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Introduction 

 

 

7.

 

 

UCD-422 

The image below indicates the connections in UCD-422 unit and their description. 

Name 

Description 

HDMI in 

HDMI 2.1 compliant input from the upstream Source 

HDMI out 

HDMI 2.1 compliant output to the downstream Sink 

Power in 

+12 Vdc Power Supply Input 

Power On/Off 

Rocker power switch 

USB 

USB 3.0 connection to the host PC 

Programmer 

USB interface used in device FW update (behind a cover) 

Ethernet 

Ethernet interface used in device FW update (behind a cover) 

 

Note 

Capturing and sourcing high resolution video modes, especially 4K and 8K video 
modes and the 120 Hz frame rate set stringent requirements on the video cables and 
connectors.  

 

Warning

 

In order to avoid damage to the unit and the PC, please 

always attach the power 

cord (Power In) to the unit first

, and after that connect the USB cable to the PC. 

Summary of Contents for UCD-422

Page 1: ...UCD Console for UCD 422 User Manual ...

Page 2: ...ectness on the date of issue The authors reserve the rights to make any changes to this product and to revise the information about the products contained in this manual without an obligation to notify any persons about such revisions or changes Edition UCD Console for UCD 422 User Manual Version 4 Date 5 October 2020 Company Information Unigraf Oy Piispantilankuja 4 FI 02240 ESPOO Finland Tel 358...

Page 3: ...ctive within the warranty period Unigraf will provide repair or replacement of the product Unigraf shall have the whole discretion whether to repair or replace and replacement product may be new or reconditioned Replacement product shall be of equivalent or better specifications relative to the defective product but need not to be identical Any product or part repaired by Unigraf pursuant to this ...

Page 4: ...b 20 Link Tab 22 EDID Tab 24 HDCP Tab 26 InfoFrame Tab 27 Source DUT Testing Tab 28 HDMI Reference Source 29 Pattern Generator Tab 29 Audio Generator Tab 32 Link Tab 33 EDID Tab 35 HDCP Tab 37 Event Log 38 EDID Editor 39 Appendix A Product Specification 41 UCD 422 41 Appendix B Licensing 42 Appendix C Predefined Timings 44 Appendix D Predefined Patterns 46 Appendix E Firmware Update Procedure with...

Page 5: ...he unit Introduce the HW features of the UCD 422 units Provide instructions for the user on how to use UCD Console software Product and Driver Version This manual explains features found in UCD Console Software Package 1 9 Please consult Unigraf for differences or upgrades of previous versions Please consult the Release Notes document in the installation package for details of the SW and FW versio...

Page 6: ...d audio capture up to 10k30Hz 8k60Hz 4K UHD 120 Hz Supports FRL Supports Auto Low Latency Mode ALLM and Variable Refresh rate VRR Compatible with HDCP versions 1 4 and 2 3 2 GB on board high speed video buffer High speed USB 3 0 host PC interface Please refer to Product Specifications in the appendix of this document for details Functional Description UCD 422 units consist of a multimedia signal i...

Page 7: ...USB 3 0 connection to the host PC Programmer USB interface used in device FW update behind a cover Ethernet Ethernet interface used in device FW update behind a cover Note Capturing and sourcing high resolution video modes especially 4K and 8K video modes and the 120 Hz frame rate set stringent requirements on the video cables and connectors Warning In order to avoid damage to the unit and the PC ...

Page 8: ...ense Manager installed during set up TSI SDK UCD 422 firmware FW matching UCD Console version copied during set up User Manuals including this document When launched UCD Console verifies that the firmware FW version programmed to UCD 422 matches the launched version If conflict UCD Console informs the user If FW update is needed please refer to Firmware Update Procedure later in this manual for in...

Page 9: ...cut to Unigraf License Manager can be found in Start Menu under All programs Unigraf UCD 400 Please click Yes in the first dialog License Manager can be run only with Administrator rights Note System administrator s privileges are required for accessing the licenses License Manager GUI When run License Manager will list the licensing enabled Unigraf devices If no suitable device families are detec...

Page 10: ... seed number for the device Please note that to avoid confusion some letters will never appear in a license key because they resemble numbers For example capital G and number 6 are very similar when printed with small font When in doubt use numbers Also please notice that characters that can t be part of valid license key are not accepted as input When appropriate an automatic conversion is applie...

Page 11: ... do not power it off before the operation is completed unless specially requested Avoid plugging and unplugging other USB devices when the firmware update is in progress To update the firmware or create a new configuration on a UCD 422 device please perform the following steps Connect the UCD 422 unit to a power supply and connect the USB cable Open UCD Console Select Tools Firmware update UCD Fir...

Page 12: ... Versions Earlier firmware versions of UCD 422 are not supporting firmware update using UCD Firmware Configuration tool and must be updated using Quartus Prime tool When attempting to update an earlier non supporting version the tool will display an error message Please refer to Appendix E of this manual for instructions on Firmware Update Procedure with Quartus Prime Once a firmware supporting UC...

Page 13: ... during one session and the UCD device need to be restarted between steps Therefore on certain point user needs to power cycle the device switch off power wait for 10 seconds turn on power Click OK button on the dialog Note The procedure may take several minutes depending on the speed of the USB connection of the host PC ...

Page 14: ...e found by default under Start Menu path All programs Unigraf UCD 400 Once UCD Console GUI is launched the dialog provides a list of Unigraf UCD devices connected in the PC Please select the target device by clicking on the appropriate button If your device cannot be found in the list please confirm the power and USB connection to the device and click the Rescan button Select Role The use of UCD 4...

Page 15: ...cked In UCD Console the situation that parameters have been changed but not applied is indicated by bold values of the parameter Options Options can be found in Tools Options Video Audio and Misc Options Image File Format You can save the captured frames either in PPM BMP or JPG bitmap file format In PPM format the files are stored with the captured color depth with other formats the color depth i...

Page 16: ...4 4 4 conversions 4 2 2 and 4 2 0 images are previewed and stored as received without pixel doubling Disable firmware version check UCD Console lets the user operate a non matching Software Firmware combination NOT RECOMMENDED HDCP protected monitor Text appearing if the monitor where UCD Console is viewed is HDCP compliant and HDCP is enabled This feature enables preview of captured HDCP encrypte...

Page 17: ...eo Audio monitoring and saving Audio Status information and control of the upstream link Link EDID editor EDID HDCP status monitor and control HDCP InfoFrames monitoring panel InfoFrames Source DUT Testing Video Tab Video tab is the Preview window for the captured HDMI video Input video mode The measured input resolution frame rate and color format are shown below the preview window The indication...

Page 18: ...tured from the input channel Save one frame Capture and save one video frame as a bitmap file in the PC The format and storage location can be selected in Tools Options pull down menu The available bitmap formats are PPM BMP and JPG The selections in Tools Options menu define if the frame bitmap will be stored as captured from the display interface or if the color mode conversion selected for prev...

Page 19: ... preview image The lower right hand side ribbon of the GUI lists Location of the cross cursor on the bitmap The intensity of the Red Green and Blue components of the pixel on the cursor location The HTML HEX color code of the pixel on cursor location Zoom of the Preview Image can be altered by right clicking on top of the preview image and selecting between Fit Window Zoom 25 Zoom 50 Zoom 100 Zoom...

Page 20: ...ut sampling rate The amplitude scale of the spectrum display can be selected between Linear to 80 dB The horizontal sound level indicator is in the bottom of the dialog The span of the preview window is defined with Audio preview size found in Tools Options dialog The value is given in ksamples 1024 samples The relation between the preview window span in milliseconds msec and the value given in Au...

Page 21: ...ontent or disable audio playback to monitor the waveforms in UCD Console Refresh audio device list Click here to re read the list of audio devices after making changes to the host PC configuration Audio Buffer Size The amount of buffering used in the data transfer between the UCD 422 unit and the PC in Audio buffer size in Tools Options dialog Increased buffer size will ensure a smooth audio outpu...

Page 22: ...s is updated automatically LT Status Status of the FRL Link Training State only in FRL mode FRL Mode Lane count and link rate configuration used in FRL mode only in FRL mode TMDS Bit Clock Ratio TMDS Bit Period TMDS Clock Period ratio 1 10 or 1 40 only in TMDS mode TMDS Data 0 1 2 Indication of data flow in TMDS links 0 to 2 only in TMDS mode FRL Lock 0 1 2 3 Indication of FRL Character Lock in li...

Page 23: ...s FRL_Max bit 1 0 only in FRL mode LTP Current FRL link training pattern Click Update to re read only in FRL mode Additional Input for user requested training pattern 1 8 Click Apply to enable request only in FRL mode Timing Video Timing Details as retrieved from stream metadata Frame rate is measured by UCD 422 Local Sink CRC The 16 bit CRC checksum cyclic redundancy check values of the three col...

Page 24: ...orting all four blocks the non supported area is replaced with zeroes Currently the EDID Editor does not support Display ID Hex EDID files can however be modified with the HEX Editor or externally generated hex EDID files that have Display ID content can be loaded and programmed into the hardware HEX Editor When EDID content is either loaded from a file or read from the hardware EDID memory it is ...

Page 25: ...HDMI Reference Sink 25 EDID Editor EDID Editor is launched in a separate pop up window Please see the description of the EDID editor in Chapter EDID Editor later in this document ...

Page 26: ...ed The HDCP handshake between the UCD 422 and the sink unit has been completed successfully Declared as HDCP capable The UCD 422 unit recognizes HDCP handshake messages Keys loaded The HDCP keys are loaded to the UCD 422 unit Configuration HDCP Capable To disable HDCP uncheck the box Keys Select between Production or Facsimile HDCP keys To remove the keys select None HDCP 1 4 vs HDCP 2 3 UCD 422 d...

Page 27: ...ndard Recording Code OBA One Bit Audio sample packet DTS DTS Audio packet HBR High Bitrate Audio stream packet GMP Gamut Metadata packet EMP Extended Metadata Packet 3D ASP 3D Audio Sample packet 3D OBA 3D One Bit Audio sample packet AMP Audio Metadata Packet MST_ASP Multi stream audio sample packet MST_OBA One Bit Multi stream audio sample packet VSI Vendor Specific InfoFrame AVI Auxiliary Video ...

Page 28: ...HDMI Reference Sink 28 Source DUT Testing Tab Source DUT Testing Tab are not supported in current version of UCD 422 ...

Page 29: ...attern Generator Tab Predefined Timings UCD 422 includes a set of common predefined video timings Please find a list of the timings with their major details in Appendix C of this document Color Mode RGB color mode with full range quantization levels will be used with all patterns except with Color Square Pattern This pattern allows the user to select RGB YCbCr 4 4 4 YCbCr 4 2 2 and YCbCr 4 2 0 col...

Page 30: ...he original resolution no scaling cropped to the active area To load a custom image please click on the image in top right hand corner of the dialog To enable the custom pattern select pattern Custom Image in the pattern selector combo box Pattern Generator Settings In order to avoid sourcing invalid video mode combinations the new settings need to be validated by the user by clicking Apply Automa...

Page 31: ...licking Manage Timings In order to create a new custom timing based on one of the standard fixed timings select the fixed timing and change its name and click Add new timing to store In order to modify an existing custom timing select it modify and click Update timing The dialog will make a sanity check for the values entered and will warn the user for any combinations that cannot be used Customiz...

Page 32: ...dio and adjust the controls to the desired audio format To load an audio file from your PC select Load audio from file click the Open WAV file button browse and select the file and click Open To play the selected audio content click the Play button The content will be looped until the Stop button is clicked Audio Status in the top of the tab indicates the type of the currently played audio content...

Page 33: ...1 40 only in TMDS mode Scrambling Status of Scrambling_Enable bit 1 LED on 0 LED off Receiver Sink Capabilities Status of connected HDMI Sink device Mode Status of Max_TMDS_Character_Rate byte in the sink s VSBD Behaviour Used HDMI mode TMDS Bit Clock Ratio Status of the TMDS_Bit_Clock_Ratio 1 10 1 40 FRL Support Sink s FRL support level as indicated in sink s HF VSDB VRR Support Lowest frame rate...

Page 34: ...LT_update flag in SCDSC Update Flags register of the connected HDMI sink FLT Ready Status of FLT_ready flag in SCDSC Status Flags register of the connected HDMI sink FRL Start Status of FLT_update flag in SCDSC Update Flags register of the connected HDMI sink FLT No Timeout Status of FLT_no_timeout flag in SCDSC Source Test Configuration register of the connected HDMI sink FRL Max Status of FRL_Ma...

Page 35: ... blocks the non supported area is replaced with zeroes Currently the EDID Editor does not support Display ID Hex EDID files can however be modified with the HEX Editor or externally generated hex EDID files that have Display ID content can be loaded and programmed into the hardware HEX Editor When EDID content is either loaded from a file or read from the hardware EDID memory it is shown in the ED...

Page 36: ...HDMI Reference Source 36 EDID Editor EDID Editor is launched in a separate pop up window Please see the description of the EDID editor in Chapter EDID Editor later in this document ...

Page 37: ...n process The HDCP handshake is in process between the UCD 422 and the downstream sink unit Keys loaded The HDCP keys are loaded to the UCD 422 unit Configuration Enable encryption Check to enable the encryption of the stream between UCD 422 and the downstream sink Authenticate Perform the HDCP initiation handshake between the UCD 422 and the sink unit Keys Select between Production or Facsimile H...

Page 38: ...ssages I2C Messages Each item line includes Time stamp Type indication Message source and raw message data The right panel lists the content of one message Messages belonging together with the selected one are shown in red color Start event logging by clicking Start Capture and stop it by clicking Stop Capture The transactions can be saved in binary evt Event Log files by clicking Save Saved Event...

Page 39: ...of the standard In addition to VESA E EDID block the CEA 861 versions 1 2 and 3 EDID blocks are also fully supported as well as the VESA Block Map Extension blocks Practically unlimited number of extension blocks may exist in a single collection The number of blocks is limited by VESA Specifications and possibly by available system resources Most EDID blocks contain a structure that is very simila...

Page 40: ...nter HEX or DEC even if the value is presented as HEX and or value range is given in HEX Floating point values must be given with period as decimal separator even if your localization setting defines decimal separator as comma or other Remember to click Set after changing a bit value presented as a single check box if you want the new value applied Note It is recommended that you back up the un ed...

Page 41: ...tent Protection HDCP 2 2 HDCP 2 3 Additional features eARC DSC FEC Computer interface USB 3 0 Operating System Windows 10 8 and 7 Software UCD Console GUI TSI API with interface specific Test Sets Power supply AC DC Power supply 100 to 240 Vac 50 60 Hz input 12 Vdc output Mechanical Size 272 170 60 mm Weight 1 2 kg w o power supply Please contact Unigraf for detailed availability ...

Page 42: ... HDMI RX Tab Function Basic DSC Decoder Video Preview Capture Snap preview Status Audio Monitor Capture and graphical preview Status Link Link Status Link Configuration Stream Status video audio HPD Status HPD Assert De assert DSC Decoder EDID Read Write Save Load EDID Editor HDCP HDCP 1 4 and HDCP 2 3 Support Authentication status Encryption status Event Log Event Log Source DUT Testing Feature a...

Page 43: ...enerator Play audio files Link Link Status HPD Status Asserted De asserted Link Configuration DSC Encoder EDID Read Write Save Load EDID Editor HDCP HDCP 1 4 Support Control Enable Disable authenticate only Encryption Enable Disable Status Authentication status Encryption status HDCP 2 3 Support Event Log Event Log Sink DUT Testing Feature available To be introduced later ...

Page 44: ...G VESA 1680 x 1050 60Hz 1680 1050 2240 1089 60 3G 3G 3G VESA 1680 x 1050 60Hz RB 1680 1050 1840 1080 60 3G 3G 3G VESA 1792 x 1344 60Hz 1792 1344 2448 1394 60 3G 3G 3G VESA 1920 x 1080 30Hz RB1 1920 1080 2080 1096 30 3G 3G 3G VESA 1920 x 1080 30Hz RB2 1920 1080 2000 1096 30 3G 3G 3G CTA 1920 x 1080 30Hz 1920 1080 2200 1125 30 3G 3G 3G VESA 1920 x 1080 60Hz RB1 1920 1080 2080 1111 60 3G 3G 3G VESA 1...

Page 45: ...L 8G 10G VESA 5120 x 2160 30Hz RB1 5120 2160 5280 2191 30 6G3L 6G3L 6G3L VESA 5120 x 2160 30Hz RB2 5120 2160 5200 2191 30 6G3L 6G3L 6G3L CTA 5120 x 2160 30Hz 5120 2160 6000 2200 30 6G3L 6G3L 6G3L VESA 5120 x 2160 60Hz RB1 5120 2160 5280 2222 60 6G3L 6G3L 6G3L 6G4L 6G4L 6G4L VESA 5120 x 2160 60Hz RB2 5120 2160 5200 2222 60 6G3L 6G3L 6G3L 6G4L 6G4L 6G4L CTA 5120 x 2160 60Hz 5120 2160 5500 2250 60 6G...

Page 46: ...iven parameter n step n color_depth 256 n range 0 to 5000 default 120 Color Ramp Color Ramp test pattern defined by VESA DisplayPort Link Layer Compliance Test Specification Color Square Color Square test pattern defined by VESA DisplayPort Link Layer Compliance Test Specification Color mode can be selected between RGB YCbCr 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 2 0 ITU Rec 601 709 White Square 100 intensity white square...

Page 47: ...hightail com receive r0FfU5skKL Please store the file in the location that you indicated during installation Default location is C Program Files x86 Unigraf TSI UCD 400 Firmware FW Update Tool The firmware FW of UCD 422 is programmed with a separate tool called Quartus Prime includes Nios II EDS The tool can be downloaded from Intel FPGA website https fpgasoftware intel com edition lite On the dow...

Page 48: ...re the programming PC is connected Connecting with Direct Ethernet Cable Alternative 2 In case of direct connection the PC needs to be configured to be an Ethernet network host by enabling WIFI network share The WIFI network will not be used for programming Connect UCD 422 directly to the PC though Ethernet connector Enable WIFI Internet access of the PC From Network and Sharing Center click on th...

Page 49: ...ion needs to be run as Administrator Right click with mouse and select Run as Administrator Select FW update folder location For example cd cygdrive c Program Files x86 Unigraf TSI UCD 400 Firmware Run the boot loader that initiates the HTML programming interface source run sh Upon command completion the assigned IP address for UCD 422 device is highlighted in the picture below ...

Page 50: ...d to the same network as the UCD 422 unit Access the HTML programming interface by entering the IP address assigned for the UCD 422 unit Browse Hardware File Name for UCD 422 update e g a10_hdtrx_p1 flash and then press Upload button Once uploading process done cycle power on the UCD 422 Note Please cycle the power on the UCD 422 unit to enable the FW update ...

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