KILOVIEW 12G-SDI NDI Bi-Directional Converter User Guide
- June 6, 2024
- KILOVIEW
Table of Contents
Quick Start Guide
NDI® Converter
12G-SDI/NDI Bi-directional Converter
+2020 REV.1
NDI® is a registered trademark of NewTek, Inc
Before you use this product, we recommend that you read the instruction manual of this product carefully. To ensure your personal safety and to protect your equipment from physical or electrical damage, please follow the instructions in this manual or use the product under the guidance of a professional. Improper electrical connections or physical installations can cause permanent damage to the equipment and even threaten personal safety.
This guide is intended to guide you to use this NDI® Converter device.
Packing list
Name| Unit|
Quantity
---|---|---
NDI® Converter| PCS| 1
TYPE – C power cable| PCS| 1
TYPE -C to TYPE -A cable| PCS| 1
Certificate/ Warranty card| PCS| 1
Power adapter| PCS| 1
Hot shoe| PCS| 1
Quick start guide| PGS| 1
Note: The items in
the packing list st may be different due To product upgrades.
Device Interface Description
Device Installation and Connections
1. Installation
Connect video signal
Connect the SDI signal from a source (such as a camera) to the SDI input
port of the device through a cable.
The SDI output is connected to the display device via a SDI cable.
Note : The output interface can be loop for encoding or output for decoding but cannot be used at the same time.
Connect network
Connect the network cable to the Ethernet port of the device. The other end
of the network cable is connected to the switch. You can also connect directly
to the network port of the computer.
Connect to the switch od directly to the network port of the computer.
Connect audio
Using a 3.5mm interface headset with a microphone to connect to the device for
voice intercom.
Connect power supply
After connecting with the power adapter(DC 5v), the power light will be on
and the device starts working.
It is packed with one USB charging cable, which can power the device by a
DC5-18V power supply. 
Note: When the network switch provides PoE, there is no need to connect to the power supply.
2. Cheak LED Light
After connected with the power adapter, the device starts to boot. The power
light is always on till the device working. II Iasts about 30-40s.
LED Indicator
Note:
If the indicator light is abnormal, please check the corresponding power
supply/network/equipment hardware, etc.
3) Log in to the device management interface
Device default IP address
The default IP of the device is 192.168.1.168 and the subnet mask is
255.255.255.0.
This IP address is the Failsafe address.
Normally you don’t need to modify this IP address.
Login the WEB Page
First set your PC’s IP address to 192.168.1.0/24 subnet, and then log in
using the default IP address.
You can access http://192.168.1.168, to login the web page.
Note: For the first login or after restoring the factory settings, you need to
agree to the popping up “End User License Agreement”. Otherwise, the device
cannot work normally.
IP address configuration
After login, you can configure the IP address according to the network. It
can be manually set or DHCP dynamic (Default set is DHCP dynamic).
4. NDI Encoding
It is a Full NDI encoding transmission device, up to 126-SDI input. When video resolution is4Kp60, the bitrate can be up to 250Mbps. Therefore, the device and the receiving port should be connected to a gigabit network.
Status Column
Here it will display the resolution, frame rate, bitrate, and audio format parameters of the video source.
Coding quality settings
The encoding resolution is the resolution that is output from the video
source, which cannot be configured for scaled encoding. Encoding bitrate can
be appropriately lowered or increased by adjusting encoding quality. The
default encoding quality is 100%.
Encoder channel settings
When there are multi NDI sources in the same network, channel names need to be
modified to identify different devices because the default channel names are
the same.
Note.
There is no need to save the parameters after modified since the
modification will take effect immediately if click other locations of the
page.
Advanced settings
In
advanced settings, you can set the connection mode of NDI stream, which can be
unicast or multicast. Here you can also set the PTZ control function.
5. NDI Connection
Compatible Softwares:
It is compatible with NewTek NDI®. NDI stream service is enabled by default. When the device is in the same subnet with NewTek Studio Monitorsoftware or others like OBS, vMix, etc. that supports NDI protocol, the device can be automatically discovered. Select the corresponding device and channel, then you can play the NDI video stream.
6. NDI Decoding
Discover NDI sources in the network
NDI sources can be detected automatically and will be listed at the same
subnet and you can renew the NDI sources by click ****
Add target NDI source
Click to add the source to the decoding presupposition
Switch
output NDI source
You can add up to 9 NDI sources In the decoding preset and click the
corresponding source to decode. Decoding output can be quickly switched by
clicking different NDI sources.
Decoding Parameter Settings
Some information such as resolution, audio parameters, IP address and bit rate
of the decoding source will be displayed in “Current Decoding” zone. Please
enter into Web page and set the decoding resolution & framerate by clicking
Note:
This NDI Converter cannot conduct encoding and decoding at the same time,
encoding will stop if you enable the decoding function.
Restore Factory Settings
Restore Factory Settings
If the parameters are changed that lead the converter couldn’t work (The
typical situation is that the network address was changed, so it couldn’t
visit the device by network), users could restore factory setting to default
value.
Two methods for restoring factory settings:
- Click “System Settings>Restore factory settings” on the web console.
- Press “Reset” button at the bottom of the device
There is a reset button at the bottom of the device, hold the button for more than 5 seconds, the device will restore to factory settings. Restoring factory settings will lead to the restarting of the device. The restarting process takes about 30s.
Note: These parameters will be restored to default value after restoring factory setting:
- Login Username and password will be “admin”;
- IP address will be restored as 192.168.1.168, subnet mask will be 255.255.255.0;
- All encoding and decoding parameters of video and audio will be restored to the default value;
- Media transmission parameters will be restored as default values.
Firmware Upgrading
Firmware upgrading
This device supports online firmware upgrading to upgrade software. Click
“System Settings>” Firmware Upgrade’ on the Web management interface for
upgrading. Click *Select a file to upload the firmware file to upgrade the
device.
Note:
After uploading the firmware file successfully, the device will automatically
restart, this process will take about 30s-60s (the time will be different
according to upgrade content), and please be patient.
After the upgrade is complete, please click to check whether the latest
version information is as expected to confirm if the upgrade is succeeded.
Quick Reset and Reboot
Quick Reset and Reboot
“Quick Reset” function is to reset encoding and decoding service. normally
it’s used for changing parameters to effect immediately. The quick Reset
process lasts around 3s.
The “Reboot” function is used for encoder reboot. Device rebooting last around the 20s.
Note:
Select “Quick Reset”, current encoding and decoding service will be suspended
for a while; Select “Reboot”, the encoder will ‘warm’ reboot. Under some
circumstances, a reboot might be realized with the help of a cold restart,
that is by turning on/off the power.
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