Creating A Capabilities Declaration Form (Cdf) - Quantum Data 980 Application Manual

980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer Application Guide – Source Compliance Test Automation
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Creating a Capabilities Declaration Form (CDF)

The Capabilities Declaration Form describes the capabilities of the HDMI source device under test. The CDF is
used by the 980 compliance test application to determine what test capabilities of the source device to test. The
980 HDMI Protocol Analyzer compliance test function provides a set of forms that can be filled out and saved. This
saved CDF is stored on the 980 test instrument and is used during the test. You must complete a CDF prior to
running the test scripts through your ATS.
Detailed procedures for creating a Capabilities Declaration Form (CDF) through the embedded 980 GUI Manager
are provided below. The 980 must be powered up.
Please note that you can also create a CDF through the external 980 GUI Manager. Using the external 980 GUI
Manager requires that you connect the host PC to the 980 Protocol Analyzer; therefore for testing with an ATS we
recommend just completing the CDF through the embedded 980 GUI Manager.
To complete the CDF:
1. From the Compliance menu, enable viewing of the HDMI Source Compliance Test panel.
2. Select the CDF Entry panel as shown below.
3. To create a new CDF, click on the New activation button.
You will be prompted with a confirmation that you want to start a new CDF and reset the values. Click OK to
proceed.
4. To open an existing CDF, click on the Open activation button.
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