ViewCast Niagara GoStream SURF User manual

Niagara®GoStream ®SURF Quick Start Guide
Congratulaons on the purchase of your new Niagara GoStream SURF.
The following steps in this Quick Start Guide will help you set up and
congure your Niagara GoStream SURF so you can begin streaming or
capturing video as quickly as possible. You can perform most of the
basic operaons from the touch panel on the Niagara GoStream SURF.
The Niagara GoStream SURF web interface allows quick and easy ac-
cess to its operaonal features. You must modify any advanced setup
opons of the Niagara GoStream SURF encoders through this interface
before running an encoder session. Please refer to the User Guide on
the included CD for more detailed instrucons.
Complete the following steps to begin operang the Niagara GoStream
SURF:
AC power connector for 100-240 volts,
AC, 50-60 Hz A
Plug the power cable that was included with
your Niagara GoStream SURF into this connec-
tor and plug the opposite end into an AC
power source.
Component Video BNC Input C
A YPbPr standard-denion component video
input is available on the BNC connectors.
Composite Video BNC Input C
The Niagara GoStream SURF includes a
BNC-to-RCA adapter so you can connect a
composite RCA video cable to the BNC
connector labeled CVBS-Pb.
S-Video Input D, E
This standard consumer video connector is on
most video players and video cameras. This
connecon may require an addional
S-Video adapter (included).
Unbalanced Audio Input G
These RCA connectors provide le and right
stereo inputs. You will nd RCA connectors
(standard consumer stereo audio connecon)
on most video players and video cameras.
Balanced Audio Input F
These XLR connectors provide le- and right-
balanced stereo inputs. High-end audio and
video equipment may have these professional
connectors.
RJ-45 Ethernet connector B
The Niagara GoStream SURF provides two
network connectors. Use either the primary
or secondary jack to connect to your IP
network.
The Niagara GoStream SURF network sengs default to dynamically
obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on the network. For most
network environments, you do not need to modify these default
sengs. If the Niagara GoStream SURF cannot nd a DHCP server or
it remains unavailable on the network, the Niagara GoStream SURF
assigns its own IP address.
Once connected to a network, you should be able to access the built-
in web server by browsing to the unique machine name (the serial
number located on the buom or side of the appliance). You may
also set the IP address through the web interface.
If you do not have a DHCP network or you cannot connect to the
Niagara GoStream SURF through its DNS name, you can see the IP
address on the front panel by using the menu or you can connect
a monitor, mouse, and keyboard directly to USB ports. The Niagara
GoStream SURF will have a Microso® Windows 7 desktop.
The rst me you power up the Niagara GoStream SURF, the system
takes a few moments to boot up. The LCD display will present a series
of menus that will assist you in seng up the system clock, date, and
video input format (NTSC (North America/Japan) or PAL).
1) Press Power on the front
panel. The following screen appears:
3) Press Enter .
The following screen appears:
5) Use the Up and Down
arrows to change
the numerical value of the month.
7) Use the same process to set
the Day and Year unl you are
sased with your sengs.
9) The Niagara GoStream SURF
uses a 24-hour clock format, for
its system clock entries.
11) Press Enter. The following
screen appears to set the
video input format.
15) From a separate computer on the same network as the Niagara
GoStream SURF, launch a web browser such as Internet Explorer
and enter the serial number or IP address of your Niagara
GoStream SURF in the address bar. The serial number can be
located on the boom or side of the appliance in the format
VSxxxxxxxx. Proceed through to the next secon.
2. Connect video and audio sources
Audio
3. Connect to an IP network
4. First start setup
1. Connect to an electrical power source
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Contact ViewCast Technical Support at [email protected].
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may change without notice.
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NOTE: Three BNC-to-RCA adapters are included with your
Niagara GoStream SURF. This adapter will convert the Compo-
nent and Composite BNC connectors to a common RCA connec-
tor found on most consumer video cameras and video players.
NOTE: Contact your network administrator for assistance if you
are unfamiliar with network protocols.
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2) Aer the appliance pow-
ers up the rst me, the
following screen appears:
4) Press Enter. The system
prompts you to set the date.
6) Press Stop to move to the
eld to the le. Press
Stream to move to the eld
to the right.
8) Press Enter to accept the
sengs and move to the
next screen to set the
system clock.
10) Use the Up, Down, and
Stream buons to set the
hour and minute of the
system clock.
12) Press Enter to connue.
Use the Up and Down
arrows to select your video
source format from either
NTSC or PAL.
13) Press Enter to set the format.
The following screen appears
conrming you have
successfully set up your
Niagara GoStream SURF.
14) Press Enter to exit the
setup menu and reboot the
appliance.
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4. First start setup continued
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or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Product specications and availability
may change without notice.
Use the following guide to familiarize yourself
with the front panel controls of the Niagara
GoStream SURF.
A: Power Buon
• Press this buon once to power up
the Niagara GoStream SURF.
• Press this buon once to power down
the system.
B: Unmount Buon
• Press this buon to begin the process
for unmounng a USB storage device
from the appliance.
C: Disk Acvity
• Indicates when the appliance’s hard
drive is acve.
D: USB Port
• Allows exporng les to USB storage
devices, installing updates or
rmware, or connecng USB devices.
E: Audio Level Meters
• Indicates audio input presence.
F: Stereo Headphone Connecon
• Allows headphones to be connected
to the Niagara GoStream SURF for
audio monitoring.
G: Stereo Headphone Connecon Volume
Buons
• Controls the audio level output of the
headphone connecon.
H: Stop Buon
• Press this buon to stop the encoder
highlighted/selected in the LCD
display.
I: Stream Buon
• Press this buon to start the encoder
highlighted on the LCD display.
J: Up/Down Arrow Buons
• These buons are used to navigate
the system menu on the LCD display.
K: Enter Buon
• Press this buon to enter or accept
the menu choice highlighted on the
LCD display.
L: Menu Buon
• Press this buon to acvate the
Niagara GoStream SURF
menu on the LCD display.
M: Alarm Informaon
• When the indicator is lit, press this
buon to view a log of the most
recent alarms recorded.
• Press Enter to clear these alarms from
the log.
N: LCD Screen
• Displays menus and system messages.
O: Video Sync
• This light indicates when the Niagara
GoStream SURF detects that a video
source is connected to one of its
video inputs.
P: Remote Control
• Indicates that another user is
accessing the Niagara GoStream SURF
across the network from a computer.
Q: Alarm
• Indicates that an applicaon alert
has occurred.
R: Preset A B C Buons
• When an encoder prole is assigned
to one of these buons, press the
assigned buon and then Stream
to start the encoder.
• Press the assigned buon and then
Stop to stop the encoder.
The Niagara GoStream SURF Front Panel
Niagara®GoStream ®SURF Quick Start Guide
NOTE: This light only illuminates
when you start an encoder.
16) Click in the User Name eld and enter admin as the
user name. Click in the Password eld and enter admin as
the password. Then, click Log in or press Enter.
17) Aer you enter your valid user name and password,
the Niagara GoStream SURF Welcome window and menu
bar appear.
18) To view available encoder proles, from the menu bar
click Encoders > All Encoders.
19) This example demonstrates how to create a Windows
Media stream. Select Edit to the le of the Windows
Media encoder to open the Encoder Properes window.
Check to ensure the video, audio, and streaming sengs
for the encoder prole match your hardware setup using
the Video, Audio, and Output tabs. You may start a stream
from the Encoders window by clicking the red circled Stop
buon in the Streaming column.
20) You can also start a stream from the Encoder Proper-
es window by selecng the Stopped link at the top of
the window.
21) On the Video tab, set video Input to Composite.
22) Click the Audio tab and set audio Input to Unbalanced.
23) Click the Output tab and click the Enable Pull checkbox.
In the Pull from Port eld, enter 7007. Click Submit.
24) Open Windows Media Player from your desktop. Select
Now Playing on the menu bar, posion the cursor to the
le of this opon, right click and select File > Open URL.
25) Enter the Niagara GoStream SURF serial number and
port number in the Open URL window. Use the format
hp://vsxxxxxxxx:7007. Press Enter. Your rst streaming
video from the Niagara GoStream SURF displays in the
Windows Media Player window.
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NOTE: You may also use the front panel menu
and Streaming buon to start streaming. See the
Niagara GoStream SURF User Guide for step-by-step
instrucons.
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NOTE: You can easily test this streaming prole by
clicking the red circle Stopped buon on the Encod-
ers window (to change it to Started).
NOTE: This acon accepts all default sengs for
the device. The buon changes from a red circled
Stopped to a blue circled Started once you start
streaming.
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