Quantum Data Gen 2 980 User Manual page 287

980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer User Guide
List of Commands Related to Playback
Note: Commands are lower case.
Command Description
pcap mode Defines the data that is
captured. Playback
function requires that all
tmds characters be
captured.
pcap start Initiates the capture of
video stream.
pcap save
Saves the captured file for
playback.
play Plays the captured file.
play stop Stops the playing of a
playback file.
play pause Pauses the playing back of
a playback file.
play resume Resumes the playing back
of a playback file.
15.2.1 Creating a Playback file through the command line
This subsection describes how you can create a playback file through the command line. This procedure below
uses the Console application window as part of the 980 GUI Manager. However you can use your own telnet utility
such as Putty.
To establish a command line session with the 980:
1. From the Main window of the 980 GUI Manager, select access the Console panel. If the Console panel is not
available as a tab, use the View pull-down menu to activate it as shown below.
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Syntax
pcap mode <data>
Where <data> can be:
tmds – raw protocol data

pcap start
pcap save <frames> <file>
where:
frames is the number of frames you wish to save
for the replaying of the file.
file is the name of the playback file
Play <file>
where:
file is the name of the playback file you wish to
play back.
play stop
play pause
play resume
Command Example
To set the mode:
>pcap mode tmds
Captures raw tmds characters which is
required for playback
To initiate a capture:
> pcap start
To save a capture:
> pcap save 10 mycap.pb
Saves the file for reuse.
To play a playback file:
> play mycap.pb
To stop the playing of a playback file:
> play stop
To pause the playing of a playback file:
> play pause
To resume the playing of a playback
file:
> play resume
December 19, 2012
Rev. A1