SWIT EC-N200, EC-N200-4K, ET-N80 Users Guide

Multi-Camera Production System

User Manual

Thank you for purchasing SWIT products!

Please read this manual carefully before using.

Ver：C

* NDI® is a registered trademark of Vizrt Group.

Contents

Statement
Safety Precautions
Introduction
Features
Index of Parts and Functions
The Camera Adaptor
The Intercom Control Panel
Get Started

1. System Connection

2. IP setup
Webpage Settings - Camera Adaptor

1. Channel - Camera Channel configuration

2. Channel - Return Video Source Select

3. Channel - NDI Group Setting

4. Channel - External Sources

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5. Channel - Advanced Settings

6. Network - Change IP address

7. User Admin - Log-in ID and Password Setting

8. Firmware Update
Webpage Settings - Intercom Control Panel

1. Channel - Assign Camera Adaptors

2. NDI settings
Indicators
Troubleshooting
Specifications
Dimensions
Packing List

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Statement

Any internal technology of this product (including hardware equipment, software design, and
product trademark) is protected by law, and any violation of the intellectual property rights of
this product will be investigated for legal responsibility.

All the company's brands and trademarks in this product are protected by law. All brands and
trademarks of other companies involved in the product are legally protected by their owners.

In order to better serve the majority of users, the company's products will continue to improve
and develop, and the company reserves the right to modify and improve the products
described in this manual without prior notice.

The warranty period of this product is two years, and the following conditions are not covered
by the warranty:

(1) Man-made damage such as appearance wear and tear;
⑵ Product failure or damage caused by failure to use, maintain and store according to the
instructions;
⑶ When used in a special environment, the signal quality will be attenuated;
⑷ Product damage caused by using a non-product matching power adapter;
⑸ Other faults not caused by product design, technology, manufacturing, quality and other
problems or unauthorized disassembly, repair or replacement parts etc.

If users find problems during use or have suggestions and requirements for our products,
please contact us by telephone, fax, email, etc.

SWIT Electronics Co., Ltd.

Address: 10 Hengtong Road, Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone,
Nanjing 210038, P.R. China
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
http//www.swit.cc

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Safety Precautions

Please follow the safety precautions in this manual and operate in the correct way. Our company
guarantees that this product can be used for a long time, but the following situations are not included:

1.Unauthorized disassembly, maintenance or replacement of parts and other operations.

2.Damage caused by accident, including but not limited to lightning, fire, exposure to rain or moisture.

3.The type of power source being used is not within the voltage range allowed for this product.

Warning

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Do not let any liquid splash on the product.

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In order to avoid electric shock, please do not block or paste the ventilation holes on the product,
do not remove the product cover, or put pins, iron wires, and foreign objects into the gaps in the
ventilation holes.

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To reduce the risk of electric shock or fire, do not place this product in rain or moisture.

Danger

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Before connecting with any equipment, please turn off the power first, and then operate.

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Power socket: To avoid short-circuit electric shock or fire, please confirm that the type of power
socket used is within the voltage range of this product.

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Power cord: Do not place any objects or heavy objects on the power cord to prevent the power cord
from being pressed or strained.

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Power load: Do not exceed the load on the wall socket, extension cord or other porous sockets to avoid
fire or electric shock.

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Lightning: To avoid lightning or long time without use of the product, please remove the plug/external
battery.

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User environment

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Do not place this product in an unstable place, the product may be seriously damaged due to falling.

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Do not place this product near equipment that is too hot, too cold or too humid, or that will cause a
strong magnetic field.

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Introduction

The SWIT NDI EFP system consists of camera adaptors EC-N200 (up to HD) or EC-N200-4K (up to 4K) and
an intercom control panel ET-N80 with all the essential accessories for one-stop setup.

The EC-N200 camera adaptor takes 3G-SDI input from cameras, encoded to an HD NDI stream over an
IP network, and the EC-N200-4K camera adaptor takes 12G-SDI input, and encodes to 4K NDI. Both of
the HD and 4K versions support NDI PGM source decoded and monitoring output via HDMI. You can use
any on-camera monitors with HDMI input, to monitor local camera video and return PGM video in
pic-in-pic mode. The control buttons on the adaptor are available for intercom volume adjustment and
Push-to-talk with the director. There’s on-board TALLY light for cameramen and also extended TALLY
light for the anchor. The camera adaptors support PoE power and V-mount battery power as well.

The ET-N80 intercom control panel can be assigned with up to 8 camera adaptors, and supports link
connection for more channels or for external 3rd party intercom system by 4-wire connector. Directors
can talk to every cameraman individually by pushing button numbers or announce everyone by the
ANN button, instead of selecting intercom channels from webpages.

The NDI EFP system has respected all the operation habits of SDI/Fiber EFP system, and greatly
simplified cable works by using NDI IP solution. You can use any ENG cameras to build up a pure NDI
production system, and all the intercom, TALLY, return video are based on NDI, the high quality and low
latency IP video solution with reasonable network bandwidth.

Features

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Encode camera SDI to high bandwidth NDI, HD up to 150Mbps and 4K up to 250Mbps.

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Decode PGM NDI in every camera adaptor and display local video and return video together.

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Full duplex intercom between cameramen and director.

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The director can select camera numbers to talk individually or press ANN to talk to everyone.

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The cameraman can initiate the call to director.

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Provide dual colors on-board TALLY light and external TALLY light set on the front of the camera.

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The camera adaptor supports DC-IN power, V-mount battery power and PoE power.

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The intercom control panel can be connected into 3rd party intercom system.

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Index of Parts and Functions

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The Camera Adaptor

EC-N200 / EC-N200-4K

（1）

（2）

（3）

（4）
（5）
（6）

（7）
（8）

（9）

（11）

(1) External TALLY output, 3.5mm jack

（13）

（14）

SDI LOOP

（15）

SDI IN

（12）

（16）

（17）

（18）

(10) On-board TALLY light
(2) Power ON/OFF switcher
(3) Volume Up *
(4) Volume Down *
*Press both to call director
(5) NDI return video Indicator
(6) NDI return video switcher， press in turn:
Local video → Local/Return PIP→ Return Video

(7) SDI input lock indicator
(8) Press the pin to reset
(9) 5-pin XLR headset input

(11) V-mount battery plate (Gold mount option)

(12) D-tap power output from battery

(13) HDMI Monitor out for Local / Return video

(14) SDI loop output*

(15) SDI input*

*EC-N200 up to 3G; EC-N200-4K up to 12G

(16) DC 11-17V input, 5.5/2.1mm jack

(17) RJ45 network cable fixer install position

(18) Gigabit high bandwidth NDI interface *

*EC-N200 up to 1080p50/60, 150Mbps

EC-N200-4K up to 2160p50/60, 250Mbps

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Index of Parts and Functions

（1） （2） （3） （4）（5）（6） （7）（8）（9） （10） （11）（12）（13）

The Intercom Control Panel

ET-N80

（14） （15） （16） （17） （18）

(1) 3-pin XLR Microphone socket
(2) Mic/Headset switching button
Press down to switch from Headset to Mic
(3) 5-pin XLR Headset socket
(4) Speaker, output when switching to Mic
(5) Volume Down
(6) Volume Up
(7) ANN: Announcement mode
Press to talk to all camera channels
(8) MIC OFF: Turn off the Microphone input
(9) MUTE: Turn off the Headphone/Speaker output
(10) 1-8: Camera Channels 1-8
Press the numbers to talk individually
(11) 4-Wire: External intercom channel

(12) Power ON/OFF switcher
(13) Press the pin to reset
(14) AC 100-240V 50/60Hz input
(15) AC ON/OFF switcher
(16) DC 11-17V input, 4-pin XLR
(17) External intercom connect, RJ45 4-Wire *
* Pin definition:

Pin 1
Pin 2
Pin 3
Pin 4
Pin 5
Pin 6
Pin 7
Pin 8

Null
Null

Audio OUT +

Audio IN +

Audio IN -

Audio OUT -

Null
Null

Press to take over external intercom

(18) NDI network connect, RJ45

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Get Started

1. System Connection

Connect all the camera adaptors and the intercom control panel to the NDI network.

EC-N200/N200-4K

Headset

15mm Rod Rail Clamp

HDMI output
Local / Return video

Camera SDI
Input

NDI

PoE Power

CAM 1

PGM

External TALLY light

15mm Rod Rail Camera Base

Install between camera and tripod

More Camera Channels, NDI switcher, NDI monitor etc.

ET-N80

Network Switcher

NDI

Headset

4-wire

3rd Party Intercom System

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Get Started

2. IP Setup

The camera adaptor and intercom control panel
has factory default IP address:

Device
EC-N200/N200-4K
ET-N80

You can find the default IP address on the product label

Default IP

192.168.1.15X

192.168.1.101

Set computer IP address to the same segment,
and connect directly with the device or through
network switcher, by straight through RJ45 cable.

Launch web browser on the computer,
input 192.168.1.15X to enter configuration
webpage of the camera adaptor, and input

192.168.1.101 to enter configuration
webpage of the intercom control panel.

Input User ID and password to log-in
configuration webpage

Item
User ID
Password

Default

admin
admin

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Webpage Settings - Camera Adaptor

1. Channel - Camera Channel configuration

Status
Info List

No special characters accepted

IP address of assigned
Intercom Control Panel

No special characters accepted

Click to enter
the webpage of
Intercom panel.

2. Channel - Return Video Source Select

Rename and Apply

All NDI sources in current network Select one source as “Return video”

to output via HDMI to camera top monitor

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Webpage Settings - Camera Adaptor

3. Channel - NDI Group Setting

Add, Delete, or Modify the name of NDI Group

The current NDI Group will displayed below.

4. Channel - External Sources

Change and Apply

Add device IP address to find NDI sources from subnet.

The current external device IP address will displayed below.

Change and Apply

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Webpage Settings - Camera Adaptor

5. Channel - Advanced Settings

6. Network - Change IP address

Select from:

Switch on NDI Discovery Server

Add NDI Discovery Server IP address

Change and Apply

UDP (unicast)
UDP (multicast)
RUDP (unicast)
TCP (single connection)
TCP (multi-connection)

Mac address display

Change address

Change and Apply

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Webpage Settings - Camera Adaptor

7. User Admin - Log-in ID and Password Setting

Change Log-in User name

4 - 16 letters

Re-type password

Change and Apply

8. Firmware Update

Check Serial Number, Model and NDI SDK

Restart the device

Drag & drop the firmware file (.img) to this block
Or click the area to browse firmware file and apply

Important:DO NOT cut off power during firmware update

The device will automatically restart after firmware update.

Reset the device

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Webpage Settings - Intercom Control Panel

1. Channel - Assign Camera Adaptors

Search IP address or device name
to add Camera adaptors

2. NDI Settings

Assigned devices:

Drag the devices to move positions (not available for the offline devices)

Display color - The device is online
Display grey - The device is offline

Change and Apply

Click to remove
the device

Add, Delete, or Modify the name of NDI Group

Add device IP address to find NDI sources from subnet.

Add NDI Discovery Server IP address

Change and Apply

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Indicators

1. The Camera Adaptor EC-N200/N200-4K

Singal Indicator Status/Color Instruction

OFF/ON

SDI IN

NDI RETURN

On board
TALLY

External
TALLY

2. The Intercom Control Panel ET-N80

On

Off

Red

Green

Red

Green

Red

Green

Amber

Red

Green

Amber

Powered on

Device not get powered

No SDI input recognized

SDI input recognized

No return NDI source recognized

Return NDI source recognized

The camera channel is PGM

The camera channel is PVW

The camera channel is both PGM & PVW

The camera channel is PGM

The camera channel is PVW

The camera channel is both PGM & PVW

Singal Indicator Status/Color Instruction

POWER

INPUT

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

4-wire

ANN

MIC
OFF

On

Off

Red

Green

Red

Green

Red flashing

Red

Green

Off

Green

Off

Green

Powered on

Device not get powered

3-pin Microphone actived

5-pin Headset actived

The camera channel connected

The camera channel intercom actived

The camera channel is calling

External intercom system is connected

External intercom channel is actived

Individual intercom mode

Announcement mode

Microphone is turned on

Microphone is turned off

MUTE

Off

Green

Earphone or Speaker is turned on

Earphone or Speaker is turned off

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Troubleshooting

Phenomenon Possibility Reasons Solutions

No NDI video
from camera
channels

No return video
display

Intercom can’t
be connected

Unable to launch
web configue page

Unable to
upgrade firmware

Camera adaptor not get powered

Camera SDI not connected

Camera SDI format not supported

Network blocked

Didn’t select return video source

Return video not switched on

Low volume or Mic OFF or Mute

Camera adaptor not assigned

Wrong IP address

Web browser need refresh

Firmware file error

The device is already latest firmware

Check power supply

Check camera SDI cable

Check camera SDI format

Check IP address of the camera adaptor

Camera adaptor-Channel-Return source

Press Return button on camera adaptor

Check the button status

Check the channel assign settings

Check IP address of the device

Press Ctrl+F5 to refresh web browser

Make sure the file name is correct

Check the firmware version

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Specification

Input

Output

Video

Formats

SDI

NDI

EC-N200Camera Adaptor

3G-SDI ×1

3G-SDI loop ×1

HDMI 1.3 out ×1

High bandwidth NDI ×1

1080P（60/59.94/50/30/23.98/29.97/25）
1080I（60/59.94/50）
720P（60/59.94/50）

1080P（60/59.94/50/30/29.97/25）
1080I（60/59.94/50）
720P（60/59.94/50）

EC-N200-4K

12G-SDI ×1

12G-SDI loop ×1

HDMI 1.3 out ×1

High bandwidth NDI ×1

2160P（60/50/30/23.98/29.97/25）
1080P（60/59.94/50/30/23.98/29.97/25）
1080I（60/59.94/50）
720P（60/59.94/50）

2160P（60/50/30/29.97/25）
1080P（60/59.94/50/30/29.97/25）
1080I（60/59.94/50）
720P（60/59.94/50）

DC Input

Power

Environment

Size

Weight

AC Input

DC Input

Power

HDMI

1080P（60/59.94/50/30/23.98/29.97/25）
1080I（60/59.94/50）
720P（60/59.94/50）

DC/ Battery 11～17V，1.5A， PoE 42～57V，0.5A

16W

0℃～+40℃

139.23×176×52.5mm

742g

ET-N80Intercom Control Panel

100～240V, 0.5A

11～17V，1.5A

16W

1080P（60/59.94/50/30/23.98/29.97/25）
1080I（60/59.94/50）
720P（60/59.94/50）

Environment

Size

Weight

0℃～+40℃

482.6×164.4×44.5mm, 1U rackmount

1.5kg

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Dimension

EC-N200/N200-4K

ET-N80

Unit:mm

Unit:mm

Packing List

EC-N200/N200-4K

Single ear headset (5-pin XLR)

15mm rail rods

Camera 15mm rail base

Adaptor 15mm rail clamp

External TALLY with cable and coldshoe

RJ45 cable fixer

D-tap to 5.5/2.1mm DC cable

Carrying Case

×1

×2

×1

×1

×1

×1

×1

×1

ET-N80

Single ear headset (5-pin XLR)

Swanneck Microphone (3-pin XLR)

AC power cable

×1

×1

×1

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