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Page 2 WFM6100 / WFM7000 / WFM7100 Waveform Monitors Quick Start User Manual Test Equipment Depot - 800.517.8431 - 99 Washington Street Melrose, MA 02176 - FAX 781.665.0780 - TestEquipmentDepot.com Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Table of Contents General Safety Summary ......................Environmental Considerations .
Page 4 Table of Contents Bowtie Display........................DataList Status Display .
Page 5: General Safety Summary
General Safety Summary General Safety Summary Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it. To avoid potential hazards, use this product only as speciﬁed. Only qualiﬁed personnel should perform service procedures. While using this product, you may need to access other parts of a larger system.
Page 6 General Safety Summary WARNING. Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life. CAUTION. Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property. Symbols and Terms on the Product These terms may appear on the product: DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the marking.
Page 7: Environmental Considerations
The symbol shown below indicates that this product complies with the European Union’s requirements according to Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). For information about recycling options, check the Support/Service section of the Tektronix Web site (www.tektronix.com). Mercury Notiﬁcation.
Page 8: Preface
The WFM7100 and WFM7100 also have options for monitoring Dolby audio formats. These products combine the best of traditional waveform monitors with the measurement accuracy, repeatability, and stability achievable with fully digital technology. The products that make up the WFM6100, WFM7000, & WFM7100 family are: Model...
Page 9 SNMP. Ground-closure remote control port with an alarm output and support for recalling instrument presets. Support for printing the display and event log on USB printers. WFM6100 and WFM7100 only: CaptureVu™ capability that can capture a full frame of video data and can compare live to captured data on the waveform, vector, gamut, and picture displays.
Page 10: Documentation
Preface Documentation Item Purpose Location WFM6100, WFM7000, & Installation and high-level operational WFM7100 Series Waveform Monitors overview. (This manual.) Quick Start User Manual WFM6100, WFM7000, & Context-sensitive operation and user WFM7100 Series Online Help interface help. WFM6100, WFM7000, & Procedure for checking performance WFM7100 Series Waveform and list of speciﬁcations.
Page 11: Before Installation
Power Cords The WFM6100 / WFM7000 / WFM7100 Waveform Monitors are shipped with one of the following power cord options. Power cords for use in North America are UL listed and CSA certiﬁed. Cords for use in areas other than North America are approved by at least one authority acceptable in the country to which the product is shipped.
Page 12: Options
WFM7F05, Dual rackmount for WFM6100, WFM7000, WFM7100, 1700 Series, WFM601 Series, WFM700 Series, 760A, and 764. Each half of the rack can be ordered as either Option O or Option N. Option N is used for WFM700, WFM6100, WFM7000, and WFM7100 monitors. Option O is used for 1700 Series, WFM601 Series, 760A and 764 instruments.
Page 13 There are three post-sale upgrade kits available for installation in WFM6100, WFM7000, and WFM7100 Waveform Monitors that you already own. Some options are customer installable and others can be installed only at a Tektronix Service Facility. The following table lists the options that are available when ordering an instrument and speciﬁes the models for which the option can be ordered.
Page 14: Installation
Installation Installation The waveform monitor is shipped in a wrap-around chassis that covers the instrument bottom and two sides. A cover is installed on the chassis, and the rear panel is made up of the module rear panels. You can operate the waveform monitor in the instrument chassis (be sure the top cover is on) or installed in an approved portable cabinet or rack adapter.
Page 15 Installation To install for monitoring the video bit stream of a serial receiver: 1. Route the incoming serial signal into one of the waveform monitor SDI inputs. NOTE. See the Speciﬁcations on the Documents CD for maximum allowed cable lengths. Option Eye/Phy Option SD/HD Quick Start User Manual...
Page 16 The termination must be 75 Ω and DC coupled (good return loss extends to DC). An appropriate termination would be Tektronix part number 011-0102-00. It is a 75 Ω, End of Line termination. Compatibility of BNC Center Pins Most video equipment BNC connectors, whether 50 or 75 Ω, use a 50 Ω...
Page 17: How To Operate Your Instrument
How to Operate Your Instrument How to Operate Your Instrument Overview The waveform monitor uses a ﬂexible, tiled display. The waveform monitor can display four tiles at one time. Each tile can display a different measurement, effectively creating four independent instruments. To enable the tiles to function independently, most of the controls affect only one tile at a time.
Page 18 How to Operate Your Instrument The waveform monitor can display measurements in multiple tiles simultaneously. For example, you can display four Status screens at one time. Two displays that cannot appear in more than one tile at a time are the Audio and DataList displays.
Page 19 How to Operate Your Instrument Controlling the Waveform Monitor There are three ways to control the waveform monitor. You can use the buttons on the front panel, you can use the touchable settings on the display, and you can use the menus that appear on the display (including the Main pop-up menu). Use the front panel buttons to select frequently used displays, to select modes (LINE SEL) that affect multiple displays,...
Page 20 How to Operate Your Instrument All displays are accessible from the Main pop-up menu. Some displays are available only from the Main pop-up menu. The Main menu (at the bottom of the display) is used to gain access to functions not tied to a speciﬁc display, such as printing or network settings.
Page 21: Front Panel Controls And Connectors
How to Operate Your Instrument Front Panel Controls and Connectors The waveform monitor can display either one or four views (tiles) at a time. Each view can display a different measurement or display type, effectively creating four independent instruments. To enable the tiles to function independently, most of the controls only affect one tile at a time.
Page 22 How to Operate Your Instrument Front Panel Controls The waveform monitor uses a touch-panel display, front-panel knobs and buttons to control the waveform monitor. Button Function SELECT Toggles the selection between two or more items, sequences the selected item through a group of items. The SELECT button is lit when it is available for use.
Page 23: Elements Of The Display
How to Operate Your Instrument IN/OUT Displays a menu for conﬁguring inputs and outputs. Large Knob Used to select or adjust values, for example, the cursor position. VERT knob Used to adjust the vertical position of the signal in the display. HORIZ knob Used to adjust the horizontal position of the signal in the display.
Page 24 How to Operate Your Instrument Making Selections from a Menu A menu consist of a group of soft keys. There are several ways to respond to soft keys. How you make a selection depends on the type and number of choices available for the soft key. The types of menu keys are: command, toggle, option, knob-value, popup option and check-box soft keys.
Page 25 How to Operate Your Instrument To Determine Input Signal Status At A Glance The status bar shows the status of the instrument and of the monitored signal. The status bar appears in almost every display. The elements of the status bar are detailed below: Element Display element Description...
Page 26: Rear-Panel Connectors
How to Operate Your Instrument Rear-Panel Connectors The following ﬁgures shows the waveform rear panel with optional connectors. An instrument without the Eye or Phy options has the SDI inputs located along the bottom-right portion of the rear panel. An instrument with an Eye or Phy option has the SDI inputs arranged vertically.
Page 27 How to Operate Your Instrument Power Requirements A single-phase power source with one current-carrying conductor at or near earth-ground (the neutral conductor). The power source frequency must be 50 or 60 Hz, and a operating voltage range must be from 100 to 240 VAC, continuous.
Page 28 How to Operate Your Instrument 2. SDI A. The Digital A component serial digital input. 3. SDI B. The Digital B component serial digital input. 4. SDI Out. Digital version of RGB/YPbPr analog pix monitor output. Gamut and or line select bright-ups optionally displayable.
Page 29 1080sf 25 1080i 50 1080p, 25 Hz 1080sf, 25 Hz 1080i, 50 Hz Available with Opt. CPS. Available with WFM7100 Opt. SD or with WFM6100 Opt SD Available with WFM7000 and WFM7100 Opt HD only Reference Formats 720p 720p 720p...
Page 30 How to Operate Your Instrument AES A/B Connectors 1. These BNC connectors support AES audio inputs. A1-2 In A3-4 In A5-6 In A7-8 In B1-2 I/O B3-4 I/O B5-6 I/O B7-8 I/O Options DS, AD, DD, DDE The AES B connectors can be conﬁgured to output embedded audio channels, decoded Dolby, or the AES A inputs. Analog Input/Output Connector The Analog I/O connector is used to receive and send analog signals.
Page 31 How to Operate Your Instrument 10 ANALOG_INPUT_B5_P Balanced differential analog audio input- Ch. 5, line B, positive. 11 ANALOG_INPUT_A6_P Balanced differential analog audio input- Ch. 6, line A, positive. 12 ANALOG_INPUT_B6_P Balanced differential analog audio input- Ch. 6, line B, positive. 13 GND 14 ANALOG_OUTPUT_1_P Balanced differential analog audio output- Ch.
Page 32 How to Operate Your Instrument Connecting Signals. When connecting audio signals to the Analog Input connector, you can use either balanced or unbalanced signals. If you connect unbalanced signals to the inputs, you do not have to ground the unused lead (grounding the unused lead can reduce noise).
Page 33 How to Operate Your Instrument Pix Mon Connector Pin Assignment This is the video picture output. The output is compatible with standard analog PC monitors, either CRT or LCD-based. The PIX MON connector is a 15-pin D-type connector with socket contacts. Pin name Red Video Green Video...
Page 34 How to Operate Your Instrument Ethernet Connector The waveform monitor provides a 10/100 BaseT Ethernet interface. The Ethernet connector is a standard RJ-45 connector. Quick Start User Manual Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Page 35: To Select A Measurement
How to Operate Your Instrument To Select a Measurement 1. After you have selected a tile, you can choose what to display in it. The Display is independent for each tile. 1. Select a tile by touching it. 2. Push the button corresponding to the measurement that you want to display in the selected tile.
Page 36: To Set Display And Measurement Parameters
How to Operate Your Instrument To Set Display and Measurement Parameters You adjust display parameters and measurement settings using soft key menus. Soft key menus appear at the bottom of the display and for measurements, the settings apply to the active tile. For example, suppose you displayed a WFM measurement in three tiles.
Page 37 How to Operate Your Instrument Option SD/HD 2. Connect any analog composite signals to the A or B Composite inputs at the rear panel. (On Option CPS equipped instruments only.) 3. For the composite inputs, terminate the loop-through input properly at the rear panel for any inputs that are not routed to another device.
Page 38: To Set Gain, Horizontal Magniﬁcation And Sweep
How to Operate Your Instrument To Set Gain, Horizontal Magniﬁcation and Sweep Each tile maintains its own settings independent of the other tiles. These settings include Gain, Horizontal Magniﬁcation and Sweep. For instance, when you switch a tile to a different measurement, the Gain, Horizontal Magniﬁcation, and Sweep settings will be changed to what they were the last time the selected measurement was displayed in the tile.
Page 39 How to Operate Your Instrument To set Horizontal Magniﬁcation: 1. Select the tile whose horizontal magniﬁcation you want to adjust. (This will restore the menu for the tile if it is not currently displayed.) 2. Push the MAG/GAIN button. (If MAG/GAIN is not available for the tile you have selected, a message is displayed to let you know that MAG/GAIN...
Page 40: To Use Presets
How to Operate Your Instrument To set Sweep: 1. Select the tile whose sweep you want to adjust. (This will restore the menu for the tile if it is not currently displayed.) 2. Touch the Sweep soft key. 3. Select the desired sweep from the submenu.
Page 41 How to Operate Your Instrument To Save a Preset 1. Set up the instrument as you want it. 2. Push the PRESETS button. 3. Touch the Settings soft key. 4. Touch the Save Preset soft key. 5. Select a preset number (such as "A2" or "C3") in the grid.
Page 42 How to Operate Your Instrument 3. If a the preset you want is not in the displayed group, Touch the Group soft key and select the appropriate group from the submenu. The front panel setup will switch to the saved preset corresponding to the soft key pressed.
Page 43 How to Operate Your Instrument 5. Verify that the USB ﬂash drive is recognized (a description of the drive will appear after USB Storage Device). If it is not recognized, touch the Reset soft key to mount the ﬂash drive. If the ﬂash drive is still not recognized, the ﬂash drive may not be compatible;...
Page 44 How to Operate Your Instrument 10. Touch the Copy soft key to save the Preset. Once the copy is complete, the instrument is ready to copy another Preset. 11. When you are ready to remove the USB ﬂash drive from the instrument, press MAIN.
Page 45 How to Operate Your Instrument To Change the Power-up Preset 1. Push the PRESET button. 2. Touch the Settings soft key to display the submenu. 3. From the Settings submenu, touch the Power-up Preset soft key. 4. From the menu in the center of the display, choose any available preset for the instrument to use at power up.
Page 46 How to Operate Your Instrument To Rename a Preset or Group 1. Push the PRESET button. 2. Touch the Settings soft key to display the submenu. 3. From the Settings submenu, touch the Rename Preset(s) soft key. 4. From the menu in the center of the display, choose the Source location if necessary.
Page 47 How to Operate Your Instrument 5. Touch the soft key for the preset or group name that you want to change. 6. Touch the Keyboard soft key and type in a new name for the selected preset or group. Press Return to save the new name.
Page 48 How to Operate Your Instrument 7. Press the Rename soft key to apply the new name. 8. Press the Exit soft key when you are ﬁnished renaming presets. Quick Start User Manual Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Page 49: To Measure Waveforms With Cursors
How to Operate Your Instrument To Measure Waveforms with Cursors Cursors enable you to measure time or voltage on a waveform. Cursors are available in tiles set to Waveform, Eye, or Jitter mode. To display and adjust cursors: 1. Choose a tile that is currently displaying a waveform, eye pattern, or Jitter display.
Page 50: To Capture The Display
How to Operate Your Instrument 5. To move a cursor, touch the cursor readout on the display and turn the large knob to move the selected cursor on the waveform. The active cursor readout appears in yellow with a ﬁlled-in knob icon.
Page 51 How to Operate Your Instrument Since the Buffer method captures a whole frame of the input, it can be redisplayed for different display types, Vector, Diamond, or Arrowhead. Buffer mode supports a triggering capability, which initiates a capture when speciﬁc errors occur. Buffer mode does not work on physical layer displays such as Eye and Jitter, nor can it be used with composite signals.
Page 52 How to Operate Your Instrument 5. To capture the trace or buffer, touch the Capture Trace or Capture Buffer soft key. Only one capture can be active at a time. After a capture has been performed, the Freeze Active icon appears in the Status Bar, the Capture soft key is no longer selectable, and the CAPTURE button on the front panel is illuminated.
Page 53 How to Operate Your Instrument 4. Touch Buffer / Trace so that Buffer is selected (Buffer is displayed in white text.) 5. Touch the Trigger Types soft key to select the type of error that will trigger the capture. Select the trigger type(s) you want to initiate a capture.
Page 54 How to Operate Your Instrument Copying the Capture Buffer to a USB Flash Drive 1. Insert a ﬂash drive into the USB port on the front panel. 2. Touch the CAPTURE button to display the Capture menu. 3. Touch the Settings soft key to display the submenu.
Page 55 How to Operate Your Instrument 8. Touch the Copy soft key to save the buffer capture to the USB Flash Drive. The waveform monitor will indicate its progress saving the ﬁle to the ﬂash drive with the Progress Status readout. While the copy is occurring, the Capture menu will ﬂash to indicate the copy is in process.
Page 56: To Set Line Select Mode
How to Operate Your Instrument To Set Line Select Mode To Toggle Line Select Mode: 1. Select the tile containing the display for which you want to set Line Select Mode. NOTE. Line Select Mode can only be active on one tile at a time. 2.
Page 57: To Adjust Headphone Volume And Source
How to Operate Your Instrument To Adjust Headphone Volume and Source 1. Press the AUDIO button. NOTE. The headphone icon appears at the bottom of the Audio display. It appears on the left if the Aux Display is off. The headphone icon appears on the right if the Aux display is set to Phase or Surround.
Page 58: To Conﬁgure Your Instrument
How to Operate Your Instrument To Conﬁgure Your Instrument The Conﬁguration menu is used to change the settings of the waveform monitor that are changed only occasionally or settings that are not speciﬁc to a tile, such as printer settings. To display the Conﬁguration menu: 1.
Page 59: To Use Online Help
How to Operate Your Instrument To Use Online Help The waveform monitor online help is both a quick reference to instrument operation, and the reference for the details of instrument operation. There are two types of help: the Main menu Help and context-sensitive help. The Main menu Help is accessed from the Main menu by touching the Help soft key.
Page 60 How to Operate Your Instrument Displaying help when there is no Status Bar displayed is slightly different. Instead of selecting the ? icon, you select the Help soft key. To display online help when no Status Bar is visible: 1. Touch the Help soft key to enable Help mode.
Page 61: To Connect To A Network
How to Operate Your Instrument To Connect to a Network The following topics cover conﬁguring the IP settings, so that you can use the waveform monitor over a network, and conﬁguring SNMP, which is required if you are using commands to control the waveform monitor. Connection and IP Settings To allow network access to the instrument, you need set the IP address.
Page 62 How to Operate Your Instrument 7. Touch the Network Setup soft key. If you plan to control the waveform monitor over the network with SNMP commands, select Enabled under Remote Control Port. If you plan to access the waveform monitor over the network using a web browser, select Enabled under Remote Web Interface.
Page 63 How to Operate Your Instrument Change the settings based on your requirements: SNMP Traps: This setting allows you to turn on or off the capability of the waveform monitor to generate SNMP traps. SNMP Public Comm. String: This setting speciﬁes the string that SNMP commands must include to have read-only access.
Page 64: To Connect Directly To A Pc
How to Operate Your Instrument To Connect Directly to a PC A common conﬁguration is to connect the monitor directly to a PC. 1. Connect your waveform monitor to a PC through a HUB as shown (the actual IP addresses will depend on your network). A standard Cross-Over cable can be substituted for the HUB.
Page 65 How to Operate Your Instrument 3. Press the MAIN button to display the Main menu. 4. Touch the Print soft key. 5. Touch the Print What soft key and select what you want to print. 6. Touch the Page Properties soft key and set the page properties as required.
Page 66 How to Operate Your Instrument 9. Touch the Print soft key to print the selected item. Creating a Printer Before you can print anything, you must create a printer for the Select Printer dialog. To create a printer: 1. Press the MAIN button to display the Main menu.
Page 67 How to Operate Your Instrument 4. Touch the Create... soft key to add a printer to the list. 5. Scroll through the Printer Make and Model listing to select an appropriate printer. 6. Select a USB Device identiﬁer. Use different identiﬁers for different printers. 7.
Page 68: To Create A User Menu
How to Operate Your Instrument To Create a User Menu The waveform monitor enables you to create a user-deﬁned menu for your requirements. The MyMenu custom menu saves you time by placing frequently used controls on an easily accessed menu. To create a User menu: 1.
Page 69 How to Operate Your Instrument Once Conﬁg User is enabled, a + icon appears in the Status Bar. Only yellow-colored soft keys can be added to your custom menu. 5. To add a soft key to your custom menu, touch the + icon. The + icon will change color to blue.
Page 70 How to Operate Your Instrument 6. Once you touch a soft key that you want in your User menu, the waveform monitor displays the current custom menu. To add your selection to the User menu, touch one of the soft keys (selecting an existing soft key will overwrite it).
Page 71: Waveform Display
How to Operate Your Instrument Usage Notes Until you press the + icon (so it is colored blue), touching a soft key may or may not initiate an action. For example, if the Main menu is displayed, touching the Audio soft key will display the Audio menu. From the Audio menu, touching Audio Settings will display the Audio Settings submenu.
Page 72 How to Operate Your Instrument Waveform Menu and Settings The Waveform menu enables you to choose the display style and display mode used in the active tile (SDI inputs only), select a ﬁlter to apply to the input signal, and set the sweep mode. To display the Waveform menu: Press WFM on the front panel.
Page 73: Vector Display
How to Operate Your Instrument Vector Display The VECTOR button calls up the Vector display, which provides plots of the R-Y and B-Y color signals. Display Elements for SDI Inputs: 1. Line. When LINE SEL is enabled, touch to select the line being viewed. 2.
Page 74: Picture Display
How to Operate Your Instrument Vector Menu The Vector menu enables you to specify a number of display parameters. Elements of the menu for SDI input signals: IQ Axis On. When checked, adds graticule lines in Component Vector mode for the I axis and the Q axis. Compass Rose On.
Page 75: Audio Display
How to Operate Your Instrument Picture Menu The Picture menu enables you to specify the closed caption service type and set safe areas. From the Settings submenu, you can set the aspect ratio (SD only) and chose whether to display only the active picture portion of the signal or the full-frame picture.
Page 76 How to Operate Your Instrument Display Elements Element Descriptions Element Description Level meters Indicate the amplitude of selected audio channels. Aux Display Shows either a plot of one channel versus the other in a pair or plot of surround channels. Audio source The selected audio input.
Page 77 How to Operate Your Instrument Element Description Level meter scale and units By default, the zero dB mark is at digital full scale, and units are in dB relative to full scale (dBFS). You may also set the 0 dB mark to either the Peak Program level or the Test level.
Page 78 How to Operate Your Instrument AES V BIT. Indicates that the Validity bit is set high for one or more data samples. In the AES/EBU standard, a set validity bit indicates that the sample is not suitable for conversion to audio. By default, the level meter bars and Lissajous display treat the affected samples as zero samples.
Page 79: Lightning Display
How to Operate Your Instrument To choose the pair of inputs that is displayed in the Phase display, select Phase Pair and select which meter bar pair you want displayed in the Phase display. If you select Bars Flexible Pair for the Phase Pair, you can use the FlexPhase Ch A and FlexPhase B soft keys to specify any combination of meter bars to be displayed in the Phase display.
Page 80: Diamond Display
How to Operate Your Instrument Diamond Display Pressing the MAIN button calls up the Main pop-up menu. From the Main pop-up menu, you can select the Diamond display under the Gamut heading. The Diamond display shows Gamut violations of the SDI input if translated to RGB color space. Display Elements: 1.
Page 81: Arrowhead Display
How to Operate Your Instrument Arrowhead Display Pressing the MAIN button calls up the Main pop-up menu. From the Main pop-up menu, you can select the Arrowhead display under the Gamut heading. The Arrowhead display is used to show out-ot-gamut conditions in composite color space, without requiring a composite encoder.
Page 82: Timing Display
PRESETS button, touch Settings, touch Recall Preset and select Factory from the Recall menu. Timing Display The Timing display is a Tektronix proprietary display that simpliﬁes measuring the timing difference between two signals. Display Elements: 1. Input Signal Indicator: A single circle representing timing of input signal relative to the reference.
Page 83 How to Operate Your Instrument Timing Menu The Timing menu enables you to save a timing setting to compare with another signal and specify the zero point of the timing display. To save the timing of the current input as an offset to the timing display, use the Save Offset soft key. The current timing becomes the zero point for the saved offset mode of the timing display.
Page 84 How to Operate Your Instrument If you time input rates that are not integer multiples of the reference rates, the instrument cannot measure the timing deterministically, so it displays the relationships as several circles. Each circle represents a possible timing offset measurement relative to the reference cross-hair.
Page 85: Bowtie Display
The Bowtie display requires a special test signal to be sent from the monitored source. The Tektronix TG2000 Signal Generation Platform can produce an SD Bowtie test signal with 20 ns time marks, which aid in signal evaluation. The signal is a 500 kHz sine wave on CH 1 (luminance) and 502 kHz sine waves on CH 2 (Pb) and CH 3 (Pr).
Page 86: Datalist Status Display
How to Operate Your Instrument DataList Status Display Pressing the MAIN button calls up the Main pop-up menu. From the Main pop-up menu, you can select the DataList display under the Measure heading. The Data Display mode shows the actual SD or HD input data without any interpolation. The DataList display shows the signal data in two formats: as a trace and as data.
Page 87: Anc Data Display
How to Operate Your Instrument Gray - Data in horizontal or vertical blanking intervals. White - EAV and SAV packets; other reserved values such as the XYZ word. Yellow - Data outside the nominal allowed values. Red - Data with illegal values. ANC Data Display Pressing the MAIN button calls up the Main pop-up menu.
Page 88: Status Displays
How to Operate Your Instrument Status Displays Status displays are text displays that show signal status. You can view current alarms and errors (those occurring now and within the last few seconds), a history of errors and alarms (up to 10,000 entries), video or audio error statistics, and Dolby audio status.
Page 89 How to Operate Your Instrument Auxiliary Data Status: Displays detailed information about the auxiliary data embedded in the video signal. Closed Caption Type: Displays the format and transport service of the detected closed caption data. “None Detected” is displayed when there is no closed caption data present.
Page 90 How to Operate Your Instrument Dolby Status - Option DDE display shown with Dolby D source. Dolby Status - Option DD display shown with Dolby D source. Quick Start User Manual Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Page 91 How to Operate Your Instrument Video Session: Shows immediate status in the upper portion of the display and shows statistical overview of the entire session on the lower portion of the display. Statistics are controlled by the Run/Stop and Reset soft keys.
Page 92: Eye Display
How to Operate Your Instrument Audio Session: Shows immediate status in the upper portion of the display and shows statistical overview of the entire session on the lower portion of the display. Statistics are controlled by the Run/Stop and Reset soft keys.
Page 93 How to Operate Your Instrument The Eye display can be set to display eye measurements and limits. 1. Jitter Thermometer: The Jitter Thermometer is a visual indicator of the jitter amplitude. The Jitter Thermometer uses a colored bar to indicate the relationship of the jitter measurement to the Jitter Amplitude limit (which is user adjustable).
Page 94: Jitter Display
How to Operate Your Instrument Jitter Display Pressing the MAIN button calls up the Main pop-up menu. From the Main pop-up menu, you can select the Jitter display under the Eye/Phy heading. The Jitter display presents a Unit Interval-versus-time waveform of the input serial signal. This trace is composed of multiple samples of the SD or HD serial bit stream.
Page 95: Sdi Status Display
How to Operate Your Instrument SDI Status Display The SDI Status display shows the current status of the SDI signal. This display shows both the Jitter1 and Jitter2 thermometers. Additionally, a Cable Loss thermometer indicates the signal loss due to cable length. Use the Settings menu in the Eye display to conﬁgure the instrument for the cable type and length of your installation.
Page 96: Monitoring The Sdi Physical Layer
Option PHY. If present, this option includes the Option Eye features and adds automatic eye measurements and a jitter waveform to aid the monitoring of the SDI physical layer. WFM6100 instruments display jitter waveforms for only SD signals. WFM7100 instruments display jitter waveforms for both HD and SD signals, when the options are installed.
Page 97 Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer 2. Touch the Eye soft key. The instrument displays the Eye soft key menu items. Setting the Cable Type 1. Touch the Settings soft key. (See page 86, Displaying the Eye Measurement Menu.) 2. Touch the Cable Type soft key. 3.
Page 98 Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer Usage Note Most serial receivers specify cable accommodation for 8281 or 1694A. Even if you use a different cable, you can use the 8281 or 1694A setting and evaluate the loss as if it were that cable type. This allows you to compare the speciﬁcation for the receiver regardless of the actual cable type in use.
Page 99 Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer 2. To reset both the SMPTE 259 (SD) and SMPTE 292 (HD) monitoring alarm thresholds back to the factory-default values, touch the Set to SMPTE259/292 Limits soft key. Setting the SMPTE limits also sets both clock recovery circuits to measure both timing and alignment jitter.
Page 100 Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer 2. Touch the Bypass Equalizer soft key to toggle the setting on or off: On. Bypass the equalizer when the waveform monitor is connected to a signal with a short length of cable to minimize the jitter contributed by the internal equalizer.
Page 101 Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer 4. Touch the Enable Alarms soft key to turn on or off all limit alarms. When Enable Alarms is turned off, no alarms are reported: this function is useful as a global mute in the event of multiple alarms that occur at the same time.
Page 102: To Take Eye Measurements
Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer To Take Eye Measurements After you have conﬁgured the instrument for Eye measurements, you can use the cursors to take manual waveform measurements, or you can use the automatic eye measurements function (Option Phy only). To Set Up for Eye Measurements 1.
Page 103 Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer 4. Use the general-purpose knob to position cursor V1 at the top part of the waveform, ignoring any overshoot or undershoot on the rising or falling edges. 5. Press the SELECT front-panel button to select voltage cursor V2. 6.
Page 104 Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer 4. Use the general-purpose knob to position voltage cursor V1 at the peak of the overshoot at the top horizontal part of the waveform. 5. Select cursor V2 and use the general-purpose knob to position the voltage cursor V2 at the bottom of the top line of the waveform.
Page 105 Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer 3. Touch the Vert Var Gain Enable soft key to enable variable gain adjustment, and use the general-purpose knob to set the waveform height to 10 major graticule divisions. 4. Use the VERT knob to position the top and bottom of the waveform on graticule lines.
Page 106 Monitoring the SDI Physical Layer 12. The cursor Delta time readout displays the 20 - 80% rise time measurement. To Take Automatic Eye Measurements (Option Phy Only) The following procedure describes how to take automatic measurements of the Eye waveform when Option Phy is installed. 1.
Page 107: Timing A Studio
Using the Timing-Display Method The Tektronix proprietary Timing Display (patent pending) provides an easy to use measure of the timing of an input relative to the external reference: The rectangular display automatically scales to match the input signal. For progressive signals the display represents one ﬁeld, for interlace signals the display represents one frame, and for composite inputs the display represents one...
Page 108 Timing a Studio 5. Press MAIN to display the Main pop-up menu and select the Timing display for the tile selected in step 1. 6. If only one circle is displayed, adjust the timing offset of the black generator to match the timing to the external reference.
Page 109: Timing Multiple Inputs To A Router
Timing a Studio For composite signals the deﬁnition of time aligned is obvious but for an SDI input relative to a analog reference the situation is more complex. For the timing display, the deﬁnition of zero offset on an SDI input uses the methodology described in SMPTE RP168.
Page 110 Timing a Studio 3. Press the MAIN button to display the Main pop-up menu. Select the Timing display from the pop-up menu. 4. Touch Save Offset from the Timing menu. 5. Touch the Rel. to Saved Offset soft . The timing of the ﬁrst input (the master signal) is at the center of the screen.
Page 111 Timing a Studio 6. Remove the master input signal from the waveform monitor and in its place, apply another input to the router. 7. Adjust the sync source or studio timing of that signal so that it matches the saved timing.
Page 112: Checking Chroma/Luma Delay (Lightning Display)
Checking Chroma/Luma Delay (Lightning Display) Checking Chroma/Luma Delay (Lightning Display) The Lightning display can be used for interchannel timing measurement. If the color-difference signal is not coincident with luma, the transitions between the color dots will deviate from the center mark of a delay scale. The amount deviated represents the relative signal delay between luma and color-difference signal.
Page 113 Checking Chroma/Luma Delay (Lightning Display) 5. Press the MAIN button to display the Main pop-up menu. 6. From the Main pop-up menu, touch Lightning to display the signal in a Lightning display. 7. Press the DISPLAY button. 8. Touch the view soft key that corresponds to the tile containing the Lightning display.
Page 114 Checking Chroma/Luma Delay (Lightning Display) 10. Determine where transitions intersect the delay scales and derive the timing error in nanoseconds, as deﬂected from center mark. See the following table. The center mark of the nine marks spanning at each green-magenta transition is the zero error point.
Page 115: Checking Gamut
Diamond for checking that SDI signals conform to legal RGB gamut space (which appears as a Split Diamond on the WFM6100/WFM7000/WFM7100 monitors, and separates the upper and lower diamonds to show excursions below black) Arrowhead for checking if an SDI signal is legal for composite color space Composite Waveform modes for checking both SDI and composite signals for legality in composite color space Diamond and Arrowhead have adjustable thresholds.
Page 116 Checking Gamut 4. Select a tile. 5. Press the MAIN button to display the Main menu. 6. From the Main menu, select one of the two gamut displays: Diamond - use to detect, isolate, and correct RGB component gamut errors. Arrowhead - use to detect and correct composite gamut errors, without employing a composite encoder.
Page 117: Checking Rgb Gamut
Checking Gamut Example of an Arrowhead display. Checking RGB Gamut The Diamond display intuitively shows how the R, G, and B signal video signals relate, making it a good tool for detecting gamut errors. The waveform monitor converts the Y, P and P components recovered from the serial signal to R, G, and B to form the...
Page 118 Checking Gamut To use the Diamond display to check RGB Gamut: 1. Perform the Setting up for Gamut Check procedure, selecting Diamond in step 6. 2. Compare the signal to the display to determine out of gamut components, noting the following: The intensity of a vector indicates its duration.
Page 119: Checking Composite Gamut
Checking Gamut Checking Composite Gamut The Arrowhead gamut display plots luminance (Y) against chrominance (C) to check if the composite signal adheres to standard gamut. NTSC and PAL Arrowhead displays (75% Color bars) and indicates the values of the graticule lines. The arrowhead shape of the graticule results from overlaying the standard limits for luminance and luminance plus peak chrominance.
Page 120: Checking Luma Gamut
Checking Gamut Usage Notes Adjusting the threshold level limits: (See page 112, Adjusting Gamut Limits.) To automate this check: (See page 111, Automating Gamut Checks.) Then enable alarms in Main > Conﬁg > Alarm Setup. Checking Luma Gamut Luma limit thresholds can be conﬁgured for identifying luma exceeding threshold limits. They apply to both the incoming SDI and to the arrowhead representation of the SDI input as a composite signal.
Page 121: Automating Gamut Checks
Checking Gamut Another useful Arrowhead function is a measure of how well the active video signal is using the dynamic range of the video channel. A properly adjusted signal should be centered in the arrowhead graticule and have transitions that approach all the limits (this won’t be true of dark scenes or scenes with low color content).
Page 122: Adjusting Gamut Limits
Checking Gamut 5. Select each alarm that you want to be checked. 6. Touch Save and Close to save your conﬁguration. 7. Check that Enable Alarms is set to On in the Alarms menu before leaving the Alarms menu. NOTE. For information on Alarms, press the ? icon while the CONFIG menu is displayed and then select Alarm Setup.
Page 123 Checking Gamut 3. With either Diamond or Arrowhead displayed, touch the readout in the display for the limit you want to adjust. 4. Use the large knob to adjust the limit value. Quick Start User Manual Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com...
Page 124: Selecting And Monitoring Audio
Selecting and Monitoring Audio Selecting and Monitoring Audio The waveform monitor provides several methods to monitor audio signals. You can measure levels, monitor phase, and display phase correlation. You can specify meter ballistics and scales, set the Test and Peak Program indicator levels, and specify how phase is displayed.
Page 125 Selecting and Monitoring Audio 3. Select Audio Input, and then select one of the audio input options shown. NOTE. The available selections depend on the installed audio option. Selecting Follows Video selects the Video to audio mapping set in the Video to Audio Map submenu. Quick Start User Manual Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ...
Page 126: Checking Audio Level & Phase
Selecting and Monitoring Audio Checking Audio Level & Phase The Audio display level meters are vertical bar graphs where the height of the bar indicates the amplitude of the audio program in the corresponding input channel. You can change the input and turn on and off the Phase display from the audio pop-up menu.
Page 127 Selecting and Monitoring Audio Check Audio Phase 1. Select Aux Display. 2. From the Aux Display submenu, select Phase. 3. Touch Phase Style and choose Soundstage or X-Y orientation for the Lissajous signal. 4. Touch Phase Pair and select the Phase Pair to be displayed.
Page 128: Checking Surround Sound
Selecting and Monitoring Audio Speed setting Response averaging time (s) 0.04 0.04 0.08 0.12 0.28 0.52 8 (default) Checking Surround Sound The Audio display can also display the surround sound listening environment. To Check Surround Sound 1. Select a tile. 2.
Page 129 Selecting and Monitoring Audio 5. Select the Dominance Ind. On checkbox to display the Dominance Indicator or not as desired. 6. Touch the Surround Filter soft key to set the Loudness Filter type preferred. A-Weighed biases the response towards that of human hearing. 7.
Page 130 Selecting and Monitoring Audio Surround Display Elements The Level Indicators-indicates the audio level balance among the left (L), right (R), left-surround (Ls), and right-surround (Rs) channels as cyan lines on the Loudness Grid. The Loudness Grid-the ruled scale, radiating from the center, on which the level indicators register their audio level and balance.
Page 131 Selecting and Monitoring Audio Usage Notes The following displays are examples of how the surround sound waveform appears for some typical signal types. 1. Uncorrelated signals; same level in the L, C, R, Ls, and Rs channels. 2. Sine wave test tone; same level in the L, C, R, Ls, and Rs channels.
Page 132 Selecting and Monitoring Audio 3. Same as 2, with the exception that Channel L is out of phase. 4. Surround sound program with strong center channel presence. Note that the center bar is above the left and right levels. This indicates that the center level is greater and will be more audible than the ambient sound.
Page 133 Selecting and Monitoring Audio 5. Surround sound program with weak center channel presence. Note that the center bar is below the left and right levels. This indicates that the center level is weaker and will be less audible than the ambient sound. 6.
Page 134: Remote Communications
Remote Communications Remote Communications Remote communications that are covered here include those that are: Over an Ethernet network through a Web browser. Over an Ethernet network through a Java applet. Using the Remote Web Interface You can connect to the waveform monitor and perform simple operations without installing any software and using just a Web browser.
Page 135: Using The Remote Application
Remote Communications Do any of the following steps as desired: 3. Click Run the Remote Application to start the Java applet (see next procedure). 4. Click one of the Get a snapshot links to download a bitmap image. 5. Click Instrument Options to display which options the instrument is equipped with.
Page 136 Remote Communications Launching the Remote Application When you launch the Remote Application , it is downloaded from the waveform monitor and launched. There is no software installation required to use the applet (other than the Java Run-Time Environment noted previously). 1.
Page 137: To Upgrade The Waveform Monitor Software
Once the instrument has started to erase internal ﬂash, DO NOT remove power from the instrument. If you do so, the instrument ﬂash will be corrupted. The instrument will have to be sent to a Tektronix factory service center to have the system software restored.
Page 138: Installing The Software
To install new software in a waveform monitor: Download the software package 1. To download the latest version of the waveform monitor software, navigate to the Tektronix Web site at http://www.tek.com/products/video_test. 2. From there, follow the link Software and Firmware under Product Resources...
Page 139 To Upgrade the Waveform Monitor Software Check and Record the IP Address 4. Press CONFIG to display the Conﬁguration menu. 5. Select Utilities to display the Utilities menu. 6. Select Communications to display the Communications menu. 7. Select Network Setup to display the network settings.
Page 140: Verifying The Upgrade
To Upgrade the Waveform Monitor Software Run the Upgrade 13. On the PC, double-click the transfer.exe ﬁle to launch the transfer program. This displays the window shown at right. 14. Type the network address (for example: 192.168.221.2) or DNS name of the waveform monitor you want to update, and then press Enter.
Page 141 To verify the functional performance of your instrument, perform the Incoming Inspection procedure in the WFM6100, WFM7000, and WFM7100 Waveform Monitors Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation Technical Reference (Tektronix part number 071-1897-XX). The manual is available as a PDF ﬁle on the Documents CD and can also be downloaded from the Tektronix Web site free of charge.
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Page 143: Speciﬁcations
Speciﬁcations Speciﬁcations This section provides an abbreviated list of the instrument speciﬁcations. Characteristic Description Input Voltage 100 to 240 VAC ±10%, Input Power Frequency 50/60 Hz Power Consumption, typical 50 to 110 VA at 110 or 240 VAC; Depends on options installed. 50 Watts typical for base unit.
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Page 145: Index
Index Index Symbols and Numbers Arrowhead display, 105 Chroma Audio Components submenu, 62 1 Field AUDIO button, 65 Chroma/Luma delay, 102 Sweep submenu, 62 display elements, 65 Clear 1 Line menu, 68 Capture buffer, 43 Sweep submenu, 62 AUDIO button, 12 Close Caption soft key 2 Field audio input...
Page 146 Index Features How to... capture the display, 40 List of key, vi DataList Filter conﬁgure your instrument, 48 display, 76 Waveform menu, 62 connect to a network, 51, 54 display colors, 76 Flat create a User menu, 58 Default Limits: EBU-103 RGB Components submenu, 62 measure waveforms with Arrowhead menu, 72...
Page 147 Index LINE SEL button, 12 Options, 2 Rear-panel Layout and description, 16 Line Select mode Eye, 85 how to set, 46 Phy, 85 Recall Live Display On power cords, 1 Presets, 31 Capture menu, 41 Other Reference signals Luma display, elements of, 69 supported, 18 Components submenu, 62 Overlay...
Page 148 Index Standard accessories, 1 Transmission Signal Identiﬁer View documents, 1 Aux Status display, 79 soft keys, 11 power cord, 1 Triggering Views button, 11 Status Capture, 42 display, 78 Status bar Waveform Elements of, 15 Upgrade Components, 62 STATUS button, 12 kits, 3 display, 61 Surround...
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