Emulating An Edid - Quantum Data 881 User Manual

Emulating an EDID

52 Chapter 11 Testing EDID for HDMI
2. Activate the HDMI-H interface on the output port:
a. Press the Interface key to access the list of interfaces. A listing of signal interfaces
appears on the 882's display as shown below.
b. Choose the HDMI-H item by pressing the adjacent soft key.
The interface is activated and the port outputs the currently selected image and format.
Alternatively, to select the interface through the command line, enter the following
commands:
XVSI 4 // Selects the HDMI-H interface
ALLU // Applies the interface setting to the 882
3. Activate the DisplayPort interface on the output port by selecting the DisplayPort item
with the adjacent soft key.
Alternatively, to select the interface through the command line, enter the following
commands:
XVSI 10 // Selects the DisplayPort interface
ALLU // Applies the interface setting to the generator
4. If not already loaded in the Editor, load the EDID using the procedure
with the EDID Editor" on page 34.
5. Select Save EDID to... > Device connected to 882... > 882 Analyzer Port <x> from
the File menu. (Port 1 is HDMI Tx 1, and Port 2 is HDMI Tx 2.)
The EDID is written to the writable EEPROM on the display device.
The procedures below provide instructions on configuring one of the analyzer ports to
emulate an EDID that you have loaded in the Editor tool. You can configure the port either
or both HDMI Rx ports with any viable EDID .xml file that you have stored.
To emulate an EDID:
1. Load an existing EDID using the procedures described in
EDID Editor" on page 34.
"Loading EDIDs
"Loading EDIDs with the