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780C Multi-Interface Interoperability Tester

– User Guide

Page 201

September 29, 2014

Revision A1

Use the procedures below to import bitmaps.

1. Connect the 780C to a PC host via the USB cable provided.

2. Select the

Preferences

from the 780C top level menu.

3. Choose

Disk

mode.

The Disk selection for

USB Mode

in the above screen will be highlighted in green.

4. Power cycle the 780C using the rocker switch on the back panel.

The 780C will appear as a mass storage device on your PC like any other USB drive.

5. If this is the first time you have used the 780C in the

Disk

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 construct

your text file:

Table 11-1: Importing Bitmaps

– UserPats.txt file

Bitmap Name (use 8.3 naming convention)

Bitmap Resolution

UserPats.txt Text File Structure

Mast480.bmp

720x480

The structure of the UserPats file is:

<Bitmap Name> space <Description>

The contents of the UserPats.txt text file would be:

Mast480.bmp Master 720x480

Mast720.bmp Master 1280x720
Mast1080.bmp Master 1920x1080

Note 1:

The bitmap name has to match the name of

the stored bitmap.

Note 2:

The description is limited to 20 characters.

Mast720.bmp

128x720

Mast1080.bmp

1920x1080

Summary of Contents for 780C

Page 1: ...780C Multi Interface Interoperability Tester for Video and Audio User Guide Rev A1 ...

Page 2: ...ce HDBaseT 21 4 1 3 Connecting the 780C to the Display Device SDI 21 4 1 4 Connecting the 780C to the Display Device Analog 22 4 2 Selecting a Signal Type and Resolution 22 4 2 1 Procedures for Selecting a Signal Type 22 4 2 2 Procedures for Selecting an Resolution and Frame Rate HDMI and HDBaseT 24 4 2 3 Procedures for Enabling AVMute 27 4 2 4 Procedures for Selecting a Resolution and Frame Rate ...

Page 3: ...he Incoming 4K HDMI HDBaseT Video on a Connected Display using Passthrough 93 6 1 5 Viewing Video Metadata from an HDMI HDBaseT Source Device 94 6 1 6 Procedures for Viewing Video on an SDI Source Device 98 6 1 7 Viewing Video Metadata from an SDI Source Device 102 6 2 Viewing Source Data Island Packets on HDMI and HDBaseT 104 6 2 1 Configurations for Viewing the Data Island Packets from an HDMI o...

Page 4: ...alyzer on HDMI or HDBaseT Source Devices 157 8 3 Configuration for Monitoring DDC Transactions with the ACA on an HDMI or HDBaseT Repeater or distribution device 160 8 3 1 Procedures for Running an Auxiliary Channel Analyzer Test on HDMI HDBaseT Repeater or Distribution Devices 161 8 4 Auxiliary Channel Analyzer Passive Monitoring 165 8 4 1 Configurations for Passively Monitoring CEC and or DDC Tr...

Page 5: ...e 208 12 1 Guidelines for Using the Command Line 208 12 2 Procedures for Enabling the Command Line Interface through USB Port 208 12 3 Procedures for using the Command Line Interface through RS 232 Port 780C only 210 12 4 Procedures for Entering Commands 211 13 Using the Keypad 228 13 1 Connecting a Keypad 228 13 2 Enabling and Configuring an RS 232 Keypad 228 13 3 Keypad Functionality 229 13 4 Se...

Page 6: ...i Interface Interoperability Tester The 780C Multi Interface Interoperability Tester is a portable multimedia pattern generator that enables you to conduct quick on site verification testing of your HDMI HDBaseT and 3G SDI systems and analog video displays The 780C is equipped with both reference source and reference sink HDMI HDBaseT and 3G SDI interfaces allowing you to test audio video and prot...

Page 7: ...esting The 780C enables you to import 3D bitmaps for use in pattern testing You can create your own bitmaps from any stereoscopic images you have using the Quantum Data Bitmap Conversion Tool available from the Quantum Data website http www quantumdata com apps 3D BMP_conv asp There are some sample 3D bitmaps on this webpage as well Video confidence test of an HDMI HDBaseT or 3G SDI source device ...

Page 8: ...her data islands Audio test of an HDMI HDBaseT or 3G SDI source device The 780C provides HDMI HDBaseT and 3G SDI inputs for testing source devices You can run a verification test of an audio source which includes decoding of the audio IEC headers audio infoframes and audio sample packet headers for HDMI and HDBaseT and parsing out of the channel status bits for 3G SDI as well EDID test of HDMI or ...

Page 9: ...HDBaseT CEC DDC transactions such as HDCP and EDID as well as hot plug related events while emulating an HDMI or HDBaseT source and or an HDMI or HDBaseT sink device s in a system You can also monitor passively between two HDMI HDBaseT devices When monitoring passively you can also view the 5V status 1 4 6 What is in the 780C shipping box The 780C instrument shipping container includes the items l...

Page 10: ...DBaseT output connector Supports HDBaseT 1 x Bit Depth 24 30 36 bit Colorimetry RGB YCbCr Sampling 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 2 0 Pixel rate Timings up to 300MHz for 4K x 2K resolutions DVI support through HDMI to DVI adapter cable RGB 4 4 4 24 bit Audio LPCM Dolby Digital and DTS more details below 3G SDI 1 Output BNC 3G SDI output connector Bit Depth 24 30 36 bit Colorimetry YCbCr Sampling 4 4 2 Data rate Ti...

Page 11: ... connector Channels 8 clips Bits per sample 16 20 24 Sampling rates kHz 32 0 44 1 48 0 96 0 Formats LPCM Dolby 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 Audio Return Channel Type A HDMI ARC SPDIF Channels 8 clips Bits per sample 16 20 24 Sampling...

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Page 13: ...ns The 780C has a rocker style power switch on the back panel Refer to the photo below The 780C is supplied with the Part No 25 00106 12V DC power supply adapter as well as a part number 30A00400A03 line cord 3 2 Tilt Bail The 780C has support bail for convenience in viewing This is depicted in the illustration below The illustration shows the 780 however the 780C tilt bail operates in the same ma...

Page 14: ...he 780C User Interface The 780C user interface is a color touch screen display 800 by 480 A single touch will activate an item on the screen or take you down to a lower level menu A indicates that you have to double touch to navigate down to a lower level menu 3 3 1 Home Menu items The 780C s Home screen is shown below ...

Page 15: ...s Disk for downloading files and upgrades Startup Mode Set the 780 s menu configuration to the default menu shown throughout this User Guide Custom Menu Utilize a configuration that you have created Custom Menu Enter to navigate to custom menu screen Preferences Page 2 Hot Plug Formats On 780C automatically select the formats in the EDID of the connected HDTV Off 780C will not automatically select...

Page 16: ...M Audio from a Source Device 780C only Sink Tests Buttons EDID Test Verifying the EDID on an HDMI HDTV or HDMI Repeater Device HDCP Test Testing HDCP on an HDMI HDTV or HDMI Repeater Device CEC Test Viewing the CEC devices on an HDMI network Link Tests Buttons Aux Channel Analyzer Procedures for Monitoring Auxiliary Channel events and transactions Cable Repeater Test Using the 780C Test Instrument...

Page 17: ...aseT SDI IN Video Type Status Indicates the status of video on the HDMI HDBaseT SDI Rx ports This includes Video interface HDMI or DVI HDBaseT or SDI Color depth 8 10 12 Video type RGB or YCbCr Sampling mode 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 2 0 Note When SDI is active on the input the Video Type is always YCbCr and the sampling is always 4 2 2 Video Resolution Status Indicates the video resolution on the HDMI Rx por...

Page 18: ...he HDMI HDBaseT SDI Tx ports 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 Note When SDI is active on the output the Video Type is always YCbCr and the sampling is always 4 2 2 Provides access to the Video Signal Type screen Video Resolution Status Selection Indicates the video resolution on the HDMI Tx port This includes Hori...

Page 19: ...or HDMI or HDBaseT AVMute active inactive status HDCP active inactive status 5V present not present status 3 4 Calibrating the LCD It is recommended that you calibrate the LCD display prior to using the 780C Test Instrument Use the following procedures to perform the calibration 1 From the Home menu navigate to the Help menu by pressing the Help activation button on the upper status bar The Home m...

Page 20: ...instructing you to press each of four red squares When you finish touch 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 the calibration command TCAL This will cause the screen to display the calibration screen again ...

Page 21: ...ing Physical Connections HDMI The first step in testing a sink device is to make the HDMI physical connections between the 780C and the device s under test 4 1 1 Connecting the 780C to the Display Device HDMI Use the following procedures to make the physical connections from the 780C to the display device under test 1 Make the cable connection between the appropriate the 780C video output connecto...

Page 22: ...n the appropriate the 780C video HDBaseT output connector and the input connector of the HDBaseT device The following illustrations depict the typical test configurations 4 1 3 Connecting the 780C to the Display Device SDI Use the following procedures to make the physical connections from the 780C to the display device under test 1 Make the cable connection between the appropriate the 780C video S...

Page 23: ...nnector of the HDTV or computer monitor using the cables supplied 4 2 Selecting a Signal Type and Resolution After making the physical connections between the 780C and the display device under test you will need to select the signal 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 signa...

Page 24: ...low 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 information in Table 4 1 below as a guide Table 4 1 Signal Type Signal Type Name Physical Connector Option Option Values HDMI HDMI OUT via HDMI to Color Space YCbCr 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 2 0 RGB ...

Page 25: ... the resolution for HDMI and HDBaseT outputs Note You can create your own custom formats using the 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 HDTV or monitor a hot plug event will occur There are two modes the 780C can be set in when testing HDMI or HDBaseT sink devices that determine ho...

Page 26: ...r Guide Page 25 September 29 2014 Revision A1 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 the Formats menu Refer to the figure below ...

Page 27: ...ry of their meaning 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 lettering and with white outline The Frame Rate that is currently selected A Frame Rate with red lettering but with no outline The Frame Rate is not supported by the EDID for that Reso...

Page 28: ...s 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 on the HDMI or HDBaseT output ports AVMute is an optional feature in HDMI or HDBaseT that enables a source to signal a sink to extinguish its audio and video The source in this case the 780C emulating a source sets th...

Page 29: ...scribe how to select the resolution for the SDI output Note You can create your own custom formats using the Quantum Data Format Editor These procedures are described in Creating and Using Custom Formats EDIDs and Bitmaps 1 Touch select the Formats activation button on the Status bar OUT to access the Formats menu Refer to the figure below The Formats menu appears as shown below ...

Page 30: ... will first have to complete the previous procedures Making the physical connections Selecting the Signal Type and Resolution 4 3 1 Procedures for Outputting Test Patterns The procedures below cover cases where there is a direct connection between the 780C and the HDTV and also where the 780C is connected to an HDTV through a repeater device 1 From the Home screen on the 780C display touch select ...

Page 31: ...t you have 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 applicable Specify the test pattern options Use the information in Table 4 3 below as a guide Note There may be additional patterns not shown in the table Table 4 3 Test Patterns Pattern Name...

Page 32: ...nt from those 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 B 16 R 180 G 16 B 180 R 180 G 16 B 16 R 16 G 16 B 180 Middle short bars R 16 G 16 B 180 R 16 G 16 B 16 R 180 G 16 B 180 R 16 G 16 B 16 R 16 G 180 B 180 R 16 G 16 B 16 R 180 G 180 B 180 Lowe...

Page 33: ...ormance of 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 Bottom Bottom Top Bars 5 11 21 Color R G B C M Y W Stair Split Orientation Vertical Direction Left to Right Right to Left Orientation Horizontal Direction Top Bottom Bottom Top Bars 5 11 21 ...

Page 34: ...ttern enables 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 pattern used to test 3D color uniformity and crosstalk or extinction ratio No variants Description There are 4 pairs of horizontal color bars Each bar depicts a color gradation from red to purple...

Page 35: ...n from black 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 beginning of the series to the box identified in step 3 and divide that by 127 Example if the 20th box blends with its background the crosstalk would be 20 127 100 15 7 5 Repeat with the lef...

Page 36: ...ns EMI Show 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 resolution EMI Grill Grill On Off Grill Mode Color Bars To test a display s ability to produce fully saturated primary and secondary color EMI ColorBars Scroll color bars scroll horizontally ...

Page 37: ...on display 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 uniformity Window IRE Level 5 1 100 1 5 IRE Label Off On Color R G B C M Y W Raster IRE Level 5 1 100 1 5 IRE Label Off On Color R G B C M Y W Needles Pattern Application To detect whether sca...

Page 38: ...ipes at equal 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 color decoder performance to determine if the decoder over emphasizes red or green colors No Variants Decoder Adjust Pattern Application To adjust a display s color decoder matrix circuit fo...

Page 39: ...RE Red is 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 performance of a display Note Outer boxes blink once per second No Variants Pixel values in RGB 8bit with limited range TV mode Outer background R 16 G 16 B 16 Outer blinking box R 20 16 G 20 16 B 2...

Page 40: ... TV mode 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 G 2880 B 2880 Third stair value R 2240 G 2240 B 2240 Fourth stair value R 1792 G 1792 B 1792 Bottom stair value R 1440 G 1440 B 1440 White Pluge Pattern Application To set the contrast and b...

Page 41: ...2bit with 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 G 3760 B 3760 Bottom larger outer box R 3712 G 3712 B 3712 Bottom smaller inner box R 3680 G 3680 B 3680 Checkboard Pattern Application To check the regulation of CRT video drive power suppl...

Page 42: ... by contacting Quantum Data customer support at http www quantumdata com support Note The custom test image packs are bitmap images Bitmap images are RGB and will not display properly on the 3G SDI output When you purchase an image pack it appears as an icon at the end of the list of Test Patterns A sample screen is shown below Philips1 ChinaRes Master You simply select one of the test patterns e ...

Page 43: ... The following 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 3 White grid to test convergence 4 Central resolution wedge gauges for vertical horizontal and diagonal resolutions 5 Corner resolution wedge gauges for vertical and horizontal resolutions 6 ...

Page 44: ...780C Multi Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 43 September 29 2014 Revision A1 Table 4 5 Custom Test Image Packs THX Test Patterns ...

Page 45: ...t patterns 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 convergence 3D Crosstalk test patterns to determine level of 3D crosstalk Color Gamut 2D 3D primary and secondary color patterns to fine tune colors and gamma Picture performance pattern within ...

Page 46: ...nterface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 45 September 29 2014 Revision A1 Table 4 5 Custom Test Image Packs THX Test Patterns THX box 2D 3D grayscale test patterns to accurately adjust white point and gamma ...

Page 47: ...ry 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 Outputting 3D Test Patterns through HDMI or HDBaseT This subsection describes how to render 3D test patterns on an HDTV The 780C supports Side by Side Top and Bottom and Frame Packing for both interlaced and progressive timings 3D form...

Page 48: ...image pairs 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 780C using the procedures described in Importing Custom Bitmaps 4 5 3 Procedures for Rendering 3D Bitmaps or 3D Test Patterns on HDMI or HDBaseT Sink Device 1 Select a format that is suitable for rendering 3D images such as 720p60...

Page 49: ...780C Multi Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 48 September 29 2014 Revision A1 3 Touch select 3D Output option from the top level menu shown below The following screen will appear ...

Page 50: ... User Guide Page 49 September 29 2014 Revision A1 4 Select the 3D mode Side by Side Top and Bottom or Frame Packing and then select the subtype and Left Right options if applicable 5 Select the 3D bitmap or image image from the Test Pattern list ...

Page 51: ...age shifting scrolling 2 panning You can shift or scroll a bitmap image that you have imported into the 780C by modifying the X and Y parameters or by dragging and panning When you use the X and Y parameters you are limited to linear scrolling With panning you can move the image in non linear motions You can only scroll bitmaps whose overall pixel resolution is smaller than the resolution of the a...

Page 52: ...ntal Movement by touch selecting the appropriate setting Slow Medium Fast 4 Specify the Vertical Movement by touch selecting the appropriate setting Slow Medium Fast The pattern will begin to move around the raster of the display in accordance with the horizontal and vertical settings To halt the motion touch Stop for either or both of the Horizontal Movement and Vertical Movement 4 6 3 Procedures...

Page 53: ...le touching the desired bitmap image e g Master 1920x1080 image from the list of video patterns shown below 2 Double touch select on a bitmap to access its options The screen below appears 3 Select Manual Panning to initiate the panning operation The message shown on the screen below will appear 4 Simply move your finger or stylus around the screen to pan the image ...

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Page 55: ...S 6 1 HDMI HDBaseT SDI Optical SPDIF HDMI ARC 780C only Provides a set of DTS ES 6 1 noise pattern clips 500 2kHz Pink 20 20kHz Pink Sine Wave Impulse Polarity Auto Time Delay Dolby TrueHD HDMI HDBaseT Provides a set of Dolby TrueHD Hi Bit Rate sine wave clips 192kHz 7 1 1kHz TrueHD 8 channel 192kHz sampling rate 192kHz 7 1 2kHz TrueHD 2 channel 192kHz sampling rate DTS HD Master Audio HDMI HDBase...

Page 56: ...connector to an HDTV through an HDMI repeater device such as an A V receiver In this case make the HDMI connection between the HDMI OUT connector on the 780C 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 illustrations depict the typical test configurations The following illustrations depict the tes...

Page 57: ...atterns These test patterns are useful for calibrating the room acoustics in a home theatre system 1 Make the physical connections between the 780C and the audio rendering device as described in the procedures above 2 Select the digital interfaces HDMI HDBaseT or SDI output as shown below Note for testing SPDIF of TOSLink this is not necessary 3 From the Home menu shown in the figure below select ...

Page 58: ...ease note that not all of the audio formats are available on all of the Interface types 5 Touch select the desired Interface from the Audio Pattern menu refer to the screen shot above which shows HDMI The options are Optical SPDIF or HDMI 6 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...

Page 59: ... sample screen shot above and Sine Wave shown in the screen shot below Use the information in Table 4 6 below to understand the application of each audio test pattern Note When selecting Sine Wave at 1kHz or 4kHz the 780 will output 5 0 audio This is because the subwoofer frequency response is 20Hz to 200Hz Table 4 6 Audio Pattern Tests Pattern Format Interfaces Range of Values ...

Page 60: ...oofer Application Speaker distortion Dolby Digital 5 1 HDMI HDBASET SDI SPDIF Optical HDMI ARC 780C only Channel selection Select All channels or Cycle cycling through each channel 8 seconds per channel DTS ES 6 1 HDMI HDBASET SPDIF SDI Optical HDMI ARC 780C only Impulse Pattern Application Early reflections Dolby Digital 5 1 HDMI HDBASET SPDIF SDI Optical HDMI ARC 780C only Individually selectabl...

Page 61: ...z 6 channel 192kHz sampling rate 7 1 192kHz 8 channel 192kHz sampling rate Dolby TrueHD HDMI HDBASET Provides a set of Dolby TrueHD Hi Bit Rate sine wave clips 192kHz 7 1 1kHz TrueHD 8 channel 192kHz sampling rate 192kHz 7 1 2kHz TrueHD 2 channel 192kHz sampling rate DTS HD HRA HDMI HDBASET Provides a set of DTS HD Hi Bit Rate sine wave clips 192kHz 7 1 5376kb HDHRA 8 channel 192kHz sampling rate ...

Page 62: ...below 3 Touch select the desired Interface 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 on the Audio Pattern Test Tone menu refer to the screen shot above One of the following screens will appear ...

Page 63: ...Touch select the desired clip 4 7 4 Procedures for Testing with Programmable Sine Waves Use the procedures below for testing with programmable sine waves Table 4 8 below describes the audio sine wave parameters that can be configured Table 4 8 Sine Wave Audio Pattern Pattern Interface Description ...

Page 64: ...dB increments per channel Frequency 0 01kHz to 20kHz per channel in 1Hz 10Hz 100Hz and 1000Hz increments Mute On Off per channel 1 Make the cable connection between the appropriate the 780C video output connector e g HDMI OUT HDBaseT OUT SPDIF or OPTICAL and the input connector of the audio rendering device using the cables supplied 2 Select the digital interfaces HDMI HDBaseT or SDI output as sho...

Page 65: ...st Tone menu appears as shown below 4 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 5 Double touch select the PCM Sine Wave item shown in the screen above The PCM Sine Wave Options menu appears as shown below ...

Page 66: ...lues for convenience Repeat for each channel You can specify the frequency for each channel individually in 1 Hz increments 11 Specify which channels you want to mute by touch selecting a channel and then touch selecting the Mute activation button You can only select one channel at a time Note that only the active channels the ones specified in Channels will be selectable Refer to the screen shot ...

Page 67: ...Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 66 September 29 2014 Revision A1 1 From the top level menu shown in the screen sample below select Audio Test Tone The Audio Test Tone menu appears as shown below ...

Page 68: ...4 Revision A1 2 Select ARC 3 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 Interface Audio Formats HDMI ARC Dolby 5 1 DTS ES 6 1 PCM Sine Wave ...

Page 69: ...inputs on repeaters or distribution devices The HDCP authentication 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 provided as well 5 1 1 Configurations for Testing HDCP on an HDMI Sink Device You can run this test in two configurations 780C HDMI OUT ...

Page 70: ...re shown below 5 1 3 Procedures for Testing HDCP on an HDMI or HDBaseT Sink Device Use the procedures below to run an HDCP test on an HDMI or HDBaseT sink 1 Make the physical connections between the 780C HDMI HDBaseT OUT connector and the sink device under test 2 Enable the HDMI or HDBaseT interface Refer to the screen below 3 Touch select HDCP Test from the Home menu shown below ...

Page 71: ...ester User Guide Page 70 September 29 2014 Revision A1 4 Touch select Enable from the HDCP Output Tests menu shown below The Pass Fail results and the key values exchanged during the authentication are presented on the display as shown below ...

Page 72: ...ng the EDID on an HDMI HDTV HDBaseT Projector or HDMI Repeater Device This section provides procedures for verifying and viewing the EDID of an HDMI HDBaseT HDTV projector or an HDMI repeater device such as an A V receiver You can also compare two EDIDs 5 2 1 Configurations for Verifying and Viewing the EDID on an HDMI Sink Device The following illustrations depict the typical test setups You can ...

Page 73: ...ustrations depict the typical test setups You can either connect directly to an HDBaseT projector or input of an HDBaseT distribution device 5 2 3 Procedures for Testing and Viewing the EDID on an HDMI HDBaseT Sink Device Use the procedures below to run an EDID test on an HDMI sink 1 Make the physical connections between the 780C HDMI OUT connector and the display device under test 2 Enable the HD...

Page 74: ...m the EDID Test menu shown below The EDID information is presented on multiple pages on the display An example of a few of the pages of an EDID listing is shown below You scroll through all the pages using the scroll bar at the right side of the listing In addition the EDID test runs a check on the EDID header and checksum to determine if the EDID is valid and runs a portion of the EDID compliance...

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Page 76: ... Revision A1 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 entered for example Test ID 8 2 shown in the following screen example below ...

Page 77: ...DTV and subsequently stored Load the reference EDID Connect the 780C HDMI OUT or HDBaseT OUT port to the sink device whose EDID you wish to compare with your reference EDID Compare the two EDIDs Note To load an EDID use the procedures described in Adding Reference EDIDs for Use in Testing HDMI Devices 5 2 5 Procedures for Comparing EDIDs Use the following procedures to compare two EDIDs 1 Follow t...

Page 78: ...to use as a reference EDID The options Load File Loads from an EDID file stored on the 780C file system Load TV Default Loads the standard reference EDID for a TV from the 780C file system Load AVR Default Loads the standard reference EDID for a AVR from the 780C file system 5 If you have selected the Load File option the following screen results Select the file that you wish to use as the referen...

Page 79: ...14 Revision A1 The EDID is loaded and displayed on the screen 6 Connect the 780C HDMI OUT or HDBaseT OUT port to a sink device e g HDTV projector or A V receiver and touch select Compare The results will show PASS or FAIL with an explanation as in the following two screen examples ...

Page 80: ...DMI HDBaseT network This section describes how to view the CEC devices on an HDMI HDBaseT network 5 3 1 Configurations for Testing CEC on an HDMI HDBaseT Sink Device You can run this test in two configurations 780C HDMI HDBaseT OUT port connected directly to an HDTV or projector input 780C HDMI HDBaseT OUT port connected to a repeater device which is then connected to a downstream HDTV ...

Page 81: ...780C Multi Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 80 September 29 2014 Revision A1 These configurations are shown below ...

Page 82: ...I HDBaseT sink device 1 Connect the 780C HDMI HDBaseT OUT port to an HDMI HDBaseT sink device e g HDTV or A V receiver using the configuration guidelines provided above 2 Follow the procedures above for Selecting a Signal Type and Resolution to enable the HDMI HDBaseT output 3 Touch select CEC Test from the Home menu shown below The CEC devices on the HDMI network are presented on the display as s...

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Page 84: ...ocol tests on an HDMI Sink Device You run this test with the 780C HDMI OUT port connected directly to an HDTV input This configuration is shown below 5 4 2 Configurations for running multi protocol tests on an HDBaseT Sink Device You run this test with the 780C HDBaseT OUT port connected directly to a projector or HDBaseT input on a distribution device This configuration is shown below 5 4 3 Proce...

Page 85: ... 29 2014 Revision A1 Note for testing SPDIF of TOSLink this is not necessary 3 Touch select video pattern status and activation button on the lower right of the LCD interface 4 Touch select the Aux Combo Test pattern from the second page of the Video Pattern menu shown below ...

Page 86: ...ester User Guide Page 85 September 29 2014 Revision A1 The results will appear on the connected display An example of the results is shown below 4 Alternatively you can run the AuxComboTest from the command line as follows IMGL AuxTest IMGU ...

Page 87: ...DMI sink device to conduct a basic confidence test of an HDMI source device or output of an HDMI distribution or repeater device This test ensures that you are receiving a valid HDMI video signal by displaying the timing of the incoming signal and informing you whether it is HDCP encrypted or not You can run this test in three configurations Source device connected directly to the 780C HDMI IN con...

Page 88: ...istribution or repeater device This test ensures that you are receiving a valid HDBaseT video signal by displaying the timing of the incoming signal and informing you whether it is HDCP encrypted or not You can run this test in three configurations Source device connected to the 780C HDBaseT IN connector through a repeater device 780C HDBaseT OUT and HDBaseT IN ports acting as both as a known good...

Page 89: ...to test the video from an HDMI HDBaseT source device You can view the incoming video and check the video and timing parameters of the incoming video 1 Make the physical connection between the 780C HDMI HDBaseT IN port and the source device under test using the configuration instructions above 2 Enable the HDMI or HDBaseT Input port 3 Touch select Video Display from the Home menu shown below ...

Page 90: ...e 89 September 29 2014 Revision A1 4 Touch select the Start Fullscreen activation button on the Video Display menu to view only the incoming video no metadata from the source device under test The video from the source is shown on the 780C LCD as depicted below ...

Page 91: ...e 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 following screen is a sample of what a 3D bitmap would look like The example below is a Top and Bottom format 6 Touch select the screen to return to Video Display menu ...

Page 92: ... Display menu to view the incoming video along with the metadata from the source device under test In this example a test pattern is shown Note that the HDCP encryption status and AVmute status are also shown 1 For the 780C you have the additional option of capturing and viewing a captured bitmap of the entire resolution of the incoming video View Full Frame ...

Page 93: ...September 29 2014 Revision A1 Use the arrows to move about the video frame Note that in the example below the 780 is receiving a test pattern typically this screen would show video from a source device 8 Return to the Home menu by touching the LCD then the Home menu ...

Page 94: ... Incoming 4K HDMI HDBaseT Video on a Connected Display using Passthrough You can also view 4K incoming video on a connected display using the Video Passthrough feature Use the following procedures 1 Touch select Video Passthrough from the Source Tests menu shown below The video passthrough screen is shown below ...

Page 95: ...ort uses 780C generator selection On 4K to 1080p 4K input horizontal resolution is scaled by 2 1 and the vertical resolution is scaled to 1080 lines Used for SMPTE 4K inputs 4K to 1920x1080p 4K input horizontal resolution is scaled 1920 and the vertical resolution is scaled to 1080 lines Used for CEA 4K inputs No Downscale 4K input is unscaled as it is passed through the 780C 6 1 5 Viewing Video M...

Page 96: ...the Source Tests menu shown below 3 Touch select the Read activation button shown on the screen below to initiate the test The results are shown in the screen shots below The first screen shows a typical pass results the second screen shows a failure condition and the third screen shows a case where the incoming format was unknown ...

Page 97: ... timing parameters does not match the value of the parameters in the associated standard timing in the 780C format library an indication of the error is shown as can be seen below If the timing does not match a standard timing in the 780C format library a message is shown Unknown format as can be seen below ...

Page 98: ...al resolution 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 source is progressive or interlaced HSYNC delay The horizontal sync pulse delay in pixels HSYNC width The horizontal sync pulse width in pixels VSYNC delay The vertical sync pulse delay in li...

Page 99: ...e frame rate and the aspect ratio AVmute status The current setting of the AVmute parameter in the General Control Packet HDCP Indicates the HDCP encryption status either 1 Encrypted or 2 Unencrypted 6 1 6 Procedures for Viewing Video on an SDI Source Device Use the following procedures to test the video from an SDI source device You can view the incoming video and check the video and timing param...

Page 100: ...e 99 September 29 2014 Revision A1 4 Touch select the Start Fullscreen activation button on the Video Display menu to view only the incoming video no metadata from the source device under test The video from the source is shown on the 780C LCD as depicted below ...

Page 101: ...u by touching the LCD The Source Test menu reappears as shown below 6 Touch select the screen to return to Video Display menu 7 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 this example a test pattern is shown ...

Page 102: ... you have 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 below the 780 is receiving a test pattern typically this screen would show video from a source device ...

Page 103: ... 8 Return to the Home menu by touching the LCD then the Home menu 6 1 7 Viewing Video Metadata from an SDI Source Device Use the following procedures to verify the video metadata and video timing data from an SDI source device 1 Enable the SDI as the active digital interface input as shown below ...

Page 104: ...lts the second screen shows a failure condition and the third screen shows a case where the incoming format was unknown If one of the timing parameters does not match the value of the parameters in the associated standard timing an indication of the error will be shown Table 6 2 below describes each field in the Format Analyzer on screen report for SDI The basic timing information is shown on the ...

Page 105: ...e and Sampling YCbCr 4 2 2 Picture Scan Progressive or Interlaced Bit Depth Color depth plus overhead 10 bits SMPTE embedded packet Stream 2 Alignment level 6 2 Viewing Source Data Island Packets on HDMI and HDBaseT This subsection describes how to view the HDMI HDBaseT data island packets from an HDMI source device or HDBaseT output of a repeater or distribution device 6 2 1 Configurations for Vi...

Page 106: ...edures to view the data islands packets from an HDMI source device or output of an HDBaseT distribution device 1 Connect the HDMI HDBaseT system devices to the 780C as shown in the diagram above The HDMI source device output is connected the 780C HDMI IN or HDBaseT IN connector 2 Enable the HDMI or HDBaseT as the active digital interface input 3 Touch select Packet Viewer from the Home menu shown ...

Page 107: ... A1 4 Touch select the Refresh activation button on the Packet Viewer menu shown below to view the data island packet information AVI Infoframe shown 5 Touch select the Save activation button on the Packet Viewer menu to save the data to a file A keyboard appears enabling you to select a name ...

Page 108: ...ting Max Devices an HDMI Source Device Supports The 780C 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 You can run this source device connected directly to the 780C This test configuration is shown below 6 3 2 Procedures for Testing Max Devices a Source Device Supports Use the following ...

Page 109: ...780C Multi Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 108 September 29 2014 Revision A1 3 Touch select HDCP Test from the Home menu shown below ...

Page 110: ...ax 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 You can also disable HDCP on the HDMI HDBaseT Out port using the Allow Rx HDCP toggle button The results of the test are shown on the screen ...

Page 111: ... 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 the Allow Rx HDCP activation button to enable disable HDCP When the button is green HDCP is enabled Note You can also disable HDCP on the HDMI Rx port using the Allow Rx HDCP toggle button See procedures below 6 3 4 Procedures for disabling...

Page 112: ... 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 780C you can run a test on the HDMI audio from a source device This test shows you the decoded audio IEC header information the audio infoframes and the audio sample packet header information transmitted from the connected source device which could be a DV...

Page 113: ...n transmitted from the connected source device which could be a DVD set top box or the output of an A V Receiver You can run this test in three configurations Source device connected to the 780C through an HDBaseT distribution device 780C HDBaseT OUT and HDBaseT IN ports acting as both as a known good source and a known good sink connect to both the input and output of the repeater device In all c...

Page 114: ...wing procedures to test the audio from an HDMI source device 1 Make the physical connection between the 780C HDMI or HDBaseT IN port and the source device under test using the configuration instructions above 2 Enable the HDMI or HDBaseT as the active digital interface input 3 Select Audio Analyzer from the Home menu shown below The Audio Analysis screen appears as shown below ...

Page 115: ...AUDA RPTP An example of the results are shown below Audio InfoFrame data Channel count 2 channels Coding type 0 Refer to stream header Word length 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 Category code 00 Source number 0 Channel number 0 Sampling ...

Page 116: ...udio Format 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 Audio Infoframe Data middle Description Channel count Indicates the number of active channels One of Refer to Stream Header 2ch 3ch 4ch 5ch 6ch 7ch 8ch Coding type Indicates the audio format O...

Page 117: ...udio Clock 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 non linear compressed Copyright asserted Copyright assertion One of Yes or No Format info Format Typically Default Mode Channel mode Typically 0 for Mode 0 Category code Category code Typica...

Page 118: ...t 24 bit 6 4 4 Procedures for Testing Audio from an HDMI HDBaseT Source Device Use the following procedures to test the audio from an HDMI source device 6 Make the physical connection between the 780C HDMI or HDBaseT IN port and the source device under test using the configuration instructions above 7 Enable the HDMI or HDBaseT as the active digital interface input 8 Select Audio Analyzer from the...

Page 119: ...nalysis screen appears as shown below 9 Touch select the Read activation button to initiate the test 10 Alternatively you can run this test from the command line as follows AUDA RPTP An example of the results are shown below Audio InfoFrame data Channel count 2 channels Coding type 0 Refer to stream header ...

Page 120: ...Word length 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 Category code 00 Source number 0 Channel number 0 Sampling freq 48 KHz Word length 24 bits ...

Page 121: ...udio Format 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 Audio Infoframe Data middle Description Channel count Indicates the number of active channels One of Refer to Stream Header 2ch 3ch 4ch 5ch 6ch 7ch 8ch Coding type Indicates the audio format O...

Page 122: ...udio Clock 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 non linear compressed Copyright asserted Copyright assertion One of Yes or No Format info Format Typically Default Mode Channel mode Typically 0 for Mode 0 Category code Category code Typica...

Page 123: ...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 speaker using the screens provided Use the following procedures to configure the audio monitoring of the incoming LPCM audio through the headphone jack and embedded speaker 1 Connect the HDMI system devices to the 78...

Page 124: ...nteroperability Tester User Guide Page 123 September 29 2014 Revision A1 The following screen appears 3 Select the pair of channels to monitor through the headphone jack using the Headphone Channels set of selection buttons ...

Page 125: ...29 2014 Revision A1 4 Specify the Headphone amplitude in increments of 3dB or 1dB using the buttons under Headphone Level Select Mute to extinguish the audio 5 Select the single channel to monitor through the embedded speaker using the Speaker Channel set of selection buttons ...

Page 126: ...terface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 125 September 29 2014 Revision A1 6 Specify the speaker amplitude in increments of 3dB or 1dB using the buttons under Speaker Level Select Mute to extinguish the audio ...

Page 127: ... created using Quantum Data EDID Editor tools For procedures on importing EDIDs refer to Adding Reference EDIDs for Use in Testing HDMI Devices Note Quantum Data has an EDID Library available for free at http www quantumdata com edid The EDID test of an HDMI or HDBaseT source device enables you to see how a source device responds to a specific EDID or a series of EDIDs The EDID could be a known go...

Page 128: ...vision A1 6 5 3 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 from the Home menu shown below 2 Enable the HDMI or HDBaseT as the active digital interface input ...

Page 129: ...780C Multi Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 128 September 29 2014 Revision A1 The following menu appears 3 Touch select Load from the EDID Tests menu The following screen results ...

Page 130: ...fault Loads the standard reference EDID for a TV from the 780C file system Load AVR Default Loads the standard reference EDID for a AVR from the 780C file system 4 If you have selected the Load File option the following screen results Select the file that you wish to use as the reference EDID In the example below there is only one file The EDID is loaded and displayed on the screen ...

Page 131: ...DMI or HDBaseT sink device that you have on hand connect the 780C HDMI or HDBaseT OUT port to the HDMI HDBaseT input of that sink device This configuration is depicted below Skip to Step 8 if you do not want to use an EDID from an HDMI HDBaseT sink device you have on hand 6 Navigate to the EDID Test from the Sink Tests menu shown below ...

Page 132: ... loaded from a file or read from an HDMI HDBaseT sink device to the 780C HDMI or HDBaseT IN port 9 Connect the 780C HDMI IN or HDBaseT IN port to the HDMI output of a source device or HDBaseT output you wish to test as shown in the illustration below This will cause a hot plug event and the source device under test should read the EDID of the 780C HDMI IN or HDBaseT IN port Run the Format Analyzer...

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Page 134: ...a repeater device 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 Installer Test Table 7 1 Installer Test Sink Test Description Verifies hot plug detect is high Verifies EDID bad header bad checksum pass fail on compliance Runs an HDCP test Runs a video t...

Page 135: ...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 sink Runs a video test at EDID preferred timing with HDCP enabled Test port switch on HDTV with HDCP re authentication Verifies the incoming video at various timings Verifies video timing parameters 7 1 Diagn...

Page 136: ...tions 7 1 3 Procedures for Testing Upstream Source Test with the Installer Utility Use the following procedures to test the video from an HDMI source device directly at the HDMI source or through an HDMI repeater device or HDBaseT distribution device You can view the incoming video and check the video and timing parameters of the incoming video 1 Make the physical connection between the 780C HDMI ...

Page 137: ...ace Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 136 September 29 2014 Revision A1 3 Touch select Source Test under Installer Tests from the Home menu shown below 4 Touch select the OK activation button to initiate the test ...

Page 138: ...evision A1 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 780C display Touch select the appropriate activation button Yes or No A sample of a results screen is shown below ...

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Page 140: ...The 780C s HDMI input port acts as a reference HDMI source device Therefore it enables you to emulate a known good HDMI source device to conduct diagnostics downstream toward the sink device The following illustrations show the typical configurations 7 2 2 Connection Configurations for Testing HDBaseT Sink Devices The 780C s HDBaseT output port acts as a reference HDBaseT source device Therefore i...

Page 141: ...the Installer Utility Use the following procedures to test the video from an HDMI sink device 1 Make the physical connection between the 780C HDMI HDBaseT OUT port and the sink device under test using the configuration instructions above or by following the instructions on the screen 2 Enable the HDMI or HDBaseT as the active digital interface input ...

Page 142: ...ce Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 141 September 29 2014 Revision A1 3 Touch select Sink Test under the Installer Tests from the Home menu shown below 4 Touch select the OK activation button to initiate the test ...

Page 143: ... for up to about a minute You will be asked to verify the video and video parameters presented on the display device under test Touch select the appropriate activation button Yes or No The results are presented for each timing video resolution tested The following two screens are samples of these results screens ...

Page 144: ...cts as a reference HDMI source and sink device simultaneously Therefore it enables you to emulate both a known good HDMI source and sink device to conduct diagnostics on a repeater device The following illustration shows the typical configuration 7 3 2 Connection Configurations for Testing HDBaseT Repeater Devices The 780C s HDBaseT input port acts as a reference HDBaseT source and sink device sim...

Page 145: ...rom an HDMI HDBaseT repeater device with the Installer Utility 1 Make the physical connections between the 780C HDMI HDBaseT IN and OUT ports and the sink device under test using the configuration instructions above or by following the instructions on the screen 2 Enable the HDMI or HDBaseT as the active digital interface input as shown below 3 Touch select Repeater Test from Installer Tests from ...

Page 146: ...ision A1 The Repeater Test screen will appear as shown below 4 Touch select the OK activation button to initiate the test The test will run for up to about a minute You will be instructed to switch to different timings and verify that the video displayed on the 780C screen looks correct ...

Page 147: ... Multi Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 146 September 29 2014 Revision A1 The results are presented for each timing video resolution tested The following screen is a sample of these results ...

Page 148: ...nfiguration 7 4 2 Connection Configurations for Testing HDBaseT Links The 780C s HDBaseT input port acts as a reference HDBaseT source and sink device simultaneously Therefore it enables you to emulate both a known good HDBaseT source and sink device to conduct diagnostics on a source devices upstream and sink devices downstream simultaneously The following illustration shows the typical configura...

Page 149: ...e 148 September 29 2014 Revision A1 3 Touch select Link Test from Installer Tests from the Home menu shown below A diagram will appear on the 780C display depicting the proper setup for the Link Test 4 Touch select the OK activation button to initiate the test ...

Page 150: ...ide Page 149 September 29 2014 Revision A1 The test will run for up to about a minute A status screen is provided as shown below You will be instructed to switch interfaces on the HDTV during the test Touch select the appropriate the OK activation button ...

Page 151: ...ransactions and CEC messages 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 the Auxiliary Channel Analyzer option 8 1 Auxiliary Channel Analyzer ACA Transactions This subsection describes the ACA transaction screens The screen shot and tables below describes the Auxiliary Channel Anal...

Page 152: ...ons Content protection authentication and encryption transactions The source initiates HDCP for protected content Various values and registers are exchanged over the DDC Green CEC messages CEC messages are transmitted over a one wire CEC bus These messages are monitored through the ACA Magenta Errors The DDC channel uses the I2C protocol Errors in the I2C protocol are shown in the ACA transactions...

Page 153: ...I sink device input is connected the 780C HDMI OUT connector OR b The HDMI repeater device input is connected to the 780C HDMI OUT connector 8 2 2 Configurations for Monitoring DDC Transactions with ACA on HDBaseT Sink Devices This subsection provides configuration diagrams that depict ACA monitoring on HDBaseT sink devices with or without a repeater while the 780C is emulating an HDBaseT source d...

Page 154: ...ctions with ACA on HDMI or HDBaseT Sink Devices This subsection provides configuration diagrams that depict ACA monitoring of HDMI or HDBaseT sink devices with or without a repeater while the 780C is emulating an HDMI or HDBaseT source device 1 Enable the HDMI or HDBaseT as the active digital interface input as shown below ...

Page 155: ...types that you wish to monitor In this application you would select data types from the Tx Port side 6 Determine what data types you wish to monitor Typically you will want to monitor the DDC and hot plug 5V only available with passive monitoring option Note By default the two activation buttons labeled 780C Tx Port and 780C Rx port are enabled You cannot disable them Transactions will be shown ba...

Page 156: ...ce 8 Take whatever action necessary 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 780C 9 Touch select the Capture Data Table activation button to initiate the capturing of the data A screen similar to the one shown below will appear 10 Touch select the Details activati...

Page 157: ...vation button top center to clear the collected of messages 8 2 4 Configurations for Monitoring DDC Transactions with ACA on HDMI Source Devices This subsection provides configuration diagrams that depict ACA monitoring of HDMI source devices with or without a repeater while the 780C is emulating an HDMI sink device 8 2 5 Configurations for Monitoring DDC Transactions with ACA on HDBaseT Source De...

Page 158: ...ce devices with or without a repeater while the 780C is emulating an HDMI or HDBaseT sink device with HDCP capabilities Note You will have to obtain a license key for the ACA option to use the feature 1 Connect the HDMI or HDBaseT source devices to the 780C in either of the ways shown in the diagrams above and described as follows a The HDMI source device output is connected the 780C HDMI IN conne...

Page 159: ...tor on the Rx Port side 5 Determine what data types you wish to monitor Typically you will want to monitor the DDC hot plug shown in the example above Note By default the two activation buttons labeled 780C Tx Port and 780C Rx port are enabled You cannot disable them Transactions will be shown based on which ports HDMI HDBaseT OUT and or HDMI HDBaseT IN are connected to HDMI HDBaseT devices and wh...

Page 160: ...seT IN port 7 Touch select the Capture Data Table activation button to access the Auxiliary Channel Analyzer screen Then touch select Start to initiate the capturing of the data A screen similar to the one shown below will appear 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 an example of the d...

Page 161: ... select Clear activation button top center to clear the collected of messages 8 3 Configuration for Monitoring DDC Transactions with the ACA on an HDMI or HDBaseT Repeater or distribution device This subsection provide a configuration diagram that depicts ACA monitoring of HDMI HDBaseT repeater devices while emulating both an HDMI HDBaseT source device and an HDMI HDBaseT sink device ...

Page 162: ... an HDMI HDBaseT sink device and an HDMI HDBaseT source device 1 Connect the HDMI system devices to the 780C as shown in the diagrams above and described as follows a The HDMI HDBaseT repeater device input is connected the 780C HDMI HDBaseT OUT connector b The HDMI HDBaseT repeater device output is connected to the 780C HDMI HDBaseT IN connector 2 Enable the HDMI or HDBaseT interface as the active...

Page 163: ...he DDC and 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 780C Tx Port and 780C Rx Port are enabled You cannot disable them Transactions will be shown based on which ports HDMI OUT and or HDMI IN are connected to HDMI devices and which transaction types i e DDC and HPD...

Page 164: ...ely you can simply disable and re enable HDCP on the 780C 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 appear Note There are both upstream and downstream transactions mixed in the screen example above 8 Touch select the Details activation button top center to view the details of any specific transaction t...

Page 165: ...ability Tester User Guide Page 164 September 29 2014 Revision A1 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 messages ...

Page 166: ...save the traces for viewing on the external ACA application available from the Quantum Data website 8 4 1 Configurations for Passively 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 1 Connect the HDMI system devices to the 780C as shown in the diagram below and described as follo...

Page 167: ... Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 166 September 29 2014 Revision A1 2 From the Home screen shown below touch select the Aux Channel Analyzer activation button The ACA Setup Options screen appears ...

Page 168: ...itor the DDC and hot plug and 5V Refer to the screen example below 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 Take whatever action necessary to initiate a new HDCP authentication Typically this would be a hot plug event at the sink device you are testing 7 Touch select the Capture Data Table a...

Page 169: ...h select the Details activation button again to return to the trace view 10 Touch select Stop activation button top left to halt the collection of messages 11 Touch select Clear activation button top center to clear the collected of messages 8 5 Auxiliary Channel Analyzer Monitoring of CEC Messages The Aux Channel Analyzer test monitors the CEC channel message while emulating HDMI HDBaseT devices ...

Page 170: ...ection provides procedures for ACA passive monitoring of CEC messages on HDMI devices 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 780C as shown in the diagram above and described as follows a The HDMI source is connected to the 780C ACA IN connector b The HDMI sink device e g HDTV is connected to the 7...

Page 171: ...et either the Passive Upstream or Passive Downstream 4 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 5 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 app...

Page 172: ...center to view the details of any specific transaction that you have selected The following screen is an example of the details screen These screen examples show polling example 7 Touch select Stop activation button top left to halt the collection of messages 8 Touch select Clear activation button top center to clear the collected of messages ...

Page 173: ...have purchased the HDMI Cable and Link Test option 9 1 HDMI HDBaseT Cable or Repeater Test The HDMI DVI HDBaseT Cable Test runs a test on all the leads in the HDMI HDBaseT CAT cable and HDMI or HDBaseT networks when extenders splitters switchers and repeaters are used except the power bus as follows Pixel error test using a pseudo noise pattern on the TMDS lines using three separate timings o 480p...

Page 174: ...ect one end of the HDMI cable to the 780C HDMI OUT connect and the other end to the 780C HDMI IN connector For testing an HDBaseT cable connect one end of the HDBaseT CAT cable to the 780C HDBaseT OUT connect and the other end to the 780C HDBaseT IN connector For testing an HDMI repeater device such as a repeater video or audio processor extender switch etc connect the 780C HDMI OUT connector to t...

Page 175: ...A1 3 For testing an HDMI cable touch select Test Wire to initiate the test The pixel errors are displayed for each timing on the screen as shown below The 5V Hot Plug and DDC test results are shown as Pass Fail For testing an HDMI repeater device touch select Test Repeater to initiate the test ...

Page 176: ...isplayed for the Cable Test In the Test Repeater function the 780C initiates a hot plug event on its sink HDMI IN port The hot plug delay is the time that elapses between the falling edge of the hot plug line on the on the sink side of a repeater and the falling edge of the hot plug line on the source side The hot plug pulse width is the time that the hot plug pulse goes low as detected on the HDM...

Page 177: ...mpares a series 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 Compare test for an HDMI cable or network comprised of repeaters splitters extenders switches etc 9 2 2 Procedures for Running the Frame Compare Test This subsection provides procedures for pe...

Page 178: ...er Guide Page 177 September 29 2014 Revision A1 The following screen appears 3 Select Frame Capture to capture a reference frame The 780C will capture a frame and indicate that the 5V was detected properly or not The screen below shows these results ...

Page 179: ...g 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 performing an HDMI Remote PRN test on an HDMI network comprised of repeaters splitters extenders switches etc This test differs in that there is a 780 at both ends of the network source and sink ends 1 Follow the procedures above for rendering a Te...

Page 180: ...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 distribution network and connect the HDMI cable to the second 780 s HDMI input connector 4 Touch select Cable Repeater Test from the Home menu shown below The following screen appears 5 Select Test Remote PRN to capture a reference frame ...

Page 181: ...ace Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 180 September 29 2014 Revision A1 The 780C will run the PRN test at the format resolution set for the 780 at the source end Repeat the test at other resolutions and bit depths ...

Page 182: ...Set of EDIDs for the Auto EDID Test This subsection provides procedures for configuring the 780C with the desired set of EDIDs for testing Note that the test comes with a default set of EDIDs for running the test However typically you will want to create your own set of test EDIDs You will have to create a text file with the names and descriptions of the EDIDs that you wish to use for testing Quan...

Page 183: ...that appears 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 780C Use the procedures in Procedures for Importing EDIDs into the 780C to transfer the this text file to the 780C Refer to the figure below for reference on the AutoEDID directory The AutoEDID directory should now include your EDID list file The EDI...

Page 184: ...Guide Page 183 September 29 2014 Revision A1 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 which could be an entire upstream HDMI network ...

Page 185: ...saved on the 780C and also the AutoEDID test list file using the procedures above The procedures also assume that you have the source device connected to the 780C s HDMI Rx port Important Note If you wish to run the optional text report you will have to have installed a suitable SDCard into the 780C at the SDCard input on the front edge You will have to install the SDCard before you boot up the 78...

Page 186: ...e Page 185 September 29 2014 Revision A1 The EDID Test screen appears 2 From the EDID Test screen touch select Auto EDID Test as shown below The Auto EDID Test screen appears 3 From the Auto EDID Test screen optionally select Set Report Name as shown below ...

Page 187: ... suitable SDCard into the 780C at the SDCard input on the front edge Refer to the image below You will have to install the SDCard before you boot up the 780C and run the test If you have not installed the SDCard Install the SDCard now power cycle the 780C and repeat the previous steps 4 Optional If you wish to create a report enter a name for the report using 8 3 naming convention Touch select the...

Page 188: ...lti Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 187 September 29 2014 Revision A1 5 Optionally Touch select the Set Test List activation button if you wish to use your specific list of EDIDs for testing ...

Page 189: ...tember 29 2014 Revision A1 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 above 7 Initiate the test with the Start button as shown below ...

Page 190: ...le 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 show 1 Incoming video timing resolution is not present in EDID 2 cases 2 EDID with bad checksum where incoming video is interpreted as DVI since there are no infoframes 10 1 4 Viewing the Auto EDID Test report This subsection discusses viewing of the ...

Page 191: ... 190 September 29 2014 Revision A1 view the text report You can view the Auto EDID test report directly from the SDCard or transfer it to your PC An example of the report is shown below You can disseminate the test report to subject matter experts or colleagues ...

Page 192: ...tom formats 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 quantumdata com downloads page Store the xml format files on your PC Place the 780C s USB interface in the Disk mode This is not the default mode for the USB interface Transfer the xml format file s...

Page 193: ...sed the 780C in the Disk mode you will have to reformat the disk The system will prompt you through the format process 5 Connect the 780C to a PC host via the USB cable provided The 780C should appear as a USB storage device 6 Transfer your custom format xml files from your PC to the FMT directory of the 780C using standard Windows methods for transferring files to a USB drive i e by dragging and ...

Page 194: ...vision A1 8 Touch select COM for the USB Mode refer to the screen above 9 Power cycle the 780C 10 Navigate to the Signal Type menu of the desired interface and select User Defined for the Format Type as indicated below The following screen appears which shows the list of custom formats ...

Page 195: ...on A1 11 Alternatively Establish a command line session with the 780C from your PC using the procedures described in Procedures for Enabling the Command Line Interface 12 Load a custom format using the following commands FMTL formatName where formatName is the name of the custom format FMTU ...

Page 196: ...tilities available 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 downloads Transfer the xml EDID file s to the EDID directory of 780C over the USB interface Navigate to EDID Test screen to view and use the EDIDs Alternatively you can load an EDID from an HDMI...

Page 197: ...780C to a PC host via the USB cable provided The 780C should appear as a USB storage device 6 Transfer your custom EDID xml files from your PC to the EDID directory of the 780C using standard Windows methods for transferring files to a USB drive i e by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting Note Your EDID names are limited to 8 characters with an extension xml 7 Touch select the Preferences ...

Page 198: ...eT OUT connector 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 Touch select the Read activation button from the EDID Test menu shown below The EDID information is presented on multiple pages on the display An example of a page of the EDID listing i...

Page 199: ...menu shown below A keypad appears as shown 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 the 780C 8 Navigate to the EDID Test screen and touch select Load from the EDID Tests menu The following screen results ...

Page 200: ...780C Multi Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 199 September 29 2014 Revision A1 9 Touch select the Load File option to view your new EDID ...

Page 201: ...s detailed procedures are provided further below Place the 780C 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 to match the name of the bitmap The procedures below provide an example of this text file Transfer the UserPats txt file to the 780C over the USB inte...

Page 202: ...in the Disk 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 construct your text file Table 11 1 Importing Bitmaps UserPats txt file Bitmap Name use 8 3 naming convention Bitmap Resolution UserPats txt Text File Structure Mast480 bmp 720x480 The structure...

Page 203: ...e bitmap 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 RGMultBurst 1080 7 Transfer your userpats txt file from your PC to the 780C using standard Windows methods for transferring files to a USB drive i e by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting ...

Page 204: ...he pattern 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 Create the UserPats txt text file listing your bitmaps Use the information in Table 10 2 below to construct your text file Table 10 2 Importing Bitmaps UserPats txt file Bitmap Name use 8 3 ...

Page 205: ...standard 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 on the SD card In this example the bitmap is 640 x 480 resolution You would then create a userpats txt file as follows 4 980_640 bmp 980 640x480 Note Your bitmaps are limited to 8 characters w...

Page 206: ...gl smpte fmtu 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 example of a SeqMap txt file is shown below The SeqMap txt then maps the commands listed in the UserKeys txt file to a name and a location on the custom menu The following is an example of ...

Page 207: ...780C Multi Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 206 September 29 2014 Revision A1 2 Navigate Touch select Custom Menu from the Preference screen as shown below The following screen appears ...

Page 208: ...780C Multi Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 207 September 29 2014 Revision A1 ...

Page 209: ...e 12 2 Procedures for Enabling the Command Line Interface through USB Port Use the following procedures for command line control of the 780C via the USB port Please note if you experience a different behavior on your PC refer to the 780C release notes on the Quantum Data website at http www quantumdata com downloads index asp 1 Download the INF file from the Quantum Data website http www quantumda...

Page 210: ...r User Guide Page 209 September 29 2014 Revision A1 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 shown below 6 Power cycle the 780C ...

Page 211: ...s for command line control of the 780C via the RS 232 serial port Please note if you experience a different behavior on your PC refer to the 780C release notes on the Quantum Data website at http www quantumdata com downloads index asp 1 Power up the 780C and touch select Preferences from the 780C top level menu 2 Select More to view the second Preferences page 3 Choose the baud rate for the RS 23...

Page 212: ...ctions you made through the touch screen but the interface format and pattern selections you made through the command line will be active Table 12 1 below provides the list of commands supported or testing HDMI sink devices Note The commands are not case sensitive Table 12 1 List of Commands alphabetical For Testing HDMI Sink Devices Command Description Syntax Parameters Command Example ACRG Enabl...

Page 213: ...ink device s BKSV in hex when connected to 780C Tx BKSV Not applicable To read a sink device s BKSV BKSV 152BDD2533 BOXG To enable or disable the moving box on an image BOXG enable Where enable is 0 disable 1 enable To enable the moving box BOXG 1 ALLU CECx PING Runs a CEC ping test from the HDMI Tx x 1 or the HDMI Rx x 2 port CECx PING LA results Where x 0 for the HDMI Rx port and x 1 for the HDM...

Page 214: ... digital 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 or queries the digital video type Applies only for HDMI DVST type DVST Where type is one of 10 RGB 14 YCbCr To set the HDMI sampling mode to YCbCr 4 4 4 DVST 14 DVSM 4 ALLU DVQM Sets or querie...

Page 215: ...check for 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 HRAT 15000 ALLU or FMTU HRES Sets the horizontal resolution of the video timing HRES pixels HRES pixels Where pixels can be within the range of 100 to 4000 pixels To set the horizontal resol...

Page 216: ...signal PRAT 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 the respective values for the RGB color components To set the Window pattern to dark brown imgl window imgu rgbw 4 115 82 68 or rgbw 4 115 87 74 SCAN Defines whether the active timing is prog...

Page 217: ...l pulse width 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 transition To set the horizontal sync pulse polarity to low to high transition VSPP 1 ALLU VSPG Enables or disables the vertical sync pulse VSPG enable VSPG enable Where enable is 0 disable...

Page 218: ...rmat aspect 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 value or retrieves the value transmitted SC Non uniform Picture Scaling Sets the non uniform picture scaling value or retrieves the value ETB Line number at start of top bar Sets the pixel numb...

Page 219: ...LSV Level 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 value for the corresponding InfoFrame To set the channel count to 3 XAUD CC 2 IFGU To set the sampling size to 24 XAUD SS 3 IFGU To return the value of the channel count parameter type XAUD ...

Page 220: ... devices Note The commands are not case sensitive Table 12 2 List of Commands alphabetical For Testing HDMI Audio in Sink Devices Command Description Syntax Parameters Command Example ARAT Sets the audio rate on Optical SPDIF and HDMI LPCM audio ARAT rate ARAT rate Where rate is one of 32000 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000 To set the audio sampling rate to 48kHz ARAT 48000 FMTU SAMP Sets the...

Page 221: ...annels is 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 digital audio interface to HDMI DASI 6 FMTU Table 12 3 below provides the list of commands supported or testing HDMI source devices Table 12 3 List of Commands For Testing HDMI Source Devices Com...

Page 222: ...asserted Yes 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 CECx PING LA results Where x 0 for the HDMI Rx port and x 1 for the HDMI Tx port Where LA the logical address of the device you want to ping To ping an HDTV from the 780C HDMI Tx port CEC1 PING...

Page 223: ... the header 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 the TMAX commands below TMAX HTOT Reads horizontal total pixels TMAX HTOT To read horizontal total pixels TMAX HTOT TMAX HRES Reads horizontal active pixels TMAX HRES To read horizontal active ...

Page 224: ...low provides the list of commands supported for running the Frame Compare test Table 12 5 List of Commands For Testing Distribution Networks with the Frame Compare Test Command Description Syntax Command Example PDAX CAPF Initiates the capture of a reference frame for the Frame Compare test PDAX CAPF To capture a reference frame PDAX CAPF PDAX FRMS Specifies the number of frames to capture during ...

Page 225: ...itiates the 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 to the reference frame PDAX CAPF PDAX FRMS 100 PDAU PDAX ERRQ Returns the number of pixel errors that occurred during the comparison PDAX ERRQ To query for the number of errors following the p...

Page 226: ... Format Name 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 FMTU 576i frame rate e g 576i25 H 720 V 576 25 50 100 FMTL 576i25 FMTL 576p frameRate e g 576p50 H 720 V 576 50 100 FMTL 576p50 FMTU 720p frameRate e g 720p25 H 1280 V 720 24 25 29 97 30 59 ...

Page 227: ...x1440_60Hz FMTU Table 12 8 below lists the image names For command line control you would use the image name as the argument for the IMGU command Table 12 8 List of Image parameter names for command line Image Name Example Image Name Example Image Name Example SMPTEBar IMGL SMPTEBar IMGU Regulate IMGL Regulate IMGU Flat_Yel IMGL Flat_Yel IMGU H_Stair Horizontal IMGL H_Stair IMGU Checker 6x6 IMGL C...

Page 228: ...inearity IMGU 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 zone plate IMGL ZonePlate IMGU ColorBar 75 IRE IMGL ColorBar IMGU Flat_Blu IMGL Flat_Blu IMGU User00 24 User bitmaps IMGL User01 IMGU Ramp IMGL Ramp IMGU Flat_Cyn IMGL Flat_Cyn IMGU Aux Comb...

Page 229: ...ion Supported 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 780C front edge RS 232 connector 13 2 Enabling and Configuring an RS 232 Keypad The RS 232 keypad must be enabled and configured from the 780C Preferences menu Use the following procedures to enable a keypad 1 From the 780C Home m...

Page 230: ...hould not 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 Applications Engineering if you need this file changed or if you want to use a different model of keypad fmtmap txt This file provides mapping of format numbers to specific formats on specific...

Page 231: ...sample mapping 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 format list The following table is an example of a map between formats and keypad numbers that you would select Table 13 2 Example Format Map File Format Number Format Name Interface Specifi...

Page 232: ...YPbPr 328 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 349 1080i30 350 1080i25 351 1080p50 352 1080p60 353 DMT0659 354 DMT0860 355 DMT1060 368 1080p59 370 720p59 371 1080p50 372 1080i25 373 1080i24 374 576i25 ...

Page 233: ...lected by 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 13 4 below PATTERN 001 ENTER This will display the SMPTEBar pattern at the current format and on the current interface Then the Previous and Next keys can be pressed to sequence through the pattern l...

Page 234: ... UserKeys txt file using the procedures below Keypad functions are assigned as shown in Table 13 5 below Table 13 5 Keypad Functions Key Function Num Lock TIMING Select a format PATTERN Select an image Program PROG Create a sequence or Del OUT or END Go to Previous item Go to NEXT item 1 Define a sequence as follows Note Information after are comments to help you understand OUT press the OUT key t...

Page 235: ...there are 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 command In this case the kbrd f0 command will cause the macro to loop back on itself such that the F0 macro continuously loops Note Do not change any of the keypad mapping commands These are the ...

Page 236: ...Guide Page 235 September 29 2014 Revision A1 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 the UserKeys txt file case is not important ...

Page 237: ...at the files will also come with a bootstrp bin file 1 Download the 780C firmware and gateware if necessary files from the Quantum Data website http www quantumdata com downloads index asp to your PC and unzip the file 2 Connect the 780C to a PC host via the USB cable provided 3 Touch select the Preferences from the 780C top menu 4 Choose Disk for the USB Mode refer to the screen below 5 Power cyc...

Page 238: ...The screen 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 the 780C by power cycling 14 Navigate back to the Help menu to access the upgrade screen 15 Activate the firmware Application Flash by touch selecting the associated Update button A confirmat...

Page 239: ...cating the progress of the update Once the firmware update has completed the following screen appears 16 Reboot the 780C by power cycling 17 Touch select the Preferences from the 780C top menu 18 Choose COM for the USB Mode refer to the screen below 19 Power cycle the 780C 20 Navigate back to the Help menu to verify the upgraded versions ...

Page 240: ...780C Multi Interface Interoperability Tester User Guide Page 239 September 29 2014 Revision A1 END OF USER GUIDE ...

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