VHD iCast AC8170 User manual

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AC1870 iCast Quick Guide

AC8170 iCast

User Manual

Version

V1.0

Release

2017-7

Content

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Specification ......................................................... 6 
Application ........................................................... 9 
Feature ............................................................... 9 
Operation ............................................................ 11 
Function and Operation ............................................... 13 
1 Main Interface .......................................................................................................... 16 
1.1 Startup Interface ............................................................................................ 16 
1.2 Main Interface .................................................................................................. 16 
2 Guick Guide ................................................................................................................ 17 
2.1 Recording ............................................................................................................ 17 
2.2 Live Streaming .................................................................................................. 17 
2.3 Division .............................................................................................................. 18 
2.4 Effect .................................................................................................................. 19 
2.5 Switch .................................................................................................................. 20 
2.6 Quick Settings .................................................................................................. 21 
2.7 Channels .............................................................................................................. 22 
2.8 Quick Start ........................................................................................................ 24 
2.9 PTZ control ........................................................................................................ 24 
2.10 PGM & PGM2 Channel switch ......................................................................... 26 
3 System Function ........................................................................................................ 26 
3.1 Channel Mode ...................................................................................................... 27 
3.2 Meeting Setting ................................................................................................ 28 
3.3 File Operation .................................................................................................. 29 
3.4 Smart Classroom ................................................................................................ 29 
3.5 User Operation .................................................................................................. 30 
3.6 System Setting .................................................................................................. 31 
3.6.1 Recording Setting ........................................................................................ 32 
3.6.1.1 Encoding Setting ...................................................................................... 32 
3.6.1.2 Audio Encoding .......................................................................................... 33 
3.6.1.3 Time Recording .......................................................................................... 34 

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3.6.1.4 Stock Position .......................................................................................... 34 
3.6.1.5 Recording Stratigy .................................................................................. 35 
3.6.2 Casting Setup ................................................................................................ 36 
3.6.2.1 Class Content Info .................................................................................. 37 
3.6.2.2 Superscript/On-screen graphic ............................................................ 38 
3.6.2.3 Prologue/Epilogue .................................................................................... 39 
3.6.2.4 Casting Mode .............................................................................................. 40 
3.6.2.5 Subtitle Setting ...................................................................................... 41 
3.6.2.6 Mouse Setting ............................................................................................ 42 
3.6.3 Live Streaming Setting .............................................................................. 43 
3.6.3.1 RTMP Setting .............................................................................................. 43 
3.6.3.2 TS Setting .................................................................................................. 44 
3.6.4 FTP Setting .................................................................................................... 45 
3.6.4.1 FTP Upload .................................................................................................. 46 
3.6.4.2 FTP Download .............................................................................................. 46 
3.6.5 System Setting .............................................................................................. 47 
3.6.5.1 WIFI Setting .............................................................................................. 48 
3.6.5.2 HDD  .............................................................................................................. 48 
3.6.5.3 Network Setting ........................................................................................ 49 
3.6.5.4 System Info ................................................................................................ 49 
3.6.5.5 System Time ................................................................................................ 50 
3.6.6 Project Setting ............................................................................................ 51 
3.6.6.1 R&D  .............................................................................................................. 51 
3.6.6.2 Factory Setting ........................................................................................ 52 
3.6.6.2.1 logo Setting .......................................................................................... 52 
3.6.6.2.2 Power Setting ........................................................................................ 53 
3.6.6.2.3 Advanced Setting .................................................................................. 53 
3.6.6.2.4 Dual Graphics Card Setting .............................................................. 54 
3.6.6.2.5 Quick Start Setting ............................................................................ 55 
3.6.7 On-site Setting ............................................................................................ 56 

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5.3.6.7.1 Display Setting ........................................................................................ 56

5.3.6.7.2 Import/Export ............................................................................................ 57

5.3.6.7.3 Network Test .............................................................................................. 57

5.3.6.7.4 Tracking ...................................................................................................... 58

5.3.6.7.5 Integrated Setting .................................................................................. 62

5.3.6.7.6 Serial Setting .......................................................................................... 63

5.3.6.7.7 Switch Stratigy ........................................................................................ 64

5.3.6.7.8 Tracking Network ...................................................................................... 66

1.Specification

Item

Sub-Item

Spec.

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System

Language

Chinese/English

Interface

Graphic operation interface

Structure

Linux

Video

Video Input

7 channel video signal inputs:4 SDI input+2 HDMI

+1 HDMI/VGA input

Video Output

4 video outputs：

VGA-OUT：recording and casting output；

HDMI-OUT：Recording video output；

SDI-OUT-1/2：Video output

Video Display

Touch Screen

Video Signal

HD video signal

Format

1080P@60

Resolution

HDMI/VGA：1024*768p@60fps、1280*720p@50/60fps、

1920*1080i@60/50fps、1920*1080p@30/25fps、

1920*1080p@60/50fps

3G/HD-SDI：1920*1080p@60/50/30/25fps、

1920*1080i@60/50fps、1280*720p@60/50/30/25fps

Audio

Audio Input

3 audio in

Audio Output

3 audio out

Audio

Encoding

AAC

Recording

Method

Audio & Video synchronous recording

Video Process

and Storage

Video Output

Format

MP4

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Video Frame

1～30fps

Video Frame

Rate

50kbps~40Mbps

Audio Rate

8~420KB

Data Storage

SATA hard disk (optional,max 4TB)

Combined

parts

Touch Screen

11.6 inch touch screen

Joystick

Joystick controlling

Communication

Connector

RS485

connector

4 RS485

RS232

connector

4 RS232

RJ45

1 802.3ab 1000Base-T

USB

1 USB3.0

Function

Casting

Function

Preview / Broadcast screen monitoring / video

switching / pre-live screen monitoring / live

screen multi-split screen display / dual movie

guide mode / audio adjustment / screen segmentation

/ title / PTZ operation / special effects /

subtitles, OSD information, angular logo logo /

support IE Lead / Support Client Guide / Support

Network Trace Receive Send Code

Recording

Function

Real-time streaming / synchronous recording /

movie mode recording / resource mode recording /

resource mode and movie mode at the same time work

/ manual and fully automatic guide / a key to open

the flow and video / local channel playback /

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built-in player / dual mode A movie mode works at

the same time

Updating

Support network upgrade, RS232 serial port upgrade

Storage mode

Support internal hard disk, external USB storage,

NAS disk mapping; support USB video export; support

SAMBA shared download; support FTP download video,

FTP upload video

Live

streaming

protocol

Standard RTMP protocol, support RTSP real-time

protocol flow, UDP multicast flow, TCP unicast

stream

Network

protocol

TCP、UDP、RTMP、RTSP、RTP、NFS、FTP、DHCP

Working

Environment

Working

Voltage

12V

Working

Temperature

（℃）

-10℃-85℃

Working

humidity

85%RH

Weight（KG）

3.41KG

Size（mm）

390mm*205mm*121mm

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2.Application

Figure 1 Topology

Figure 2 Classroom Application

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3.Exterior Feature

1）

2）Size

3）Connection

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No.

Connection

No.

Connection

Power：DC 12V

MIC-IN： Audio input, standard

3-pin 6.5 XLR header

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4. Connection

1）Before Connection

USB3.0: connect to

mouse,keyboard,etc.

Listening Interface: 3.5mm

Audio output interface, can be

accessed by listening to

headphones

NET： Gigabit Ethernet interface

WIFI： WIFI antenna interface,

2.4G signal

HDMI-OUT ：1080p60 video

output

VGA-OUT：VGA output.

SDI-OUT-1/2：3G-SDI

VGA-IN ：VGA input ，

1920*1080P60

SDI 1 /2 /3 /4 -IN：4 SDI in

4G：4G

HDMI-IN-1/2/3:3 HDMI

input,max support 1920*1080P60

input. HDMI-IN-1 and VGA-IN

using the same channel,cannot

input at the same time.

SIM

COM：COM1-COM4 connect to 4

serial port,can be connected to

tracking camera,PTZ

camra,integrated system,etc. COM

port with RS232 and RS485

Joystick controll

LINE-OUT: Audio out, 3.5mm

port.

POWER

LINE-IN: Audio input, 3.5mm

headphone jack.

SW ： Function switch button,

camera channel and preset

function switch

LINE-IN-L/R: Audio input,

standard lotus head interface.

Digi button：

LINE-OUT-L/R: Audio output,

standard lotus head interface.

11.6 inch touch screen

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Get below items ready:

AC8170 iCast (with adaptor)，USB3.0U Disk 1pcs，PC 1pcs (Graphics card with HDMI AND

VGA output), Display 1pcs (with HDMI and VGA input,with 1920X1080@60MHz resolution

as best），HDMI cable 4pcs,VGA cable 2pcs, network cable 1pcs, SDI cable 4pcs,PTZ

cameras with 1080P25 to P60 SDI output(with RS232 and RS485 output,with HDMI output)，

Two head 3.5mm headphone connector audio input line 1 (then computer sound input),

audio speakers 1, a double lotus a 3.5mm audio output line 2, in addition to the

need to produce a number of serial lines in accordance with the interface line (1

is RJ45 And the other one is a RS232 female or male interface) for the connection

of peripheral devices (camera PTZ control lines, laptops). One camera PTZ control

line for the detection of recording and output 232 and 485 signals, notebook

computers with a USB to serial cable connection to do 1 is RJ45 port 1 is the RS232

female interface cable for testing peripheral equipment ( Computer) to send the

command code to the recording and broadcasting, check the recording and control set

the serial port to receive.

2）Before power on

1、AC8170 need to get the above cables ready.

2、Connect VGA-OUT and HDMI-OUT to two 1920 * 1080P60 HD monitors

3、Connect the SDI camera to the SDI-IN-1 to SDI-IN-4 interface

4、Connected to the audio cable, U disk and so on

5、To confirm all the wire connection is correct, with S700 comes with 12V 3A power

adapter access recording DC 12V interface

6、After properly connected to the power supply, press the POWER button on the right

side of the LCD touch screen, the S700 will automatically start running

7、Connect to VGA-OUT display and connect to HDMI-OUT display with welcome logo.

8、About 10s seconds later,VGA-OUT show cast interface，HDMI-OUT to show PGM

interface.

9、Welcome page show and wait for the system to load the interface after the end

of the user can use the mouse or manually touch the LCD screen on the recording and

broadcasting host the appropriate operation

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Remark:

IP 192.168.100.66

User can do touch screen controlling or using mouse.

5.Function and Operation

The guide interface includes four modules: live image channel, resource video

channel, manual guide function, system function settings. As shown in Figure 8 below.

Figure 8 Guide interface 4 large module

（1） Live image module：电影模式最终录制和直播效果界面。（PGM、PGM2）

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（2） resource channel module：The input video channel display interface can be

saved as a resource video.

（3） guide function module：One-touch recording / start / push / switch effects /

screen split / guide mode switch and so on.

（4） System menu module：Enter the system settings and other secondary menu.

The structure of the detailed system function menu is shown in Figure 9 below.

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Figure 9 functional tree

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5.1 Main interface

5.1.1 Boot interface

After the power cord is connected, press the main panel power button POWER to

boot, comes with 11.6 LCD touch screen and HDMI-OUT, VGA-OUT interface to connect

the high-definition display and will display the recording and playback logo interface. The

format is JPG, the resolution is 1024 * 768,72dpi, the bit depth is 24, the size is not more

than 128KB. Note: logo picture The name can not be named after Chinese and special

symbols.)

5.1.2 Main interface

Boot logo interface to stay about 20 seconds or so, the system will enter the main

interface. The main interface is the "welcome to use the embedded recording and

broadcasting, the system is loading" and other words welcome interface, after loading, the

user can operate the main interface.

Figure 10 recording the main interface

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5.2 Getting Started

5.2.1 Recode

In the main interface, click the [Start] button, you can start recording live channel

recording, recording the top right of the live channel will appear recording time. When you

start recording, the icon changes to [END] and clicks again to pause recording .

Click the [Stop] button to stop recording the live channel. Video file in the main

interface [Settings] menu → [File Management] to view, available U disk copy or FTP

download to the local computer. FTP format: open my computer, in the address bar above

enter ftp: / / recording host IP, enter the user after login, enter the user name ftp, password

empty. Log in to find the video folder, according to the recording time to find the

corresponding video.

Note

The recording of the resource channel needs to be done with a one-button start

button. The operation is described in Section 5.2.7 below.

5.2.2 Push stream

In the main interface, click the [push] button, you can start streaming live channel

image, the normal push to the live platform, push the flow icon turns red, click the push

button again will stop pushing. Push the need to properly set up before the push address

and release mode, the default is Live. The push flow address is set in the [Settings] menu

→ [Settings] → [Live Settings] → [RTMP Push Flow] menu, and push the main and

subcode streams according to the different network environment. Default master stream

for the 4000kbsp, resolution Blu-ray 1080; sub-stream for the 400kbps, resolution HD 480.

The PGM and PGM2 channel stream sizes are changed in the [Settings] menu →

[Settings] → [Video Settings] → [Encoding Settings]. Note: S700 supports simultaneous

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streamer PGM and PGM2 two live channels, can provide different users to watch a

different live screen.

5.2.3 Split

The main interface on the right side of the split type shortcut button, the default home

page shows 3, for manual switching when the rapid switch. A total of 12 split type

selection, click the split button to enter the changes. Each split type can be fixed channel

image display, picture-in-picture, the default display large A for students close-up, small B

for the teacher close-up. Recording support for maximum 6-segment display, A / B / C / D

/ E / F and other location display can be customized. Click the split button to enter the

shortcut settings custom. As shown below:

Figure 11 Split Type Home Show Changes

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Figure 12 Split channel custom image selection

5.2.4 Special effects

Manual guidance and automatic guide can be set to switch effects, for smooth

transition image switching, enhance the viewing of the screen. Recorded a total of 28

kinds of switching effects, users can set the main interface effects bar display three effects

button for quick guidance operation. Home can only display three effects, click the special

effects button to enter the menu to modify, commonly used Wipe (erase), Cover (cover),

fade , sliding window .

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Figure 13 Special effects selection

5.2.5 Switch

S700 recording and broadcasting host in manual guidance and automatic guided

mode are supported manually click the touch resource channel for PGM live channel

image switching. Automatic boot mode, the user can not do any operation, recording and

recording the entire host automatically switch. Manual switch to switch to automatic

navigation, the recording and broadcasting host will default to the teacher close-up

channel to switch to PGM. In the special effects button below the default display automatic

and manual guide switch button, the user click the button to guide the mode switch.

Recording and tracking external tracking equipment (tracking camera or tracking

host), tracking equipment for classroom scene behavior of the image analysis, detect the

signal sent after the command code to the recording, recording and recording after the

corresponding channel switch. The current strategy is to track the device to send the start

command code and the end of the command code, such as students standing up to

answer the question of this action, the need to send students to stand up to the beginning

of the action, the action strategy is to record the manual command code to switch the

corresponding channel; And students sit down and record the student received the

command code, the corresponding automatic tracking menu SDI-4 channel command

code in the alarm appears, correspond to the query strategy inside the switch strategy

table, according to the table to switch the strategy. When the student sat down, the

recording of the student's standing command code, the corresponding automatic tracking

menu SDI-4 channel command code in the alarm disappeared, PGM channel image

returned to the student before the start of a previous image (teacher close-up).

Action strategy and status strategy is different, the action strategy is hard cut, the

code to switch; state strategy is in accordance with the switch after the policy table to

switch, the policy table can be customized to switch the type of segmentation, effects and

so on. According to the different tracking equipment selection of different switching

strategies, under normal circumstances, recording and recording external tracking host

need to select the action strategy, external binocular tracking camera needs to select the

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