TVE-DEC12 User Manual P/N 1073627-EN • REV C • ISS 27JUN19
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Content Important information 3 Limitation of liability 3 Advisory messages 3 Introduction 4 Package contents 4 Key features 4 First-time use 4 Default network settings 5 Tips on creating a strong password: 5 Accessing the web browser 5 Device manager network settings 6 Product description 7 Hardware 7 Video wall description 8 Configuration menu tree 9 System configuration 10 System settings 10 Maintenance 11 User management 12 Network configuration 14 TCP/IP settings 14 DDNS settings 15 HTTPS settings 16 D
Set up scenes 31 Manage the decoding of a video tile 33 Set up a sequence of streams in a tile 33 Appendix: Supported devices 34 2 TVE-DEC12 User Manual
Important information Limitation of liability To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will UTCFS be liable for any lost profits or business opportunities, loss of use, business interruption, loss of data, or any other indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages under any theory of liability, whether based in contract, tort, negligence, product liability, or otherwise.
Introduction The TruVision TVE-DEC12 is a H.264/H.265 IP video decoder that decodes IP video streams and shows them on the connected monitors. Based on a powerful DSP and a stable embedded system design, the TVE-DEC12 decoder provides a high resolution decoding function for live view from TruVision IP cameras, digital video recorders, network video recorders and encoders.
Default network settings The default network settings are: • IP address - 192.168.1.70 • Subnet mask - 255.255.255.0 • Gateway address - 192.168.1.1 • HTTP port: 80 When you first start up the unit, the Activation window appears. You must define a high security admin password before you can access the unit. There is no default password provided. Tips on creating a strong password: • A valid password range must be between 8 and 16 characters.
3. Enter the user name (default: admin) and password to log into the system. The decoder’s main page appears, which by default is Video Wall (see Figure 3 on page 8). Device manager network settings Use TruVision Device Manager to find and configure the IP address and other parameters of the device. This tool automatically identifies TruVision devices that support “auto-discovery” anywhere on the network, even in different subnets. To use the TruVision Device Manager: 1. Download the tool from our website.
Product description Hardware Figure 1: Front panel LED indicator Description 1. Power Power LED 2. Link Network connection LED 3. Tx/Rx Data transmitting/receiving status LED 4. HDMI HDMI output 5. VGA VGA output 6. Audio out RCA Audio output 7. Video out BNC decoding output Figure 2: Back panel Name Description 1. Line out Audio output, 3.5mm connector. 2. Line in Audio input, 3.5 mm connector. 3. RS-232 Connect to an RS-232 device, such as a computer. 4.
Video wall description Figure 3: Video Wall webpage 1. Name Description Video Wall menu Set up how you want the video wall to appear. Lets you select which device is displayed on which monitor. Drag and drop devices from the device tree to a monitor. Note: Video images cannot be seen on the decoder webpage. 2. Video Wall Configuration menu Define the monitor resolution and layout (number of rows and columns) on the wall. 3. Configuration menu Configure the general settings of the decoder.
Name Description The Send to Back button lets you switch the positions of overlapping video tiles. Using the mouse, you can position the streaming tiles to overlap. By clicking the ‘Send to the back layer’ button, the two tiles swap positions: the tile in the front moves to the background and the tile in the background, moves to the front. Note: The Send to Back function is not available for a scene. Configuration menu tree Figure 4 below shows the structure of the Configuration menu tree.
System configuration Log in and go to the Configuration menu to configure the general settings of the decoder. The System menu has three main menus: • System settings • Maintenance • User management System settings Use this menu to: • Set and view the system Information, such as set the decoder name, and view the version of the firmware and decoder. • Set the parameters of the RS-232 communication port. • Set the parameters of the RS-485 communication port.
Maintenance Use this menu to: • Reboot the decoder: The administrator can reboot the decoder. • Restore/Default the decoder: The administrator can reset the decoder to the factory default settings. Network information such as IP address, subnet mask, and gateway are not restored to factory default settings. Note: Only the administrator can restore factory default settings. • Import/Export configuration settings: The administrator can also export and import configuration settings from the decoder.
2. To restore all parameters, except network settings, to default factory settings: Click the Restore button. Enter the Admin password, click OK, and then click Yes to confirm that you want to restore all parameters except network settings to default. -orTo restore all parameters to default factory settings: Click the Default button. Enter the Admin password, click OK, and then click Yes to confirm that you want to restore all parameters to default. The changes appear immediately.
2. Click the Add button to add a new user. 3. Enter the user name and the Admin password. 4. Assign the user rights to this user for the operations that they can do remotely. Select one or more of the following rights: • Select All: Select all the options. • Remote Parameter Settings: Remotely configure parameters and import configuration. • Remote Upgrade: Remotely upgrade the decoder firmware. • Remote Reboot: Remotely reboot the recorder.
Network configuration The Network menu allows you to manage all network related aspects of the decoder including general network settings, DDNS, NTP synchronization, email setup, UPnP settings, FTP server setup, and IP address filter. TCP/IP settings To configure the general network settings: 1. Go to Configuration > Network > TCP/IP. 2.
DDNS settings DDNS servers allow you to connect to your decoder using a dynamic address. This dynamic address needs to be registered with a DNS service. The DDNS setup menu allows you to enable or disable DDNS and to configure it using ezDDNS, No-IP or DynDNS. Note: Some service providers block the default RTSP streaming port 554 used for video streaming. So if you are not receiving video images over the internet, you may need to change it to another value.
DynDNS: Select DynDNS and enter the server address for DynDNS. In the decoder domain name field, enter the domain name obtained from the DynDNS web site. Then enter your user name and password registered in the DynDNS network. For example: Server address: members.dyndns.org Domain: mycompanydvr.dyndns.org User name: myname Password: mypassword - or NO-IP: Enter server address (for example, dynupdate.no-ip.com). In the host name field, enter the host obtained from the NO-IP web site.
2. Check Enable HTTPS. Note: This only works if you have entered the address in the browser as HTTPS (as in https://192.168.1.70) 3. Select the type of certificate you want: • Create a self-signed certificate: a) Select Create Self-Signed certificate. b) Click Create. The Create pop-up window appears. c) Enter the country, hostname/IP address, and days of validity (there are more parameters, but you do not need to add anything to them) and click OK. d) A screen appears showing certificate information.
Decoding configuration This menu contains settings that influence the decoding behavior, such as automatically switching between main and substream, configuring transparent channels, synchronizing video outputs, and defining what appears on the monitors when decoding stops. Stream configuration The stream configuration setting allows the decoder to switch automatically between main and substream when the resource limit of the decoder is reached. To set up the stream configuration: 1.
2. Select the desired transparent channel from the list to configure. 3. Click Modify to modify the parameters of the selected transparent channel. 4. Under Local Serial Port and Remote Serial Port select either RS-485 or RS-232. Local Serial Port: The serial port used as the transparent channel by the decoder. Remote Serial Port: The serial port used as the transparent channel by the encoding device. 5. Click Save to save the settings.
2. Click Enable Sync Out to enable the synchronization of all outputs. A message box pops up saying that all outputs will be synchronized after the screen goes black momentarily. 3. Click OK to confirm the settings. Display options Use the Display Options menu to define what appears on the monitors when decoding stops. To set up the display options: 1. Go to Configuration > Decoding Configuration > Display Options. 2. Select Blank Screen or Last Frame to be displayed when decoding ends.
Security control Use the Security Control menu to enable/disable SSH, HTTPS, network discovery and the webpage time out. To set up the Security Control: 1. Go to Configuration > Decoding Configuration > Security Control. 2. Make the necessary changes to the settings: SSH: It can be enabled and disabled. Multicast discovery: Enable/disable multicast discovery. This feature allows you to enable/disable the discovery of the decoder on the LAN network by TruVision Device Manager.
Configuring the video wall The decoder can be used with HDMI, VGA and BNC monitors simultaneously, allowing you to create a video wall. A video wall allows camera images (video tiles) to be displayed on more than one monitor. See Figure 3 on page 8 for a description of the video wall. Video wall layout You need to define the layout of the video wall depending on the physical setup of the three monitors. To setup the video wall layout: 1. Go to Video Wall Configuration. 2. Click the layout icon .
Monitor resolutions You must define the resolution of every monitor. Note: Output configuration mode is not used in this version of the decoder. To setup the resolution for the VGA monitor: 1. Go to Configuration > Video Wall Configuration. 2. Right-click the VGA monitor and select Resolution Configuration.
Select one the following HDMI resolutions: 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz (XGA) 1920 x 1080 @ 50Hz (1080P) 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz (SXGA) 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz (UXGA) 1280 x 720 @ 50Hz (720P) 1690 x 1050 @ 60Hz (WSXGA) 1280 x 720 @ 60Hz (720P) 3840 x 2160 @ 30Hz (4K) 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz (1080P) If the HDMI monitor is a LED monitor, select LED and the resolution, and define the width and height. To setup the resolution for the BNC monitor: 1. Go to Configuration > Video Wall Configuration. 2.
3. Click + RTSP to add a RTSP stream of a device. To add a TruVision IP camera, ONVIF camera, or encoder/recorder channel: 1. Click in the Video Wall window. The +IP Add window appears: 2. Enter the information for the device: • Device Name: Enter a meaningful name for the stream. The text box cannot be left empty. • IP Address: Enter the IP address for the device.
of the total number of analog cameras that could be connected to the recorder and the actual number of IP cameras connected. For example, this is the window for adding a 16-channel TVR 15HD recorder with 12 analog cameras and 4 IP cameras to the decoder. The channel number to enter is 20 (16 is the maximum number of analog cameras that could be connected plus 4 IP cameras actually connected): 3. Click Next to continue. 4. The available channels window of the device appears.
To modify a TruVision IP camera, ONVIF camera, or encoder/recorder channel: 1. Click in the Video Wall webpage. The +IP Modify window appears. Change the desired information and click OK. To delete a TruVision IP camera, ONVIF camera, or encoder/recorder channel: 1. Click in the Video Wall webpage. The +IP Delete window appears. Confirm that you want to delete the stream and click OK. To add a RTSP stream: 1. Click +RTSP in the Video Wall webpage. 2.
Using the decoder Once you have set up the devices/streams on the monitors (see “Configuring the video wall” on page 22), you can then adjust where and how the video tiles appear on screen. Add device streams in the monitors You can easily add device streams to the monitors. To add device streams to the monitors: 1. Go to Video Wall. 2. Drag and drop a device from the tree on to the desired monitor. By default, the stream will be displayed in full screen mode.
Figure 6: Resizing a video tile One of the features of the video wall is that you can show one stream spread over different monitors. To do this, extend the size of the rectangle over the two monitors (see Figure 7 below). Figure 7: Extending a video tile over two monitors Select a predefined layout There are some predefined layouts available that you can select for each monitor.
To select a predefined layout: 1. Go to Video Wall. 2. Add a stream to a monitor. By default, the stream will be displayed in full screen mode. 3. Select the stream so that you see the red rectangle. 4. Click the multiview button and select the desired layout. Note: The maximum number of streams that can be shown simultaneously on all monitors is 16. 5. Once the desired layout is selected, you can assign streams to each video tile in the layout.
To set up a roaming tile: 1. Go to Video Wall. 2. If you have not already done so, configure the video wall layout and add the devices, such as camera or recorder streams. Define the multiview layout of the selected video monitor. 3. Drag the desired tile from one of the monitor windows and place it anywhere on a monitor window. Note: By default the roaming tile is on top of the other tiles. To place it underneath, click the ”Send to back layer” button. 4.
Figure 9: Example of scenes assigned to three monitors To save a scene: 1. Go to Video Wall. 2. To save this layout as a scene, click the Save/Save As button. 3. Enter the name of the scene to be saved and click OK. The layout with streams is then saved as a scene: To play, rename, or delete a scene: 1. Go to Video Wall. 2. To play a predefined scene, click the 3. To rename a predefined scene, click the and enter the new name. 4.
Manage the decoding of a video tile Right-click a stream tile to show the available commands for that tile. The list of options displayed will depend on the device selected. The options available are: • Stop decoding: Start/stop decoding. • Show the decoding status: Show the decoding information for the selected stream. When you click More, a separate webpage will open and you can see the decoding status of all streams.
Appendix: Supported devices Cameras Legacy TruVision IP cameras (TVx-Mx2xx) Series 5 (fixed and PTZ) Series 1 PTZ and fixed cameras Series 6 Series 2 360° cameras (TVF) Series 3 Panoramic wedge Series 4 Residential cameras (RS-xxxx) Series 4 Stainless Steel Thermal cameras Encoders TVE-400 TVE-410 TVE-800 TVE-810 TVE-1600 TVE-1610 TVE-110 Recorders TVR 41 series TVR 46 series TVR 42 series TVN 10 series TVR 11 series TVN 11 series TVR 12 series TVN 21 series TVR 12HD series TVN 2
