980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer User Guide
5.3.11 User: Source Product Descriptor Infoframe Panel
The User SPD (Source Product Descriptor) check box in the DI Type Selection opens up the SPD Infoframe panel
(shown below). The SPD Infoframe panel enables you to view the Source Product Descriptor Infoframe data.
There is a control pull down menu associated with the SPD Infoframe panel. The control menu can be accessed
either from the panel itself (the pull down tab on the upper right corner) or from the User: SPD button on the main
control panel on the right side of the Real Time window. The table below describes the information in the SPD Info
panel and the associated control menu.
Real Time – User: SPD Infoframes
Source Product Descriptor Infoframes
SPD Pulldown Menu
Upper Status Bar
Resume (active) mode
Pause mode
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Information / Function
The following information is provided in the Source
Product Descriptor Infoframe data dialog box:
Vendor Name – The vendor's name.
Product Description – The vendor supplied
description of the product.
Source information – This is the product type
of the source, sink or repeater. In this example
it is a digital STB.
There is a pulldown menu associated with the
SPD Info panel. You can access either from the
main control panel or from the SPD panel via the
icon on the upper right of the panel. The SPD
pulldown menu provides the following functions:
Show/Hide – Enable or disable the
appearance of the SPD panel in the Real
Time window.
Type – You can select/change which type of
User data you want to display.
Pause – Halt the updates of the data to the
SPD panel.
Clear – Clear the currently displayed reference
frame and reset the captured frames.
Set Ref – Set a new reference frame.
The upper status bar shows the following
information from left to right:
The pause/resume (active) status.
The type of data panel (e.g. SPD IF).
Rev. A1
December 19, 2012
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