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EYES P100 FULL NDI®. NO COMPROMISES.
About BirdDog Eyes P100 BirdDog Eyes P100 is a remotely controllable PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) camera based on BirdDog’s unique Full-bandwidth NDI A/V transfer protocol. It is equipped with many features to ensure the quality of images and control is kept to the highest standards as well as being fully compatible with industry standards.
Getting to know your P100 Thanks for purchasing BirdDog Eyes P100. Please take some time to read this document to allow you to get the most out of your purchase and familiarize yourself with the features available in the unit. Physical connectors Different network switches are capable of providing differing amounts of total power to all connected devices. P100 uses approximately 14 watts in PoE mode.
After initial boot up is complete your P100 unit will be visible as a source on any NDI compatible devices on the SAME ethernet subnet. Booting up your BirdDog Eyes P100 Indication of system boot process As soon as BirdDog P100 detects a power input signal the left hand 'power/fault' light will light up green.1 For further networking architecture instructions including routing please consult either your system administrator or the support page at bird-dog.tv On the ethernet/NDI connector on the rear.
Password management Once you direct your web browser to the web configuration panel you will need to log in to change any settings. EYES P100 Enter Password It is recommended to change this password in a network environment where P100 is shared with other users (e.g. not private). By entering this password, the user is granted full access to the P100 configuration settings and could interrupt a live program. Default password The web configuration panel is secured by a user-selectable password.
A/V EYES P100 Bitrate Management Birddog Devices allow you to set your target NDI output bitrate. This allows you to select a compression ratio that is more efficient on your networking infrastructure (lower bandwidth) or higher image quality for critical footage. The scale allows you to select anywhere from 60mbps to 360mbps. By setting Bitrate Management to NDI MANAGED, the BirdDog device will manage the target bitrate in accordance with the NDI® standard.
announce it’s availability to other devices that belong to the same NDI group. By default this setting is DISABLED. When enabled the receiver device needs to also be set to the same identical group name. Commonly this is done using the NDI Access Manager application provided by NewTek free of charge. NDI Groups can be very useful in larger environments to control visibility and access amongst various groups. Failover Source BirdDog Eyes P100 can inform any receiving device of a failover scheme.
BirdDog name You can name each P100 with a friendly name that makes sense for each production (Camera 1, Camera 2, etc). This name will appear on any NDI receiver when it looks for video coming from P100 over the network. The name must not include any special characters and can be any combination of ‘a-z, 1-0, and –‘. Note: no uppercase characters are valid. Static IP address To enable a static IP address, change configuration method to static and fill in the details required in Address, Mask and Gateway.
PTZ EYES P100 DASHBOARD NETWORK PTZ SYSTEM A/V LOGOUT the faster and more sensitive the movements will be on the P100. Control You are able to save and recall presets from the Web Dashboard using the Select Preset option. To operate this, simply press the Preset number you wish to recall or save followed by APPLY PRESET or SAVE PRESET OSD In the initial release of P100 the OSD is very important for adjusting the camera image settings since this is the primary control mechanism.
NDI NETWORK SETTINGS EYES P100 BirdDog Eyes P100 operates with the latest NDI Libraries. There are several options to configure the P100’s behaviour in an NDI network. Each configuration has its benefits, however it is recommended to utilise the default TCP transmit method unless you have reason to change. Transmit Preferred Method Multicast Multicast is especially useful for use-cases that require a single source to be received on multiple receivers simultaneously.
MultiTCP employs a new method of sending TCP packets whereby it opens a mass of TCP connections over the WAN and uses them in a ‘round robin’ manner, this allows each individual TCP connection enough time to acknowledge the receiving packet, confirm nothing is lost and prepare for the next one before it’s sent the next TCP packet in the round robin. This is similar to a RAID setup in traditional storage.
distinct setting sections: Colour Matrix, Colour Enhancement and Image Enhancement. Colour Matrix The Colour matrix section allow you to fine-tune the cameras performance for individual colours across the spectrum. You can see in this figure that the color spectrum is divided into six sections, theses being Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. The Colour Matrix control allows individual fine-tuning of each of these colour sections without affecting the response of other colour components.
some lighting conditions where certain colours appear over saturated to the camera. Colour Hue The Colour Hue option adjusts the temperature or phase in which any colour is represented. When looking at the colour spectrum, beyond the true colour points for each of the main colour adjustments in the camera (Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow there are areas where the colours transition to their neighbouring colour point.
Firmware update After downloading the latest firmware release, navigate to the settings tab on the P100 web configuration console click on Choose file… select the firmware update file and press the update button. P100 is updateable via the web interface. Please check the below address regularly to ensure you have the latest firmware available for your device. Having the latest firmware ensures you have all the latest features and performance updates to get the most out of P100: bird-dog.
bird-dog.tv hello@bird-dog.
