OmniTek OTR 1001 User manual

Advanced Measurement Technology
OTR 1001
User Guide
Software Version: 3.1
October 2013

OmniTek OTR 1001 User Guide, v3.1
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OmniTek OTR 1001 User Guide, v3.1a
Contents
A OTR 1001 Equipment Guide
Introduction........................................................................................................................A-1
Safety Statement.................................................................................................................A-2
A.1 System Features and Instrument Options.....................................................................A-3
A.2 Installation....................................................................................................................A-6
Preliminary steps:...............................................................................................................A-6
Mounting in a rack .............................................................................................................A-6
Cabling...............................................................................................................................A-6
Adding the Graphics Display.............................................................................................A-8
Adding Mouse and Keyboard ............................................................................................A-8
Common Set-ups................................................................................................................A-9
Optional Additions...........................................................................................................A-10
A.3 Power Up....................................................................................................................A-11
Applying Power................................................................................................................A-11
Start-Up Procedure...........................................................................................................A-11
Shutting Down..................................................................................................................A-11
A.4 Display Modes............................................................................................................A-12
Switching between Windows Mode and Full Screen Mode ............................................A-12
A.5 Installing Additional Software Options......................................................................A-13
A.6 Updating to the Latest Version...................................................................................A-14
A.7 General Care...............................................................................................................A-15
Cleaning ...........................................................................................................................A-15
Changing the Battery........................................................................................................A-15
B OTR 1001 System Control
B.1 General Controls ..........................................................................................................B-1
The Control Panel...............................................................................................................B-1
Using a Mouse....................................................................................................................B-3
Menus.................................................................................................................................B-3
Toolbars..............................................................................................................................B-5
Keyboard Controls .............................................................................................................B-7
B.2 Settings.........................................................................................................................B-8
B.3 Window Displays.......................................................................................................B-10
Status Bar .........................................................................................................................B-10
Button Bar........................................................................................................................B-11
Picking out Items to work with........................................................................................B-11
Window Properties........................................................................................................... B-12
B.4 Presets.........................................................................................................................B-14
Using Presets from other OmniTek systems....................................................................B-15
Recording Presets.............................................................................................................B-15
Preset Selection ................................................................................................................B-18
Assigning Presets to Function Keys.................................................................................B-19
B.5 File Selection..............................................................................................................B-21
B.6 Saving Files................................................................................................................B-22

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C The View Window
C.1 Overview......................................................................................................................C-2
Selecting the View Window...............................................................................................C-2
Definitions..........................................................................................................................C-2
Basic Screen Layout...........................................................................................................C-3
C.2 View Window Operations............................................................................................C-6
View Selection ...................................................................................................................C-6
Full/Multiple Tile display...................................................................................................C-8
Setting Overall Window Properties....................................................................................C-9
Setting Tile Properties......................................................................................................C-10
Saving and Recalling Specific Tile Selections.................................................................C-11
C.3 Video Stream..............................................................................................................C-12
Video Stream Selection....................................................................................................C-12
Input Video Standard .......................................................................................................C-13
C.4 Freezing the display ...................................................................................................C-14
D Screen Layout
D.1 Overview......................................................................................................................D-1
D.2 Selecting Edit Mode.....................................................................................................D-2
D.3 Changing the Range of Views Displayed ....................................................................D-3
D.4 Changing Size, Position etc..........................................................................................D-5
D.5 Saving the New Layout................................................................................................D-6
E Image Analysis
E.1 General Steps................................................................................................................ E-1
E.2 Focus of Analysis......................................................................................................... E-2
E.3 Waveform View........................................................................................................... E-4
Selection............................................................................................................................. E-5
Configuration Issues........................................................................................................... E-5
Display Properties .............................................................................................................. E-6
Composite Waveforms....................................................................................................... E-8
Waveform Measurement.................................................................................................... E-9
Shared Waveform Markers ................................................................................................ E-9
E.4 Vectorscope................................................................................................................ E-11
Selection........................................................................................................................... E-11
Configuration Issues......................................................................................................... E-12
Display Properties ............................................................................................................ E-12
E.5 Gamut View ............................................................................................................... E-14
Selection........................................................................................................................... E-14
Configuration Issues......................................................................................................... E-15
Display Properties ............................................................................................................ E-15
E.6 Status.......................................................................................................................... E-16
The Status Overview........................................................................................................ E-16
Status Summary................................................................................................................ E-17
Selection........................................................................................................................... E-18
Configuration Issues......................................................................................................... E-18
Display Properties ............................................................................................................ E-19
Resetting the display ........................................................................................................ E-19
E.7 Video Information Displayed..................................................................................... E-20

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F Video Proxy
F.1 Basic Picture Display....................................................................................................F-1
Selection..............................................................................................................................F-1
Configuration Issues............................................................................................................F-2
Display Properties ...............................................................................................................F-2
F.2 Picture Overlays............................................................................................................F-4
Crosshair..............................................................................................................................F-4
Timecodes ...........................................................................................................................F-5
Closed Captions & Teletext Subtitles .................................................................................F-7
F.3 Safe Action/Safe Title Cages ........................................................................................F-9
Set-Up................................................................................................................................F-10
Displaying the cages..........................................................................................................F-11
Saving and Re-loading ......................................................................................................F-11
F.4 Region of Interest (ROI) .............................................................................................F-12
Enabling/Disabling the ROI..............................................................................................F-12
Setting the Size and Position of the ROI...........................................................................F-13
F.5 Picture Zoom...............................................................................................................F-14
G Pixel Data (VIEW_DATA option)
G.1 Overview of Display ....................................................................................................G-1
Selection.............................................................................................................................G-2
Display Properties ..............................................................................................................G-2
Setting the focus for the display.........................................................................................G-3
G.2 Standard View..............................................................................................................G-4
Overview of Display Features............................................................................................G-4
G.3 Extended View.............................................................................................................G-5
Overview of Display Features............................................................................................G-5
H DCI Support (VIEW_XR_DCI option)
H.1 CIE Colour Chart .........................................................................................................H-1
Selection.............................................................................................................................H-2
Configuration Issues...........................................................................................................H-2
Display Properties ..............................................................................................................H-3
H.2 Histogram.....................................................................................................................H-5
Selection.............................................................................................................................H-5
Configuration Issues...........................................................................................................H-6
Display Properties ..............................................................................................................H-6
I Stereo 3D Analysis and Camera Alignment (VIEW_3D & ALIGNMENT options)
Terminology........................................................................................................................ I-1
I.1 Stereo 3D Overview...................................................................................................... I-2
I.2 Enabling 3D Monitoring ............................................................................................... I-3
Defining the 3D Video Format............................................................................................ I-4
Applying Auto-correction ................................................................................................... I-4
I.3 Visual Comparison of S3D Left/Right Images............................................................. I-5
Selection.............................................................................................................................. I-7
Configuration Issues............................................................................................................ I-7
Display Properties ............................................................................................................... I-8
I.4 Depth Analysis of Stereo 3D video............................................................................... I-9
Background ......................................................................................................................... I-9
Configuration Issues.......................................................................................................... I-10

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I.5 Depth Map................................................................................................................... I-12
Selection............................................................................................................................ I-13
Configuration Issues.......................................................................................................... I-13
Display Properties ............................................................................................................. I-13
I.6 Depth Plan................................................................................................................... I-14
Selection............................................................................................................................ I-16
Configuration Issues.......................................................................................................... I-16
Display Properties ............................................................................................................. I-17
I.7 Depth Map Histogram................................................................................................. I-18
Selection............................................................................................................................ I-18
Configuration Issues.......................................................................................................... I-18
Display Properties ............................................................................................................. I-19
I.8 Camera Rig Alignment................................................................................................ I-20
3D Meters Display ............................................................................................................ I-20
Selection............................................................................................................................ I-21
Configuration .................................................................................................................... I-21
Display Properties ............................................................................................................. I-22
Single Camera Alignment................................................................................................. I-23
Camera Pair Alignment..................................................................................................... I-24
I.9 Luma/Chroma Comparisons ....................................................................................... I-25
1. 3D Chroma Sabres ........................................................................................................ I-25
2. Colour Comparison on Waveform Display................................................................... I-28
3. Colour Comparison on the Vectorscope Display.......................................................... I-30
4. Colour Comparison using Histogram Display.............................................................. I-32
I.10 Error Reporting ........................................................................................................... I-35
Configuration Issues.......................................................................................................... I-38
Display Properties ............................................................................................................. I-38
J Logging
J.1 Event Logs..................................................................................................................... J-1
Overview............................................................................................................................. J-1
Event Log Display............................................................................................................... J-1
Selection.............................................................................................................................. J-2
Upper Part of the Event Log ...............................................................................................J-3
Lower Part of the Event Log............................................................................................... J-4
Configuration Issues............................................................................................................ J-6
Display Properties ............................................................................................................... J-6
Event Log: Live Log........................................................................................................... J-7
Event Log: Session Logs..................................................................................................... J-8
J.2 Loudness Logs............................................................................................................. J-10
Loudness Log Display....................................................................................................... J-10
Selection............................................................................................................................ J-10
Recording Loudness Logs................................................................................................. J-11
J.3 Closed Caption Log..................................................................................................... J-14
Selection............................................................................................................................ J-14
Configuration Issues.......................................................................................................... J-15
Display Properties ............................................................................................................. J-15
The Live Log..................................................................................................................... J-17
Recording Closed Caption Logs ....................................................................................... J-18
J.4 SNMP.......................................................................................................................... J-21

OmniTek OTR 1001 User Guide, v3.1a
K Audio Monitoring (AUDIO option)
K.1 Audio Input ..................................................................................................................K-1
K.2 PPMs Display...............................................................................................................K-2
Selection.............................................................................................................................K-3
Configuration Issues...........................................................................................................K-4
Display Properties ..............................................................................................................K-4
Error Reporting ..................................................................................................................K-5
K.3 Surround Sound............................................................................................................K-6
Stereo Mix Down...............................................................................................................K-6
Surround Sound View........................................................................................................K-7
Selection.............................................................................................................................K-8
Configuration Issues...........................................................................................................K-8
Display Properties ..............................................................................................................K-8
K.4 Loudness (AUDIO_LOUD option)............................................................................K-10
Configuration ...................................................................................................................K-11
Loudness View.................................................................................................................K-12
Display Properties ............................................................................................................K-13
Loudness History..............................................................................................................K-14
Selection...........................................................................................................................K-17
Display Properties ............................................................................................................K-17
Loudness and the Surround Sound View.........................................................................K-19
K.5 Lissajous Figures........................................................................................................K-20
Selection...........................................................................................................................K-20
Display Properties ............................................................................................................K-21
K.6 Surround Sound Lissajous Display ............................................................................K-22
Selection...........................................................................................................................K-22
Display Properties ............................................................................................................K-22
K.7 Audio Status...............................................................................................................K-23
Status Overview Display..................................................................................................K-23
Status Summary Display..................................................................................................K-23
Selection...........................................................................................................................K-24
Configuration Issues.........................................................................................................K-24
Display Properties ............................................................................................................K-24
Audio Information Displayed...........................................................................................K-24
Resetting the display ........................................................................................................K-25
K.8 AES/EBU Audio ........................................................................................................K-26
Adding the AES card........................................................................................................K-26
Cabling.............................................................................................................................K-26
Configuration ...................................................................................................................K-27
Analysing the Input..........................................................................................................K-27
K.9 Audio Playback ..........................................................................................................K-28
Playing back over headphones or the internal speaker ....................................................K-28
Playing back over the AES card outputs..........................................................................K-30

OmniTek OTR 1001 User Guide, v3.1a
L Dolby Audio Support (AUDIO_DOLBY options)
L.1 Background .................................................................................................................. L-1
L.2 Configuring the OTR 1001 for Dolby analysis............................................................ L-3
L.3 Dolby PPMs ................................................................................................................. L-5
L.4 Dolby Loudness............................................................................................................ L-6
L.5 Dolby Metadata............................................................................................................ L-7
Displaying Metadata .......................................................................................................... L-7
Dolby E Data...................................................................................................................... L-8
Dolby Digital Data ............................................................................................................. L-9
Channel Data (Both Dolby E and Dolby D) ...................................................................... L-9
L.6 Playing out the Extracted Audio ................................................................................ L-10
Configuration for Multi-channel Dolby Playback ........................................................... L-10
Multi-Channel Playback................................................................................................... L-10
M Physical Layer Measurements (EYE options)
M.1 Overview..................................................................................................................... M-1
Views Offered................................................................................................................... M-1
Adding Transport Layer Measurement to the OTR 1001................................................. M-2
Upgrading EYE_xx option................................................................................................ M-2
M.2 Set-Up.......................................................................................................................... M-3
Cabling .............................................................................................................................. M-3
Configuration .................................................................................................................... M-3
M.3 Jitter Display ...............................................................................................................M-4
Selection............................................................................................................................ M-5
Display Properties ............................................................................................................. M-5
M.4 Eye Diagram................................................................................................................ M-7
Selection............................................................................................................................ M-8
Display Properties ............................................................................................................. M-9
Obtaining Measurements from the Eye Diagram............................................................ M-11
M.5 Cable Length ............................................................................................................. M-13
Configuration .................................................................................................................. M-13
N Timing Measurements
N.1 Reference Timing Measurements.................................................................................N-2
Set-up .................................................................................................................................N-3
Display ...............................................................................................................................N-3
Display Properties ..............................................................................................................N-3
N.2 AV Delay (Lip-Sync Delay) Measurements................................................................N-5
In-Service AV Delay Measurement (AV_ISD option)......................................................N-5
Using Dedicated Test Sequences .......................................................................................N-7
N.3 Loop Delay Measurement..........................................................................................N-11
O Simultaneous Monitoring (VIEW_2 option)
O.1 Overview......................................................................................................................O-1
O.2 Enabling and Disabling Simultaneous Monitoring......................................................O-2
O.3 Picking the Input analysed in a particular tile..............................................................O-3

OmniTek OTR 1001 User Guide, v3.1a
P The Gen Window (GEN/GEN_BASIC option)
Selection..............................................................................................................................P-1
P.1 Overview.......................................................................................................................P-2
Controls...............................................................................................................................P-3
P.2 Gen Window Set-Up.....................................................................................................P-5
Saving and Recalling Specific Gen Window Set-ups.........................................................P-7
P.3 Capture from Input........................................................................................................P-8
P.4 Basic Test Pattern Generation.....................................................................................P-10
1. Playing out Colour Bars................................................................................................P-10
2. Using the provided Pathological Test Patterns .............................................................P-11
3. Live Input Pass-through................................................................................................P-12
4. Displaying the Test Signal on a Monitor ......................................................................P-12
Q Gen Actions (GEN option)
Q.1 Loading Patterns from Disk .........................................................................................Q-1
Q.2 Creating Test Patterns ..................................................................................................Q-3
Zoneplates ..........................................................................................................................Q-3
Line Patterns.......................................................................................................................Q-6
Q.3 Saving Patterns.............................................................................................................Q-8
Q.4 Deleting Patterns ..........................................................................................................Q-9
Q.5 Playing Out Test Patterns.............................................................................................Q-9
Preparation for Play-Out ....................................................................................................Q-9
Play-Out ...........................................................................................................................Q-10
Q.6 Modifying the output..................................................................................................Q-11
Enable SMPTE 352..........................................................................................................Q-12
Gain..................................................................................................................................Q-12
Bounce..............................................................................................................................Q-12
Panning.............................................................................................................................Q-12
Wide Screen Signalling....................................................................................................Q-12
Video Index......................................................................................................................Q-12
Output Range and Gamma...............................................................................................Q-12
Q.7 Interpreting Image Files .............................................................................................Q-15
General Rules...................................................................................................................Q-15
Individual Images.............................................................................................................Q-16
Saved Images....................................................................................................................Q-16
Q.8 Adding Simple Audio Tones......................................................................................Q-18
Q.9 Adding Timecodes .....................................................................................................Q-19
Q.10 Adding Deliberate Bit Errors .....................................................................................Q-20
Q.11 Saving and Recalling Pattern Selections....................................................................Q-22
Q.12 Dual-Generator Operation..........................................................................................Q-22
Enabling Dual-Generation Operation...............................................................................Q-23
Configuring the Generators..............................................................................................Q-24
Playing out Test Signals...................................................................................................Q-25
Synchronising Generators ................................................................................................Q-25

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R Sequence Capture & Play-Out (CAP_MOTION; GEN_MOTION options)
R.1 Capturing Video Clips..................................................................................................R-1
Initial Set-up.......................................................................................................................R-2
Capture...............................................................................................................................R-3
Twin-Channel Capture.......................................................................................................R-4
R.2 RVF Files .....................................................................................................................R-4
R.3 Sequence Play-Out.......................................................................................................R-5
Loading a Sequence ...........................................................................................................R-5
Playing out a Sequence ......................................................................................................R-6
Modifying the Output.........................................................................................................R-6
R.4 Working with Stereo 3D Video (GEN_2 option).........................................................R-7
Loading 3D Images............................................................................................................R-7
Playing Out a 3D Pattern....................................................................................................R-8
Saving 3D Patterns to Disk ................................................................................................R-8
S Picture Quality Analysis (PQA and IS_VSD options)
S.1 Overview.......................................................................................................................S-1
Architecture.........................................................................................................................S-3
Operating Modes.................................................................................................................S-4
S.2 Setting Up the OTR for Quality Analysis .....................................................................S-5
Step 1: Switch into PQA Mode...........................................................................................S-5
Step 2: Setting the OTR up for the required Operating Mode ............................................S-6
Step 3: Align Test and Reference Signals...........................................................................S-9
S.3 Picture Difference Display..........................................................................................S-11
Selection............................................................................................................................S-12
Configuration Issues..........................................................................................................S-12
Display Properties .............................................................................................................S-13
S.4 PQA Meters Display ...................................................................................................S-15
Selection............................................................................................................................S-15
Configuration ....................................................................................................................S-16
Display Properties .............................................................................................................S-16
S.5 PQA Charts .................................................................................................................S-17
Selection............................................................................................................................S-17
Configuration Issues..........................................................................................................S-18
Display Properties .............................................................................................................S-19
Capturing and Comparing Picture Quality Graphs ...........................................................S-21
S.6 Status...........................................................................................................................S-23
Selection............................................................................................................................S-24
Configuration Issues..........................................................................................................S-24
Video Information Displayed............................................................................................S-24
S.7 Remote Control...........................................................................................................S-25