Prism
Operation Manual Issue 2.00
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1.1. Summary of capabilities
The following section briefly summarises the capabilities of the DSA-1 version 2.0
firmware for the benefit of new operators. For operators experienced in the use of the
DSA-1 version 1.0 firmware, new features are marked with an asterisk.
Carrier Analysis:
LED panel:
Summarises major carrier faults (including biphase or parity errors,
poor eye-width, incorrect Channel Status block length and
analogue content) and displays sampling rate and grade.
Sampling rate:
Measures sampling rate (fs);
Measures sampling rate accuracy in ppm;
fs measurements may be calibrated to house reference;
Jitter:
Measures fs Jitter (from source);
Measures Data Jitter (from cable);
Measures eye-pattern degradation;
De-jittered output available;
Selectable jitter corner-frequency;
Amplitude:
Measures differential amplitude;
Measures common-mode component;
Measures audio-band component;
Phase:
Measures carrier phase with respect to reference;
Data Analysis:
LED panel:
Summarises audio, Validity, User and Channel Status bits;
Audio amplitude:
* Bargraph meter with numerical readout in dBFS or hex;
Bit activity:
Displays which bits are active in the audio word;
Channel Status:
Displays binary data and functional description;