FCC ID: 2AT7D-X2 Nagasoft Live Production all-in-one device

NSCaster X2 User Manual REV 2.2 Copyright 2006-2022 NANJING NAGASOFT CORPORATION All rights reserved Table of Contents 1 HARDWARE SPECIFICATION _________________________________________________________________ 1 1.1 LIST ACCESSORIES ________________________________________________________________________ 1 1.2 DEVICE PARAMETERS ______________________________________________________________________ 1 1.3 MODEL _______________________________________________________________________________ 2 1.4 INTERFACE DIAGRAM ______________________________________________________________________ 2 1.4.1 Back Interface _____________________________________________________________________2 1.4.2 Side Interface _____________________________________________________________________ 3 2 SOFTWARE FEATURES ______________________________________________________________________ 3 2.1 NSCASTER-X2 MAIN INTERFACE ______________________________________________________________ 3 2.1.1 PVW and PGM ____________________________________________________________________ 4 2.1.2 HDMI Channel _____________________________________________________________________4 2.1.3 NET Channel ______________________________________________________________________ 5 2.1.4 DDR Channel ______________________________________________________________________ 8 2.1.5 Image Overlay _____________________________________________________________________9 2.1.6 PIP (Picture in Picture) _____________________________________________________________ 11 2.1.7 Scoreboard ______________________________________________________________________ 12 2.1.8 Audio Mixer _____________________________________________________________________ 13 2.1.9 Subtitle _________________________________________________________________________ 13 2.1.10 CG ____________________________________________________________________________15 2.1.11 PTZ control _____________________________________________________________________ 17 2.1.12 Special Effects ___________________________________________________________________18 2.1.13 Chroma key _____________________________________________________________________18 2.2 NSCASTER-X2 SETTINGS INTERFACE __________________________________________________________ 19 2.2.1 Project __________________________________________________________________________19 2.2.2 Recording _______________________________________________________________________ 21 2.2.3 Streaming _______________________________________________________________________ 21 2.2.4 Output __________________________________________________________________________23 2.2.5 Network ________________________________________________________________________ 24 2.2.6 Audio Settings ____________________________________________________________________26 2.2.7 OSD Settings _____________________________________________________________________ 26 2.2.8 File Transfer _____________________________________________________________________ 28 2.2.9 General Settings __________________________________________________________________ 29 2.2.10 About _________________________________________________________________________ 32 3 APPENDIX _______________________________________________________________________________ 33 1 Hardware Specification 1.1 List Accessories Name/Model Package Specification Number of Pieces Actual Quantity Remarks Main device Power supply and power cord Warranty card certificate Aluminum box packaging Aluminum box packaging Aluminum box packaging NSCasterX2 Standard Nagasoft Custom 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.2 Device Parameters Device Item Name Description Chassis Dimensions Weight Powered by Portable case, built-in with 13.3-inch high-definition touch screen 323mm*203mm*62mm (W x H x D) 1.75KG DC 19V Transport box Aluminium box packaging Operating temperature

-10-50 Storage temperature

-20-70 Operating humidity 10~90% no condensation Impact resistance 15g Vibration resistance 10-100Hz 1.25g Altitude Below 4000 meters 1 1.3 Model Front side Back side 1.4 Interface Diagram 1.4.1 Back Interface 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cooling outlet Switch TALLY HDMI-1 Input HDMI-2 Input HDMI-3 Input 7 8 9 10 11 12 HDMI-4 Input HDMI Display interface HDMI PGM Output USB2.0/3.0 Gigabit Ethernet port TF card slots 13 Power supply (DC 19V) 2 1.4.2 Side Interface 1 2 3 XLR/TRS balanced input L XLR/TRS balanced input R 3.5mm monitor 4 5 XLR/TRS balanced output L XLR/TRS balanced output R 2 Software Features 2.1 NSCaster-X2 Main Interface NO 1 2 3-6 7-9 Name PVW PGM HDMI input channel NET input channel NO 17 18 19 20 Name Settings button Tuning control for total mix output Image overlay CG 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DDR display channel Network status display Log info Streaming control Recording control NDI output control Resource usage monitoring status 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 PIP (Picture in picture) Audio mixer DDR local video play Scoreboard Subtitle PTZ control Chroma key 2.1.1 PVW and PGM NSCaster X2 support video and audio signal in channel PGM and PVW PGM channel: Orange channel is PGM channel, it monitors the screen that being broadcast. PVW channel: Green channel is PVW channel, it monitors the screen that will be broadcast. 2.1.2 HDMI Channel In addition to access to HDMI cameras or other HDMI interface devices, the first four channels can also be connected to IP cameras, Live+ devices, and network streams. Click the + icon to pop up the settings interface, as described in detail below:

Physical Input Load the video and audio signals of the input interface into the corresponding channels, as shown in the following figure:

4 2.1.3 NET Channel The NET channel is used to load network streams and the supported formats are: rtmp/rtsp. You can also directly load IP cameras, Live+ devices, NDI|HX. 1) Select the added IP camera in the list, click the "" icon to confirm the selection, the setting interface is as shown in the figure below:

Click Add button or camera information, as shown in the following figure:

button to enter the IP Camera add / edit interface to configure or modify the IP 5 2) You can use the VJMobileCast app to access the mobile screen, both internal and external networks can be accessed. The access signal can be accessed through the APP directly by scanning the QR code or entering the ID number. The access signal is displayed in the "Device List", click to select the signal screen that needs to be loaded to the mobile terminal. (Note: The original ID is unavailable after resetting the ID, you need to re-scan the new ID) The setting interface is shown below:

3) Click to enter the network stream editing interface, fill in the complete network stream address in the URL, and use the same screen input function to quickly enter the stream address. As shown below:

6 4) Click to enter the SRT stream editing interface and fill in the required content in turn. Heres what it looks like:

5) The NDI device in the LAN can be loaded, and it can be discovered automatically by clicking the refresh button, as shown in the following figure:

7 Note: This function need extra cost to enable. 2.1.4 DDR Channel The DDR channel is used to load video footage as shown below:

1) The button for loading video material is as follows:

Button Button

: Add video

: Play/pause video 8

: Play

: Back 10 seconds

: Fast forward 10 seconds

: Stop Button Button Button Button Button list loop and play single video Button

: Separately, play in list order, play single video loop, play in

: The progress adjustment button is enlarged to adjust the video progress Button

: Select video and delete single video Button Rate button: You can control the rate of playback.

: delete local video list 2.1.5 Image Overlay Image overlay panel can publish image to the PGM monitor. It support png/jpg/jpeg/gif image format and location movement of images as shown below:

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:

9 2) Click 3) Click to send it to the PGM, and click again to not display. to enter the photo editing interface. In the picture editing, you can drag and drop the picture manually to adjust the position and size of the picture, as shown below:

Button operation is as follows:

Four button directions

: Adjust the position of the picture in the up, down, left, and right Button Button Button

: Zoom in

: Zoom out

: Restore image to initial state 10 Button

: Select picture and delete single picture Button

: Select the image and click to delete the image list 2.1.6 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. The channel screen of A/B/C/D area on the PGM channel supports real-time switching. The picture-in-picture template is divided into the following two types:

1) No background image template as shown below:

2) Add background image template. The background image is stored in the "picture material" folder of the "file copy" interface. Click the "configuration" button to edit the picture in picture, including changing the background image, stretching and clipping the picture, changing the size and position, and cutting the channel picture freely. Click on the button to quickly add a background image using a picture fast scan code. You can edit the picture in the picture by changing the background image, stretching and clipping the picture, and changing the size and position, as shown in the following figure:

11 2.1.7 Scoreboard The scoreboard can record the score of the live match in real time as shown in the figure below:

1) Button operation is as follows:

Button the display.

: Display the score board to the PGM channel and click again to cancel 12

: Choose the template of the scoreboard. The templates are general, Button basketball, football, table tennis, ice hockey and volleyball. You can also select "my scoreboard" to customize the scoreboard. You can import the scoreboard material in "Settings - File copy - Scoreboard material" to use. 2.1.8 Audio Mixer The mixer is used to control the gain and mix of all input and output audio as shown below:

1) Button operation is as follow:

Button Button Button

: Mixing output.

: Mute.

: Volume adjustment fader. 2.1.9 Subtitle You can upload simple subtitles to the PGM by manually inputting subtitles or import txt file. The subtitle panel interface is as shown below:

13 1) Click button to manually enter the subtitles. In the input content, you can adjust the font type, size and use three parameter values as required. The figure is shown below:

2) Click button to export the subtitles 3) Click 4) Click button to Import txt file button to delete the selected subtitle. 5) Click to clear all the subtitles 6) Click to move up the selected subtitle 7) Click to move down the selected subtitle 14 8) Subtitle editing: select the subtitle to be edited, and directly modify the text content, font type, size and color in the right text box, as shown in the following figure:

2.1.10 CG CG is a template composed of pictures, texts, etc. It can be used during live broadcast or recording. The interface is as shown below:

Click Click Click Click to create CG. to delete single CG to edit the selected CG. to delete all CG list. In the CG editing interface, you can choose to add CG template/picture/subtitle, you can manually adjust the parameters of each element including size, position, etc. The editing interface is shown below:

15 There are several ways to add CG templates:

1) Click "download" to use;

2) Import custom material in "Settings - File - File copy - CG material". You can use custom template in

"My CG". 3) Click the QR code at the top right of the CG editor to download the CG editor NSCGEditor, and start the remote CG in "setting -Overlay - Remote" to realize online CG, as shown in the following figure:

16 2.1.11 PTZ control Select a channel to load the IP camera or NDI | HX device to control the camera, as shown in figure:

1) PTZ protocol: Click the protocol and the PTZ transfer. Heres what it looks like:

button to turn on the PTZ control interface to set up thePTZ Note: the IP camera must correctly input IP address, port, user and password of the camera to control. The NDI protocol must be enabled in the device information interface in settings then NDI | HX can be used. 2) Preset position: set the cameras preset position by entering a number and then saving it. Enter the saved preset, and then call. 3) Zoom: Click on the zoom out. button above to zoom in. Click on the zoom button below to 17 4) Direction control: The direction of camera movement can be controlled by up, down, left, right, the upper left, the upper right, the lower left and the lower right. 5) Speed adjustment: drag the speed adjustment button screen movement speed. 6) Channel selection: select in the need to control the channel, the PTZ selection channel and the camera loading channel should be consistent. to control the camera 2.1.12 Special Effects Select the special effects required for the screen switching between the PVW channel and the PGM channel, and set the duration of the special effects switching process - transition time. You can button to switch the screen between the PVW channel and the PGM channel, select to click and you can also use the special effects pusher to switch to achieve the transition effect. The setting interface is shown below:

or 2.1.13 Chroma key Chroma key is mainly used to eliminate the blue / green background behind the character background, and superimpose a specific virtual scene or specific background. Multi channel chroma key is supported in NSCcatser X2, and the effect is shown in the following figure:

18 Chroma key instructions are as follows:

1). Select the channel to enable chroma key, and the channel loads Chroma key materials;

2. Adjust the threshold and blur to achieve the best chroma key effect;

3. You can use other channels as the chroma key background, or use a custom background image. When the selected channel has no content, the chroma key background is transparent. 2.2 NSCaster-X2 Settings Interface Click to enter the setting interface. Respectively, there are "Project, Recording, Streaming, Output, NDI|HX output (if the module enabled), Network, Audio settings, OSD settings, File Transfer, General Settings, About" module. 2.2.1 Project Open the project module. By default, the project attribute displayed is the current project resolution. You can also click the required resolution and fps, select it, click apply, and restart the device. The configuration interface is shown in the following figure:

19 Open and create new module: you can select the recently opened historical project or create a new project. After saving, you can directly select the project to open the next time. The interface is shown in the following figure:

The button operation is described as follows:

1) 2) Button: delete a single project;

Button: clear the project list. 20 2.2.2 Recording Record is including the PGM recording and channel recording. Click the button on the Main Interface to start recording, and click again to stop. The recorded files are stored in the Record-File copy-Recording folder. The interface is shown as below:

PGM recording can be started independently. When channel recording is started, PGM recording must also be started. Note: If the recording is interrupted in the middle, the file will be damaged and you need to use the repair tool to repair the recorded file. To reduce the damage of the whole file caused by recording interruption, you can choose to split the recorded file. Parameter settings include: resolution, video bitrate, video codec, bitrate mode, GOP, audio bitrate and segmentation. The bitrate and GOP in the interface can be customized. 2.2.3 Streaming PGM streaming is through RTMP protocol for live streaming. Click the button on the Main Interface to start the streaming and click again to stop, settings as shown below:

21 Streaming parameter settings include: resolution, video bitrate, video codec, frame rate, GOP, audio bitrate. The bitrate and GOP in the interface can be customized. Streaming mode: RTMP Select the live streaming as "RTMP", which can be pushed to two streaming media servers at the same time. If streaming protection is set, the user name and password must be entered. If there is not required, it does not need to be filled in. Input format is rtmp://ip:port/live Stream name is the name of the channel. Enter the complete streaming address in RTMP address 1 or RTMP address 2. As shown in the following figure:

22 2.2.4 Output 1) NDI| HX output This module needs to be paid to add. This feature is available when NDI| HX is activated in the device information interface. You can choose NDI output source, resolution, video bitrate, video codec, GOP, audio bitrate. After NDI | HX is enabled, no channel is selected, and PGM content is output by default as shown in the figure below:

2) Live+ interaction It is used to set the parameters of interactive video and audio to be output when it is used as an interactive source, mainly including the settings of video source, audio source, video resolution and audio bit rate; If a live+ service is deployed in the LAN, you can customize the server and port for interaction, as shown in the following figure:

23 3) Live+ Connection To connect to the host venue, first you need to know the director code of the host venue equipment, and then select the host venue image on the equipment when connecting, as shown in the following figure:

2.2.5 Network NSCaster-X2 supports ethernet, WIFI and mobile networks. The status of the connection displayed on the main interface, green dot indicate that it is connected. 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:

is 24 WIFI: Select the WIFI you want to connect and enter the correct password. Network Speed Test: After connecting to the network, you can test the upload/download connection status of the network in real time, as shown in the following figure:

25 2.2.6 Audio Settings The following settings can be made for audio input and output:

1. XLR input: Noise can be eliminated, and the noise threshold can be manually adjusted. The larger the noise threshold, the smaller the noise heard. Channel copy can be performed, and mono channels can be changed to left and right channels through channel copy. 2. Analog output: control the volume of analog output. 3. Audio delay: The delay of physical input sound can be controlled to ensure video and audio synchronization. 4. Tuning configuration: audio follow can be set. The setting interface is shown in the figure below:

2.2.7 OSD Settings It can support the display of the clock and remote CG overlay. The setting interface is shown below:

26 Clock Settings 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:

Remote CG Since this function needs to be used with the CG editor, the operation of the CG editor can be found in the appendix. Start the overlay function and set the remote CG port (default port 8017 / default password is admin), click Apply, as shown below:

27 2.2.8 File Transfer File transfer between local files and USB flash drives as shown below:

28 1) Local folder directory description:

CG material: Store CG file Font: Store font styles 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. Scoreboard template: Store customized scoreboard materials Subtitles: Store txt format subtitle file Video material: Store DDR playback video. 2) The button operation is as follows:

Button Button Button Button Button Button

: Return to the main interface directory of the file

: Return to the previous directory

: Delete files

: Refresh

: Copy locally to a USB flash drive

: Copy from USB flash drive to local Button

: Remove USB flash Button progress can refer to the percentage status of the progress bar.

: During file copying, cancel the copy by the cancel button. Copy 2.2.9 General Settings General settings includes the configuration of time zone and language, system, lock, assist and other modules. The interface is shown in the following figure::

29 1) TimeZone: Support real-time switching between time zone and language 2) System: It can adjust the brightness of the screen display, the percentage of the cooling fan speed, restore the factory settings and restart the equipment, as shown in the following figure. 3) Lock: You can set the lock to prevent mistakes of start or stop streaming, recording and sound adjustment, and support the setting of the device password. After the device password is turned on, you need to enter the password to unlock after each startup and restart, as shown in the following figure:

30 4) Assist: Mouse: enable/disable mouse to operate. Tally: enable/disable Tally output 5) Others: You can set the automatic streaming agter boot, DDR channel cut in and cut out, network pull streaming and live+ connection buffer time, as shown in the following figure:

31 2.2.10 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. The interface looks like this:

32 3 Appendix FCC Compliance Statement:

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. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

-- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

-- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

-- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided instructions an d the antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-

located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. End-

users and installers must be provide with antenna installation instructions and transmitter o perating conditions for satisfying RF exposure 33

Nanjing Nagasoft Corporation FCC Software Configuration Control Declaration Date: August 17, 2022 Federal Communications Commission 7435 Oakland Mills Road Columbia, MD 21046 USA Attn: OET Dept. Product/ Model Number: Nagasoft Live Production all-in-one device/ NSCaster X2 Regarding FCC Country Code Selection guidelines identified in KDB 594280. All applications for equipment authorization for transmitters that can have radio parameters, or other technical parameters, reported to the Commission set by software must have an attestation indicating that no third party will have software, or configuration control, to program the device out of compliance of the technical rules under which it has been certified. We declare that no third party will have software, or configuration control, to program the device out of compliance of the technical rules under which it has been certified. Name: Wang Xi Date: Aug.17,2022 Title: Manager Signature of applicant FCC Software Configuration Control Declaration Rev1.1

Nanjing Nagasoft Corporation Office of Engineering Technology Federal Communications Commission 7435 Oakland Mills Road Columbia, MD 21046 USA Subject; Request for Confidentiality FCC ID: 2AT7D-X2 Date: Aug.17,2022 To Whom It May Concern, Pursuant to the provisions of the Commissions rules Title 47 Sections 0.457 and 0.459, we are requesting the Commission to withhold the following attachment(s) as confidential documents from public disclosure indefinitely. These documents contain detailed system and equipment descriptions and are considered as proprietary information in operation of the equipment. The public disclosure of these documents might be harmful to our company and would give competitors an unfair advantage in the market. Schematic Diagram Block Diagram Parts List Operational Description Software Security Requirements for UNII devices In additional to above mentioned documents, in order to comply with the marketing regulations in Title 47 CFR 2.803 and the importation rules in Title 47 CFR 2.1204, while ensuring that business sensitive information remains confidential until the actual marketing of newly authorized devices, we request Short Term Confidentiality of the following attachment(s);

External Photos Test Setup Photos Internal Photos User Manual For 45 days, pursuant to Public Notice DA 04-1705. OR For 180 days pursuant to KDB 726920 D01. It is our understanding that all measurement test reports, FCC ID label format and correspondence during the certification review process cannot be granted as confidential documents and this information will be available for public review once the grant of equipment authorization is issued. Sincerely, Signature:

Name: Wang Xi Title: Manager