About The 980 Hdmi Protocol Analyzer; What Makes The 980 Hdmi Protocol Analyzer Unique - Quantum Data Gen 2 980 User Manual

980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer User Guide
1 About the 980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer Gen 2
This chapter provides an overview of features of the 980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer Gen 2 and the 980 GUI Manager.
The 980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer is an analyzer for HDMI source devices. It provides visibility into the HDMI
protocol to help resolve common interoperability problems in HDMI systems. The 980 GUI Manager is a PC
application to manage and use the 980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer module and other 980 modules.
The 980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer Gen 2 is able to parse HDMI streams from source devices with a TMDS clock up
to 225MHz.
The 980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer enables you to specify the type of data that you want to capture. This could be:
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Data Analysis (Audio, Video, Data Island) - The 980 will capture all the audio packets, video data and the data
islands, timing data and auxiliary data.
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Data Analysis (Only Data Islands) - The 980 will only capture the data islands (not the video packets).
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Protocol Analysis – The 980 will capture the protocol data such as the preamble and guard band data. You will
not be able to see the details of the data island, video or audio data.
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What makes the 980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer Unique?

The 980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer Gen 3 for HDMI source devices provides full visibility into the HDMI protocol,
timing, control and auxiliary data. It captures and decodes encrypted or unencrypted metadata (audio sample,
infoframes and other data packets) as well as HDMI DDC transactions, and HDMI CEC messages.
Competitive "analyzers" available on the market are more limited because they utilize commercial silicon chips.
The 980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer uses a proprietary solution and therefore can provide much greater visibility into
the protocol, timing and control data. The competitive "analyzers" support some of the 980 features but not nearly
all of them. They support functional testing but not true interoperability testing. Functional test "analyzers" often
support only real time monitoring. The 980 supports capture, store and analysis as well as Real Time monitoring.
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