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When the HDMI encoder is powered up, a sample video pattern will be displayed on the LCD
monitor. If the cable is un-plugged, the HDMI encoder will power off automatically to save the
power consumption.
If the LCD monitor didn't power up automatically when performing activities described above in
this demonstration, users can try to completely switch off the power of the LCD monitor and then
switch on again. Alternatively the user can try to unplug and then replug the HDMI cable and wait
for a reasonable time before the LCD monitor complete its initialization process and start to sync
with the HDMI encoder.
Video Pattern Switching
Pressing the on-board push button KEY1 can switch the current display mode alternatively between
the build-in formats listed in
. The pattern displayed will be looking similar to the one
shown in
Figure 6-11 The Video pattern used in the HDMI TX Demonstration
Command Line Interface
A tiny command line interface is provided to interact with the on-board HDMI encoder. Following
is a list of commands available for the user. Note that the commands are all case-sensitive. Users
could type "h" for the latest command updates that is not included in this manual.
Table 6-2
Command
Description
e
Dump the first 256 bytes EDID raw data of the currently connected LCD