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Tektronix WVR4000 User Manual

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  • Page 1 WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual *P077244502* 077-2445-02...
  • Page 3 WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual Revision A www.tektronix.com 077-2445-02...
  • Page 4 Copyright © Tektronix. All rights reserved. Licensed software products are owned by Tektronix or its subsidiaries or suppliers, and are protected by national copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Tektronix products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents, issued and pending. Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously published material.
  • Page 5 Warranty Tektronix warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of shipment. If any such product proves defective during this warranty period, Tektronix, at its option, either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Checking Audio Level and Phase ....................WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 8 Upgrading Instrument Software ...................... Index WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 9: General Safety Summary

    Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere. Keep product surfaces clean and dry. Provide proper ventilation. Refer to the manual’s installation instructions for details on installing the product so it has proper ventilation. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 10 DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the marking. WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read the marking. CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product. The following symbol(s) may appear on the product: WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 11: Environmental Considerations

    The symbol shown below indicates that this product complies with the European Union’s requirements according to Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). For information about recycling options, check the Support/Service section of the Tektronix Web site (www.tektronix.com). Perchlorate Materials This product contains one or more type CR lithium coin cell batteries.

  • Page 12: Preface

    This manual describes the installation and basic operation of the following instruments: WVR5000 series waveform rasterizers WVR4000 series waveform rasterizers Key Features Tektronix waveform rasterizers can help you monitor SD SDI or HD SDI signals. The following table includes key features of these instruments. Feature Description Flexible tile displays: Full, Quad TIle (4-Tile): View four measurement displays at once, one in each tile.
  • Page 13 Preface Feature Description Error tracking Configurable alarms and error logging. Ground closure Signal sent out of the GCI port of the instrument for a remote notification that an alarm condition occurred. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 14: Instrument Options

    Option D5. Adds 5 years of Calibration Data Report (when ordered with option C5). Option R3. Adds 3 years of Repair Service (including the period under warranty). Option R5. Adds 5 years of Repair Service (including period under warranty). viii WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 15: Where To Find More Information

    WFM, Database technical WVR, and AMM reference instruments Service manual Optional manual supporting module-level servicing of the instrument Conventions Used in this Manual The following icons are used throughout this manual: Sequence Step WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 16 Preface WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 17: Installation

    (including the anti-static bag) in case you need to ship the instrument. Accessories The table below shows which items are standard accessories and which items are optional accessories. Check the Tektronix Web site (www.tektronix.com) for the most current information on accessories.

  • Page 18: Connecting A Monitor

    3. Terminate the loop-through on the SDI connector you will use on the instrument. 4. Connect the cable from the serial source output to the one of the SDI inputs on the rear panel of the instrument. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 19: Connecting Power And Powering On/Off

    The Power button performs the following functions when connected to a 12 V DC input. Press the Power button to turn on the instrument. Press the Power button again to turn off the instrument. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 20: Installing In A Video System

    5. Connect the other end of that cable to one of the SDI inputs on the rear panel of the instrument. 6. Connect a cable from a serial receiver to the SDI loop-through on the instrument. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 21 SDI or reference connectors in end-of-link setups must be 75 Ω and DC coupled (good return loss extends to DC). An appropriate termination would be a 75 Ω End of Line terminator, Tektronix part number 011-0163-XX. Compatibility of BNC Center Pins Most video equipment BNC connectors, whether 50 Ω...

  • Page 22: Getting Acquainted With Your Instrument

    CONFIG > Display Settings > Thumbnail menu. 3. Push the Thumbnail button again to turn off the picture thumbnail. NOTE. The Picture Thumbnail is available for all displays except Picture. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 23 In the latter case, each character shows the status of a specific channel: - for not present and p for present. Timecode Readout A readout showing the selected time-code value. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 24: Front-Panel Controls

    Instrument-wide settings. The parameters in the Configuration menu are instrument-wide settings. The configuration menu controls settings that are changed only occasionally, such as changing waveform color or setting the network address. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 25 Power button Press to turn the instrument on or off. Main button Access to 4-Tile (Quad Tile) mode and to the USB drive. Demonstrated in 4-Tile and Full-Tile Modes (See page 15.) WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 26: Rear-Panel Connectors

    2. SDI A. The Digital A component serial digital input is compensated for 75 Ω and requires termination. 3. SDI B. The Digital B component serial digital input is compensated for 75 Ω and requires termination. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 27 14 Preset 5 (In) XX0110 Preset 6 15 Preset 6 (In) XX0101 Preset 5 XX0100 Preset 4 XX0011 Preset 3 XX0010 Preset 2 XX0001 Preset 1 XX0000 Unused 101111 Preset 5 011111 Preset 6 WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 28: Selecting A Display

    AUDIO - display of level (meters) and of a phase (plot) for monitoring audio signals STATUS - Extensive views of signal status, Error Log, and Timing display MAIN - provides access to USB drive, 4-Tile mode, and Full-Tile mode WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 29: Setting Display Parameters

    1. Push and hold the display button for which the settings need to be set or modified. 2. When the menu pops up, navigate through and make your selections as described in the steps that follow. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 30: Selecting Signal Inputs

    HD or SD. SD (WFM4000 series): Connect SD signal only. 2. Press the Input button corresponding to the input that you want (SDI Input A shown). 3. Select a display to view the input. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 31: Setting 4-Tile And Full-Tile Modes

    Tile 3, and then press the right arrow key to navigate to the submenu. The available displays will be shown in the submenu. Select the one you want to display in tile 3 using the up and down arrow keys. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 32: Setting Gain, Sweep, And Magnification

    Waveform/Vector (WFM & VEC) Display Overlay feature, Gain, Sweep, and Magnification apply to the active display. A lit front-panel button denotes an active display. Gain, Sweep, and Magnification do not apply to all display types. NOTE. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 33 2 Line and 2 Field. To Set Magnification 1. Press the WFM button. 2. Press and hold the MAG button to display the magnification settings. 3. Select the setting (Best View, x10, x20, x30) of your choice. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 34: Using Waveform/Vector Display Overlay

    2. In the pop-up menu, navigate to Display Overlay and select WFM & VEC. The Vector display will be overlaid on the WFM display. 3. Press the WFM button to dismiss the pop-up menu. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 35: Using Presets

    Preset and select the name to which you want to map the new preset. This name corresponds to one of the six numbered preset buttons. The setup will be stored for later recall. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 36: Freezing The Display

    Live + Frozen allows comparisons and matching. (Status and Audio displays do not support this mode.) To Halt Display Update Push the FREEZE button to stop a display update. For most displays, this will stop updates. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 37 Cursors track the live trace, so they may not be correctly registered on a frozen trace. If you change parameters such as position, sweep rate, or gain, then the cursors may not be accurate relative to a frozen trace. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 38: Setting Line Select Mode

    first highlight it. The following procedures help you to navigate through the configuration menu. To Traverse the Menu Panes 1. Press the CONFIG button to display the Configuration menu. The Configuration menu is displayed on the top or bottom half of the screen. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 39: Using Online Help

    Context-sensitive. The topic displayed depends on what is displayed when the online help is selected or what control is operated after help is selected. Navigable. The Contents and Topic Selector panes, along with Links within the topics, provide access to topics. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 40 2. Highlight a link using the GENERAL knob or the up/down arrow key. 3. Press SEL to jump to the linked-to topic. 4. Press the left-arrow key to go back to the previous topic. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 41: Adjusting Headphone Volume And Source

    2. Use the Horizontal knob to adjust the volume. 3. Press and hold the AUDIO button to display the Audio menu. 4. Select Phase/Headphone Pair, and then select the headphone source of your choice. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 42: Checking Chroma/Luma Delay (Lightning Display)

    5. Set BAR TARGETS to match your input signal. 6. Select Center Waveform, and press SEL if you want to center the waveform. 7. Press the VECT button to close the pop-up menu. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 43 The + tic marks on the graticule indicate the following timing errors: 1080p 50, 59.94, 60 (dual link Tic mark SD timing error (ns) HD timing error (ns) formats) timing error (ns) 0 marks 13.5 6.75 13.5 Luma sample Chroma sample WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 44: Checking Gamut

    RGB component gamut errors. Split Diamond. Use to reveal hard-to-find black gamut errors. Arrowhead. Use to detect composite gamut errors, without employing a composite encoder. 5. Press the GAMUT button to close the menu. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 45: Checking Rgb Gamut

    Errors in green amplitude affect both diamonds equally, while blue amplitude errors affect only the top diamond and red errors affect only the bottom diamond. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 46 Use the PICT display to examine the signal (turn on gamut bright-ups in the Display Settings submenu of the Configuration menu) Use the Arrowhead % setting (found in the Gamut Thresholds submenu of the Configuration menu) to specify a percentage of the screen to ignore for gamut violations. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 47: Checking Composite Gamut

    7.5 IRE for NTSC and 0 mV for PAL. Usage Notes To adjust the IRE level limits, do the procedure Adjusting Gamut Limits. (See page 34.) To automate this check, do the procedure Automating Gamut Checks. (See page 33.) WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 48: Checking Luma Gamut

    Another useful Arrowhead function is a measure of how well the active video signal is using the dynamic range of the video channel. A properly adjusted signal should be centered in the arrowhead graticule and have transitions that approach all the limits. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 49: Automating Gamut Checks

    Press SEL button to toggle the alarm on (X) or off. 4. When you have configured the Alarms, move to the Return box and select it. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 50: Adjusting Gamut Limits

    3. Press the SEL button to enter the submenu, and then use the arrow keys and SEL button (and General knob, when indicated) to select and set the various thresholds. Note that you can also reset thresholds to defaults. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 51: Timing Display

    Timing Display Timing Display The Timing display is a Tektronix proprietary display that simplifies measuring the timing difference between two signals as the timing is corrected. You can access this display from the STATUS button. Using the Timing display enables you to easily compare and correct the timing between two signals.
  • Page 52 (offset) relative to the cross-hair. (See Figure 2.) Figure 2: Timing display of integer multiples of reference rates WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 53 five frames of the reference. Because this allows for five possible ways to measure timing between these two signals, the timing display shows four circles, with emphasis and readouts as previously described above. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 54 1035i, 60 Hz 1080i, 50 Hz 1080i, 59.94 Hz 1080i, 60 Hz 1080p, 23.98 Hz 1080p, 24 Hz 1080p, 25 Hz 1080p, 29.97 Hz 1080p, 30 Hz 1080sf, 23.98 Hz 1080sf, 24 Hz WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 55 59.94 Hz 50 Hz 50 Hz 59.94 Hz 60 Hz 23.98 Hz 24 Hz 50 Hz 59.94 Hz 60 Hz 1080sf, 25 Hz 1080sf, 29.97 Hz 1080sf, 30 Hz Available with the WFM5000 only. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 56: Monitoring Audio

    6. Specify which inputs will be allowed to generate alarms. 7. Select the Return box to return to the Configuration menu. 8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 for other audio inputs, as needed. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 57: Selecting Audio Input

    Audio display and popup the Audio menu. 2. Use the Arrow Keys and SEL button to make selections in the steps that follow. 3. Select Audio Input and then select one of the audio input options shown. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 58: Checking Audio Level And Phase

    Lissajous Soundstage or X-Y orientation for the Lissajous signal. 4. Select the phase pair that has to be displayed from the Phase/Headphone Pair. 5. Set the Audio Input to match the signal that you are checking. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 59 The following response times of the correlation meters can be set from the Configuration menu. Speed setting Response averaging time (s) Speed setting Response averaging time (s) 0.0167 0.0333 0.0667 0.1333 0.2667 0.5333 8 (default) WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 60: Monitoring Safe Area Graticule

    4. Choose from the SMPTE or ITU standards. The selection you choose will be the graticule used when AUTO is chosen for any of the four Safe Area Graticules, accessed in the Picture menu. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 61 Graticules Configuration menu. (See the procedure To Configure Safe Area Graticules, step 5.) 4. Repeat step for each Safe Area selection. 5. Press the PICT button again to close the pop-up menu. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 62 Safe Area Graticules can globally be configured to comply to accepted standards in the Configuration menu. Custom selections for vertical and horizontal size and offset of the Save Areas can be set in the Configuration menu. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 63: Using Alarms

    5. Note that the alarms in the category you select appear to the right as you highlight the alarm category. Press SEL to display a table that allows you to set the responses for individual alarms. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 64 For each available alarm, you can select up to four of the responses listed. If you do not select a notification method for an error, you will not be notified when the error occurs. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 65 To start, select Audio Inputs/Outputs in the Configuration menu. 5. Select each input shown in the box to individually enable its alarms. In this example, AES A is selected. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 66 Silence Level: the level below which audio is considered not present. Silence Duration: the length of audio silence time allowed. Over Level: the too-loud audio level. Over Duration: the length of time limit for the too-loud audio. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 67: Monitoring Alarms

    OK (green) Alarm is enabled for reporting and has not detected errors for at least 5 seconds. Error (yellow) Alarm condition cleared for less than 5 seconds. Error (red) Alarm triggered now. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 68: Upgrading Instrument Software

    4. Click on Sort by DATE to find the most the recent software release. 5. Download the file and save it to a USB memory device that is compatible with your instrument. 6. Save the package into a directory named WfmUpgrd. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 69 4. Extract the following files: transfer.exe, firmware.pkg and readme.txt. 5. From the CONFIG > NETWORK SETTINGS menu, write down the number listed for the IP Address. This address will also appear on the update screen. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 70 Enter on your PC keyboard to start the software upgrade. If you will not be updating another instrument, press Enter to exit the transfer utility. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 71 To verify the functional performance of your instrument, perform the Incoming Inspection procedures. NOTE. See the Readme.txt file that is included with the software-upgrade package to determine whether all of the current Configuration menu and instrument-mode settings were preserved through upgrading. WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 72 Upgrading Instrument Software WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

  • Page 73: Index

    6 check phase, 42 Timing display, 35 Documentation map bars to input, 40 conventions used in, ix Audio level purposes of, ix checking, 40, 42, 47 Documents Audio phase included, 1 checking, 42 WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 74 Lissajous display, 43 Requirements for, 5 Lissajous sound stage Thumbnail display, 6 phase style, 43 Timing Live + Frozen Only (Freeze Chroma/Luma delay, 26 Quad Tile mode, 15 function), 20 Live Only (Freeze function), 20 WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...
  • Page 75 47 Timing measurement relative to, 36 save offset, 36 phase style, 43, 46 Vector simple compared to display, 26 complex, 36 Vector display overlay, 18 Video input connectors, 10 Upgrading software, 52 WVR4000 and WVR5000 Waveform Rasterizers User Manual...

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