Nagasoft NSCaster X1 User manual

NSCaster X1
User Guide
REV 599
Copyright © 2006-2018 NANJING NAGASOFT CORPORATION
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Table of Contents
1 HARDWARE SPECIFICATION.......................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 LIST ACCESSORIES......................................................................................................................................1
1.2 DEVICE PARAMETERS.................................................................................................................................1
1.3 MODEL....................................................................................................................................................2
1.4 INTERFACE DIAGRAM.................................................................................................................................2
1.4.1 Back Interface..................................................................................................................................2
1.4.2 Side Interface...................................................................................................................................3
1.4.3 Bottom interface............................................................................................................................. 4
2 INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING......................................................................................................... 5
3 SOFTWARE FEATURES....................................................................................................................................8
3.1 NSCASTER-X1 MAIN INTERFACE................................................................................................................. 8
3.1.1 PGM..................................................................................................................................................8
3.1.2 SDI Channel...................................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.3 HDMI Channel..................................................................................................................................9
3.1.4 NET Channel...................................................................................................................................10
3.1.5 DDR Channel.................................................................................................................................. 10
3.1.6 Image Overlay............................................................................................................................... 11
3.1.7 PIP (Picture in Picture)...................................................................................................................13
3.1.8 Scoreboard.....................................................................................................................................14
3.1.9 Audio Mixer................................................................................................................................... 15
3.2 NSCASTER-X1 SETTINGS INTERFACE.......................................................................................................... 16
3.2.1 Channel Recording.........................................................................................................................16
3.2.2 Recording....................................................................................................................................... 17
3.2.3 Streaming.......................................................................................................................................18
3.2.4 Clock............................................................................................................................................... 20
3.2.5 Network......................................................................................................................................... 21
3.2.6 File Transfer................................................................................................................................... 22
3.2.7 General Settings............................................................................................................................ 24
3.2.8 About..............................................................................................................................................25
4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.........................................................................................................................26

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1 Hardware Specification
1.1 List Accessories
1.2 Device Parameters
Device Item Name
Description
Chassis
Portable case, built-in with 11.6-inch high-definition touch screen
Dimensions
294mm*193mm*54mm (W x H x D)
Weight
1.25KG
Powered by
100~240V AC
Transport box
Carton
Operating temperature
-10-50℃
Storage temperature
-20-70℃
Operating humidity
10~90% no condensation
Impact resistance
15g
Vibration resistance
10-100Hz 1.25g
Altitude
Below 4000 meters
Name/Model
Package
Specification
Number
of Pieces
Actual
Quantity
Remarks
Main device
Carton
packaging
NSCasterX1
1
1
Power supply and
power cord
Carton
packaging
Standard
1
1
WIFI antenna
Carton
packaging
Standard
1
1
4G antenna
Carton
packaging
Standard
2
2
Standard
Version
4G antenna
Carton
packaging
Standard
3
3
4G Bonding
Version
User manual
Carton
packaging
Nagasoft Custom
1
1
Warranty card
certificate
Carton
packaging
Nagasoft Custom
1
1

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1.3 Model
Standard Version 4G Bonding Version
1.4 Interface Diagram
1.4.1 Back Interface
1) The back interface of the standard version is shown below:
1
4G antenna
7
USB3.0
13
HDMI Display interface
2
4G antenna
8
Gigabit Ethernet port
14
HDMI PGM Output
3
WIFI antenna
9
SDI-1 Input
15
SDI PGM Output
4
Switch
10
SDI-2 Input
16
TALLY
5
Power supply（DC 19V）
11
HDMI-1 Input
17
Cooling port
6
USB2.0
12
HDMI-2 Input
17

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2) The back interface of the 4G bonding version is shown below:
1
4G antenna
8
Switch
15
HDMI-1 Input
2
4G antenna
9
Power supply（DC 19V）
16
HDMI-2 Input
3
4G antenna
10
USB2.0
17
HDMI Display Interface
4
WIFI antenna
11
USB3.0
18
HDMI PGM Output
5
SIM1 card holder
12
Gigabit Ethernet port
19
SDI PGM Output
6
SIM2 card holder
13
SDI-1 Input
20
TALLY
7
SIM3 card holder
14
SDI-2 Input
21
Cooling port
1.4.2 Side Interface
The side interface for both standard version and 4G bonding version are the same as shown below:
1
XLR/TRS balanced input L
4
XLR/TRS balanced output L
2
XLR/TRS balanced input R
5
XLR/TRS balanced output R
3
3.5mm monitor
21

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1.4.3 Bottom interface
1) The bottom interface of the standard version is shown below:
1
SIM card holder
2
Inlet
2) The bottom interface of the 4G bonding version is shown below:
1
Inlet

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2 Installation and Commissioning
1) Open the box, then take out the power cord and NSCaster-X1 device. After that, lay the device
on a stable surface.
2) Connect the power cord and the corresponding WIFI and 4G antennas. Then, use a network
cable to connect to the RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port, or insert a 4G card.
3) Connect the output of the AV equipment (such as camera) to the NSCaster-X1 device input
interface.
The SDI/HDMI camera is connected to the SDI/HDMI input via SDI/HDMI cable as shown
below:
The mixer is connected to the TRS MIC input port through the TRS cable, or the XLR cable is
connected to the XLR input as shown below:
4) In order to connect the NSCaster-X1 device output port to the monitor, it has divided into
following categories:
The SDI monitor is connected to the SDI output via an SDI cable.
The HDMI monitor is connected to the HDMI output via HDMI cable.
5) Connect the sound output of the NSCaster-X1 device to an external device or monitor.
Connect to the TRS MIC output through the TRS cable, or connect to the XLR output
interface through the XLR cable as shown below:

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Connect to the call output interface through a 3.5mm audio cable as shown below:
6) To start the NSCaster-X1 device, just press the power button on the NSCaster-X1 device as
shown below:
7) After the NSCaster-X1 device is started, it will enter the main interface of NSCaster-X1 as shown
in the following figure:

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8) The SDI video signal and HDMI video signal are directly loaded into the main interface.
9) To load NET signal, select " " in the NET channel and enter the stream in the pop-up stream
edit box.
10) To load DDR signal, select the DDR button in the DDR alternate video window, and select one of
the video sources, then click Play to load the video into the DDR channel.
11) Select the output channel and press the record button " " to start record.
12) To start switching, tap once on the channel you want (SDI-1,SDI-2,HDMI-1,HDMI-2,NET,DDR) and
it will switch to PGM.
13) Start uploading the picture on PGM as shown below:
14) Press again the record button to stop recording.
15) Check whether all the recording files are normal. The recording file is saved in the “Recording”
folder which located at the “File Transfer” interface.
16) Press the Power On/Off button to turn off the NSCaster-X1 device.
17) Turn off the power switch of the device, unplug the power supply, and unplug all input and
output video cables and antennas, then keep the NSCaster-X1 device properly.

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3 Software Features
3.1 NSCaster-X1 Main Interface
NO
Name
NO
Name
1
PGM
9
Streaming control
2
SDI input channel
10
Recording control
3
HDMI input channel
11
Tuning control for total mix output
4
NET input channel
12
Image overlay
5
DDR display channel
13
PIP (Picture in picture)
6
Network status display
14
Scoreboard
7
Resource usage monitoring status
15
Audio mixer
8
Settings button
16
DDR
3.1.1 PGM
PGM channel: Monitor the screen that being broadcast. Single tap on the channel you want (SDI-
1,SDI-2,HDMI-1,HDMI-2,NET,DDR) and it will switch to PGM as shown below:

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3.1.2 SDI Channel
SDI-1 and SDI-2 can be connected to SDI cameras or other devices as shown below:
3.1.3 HDMI Channel
HDMI-1 and HDMI-2 can be connected to HDMI cameras or other devices as shown below:

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3.1.4 NET Channel
The NET channel is used to load network streams and the supported formats are: rtmp/rtsp.
Click “ ” to enter the network stream editing interface as shown below:
3.1.5 DDR Channel
The DDR channel is used to load video footage as shown below:

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1) The button for loading video material is as follows:
Button : Add video
Button : Play/pause video
Button : Stop
Button : Back 10 seconds
Button : Fast forward 10 seconds
Button : Separately, play in list order, play single video loop and play in
list loop
Button : The progress adjustment button is enlarged to adjust the video progress
3.1.6 Image Overlay
Image overlay panel can publish image to the PGM monitor. It support png image format and
location movement of images as shown below:
1) Click the button “ ” to enter the photo editing interface, and then click the button
“ ” to add a picture. There are two ways to source images:
Online download. Click "Download" to download.
Customize “My Picture”. You can copy the picture to the “My Pictures” folder
which located at the “File Transfer” interface as shown below:

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2) Click to send it to the PGM, and click again to not display.
3) Click to enter the photo editing interface as shown below:
Button operation is as follows:
Four button : Adjust the position of the picture in the up, down, left, and right
directions
Button : Zoom in
Button : Zoom out
Button : Restore image to initial state
4) Select the image and click to delete the image.

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3.1.7 PIP (Picture in Picture)
Picture-in-picture can display multiple channels on the PGM channel. Click to display the
selected picture-in-picture mode in the PGM channel, where A/B/C/D represent the screen of the
channel. For example, select A in SDI-1 channel and the A area of the PGM will display the screen of SDI-1
channel. The channel screen of A/B/C/D area on the PGM channel supports real-time switching. The
picture-in-picture template is divided into the following two types:
1) No background image template as shown below:
2) Add background image template. The background image is stored in the “Picture Clips”
folder which located at the “File Transfer” interface. Click “Custom Background” to
select "My Pictures" as shown below:

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3.1.8 Scoreboard
The scoreboard can record the score of the live match in real time as shown in the figure below:
1) Button operation is as follows:
Button : Display the score board to the PGM channel and click again to cancel
the display.
Button : Choose the template of the scoreboard. The templates are general,
basketball, football, table tennis, badminton and volleyball. It also support online
download. In order to download, just click the “Download” button as shown below:
Button : “+/-” can “increase/decrease” scores in real time.
Button : Start/pause timing. The status will become yellow highlight when it
start. “+/-” can “increase/decrease 1 second” in real time.
Button : Clear the score and timing.

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3.1.9 Audio Mixer
The mixer is used to control the gain and mix of all input and output audio as shown below:
1) Button operation is as follow:
Button : Mixing output.
Button : Mute.
Button : Volume adjustment fader.

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3.2 NSCaster-X1 Settings Interface
Click to enter the setting interface. Respectively, there are "Channel Recording, Recording,
Streaming, Clock, Network, File Transfer, General Settings, About" module as shown below:
3.2.1 Channel Recording
It can record channel audio and video and also support recording of SDI-1, SDI-2, HDMI-1, HDMI-
2 and NET channels. The recorded files are stored in the “Record/channel” folder which located at the
“File Transfer” interface.
The bitrate and GOP in the interface can be customized. Click the custom box to pop up the
editing interface, where the bitrate custom interface as shown below:

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3.2.2 Recording
Record the contents of PGM. Click the button on the “Main Interface” to start recording, and
click again to stop. The recorded files are stored in the “Record/pgm” folder which located at the “File
Transfer” interface as shown below:
The bitrate and GOP in the interface can be customized. Click the custom box to pop up the
editing interface, where the GOP is customized as shown below:

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3.2.3 Streaming
PGM streaming is sent to VJLive3, FMS, WOWZA, etc. through RTMP protocol for live streaming.
Click the button on the “Main Interface” to start the streaming and click again to stop. Video bitrate
and GOP can be customized as shown below:
1) Select the server type as "RTMP" and if channel push protection is set, then it require
user to enter the username and password. If not, just ignore it. The format of "rtmp://"
is: ip:port/live and “stream name” is the name of the channel as shown below: