Testing Hdmi Cables And Distribution Networks With The Prn Test - Quantum Data Gen 2 980 User Manual

980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer User Guide
4. Stop the test:
#p-scope>pdax:stop
pdax:stop
5. Get the number of errors.
#p-scope>pdax:nerr
pdax:nerr
84974760
6. Get a detailed list out of the 255 errors:
#p-scope>pdax:errq
0x090909 0x101010
008: [0699:0646:0742] 0x090909 0x101010
009: [0699:0646:0743] 0x090909 0x101010
010: [0699:0646:0744] 0x090909 0x101010
. . .
253: [0699:0646:1170] 0x171717 0x101010
254: [0699:0646:1171] 0x171717 0x101010
255: [0699:0646:1172] 0x171717 0x101010
7.4

Testing HDMI Cables and Distribution Networks with the PRN Test

Use the following procedures to setup and test HDMI cables and Distribution Network components using the
Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) test. The PRN test is run in a loop-back configuration from the 980 HDMI Protocol
Analyzer Tx to the Rx ports.
This procedures assumes that the 980 GUI Manager is in the Real Time mode in the Receiver application panel.
To Run the Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) test:
1. Connect the HDMI cable connector at the upstream end of the HDMI cable and HDMI distribution network to
the HDMI Tx port (refer to the illustration below).
2. Connect the HDMI cable connector at the downstream end of the HDMI cable or HDMI distribution network to
the HDMI Rx port (refer to the illustration below).
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