SDI Eye and Jitter Measurements
How-to Guide
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How to Configure Eye Measurements
1. Select one of the tiles (1, 2, 3 or 4) and press the
PHY
button.
2. Push and Hold the
PHY
button to enable the menu.
3. Using the up and down arrows to navigate to
Display Type
and press right arrow to select the sub
menu as shown in Figure 7.
4. Use the up and down arrows to select the
Eye Display
.
The Eye display provides a visual check on the characteristics of the received SDI signal and a variety
of information can be determined from the display and the measurement values.
The following displays can be used to identify common characteristics or problems with the SDI signal.
SMPTE standards provide specification for the launch amplitude of an SDI signal output from the device
Figure 7a. The test signal generator output of the WFM2300 was directly connected to the SDI A input
and direct measurements were made of the physical layer parameters in Figure 7b.
Figure 7a.
Eye Launch Amplitude specifications.
Figure 7b.
Generator output connected to SDI A.
