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780B Video Generator/Analyzer

– User Guide

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December 1, 2014

Revision A7

12.3

Procedures for using the Command Line Interface through RS-232 Port

(780B only)

Use the following procedures for command line control of the 780B via the RS-232 serial port.

Please note if you experience a different behavior on your PC, refer to the 780B release notes on the Quantum
Data website at:

http://www.quantumdata.com/downloads/index.asp

1. Power up the 780B and touch select

Preferences

from the 780B top level menu.

2. Select

More

to view the second Preferences page.

3. Choose the baud rate for the RS-232 port.

Summary of Contents for 780B

Page 1: ...780B Video Generator Analyzer User Guide Rev A7...

Page 2: ...king Physical Connections 20 4 1 1 Connecting the 780B to the Display Device 20 4 2 Selecting a Signal Type and Resolution 21 4 2 1 Procedures for Selecting a Signal Type 21 4 2 2 Procedures for Selec...

Page 3: ...ected Display using Passthrough 86 6 1 4 Viewing Video Metadata from an HDMI Source Device 88 6 2 Viewing Source Data Island Packet 91 6 2 1 Configurations for Viewing the Data Island Packets from a S...

Page 4: ...oring 146 8 3 1 Configuration for Passive Monitoring the Downstream Devices while Emulating an HDMI Source Device with the Auxiliary Channel Analyzer on HDMI Devices 146 8 3 2 Procedures for Passive M...

Page 5: ...reate a custom menu 188 11 4 2 To access custom menus 188 12 Command Interface 191 12 1 Guidelines for Using the Command Line 191 12 2 Procedures for Enabling the Command Line Interface through USB Po...

Page 6: ...Added descriptions for various commands 1 3 Introducing the 780B Video Generator Analyzer for HDMI The 780B Video Generator Analyzer is a battery powered portable multimedia pattern generator and anal...

Page 7: ...ate a scroll of these bitmaps with user control over the rate and extent of horizontal movement Create custom formats using the standalone Format Editor 3D bitmap pattern testing The 780B enables you...

Page 8: ...MI source device The 780B provides an HDMI input for testing HDMI source devices You can view the infoframes and other data islands Audio test of an HDMI source device The 780B provides an HDMI input...

Page 9: ...an HDMI sink device s in an HDMI system DDC passive monitoring with Auxiliary Channel Analyzer ACA The 780B ACA enables you to monitor CEC and DDC transactions throughout an HDMI systems comprised of...

Page 10: ...aces Video Interface Description HDMI 1 Output Type A Single link HDMI output connector Supports HDMI 1 4x Bit Depth 24 30 36 bit Colorimetry RGB YCbCr Sampling 4 4 4 4 2 2 and 4 2 0 Pixel rate Timing...

Page 11: ...y Digital clips DTS clips Optical JIS FOS Optical audio connector Channels 8 clips Bits per sample 16 20 24 Sampling rates kHz 32 0 44 1 48 0 Formats LPCM Dolby Digital clips DTS clips HDMI 1 Input Au...

Page 12: ...or two when power is not available Important Notes about power usage and status Monitor the battery meter on the lower right The screen will automatically dim after 2 minutes of inactivity to save on...

Page 13: ...780B Video Generator Analyzer User Guide Page 12 December 1 2014 Revision A7 Preferences screen is shown below You can reduce the brightness of the screen to extend battery life...

Page 14: ...uide Page 13 December 1 2014 Revision A7 3 2 Tilt Bail The 780B has support bail for convenience in viewing This is depicted in the illustration below The illustration shows the 780 however the 780B t...

Page 15: ...n below Table 3 1 below shows functions available from the Home screen Table 3 1 Top Level Menu Item Submenu Pattern Third Level Menu Value Description Top Menu Bar Back navigation Not applicable Enab...

Page 16: ...est Testing HDCP Max Devices on an HDMI Source Device CEC Test Viewing the CEC devices on an HDMI network Audio Analyzer Testing Audio of an HDMI Source Device Audio Monitor Procedures for Monitoring...

Page 17: ...Indicates the status of video on the HDMI Rx port This includes Video interface HDMI or DVI Color depth 8 10 12 Video type RGB or YCbCr Sampling mode 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 2 0 Video Resolution Status Indicate...

Page 18: ...cludes Horizontal Active in pixels Vertical Active in pixels Frame rate Provides access to the Video Format screen Video Pattern Status Selection Indicates the video pattern on the HDMI Tx port Provid...

Page 19: ...the Home menu navigate to the Help menu by pressing the Help activation button on the upper status bar The Home menu is shown below The Help menu appears as shown below 2 Touch select the Calibrate a...

Page 20: ...ouch selecting the fourth box the calibration is completed and you will return to the Home menu 3 If the calibration fails and you cannot access the menus establish a command line session and enter th...

Page 21: ...testing a sink device is to make the physical connections between the 780B and the device s under test 4 1 1 Connecting the 780B to the Display Device Use the following procedures to make the physical...

Page 22: ...l type Resolution and Frame Rate for the sink device under test 4 2 1 Procedures for Selecting a Signal Type The procedures below describe how to select the active signal type 1 Power up the 780B usin...

Page 23: ...er Guide Page 22 December 1 2014 Revision A7 3 Touch select the desired signal type using the associated activation button example HDMI 4 Touch select the options for the Signal Type Use the informati...

Page 24: ...he Quantum Data Format Editor These procedures are described in Creating and Using Custom Formats EDIDs and Bitmaps When you make a physical connection to an HDMI HDTV a hot plug event will occur Ther...

Page 25: ...Page 24 December 1 2014 Revision A7 2 Select the Hot Plug Formats mode to On or Off as desired Refer to the screen above 3 Touch select the Formats activation button on the Status bar OUT to access th...

Page 26: ...ing A Resolution or Frame Rate with white lettering but with no outline a Resolution or Frame Rate that appears in the EDID and has a short video descriptor associated with it A Frame Rate with green...

Page 27: ...is automatically set to the preferred timing which is highlighted in green following a hot plug 4 2 3 Procedures for Enabling AVMute The procedures below describe how to enable AVMute AVMute is an opt...

Page 28: ...Making the physical connections Selecting the Signal Type and Resolution 4 3 1 Procedures for Rendering Test Patterns on an HDTV The procedures below cover cases where there is a direct connection bet...

Page 29: ...imported Note A on the lower right portion of the pattern indicates that there are options related to the specific pattern In these cases you double touch select to access the lower level menu 3 If a...

Page 30: ...ose shown Note 2 When using PC Format type the range will go from 0 to 255 for 8 bit color mode From left to right top to bottom Top bars R 180 G 180 B 180 R 180 G 180 B 16 R 16 G 180 B 180 R 16 G 180...

Page 31: ...f a rear projection display Ramp To check the digitizing linearity of video signal processors Stair Full Orientation Vertical Direction Left to Right Right to Left Orientation Horizontal Direction Top...

Page 32: ...les you to set the offset between the left and right image components No variants Box 1 Offset 64 to 64 Box 2 Offset 64 to 64 Background Brightness 0 to 63 3D Color Ramp Application This is a 3D patte...

Page 33: ...ack indicates crosstalk 3 Assess where the box and its background blend such that they are not distinguishable 4 Calculate the degree of crosstalk as a percent by counting the number of boxes from the...

Page 34: ...w grid of H characters to check for EMI effects on image Each H character should be clear and distinct EMI H Type Grill On Off Scroll Scrolls the H characters vertically Grill for verifying monitor re...

Page 35: ...No variants Window Raster Pattern Applications Window1 To calibrate display drive chromaticity Window2 To calibrate display cutoff chromaticity Raster To check color purity and display chrominance un...

Page 36: ...ual brightness up to full resolution N A Sharpness Application To align display sharpness picture aperature and scan velocity modulation adjustments No Variants Decoder Check Application To check the...

Page 37: ...100 IRE Blue is 100 IRE Black is 0 IRE No Variants Horizontal Vertical UL 3 Bar Pattern No Variants Black Pluge Pattern Application To set the picture black level and check the DC restoration perform...

Page 38: ...Outer background R 256 G 256 B 256 Outer blinking box R 320 256 G 320 256 B 320 256 Inner blinking box R 144 256 G 144 256 B 144 256 Top most stair value R 3760 G 3760 B 3760 Second stair value R 2880...

Page 39: ...limited range TV mode Top background R 256 G 256 B 256 Top dark vertical line R 128 G 128 B 128 Top larger outer box R 288 G 288 B 288 Top smaller inner box R 320 G 320 B 320 Bottom background R 3760...

Page 40: ...est image packs You can arrange to get access to them by contacting Quantum Data customer support at http www quantumdata com support When you purchase an image pack it appears as an icon at the end o...

Page 41: ...owing is a description of the elements in this test image 1 Overscan gauges to determine percentage of overscan 2 Centered cross centered circles and centered grid to test centering and concentricity...

Page 42: ...780B Video Generator Analyzer User Guide Page 41 December 1 2014 Revision A7 Table 4 5 Custom Test Image Packs THX Test Patterns...

Page 43: ...provided in this optional test pattern package 1 Uniformity 2D 3D circle patterns to determine luminance and chrominance screen uniformity 3D Convergence test patterns to align pixels for proper conv...

Page 44: ...Video Generator Analyzer User Guide Page 43 December 1 2014 Revision A7 Table 4 5 Custom Test Image Packs THX Test Patterns THX box 2D 3D grayscale test patterns to accurately adjust white point and g...

Page 45: ...nge Geometry Resolution test pattern to verify geometry and resolution Red Blue Color Multiburst test pattern for verifying chroma resolution for red and blue transitions 4 5 Rendering 3D Test Pattern...

Page 46: ...using the Quantum Data 3D Bitmap Conversion Tool available from the Quantum Data website www quantumdata com downloads 3 Transfer your 3D bitmaps over to the 780B using the procedures described in Imp...

Page 47: ...Analyzer User Guide Page 46 December 1 2014 Revision A7 The following screen will appear 3 Select the 3D mode Side by Side Top and Bottom or Frame Packing and then select the subtype and Left Right o...

Page 48: ...o make sure that the 3D bitmap you use matches your selection of 3D formats and timing resolution In the example above a 3D Frame Packing bitmap is selected for 1280 x 720 Therefore you have to make s...

Page 49: ...he resolution of the active format and you can only scroll them within the bounds of the resolution of the active format You cannot scroll the standard test patterns in the 780B In order to scroll a b...

Page 50: ...Guidelines for Panning Bitmaps There are two ways you can animate a bitmap image 1 image shifting scrolling 2 panning Here are the rules and capabilities In order to scroll a bitmap the name of the bi...

Page 51: ...the bitmap 2 Drag and pan the test pattern 4 7 3 Procedures for Viewing the Video from an HDMI Source Device Use the following procedures to view the incoming video from an HDMI source device 1 Conne...

Page 52: ...view the incoming video without viewing the metadata from the source device under test Note The 780B has an additional option for viewing a captures incoming video screen and scrolling throughout the...

Page 53: ...cember 1 2014 Revision A7 Note that you can also view 3D video bitmaps as well The following screen is a sample of what a 3D bitmap would look like The example below is a Top and Bottom format 4 Touch...

Page 54: ...he source device under test In this example a test pattern is shown Note also that the HDCP encryption status and AVmute status is shown in addition to the AVI infoframe values 6 Return to the Source...

Page 55: ...ator Analyzer User Guide Page 54 December 1 2014 Revision A7 Use the arrows to move about the video frame Note that in the example below a test pattern is being used typically this would be video from...

Page 56: ...Hz Pink 20 20kHz Pink Sine Wave Impulse Polarity Auto Time Delay Dolby TrueHD HDMI Provides a set of Dolby TrueHD Hi Bit Rate sine wave clips 192kHz 7 1 1kHz TrueHD 8 channel 192kHz sampling rate 192k...

Page 57: ...nection between the HDMI OUT connector on the 780B and the HDMI input of the HDMI repeater device using an HDMI to HDMI cable Then connect the HDTV to an active output on the repeater The following il...

Page 58: ...ital and or DTS audio test patterns These test patterns are useful for calibrating the room acoustics in a home theatre system 1 Make the physical connections between the 780B and the audio rendering...

Page 59: ...or HDMI 4 Double touch select the Dolby Digital 5 1 or DTS ES 6 1 item on the Audio Pattern menu refer to the screen shot above The following screen appears DTS ES shown 5 Touch select the desired aud...

Page 60: ...cle cycling through each channel 8 seconds per channel DTS ES 6 1 HDMI SPDIF Optical HDMI ARC 780B only Impulse Pattern Application Early reflections Dolby Digital 5 1 HDMI SPDIF Optical HDMI ARC 780B...

Page 61: ...et of DTS HD Hi Bit Rate sine wave clips 192kHz 7 1 5376kb HDHRA 8 channel 192kHz sampling rate 192kHz 5 1 3840kb HDHRA 6 channel 192kHz sampling rate 192kHz 7 1 5760kb HDHRA 8 channel 192kHz sampling...

Page 62: ...rface from the Audio Pattern Test Tone menu refer to the screen shot above which shows HDMI The options are Optical SPDIF or HDMI 4 Double touch select the Dolby Digital Plus 7 1 TrueHD or DTS HD item...

Page 63: ...HDMI ARC Provides programmable sine waves Bits per sample 16 20 24 Sampling rate kHz 32 44 2 48 88 2 96 176 4 192 Channels 2 0 2 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 Level 0dB to 99dB in 1dB and 3dB increments per channel...

Page 64: ...enu appears as shown below 3 Touch select the desired Interface shown in the screen above to select the active digital audio output Optical selected in the example screen shot above 4 Double touch sel...

Page 65: ...variety of increment and decrement values for convenience Repeat for each channel You can specify the frequency for each channel individually in 1 Hz increments 10 Specify which channels you want to...

Page 66: ...B Video Generator Analyzer User Guide Page 65 December 1 2014 Revision A7 2 From the top level menu shown in the screen sample below select Audio Test Tone The Audio Test Tone menu appears as shown be...

Page 67: ...Select ARC 4 Select the desired audio Signal Type Table 4 9 below describes the audio format available for testing the HDMI Audio Return Channel Table 4 9 HDMI Audio Return Channel ARC Testing Audio...

Page 68: ...test initiates and HDCP authentication with the sink device with or without a repeater and displays the AKSV and BKSV values the An value the Ro values and the Ri values A pass fail indication is pro...

Page 69: ...splay device under test 2 Enable the HDMI output using the procedures at Selecting a Signal Type and Resolution 3 Touch select HDCP Test from the Home menu shown below 4 Touch select Enable from the H...

Page 70: ...Verifying the EDID on an HDMI HDTV or HDMI Repeater Device This section provides procedures for verifying and viewing the EDID of an HDMI HDTV or an HDMI repeater device such as an A V receiver You c...

Page 71: ...a Signal Type and Resolution 3 Touch select EDID from the Home menu shown below 4 Touch select the Read activation button from the EDID Test menu shown below The EDID information is presented on multi...

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Page 73: ...A7 The EDID sink test will also run certain sections of the EDID compliance test The sections that are run are those sections that do not require Capabilities Declaration Form CDF information to be en...

Page 74: ...nd subsequently stored Load the reference EDID Connect the 780B HDMI OUT port to the HDMI sink device whose EDID you wish to compare with your reference EDID Compare the two EDIDs Note To load an EDID...

Page 75: ...a reference EDID The options Load File Loads from an EDID file stored on the 780B file system Load TV Default Loads the standard reference EDID for a TV from the 780B file system Load AVR Default Load...

Page 76: ...14 Revision A7 The EDID is loaded and displayed on the screen 6 Connect the 780B HDMI OUT port to an HDMI sink device e g HDTV or A V receiver and touch select Compare The results will show PASS or FA...

Page 77: ...I network This section describes how to view the CEC devices on an HDMI network 5 3 1 Configurations for Testing CEC on an HDMI Sink Device You can run this test in two configurations 780B HDMI OUT po...

Page 78: ...following procedures to test CEC on an HDMI sink device 1 Connect the 780B HDMI OUT port to an HDMI sink device e g HDTV or A V receiver using the configuration guidelines provided above 2 Follow the...

Page 79: ...780B Video Generator Analyzer User Guide Page 78 December 1 2014 Revision A7 The CEC devices on the HDMI network are presented on the display as shown below...

Page 80: ...onfigurations for running multi protocol tests on an HDMI Sink Device You run this test with the 780B HDMI OUT port connected directly to an HDTV input This configuration is shown below 5 4 2 Procedur...

Page 81: ...ch select the Aux Combo Test pattern from the second page of the Video Pattern menu shown below The results will appear on the connected display An example of the results is shown below 4 Alternativel...

Page 82: ...nk device to conduct a basic confidence test of an HDMI source device This test ensures that you are receiving a valid HDMI video signal by displaying the timing of the incoming signal and informing y...

Page 83: ...oming video and check the video and timing parameters of the incoming video 1 Make the physical connection between the 780B HDMI IN port and the source device under test using the configuration instru...

Page 84: ...shown on the 780B LCD as depicted below 4 Return to the Source Test menu by touching the LCD The Source Test menu reappears as shown below Note that you can also view 3D video bitmaps as well The foll...

Page 85: ...o return to Video Display menu 6 Touch select the Start Detailed activation button on the Video Display menu to view the incoming video along with the metadata from the source device under test In thi...

Page 86: ...the additional option of capturing and viewing a captured bitmap of the entire resolution of the incoming video View Full Frame Use the arrows to move about the video frame Note that in the example b...

Page 87: ...ouching the LCD then the Home menu 6 1 3 Viewing the Incoming 4K Video on a Connected Display using Passthrough You can also view 4K incoming video on a connected display using the Video Passthrough f...

Page 88: ...n is shown below 2 Specify how you want to view the video on the connected display You can either view it unscaled on a 4K display or scaled to 1080p or scaled to 1920 by 1080 resolution Refer to Tabl...

Page 89: ...ertical resolution is scaled to 1080 lines Used for CEA 4K inputs No Downscale 4K input is unscaled as it is passed through the 780B 6 1 4 Viewing Video Metadata from an HDMI Source Device Use the fol...

Page 90: ...arameters does not match the value of the parameters in the associated standard timing in the 780B format library an indication of the error is shown as can be seen below If the timing does not match...

Page 91: ...ion including blanking Active Total active horizontal and vertical resolution excluding blanking Frames sec The frame rate of the HDMI DVI input source Scan Type Indicates whether the HDMI DVI input s...

Page 92: ...ta Island Packet This subsection describes how to view the HDMI data island packets from an HDMI source device 6 2 1 Configurations for Viewing the Data Island Packets from a Source Device The 780B s...

Page 93: ...h select the Refresh activation button on the Packet Viewer menu shown below to view the data island packet information AVI Infoframe shown 4 Touch select the Save activation button on the Packet View...

Page 94: ...vices a Source Device Supports The 780B s HDMI input port acts as a reference HDMI sink device Therefore it enables you to emulate a known good HDMI sink device to conduct a test on a source device Yo...

Page 95: ...h select the Find Max Devs activation button on the HDCP Input Tests menu shown below to test the number of HDCP device the source device supports The results of the test are shown on the screen Note...

Page 96: ...CP registers of the 780 780A s Rx port to test how your source device responds to HDCP being disabled You can disable the HDCP port either through the GUI or through the command line 1 Touch select th...

Page 97: ...subsection describes how to test the audio from an HDMI source device 6 4 1 Configurations for Testing Audio on an HDMI Source Device With the 780B you can run a test on the HDMI audio from a source d...

Page 98: ...ting Audio on an HDMI Source Device Use the following procedures to test the audio from an HDMI source device 1 Make the physical connection between the 780B HDMI IN port and the source device under t...

Page 99: ...creen appears as shown below 3 Touch select the Read activation button to initiate the test 4 Alternatively you can run this test from the command line as follows AUDA RPTP An example of the results a...

Page 100: ...h Refer to stream header Sampling freq Refer to stream header Channel allocation FR FL Channel status bits Application Consumer Sample words LPCM Copyright asserted Yes Format info Default Mode 0 Cate...

Page 101: ...t Indicates the audio format type Typically one of LPCM Dolby DTS Sampling rate The sampling frequency One of Refer to Stream Header 32kHz 44 1kHz 48kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz 176 4kHz 192kHz Target bitrate Au...

Page 102: ...k Regeneration N CTS values N CTS Channel Status Bit Data right side Description Application Application format One of Consumer or Professional Sample words Sample word encoding One of LPCM or Encoded...

Page 103: ...also monitor a single channel of LPCM audio through the embedded speaker You can select what channels of a multi channel LPCM to monitor on the stereo headphone jack or which single channel on the spe...

Page 104: ...ision A7 3 Select the pair of channels to monitor through the headphone jack using the Headphone Channels set of selection buttons 4 Specify the Headphone amplitude in increments of 3dB or 1dB using t...

Page 105: ...Revision A7 5 Select the single channel to monitor through the embedded speaker using the Speaker Channel set of selection buttons 6 Specify the speaker amplitude in increments of 3dB or 1dB using th...

Page 106: ...780B Video Generator Analyzer User Guide Page 105 December 1 2014 Revision A7...

Page 107: ...orting EDID xml files created using Quantum Data EDID Editor tools For procedures on importing EDIDs refer to Adding Reference EDIDs for Use in Testing HDMI Devices The EDID test of an HDMI source dev...

Page 108: ...r 1 2014 Revision A7 6 5 2 Procedures for Testing an HDMI Source Devices Response to an EDID Use the following procedures to test the EDID response from an HDMI source device 1 Touch select EDID Test...

Page 109: ...ad File Loads from an EDID file stored on the 780B file system Load TV Default Loads the standard reference EDID for a TV from the 780B file system Load AVR Default Loads the standard reference EDID f...

Page 110: ...displayed on the screen 4 If you wish to obtain an EDID from an HDMI sink device that you have on hand connect the 780B HDMI OUT port to the HDMI input of that sink device This configuration is depic...

Page 111: ...er User Guide Page 110 December 1 2014 Revision A7 5 Navigate to the EDID Test from the Sink Tests menu shown below 6 Touch select the Read activation button from the EDID Test menu shown above The ED...

Page 112: ...an HDMI sink device to the 780B HDMI IN port 8 Connect the 780B HDMI IN port to the HDMI output of a source device you wish to test as shown in the illustration below This will cause a hot plug event...

Page 113: ...e Repeater Test You can also conduct both and upstream and a downstream diagnostic test at the same time using the Link Test Table 7 1 below describes what items are tested with each test in the Insta...

Page 114: ...y the source device during HDCP authentication Verifies hot plug detect is asserted Verifies EDID bad header bad checksum pass fail on compliance Runs an HDCP authentication test on both source and si...

Page 115: ...ice You can view the incoming video and check the video and timing parameters of the incoming video 1 Make the physical connection between the 780B HDMI IN port and the source device under test using...

Page 116: ...ber 1 2014 Revision A7 The test will run for up to about a minute A status screen is provided as shown below You will be asked to verify the video and video parameters presented on the 780B display To...

Page 117: ...at the Sink Downstream This subsection describes how to diagnose HDMI interoperability problems on HDMI source devices downstream Sink Test 7 2 1 Connection Configurations for Testing HDMI Sink Device...

Page 118: ...Utility Use the following procedures to test the video from an HDMI sink device 1 Make the physical connection between the 780B HDMI OUT port and the sink device under test using the configuration in...

Page 119: ...sion A7 3 Touch select the OK activation button to initiate the test The test will run for up to about a minute You will be asked to verify the video and video parameters presented on the display devi...

Page 120: ...ubsection describes how to diagnose HDMI interoperability problems related to an HDMI repeater device Repeater Test 7 3 1 Connection Configurations for Testing HDMI Repeater Devices The 780B s HDMI in...

Page 121: ...t the video from an HDMI repeater device with the Installer Utility 1 Make the physical connections between the 780B HDMI IN and OUT ports and the sink device under test using the configuration instru...

Page 122: ...vation button to initiate the test The test will run for up to about a minute A status screen is provided as shown below You will be instructed to switch to different timings and verify that the video...

Page 123: ...taneously Therefore it enables you to emulate both a known good HDMI source and sink device to conduct diagnostics on a source devices upstream and sink devices downstream simultaneously The following...

Page 124: ...er 1 2014 Revision A7 A diagram will appear on the 780B display depicting the proper setup for the Link Test 3 Touch select the OK activation button to initiate the test The test will run for up to ab...

Page 125: ...Revision A7 You will be instructed to switch interfaces on the HDTV during the test Touch select the appropriate the OK activation button When the test is complete you will be presented with a summar...

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Page 127: ...l as the HDCP and EDID transactions These ACA features require a license key and can be enabled remotely The features and functions described in this section are included only if you have purchased ei...

Page 128: ...5 volts Cyan EDID Exchange A data set in the HDMI sink that describes its capabilities to a connected source device This data is transmitted over the DDC channel Yellow HDCP Transactions Content prot...

Page 129: ...you wish to monitor In this application you would select data types from the Tx Port side 5 Determine what data types you wish to monitor Typically you will want to monitor the DDC and hot plug 5V onl...

Page 130: ...essary to initiate a new HDCP authentication Typically this would be a hot plug event at the sink device you are testing Alternatively you can simply disable and re enable HDCP on the 780B 8 Touch sel...

Page 131: ...er to clear the collected of messages 8 1 3 Configurations for Monitoring DDC Transactions with ACA on HDMI Source Devices This subsection provides configuration diagrams that depict ACA monitoring of...

Page 132: ...use the feature 1 Connect the HDMI system devices to the 780B in either of the ways shown in the diagrams above and described as follows a The HDMI source device output is connected the 780B HDMI IN...

Page 133: ...ote By default the two activation buttons labeled 780B Tx Port and 780B Rx port are enabled You cannot disable them Transactions will be shown based on which ports HDMI OUT and or HDMI IN are connecte...

Page 134: ...ct the Details activation button top center to view the details of any specific transaction that you have selected The following screen is an example of the details screen The screen below shows a det...

Page 135: ...r the ACA option to use the feature 1 Connect the HDMI system devices to the 780B in either of the ways shown in the diagrams above and described as follows a The HDMI sink device input is connected t...

Page 136: ...By default the two activation buttons labeled 780B Tx Port and 780B Rx port are enabled 4 Take whatever action necessary to initiate a new CEC messages 5 Touch select the Capture Data Table activation...

Page 137: ...both an HDMI source device and an HDMI sink device 8 1 7 Procedures for Running an Auxiliary Channel Analyzer Test on HDMI Repeater Devices This subsection provides procedures for ACA monitoring of H...

Page 138: ...d hot plug 5V is only available for monitoring with the passive monitoring option Select the data types that you wish to monitor Note By default the two activation buttons labeled 780B Tx Port and 780...

Page 139: ...be a hot plug event at the sink device you are testing Alternatively you can simply disable and re enable HDCP on the 780B 5 Touch select the Capture Data Table activation button to initiate the capt...

Page 140: ...alyzer User Guide Page 139 December 1 2014 Revision A7 9 Touch select Stop activation button top left to halt the collection of messages 10 Touch select Clear activation button top center to clear the...

Page 141: ...sively Monitoring CEC and or DDC Transactions with ACA on an HDMI System This subsection provides configuration diagrams that depict ACA passive monitoring of an HDMI system 8 2 2 Procedures for Passi...

Page 142: ...7 The ACA Setup Options screen appears 3 Select the data types that you wish to monitor In this application you would select Passive Upstream and Passive Downstream 4 Determine what data types you wis...

Page 143: ...d be a hot plug event at the sink device you are testing 7 Touch select the Capture Data Table activation button to initiate the capturing of the data A screen similar to the one shown below will appe...

Page 144: ...vices Note You will have to obtain a license key for the ACA passive monitoring option to use the feature 1 Connect the HDMI system devices to the 780B as shown in the diagram above and described as f...

Page 145: ...780B Video Generator Analyzer User Guide Page 144 December 1 2014 Revision A7 The ACA Setup Options screen appears 3 Select the CEC to monitor In this application you would select Passive Upstream...

Page 146: ...Take whatever action necessary to initiate CEC messages 6 Touch select the Capture Data Table activation button to initiate the capturing of the data A screen similar to the one shown below will appea...

Page 147: ...source device and monitor the upstream side and then you can passively monitor on the downstream side i e on the source side of a repeater and the HDMI sink HDTV This subsection describes the procedu...

Page 148: ...cense key for the ACA passive monitoring option to use the feature 1 Connect the HDMI system devices to the 780B as shown in the diagram above and described as follows a The 780B HDMI OUT connector is...

Page 149: ...the DDC and hot plug events on the HDMI OUT side 5 Enable HDCP on the HDMI source device under test Use the procedures in the section entitled Testing HDCP on an HDMI HDTV or HDMI Repeater Device 6 Ta...

Page 150: ...ple shows the BCAPS register details 9 Touch select Stop activation button top left to halt the collection of messages 10 Touch select Clear activation button top center to clear the collected of mess...

Page 151: ...to obtain a license key for the ACA passive monitoring option to use the feature 1 Connect the HDMI system devices to the 780B as shown in the diagram above and described as follows a The HDMI source...

Page 152: ...or Typically you will want to monitor the DDC and hot plug and 5V on the passive upstream side and monitor the DDC and hot plug events on the Rx side 5 Enable HDCP on the HDMI source device under test...

Page 153: ...th upstream and downstream transactions U and D 8 Touch select the Details activation button top center to view the details of any specific transaction that you have selected The following screen is a...

Page 154: ...Analyzer ACA application The ACA application is available from the Quantum Data website on the downloads page www quantumdata com downloads This procedure assumes that you have captured transactions...

Page 155: ...4 1 Procedures for Transferring ACA Traces Use the procedures below to import bitmaps 1 Connect the 780B to a PC host via the USB cable provided 2 Select the Preferences from the 780B top level menu...

Page 156: ...e disk The system will prompt you through the format process 6 Transfer your saved Trace text file from the 780B to your PC using standard windows procedures for transferring files to a USB drive i e...

Page 157: ...this section are included only if you have purchased the HDMI Cable and Link Test option 9 1 HDMI Cable or Repeater Test The HDMI DVI Cable Test runs a test on all the leads in the HDMI cable and HDM...

Page 158: ...testing an HDMI cable connect one end of the HDMI cable to the 780B HDMI OUT connect and the other end to the 780B HDMI IN connector For testing an HDMI repeater device such as a repeater video or au...

Page 159: ...Test Repeater function the hot plug pulse delay and the hot plug pulse with are shown in addition to the information and results displayed for the Cable Test In the Test Repeater function the 780B ini...

Page 160: ...eries of captured frames pixel by pixel to the reference frame 9 2 1 Configuration for Running an HDMI Frame Compare Test This subsection shows a typical configuration when performing an HDMI Frame Co...

Page 161: ...Page 160 December 1 2014 Revision A7 The following screen appears 3 Select Frame Capture to capture a reference frame The 780B will capture a frame and indicate that the 5V was detected properly or n...

Page 162: ...of the Frame Compare test Note that the incoming resolution is shown with the number of pixel errors detected 9 2 3 Procedures for Running the Remote PRN Test This subsection provides procedures for...

Page 163: ...sconnect the source device at the near end of an HDMI distribution network and connect the HDMI cable to the first 780 s HDMI output connector 3 Disconnect the sink device at the far end of an HDMI di...

Page 164: ...ide Page 163 December 1 2014 Revision A7 5 Select Test Remote PRN to capture a reference frame The 780B will run the PRN test at the format resolution set for the 780 at the source end Repeat the test...

Page 165: ...Ds for the Auto EDID Test This subsection provides procedures for configuring the 780B with the desired set of EDIDs for testing Note that the test comes with a default set of EDIDs for running the te...

Page 166: ...ars on the AutoEDID test screen The second white space is part of the description 2 Transfer this text file to the AutoEDID directory of the 780B Use the procedures in Procedures for Importing EDIDs i...

Page 167: ...age 166 December 1 2014 Revision A7 10 1 2 Configurations for Running an Auto EDID Test This subsection provides configurations supported when performing an HDMI Auto EDID test on a source device whic...

Page 168: ...so the AutoEDID test list file using the procedures above The procedures also assume that you have the source device connected to the 780B s HDMI Rx port Important Note If you wish to run the optional...

Page 169: ...A Virtual Keyboard screen appears enabling you enter a name for the report This screen is shown in the next step in this procedure Important Note You will have to have installed a suitable SDCard into...

Page 170: ...wish to create a report enter a name for the report using 8 3 naming convention Touch select the Enter key when you are finished entering the name An example is shown below 5 Optionally Touch select...

Page 171: ...2014 Revision A7 The Auto Test Lists screen will appear enabling you to select your previously defined test list Refer to the screen below 6 Select the desired EDID test list as shown in the screen ab...

Page 172: ...indicated above The following screen shows an example of a completed report Notes on the example above Red text in the example above indicates anomalous conditions in the handling of an EDID Examples...

Page 173: ...he SDCard pause for a couple seconds before running the test on another EDID The files will be stored the SDCard Following a reboot you will be able to remove the SDCard and insert it into your PC for...

Page 174: ...780B Video Generator Analyzer User Guide Page 173 December 1 2014 Revision A7 You can disseminate the test report to subject matter experts or colleagues...

Page 175: ...s with the Quantum Data Format Editor available from www quantumdata com downloads page The instructions for using the Format Editor are provided in the 882 User Guide also available from www quantumd...

Page 176: ...0B in the Disk mode you will have to reformat the disk The system will prompt you through the format process 5 Connect the 780B to a PC host via the USB cable provided The 780B should appear as a USB...

Page 177: ...de to revert back to the COM mode then power cycle the 780B 9 Navigate to the Signal Type menu of the desired interface and select User Defined for the Format Type as indicated below 10 Navigate to th...

Page 178: ...lternatively Establish a command line session with the 780B from your PC using the procedures described in Procedures for Enabling the Command Line Interface 12 Load a custom format using the followin...

Page 179: ...vailable with the 882 or the 980 You can use the EDID Editor utility provided with the 980 Manager application available from the Quantum Data website on the downloads page at www quantumdata com down...

Page 180: ...PC host via the USB cable provided The 780B should appear as a USB storage device 6 Transfer your custom EDID xml files from your PC to the EDID directory of the 780B using standard Windows methods fo...

Page 181: ...r and the display device whose EDID you wish to store 2 Enable the HDMI output using the procedures at Selecting a Signal Type and Resolution 3 Touch select EDID Test from the Home menu shown below 4...

Page 182: ...own below allowing you to save the EDID to a file 6 Spell out a name for the EDID limit 8 characters by touch selecting the virtual keys e g above MYEDID Then touch select the Enter key 7 Power cycle...

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Page 184: ...Place the 780B s USB interface in the Disk mode This is not the default mode for the USB interface Create a text file called UserPats txt that lists each bitmap stored for use The name in the file has...

Page 185: ...k mode you will have to reformat the disk The system will prompt you through the format process 6 Create the userpats txt text file listing your bitmaps Use the information in Table 11 1 below to cons...

Page 186: ...names Mast720 bmp Master 720 Mast1080 bmp Master 1080 MYPLG07 bmp BlkPlug 720 MYPLG10 bmp BlkPlug 1080 MYGEO07 bmp Geom178 720 MYGEO10 bmp Geom178 1080 MYBRTS07 bmp RGMultBurst 720 MYBRTS10 bmp RGMult...

Page 187: ...list below 11 3 4 Procedures for Loading Bitmaps from SD Card Use the procedures below to load bitmaps from an SD card 1 Load your bitmaps on to the SD card from your PC using a USB SD card reader 2...

Page 188: ...Windows methods for transferring files to a USB drive i e by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting In this example you would have created a bitmap called for example 980_640 bmp and stored it o...

Page 189: ...mtu Note that the commands are separated by a semicolon In the example above in the first line there is a custom bitmap image user01 that is used 2 Create a SeqMap txt file or edit an existing file An...

Page 190: ...780B Video Generator Analyzer User Guide Page 189 December 1 2014 Revision A7 2 Navigate Touch select Custom Menu from the Preference screen as shown below The following screen appears...

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Page 192: ...cedures for Enabling the Command Line Interface through USB Port Use the following procedures for command line control of the 780B via the USB port Please note if you experience a different behavior o...

Page 193: ...uide Page 192 December 1 2014 Revision A7 5 Follow the instructions provided on the dialog box to browse to the location of the INF file Once you locate the INF file the required software will load as...

Page 194: ...mand line control of the 780B via the RS 232 serial port Please note if you experience a different behavior on your PC refer to the 780B release notes on the Quantum Data website at http www quantumda...

Page 195: ...mand line the 780B touch screen will still show the selections you made through the touch screen but the interface format and pattern selections you made through the command line will be active Table...

Page 196: ...he type of compressed audio format 2 7 1 5376kb DTS HDHRA 3 5 1 3840kb HDHRA 4 7 1 5760kb HDHRA 5 5 1 DTS HDMA 6 7 1 HDMA 8 DD 2 0 9 DD 5 1 10 DD 7 1 11 TrueHD 7 1 12 TrueHD 2 0 Where chan_select is t...

Page 197: ...the analog video type AVST 2 ALLU BKSV Shows value of sink device s BKSV in hex when connected to 780B Tx BKSV Not applicable To read a sink device s BKSV BKSV 152BDD2533 BOXG To enable or disable the...

Page 198: ...video sampling mode Applies only for HDMI DVSM sampling DVSM Where sampling is one of 0 RGB 4 4 4 2 YCbCr 4 2 2 4 YCbCr 4 4 4 To set the HDMI sampling mode to RGB 4 4 4 DVST 10 DVSM 0 ALLU DVST Sets o...

Page 199: ...hot plug on the HDMI Out port HPAG HRAT Sets the horizontal rate of the video timing HRAT rate HRAT rate Where rate can be within the range of 1000Hz to 130000Hz To set the horizontal rate to 15000Hz...

Page 200: ...T 74 2500E 06 RGBW Sets RGB values on with Raster and Window test patterns RGBW pattern R G B RGBW pattern R G B Where pattern is either 4 for Window pattern or 33 for raster pattern Where R G B are t...

Page 201: ...dth To set the horizontal sync pulse width VSPW 3 ALLU VSPP Sets the polarity of the vertical sync pulse VSPP polarity VSPP polarity Where polarity can be one of 0 high to low transition 1 low to high...

Page 202: ...t ratio value or retrieves the value transmitted M Picture Aspect Ratio Sets the picture aspect ratio value or retrieves the value transmitted EC Extended Colorimetry Sets the extended colorimetry val...

Page 203: ...shift value Sets the level shift value or retrieves the value transmitted PBL LFE playback level Sets the LFE playback level or retrieves the level transmitted CSUM Checksum Sets or gets the checksum...

Page 204: ...ote The commands are not case sensitive Table 11 2 List of Commands alphabetical For Testing HDMI Audio in Sink Devices Command Description Syntax Parameters Command Example ARAT Sets the audio rate o...

Page 205: ...2 or 8 To set the number of channels to 8 NDAC 8 FMTU DASI Sets the digital audio interface DASI interface DASI interface Where interface is one of 0 disabled 1 SPDIF 4 Optical 6 HDMI To set the digit...

Page 206: ...es Format info Default Mode 0 Category code 00 Source number 0 Channel number 0 Sampling freq 48 KHz Word length 24 bits CECx PING Runs a CEC ping test from the HDMI Tx x 1 or the HDMI Rx x 2 port CEC...

Page 207: ...er number assigned to the infoframe type in the HDMI specification VSIF 81 AVI 82 SPD 83 AUD 84 MPEG 85 TMAU Invokes timing analyzer TMAU To initiate a timing test TMAU Note Then use one or more of th...

Page 208: ...des the list of commands supported for running the Frame Compare test Table 11 5 List of Commands For Testing Distribution Networks with the Frame Compare Test Command Description Syntax Command Examp...

Page 209: ...he capture of the number of frames specified by the PDAX FRMS command and compares those frames with the captured reference frame PDAU To capture a reference frame and compare 100 of incoming frames t...

Page 210: ...me Resolution Frame Rates Hz Command example 480i frame rate e g 480i29 H 720 V 480 29 97 30 59 94 60 119 88 120 FMTL 480i60 FMTU 480p frameRate e g 480p59 H 720 V 480 59 94 60 119 88 120 FMTL 480p60...

Page 211: ...FMTU Table 11 8 below lists the image names For command line control you would use the image name as the argument for the IMGU command Table 11 8 List of Image parameter names for command line Image...

Page 212: ...MGU DecodAdj Color Adjust IMGL DecodAdj IMGU Flat_Red IMGL Flat_Red IMGU PRN24Bit pseudo noise IMGL PRN24Bit IMGU DecodChk Color Decode IMGL DecodChk IMGU Flat_Grn IMGL Flat_Grn IMGU ZonePlate Moving...

Page 213: ...rted keypad functions include selection of interface timing pattern and test sequences 13 1 Connecting a Keypad A serial terminal keypad can be connected to the 780B front edge RS 232 connector 13 2 E...

Page 214: ...be changed by the customer unless you wish to create a specific test sequence Procedures for creating a test sequence in the UserKeys txt file are provided further below Please contact Quantum Data A...

Page 215: ...pping between formats timings and interfaces TIMING 352 ENTER This will change the timing format to 1080p60 on the HDMI interface Then the Previous and Next keys can be pressed to sequence through the...

Page 216: ...1080p30 329 1080p50 330 1080p59 331 1080p60 332 480i24 DVI 333 480p60 334 1080i30 335 720p60 336 1080p59 341 480i24 HDMI 342 480i24 343 576i25 344 480p60 345 480p59 346 576p50 347 720p60 348 720p50 34...

Page 217: ...pressing the PATTERN key followed by the number that represents the desired pattern The following is an example of how you would select a test pattern using the Image Map file shown in Table 12 4 belo...

Page 218: ...txt file using the procedures below Keypad functions are assigned as shown in Table 12 5 below Table 12 5 Keypad Functions Key Function Num Lock TIMING Select a format PATTERN Select an image Program...

Page 219: ...two macro test sequences defined F0 and F1 The FF definition is a macro that simply disables manufacturing mode in the 804 test instrument The F0 macro also shows a special use case for the kbrd comm...

Page 220: ...ge 219 December 1 2014 Revision A7 To run a test sequence macro stored in the UserKeys txt file you use the kbrd command on the command line as follows KBRD F0 This command would run the F0 macro in t...

Page 221: ...les will also come with a bootstrp bin file 1 Download the 780B firmware and gateware if necessary files from the Quantum Data website http www quantumdata com downloads index asp to your PC and unzip...

Page 222: ...on your unit may appear slightly different The screen will show several messsages indicating the progress of the update Once the gateware update has completed the following screen appears 13 Reboot t...

Page 223: ...e progress of the update Once the firmware update has completed the following screen appears 16 Reboot the 780B by power cycling 17 Touch select the Preferences from the 780B top menu 18 Choose COM fo...

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