Streambox AVENIRMicro User manual

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AVENIRMicro™
AVENIRDrone™
QuickStartGuidev.1.012016‐01‐06
Introduction
TheStreambox®AvenirMicro™and
AvenirDrone™arenextgenerationmobile
videoencoders.
TheyarebuiltontheQualcomm®Snapdragon™CPUmodulewithHD‐
SDIandHDMIvideocapture.TheAvenirMicro andAvenirDrone havea
smallformfactorweighinginat500gmand400gmrespectively.
Theworkflowphilosophyisan‘asyoulikeit’modulardesign.Tothe
baseunityoucansnaponanembeddedmodemmodule,abattery
module,abreakoutcableforfourexternalUSBmodems,oraUSB
modemmodule.

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GettingStarted
What’sIncluded:
•StreamboxAvenirMicroorDroneEncoderbaseunit
•ACPowerSupplywithinternationalplugadapters
What’sNeeded:
•Videosourcesuchasadigitalvideocamera
•HDMIorSDIvideocabletoconnectthevideosource
•EthernetcableconnectedtoaIPnetwork
•FreetrialaccountforStreamboxCloudServices(http://live.streambox.com/ls/reg.html)
(seeFigs.12‐14)
•BrowseraccesstoInternettoviewvideostreamonyourStreamboxCloudAccount
AnatomyoftheAVENIRMicro™
SDI(BNC)in
2xUSB*
LANConnect
Powerconnect(7‐17VDC)
Powerswitch
HDMIin
LCDscreen
ActionButtons
Actionofbuttons
LEDBeacons
¼”‐20mount
*BuffaloWiFi dongleisusedfornear
point‐to‐pointremotecontrol/settings

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MakingtheRightConnections
•Connectthepowersource
•ConnectavideosourceviaSDIin
orHDMIin
•ConnectLANwithIPservice*
•Turnpowerswitchon
•UnitwillstartstreamingautomaticallywithagoodvideosourceandInternet
connection– theGreen“streaming”LEDwillflash(seeFig.1,nextpage)
•IfeithervideosourceorInternetconnectionisinsufficienttheRedalertLED
willflashwithatextexplanationontheLCDscreen
*UseLANconnectionforsetup.SubsequentusewillsupporteitherLAN,WiFi,andWWAN (mobilemodems),
orALL bondedtogether.
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Figure1.Initial,HomeScreen
Blue
VideoConnected PowerVoltage
Yellow
InternetConnected
Green
LiveStreaming(flashes)
*Microispositionresponsiveso
theTopButtonisalwaysthebutton
onthetop(Fig.2)
IndicatesLiveStreaming
StreamingBitrate
VideoFormat
ActionofTopButton*
ActionofBottomButton*
Red
Alert(flashes)
StreamingVideo
ReadytoStreamVideo
StatusIcons&
LEDBeacons
Actions**
INFO:2secpress→CustomPreset(Fig.3)
INFO:Singlepress→NetworkIP’s(Fig.4)
STOP:Singlepress→Stopstreaming
START:Singlepress→Startstreaming
START:2secpress→ABNPreset(Fig.3)
**Statechangesrequireactivevideoandnetworkconnections

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Figure2.Upside‐downView
WhenaMicroorDroneisflippedupside‐down,theLCD
displayisrotatedsothetextisalwaysright‐side‐up.The
buttonswillmatchtheactiontimes(comparegreen
andbluearrowsinbothorientations).
UpsideDownView
Right‐sideUpView
Topactionitemisassociatedwiththetopbutton
(green).Bottomactionitemisassociatedwithbottom
button(blue).
Figure3.CustomStartStreaming
CustomPreset
ABNPreset(AutomaticBandwidthNegotiations)
PressingtheINFObuttonfor2secondsonthe
Homescreen(seeFig.1)willinitiatelivestreaming
usingthevaluessetbytheCustomPresetoption
(withintheWebinterface)
PressingtheSTARTbuttonfor2secondsonthe
Homescreen(seeFig.1)willinitiatelivestreaming
usinganautomatedprocesstodeterminethebest
bandwidth.PressACCEPTwhenanacceptable
bandwidthhasbeenreachoryoucanallowABN
thefulltimetodeterminethebestbandwidth
available(inthiscasethereis13secondsleftinthe
process).

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Figure4.NetworkIP’s
LANIPScreen
WiFi IPScreen
(inthiscasethereisnoWiFi connection)
Actions
More:Singlepress→Decoderscreen(Fig.5)
HOME:Singlepress→Homescreen(Fig.1)
Actions
More:Singlepress→Nextscreen,WIFIIP
HOME:Singlepress→Homescreen(Fig.1)
Figure5.Decoder(streamdestination)
VideoStreamDestination(Decoder)
*EachtimeyoupresstheMorebuttonfor2seconds
itadvancestothenextCloudServer;LiveUS (US
West),LiveUSEst (USEast),LiveAU (Australia),
LiveDE (Germany),LiveEU (Europe),LiveJP (Japan),
LiveSG (Singapore),LiveIN (India).
Actions**
More:Singlepress→NetworkModescreen(Fig.6)
More:2secpress→NextCloudServer*
HOME:Singlepress→Homescreen(Fig.1)
**Statechangesrequireactivevideoandnetworkconnections
2secpressofMore button

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Figure6.NetworkMode
Onlystreamviamobile,WWANmodems
OnlystreamviaLANconnection
OnlystreamviaWiFi connection
Actions**
More:Singlepress→CPUTempscreen(Fig.7)
More:2secpress→NextNetworkMode(below)
HOME:Singlepress→Homescreen(Fig.1)
**Statechangesrequireactivevideoandnetworkconnections
BondALLnetworkconnectionsforstreaming
2secpressofMore button
BondALLconnectionsforstreaming
Figure7.SystemScreens
CPUTemperatureScreen
IFBScreen
Actions
More:Singlepress→IFBscreen(below)
HOME:Singlepress→Homescreen(Fig.1)
Actions
More:Singlepress→SerialNumberscreen(Fig.8)
Restart:Singlepress→RestartIFB

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Figure8.SystemScreens
SystemSerialNumberScreen
RestartEncoderScreen
Actions
More:Singlepress→RestartEncoderscreen(below)
HOME:Singlepress→Homescreen(Fig.1)
Actions
HOME:Singlepress→Homescreen(Fig.1)
RESTART:Singlepress→RestartEncoder
WebSettings

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Figure9.InitialSetup
Setup
1. Plugincamera
2. PluginLAN
3. Pluginpower
4. Turnon(waitforHome
screen,seeFig.1)
5. Goto LANIPScreen
(seeFig.4)
6. Openwebbrowser
7. EnterLANIPon
addressline
8. Onwebpage,press
‘Metadata’button*
9. Entermetadata(see
Figs.9and10)
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*Item#8isnotshowninthispicture
Video
Camera
Figure10.StreamboxMicroAccess
EditingMetadata(Step1)
1. FindtheLANIP(forinitialsetup– seeFig.4)
2. Openwebbrowseronsamenetwork
3. EnterLANIPaddressonaddressline(thisconnects
youdirectlywiththeMicro/Drone)
4. ClickMetadatabutton
5. GotoFig.11
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Figure11.StreamboxMicroAccess
EditingMetadata(Step2)
1. EnterTitle(anytitleforavideoisfine)
2. EnterReporter
3. EnterLocation
4. EnteryourUserNameasDRM*
5. ClickSavebutton(nowyourstreamswillbereceivedby
yourStreamboxUser account)
*StreamboxUser isanexampleaccountname.Youwill
havetocreatedanaccountandthenenterthatname.
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StreamboxCloud™

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Figure12.StreamboxCloudLogin
StreamboxCloudLoginPage
1. Enterhttp://live.streambox.com inbrowser
2. Loginifyouhaveanaccountorclickthe‘Sign
Up’tabifyoudonot(inthelattercaseseeFig.13,
otherwiseskiptoFig.14)
Figure13.CreatingStreamboxCloudAccount
StreamboxCloudLoginPage
1. EnteraUserName
2. Enteryouremail
3. EnteraPassword
4. Re‐enteraPassword
5. EnterCaptchastring
6. EnterPromotionalCode(ifany)
7. Checkifyouacceptterms
8. Click‘CreateanAccount’button
9. Select‘LogIn’tab(seeFig.12)
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Figure14.PersonalLiveChannel
StreamboxCloudLoginPage
1. Livevideoplayback
2. Socialmediasharing(sharelivestreamviasocial
mediaorembedinyourownwebsite)
3. Listofarchivedvideos
4. Spaceremainingonyouraccount
5. Accountactions
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LocalRemoteControl

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LocalAPRemoteControl
YoucanconnectdirectlytoaMicroencoderviaapeer‐to‐peerWiFi
connectionforremotecontrol.Usingamobiledevice(iPhone/Android)
oracomputerwithWiFi:
1. ScanavailableWiFi networksforMicrodevicename(thiswillbe
thesameastheserialnumber).Thenconnecttothatdeviceusing
10ones(1111111111)forapassword.SeeFig.A.
2. Fromthewebbrowser,entertheURLhttp://10.111.111.1to
access theMicrodevice.SeeFig.B.
3. RemembertoreturnsystemtooriginalWiFi connectionwhenyou
aredone
Figure15.LocalAccessPointLogin
QuickStartGuidev.1.012016‐01‐06