Quantum Data 881 User manual

881/882 Video Test Instrument
User Guide

881/882 Video Test Instrument, User Guide, Revision A.35 (9/24/10)
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Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
882C features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Video interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Computer interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Front panel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Menu selection keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
882 file system and media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
882 file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
882 media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
882 operational modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Booting up the 882 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Basic mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Browse mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Working with the Virtual Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Working with the CMD (Command) Terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Working with the 882 FTP Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Copying files between 882s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Command line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Working with the serial interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Working with the network interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sending commands interactively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sending command files (serial interface only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Working with user profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 2 Testing Video Displays
General video display testing procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Making physical connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Selecting interface type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Selecting video format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Selecting image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Testing analog computer (IT) CRTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Testing digital computer (IT) FPDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Testing analog composite video SDTV (CE) CRTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Testing analog component video SDTV (CE) CRTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Testing digital component video HDTV (CE) FPDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Testing SDI and HD-SDI digital component video studio displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using the Image Caching feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using the AuxTest image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using the ImageShift utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using the ImageShift utility through the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using the ImageShift utility through the command line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Adjust Frequency Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Keypad Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Chapter 3 Administrative Tasks
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Calibrating the generator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Calibrating signal level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Calibrating frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Auto Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Auto upgrade - Network Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Auto upgrade - PCMCIA/Compact Flash Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Upgrading the generator locally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Manually upgrading using PCMCIA Compact Flash card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Manually upgrading the generator without using PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Connecting generator directly to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Reconfiguring and booting a stalled generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Cloning generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cloning a generator using the PC card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cloning a generator using the Generator FTP Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Resetting a generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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Viewing generator configuration information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Chapter 4 Networking 882s
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
882 file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Configuring a file server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
File server specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Installing an FTP server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Copying resource files to the FTP site on the file server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Establishing a network environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Connecting 882s to the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Setting the 882’s IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Setting the file server IP address in the 882. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Network operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Booting a 882 from the file server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Sharing objects on a file server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Controlling a 882 remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Using the Virtual Front Panel to operate a 882 remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Operating the 882 remotely through the command line interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Upgrading 882s over a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Upgrade options and procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Backing up the current files on the file server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Copying files to the PC file server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Removing current files from the 882s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Copying the new files to each 882 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Reboot the 882s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Cloning 882s using the 882 FTP Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Chapter 5 Using GPIB Interface
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Setting the GPIB port address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Queries and commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Sending commands and queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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Status queries and control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Status byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Bus commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Chapter 6 Working with Formats
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Format library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Composite television format names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Component television format names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Computer display format names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Aperture designators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Viewing the source list of formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Configuring format parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Viewing and modifying format parameters through the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Viewing and modifying format parameters via the command line . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Viewing and modifying format parameters by editing XML files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Format Editor Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Format Editor - Basic Window Configuration and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Format Editor - Top Level Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Format Editor - Menu Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Format Editor - New Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Format Editor - New Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Format Editor - New Source Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Format Editor - Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Format Editor - Save. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Creating a new format using the Format Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Creating custom formats using the command line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Format catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Using format catalogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Creating format catalogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Deleting format catalogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Chapter 7 Working with Images
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Viewing the Content list of images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

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Viewing and modifying image options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Viewing image versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Creating custom images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Rendering bitmap images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Setting image component values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Creating image catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Creating an image catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Deleting an image catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Chapter 8 Working with Test Sequences
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Viewing the test sequence list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Viewing the test sequence list using the front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Viewing the test sequence list using the command line interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Running a test sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Running a test sequence using the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Running a test sequence using the command line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Creating a test sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Creating a test sequence using the command line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Editing a test sequence XML file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Deleting a test sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Chapter 9 Testing HDMI Sink Devices
Overview of HDMI display testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Physical connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Format selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Image selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Setting up the 882 for HDMI testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Selecting video format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Testing HDMI displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Testing HDMI 1.4 displays with 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Rendering 3D images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Testing HDMI video pixel repetition (882 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Testing HDMI audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Testing 2-channel HDMI audio output from internal SPDIF source . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

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Testing 8-channel HDMI audio output from internal source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Testing multi-channel compressed HDMI audio formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Testing HDMI audio using an external audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Testing HDMI InfoFrames (882 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Viewing InfoFrame contents (882 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Testing with Active Format Description (AFD) (882 only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Chapter 10 Testing Lipsync
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Testing display (sink) devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Chapter 11 Testing EDID for HDMI
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Testing with display (sink) devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Viewing EDID from a display (882 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Generating an EDID Information Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Modifying EDID in a display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Capturing and storing EDID from display device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Creating or editing EDID contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Testing EDID for HDMI compliance in display (sink) devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Testing HDMI sink device for EDID compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Verifying pixel encoding and rate support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Using the EDID Editor tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Loading EDIDs with the EDID Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Editing an existing EDID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Creating a new EDID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Saving an EDID to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Putting (Writing) EDID to a display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Emulating an EDID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Running an EDID HDMI compliance test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Running an EDID data report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Using the EDID Compare tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Comparing EDIDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

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Chapter 12 CEC Interactive Troubleshooting Environment (ITE)
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
CEC Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
CEC devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
CEC features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Testing CEC Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Testing CEC devices for messaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Stress testing a CEC device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Controlling the Audio Return Channel (ARC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
CEC Bus Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Activating the CEC bus monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Querying the CEC bus monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Chapter 13 Testing HDCP on HDMI
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Testing DVI displays with HDCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Testing HDMI displays with HDCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Running HDCP test in step mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Running an HDMI HDCP self-test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Understanding the HDCP test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
HDMI HDCP test sequence:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Chapter 14 Using Special Sync Output
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Operating special sync for probe pulse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Probe coordinate numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Configuring the probe feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Controlling the probe using the command line interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Configuring special sync for FS, LS, or CS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Chapter 15 Script SDK
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Image programs versus script programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Creating executable program scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

8Contents
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
About the ScriptSDK main window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
ScriptSDK menu summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Starting ScriptSDK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Creating, compiling, and executing a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
ScriptSDK API functions by category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Control functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Command functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Response functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Front panel functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Operator functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
ScriptSDK API functions by name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
ScriptSDK commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Sample ScriptSDK programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Commands by category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
GPIB (IEEE-488.2 standard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Gating Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Test Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Directories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
EDID and DDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
Special Sync Probe Pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Color Look-Up Table (LUT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
HDMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
HDCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
DVI/HDMI DisplayPort Signal Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Commands by name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Standard image descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870
Error code descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976
0000-0099 General errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976
2000-2999 Format errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976

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3000-3999 Image errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991
4000-4999 Test sequence errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992
5000-5999 Directory errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994
6000-6999 Bitmap errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994
7000-7999 LUT errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995
8000-8999 Font errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995
9000-9999 System errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996
10000-10999 System errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001
SDTV Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005
HDTV Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008
VESA DMT Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009
VESA CVT Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010
Game Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014
Medical Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015
Military Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016
TTL Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016
Misc. Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017
Test Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017
Manufacturer Associated Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018

10 Contents

2 Chapter 1 Getting Started
Introduction
This User’s Guide describes the features, functions and operating procedures for the 881
and 882 Quantum Data video test instruments for testing analog and digital video display
devices. The 881 provides features for testing video displays in production environments.
The 882 is its complement. It provides extended features to test video displays for
development environments and quality assurance applications.
There are three versions of the 882: 1) the 882C (and CA which includes the analyzer)
and 2) the 882D and 3) 882E. The 882C provides two HDMI output ports (and two HDMI
input ports if the analyzer option is present), a composite video and S-video connector and
a VGA connector. The 882D provides a single HDMI output connector, a dual link DVI-I
connector and a composite video and S-video connector. The SDI/HD-SDI outputs are an
option for either the 882C or the 882D. The 882D does not support the analyzer option.
The 882E provides either HDMI outputs and inputs or a DisplayPort output and input.
882E features
The following are the standard and optional features of the 882E
• Image Control Tool to fine tune deep color images (882E only).
• DTV ready–Pre-programmed standard DTV formats are ready for immediate use.
Digital outputs support YCbCr color encoding. Analog outputs support tri-level
composite sync and YPbPr.
• Built-in formats–Over 350 popular video formats are built-in including VESA, ATSC,
EIA-770.x, SMPTE 170, 240, 259, 267, 274, 292, 293, 295, 296, Australian,
EIA/CEA-861D, NTSC and PAL.
• Central administration–Update and configure all networked instruments from a single
computer.
• Network control–Fully control instrument from any network location with web browser
or Telnet client.
• Graphics SDK–Create complex patterns based on your specifications using C++
software development kit.
• HDMI–Full single-link HDMI 1.3. DVI HDCP production keys for HDMI output.
• Easy to use–Access powerful features easily using intuitive user interface.
• Multiple configurations–Save and restore different instrument configurations for
different applications.
• Local pattern storage–Store multiple custom images (.bmp, .jpg, and .png) images in
instrument.

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• Self-calibrating–Analog video outputs are automatically adjusted against an internal
precision reference. This assures video levels that are precise and reliable. Signal
levels are auto-adjusted individually.
• Probe–Trigger a scope or inspection camera using the probe signal. Position a pulse
anywhere in the frame.
• PC Card–Clone one 882 to another using a standard CompactFlash card.
• Auxiliary Channel Analyzer (ACA) –The ACA enables you to monitor DDC, HDCP, CEC
and EDID transactions for HDMI and HDCP, Link Layer and EDID transactions over the
DisplayPort auxiliary channels.
• IEEE-488-GPIB (IEEE-488) interface. interface.
• RS-232-Industry standard serial interface.
882E Optional Features
The following are the optional features available with the 882E. For the 882E one of the
two following options must be selected:
• HDMI 1.3 Transmitter:
• Advanced E-EDID parsing
• Deep Color at 24/30/36-bit/pixel 4:4:4 RGB / YCbCr
• 16/20/24-bit/pixel 4:2:2 YCbCr
• High-level Active Format Description (AFD) controls
• AFD test suite
• Pixel repetition test suite
• Automatic and manual InfoFrame setup
• Compressed Dolby Digital formats (Plus & TrueHD)
• Internal sine wave 882 (LPCM), and external SPDIF audio input
• 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 176.4 and 192kHz audio sampling rates
• Generates all EIA/CEA-861D formats below 165 MHz, with all possible variations
• Complete letterbox and scope coverage
• 4:2:2 color sub-sampling at 8, 10, and 12-bits per component
• Hot-plug format list
• Includes DVI-D (M) to HDMI (M) cable and HDMI-HDMI cable.
• Analog Video component and composite (881E/882E only)
• Component analog up to 250MHz
• Component analog VGA Connector

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• Composite analog on S-video and BNC Connectors
• For the 882E one of the two following analyzer options can be selected:

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Video interfaces
This section describes the 882’s video interfaces.
The video interfaces on the 882EA HDMI are shown below (the 882E will not have the
HDMI inputs but can have analog video outputs).
Interface Description
1HDMI OUT 1 connector outputs full single link HDMI 1.3 video, as well as DVI and
modern HDMI-compatible digital video signals.
2HDMI OUT 2 connector outputs full single link HDMI 1.3 video, as well as DVI and
modern HDMI-compatible digital video signals.
3HDMI IN 1 connector accepts full single link HDMI 1.3 video, as well as DVI and
modern HDMI-compatible digital video signals.
4HDMI IN 2 connector accepts full single link HDMI 1.3 video, as well as DVI and
modern HDMI-compatible digital video signals.
5SPECIAL connector provides multiple outputs, including:
• digital composite sync
• line sync
• frame sync
• movable scope trigger (probe) pulse
• pixel clock signal
6SPDIF OUT connector outputs audio to an external receiver.
7SPDIF IN connector inputs audio from an external source.

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VGA interface
The VGA interface, available on the model 882C generator, outputs analog video for
testing analog video displays. The following table describes the VGA connector pinouts.
HDMI interface
The HDMI interface emulates an HDMI-compliant video display. The HDMI connector
pinouts are shown in the following table.
HDMI Type A Connector Pinouts
Special Sync interface
Use the Special connector to output frame sync, line sync, composite sync, or a special
probe pulse. For more information, see Chapter 14, “Using Special Sync Output.”
S-Video interface
The 882 generator has an S-Video connector labeled “S-VIDEO.” This is a miniDIN
connector that emulates an S-Video compliant source for outputting composite TV signal.
Composite video BNC
The 882 generator has a composite TV BNC connector labeled “CVBS.” This interface
emulates an analog composite TV source.
Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal
1 Analog Red Video 6 Analog Red Video Ground 11 No Connection
2 Analog Green Video 7 Analog Green Video Ground 12 DDC/EDID Serial Data
3 Analog Blue Video 8 Analog Blue Video Ground 13 Horizontal Sync
4 No Connection 9 DDC/EDID +5 Vdc Out 14 Vertical Sync
5 Digital Ground 10 Digital Ground 15 DDC/EDID Data Clock
Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal
1 TMDS Data 2+ 7 TMDS Data0+ 13 CEC
2 TMDS Data2 Shield 8 TMDS Data0 Shield 14 Reserved (N.C.)
3 TMDS Data2- 9 TMDS Data0- 15 SCL
4 TMDS Data1+ 10 TMDS Clock+ 16 SDA
5 TMDS Data1 Shield 11 TMDS Clock Shield 17 DDC/SEC Ground
6 TMDS Data1- 12 TMDS Clock- 18 +5 V Power
19 Hot Plug Detect

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Computer interfaces
This section describes the 882’s computer interfaces. The computer interfaces are shown
below (882C shown).
RS-232 interface
Each 882 has a standard RS-232 serial connector, labeled “SERIAL.” This is a 9-pin
D-Sub male connector which enables you to connect the 882 with a computer. A null
modem cable is provided to support this interface. You can communicate with the 882
through the command line interface using a terminal emulator such as HyperTerminal. For
more information, see “Working with the serial interface” on page 30. The pinouts for the
RS-232 connector are shown in the following table.
Connector Description
1SERIAL connector provides RS-232C serial data communication interface for the
882.
2DEBUG connector is for Quantum Data use only.
3ETHERNET connector is used to connect the 882 with a TCP/IP network, for
remote administration and control, and for sharing resources from a file server.
4GPIB connector provides IEEE-488 GPIB interface to the generator (882 only; not
provided on 881 generators).
Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal
1 Data Carrier Detect 4 Data Terminal Ready 7 Request to Send
2 Received Data 5 Signal Ground 8 Clear to Send
3 Transmitted Data 6 Data Set Ready 9 Ring Indicator
HDMI OUT 1 HDMI OUT 2 HDMI IN 1 HDMI IN 2
VGA
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GPIB interface
The GPIB interface allows you to use the 882 as a programmable video signal source in a
larger automated test system. The GPIB connector pinouts are listed in the following table.
Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal
1 DIO1 7 NRFD 13 DIO5 19 Shield
2 DIO2 8 NDAC 14 DIO6 20 Shield
3 DIO3 9 IFC 15 DIO7 21 Shield
4 DIO4 10 SRQ 16 DIO8 22 Shield
5 EOI 11 ATN 17 REN 23 Shield
6 DAV 12 Shield 18 Shield 24 Signal Ground
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