Kiloview S2 User manual

S2 Video Encoder

H.265/H.264-HD/4K

（2021-8 version）

Leading solution provider of IP-based video transmission

Quick Start Guide

Before using this product, it is recommended that you read the guide carefully. To

ensure your personal safety and avoid physical or electrical damage to the device, please

strictly follow the instructions of this guide to install and use it under the guidance of

professionals. Incorrect electrical connections or physical installation may cause

permanent damage to the device and even threaten personal safety.

1Packing List

(1) S2×1

(2) Power Supply×1

(3) Warranty card×1

(4) Quick start guide×1

2. Device Interface

(1) Power Switch

(2) Power Port

(3) 3.5mm Line in/Line out

(4) HDMI Loop

(5) HDMI Input

(6) USB Port

(7) 1 GbE port with PoE

(8) Tally

(10) Status Indicator

(10) Reset（bottom）

3. Device Indicators

Tally

Video status under encoding mode

Green light

always on

PVW

Red light

always on

PGM

LED Indicators

Name

Color

Status

Description

Power

White

Always on

Power connected

Off

Power off or failure

LINK

White

Flashing

Network connected

Off

Network disconnected/abnormal

Run

White

Flashing

Working normally

Always on

Starting to work

Off

Working abnormal/ not start

4. Applications

5.Device discovery

5.1 Install Kiloview Multiview NDI Player for free

Note:

⚫Please use the standard power adapter equipped in the package. Likewise, other

unqualified power adaptor may damage the device.

⚫Please make sure the camera is connected to the HDMI IN connector.

⚫If you wish, you can connect S2 to your monitor for real time preview by HDMI OUT .

Download Kiloview Multiview for free

Visit website https://www.kiloview.com/en/ndi/multiview/, select “NDI Series”

“Multiview”and click download, then install software step by step as

instructions.

Kiloview Multiview is a free software for NDI video discovery, management and

multi-view, which is popular and highly praised all over the world.

HDMI Video source

LOOP

Logging in PC

AC100~240V Power Supply

Switch

Power Adapter

DC12V

Network

①Click in the upper right corner to log into webpage.

②Find the device and IP address in the device list. Enter management interface through web

browser.

5.2 Use Studio Monitor in the NDI SDK Tools

Right click on the Studio Monitor interface，find the name of S2 in the pop up menu, click it for playing

NDI video. At the same time, a gear icon will appear in the lower right corner, click it and then a browser

window will pop up for logging in and accessing the Web UI of S2.

5.3 How to handle if the device can’t be found?

If the S2 device can’t be found in the network by the above two methods due to the network conditions,

please kindly try to access the device by its default fixed IP address 192.168.1.168. That is to say, enter

http://192.168.1.168/ in the browser to visit Web UI.

Note:

Naming rules：S2-<serial number>. Serial number refers to the numbers pasted on the

device label.

Two ways of accessing to the device management page

⚫Method 1：Drag the device directly in the discovery list to the left window, wait and

click the icon ⓔappeared in the upper right to access Web UI directly.

⚫Method 2：Open Web browser，enter: http://device IP address/（Kindly note the device

IP address for S2 is showed in the discovery device list.）

Download NDI SDK Tools

Download and install NDI SDK Tools through NDI official website

https://www.ndi.tv/tools/. Kindly follow the NDI official instructions for download

method and installation process.

Studio Monitor is one of the NDI SDK Tools for free，which is provided officially by

NDI for discovery and monitoring NDI video.

Note:

Naming rules：S2-<serial number>. Serial number refers to the numbers pasted on the

device lable.

6. Login to the device management page

Open the Web page of S2，Default username/password is admin/admin.

Note:

To insure your information security, it is recommended to revise your password after you

log into for the first time.

7. Work with your device

7.1 Video input checking

After video source connected, you will be allowed to preview video in real time through web browser.

Kindly note the video preview window is under “image” mode by default, and it is refreshed every 3

seconds. If your computer’s CPU performance is good, you can click the mouse to switch to the “video”

mode, and the smoothness of the preview will be improved.

For more configurations and help, please visit Kiloview official website

https://www.kiloview.com/cn/support/docs/S2/getting/

7.2 Streaming service

Click“+”on the right side of the stream service at the bottom of S2 Web UI. Add a stream service, take

RTSP protocol as an example.

Select RTSP, fill in the name, service port and session ID, the other setting parameters can remain default

configuration, click “OK”.

After saving configurations, it will be displayed under the stream service, which is closed by default. Click

switch to start the stream service, it will come up a RTSP stream address in the corresponding address.

Note:

⚫The default RTSP port is 554, when add multiple RTSP service, different port number should be used.

⚫Session ID can be any combination of numbers, letters and symbol.

Click icon at the back of stream address, copy it and then check the encoded video stream by VLC.

Click media on the VLC - open network streaming - enter the URL address of RTSP over internet, click play at

the lower right corner to start streaming.

Download VLC tool

Download and install VCL tool through official website

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/, please follow the official VCL instructions for

download method and installation process.

VLC is a multimedia player and framework with free and open cross platform,

which can play most of streaming media protocols.

For more support while using with S2 encoders, please visit Kiloview website:

https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/

8. Firmware upgrading

8.1 Download upgrade firmware

8.2 Upgrade device firmware

check whether the latest firmware version downloaded is higher than your current version. If yes, select

the downloaded firmware and click "Firmware Upgrade".

After uploaded the firmware successfully, it need reboot the device. After clicking “ok”, the device will

restart, please be patient. After the device restart, refresh web management interface to re-enter the

web UI.

Kiloview will continue to provide the firmware of updating functions and fixing bug

for S2. Kindly visit “ https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/download/”

Select “video encoders” in the filter list > “S2”, find the latest firmware to

download in the program tag.

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