NSCaster User Guide REV 1.0 Copyright © 2006-2018 NANJING NAGASOFT CORPORATION All rights reserved 1 HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ...................................................................................................................................
1.1 LI ST A CCESSORIES.........................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 DEVICE PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................................................................1 1.3 M ODEL .........................................................................................................................................................
1 Hardware Specification 1.1 List Accessories Name/Model Main device Power supply and power cord WIFI antenna User manual Warranty card certificate Package Carton packaging Carton packaging Carton packaging Carton packaging Carton packaging Specification Number of Pieces Actual Quantit y NSCaster 1 1 Standard 1 1 Standard 1 1 Nagasoft Custom 1 1 Nagasoft Custom 1 1 Remarks 1.2 Device Parameters Device Item Name Chassis Description Portable case, built-in with 11.
Standard Version 1.4 Interface Diagram 1.4.1 Back Interface 1) The back interface of the standard version is shown below: 17 1.4.2 1 / 7 USB3.0 13 2 3 4 5 6 / WIFI antenna Switch Power supply（DC19V） USB2.
1 2 3 1.4.3 XLR/TRS balanced input L XLR/TRS balanced input R 3.5mmmonitor 4 5 XLR/TRS balanced output L XLR/TRSbalanced output R Bottom inte rface 1) The bottom interface of the standard version is shown: 2 Installation and Commissioning 1) Open the box, then take out the power cord and NSCaster device. After that, lay the device on a stable surface. 2) Connect the power cord and the corresponding WIFI . Then, use a network cable to connect to the RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port.
4) In order to connect the NSCaster device output port to the monitor, it has divided into following categories: The SDI monitor is connected to the SDI output via an SDI cable. The HDMI monitor is connected to the HDMI output via HDMI cable. 5) Connect the sound output of the NSCaster device to an external device or monitor.
6) To start the NSCaster device, just press the power button on the NSCaster device as shown below: 7) After the NSCaster device is started, it will enter the main interface of NSCaster as shown in the following figure: 8) The SDI video signal and HDMI video signal are directly loaded into the main interface. 9) To load NET signal,select " " in the NET channel and enter the stream in the pop-up stream edit box.
13) Start uploading the picture on PGM as shown below: 14) Press again the record button to stop recording. 15) Check whether all the recording files are normal. The recording file is saved in the “Recording” folder which located at the “File Transfer” interface. 16) Press the Power On/Off button to turn off the NSCaster device. 17) Turn off the power switch of the device, unplug the power supply, and unplug all input and output video cables and antennas, then keep the NSCaster device properly.
6 7 8 3.1.1 Network status display Resource usage monitoring status Settings button 14 15 16 Scoreboard Audio mixer DDR PGM PGM channel: Monitor the screen that being broadcast. Single tap on the channel you want (SDI1,SDI-2,HDMI-1,HDMI-2,NET,DDR) and it will switch to PGM as shown below: 3.1.2 SDI Channel SDI-1 and SDI-2 can be connected to SDI cameras or other devices as shown below: 3.1.
3.1.4 “ 3.1.5 NET Channel The NET channel is used to load network streams and the supported formats are: rtmp/rtsp.
1) The button for loading video material is as follows: Button : Add video Button : Play/pause video Button : Stop Button : Back 10 seconds Button : Fast forward 10 seconds Button : Separately, play in list order, play single video loop and play in list loop Button : The progress adjustment button is enlarged to adjust the video progress 3.1.6 Image Overlay Image overlay panel can publish image to the PGM monitor.
1) Click the button “ ” to enter the photo editing interface, and then click the button “ ” to add a picture. There are two ways to source images: Online download. Click "Download" to download. Customize “My Picture”. You can copy the picture to the “My Pictures” folder which located at the “File Transfer” interface as shown below: 2) Click 3) Click to send it to the PGM, and click again to not display.
Button operation is as follows: Four button : Adjust the position of the picture in the up, down, left, and right directions Button : Zoom in Button : Zoom out Button : Restore image to initial state 4) Select the image and click to delete the image. 3.1.7 PIP (Picture in Picture) Picture-in-picture can display multiple channels on the PGM channel. Click to display the selected picture-in-picture mode in the PGM channel, where A/B/C/D represent the screen of the channel.
2) Add background image template. The background image is stored in the “Picture Clips” folder which located at the “File Transfer” interface. Click “Custom Background” to select "My Pictures" as shown below: 3.1.
1) Button operation is as follows: Button : Display the score board to the PGM channel and click again to cancel the display. Button : Choose the template of the scoreboard. The templates are general, basketball, football, table tennis, badminton and volleyball. It also support online download. In order to download, just click the “Download” button as shown below: 3.1.9 Button Button start. Button : “+/-” can “increase/decrease” scores in real time. : Start/pause timing.
1) Button operation is as follow: Button : Mixing output. Button : Mute. Button : Volume adjustment fader. 3.2 NSCaster Settings Interface Click to enter the setting interface.
3.2.1 Channel Recording It can record channel audio and video and also support recording of SDI-1, SDI-2, HDMI-1, HDMI-2 and NET channels. The recorded files are stored in the “Record/channel” folder which located at the “File Transfer” interface. The bitrate and GOP in the interface can be customized. Click the custom box to pop up the editing interface, where the bitrate custom interface as shown below: 3.2.2 Recording Record the contents of PGM.
The bitrate and GOP in the interface can be customized. Click the custom box to pop up the editing interface, where the GOP is customized as shown below: 3.2.3 Streaming PGM streaming is sent to VJLive3, FMS, WOWZA, etc. through RTMP protocol for live streaming. Click the button on the “Main Interface” to start the streaming and click again to stop.
1) Select the server type as "RTMP" and if channel push protection is set, then it require user to enter the username and password. If not, just ignore it. The format of "rtmp://" is: ip:port/live and “stream name” is the name of the channel as shown below: 2) Select the server type as "Mudu".
3) Select the server type as “AndLive”. First, you need to enter the username and password, then log in to get the activity list as shown below: 4) Select the server type as “VJShow”. First, you need to enter the live authorization code and click the "Authorization" button.
3.2.4 Clock Clock configuration status will let user know whether is on/off based on the status. If the status is “ON” means the clock is on right now and if the status is “OFF”, means that the clock is off. After being turned on, the current time can be displayed on the PGM monitor, and the format and the position of the clock support real-time switching as shown below: 3.2.5 Network NSCaster supports ethernet, WIFI.The status of the connection interface, highlighted to indicate that it is connected.
1) Ethernet: The default boot and the access network cable will automatically obtain the IP. Open DHCP and click “Apply” to get the IP address automatically, or turn off DHCP to manually modify the IP address as shown below: 2) WIFI: Select the WIFI you want to connect and enter the correct password. Click the button to scroll up and down. 3.2.
1) Local folder directory description: CG material: Store CG file Picture material: Store custom images, which can also be used for image overlay function and picture-in-picture custom template background. Recording: The "channel" folder stores channel recording files, “pgm” folder to store PGM recording files. Video material: Store DDR playback video. It only supports mp4 format and goes to B frame video, and if the format is incorrect, it will prompt “Import failed”.
2) The button operation is as follows: Button : Return to the main interface directory of the file Button : Return to the previous directory Button : Delete files Button : Refresh Button : Choose a different USB flash drive/ different partitions of the same USB flash drive Button : Slide up and down Button : Copy locally to a USB flash drive Button : Copy from USB flash drive to local Button : During file copying, cancel the copy by the cancel button.
3.2.8 About The device information interface displays the details of the current device. In that interface, user can also do the software update and firmware update when there is available as shown below: 1) The button operation is as follows: Software Update: It will pop-up update interface and update instructions. Download the update: Download the latest version. Cancel download: Cancel the currently downloaded version. Restart: Install the download version and restart the software.
FCC WARNING This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
