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Networked Video Test Instruments:
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882E
881E
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980
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804
802BT
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700A
HT180
780
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980 Protocol Scope for HDMI

The 980 Protocol Scope is an analyzer for HDMI source devices. It captures and decodes HDPC-protected video data content such as data islands, infoframes, audio sample packets as well as DDC transactions including HDCP, EDID and CEC data. You can also generate the HEAC traffic as well for testing the HDMI 1.4 features Audio Return Channel (ARC) and HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC). You can capture and decode data with the 980 directly connected to a source or (optionally) while snooping between a source and a sink device ("pass-through") mode. The built-in 10.4 inch color touch screen provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to control the instrument and to view incoming video even when encrypted with HDCP. NEW! The 980 now enables you to view the HDMI metadata and DDC traffic in real time through the new Real Time monitoring mode.

You can trigger a capture on a variety of conditions or events that occur in the various data types and on specific values of a data type. Once the data is captured, the 980 Manager presents the data in an easy to understand way through its graphical user interface. The decoded data is depicted at a high level, timeline view in the Event Plot panel and at a lower level view in the Data Decode panel. You can apply post capture filters and searches on the data in the Data Decode panel.

The 980 also provides analyzer utilities for verifying the video timing, the consistency of the audio metadata and AVmute. These utilities provide at-a-glance insights into conditions that could cause interoperability problems.

NEW! The 980 now supports testing of HDMI source devices for compliance to Section 7.4 (Protocol), Section 7.5 (Video), Section 7.6 (Audio), Section 7.7 (DVI) and Section 7.8 (Advanced Features) of the HDMI 1.4 Compliance Test Specification (CTS).


980 Protocol Scope




 Key Features and Benefits - Standard

  • HDMI support. Tests HDMI source devices including support for deep color, x.v.Color and 3D.
  • Built-in touch screen display. Enables you to control the 980 directly through the 980 built-in color touch screen display. Also enables you to view incoming video--even when encrypted with HDCP--as a confidence check and for controlling the menus of source devices.
  • Real Time monitoring mode. NEW! View the HDMI metadata and DDC traffic in real time through the new Real Time monitoring mode.
  • Data Island Decoding. Decodes all data island types even when content is encrypted with HDCP. Data collected includes: General Control Packets, AVI and Audio Infoframes, Vendor Specific Data, Source Product Descriptor, Audio Clock Recovery, Audio Sample packets—including the decoding of the Channel Status Bits and the control bits.
  • DDC Data Decoding. Decodes all DDC transactions including EDID reads and HDCP authentication. You can view HDCP registers in human readable text and pinpoint failures in authentication. For example you can easily determine if authentication fails due to improper setting of an HDCP register value or if HDCP registers are read at the wrong time.
  • CEC Data Decoding. View the CEC messages for addressing, routing, one touch play, etc.
  • HEAC Traffic Generation and Monitoring. Generate and monitor the HEAC traffic for testing the HDMI 1.4 features Audio Return Channel (ARC) and HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC).
  • Triggering and Precapture Filtering. Set up triggers on data island packet values as well as timing and control events. Use precapture filtering to capture the specific data you need.
  • Filtering of Data Transactions. Check box filtering allows you to remove data types from view that you are not interested in. Filter out all data islands except audio sample packets and audio infoframes, for example, to compare the respective values for sampling rate.
  • Searching Through Data. Search through the captured data to locate the specific occurrence of the data and or events you are interested in.
  • Timing Analysis. Verify timing parameters from HDMI source devices including all horizontal and vertical parameters and pixel clock. The timing values are compared against a set of standard timings and any deviation is indicated.
  • Audio Analysis. Verify audio metadata and identify inconsistencies that could result in interoperability problems.
  • AVmute Test. Verify that your source has implemented AVmute properly.
  • Pixel Values. View the component color values for any pixel including deep color video.
 Optional Features
  • Passive Monitoring. Captures and decodes video passively between a source and a sink device. All data is captured if the content from the source is not HDCP encrypted. Once the source content is encrypted, only the DDC, CEC and timing parameters are captured.
  • HDMI Source Compliance Test for HDMI 1.4a. Tests HDMI source devices for compliance to Sections 7.4 (Protocol), Section 7.5 (Video), Section 7.6 (Audio), Section 7.7 (DVI) and Section 7.8 (Advanced Features) of the HDMI 1.4 Compliance Test Specification (CTS).