Capturing And Storing Edid From Display Device - Quantum Data 881 User Manual

Capturing and storing EDID from display device

882 Video Test Instrument User Guide (Rev A.35)
4. Write the EDID to connected display device using the following command:
EDA<n>:PDID
Where <n> is the HDMIoutput port(1 or 2). For example, the command below writes
the EDID out the HDMIOut 2 port.
EDA2:PDID
Follow the procedure to capture and store an EDID structure from a display device
connected to the 882's HDMI output (Tx) port.
To capture and store an EDID from a connected HDMI/DVI display device:
1. Establish a session with the 882 using either HyperTerminal over a serial connection or
Telnet over an Ethernet LAN. See
page 30 or "Establishing a Telnet session with the
2. Connect the 882 HDMI output (Tx) port to the display device whose EDID you wish to
capture.
3. Activate the HDMI-H or HDMI-D 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.
VGA
*
HDMI-D
HDMI-H
b. Choose the HDMI-H or HDMI-D item by pressing the adjacent soft key. The
interface is activated and the port outputs the currently selected image and format.
VGA
HDMI-D
*HDMI-H
c. Alternatively, to activate the interface through the command line interface, enter the
following commands:
XVSI 3 (or 4)
ALLU
4. Capture the EDID from the connected display device by entering the following
command:
"Establishing a terminal session with the
CVBS
S-VIDEO
SDI
CVBS
S-VIDEO
SDI
// Selects the HDMI-D (or HDMI-H) interface
// Applies the interface setting to the 882
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