5.SoftwareControl-LightwareDeviceController
5.7.2. Frame Detector
The ports can show detailed information about the signal like full size and active video resolution. This
featureisagoodtroubleshooterifcompatibilityproblemsoccurduringsysteminstallation.Toaccessthis
function, open the port properties window and click on Frame detector button.
Lightware'sFrameDetectorfunctionworkslikeasignalanalyzerandmakespossibletodeterminetheexact
videoformatthatispresentontheport,thushelpstoidentifymanyproblems.E.g.actualtimingparameters
may differ from the expected and this may cause some displays to drop the picture.
Frame Detector measures detailed timings on the video signals just like a built-in oscilloscope, but it is
muchmoreeasytouse.Actualdisplayareashowstheactivevideosize(lightgrey).Darkgreyareaofthe
fullframeistheblankingintervalwhichcancontaintheinfoframesandembeddedaudiodataforHDMI
signals.ShownvaluesaremeasuredactuallyonthesignalandnotretrievedonlyfromtheHDMIinfoframes.
#framedetector
Frame detector window
Appliedfirmwarepackage:v1.3.2b3 | LDCsoftware:v2.5.7b2
HDMI-TPS-TX200series–User'sManual
5.7.3. No Sync Screen (Test Pattern)
No sync screen options in the port properties window of TPS output
TheNosyncscreenfeaturegeneratesanimagewhichcanbedisplayedwhenthereisnoincomingsignalon
theport.ThefollowingsettingscanbesetfortheTestPatternfunction:
Mode
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On:thevideooutputportalwaystransmitsthetestpattern.
▪
No signal:thevideooutputporttransmitsthetestpatternifthereisnoincomingsignalontheselected
input port.
Off: the test pattern function is disabled, the video output port transmits the video signal of the
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selected input port.
Clock Source
480p
▪
576p
▪
▪
Originalvideosignal
Pattern
▪
Red/Green/Blue/Black/White/Ramp/Chess/Bar/Cycle
ATTENTION!
However the mode of the Test pattern can be set at each port separately, the clock source
andthepatternsettingsarecommon.
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