Tektronix Waveform Monitors WFM700 Series manual

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WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitor s User Manual i T able of Contents Gen eral S a fety S u mmary iii ....................................... Pr ef ace v ........................................................ Related Ref eren ce Do cumen ts v ...................................... Ge ttin g S ta rte d Product Descripti on 1- - 1 ...................[...]

T able of Contents ii WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual Status Menu 2- - 30 .................................................... Sw eep Men u 2- - 31 .................................................... V ect or Menu 2- - 32 .................................................... W aveform Menu 2- - 33 .....................................[...]

WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual iii General Safety Summar y Rev iew t he fol lo wi ng s afety p recaut io ns t o avo id i nju ry and p reven t dam age to this product or any products conne cted to it. T o avoid pote ntial h azards, use t hi s product only a s specified. Only qualified personnel should perform servic e proc edur es. Us[...]

General S afet y S um mary iv WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual T er ms in this Manual. These ter ms may a ppea r in this ma nual: W ARNING. W arning statements identify conditions or practic es that c ould r esult in injury or loss of life . CAUTION. Caution stateme nts identify conditions or prac tice s that could r esult in damage to[...]

WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual v Preface This user ma nual provides the basic inf orma tion you need to insta ll and opera te the WFM700 Serie s W avef orm Monitor . Listed below a re r elated doc uments that contain inf ormation about the instrument. Relat ed Refer ence Documents The following ref erence doc uments are ava ilable: H[...]

Preface vi WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual The following non-English language doc uments are ava ilable: H WFM700 Se ries User Docume ntation Package (J apan ese). C o nt ain s a printed Ja panese la nguage use r manual a nd the CD-ROM descr ibed on the previous pa ge. H WFM700 Se ries User Docume ntation Package (Korea n). Contains a[...]

Gettin g S ta rted[...]

WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 1- 1 Getting Started Thi s sect io n con tai ns a li st o f accesso ries , an i ns tal lat ion p roced ure, an d a functiona l check to ve rify the primary func tions of your wavef orm monitor . For instrument spec ific ations, refe r to the WFM7 00 S eri es T echni cal R eference document on the CD-ROM[...]

Getting Starte d 1- 2 WFM700 S erie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Standar d Accessori es Listed below a re the sta ndard a ccessor ies shipped with e ach wave for m monitor: The following doc uments are shipped with ea ch wa vef orm monitor: H WFM700 Se ries Release Notes , T ektronix pa rt numbe r 061- 4247-XX. H WFM700 Se ries User Docume n[...]

Getting Starte d WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 1- 3 T able 1 - 1: Power cord opt ions and identification Plug configuration Normal usage Option number T ektronix part number Nort h A m eri c a 120 V Standard 161-0216-00 Universal Euro A1 161-0215-00 United Ki ngdom A2 161-0066-10 Aus tralia A3 161-0066- 1 1 Switzerland A5 161-0154-0[...]

Getting Starte d 1- 4 WFM700 S erie s W avefor m Monitors User Ma nual Opt ional Accessor ies If you ord ered any o f the fol lo wi ng o pt io nal acces so ries, t hey w ere shi pp ed wi th your wavef orm monitor . Y ou can add a ny of the following video or audio modules to a unit: NOTE . Y ou can have a max imum of tw o video module s and one Opt[...]

WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 1- 5 Installation and Power On This section c ontains information a bout installing and power ing on the wa ve- form monitor . Instruc tions for perf orming f irmwar e upgrade s are located in the WFM70 0 S eri es T echn ica l R eference docume nt on the C D-ROM. Ha rd w a re In s ta lla tio n NOTE . In[...]

Installa tion and Power On 1- 6 WFM700 S erie s W avefor m Monitors User Ma nual Connecti ng Power The wavef orm monitor operates fr om a single-phase powe r source with the neutra l conductor at or nea r ear th ground. The line conductor is fused for over -curr ent protec tion. A protective ground connection thr ough the grounding conductor in the[...]

Operat ing Basi cs[...]

WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 1 Functional Overview The instrume nt is controlled thr ough a combina tion of front-pa nel controls (buttons and knobs) and touch-scr een controls ( soft keys), as desc ribed on the following page s. The wave for m monitor f ront pa nel is shown in Figure 2- - 1. WFM SWE E P G AI N CURSOR VECTOR LIN[...]

Functional Over view 2- 2 WFM700 S erie s W avefor m Monitors User Ma nual Front Panel Knobs and Indi cator s T able 2- - 1 descr ibes the knobs and indica tors on the wave form monitor : T able 2 - 1: Front -panel knobs and i ndicator s Knob / Indi cator Description General purpose knob Located in t he upper right corner of the f ront panel, navi [...]

Functional Over view WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 3 T able 2 - 2: LED fault codes State ON/STBY LED Fault LED Main power rel ay Description / suggested action Standby Off Off Off No power . Press the ON/STBY swi tch f or normal operation. Check that t he inst rument power cord is plugged i nto t he local power supply . On On Off[...]

Functional Over view 2- 4 WFM700 S erie s W avefor m Monitors User Ma nual Front- Panel Butt ons Ref er to M enus begin ni ng o n pag e 2 - - 1 1 for a descrip ti on o f the men us acces sed by pressing the front- panel buttons. T able 2- - 3 describe s the diffe rent cate gories of front- panel buttons. T able 2 - 3: Front -panel buttons Category [...]

Functional Over view WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 5 T ouch Scr een (Sof t Keys) Use th e tou ch screen t o sel ect cho ices fro m a menu an d to acces s add itional instrument me nus. “Buttons” that a ppea r on sc re en a re r efer red to a s soft keys and cha nge with the instrume nt mode. The soft ke ys function as f ollow[...]

Functional Over view 2- 6 WFM700 S erie s W avefor m Monitors User Ma nual T able 2 - 4: Readout descr iptions (Cont.) Readout Description Location Magnif icat ion (Mag) Lower center T ext i ndicat es the m ag sett ing. I f m ag is on, t he text appears in yel low t o indi cate that t he signal i s not bei ng displ ayed in t he normal t im e scale.[...]

Functional Over view WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 7 Icons On-scr een icons infor m you that an er ror c ondition exists or an instr ument opera tion is in progress. The ic ons are : Icon Name Description Video Alarm / Error Indi- cator (Red) Appears at the t op-middle of t he screen when video alarms have tri ggered and remains [...]

Functional Over view 2- 8 WFM700 S erie s W avefor m Monitors User Ma nual Rear Panel Connector s The re ar- panel conne ctors a re shown in Figure 2- - 2 and descr ibed in T able 2- - 5. WFM7 DG module EXT VGA AUX IN 100 - 240VAC ( 10%) 50/ 60 H z 17 5 W A TTS MAXIM UM AUX OUT 1 AUX OUT 2 REF IN LOOP THROUGH REF I N PIX G/Y PIX B/Pb PIX R/Pr SD PI[...]

Functional Over view WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 9 T able 2 - 5: Rear -panel connector s Connector( s) Description Power This inst rument i s int ended to operate f rom a singl e-phase power sour ce with one current-carrying conductor at or near earth ground ( the neutral conduct or). Only the Li ne conductor is f used for over[...]

Functional Over view 2- 1 0 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual T able 2 - 5: Rear -panel connectors ( Cont.) Connector( s) Description Mult i-pin connect ors The wavef orm moni tor provides the f oll owing m ult i-pin connect ors: VGA PIX MON. A copy of the PIX G/Y , B/ Pb, R/Pr pix mon outputs. Thi s allows using an inexpensive VGA m[...]

WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 1 1 Menus Thi s sect io n des crib es th e vario us m enu s yo u can access i n the in st rum ent an d provides menu diagr ams showing the location of the availa ble selec tions. The menu d iag rams are organi zed in al ph abet ical o rder . Ref er to th e WFM70 0 S eri es T echn ica l R eference doc[...]

Menus 2- 1 2 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Using t he Menu Di agram s The menu diagra ms contain the following components (se e Figure 2- - 3): 1. A partia l illustration of the instr ument front pa nel, highlighting the fr ont- panel button you se lect to ente r the displa yed menu. 2. Menu name s, shown in bold text. 3. Unique [...]

Menus WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 1 3 Audio M enu (Opt ion DG O nl y) Press the AUDIO button to enter the Audio mode. If your instrument has only video modules insta lled, the instrument displa ys the Embedde d Audio S tatus scre en and has no me nu. If your instr ument has the Option DG audio module installed, the Audio me nu [...]

Menus 2- 1 4 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Confi gure M enu Press the CONFIG button to open the C onfigure me nu, which is shown in Figures 2- - 5 through 2 - - 7. The conf igura tion par ame ter s for the instrume nt ar e grouped into functiona l submenus within the C onfigure me nu. Use the genera l purpose knob a nd/or the tou[...]

Menus WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 1 5 HELP PRINT FREEZE DISPLA Y CONFI G PRESET Video Inputs /Out puts Strip EA V/ SA V (W FM ): Pas s | St rip Ext Ref F ormat : Video Input F ormat : HD Colorim etry : Auto Select | IT U-R BT . 709-2 | SMPTE 240M Brightup Line/Sample: Of f | On Brightup RGB Gam ut: Of f | On Brightup Com posit [...]

Menus 2- 1 6 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual HELP PRINT FREEZE DISPLA Y CONFI G PRESET Audio Display s Audio Thresholds (Option DG audio module only) Audio Presence R eadout: Off | On Meter Ballis tic s: VU | PPM | True Peak Peak Hold Time: 2 sec Peak Hold Display : Off | On Set 0dB Mark T o: dBFS | Peak Program Level | T es t Leve[...]

Menus WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 1 7 HELP PRINT FREEZE DISPLA Y CONFI G PRESET Calibration System T ouchpanel Calibrat ion Eye Gain Adjust SD Jit ter Gain Adjus t HD J itt er Gain Adjust Eye Loop BW Adjus t (10 H z) Eye Loop BW Adjus t (100 H z) Eye Loop BW Adjus t (1 k Hz ) Jitt er HPF Adjust Eye Sig BW T es t Current Time: P[...]

Menus 2- 1 8 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Cursor M enu If the instrume nt is in a mode that supports measure ment cursor s (W ave form, Eye, or Jitter modes), the Cursor menu shown in Figure 2 - - 9 is displayed whe n you press the C URS OR button. The cur sor 1 a nd 2 settings, and the dif fe re nce betwee n the two, are shown [...]

Menus WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 1 9 Displ ay Menu Press the DI S PLA Y button to open the Display me nu shown in Figure 2- - 10. Use the Display me nu to adjust various displa y para meters. HELP PRINT FREEZE DISPLA Y CONFI G PRESET Thumbnail Pic ture Readouts & Backlight Trace Settings Graticule Set tings Sleep Mode [ No[...]

Menus 2- 2 0 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Eye Menu (W FM700M Onl y) Press the EYE button to e nter the Eye mode and displa y the Eye menu shown in Fi gu re 2 - - 11. R efer t o Eye Mode (W FM700M Only) on pa ge 3 - - 17 for more informa tion about using the Eye a nd Jitter me asureme nt displays. Eye WFM VECTOR PICT URE MEA SURE[...]

Menus WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 2 1 Freez e Menu Press the FREEZE button to open the Fr eeze men u sh ow n in F i gu re 2 - - 12 . Freeze M od e let s you: H Cap tu re (freeze) th e acti ve s ig nal and h ol d i t i n t he C ap tu re bu ffer . H Display the froz en signal or the live signal. H Compare the frozen signa l and t[...]

Menus 2- 2 2 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Gain Menu Press the GAI N button to display the Gain menu shown in Figure 2 - - 13. The curr ent gain setting is displa yed in the lowe r left c orner of the scre en. The gain setting is displaye d in yellow if var iable ga in is active. In varia ble gain modes, use the genera l purpose [...]

Menus WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 2 3 Gamut Me nu Press the GAMUT button to e nter the Ga mut mode and displa y the Gamut menu shown in Figure 2- - 14. Use the Ga mut menu to vie w the Dia mond, Split Diamond, or Arr owhead displays, and to set the gamut measure ment limits. Ref er to Gamut Me asur eme nts on page 3- - 27 for m[...]

Menus 2- 2 4 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Help M enu Press the HELP button to display online help about the cur rent opera ting mode and to display syste m information suc h as the sof tware ve rsion, the installe d options and boar d versions, and the networ k parame ters ( see Figure 2- - 15). HELP PRINT FREEZE DISPLA Y System[...]

Menus WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 2 5 Line Select M enu Press the LI NE S EL button to enable the Line Sele ct mode and open the menu shown in Figure 2- - 17. Opera ting modes tha t support the line sele ct f unction a re W aveform, V ec tor , Gamut, Jitter , Eye, a nd Data . R efe r to Line Select Mode on page 3- - 31 for more[...]

Menus 2- 2 6 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Measur e Mode Menu ( WFM 700A and WFM 700HD Onl y) For instruments with only W F M7A and/or W FM7HD video modules installe d, press th e Meas ure b ut to n t o acces s t he B o wti e mo de. R efer t o Bowtie Mode on page 3- - 14 for more infor mation. Measur e Mode Menu ( WFM700M Onl y) [...]

Menus WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 2 7 Multi Menu Press the MUL TI button to enter Multi mode, which displays the Multi menu shown in F igure 2- - 19. Multi mode shows two diffe rent views of the same input signal side- by-side. Y ou must use the Input menu to se lect a dif fer ent input sig nal to di sp lay . R efer to Multi Mo[...]

Menus 2- 2 8 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Pict ure M enu Press the PICTURE button to enter the Picture mode. Picture mode displa ys a full scr een repr esentation of the video signa l pre sent at the selected input. Afte r you enter the Picture mode, pre ss the PICTUR E button again to toggle the Picture me nu shown in F igure 2[...]

Menus WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 2 9 Preset M enu Press the PRESET button to open the Prese t menu shown in Figure 2- - 21. The Pres et men u all ow s yo u to s to re and recall i ns tru men t con fig urat ion s e ttings. There a re 42 user- programma ble prese ts available in addition to the Restore Factory pr eset. Y ou can [...]

Menus 2- 3 0 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Pri nt Menu When you pr ess the PRINT button, the Abort Printing soft key a ppears. Press this soft key to a bort the print re quest. Stat us Menu Press the ST A TUS button to enter the S tatus display mode, which displa ys the Status menu shown in Figure 2- - 22. Use the Status display [...]

Menus WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 3 1 Sweep Menu Press the SWEEP button while in W avef orm mode to display the Swee p menu shown in Figure 2- - 23. The Sweep me nu is also f unctiona l in the V ec tor a nd Eye opera ting modes. Field Mag: On | Of f Parade | Overlay Line SWEEP GAIN CURSOR LINE SEL INPUT Sweep Menu 2 Line ( Over[...]

Menus 2- 3 2 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual V ector Menu Press the VECT OR button to enter the V ector mode and displa y the V ec tor me nu shown in Figure 2- - 24. Refer to V ector Mode on page 3 - - 40 for more informa tion. Lightning Vec t o r WFM VECTOR PICT URE MEA SURE S TAT U S GAMU T EYE AUDIO MUL TI VIEW V ector Menu Colo[...]

Menus WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 2- 3 3 W avef orm M enu Press the W F M button to open the W avef orm mode a nd display the W avefor m menu shown in Figure 2- - 25. R efe r to W aveform Mode on pa ge 3- - 44 for more info rmat io n. Parade | Overlay Y* R (Pb)* G (Pr)* B* Setup < . . .%> { Filters Color Space WFM VECTOR PIC[...]

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WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 1 Reference NOTE . Ref er to R el ated Referen ce Do cum ent s on page vi for a list of r efer enc e documents that ar e available on the W FM700 Series Use r Docume ntation CD-ROM locate d on the back c over of this manual and/or at the T ektr onix, Inc. W eb si te (w w w .t ektronix. co m). The top[...]

Referen ce 3- 2 WFM700 S erie s W avefor m Monitors User Ma nual Alar ms Use the Configure Alar ms submenu of the C onfigure me nu to select which err or conditions you will monitor a nd how you will be notified in the event of an er ror . The ala rms are or ganiz ed into the f ollowing groups to help you loca te a de sired alar m: Gener al, Seria [...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 3 Use the Status Display mode to view current ala rm conditions. Use the Event Log to view past a larm conditions. Refer to Status Displays on pa ge 3- - 37 and Logging on page 3 - - 32 for more infor mation. When the instrument is in the Eye / Jitte r opera ting mode, all ena bled alar ms[...]

Referen ce 3- 4 WFM700 S erie s W avefor m Monitors User Ma nual An c illa ry D a ta D is p la y The Ancillar y Data display (see Figure 3- - 1) shows the raw (undec oded) da ta words in the se lected a ncillar y data pac kets. The a ncillar y data is shown only in hexade cimal for mat. Since the displa y is updated at a pproximate ly 2-second inte[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 5 T able 3 - 1: DID an d SD ID va lue s fo r c om m o n an cilla r y da t a t ypes Anc illary d at a typ e DID value SDI D value ARIB TR-B22, Sub I nformati on of t ransmit ti ng mat erials 0x5F 0xE0 ARIB TR-B23, Line 20 User Dat a - - 1 0x5F 0xFC ARIB TR-B23, Line 20 User Dat a - - 2 0x5F[...]

Referen ce 3- 6 WFM700 S erie s W avefor m Monitors User Ma nual ARIB STD- B39 Displ ay The ARIB S TD-B39 display (see Figure 3- - 2) shows the decoded data f or video signals using anc illary data compliant with ARIB STD-B39. When this display is sel ected , t he in st rum ent s earches t he si gn al for AR IB S T D-B 3 9 pack ets u si ng the DID/[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 7 Audio M ode For instruments with only vide o modules installed, Audio mode pr ovides a protocol- level che ck for the AES stream. The Embedde d Audio S tatus scr een repor ts the following information: H Which video input is the source of the embe dded audio H The standa rd used by the a[...]

Referen ce 3- 8 WFM700 S erie s W avefor m Monitors User Ma nual Use the Displa y soft key to sele ct one of the following audio displays: H Level M eters H Level Me ters + Lissajous H Surround Sound H Channel Status H Embedded Audio Status When you selec t the Level Meter s + Lissajous display (see Figure 3- - 3), the left portion of the scre en d[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 9 T o select whic h channe l pair is displaye d on the Lissa jous display: NOTE . T he channel pair labels depend on the Audio Pr ogram T ype setting (surr ound or ster eo pairs) . 1. T ouch the Lissajous Pair : soft key to ope n the Audio Lissajous Pair me nu. 2. Select a cha nnel pair by[...]

Referen ce 3- 1 0 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual When you se lect the Surr ound Sound display (see F igure 3- - 3), the left por tion of the scr een displays the l evel me ters and the right portion of the scr ee n displays the Surround Sound display . Use the Audio Displa ys submenu of the C onfigure menu to enable or disable the[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 1 1 The Surround Sound display indic ates the a udio level ba lance a mong the lef t (L), right (R), lef t-surround ( Ls), and right- surround (Rs) c hannels a s cyan lines on the rul ed scal es radi ati ng fro m th e center . T he scal e has ti c marks at 1 0 dB interva ls. An additional [...]

Referen ce 3- 1 2 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Figure 3- - 5 shows examples of how the S urround Sound wave form a ppears for some typica l signal types. Uncorrelated signals; sam e level in the L, R, Ls, and Rs channels. Sine wave test t one; same level in the L, R, Ls, and Rs channels. All signals are in phase, creating phanto[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 1 3 The Channel Status display shows the c hanne l status inf ormation, for one channe l pair at a time, that is embe dded in the AES3 - - 1992 (pr ofe ssional) or IEC- - 60958-3 (c onsumer) digital a udio channels. Y ou can sele ct from the following four display for mats: T ext, B inary [...]

Referen ce 3- 1 4 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Bowt ie Mode The Bowtie display evaluate s the relative a mplitude and timing betwee n the three v id eo ch ann els . T o acces s t he B ow ti e mo de, p ress th e MEA S UR E bu tt on , touch the Me asure Me nu soft key , and then touch t he Bowtie soft ke y . The Bowtie display req[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 1 5 Composi te Di spl ay The instrume nt provides a c omposite re presentation of both S D and HD component signa ls. T o access t he co mp os it e di sp lay , set th e col or s pace t o composite in W aveform mode or sele ct C omposite Gratic ule in V ector mode. Data Di splay ( WFM700M O[...]

Referen ce 3- 1 6 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Diagnost ics The wave form monitor pr ovides diagnostic s capabilitie s, which ar e accessed through the System subme nu of the Configure menu. Y ou can view or print the Diagnostics Log, which contains the results of the last diagnostic te st that the instrument pe rformed. Y ou ca[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 1 7 Eye / Ji tt er Mode ( WFM700M O nl y) Pres s t he E YE bu tt on to acces s t he E ye / J itter menu a nd mea sure ments. The Eye patter n display presents a voltage -ver sus-time wavefor m composed of multiple sweeps of the SD or HD serial bit stream. Y ou can set the sampled eye pa tt[...]

Referen ce 3- 1 8 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Automat ic Eye Measurements. When t he Eye di sp lay i s sel ected , y ou can u se th e Eye Mea s. soft key to tur n on or of f a r ea dout that displa ys automa tic mea sure- ments of the eye wave form (see Figure 3- - 7). The measure ment re adouts are colo red red wh en th e eye [...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 1 9 Rise overshoot peak indicator 80% signal fall level indicator 80% signal rise level indicator Upper signal level indicator Waveform hist ogram Eye measurement readouts Waveform shape indicator (20 - - 80% signal level) Lower signal level indicator Fall overshoot peak indicator Figure 3[...]

Referen ce 3- 2 0 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Manuall y Measuring Amplitude. The f ollowing procedure shows you how to manually me asure the signal amplitude using both the gra ticule and the V oltage Cur sors . 1. Perfor m the initial settings for Eye measure ments describe d in Setup for Eye Measur ements above. 2. Use the CL[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 2 1 Manuall y Measuring Rise T ime. Rise time mea sure ments of the eye wa vef orm check th e perform ance of so urces an d si gn al deg radat io n by cab li ng . T he following proc edure pr ovides two methods f or manually me asuring r ise time. The fir st method uses var iable ga in to [...]

Referen ce 3- 2 2 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual 3. Method 2 - - Use the pe rce ntage voltage cur sors to measure r ise time: a. T urn on the volta ge cur sors and set the volta ge cursor units to %. b. Position the first volta ge cursor to the top of the signal, and then position the second voltage c ursor to the bottom of the si[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 2 3 The Jitter display mode plots jitter ver sus time as a trace and mea sures peak-to- peak time jitter on the ac tive input signal. The Jitter mode conver ts any phase modulation to amplitude and plots it against time. T iming jitter is the deviation of signal tra nsitions compa re d to [...]

Referen ce 3- 2 4 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Using Line Sel ect . Whe n Line Select is of f, the jitter mea sure ment ref lects the maximum amount of jitter in the full f ield. When Line Selec t is on and Line sweep is se lected, the jitte r me asure ment displays “line n jitter , ” with n being the selec ted line number .[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 2 5 Reporting Jitter Measurement Er ror s. When enabl ed in t he P hys ical A larm s submenu of the Configure menu, the Jitter ala rm will be reporte d to the Event Log in only the following two c onditions: H When the Jitter display is sele cted H When the Event Log or Alarm Status displa[...]

Referen ce 3- 2 6 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Measurement Accur acy Using the Measurement Cur sors. If you use the mea sure - ment cur sors to measure jitter , you may measure a diff erent re sult than that shown in the jitter measureme nt box for the following r easons: H The interna l peak detec tor does a bette r job of meas[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 2 7 Gamut M easurement s NOTE . Gamut err or detec tion is disabled in Eye and Jitte r display modes. The wavef orm monitor feature s three types of gamut displays: H The Diamond displa y shows the relationship be tween the R, G, and B video signals. The wavef orm monitor conve rts the Y ,[...]

Referen ce 3- 2 8 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Example A: R- -O k G > 700 mV B- -O k Example B: R- -O k G- -O k B > 700 mV Example C: R- -O k G - - Ok, 350 mV B<0m V Figure 3 - 10: Out -of -gamut signals on a Diamond displ ay The Arro wh ead di sp lay s ho ws o ut o f gamu t con di ti on s in com po si te col or-space, [...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 2 9 High Luma limit 100 IRE 1 10 IRE 120 IRE 131 IRE High Composite lim it - - 24 IRE - - 33 IRE - - 40 IRE Low Luma limit Low Composite lim it Luma amplitude 0% 7.5 % 100 % Chroma amplitude Figure 3 - 1 1: NTSC Arr owhead graticule - - 230 mV - - 300 mV Low Luma limit Chroma amplitude Low[...]

Referen ce 3- 3 0 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Listed below a re gener al guidelines f or setting ga mut alarm limits for the Diamond and Ar rowhead displa ys. Default Thr esholds. Use the Grat / Ga mut Def ault Setup subme nu of the Configure me nu to select the standar d used f or def ault gamut thre sholds: T ek or IBU-R103. [...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 3 1 Filtering. T wo filters a llow you to accep t ov ers hoot that would otherwise be repor ted as a ga mut err or . Overshoot oc cur s due to the une qual rise time of the chroma a nd luma inherent in the YPbP r signal. Use the Hor izontal filte r setting to monitor for out-of- gamut err [...]

Referen ce 3- 3 2 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Logging The instrume nt contains two dif fere nt log files: dia gnostics and eve nts. Y ou can use the Remote W eb S erve r interf ace to download the contents of eithe r log file. This log contains the results of the la st diagnostic test tha t was pe rfor med. The instrume nt main[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 3 3 Configuring the Event Log Full Condition. Use the Printing/Event Log submenu of the Configure menu to configure the instrument to eithe r stop logging events or to overwr ite events when the event log has fille d up to the 10,000 entry leve l. Vi ewing and Printing the Event Log. Y ou [...]

Referen ce 3- 3 4 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Measur e Mode (W FM700M Only) Pres s t he M EA S UR E bu tt on to acces s t he D ata D is pl ay . The D ata D is pl ay m od e shows the ac tual SD or HD input data without any inte rpolation. Refer to Data Display (WFM 700M Only) on page 3- - 15 for more infor mation. Fro m t he M e[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 3 5 Pict ure M ode Press the PICTURE button to display a f ull scree n repr esentation of t he video signal pre sent at the se lecte d input. NOTE . Due to the number of pixels in the LC D display of the w aveform monitor , not all of the vide o content (partic ularly in HD formats) c an b[...]

Referen ce 3- 3 6 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Pri nti ng NOTE . The instrument formats print output in Postscript c olor , or Postscript black and white formats. T he selec ted printer must support L PD protoc ol. Use the Printing/Event Log submenu of the Configure menu to configure the instrument to pr int the following items [...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 3 7 Stat us Displ ays Press the ST A TUS button and then touch the Display soft key to sele ct from the following status displa ys: H Session. Use this selec tion to view the V ideo Status/Session, Audio Status/Session, or Auxiliary Data Status displays. H Alarm S tat us . Us e th is s ele[...]

Referen ce 3- 3 8 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual The Audio Status/Session display shows the current sta tus of the audio signal being monitore d. Use the Session Stopped/Running soft ke y to star t or stop the monitoring session. Use the R eset Session sof t key to cle ar the displa y . Ref er to th e WFM70 0 S eri es T echn ica l[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 3 9 The instrument provide s the following five alar m status displays which corr espond to the ca tegorie s of alarms pr ovided in the Configure menu: gene ra l, seria l, audio (Option DG only) , auxiliar y data , and physica l (W FM700M only). An “X” app ears in t he En abl ed col um[...]

Referen ce 3- 4 0 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual V ector Mode Press the VECT OR button to enter the V ector mode, where you can se lec t two rela ted displays: V ector a nd Lightning. Both displays have ta r gets for de ter min- ing conforma nce using 75% or 100% color bar signals. NOTE . Ref er t o t he refer en ce do cum ent A G[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 4 1 V ector Timing Measurement s. In the composite domain, the transitions betwe en the vec tor end points display timing dif fer enc es. B ecaus e th ese timing diff er - ence s include the de lay in the de coder output f iltering, you ca n usually ignore them. In the c omponent domain, t[...]

Referen ce 3- 4 2 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual Figure 3 - 13: Lightning display show ing proper interchannel timing 40 ns timing error 20 ns timing error Figure 3 - 14: Lightning display show ing i nterchannel timing err ors[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 4 3 Luminance Gain M easur ement . The signa l is driven along the ve rtical a xis above and b elo w t he cen ter b ox by the l um in ance s ig nal . Th e lu min ance g ain is correct when the c enter dot ( clampe d black leve l) is ce ntered in the tar get box and the positive and negativ[...]

Referen ce 3- 4 4 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual W avef orm M ode Press the W F M button to enter the W avefor m mode. In W avef orm mode , the selec ted components a re displa yed in a voltage versus time plot. Y ou ca n apply flat or low pass filters a nd choose the c olor spac e modes (suc h as RGB or composite) . In compone nt[...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 4 5 Sweep. Use the S weep menu to se lect fr om the following swe ep modes: H Line. One horizontal line is displayed. Use the Line Select func tion to choose one line out of a field or fr ame. H 2 Line. (Over lay mode only) T wo consec utive hor izontal line s are displa yed. H Field. All [...]

Referen ce 3- 4 6 WFM700 Serie s W avefor m Monitors Use r Ma nual T o measure the timing of two digital signals, use the following procedure : 1. Connect the two te rminated SDI signa ls to be mea sured to Input A and Input B on the wave form monitor . 2. Select I nput A to display on the wavef orm monitor . 3. V eri fy th at th e wavefo rm mo ni [...]

Referen ce WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual 3- 4 7 Figure 3 - 15: XYZ pulse of Y channel with pass through selected 6. T o measure horiz ontal timing, perf orm the following steps: a. Switch to Input A and se t the wavef orm monitor to one line sweep. b. Use the horizonta l position knob to set the S A V pulse to a major gratic ule tic[...]

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WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual Index - 1 Index A Aberrati ons, serial c hanne l me asurem ent s, 3- - 20 AC line fre quenc y , 1 - - 6 Acces so ries Japanese user m anua l, 1 - - 4 Ko rean user man ual, 1 - - 4 optiona l, 1 - - 4 WFM 7A , 1- - 4 WFM7 DG, 1 - - 4 WFM7 HD, 1 - - 4 plain cabin et, 1- - 4 portabl e ca bine t, 1 - - 4 pro[...]

Index Index - 2 WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual E EC self tes t failed, 2- - 3 Error indic at ors, Alarm Stat us display , 3- - 39 Errors, 3- - 2 ETHERNE T connec tor, 2- - 10 Event l og, ic ons, 3- - 33 EXT VGA connec tor, 2- - 10 Eye meas urements , 3 - - 17 Eye Measureme nts re adout , 2- - 6 Eye me nu, 2 - - 20 Eye mode , 3 - - 17[...]

Index WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual Index - 3 L LED fa ult code s, 2 - - 2 Light ning di splay , 3 - - 41 interch annel timing measu rement, 3- - 43 luminan ce gain meas urement, 3- - 43 Pb Pr gain meas urement, 3- - 43 Light ning gra ti cul e m arks, 3 - - 41 Line Sel ec t me nu, 2 - - 25 Line Sel ec t mode , 3 - - 31 M MAG readout[...]

Index Index - 4 WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual P Part numbers Japanese W FM700 Us e r Manual , 1 - - 4 Ko rean WFM 700 U s er Man ual, 1 - - 4 pow er cord s, 1- - 3 WFM 700 R elease N otes, 1- - 2 WFM700 Service Manua l, 1 - - 4 WFM700 U ser Manual , 1 - - 2, 1 - - 4 PbPr Gain me asurem ent with L ight ning di splay , 3 - - 43 plotte[...]

Index WFM700 Series W avef orm Monitors User Manual Index - 5 V V Gain re adout , 2- - 5 V- - c hip (Conte nt Advisory) rea dout, 2 - - 6 V ariab le gain, 2- - 22 V aria ble ga in range , 2 - - 22 V ect or displa y amplitud e measur ement, 3- - 40 flesh tone indi ca tor , 3- - 40 grati cul es, 3 - - 40 Light ning di splay , 3 - - 41 phas e measu re[...]