Science Image NDI Studio 4K SH User manual

NDI Studio 4K SH S H
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USER MANUAL

Please use the officially designated adapter.
If you cannot log in to the WebUI, please check whether the device's IP is in the same network segment as the
computer's IP address, and whether the device's IP address conflicts with the IP addresses of other devices in the
network segment.
If the IP address of the device is found to be "192.168.8.8", please log in to the WebUI to set the IP address mode in the
I network settings to manual and fill in the IP address, subnet mask and gateway you need.
If a blank screen appears in the decoding, please check the decoding settings in the WebUI, and whether the NDI source
is selected, please try to click Refresh the list and select again.
If the login fails due to the upgrade, please clear the browser cache and refresh the page and log in again.
If the video freezes during use, please check whether the CPU temperature of the device is too high, generally should
not exceed 70°C; check whether the device is connected to a Gigabit Ethernet port; or try to close the multicast mode
in the WebUI.
If the video output from the device to the display device has abnormal colors, sounds, or images, please try to restart
the device in the Web UI system
If you find that the video stream is not detected in NDI Studio Monitor, please check whether the encoder stream
name conflicts within the network segment, whether the NDI group or discovery server settings have been set to the
NDI Access Manager on the device or PC, and try to change the settings back. , Close
NDI Studio Monitor and reopen the search.
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If you find that some functions are unavailable in future use, you need to check the following to find out whether it is
caused by improper operation or settings:
READING BEFORE USE

How to use Studio Monitor to view NDI video stream
NDI®Studio 4K interface and indicator
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Three ways to power on and connect to LAN
OLED screen display instructions
Login Web UI
Device Information
Network settings
Modify the IP
DHCP mode
Manual mode
NDI Multicast settings
NDI Group settings
NDI Discovery server settings
Encoder settings
Set frame rate
Set bit rate (bandwidth)
Video format conversion
Set NDI decoder volume
Control
Briefly introduce how to use vMix, Studio Monitor software to view NDI video stream
How to use vMix to add NDI video stream and view
Set the screen aspect ratio
Set up tally lights
Set NDI encoder volume
Logo background image push stream
Intercom switch
Camera settings
PTZ control panel
Modify the NDI stream name
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Decoder settings
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External audio embedding settings
Input source priority selection
Optical transceiver settings
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System settings
Reset login password
Select NDI source in decoding state
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Firmware upgrade
Restore factory settings
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Working mode switch
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Device restart
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NDI®Studio 4K Application Topology
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CONTENTS

1. NDI Studio 4K Application Topology
Video Source
UpDown conversion Application Topology
1080i50
SDI IN
SDI OUT
HDMI OUT
Encoder
Encoder
2160p60
2160p60
SDI to HDMI Up conversion
External audio
External audio
embedding
Mixing console
LINE IN
LINE IN
NDI audio and external audio De-Embeding
Headset/Mic
NDI Encoder Application Topology
NDI Decoder Application Topology
Mixing console
Headset/Mic
SDI
HDMI
SDI
SDI
HDMI
HDMI
Encoder
Decoder
All NDI Source
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Optical Transceiver Application Topology
SDI
SDI
HDMI
Receiver/1080p60
Receiver/2160p60
Transimtter/1080i50
Transmitter/2160p60
Transmitter/2160p60
Optical Transmitter / Receiver Optical Transmitter / Receiver
SDI
HDMI
HDMI
Maximum 20km
Optical fiber
Transmitter / Receiver, One key switching
Optical module
Optical module
Optical module
NDI Encoding / Decoding + UpDown conversion
Application Topology
HDMI OUT
SDI OUT
HDMI IN
2160p50
1080i59.95
1080i59.94
HDMI to SDI Down conversion
Optical Transceiver Application Topology
Encoder
Encoder
Encoder
Encoder
SDI
HDMI
HDMI
HDMI
SDI
HDMI
Encoder
Decoder
720p30
2160p60
Down conversion
Up conversion
1080i50
2160p30
1080p60
External audio
External audio
embedding
embedding
Mixing console
LINE IN
LINE IN
LINE IN
External audio
External audio
embedding
embedding
Mixing console
LINE IN
LINE IN
LINE IN
External audio
External audio
embedding
Mixing console
LINE IN
LINE IN
LINE IN
External audio
External audio
embedding
Mixing console
LINE IN
LINE IN
NDI audio and external audio De-Embeding
NDI audio and external audio De-Embeding
NDI audio and external audio De-Embeding
Headset/Mic
NDI audio and external audio De-Embeding
Headset/Mic
NDI audio and external audio De-Embeding
Headset/Mic
NDI audio and external audio De-Embeding
Headset/Mic
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Audio control and volume adjustment

Maximum 20km
Optical fiber
External audio
External audio
embedding
Mixing console
LINE IN
External audio
External audio
embedding
Mixing console
LINE IN
NDI audio and external audio De-Embeding
Headset/Mic
NDI audio and external audio De-Embeding
Headset/Mic
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Audio Embedding/De-Embedding
Application Topology
Mixing console
Headset/Mic
NDI Encoder NDI Decoder
LINE IN
LINE IN
Audio Embedding/De-Embedding
Application Topology
NDI Encoder
Audio control and volume adjustment
Audio control and volume adjustment
Mixing console
Headset/Mic
Optical Transmitter Optical Receiver
Optical fiber
LINE IN
LINE IN
Maximum 20km
Optical fiber
Audio control and volume adjustment
Audio control and volume adjustment
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SDI input:SDI signal input interface (Studio 4K·H does not have this interface)
SDI output:Encoder is looped out picture, decoder is decoded output picture (Studio 4K·H does not
have this interface)
HDMI input:HDMI input signal (Studio 4K·S does not have this interface)
HDMI output:The picture is looped out in the encoding state,and the output picture is decoded in
the decoding state(Studio 4K·S does not have this interface)
Optical input/output:SMPTE optical fiber SFP socket, used to connect different types of Gigabit/10
Gigabit/12G-SDI optical fiber modules
Network port/POE:Network connection / PoE (Power Over Ethernet) switch can be connected to the
LAN and powered on at the same time
Tally indicator:Real-time display of the two states of the current broadcast video:
green/pre-monitor, red/program
12V DC-IN:12V DC power input
Reset:Long press for 5 seconds to restore factory settings
LINE IN:3.5mm audio input port for external analog audio embedding
Headset or Mic:Headphone jack, adopts American standard; at the same time can be used as Mic
USB/PTZ:support all-round (up and down, left and right) movement of the pan/tilt, zoom lens,zoom
control camera connection
1 / 4 inch screw hole:Fixed connection hole with imaging equipment
Power LED
2. NDI Studio 4K interface and indicator introduction
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It takes about 30 seconds from power on to NDI working nomarly. It takes time for linux
system to start and please wait patiently.
3. Three ways to power on and connect to LAN
For NDI Studio 4K series, you can choose two power supply modes: DC input and POE
1. DC-12V Input
2. POE Power supplier
Power on with the SCIENCE IMAGE original standard 12V power supply
Power up through the network cable connecting the POE (power over Ethernet) with Gigabit network switch
PoE Power over Ethernet(802.11af/at) support
Always use a certified 802.11 af/at with minimum 10W port power capacity and it's a gigabit network switch.
Always use genuine SCIENCE IMAGE power adapters, 3rd party products perhaps can cause permanent
damage.
After startup, you will find that the character SCIENCE IMAGE Tech begins to appear on the OLED screen,
and the power light on the right starts to light up.
At this time, the device is powered up successfully.
4. OLED screen display instructions
In the coding status, the current status and parameters will be displayed alternately on lines 2, 3 and 4 of
the screen
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Method 1:Open the computer or mobile browser, enter the IP address displayed on the fourth line of the
OLED screen of the device in the address bar, and press Enter to enter the login page, as shown below:
If the NDI® Studio 4K has been set to the decoding mode, the screen will first display the
default initialization encoding state each time it is first powered on, and it will resume
displaying the currently set decoding state after waiting for about 10 seconds.
The PC or mobile phone must be in the same routing network as the NDI® Studio 4K device.
First Line---NDI Encoder / NDI Decoder/Optical Transmit
Displays the current NDI ® Studio 4K working modes: Encoding or Decoding.
The receiver or sender of the optical transceiver can only be used in coded mode.
Second Line---NDI Source Name / Primary HDMI/SDI Selection
In encoding mode, will displayed NDI stream name such as "NDI-X" that user could define this stream
name on Web UI
Displays the interface selected by the user's primary input, such as SDI or HDMI
In decoding mode, will display NDI source which was decoding on line, alternatively display ********* if
there is no NDI source was selected.
Third Line--- IN: 1080I50 / CH: SDI-Y HDMI-N
Displays the video format of the current input source of the device (when the device serves as an
optical receiver, the video format of the optical input is displayed) and whether the SDI and HDMI
inputs are detected (Y indicates that there is an input and N indicates that there is no input).
Fourth Line---OUT: 2160p60 / 192.168.3.166
Display the output format after Up/Down conversion selected by the user
Displays the current IP address of the device
5. Login Web UI
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The first step: Download and install the free NDI® tool-NDI Studio Monitor on NewTek'sofficial website.
Download link: "https://ndi.tv/tools"
The second step:After the installation is complete, open the "NDI Studio Monitor" program.
The third step:Click the menu icon in the upper left corner or right-click anywhere, select"SCIENCEIM-
AGE"-click to find an item consistent with the NDI stream name of the device. As shown in the left picture
above.
The fourth step: On the opened Studio Monitor page, click the gear icon in the lower right corner. As shown
in the above right picture.
Method 2: Open the login page through NDI Studio Monitor
Open the IE browser, enter the IP address on the OLED screen and enter the Web UI home page Default user
name: admin Password: admin
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1Device running time (since power-on), the video resolution and audio frequency of the HDMI source
or SDI source of the current encoding input (or the format of the decoded NDI video stream Informa-
tion).
This page is the NDI® Studio 4K device information page, which contains the following information:
The device information includes:
Device name (can display the current codec mode of the device), device serial number, hardware
version, firmware version (can be upgraded on the system page with the version update), MAC
address (unique and unmodifiable), device IP address (can be Modify at any time on the web page),
local IP address (the IP address of the local PC or mobile phone), and disk space (usage of hardware
flash disk space), Real-time temperature of the main chip .
Click [Network] to enter the network setting page
6. Device Information
7. Network settings
7.1 Modify IP
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1The router dynamically assigns an IP address to the device in real time. Each time the device is powered
on, the ROUTER randomly assigns an IP address to the device. You can log in to the web page and modify
the IP address based on the IP address assigned by the router. The default device IP address is
192.168.8.8. Click the auto button to switch to this mode. Then the device automatically restarts and
obtains the IP address assigned by the router on the link (this process takes about 30 seconds). After the
new IP address is displayed on the screen of the device, enter the IP address in the browser to log in.
In manual mode, enter the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway, and click the Manual button to switch
to manual mode. Ensure that the IP address of the device is in the same network segment as that of the
LOCAL PC or mobile phone. For example, if the Ethernet IPv4 information of the local PC is IP address:
192.168.1.140 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Default gateway: 192.168.1.1, set the IP address of the local PC
to IP address: 192.168.1.142; Gateway: 192.168.1.1; Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 The gateway and subnet
mask are the same as those of the local PC or mobile phone.
After filling in the IP address, click the [apply] button below, and then the system willcomplete the modifica-
tion of the IP address and automatically restart the equipment.The network page will also automatically
enter the modified IP address page (there isno need to enter the new IP again). This process takes about 30s.
There are two modes for device IP address setting: DHCP and manual.
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7.1.1 DHCP mode
7.1.2 Manual mode
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NDI discovery server can transfer video stream across network segments. To use this function, you need to
use the official websiteof newtek（ https://www.ndi.tv/sdk/ Download and install NDI SDK and NDI tools.)
Step 1: open NDI discovery service and record the IPv4 address of this computer (for example: 192.168.1.106).
Sources represents the number of encoders connected to the server, and listeners represents the number of
decoders connected to the server.
Step 2: log in to the Web UI and find the NDI discovery server settings under the network,click open, fill in the
IPv4 address (192.168.1.106) recorded in the first step for the server address, and click apply.
Step 3: NDI® Studio 4K decoding mode also needs to open NDI discovery server settings and fill in the same
server address in order to find the signal source of NDI® Studio 4K in cross segment coding mode(for exam-
ple: 192.168.1.191) click apply.
7.2 NDI discovery server settings
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Step 4: To discover the source of NDI® Studio 4K in cross-segment coding mode, download and install the NDI
Tools and turn on the NDI For Access Manager, type √ in front of Use Discovery Server under Advanced, and
enter the IP of Server into the IPv4 address recorded in the first step (192.168.1.106), then click OK.
When Multicast mode is turned on, which is the UDP (Multicast) delivery mode, it has a default Multicast
address and a subnet mask. You can configure the address manually,and clicking Apply takes effect. Close
the multicastThe transmission mode of TCP (Multi-Connection) is adopted. The default is to turn Open
multicast mode.
NDI defaults to public group. If you want to add a new group, separate it with comma ",". You can also create
a separate privacy group, such as science image, so that only the device that also fills in the science image
can obtain the video information.
7.3 NDI multicast settings
7.4 NDI group settings
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Encoder setting page can set the output format of video, stream name of video source,aspect ratio of
picture, frame rate, code rate,tally light switch, NDI encoder volume and optical transceiver.
No matter what the input format is, you can convert the output to the corresponding format by clicking the
following format. Such conversion will not change the image quality. After selecting the format, it will be
green. If no transformation is required,select auto, which is the same as the input source format.
If the device is used as an encoder, you need to modify the NDI stream name. The NDI stream name must be
unique locally, otherwise software such as NDI Studio Monitor may not be recognized. After the modification,
click the [Apply] button below to take effect in real time. You can see the modification result on the second
line of the OLED screen of the device.The default is NDI-X, and the firmwareupgrade will restore the
default.
8. Encoding settings
8.1 Video format conversion
8.2 Modify the NDI stream name in the encoding state
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The adjustment of bit rate can be reduced to save network bandwidth when the requirement of image quali-
ty is not very high
"Encoder volume" regulates the volume of the video source encoded by the encoder, such as the volume of
the screen in NDI Studio monitor.
Supports five screen aspect ratio settings: source aspect ratio, 4:3, 16:9, 16:10, square.
Support 4 kinds of frame rate settings: source frame rate, 1/2 frame rate, 1/3 frame rate, 1/4 frame rate.
8.3 Set screen aspect ratio
8.4 Set frame rate
8.5 Set bitrate (Bandwidth)
8.6 Set NDI encoder volume
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If it is in the encoding state, users can choose to set the logo background image as the image stream accord-
ing to the actual needs. Click the image to add a local file,and then click Save to start the stream pushing. If
not, click end stream pushing.
Program and preview are both started, and software with tally (such as vmix) is used to decode the signal
source and broadcast theprogram. Tally lights up the red light, while pre monitoring lights up the green light.
If the green light is on when pre monitoring is not needed, close preview and click apply; If you don't need tally
function, you can turn it all off (note that if you turn off program, the green light will not be on when the pre
monitor is turned on). The tally function is turned on by default.
Call switch: Click "Open" to call the supporting broadcast guide software Laudo. Click "Close" to Close the
call function.
Push stream background image displayed in NDI Studio monitor
8.7 Logo background image upload streaming
8.8 Set up Tally lights
8.9 Intercom switch
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When both SDI and HDMI sources are input at the same time, the HDMI source is preferred by default. If you
want to select the preferred SDI source, click SDI application. When there is only one source, it will be auto-
matically recognized and will not be affected by this setting.
The main audio volume is the volume of the video source, and the Line IN audio volume is the volume of the
audio embed. When embedding external audio through Line IN, you only need to turn on the volume and mute
it by default. Two channels of audio volume can be adjusted freely according to demand.
Optical transceiver setting is to regard the device as an optical transceiver and use optical fibers for data
transmission. It is necessary to send one transmission and receive one transmission to two devices, and both
devices are in coding mode. First, select a device as the sender, log in to the web user interface (WebUI),
locate the optical device on the coding page, and enable the select sending mode. Video format conversion
and input source preference You can select frequency conversion and signal source for optical signal trans-
mission. Then, select another device as the receiver, log in to the WebUI of the receiver, enable the Settings
of the optical device, and select the receiving mode. SDI OUT and HDMI OUT output optical signals. The same
light output can also be converted to video format, but selecting AUTO will fix the output to 1080p60.
The Sender and Receiver of the Optical end machine can also be seen in the first line of the OLED. The Trans-
mit is shown as an Optical Transmit and the Receiver as an Optical Receiver. When the optical terminal is
turned on, IN, the third line of the OLED at the optical receiver, displays the format of the optical input.
8.10 Input source priority selection
8.11 External audio embedding settings
8.12 Optical transceiver settings
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In decoding state, this page displays "set NDI decoder volume", and "decoder volume" adjusts the volume of
decoding output to display device, such as output to TV, etc.
The decoder settings need to be changed in decoding mode. Please refer to page 12 for switching mode.
9. Decoder settings
9.1 Set NDI decoder volume
The frame rate of the video format conversion of both sender and receiver should be integer or
decimal! Otherwise, the transmission fails. For example, if the transmitting end converts
2160p60, the receiving end must select 2160p50, 1080p50, and 1080p23.98. Similarly, if the send-
ing end is a decimal, the receiving end must also be in decimal format.
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If this device is used as a decoder, you need to select an NDI source to decode and output.Setting steps:
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9.2 Select NDI source to decode in decoding state
① Log in to the WebUI of the decoder
② Click [Network]
③ Click [Refresh List]
④ Click the number in front of the NDI source to be decoded ( is the NDI source currently being decoded)
10. System settings
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