adapter plug. However, if you still elect to use an
adapter, where local codes permit a TEMPORARY CONNECTION may be made
to a properly grounded 2-prong wall receptacle by the use of a UL listed adapter which
is available at most local hardware stores.
The larger slot in the adapter must be aligned with the larger slot in the wall receptacle
to provide proper polarity in the connection of the power cord.
CAUTION: Attaching the adapter ground terminal to the wall receptacle cover screw
does not ground the appliance unless the cover screw is metal, and not insulated, and
the wall receptacle is grounded through the house wiring.
You should have the circuit checked by a qualified electrician to make sure the
receptacle is properly grounded.
When disconnecting the power cord from the adapter, always hold the adapter with
one hand. If this is not done, the adapter ground terminal is very likely to break with
repeated use. Should this happen? DO NOT USE the appliance until a proper ground
has been established.
Situations when power cord is disconnected frequently.
Do not use a adapter plug in these situations because frequent disconnection of
the power cord places undue strain on the adapter and leads to eventual failure
of the adapter ground terminal. You should have the 2-prong wall receptacle
replaced with a 3-prong (grounding) receptacle by a qualified electrician before using
the appliance.
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EXTENSION CORDS
A short power supply cord is provided to reduce the risks
resulting from becoming entangled in or tripping over a longer
cord.
Extension cords may be used if you are careful in using them.
If an extension cord is used—
aThe marked electrical rating of the extension cord should be at least as great as
the electrical rating of the unit.
aThe extension cord must be a grounding-type 3-wire cord and it must be
plugged into a 3-slot outlet.
aThe extension cord should be arranged so that it will not drape over the counter
top or tabletop where it can be pulled on by children or tripped over unintentionally.
If you use an extension cord, the quality of encoding and decoding may be less than
optimal or you may experience unusual failures.
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Chapter
2
Chapter 2
Setup Instructions
Be sure to read and understand the following operation information
for maximum benefit from the product.
Cabling and Connecting Setup
Set up for the unit is pretty straight forward. After unpacking the unit and inspecting
the case for any possible shipping damage place the unit in its intended operating
position. Assure yourself that there is at least a ½ inch of space to each side of the unit
and above the unit for air circulation.
If unfamiliar with networking video, it is strongly recommended
that you set up the unit with a cross-over network cable prior to
placing the units in a live network environment to familiarize
yourself with operation, set-up, and use. Once the units are
configured and communicate to each other then adding a hub
for use with the web based interface connected to a computer
with the same gateway, and IP range, will be useful. At that
point you will be ready to place the units in a operating LAN.
Video Connections
First identify your source visual feed or monitor NTSC or PAL, and the video format
composite RCA male, or S-Video Mini Din 4pin male connecting to the units back
panel.
You can connect S-video and or composite signal to the back of the unit. (Please refer
to the accompanying picture if you’re unsure which plug to use.)
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Audio Connections
Feed either monaural or stereo into the units Line level 3.5mm (1/8 inch) male Mini-
phono jack. If you have a mono signal, you may use a 2-conductor plug for this signal
input or the three conductor plug for a stereo signal to be encoded.
Network Cable Connections
Connect the units NIC RJ-45 port (CAT5 cable) from a local 10/100BaseT switch
network.
Next plug the power supply lead into the unit and the power supply into a grounded
and polarized electrical socket. The unit as shipped will have default configurations
already loaded into memory, so once you turn the power on the unit is encoding and
outputting to the network connection.
HOWEVER THIS IS LIKELY NOT COMPATIBLE WITH YOU CURRENT
NETWORK SETTINGS SO YOU WON’T SEE ANY AUDIO OR VIDEO AT THIS
POINT.
The blue encoding LED and the LAN LED on the front panel should flicker after
feeding the encoder source audio/video, if so you have successfully completed the
electrical interfacing and made all connections required for routine operation.
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Configuring the network interface
There are four basic steps to configuring the network address and default encoding
modes
1. Configure the terminal program to communicate with the Leivio RS232
2. Activate the serial port link between the User PC and the device
3. Program the defaults
4. Save the defaults and exit.
Needed information
Before you begin this process you will need to know the following;
•IP address encoder device will have
•Gateway IP address
•Subnet address
•DNS address used
Alternatively, using DHCP you can have the network assign addressing and network
information to the unit.
You will also need a PC with a serial port interface (and serial Cable with gender
changer on one side or a female to female serial cable) and a terminal program to
communicate directly with the base level program on the unit.
We will illustrate with a Microsoft® Windows XP Pro® program, “HyperTerminal”
included with all Microsoft OS programs, but the many Linux and Apple® based
terminal programs are also quite serviceable for this function.
The serial port connection is used to configure the device default settings and values
and should NOT be used regularly to control the operation of the unit. The built-in web
interface will handle routine administrative functions on a daily basis, the serial port
only being used to define values you normally don’t want changed.
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WARNING: the serial port connection speaks with the device programming directly.
Please try to assure yourself that you will not lose power, connection or interface with a
unstable computer when communicating directly with the unit.
Configuring Step One
Now we will teach your PC to talk to the Leivio Unit with the following actions
First off we teach the terminal program to speak with the Leivio unit. You need to
have a serial cable (RS-232) with a gender changer or a female to female RS-232 cable
attached to both the Leivio back panel (see Figure 10) and your serial port on your
computer.
Terminal Program set-up
Configure Serial Port Terminal program to the following;
First with the Windows program it will ask for the connections name. We don’t use a
special one so enter anything you’d like to. Then you will go to a screen like this one:
Figure 2.1 Identify COM port – You must have a COM port free and configured to communicate with
Leivio unit.
Now just select the free COM port you will use to communicate with the Leivio unit.
Many times the serial ports for many modern computers are disabled by the BIOS of
that computer. This is especially prevalent if USB devices are present, so be sure to
check your BIOS if there is a problem with the COM port not connecting.
Also, sometimes if you have a PDA, GPS or other software installed that uses a COM
port, it may not allow other devices to use that port requiring you to install another
Serial Port. Please consult your computer vendor’s documentation on serial ports if this
is the case, or if you suspect that you’re not configured correctly for this
communication.
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Figure 2.2 Configure Bits per second at 9600
For our operation we will speak to, and from, the computer at 9600 bits per second, so
we must adjust up from the default value for the serial port.
Figure 2.3 Adjust property’s for the connection
Now that we have set the speed we need to define the “language”. So we go to the
“Properties” box under “File” And select it.
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Figure 2.4 Go to Settings Tab
Now we have the connections “properties” box. We don’t need to use anything on the
front page, but the top tabs include one named “settings” which we do need to select
at this time.
Figure 2.5 select “ASCII Setup"
In the “Settings” Tab area there is a button for ASCII Setup. Please select this.
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Figure 3.8 select "Echo typed characters locally" then click OK and OK to properties.
To finish teaching the computer and the encoder to communicate select the box
marked “Echo typed characters locally”. Then click “OK” and “OK”
With other OS platforms and terminal programs the basic functions are the same. Just
remember to set the data rate at 9600 Bits per second and the ASCII character sending
to Local Echo with the correct serial port connected.
Configuring Step Two
This unit was designed to have default functions programmed to non-volatile memory
to restore default operation after a power loss. The power cycle values will be the
defaults you now enter into the unit. So if the unit loses the power source it will restart
using the values programmed with the serial port when power is restored.
Please write your
default settings in
appendix A,
“Serial port menu
options”
and use that
worksheet to
gather information
needed to operate
your encoder.
Put simply, you will now program the default settings for the encoder. If power is lost
the unit will return to this default value, and NOT the value set on the encoder’s web
interface. Once power is restored the web interface can change the parameters as
normally.
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To start communication between the Leivio unit and the
connected computer, press the “TERM” button on the Leivio
back panel and hold it there while you turn on the power switch
on the rear of the unit or Press the “Reset” button on the front.
You should then see something like the following fig. 4 image.
Serial Port Main Menu
Figure 4 Serial Port Main Menu
Warning: once you enter the requested parameter or value it will write to the unit’s buffer. Then once
menu items 20 or 21 are selected the encoder will immediately change function to the buffered values!
The main menu is pretty simple. It has four sections;
1. IP address parameters
2. Encoding parameters
3. Parameter saving and designating the default parameters
4. Operations = Start and Restart encoding
Be sure to document your work and effectively back up your written data as it is not
stored on the unit (except for the default values, of course).
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Configuring Step Three
Now to set the encoder device’s IP values;
Figure 5 Initial IP address entry screen
The first menu item asks for the IP address you want this unit to have, the second
menu item the sub-net mask, and the third the gateway address. Those are pretty
straightforward.
Figure 6 – Enter the address with periods separating three digit entries
You just enter them like normally with a period separating the four blocks of three
digits each (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX) after you select the IP address hit enter and that
data will be buffered on the encoder, ready to be written into memory.
The fourth menu item asks for the target decoder. This is for companies wanting point
to point communication where the receiver is a decoder Leivio made, a Personal
computer, or a store and forward device. In point to point communication, you define
the end point IP address.
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For those wanting to Multi-cast (or point to many points) the video and audio
encoding then you will put in the multicasting IP address for your network. This allows
many people to share the one IP stream
Figure 7 - Other options are simply numbered as well
Fortunately most of the menu items are simple. The video standard relates to the
native resolution and the video native format. NTSC has been around a long time, and
is the North American format of choice, while PAL is a European and Pacific Rim
favorite
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Figure 8 - Initial encoder default settings. ( This may vary according to model you purchased)
We encourage you to experiment with different settings; however this is not the ideal
interface to do that with. We’d recommend that you save the minimum acceptable
quality level here for now. As you experiment with the network interface (or our web
page interface) you will learn which formats are better suited for which source materials
and content segments.
For instance, Sports footage usually requires higher resolution, higher bandwidth and
faster frame rates when encoding owing to its complex screen image. And News and
Interviews frequently require less of those, so you can learn to get the best image with
the lowest band width pretty quickly.
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Figure 9 after the "88" or start encode command
Configuring Step four
Saving the default settings
Now to save your selected entry’s as the default settings for the encoder, use menu
item number 21.
Now you can disconnect the terminal program and power cycle the unit normally ( by
turning the power switch off and on), or start the encoder as shown in fig. 6, using the
“88” or start encode command and then disconnect the serial port if your done with
programming the default values for the unit.
WARNING! Once
you enter this
menu number (21)
the existing
defaults will be
over written,
instantly! Now verify that your video source is on and sending to the encoders along with any
audio sources and then either log on to the stream by opening the multicast IP address
on your network or by turning on the television attached to the decoder
.
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