Lumantek ez-Caster EN8 User manual

ez-Caster EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Video over IP Encoder
User Manual
ez-Caster EN8
8CH HD Video over IP Encoder
H.264 HD Encoder

EN8 – H.264 8CH HD Encoder / Manual
ez-Caster EN8 – HDMI-IP H.264 Encoder Manual
Revision Number: 1.1.0
Distribution Date: January. 2017
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Installation Precautions
This page states the safety measures the users must take to avoid circumstances where the system
may occur physical damages or injuries. Please THOROUGHLY go over this page before the system
installation/operation.
-Maintain dust FREE condition during and after System Installation/Operation.
-Please place the system cover in a safe location when opened.
-Securely stow tools and cables away from the passages.
-Avoid wearing loosened clothes or accessories during installation/Operation.
-Avoid any unnecessary actions that may damage/harm system or personnel.
-Do NOT open the system unless advised by Lumantek representative. Lumantek takes no
responsibility on units with broken RMA seals.
General Precautions
Power Precautions
-Please check cable overload before connecting the system to the power supply.
-Avoid wearing metal accessories (Rings, Earrings) connecting system to the power source.
-Avoid operating on wet floors. Make sure power extension cables, floors, and instruments are
grounded and in a safe operating condition.
-Please discharge static electricity by touching grounding metals before starting hardware
installation.
-The grounding parts must be disassembled last.
-Manufacture takes no responsibilities on Direct/Indirect losses or damages due to use of
inappropriate parts or services by unauthorized service provider
-Supplying power during the system installation may cause damages to the system and personnel.
AC Power Precautions
-This unit utilizes AC power, the cord comes with a grounding function.
-Please connect the system to the power socket with groundings.
-Use Green/Yellow 0.75mm2 (18AWG) or higher grade grounding cables.
-Do NOT block power sockets with tools or boxes. Please keep it clear at all times.

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Contents
1. Introduction ----------------------
2. Specification ---------------------
3. Product Description ----------------
3.1. Product Parts Name
3.2. Components
4. Product Operation ------------------
4.1. Status LED
4.2. NMS Control
Appendix #1 : Input and Output Resolutions ---
Appendix #2 : GOP Structure --------------
Appendix #3 : Audio codec & rate ----------
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ez-Caster EN8 – 8CH H.264 Video-IP Encoder
H.264 8CH HD Encoder
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ez-Caster EN8 is 8 channels H.264 HD Encoder. It consists of HDMI inputs and IP
output. it supports H.264 Video compression and MPEG-1 Layer2, MPEG-2
AAC,MPEG-4 AAC for Audio compression.
1. Introduction

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TS MUX/
System
System Delay
Normal mode : 150ms + (300ms/500ms/1000ms)
Low latency mode : 120ms
TS Bit-rate : 4 ~ 20 Mbps
Video Encoder
Support Input Resolutions
- 1920x1080@60i/59i/50i/30p/29p/25p/24p/23p
- 1280x720@60p/59p/50p
- 720x480@60i/59i
- 720x576@50i
Automatic Resolution Detection
Support for resolution conversion (refer to Appendix #A)
Video bit rate: 3.5~18 Mbps.
TS ID, PMT/PCR/VIDEO/AUDIO PID modifiable
Profile : HD (HP@L4)/ SD(HP@L3)
Advanced Settings(option)
Support GOP structure setting (refer to Appendix #B):
Normal mode/Low latency mode configuration
CPB Delay (300ms/500ms/1000ms) configuration
Audio Encoder
MPEG1 Layer II Stereo Encoder
Output bit rate: 64/96/112/128/160/192/224/256/320/384 Kbps
Encoding sample rates : 48KHz
MPEG2 AAC, MPEG4 AAC
Output bit rate : 48 ~512 Kbps
Audio sample rate: 48KHz
TS over IP
Output
• Ethernet 1000Base-T
• Connector: RJ-45
• Streaming Protocol : MPEG2-TS/UDP
• Transport Protocol : UDP, Unicast or Multicast
• Unicast, Multicast
Management
• Windows Application (NMS)
• Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX
• Support USB 2.0
Physical
• Dimension: 45(H) X 420(W) X 290(D) (excluding connectors)
• Temperature: 0~45℃
• Weight:2.1Kg
• Power Consumption: 30W(max.)
2. System Specification
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3.1. Product Parts Name
< ez-Caster EN8 Main frame – Front>
3. Product description
①IP OUT : H.264 IP Output LAN Port (1000Base-T full-duplex).
②LINK LED : Ch1/Ch2, Ch3/Ch4, Ch5/Ch6, Ch7/Ch8 State LED.
③ALARM LED : light up when problem occurs.
④NMS : LAN port for device control (10BaseT/100BaseTX half/full duplex).
⑤SERVICE : Port for firmware update (USB2.0).
⑥PWR LED : POWER LED(PWR A/PWR B).
< ez-Caster EN8 Main frame – Rear >
①PWR A, PWR B : Redundancy power
②CH1 : HDMI Input 1
③CH2 : HDMI Input 2
④CH3 : HDMI Input 3
⑤CH4 : HDMI Input 4
⑥CH5 : HDMI Input 5
⑦CH6 : HDMI Input 6
⑧CH7 : HDMI Input 7
⑨CH8 : HDMI Input 8
①②③④⑤⑥
①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨

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3.2. Components
This product is composed of followings
①ez-Caster EN8 Main Frame.
②AC Power Cord : 220V AC Power Cord.
ez-Caster EN8 Main Frame
AC power cord
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4. Product Operation
4.1. Status LED
CH 1/2 LED - indicates LAN active Status of CH1 and CH2.
CH 3/4 LED - indicates LAN active Status of CH3 and CH4.
CH 5/6 LED - indicates LAN active Status of CH5 and CH6.
CH 7/8 LED - indicates LAN active Status of CH7 and CH8.
ALARM - indicates internal error.
* Note: it will flash during firmware upgrade.
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Normal, Status LED is GREEN and RED indicate Alarm.

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4.2. NMS control
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①Device selection, using ”+” user can add device..
②Select connection method(Ethernet / COM port, refer to 2-2 NMS connection method)
③Connection button (Connect/Disconnect toggles depending on connection status )
④Display EN8 model number and firmware version
⑤EN8 NMS IP configuration
⑥Source setting for UDP when it Streaming
⑦Check message of EN8 (only work when it is connected through COM)
⑧Destination for Streaming IP information
⑨Encoder information
⑩Encoder status (wait, ready, play)
⑪Encoder setting button
⑫PID setting button
Execute NMS software to connect the device and change the setting. (Further information and
operation will be added later)
1) UI Description

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2) NMS Connection
①Connect PC and EN8 by USB cable
②On Connection Tab click COM(A).
③Chose available Com port from drop box (B).
④Click Connect(C).
※When user connecting to EN8 for the first time, user may need to to set NMS IP.
Using COM port to connect and then set NMS IP. Afterward use Ethernet port.
※in order to connect COM port , CDM v2.12.06 WHQL Certified.exe must be installed.
• COM port(USB) connection
①Connect Lan cable to NMS, PC and EN8 have to be in same Network.
②Click Ethernet TAB (A).
③Enter the NMS IP Address (B) and port(C) for EN8.
④Click Connect (D) button to connect.
※default settings of NMS IP Address is 192.168.10.160, and Port 50300.
• Connect by Ethernet

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3) EN8 IP Setting
• EN8 IP setting
①NMS Setting : EN8 NMS socket setting for Window NMS Program
Press “Setting” Button in the NMS Setting section.
Enter setting value of EN8 NMS socket and press
“Apply”.
※1. EN8 does not support DHCP, so be careful not to
collide IP addresses.
※2. Default NMS socket value showing on the Picture.
②Host setting : EN8 streaming socket
Press “Setting” in the Host Setting section.
Press “Apply” after entering Streaming socket
information of EN8.

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※Setting for Port each channel.
•(A) Above IP Address were already set in previous “Host setting” therefore it can not be change
in this section.
•(B) Source port for each channel.
※Refer to “Destination setting” for setting issue of streaming source.
•Destination Setting :
•Set for each channel’s IP and Port value for destination of streaming data.
Click the encoder button of the channel you want to set.

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Enter Destination IP Address and Port and
then press “Apply”.
※Make sure that Destination IP address or
port are different for each channels.
- Need to set the IP differently, or set the
Port for a different value.
4) Encoder setting for each channel.
※After changing the Encoder setting on
the NMS, it takes 10 seconds for the EN8 to
be actually applied. Therefore we
recommend user to set all other settings
and NMS change in the end. (IP related
settings are applied immediately)
A) Basic information
A: Model
B: Encoder firmware version
C: Detected Input

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B) Output Resolution Setting
- Clicking on “Output Resolution” drop box, it will display list of the resolutions that can be output
from the detected input. (refer to Appendix A)
- If user do not specified the output resolution, the output resolution will follow default resolution.
The default values are set according to the following rules:
a. If previously set “Output Resolution” was the resolution that can be output from the current
input resolution. It will be automatically set as output resolution.
b. If previously set “Output Resolution” was not resolution that can be output from current input
resolution. It will be automatically set both input and output same resolution.

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C) Bit-rate Setting
A: Entire bit-rate of TS
B: Video rate(ES standard )
C: Audio rate(ES standard)
- Please refer to Appendix C for configurable Audio codec.
※A > B + C must be satisfied, B and C are ES standard whereas A is TS standard. Therefore A
should be set a little bit more value for the margin.

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D) Encoder Mode Setting
Set the delay mode between the Encoder
input and output.
- Normal mode: default mode, Delay is
controlled by CPB Delay(Refer to CPB Delay
Setting).
- Low Delay Mode: there are few constrains
but this mode is minimum latency.
E) GOP setting

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- Set the CPB (Coded Picture Buffer) Delay.
- Lower the value, lower the system delay
and higher the value, the better the picture
quality.
- Default value is 1.0second.
- Can not be set in Low Delay Mode.
-GOP Size value should be set between 6~63.
-When GOP Adaptive value is 0
If GOP Structure is IBBP or IPPP then the GOP Size should be a multiple of 3.
If GOP Structure is IBP, then the GOP Size should be a multiple of 2.
If GOP Structure is IBrBBP, then the GOP Size should be a multiple of 4.
-When GOP Adaptive is 2
GOP Structure can only select IBrBBP and the actual output GOP size of the stream is
maintained at a value of +/-3 from the input value.
-When GOP Adaptive is 3
GOP Structure can only select IBrBBP and the actual output GOP size of the stream is
maintained at a value of +3 from the input value.
-Default value of GOP Size=15, GOP Adaptive=3, GOP Structure= I Br B B P.
-If GOP Adaptive is not 0, GOP Size may not be a multiple of 4.
-It can not be set in Low Delay mode.
-For more detailed information please refer to Appendix B
F) CPB Delay Setting

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APPENDIX
#A. Supported input and output resolutions
59.94, 29 => 29.97, 23 => 23.98

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#B. GOP Structure
-Frame Type
-What is GOP (Group of Picture)
Assemblage of a Key Frame (I-Frame) to next key frame.
ex) GOP Structure : I B B P, GOP size = 15
I B B P B B P B B P B B P B B P I… Frames are repeated in this form.
Generally, when GOP size increased resulted in increase of B-Frame. Consequently, image quality
deteriorated but the size/capacity can be reduced. On the other hand, if GOP size reduced then
B-Frame reduced and resulted in improvement on quality of image but the capacity(file size)
increases. However, if the transmission bandwidth is small, reducing the GOP size may
deteriorate the picture quality.
#C. Audio Codec and Rate
I-Frame - Construction of a single complete image without using prediction.
- The best quality picture, but the largest capacity (file size).
P-Frame - Use Forward Prediction.
- Contains the data of the part where the change occurred in previous I-
frame or P-frame.
-if referred I-Frame or P-Frame data is lost then this P-frame data is lost
too.
- The image quality is lower than [I-Frame]but capacity is smaller than I-
Frame.
B-Frame - Use bidirectional prediction.
- Referred previous I-Frame and subsequent P-Frame or previous P-
Frame and subsequent P-Frame.
- Loss together with referred Frame data.
- The most degraded image quality but the smallest capacity.
MPEG-1 Audio Layer2 64, 96, 112, 128,b160, 192, 224, 256, 320, 384 (Kbps)
Default value : 128 Kbps
MPEG-2 AAC / MPEG-4
AAC
48~512(kbps)
Default value: 128 Kbps