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DGA-6000 Documentation - User Manual

DGA-6000

Ultra-HD Video

Generator / Analyzer

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Page 1: ...AccuPel DGA 6000 Documentation User Manual DGA 6000 Ultra HD Video Generator Analyzer...

Page 2: ...aced on or against them Keep the DGA 6000 away from wet locations such as bathtubs sinks wet basements or swimming pools Unplug the DGA 6000 before cleaning Use a damp cloth for cleaning Do not use cl...

Page 3: ...NU NAVIGATION 13 GENERATOR PATTERN BAR 13 GENERATOR OSD MENU 14 VIDEO ANALYZER 19 ANALYZER SOURCE MONITOR REQUIREMENTS 19 ANALYZER OPERATION 19 ANALYZER IR REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 20 ANALYZER OSD MEN...

Page 4: ...d Pixel Viewport The Pro Engineering option adds 70 UHD HD SD Motion Patterns to the generator that can be used to evaluate displays and video processors and additional advanced video analyzer feature...

Page 5: ...racy A custom programmed pattern and timing generation FPGA directly drives an HDMI digital video output transmitter with 30 bit and 24 bit RGB YCbCr video values depending on output signal type There...

Page 6: ...d Output type 2 Output Indicator LEDs YCbCr 444 YCbCr 422 YCbCr 4 2 0 signals are selected YCbCr 444 YCbCr 4 4 4 signals are selected RGB Video RGB Video signals are selected YCbCr 422 YCbCr 4 2 2 sig...

Page 7: ...or LEDs Color 75 16 calibration patterns that include color bars and primary complementary and gray color windows and color fields at 75 signal levels User defined color values and window sizes can be...

Page 8: ...ry display is for the benefit of users connected to devices other than displays The OSD Pattern Information Bar also provides a direct on screen text display of the window or field luma value Window F...

Page 9: ...e for digital video signals YCbCr 444 Selects YCbCr 4 4 4 digital video signals YCbCr 422 Selects YCbCr 4 2 2 digital video signals RGB V Selects RGB Video digital video signals RGB PC Selects RGB PC...

Page 10: ...ects 2160p23 98 or 2160p24 signals GEN 4K60 420 Selects 2160p59 94 or 2160p60 or 2160p50 YCbCr 4 2 0 signals GEN 4K60 Reserved for future use Note GEN means press the GEN key first and then release be...

Page 11: ...or alternate between 0 10 Low GS Gray Scale patterns and 100 109 High GS patterns Press the Gray Scale key only to return to the default 0 100 Gray Scale patterns The Gray Scale LED will blink slowly...

Page 12: ...dditional functions and shortcuts Any second key not assigned a Func sequence cancels the Func key Func Func Cancels the Func key 3D Func Key Shortcuts Func 1 Enables 2D mode cancels 3D modes Func 4 P...

Page 13: ...connected to active devices pressing the Menu button will cycle between displaying the Analyzer Panes the Analyzer Menu and the Analyzer input source with cursors on the Analyzer monitor If a video p...

Page 14: ...sary to press the menu key multiple times to cycle back to the desired main menu as discussed in the previous section Menu items that are not applicable to the current signal Output type or Format are...

Page 15: ...ect Factory and press Enter to restore the original 75 gray and 100 white colors Select Cancel to leave the menu without making any change Win Border Set a user defined 8 bit 10 bit or integer Luma va...

Page 16: ...ly useful for adjusting convergence in displays with separate RGB convergence controls Not available for YCbCr 4 2 0 signals Color Enc Select standard YCbCr HD SD ITU Rec 709 Rec 601 color matrix enco...

Page 17: ...en be disabled in the HDR10 mode Not available for YCbCr 4 2 0 output signals Rec2020 Selects Rec 2020 or Rec 709 color encoding for UHD or HD formats Rec 2020 requires UHD 10 bit or 12 bit color comp...

Page 18: ...er up with the front panel UHD Format set to output 2160p24 2160p30 2160p60 2160p25 or 2160p50 The 1080p30 format can also be selected Does not change the current output format Disp Time Power up with...

Page 19: ...n or half vertical resolution images respectively in a single 2D compatible video frame Therefore if the Infoframe is turned off a 3D display will simultaneously show the half resolution left eye and...

Page 20: ...the Analyzer InfoPanes section of this manual The InfoPane is always displayed to the left of the PixelPane but both Panes will automatically shift left or right on the screen such that the PixelPane...

Page 21: ...ects magnification factor of the Pixel ViewPort Select 5x5 7x7 9x9 11x11 13x13 15x15 17x17 or 19x19 pixel size ColorSpace Reserved for future use Displays incoming video signals as Native RGB or YCbCr...

Page 22: ...d cursor pixel which is in the center of the ViewPort unless the cursor pixel is near an edge of the frame Displayed Data Incoming Video Format i e 2160p24 Signal Type Bit depth i e YCbCr422 10 b and...

Page 23: ...Bottom edge use Up Down keys Press Cursor key to select L T edges R B edges L T R B rectangle movement Timing InfoPane Heading Timing Info Modes None Displayed Data Video Format i e 2160p24 Pixel Freq...

Page 24: ...l HDCP version of Analyzer incoming signal Analyzer Output Monitor HDCP version of the connected Analyzer monitor Signal HDCP version of Analyzer output signal AR InfoPane Heading Aspect Ratio Modes S...

Page 25: ...ID Version Length Checksum Raw Bytes B01 B13 VS Vendor Specific InfoFrame Page 1 Parsed Values refer to the current HDMI Standard Page 2 Type ID Version Length Checksum Bytes B01 B26 HDR High Dynamic...

Page 26: ...HD 2160p HDR and HDCP 2 2 protected HDMI signals Analyzer In This HDMI connector accepts 8 10 12 bit 24 25 30 50 60 Hz UHD HD SD RGB Video RGB PC YCbCr 4 4 4 and YCbCr 4 2 2 digital video signals 2160...

Page 27: ...y and gray fields to measure color field uniformity and chroma noise User Color Replaces 75 and 100 gray colors in both Color 75 and Color 100 group patterns to provide easy comparison with other stan...

Page 28: ...tterns including Circular Hyperbolic Zone Plates Linear Frequency Sweeps Resolution Wedges Cosine Balls Detail Discs Refer to Appendix B the DGA 6000 Motion Pattern Manual for extensive details PLUGE...

Page 29: ...e adjusting grayscale tracking The border surrounding the High GS windows is 100 luma to examine a display s ability to differentiate levels near 100 The borders surrounding all the Gray Scale Windows...

Page 30: ...st brightness match because of grayscale color shifts between the Window Frame crosstalk and the boxes Crosstalk may also vary with spectral color For those reasons the test pattern color can be set t...

Page 31: ...MPTE 274M CTA 861 F 1920 x 1080 Pixels Progressive Active Picture Area 2200 x 1125 Pixels Progressive Total Frame 74 17582 74 25 1 001 74 25000 MHz Pixel Clock Rates 29 97 Hz 30 00 Hz Frame Rates 1080...

Page 32: ...080p25 per SMPTE 274M CTA 861 F 1920 x 1080 Pixels Progressive Active Picture Area 2640 x 1125 Pixels Progressive Total Frame 74 25000 MHz Pixel Clock Rate 25 00 Hz Frame Rate 1080i50 per SMPTE 274M C...

Page 33: ...S Top and Bottom 11 Formats 1080p23 98 24 R60 R50 P 720p59 94 60 R60 P 720p50 R50 P 1080p59 94 60 P 1080p29 97 30 P 1080p50 P 1080p25 S Output Formats all Picture Formats except as noted RGB Video 8 b...

Page 34: ...e Level Precision PLUGE 11d 21d Split Stepped Bars Precision PLUGE 6d 26d Split Stepped Bars 25 50 75 100 Gray Windows with 4 PLUGE 100 Gray Window with 4 IRE 98 100 PLUGE 50 100 Split Gray Window wit...

Page 35: ...liability with respect to products that do not meet the foregoing warranty and for which appropriate transportation arrangements have been made will be to repair or at Display Calibrations option rep...

Page 36: ...trol Port The USB Interface provides complete control of all DGA 6000 Generator functions and is also used for some DGA 6000 Analyzer features The DGA 6000 USB port emulates an RS 232 interface to pro...

Page 37: ...6000 Command Syntax The DGA 6000 accepts ASCII text commands Each command is 2 to 12 characters in length and must be followed by a carriage return CR character ASCII 13 You may not send multiple com...

Page 38: ...eepColor12 RGB Digital YCbCr 4 4 4 signals Digital RGB video level signals levels 16 235 or 64 940 for 0 100 Digital YCbCr 4 2 2 signals Digital RGB PC level signals levels 0 255 or 0 1023 for 0 100 E...

Page 39: ...P 1080p25FP 720p50FP Produces 1080p23 98 or 1080p24 Produces 1080p29 97 or 1080p30 Produces 720p59 94 or 720p60 3D Side by Side Half Formats 1080i60SSH 1080p24SSH 1080p30SSH 1080p60SSH 720p60SSH 1080i...

Page 40: ...e75 Yellow75 Cyan75 Magenta75 White75 Split 75 Color Bars 75 Color Bars 75 Red Window 75 Green Window 75 Blue Window 75 Yellow Window 75 Cyan Window 75 Magenta Window 75 White Window 75 Red Field 75 G...

Page 41: ...LUGE 100 Window 4 98 100 PLUGE 100 50 Window 4 98 100 PLUGE 98 102 Clipping Bars on 100 WRGB Gray Scale GSVert GSSplitVert GSHoriz GSUser GS10 GS20 GS30 GS40 GS50 GS60 GS70 GS80 GS90 GS100 10 step Ver...

Page 42: ...ff Turns on PLUGE stripes in Gray Scale window patterns default Turns off PLUGE stripes in Gray Scale window patterns Window Sizes Gray Scale Color Groups Only WSize5 WSize7 5 WSize10 WSize10 8 WSize1...

Page 43: ...Data 2 values The following commands load values into the current or if off previously selected MetaData 1 or 2 but are not in effect until HDR10_1 or HDR10_2 is sent again Set Traditional Gamma SDR L...

Page 44: ...ger text value from 0 to 109 ex UvalColorG CR OK 60 CR User B Color Value UvalColorB Send command wait for OK send integer text value from 0 to 109 ex UvalColorB CR OK 40 CR User Factory Value UvalCol...

Page 45: ...0S Sequential User RGB Color Changes Special Features Commands Special Features Command Legacy Notes Enable Channels ChGBR ChG ChB ChR ChGB ChGR ChBR All channels enabled G or Y channel only enabled B...

Page 46: ...al Number Ver Ver ID Returns Generator firmware version Returns Analyzer firmware version Returns DGA 6000 serial number Command Legacy Notes Monitor EDID Query MonEDID Read the Analyzer Monitor s EDI...

Page 47: ...P B 6 CIRCULAR ZONE PLATES B 6 HYPERBOLIC ZONE PLATES B 6 RESOLUTION WEDGES B 6 COSINE BALLS B 6 DETAIL DISCS B 6 LINEAR FREQUENCY SWEEPS B 6 INTRODUCTION TO VIDEO MOTION TESTING B 7 QUANTITATIVE AND...

Page 48: ...ncy Sweeps H V Detail Discs and Cosine Balls Each Motion Group includes patterns of varying types and sizes to accommodate standard definition and high definition video formats 70 Motion Patterns are...

Page 49: ...until the user turns it off or another Generator menu is selected Press the Info key to return to the Motion Pattern Menu whenever the Motion Pattern is selected in the Special group and the main Gen...

Page 50: ...rmats Fields 1 1 produces normal interlaced video camera images where movement occurs between each video field Fields 2 2 produces the 2 2 field pull down process used to transfer 24 Hz motion picture...

Page 51: ...V Lines is the traditional unit for specifying effective display resolution for both horizontal and vertical resolution TVL is equivalent to L PH The horizontal spatial resolution in TVL L PH is there...

Page 52: ...y Group Circular ZP Zone Plate 12 Tiny 71 Nyquist Zone Plate Tiny Nyquist Zone Plate Tiny ZP Zone Plate Field Small 71 Nyquist Zone Plate Small Nyquist Zone Plate Small ZP Zone Plate Field Medium 71 N...

Page 53: ...Video signals represent discrete two dimensional images fields or frames that can only change at fixed periodic intervals Hence video signals are actually a function of three dimensions horizontal x...

Page 54: ...C PW one half of the horizontal spatial sampling frequency The vertical Nyquist frequency is 540 cycles per picture height C PH one half of the horizontal spatial sampling frequency Frequency Replicat...

Page 55: ...cterize a display with and without motion by visually determining the frequency resolution where the MTF starts to visibly decline and the highest frequency limiting resolution that can be discerned T...

Page 56: ...origin while the vertical frequency increases linearly with the horizontal distance from the origin Resolution Wedge Resolution Wedge patterns can be used to measure effective resolution which includ...

Page 57: ...ate for standard definition and high definition signal formats The smoothly varying surface brightness of the Cosine Ball will reveal objectionable non linear video processing artifacts such as motion...

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