Wellav NB100U User manual

NB100U Portable Encoder
User Manual
V1.0

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About This Manual
This manual provides introductions to users about how to operate the device correctly. The
content includes introduction to product installation, product characteristics and product settings,
etc.
It is highly suggested users to go through this document before actually operating the device.
Intended Readers
This manual is suggested to be studied by the following readers:
 Technical Service Engineer
 Maintenance Engineer
 Test Engineer
 Sales Engineer

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Important
 Avoid personal injury and product damage! Do not proceed beyond any symbol until
you fully understand the indicated conditions. You may find this symbol in the
document that accompanies this product. This symbol indicates important operating
or maintenance instructions.
 Please use the cable of good quality and make sure the connector is in good
condition.
 Please do not use the power supply that doesn’t match the requirement.
 Please do not open the machine cover.
 Specifications and functions may be changed for improvement without notice in
advance.
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Notices
 Trademark Acknowledgments
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Our company assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in this
publication. We reserve the right to change this publication at any time without notice. This
document is not to be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel, or otherwise any
license or right under any copyright or patent, whether or not the use of any information in
this document employs an invention claimed in any existing or later issued patent.
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company.

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Safety Instructions
This warning symbol means danger. You are in a situation that could cause bodily
injury. Before you work on any equipment, be aware of the hazards involved with
electrical circuitry and be familiar with standard practices for preventing accidents.
Electric Shock Hazard
This equipment meets applicable safety standards. Refer to this equipment's Identification
label or contact factory for details about regulatory compliance approvals.
WARNING:
To reduce risk of electric shock, perform only the instructions that are included in
the operating instructions. Refer all servicing and installation to qualified service
personnel only.
Electric shock can cause personal injury or even death. Avoid direct contact with
dangerous voltages at all times. The protective ground connection, where provided, is
essential to safe operation and must be verified before connecting the power supply.
Know the following safety warnings and guidelines:
- Only trained and qualified personnel should be allowed to install, replace, or service this
equipment.
- Only qualified service personnel are allowed to remove chassis covers and access any
of the components inside the chassis.
- No user-serviceable parts inside. Do not open.

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Important Safety Instructions
 Read these instructions.
 Keep these instructions.
 Heed all warnings.
 Follow all instructions.
 Do not use this apparatus near water.
 Clean only with dry cloth.
 Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's
instructions.
 Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other
apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs,
convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.
 Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.
 Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer,
or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the
cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.
 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of
time.
 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the
apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is
damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the
apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has
been dropped.

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WARNING:
To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or
moisture. The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no
objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus.
Revision History
Date Version Description Author
15/4/2019 1.0 First Draft Clark

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Contents
1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................... 8
1.1 Product Introduction .................................................................................................... 8
1.2 Front Panel & Rear Panel Overview.............................................................................. 8
2 INSTALLATION.............................................................................................................................. 9
2.1 Installation Procedure ......................................................................................................... 9
2.2 Preparation before Installation ........................................................................................... 9
2.3 Check Package and Accessories......................................................................................... 10
2.4 Equipment Wiring and Connection ................................................................................... 10
2.4.1 Power Connection .......................................................................................................... 10
2.4. 2 Connection Setup for Web Management...................................................................... 10
2.4.3 Connection Setup for HDMI/CVBS/SDI signal input ....................................................... 11
3 OPERATION GUIDE .................................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Front Panel Operation ....................................................................................................... 11
3.1.1 Powering Up and Initialization ............................................................................... 11
3.1.2 Front Panel Menu Structure ................................................................................... 11
3.2 WEB Interface Operation .................................................................................................. 13
3.2.1 Access Interface ...................................................................................................... 13
3.2.2 Main Interface ........................................................................................................ 14
3.2.3 Live Mode ............................................................................................................... 14
3.2.4 Playback mode ....................................................................................................... 21
3.3.5 Recording Mode ..................................................................................................... 23
3.3.6 System .................................................................................................................... 24

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1 OVERVIEW
1.1 Product Introduction
StreamCast NB100U is a cost-effective single-channel encoder which can encode, record and
stream. The versatile streamcast platform has different models with IP and USB options for live
encoding, streaming and local playback and recording.
1.2 Front Panel & Rear Panel Overview
Front Panel
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1. Power status indicator: This LED light is turned on when the StreamCast is power on.
(Signal) Lock status indicator: This LED light is turns to green when a channel is locked.
Otherwise the light turns to red.
2. Display screen: This LCD screen can show the management IP address, work mode,
Input stream standard, output protocol, running status and etc.
Rear Panel

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1. SDI / YPbPr / AV＆CC /HDMI IN port
2. RJ45-- management connection port
3. RF OUT port
4. DC -- DC Power connection
2 INSTALLATION
2.1 Installation Procedure
2.2 Preparation before Installation
Before installation, the installation personnel should read through and confirm the followings:
Preparation before
Installation
Check Package and
Accessories
Setup Connection
(signals, wiring)
Parameters
Configuration
System Debug
Finish

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 Go through this user manual.
 Has the knowledge of digital television system.
 Has defined the sources, racks allocation, and set-up plan system wiring.
 Knows how to operate this unit and parameters configuration.
 Go through related engineering design documents about the system.
2.3 Check Package and Accessories
The NB100 package includes the following accessories:
 Base Unit x1
 Power cord x1
 HDMI cable x1
 BNCx1
 RCA AV cable x1
 User Guide x1
2.4 Equipment Wiring and Connection
To avoid electric shock and damage to the equipment, before setting up the wiring connection,
please power off the equipment and all other connected external devices. Powering on the
equipment only after all the wiring connection is completed.
2.4.1 Power Connection
Using the proper power connections is vital to the safe operation of the portable encoder. Only
use the supplied power cord or one with equal specifications.
2.4. 2 Connection Setup for Web Management
Connect NB100U Management port with a network cable and set up a management network
with the management PC.

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2.4.3 Connection Setup for HDMI/CVBS/SDI signal input
Connect HDMI/CVBS/SDI signal to NB100U “HDMI IN”/”AV＆CC IN”/ “YPbPr IN”/”SDI IN” port
with a HDMI / AV＆CC / YPbPr /SDI cable.
3 OPERATION GUIDE
3.1 Front Panel Operation
3.1.1 Power Up and Initialize
Before powering-up the device, make sure that all cabling is correct (refer to chapter 2.4 of this
manual). The device is correctly connected to the power inlet.
Connect the Power port and the unit is powered up and starts the initialization.
The LCD screen lights up, and displays information as below:
The initialization takes about 20 seconds to complete, and then the LCD screen shows as below:
Note: If the unit fails to initialize and hangs at the “booting” stage, switching off the device and
powering up again may help. If the device still fails to initialize, please contact your service
representative for help.
3.1.2 Front Panel Menu Structure
1st Layer 2nd Layer 3rd Layer 4th Layer
Status
Live
Playing
Playing
Paused
Playback Playing
Paused
Normal Start Up

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Record Playing
Paused
Setting
Work
Mode
live
Live Input
SDI/ Auto
HDMI/YPbPr
/AV
Live Output
Live
UDP/RTP/RTSP/HLS
Live/Modulation/R
TMP
Live IP x.x.x.x
OK
Live Port 1234
OK
Back
Playback
Playback Mode
Sequence
Clrcle Single
Clrcle List
Clrcle Random
Playback IP x.x.x.x
OK
Playback Port 1234
OK
Back
Recorded Recording Input
Auto
HDMI/YPbPr
SDI/AV
Back
System
Network
Net Mode
DHCP
Enable/Disable
DNS
Static/ Dynamic
OK
Back
Host IP/Gateway/
Mask/DNS
x.x.x.x
OK
Back
AP Wi-Fi ON/OFF
Back
Version
SW/FW/HW
version
Back
Recovery Yes/NO
Back

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Reboot Yes/NO
Back
Back
Back
Back
Press ”OK” to apply, press arrow up and down to move to other items.
3.2 WEB Interface Operation
3.2.1 Access Interface
PC Web-GUI
NB100U can be accessed and configured via web GUI. The accessing instruction is as the
followings:
1. Connect the “RJ45” port of the NB100U to a network switch and connect the
management PC/server to the same network switch.
2. The NB100 default IP address is 192.168.1.106. Please modify the management
server’s IP address or NB100u IP address to be in the same IP section. To ensure that the
equipment is smoothly connected to the network.
3. Open any web browser (e.g. Mozilla v30 or above, IE8.0 or above, safari, chrome v42 or
above and etc.), input the equipment’s IP address in format: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx refers to NB100U’s IP address) and press ENTER button to confirm. The
browser will attempt to connect to the device. If succeed, a login page will appear. (see
PIC-3.2.1)
Pic-3.2.1
The default login info shows as below. Click “Sign in” button after input the correct user name
and password.

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User Name: admin
Password: admin.
Wireless connection to device:
Please refer to 3.3.6 System Wi-Fi Hotspot.
3.2.2 Main Interface
NB100U provides 3 working modes: Live, Playback and Recording. Click to enter desire working
mode. (PIC-3.2.2)
Live Mode: to encode a live channel via HDMI/SDI/CVBS input and IP output.
Playback Mode: to play the recorded TS from external USB disk.
Recording Mode: to record the encoded TS and store it to the external USB disk
Pic-3.2.2
3.2.3 Live Mode
To set the parameters for HD/SD channels encoding, as well as the broadcasting mode and
parameters.

Basic Setting
This interface provides the main parameters of encoding and broadcasting. Please check and set
the parameter
according to the following items:
 Input
: Auto/HDMI/SDI/ Y
 Output: support
UDP/RTSP/HLS/RTP/RTMP
 IP/Port:
you can configure
UDP Setting
User can set
IP/Port parameter
RTSP Setting
User can view
RTSP URL(Ethernet)/RTSP URL(Wireless)
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Pic-3.2.2.1
This interface provides the main parameters of encoding and broadcasting. Please check and set
according to the following items:
: Auto/HDMI/SDI/ Y
PbPr /AV source can be selected
UDP/RTSP/HLS/RTP/RTMP
protocol
you can configure
the IP streaming output address
IP/Port parameter
.
Pic-3.2.2.1-1
RTSP URL(Ethernet)/RTSP URL(Wireless)
parameter.
This interface provides the main parameters of encoding and broadcasting. Please check and set

HLS Setting
User can view Encrypt/
HLS URL(Ethernet)
RTP Setting
User can set RTP IP/Port
parameter
RTMP Setting
User can set RTMP FMS U
RL/Stream/Port/Encryt parameter
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Pic-3.2.2.1-2
HLS URL(Ethernet)
parameter.
Pic-3.2.2.1-3
parameter
.
Pic-3.2.2.1-4
RL/Stream/Port/Encryt parameter
.

Advanced Setting
To configure the advanced
Settings”
chars in blue. It will reflect to the new page to set the detailed parameters for
Mode
. It contains three parts of configuration:
St Creator)
 Stream info:
In this page, you can configure
ID, PMT PID, PCR PID
and
 Output Standard:
DVB/MPEG
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Pic-3.2.2.1-5
setting for encoding and streaming, please click the
chars in blue. It will reflect to the new page to set the detailed parameters for
. It contains three parts of configuration:
Stream info, Video info and
Audio info (Dolby D
Pic-3.2.2.2
In this page, you can configure the Output Standard, Program Number, Stream
and
etc.(Pic-3.2.2.2)
DVB/MPEG
/ATSC
setting for encoding and streaming, please click the
“Advanced
chars in blue. It will reflect to the new page to set the detailed parameters for
Live
Audio info (Dolby D
the Output Standard, Program Number, Stream

Note: For
Empty BitRate,
 Video Info (refer to Pic-
3.2.2.3)
 Video Source:
base on the source you selected in
 Video PID:
ranging from 16
 Video Resolution:
Auto
( Resolution
Supported:
HD: 1920 x 1080@24p/25p/30p/50i/60i,1280 x 720@50p/60p/25p/30p
SD:
720 x 576@50i, 720 x 480@60i
 Aspect Ratio:
Auto, 16x9_Letter Box, 16x9_Cutoff

Video Bitrate Mode:
 Video Bitrate:
ranging from 800 to 14000Kpbs
 Video Profile:
Baseline
 Video Level:
Automatic
4.2
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Empty BitRate,
there may be a PCR error if set to 0!
Pic-3.2.2.3
3.2.2.3)
base on the source you selected in
basic setting page
ranging from 16
-8190 ,Exclude 8187
Auto
/User can choose certain output resolution
Supported:
HD: 1920 x 1080@24p/25p/30p/50i/60i,1280 x 720@50p/60p/25p/30p
720 x 576@50i, 720 x 480@60i
)
Auto, 16x9_Letter Box, 16x9_Cutoff, 4x3_Pillar Box and 4x3_Cutoff
Video Bitrate Mode:
CBR /VBR
ranging from 800 to 14000Kpbs
(MPEG2/H.264)
Baseline
/Main
Automatic
H.264 1b/ 1.0/ 1.1/ 1.2/ 1.3/ 2.0/ 2.1/ 2.2/ 3.0/
, 4x3_Pillar Box and 4x3_Cutoff
3.1/ 3.2/ 4.0/ 4.1/

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 GOP Structure: IBBP, IPPP,IBP,IBBBP
 GOP Size: 6-63
 GOP Close: Enable/Disable
 Close Caption: Enable/Disable
Note: When input signal is detected and the preset output signal is of the allowed ones (see
mapping table below), the preset will be remained, otherwise the output resolution will changed
to Auto automatically.
input signal preset output signal
1920x1080_30p 1920x1080_30p
1280x720_30p
720x480_60i
1920x1080_60i 1920x1080_30p
1920x1080_60i
1280x720_30p
720x480_60i
1920x1080_24p 1920x1080_24p
1920x1080_50i:/ 1920x1080_25p
1920x1080_50i
1280x720_25p
720x576_50i
1280x720_60p: 1280x720_60p
1280x720_30p
720x480_60i
1280x720_50p 1280x720_50p
1280x720_25p