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Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation

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Page 1 WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizers Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation Technical Reference *P077026001* 077-0260-01...
Page 3 This document applies to ﬁrmware version 2.0.X. Warning The servicing instructions are for use by qualiﬁed personnel only. To avoid personal injury, do not perform any servicing unless you are qualiﬁed to do so. Refer to all safety summaries prior to performing service. www.tektronix.com 077-0260-01...
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 Tektronix, with shipping charges prepaid. Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located. Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges, duties, taxes, and any other charges for products returned to any other locations.
Page 7 Table of Contents General Safety Summary ..................Environmental Considerations .................. Preface ......................Related User Documents..................Related Reference Documents ................Speciﬁcations ....................... Electrical Speciﬁcations..................Physical Speciﬁcations ..................Supported Input Formats and Allowed References ............Alarms ......................Performance Veriﬁcation ..................Test Records......................Test Record - Function Tests ................
Page 8 Table of Contents List of Figures Figure 1: Serial Output at 270 Mb/s, using Glitch Trigger mode..........Figure 2: Serial Output at 1.5 Gb/s, using Glitch Trigger mode..........Figure 3: Serial Output at 3 Gb/s, using Glitch Trigger mode..........Waveform Rasterizers Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation...
Page 9 Table of Contents List of Tables Table 1: SDI input waveform vertical characteristics ............Table 2: Composite analog input waveform vertical characteristics.......... Table 3: Composite analog inputs A and B physical layer............. Table 4: Waveform sweep (horizontal) deﬂection .............. Table 5: Eye pattern display..................Table 6: Jitter display (Options EYE and PHY) ..............
Page 10 Table of Contents Table 39: Remote port .................... Table 40: Remote front panel ..................Table 41: Power source ................... Table 42: Miscellaneous ..................Table 43: Physical characteristics ................Table 44: Environmental performance ................Table 45: 25 Hz and 50 Hz frame and ﬁeld rates .............. Table 46: 59.94 Hz, 23.98 Hz, and 29.97 Hz frame and ﬁeld rates ..........
Page 11 General Safety Summary General Safety Summary Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it. To avoid potential hazards, use this product only as speciﬁed. Only qualiﬁed personnel should perform service procedures. To Avoid Fire or Personal Use proper power cord.
Page 12 General Safety Summary Do not operate in wet/damp conditions. 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. Terms in This Manual These terms may appear in this manual: WARNING.
Page 13 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). Battery Recycling. This product may contain a Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) or lithium ion (Li-ion) rechargeable battery, which must be recycled or disposed of properly.
Page 14 Environmental Considerations viii Waveform Rasterizers Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation...
Page 15 WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizers Service Manual (Tektronix part number 077-0394-XX). This document provides servicing information for the waveform rasterizer and is intended for qualiﬁed service personnel only. 650-5343-00 Rackmount Slides and Rails Kit Instructions (Tektronix part numbers: English, 071-2746-XX; Japanese, 071-2773-XX; Simpliﬁed Chinese, 071-2774-XX).
Page 16 Preface Related Reference Documents The following related reference documents are available at the Tektronix, Inc. Web site (www.tektronix.com): Preventing Illegal Colors. This application note describes how the Diamond, Arrowhead, and Lightning displays can be used to help prevent the undesired impact of color gamut violations and to simplify the assessment of proper gamut compliance.
Page 17 Speciﬁcations The following tables list the speciﬁcations for the Tektronix WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizers. Items listed in the Performance Requirement column are generally quantitative and can be tested by the Performance Veriﬁcation procedure in Section 2 of this manual. Items listed in the Reference Information column are useful operating parameters that have typical values;...
Page 18 Speciﬁcations Table 1: SDI input waveform vertical characteristics (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Step Sine-squared bars Response, Preshoot Typical ≤ 0.3% peak (2T5 bar) ≤ 0.5% peak (2T30 bar) (2T60 bar for 148.5 MHz 1080p formats.) Overshoot ≤ 0.3% peak (2T5 bar) ≤...
Page 19 Speciﬁcations Table 2: Composite analog input waveform vertical characteristics Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Vertical Measured using cursors or graticules Measurement ± 1% Accuracy ± 1% Gain X1, X2, X5, and X10 0.25X to 2.0X Variable Gain Range, Nominal Frequency Response 50 kHz to 5.75 MHz, ±...
Page 20 Speciﬁcations Table 3: Composite analog inputs A and B physical layer (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Return Loss Typically > 46 dB to 6 MHz, > 40 dB to 10 MHz. Typically 35 dB with power off for standard amplitude video Video Input Crosstalk Between ≤...
Page 21 Speciﬁcations Table 4: Waveform sweep (horizontal) deﬂection (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Rates 1, 2, 3, or 4 line, or ﬁeld depending on mode Line Select In 2-line sweep, the selected line is the ﬁrst displayed line. Table 5: Eye pattern display Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information...
Page 22 Speciﬁcations Table 5: Eye pattern display (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Display Modes 270 Mb/s Overlay Overlays all bits to form each eye opening. Useful for observing peak jitter 10 Eye Displays eye relative to the parallel clock. Useful for observing jitter correlated to word clock 3 Gb/s and 1.5 Gb/s...
Page 23 Speciﬁcations Table 6: Jitter display (Options EYE and PHY) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Type Displays numerical and graphical readouts of peak-to-peak jitter. Jitter derived from demodulated recovered clock as described in SMPTE RP192 2003. If Opt. PHY is installed, then Jitter Waveform can also be displayed High-Pass Filter Settings Can be set to 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz, 10 kHz,...
Page 24 Speciﬁcations Table 6: Jitter display (Options EYE and PHY) (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Maximum Applies to digital readout, jitter waveform, Jitter and Reference Clock output Amplitude Maximum is Maximum jitter is limited by measurement Measurement, a function of range at low frequencies, and by jitter Typical jitter frequency...
Page 25 Speciﬁcations Table 6: Jitter display (Options EYE and PHY) (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Jitter Minimum is Applies to jitter waveform Measurement a function Noise Floor of bandwidth selection: 10 Hz, 200 ps typical 3 Gb/s 1.5 Gb/s 100 Hz, 40 ps typical 1 kHz, 10 kHz,...
Page 26 Speciﬁcations Table 6: Jitter display (Options EYE and PHY) (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Jitter Waveform Gain Error, For jitter frequencies from 5 times bandwidth Typical selection to 4 MHz Error for jitter frequencies between HPF setting and 5x HPF setting due to loop peaking: max of 1.5 dB 10 Hz, <0.4 UI + 10% of reading...
Page 27 Speciﬁcations Table 7: Component vector mode (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Vector Display is displayed on horizontal axis and P displayed on vertical axis Luma Qualiﬁed Vector Threshold ± 1% Vectors between the high luma and low luma Accuracy threshold are displayed Table 8: Waveform mode ﬁlter characteristics Characteristic...
Page 28 Speciﬁcations Table 9: SDI Lightning and Diamond modes (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Electronic Graticule Diamond RGB deﬂection axis indicated. Upper and Display lower halves are separated, to see negative signals Lightning Displays signal components as follows: Y vertically Pb horizontally on top half of display horizontally on bottom half of display Detection Level...
Page 29 Speciﬁcations Table 12: Composite SCH mode Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Type Polar display of H Sync Phase Displayed Angle Accuracy ± 5° ± 100° range Table 13: Arrowhead mode (NTSC/PAL composite limit display for SDI inputs) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Signal to Graticule Accuracy ±...
Page 30 Speciﬁcations Table 16: Timing display Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Input Timing Relative to External Display of Vertical and Horizontal timing Reference offset graphically and numerically. One clock cycle resolution Patented proprietary display. Display Timing difference between input and Ref at rear panel or relative to an offset saved by the user Timing Display Zero Deﬁnition...
Page 31 Speciﬁcations Table 17: Picture mode Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Format (XGA) Allows viewing picture in all formats In SD formats, full screen picture occupies the central portion of the XGA raster area. For tile mode, the image is downsampled to ﬁt the 512 x 350 size In HD formats, picture is downsampled to ﬁt in 1024 x 768 size (512 x 350 in 4-tile mode).
Page 32 Speciﬁcations Table 18: Signal level / cable length detector (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Cable Length Measurement Cable loss range of 0 to 30 dB at serial Range, Typical bit rate Typically runs to 40 dB, but with reduced accuracy Equivalent to 0 to 300 m Belden 8281 for SD, 0 to 120 m Belden 8281 for HD...
Page 33 Speciﬁcations Table 21: Audio bar displays Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Modes The user may conﬁgure the response dynamics (ballistics), reference levels, peak hold, offset, and scale of the meters to suit the monitoring needs of the particular installation or situation Channel Mode Any 10 channels conﬁgured into 5 pairs with phase correlation meters between...
Page 34 Speciﬁcations Table 21: Audio bar displays (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Correlation Meter Speed User selectable 1 to 20. Factory default is set to 8. Speed 1 averages over 0.04 sec. Speed 2 averages over 0.04 sec. Speed 3 averages over 0.08 sec. Speed 4 averages over 0.12 sec.
Page 35 Speciﬁcations Table 21: Audio bar displays (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Extended VU Ballistic Response VU meter as deﬁned in IEEE 152-1991, but with an extended dB-linear scale. The meter bars also contain true peak indicators when VU is selected Peak Hold True peak indicator remains at the most recent peak for a user selectable time of 1 to...
Page 36 Speciﬁcations Table 21: Audio bar displays (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Adjustable Test level is the level, relative to digital full Test Level scale, that the user chooses as the test or “line up” level for monitored programs. The meter bars change to yellow between the Test and Peak Program levels Digital...
Page 37 Speciﬁcations Table 23: AV Delay display (WVR8300 Option AD or DPE) (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Measurement Range At least –2 to +2 seconds: a negative reading indicates audio is advanced with respect to video; a positive reading indicates it is delayed.
Page 38 Speciﬁcations Table 24: AES audio inputs (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Level Meter Accuracy Over ±0.1 dB from 20 Hz to 20 kHz with 0 to May not display full amplitude on fast Frequency –40 dBFS sine wave input, Peak Ballistic transients due to sampled nature of digital mode.
Page 39 Speciﬁcations Table 25: AES audio outputs (alternate function on second set of inputs) (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Output Sample Rate Locked to embedded sample rate (nominally 48 kHz) for embedded source, to AES incoming rate for AES source, and to 48 kHz for analog source Output Jitter, Typical 3.5 ns peak with 700 Hz high pass ﬁlter per...
Page 40 Speciﬁcations Table 27: Analog audio inputs Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Number of Channels Provides up to two sets of six channels of professional balanced differential inputs for each video input, 12 channels total Input Connector Balanced, unterminated via rear panel connector Use 62 pin, 3 row, DSUB connector, only 2 rows of 42 pins are connected...
Page 41 Speciﬁcations Table 28: Analog audio outputs Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Audio Modes Balanced: provides a full-scale output of 24 dBu and is designed for professional balanced applications Unbalanced: Designed to drive the unbalanced inputs of consumer ampliﬁers, in which case the negative output pin must be grounded Audio Sources The channels routed to the line outputs may...
Page 42 Speciﬁcations Table 28: Analog audio outputs (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Output Power Capability, Typical Capable of continuously driving a –10 dBFS sinewave into 600 Ω or –13 dB into 300 Ω This is 25 mW RMS in the load per output pair.
Page 43 Speciﬁcations Table 30: Analog picture monitor outputs (Pix Mon) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Signal Format Y, Pb, Pr with sync on Y, RGB with sync on all, HD and SD. HD sync is tri-level, also have TTL H and V drive. Component mode only available for SDI input mode.
Page 44 Speciﬁcations Table 30: Analog picture monitor outputs (Pix Mon) (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Return Loss, Typical >20 dB to 30 MHz Transcoder Accuracy 9 bit Table 31: External display output (EXT DISPLAY) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Display Format 1024 (H) x 768 (V) pixels at 60 Hz (XGA) Digital Output Format Single link T.M.D.S.
Page 45 Speciﬁcations Table 34: Serial digital video interface (input A, input B) (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Cable Loss With 1/SQRT(f) characteristic at ½ of serial Accommodation rate. 270 Mb/s 0 to 23 dB attenuation Equivalent to approximately 330 m of Belden 1694A 1.5 Gb/s, 0 to 20 dB attenuation...
Page 46 Speciﬁcations Table 35: Serial video output (Serial Out/SDI PixMon) (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Rise and Fall Time, Typical 400 ps minimum, 800 ps maximum, 20% to 135 ps maximum, 20% to 80% Return Loss, Typical >15 dB to 1.5 GHz >10 dB to 3.0 GHz Table 36: External reference Characteristic...
Page 47 Speciﬁcations Table 38: USB Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Type Host Speed Complies with USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 Full and Low-Speed speciﬁcation Full Speed operation in accordance with USB 2.0 spec is 12 Mb/s. Table 39: Remote port Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information GCI Connector...
Page 48 Speciﬁcations Table 39: Remote port (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Ground Closure Output Open collector output; pulled up to 5 V by Characteristics 10 kΩ in series with a diode; pull down current is limited by series 10 Ω resistor; max current is 100 mA LTC Characteristics (See Table 32.)
Page 49 Speciﬁcations Table 40: Remote front panel (cont.) Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information Connector Pinout Function RX+ (RS422 input from RFP, Terminated) RX– (RS422 input from RFP, Terminated) +12 V DC power to Ground (chassis and 12 V DC return) Ground (chassis and 12 V DC return) +12 V DC power to TX+ (RS422 output...
Page 50 Speciﬁcations Physical Speciﬁcations Table 43: Physical characteristics Characteristic Standard Dimensions Height 1.72 inches (4.37 centimeters) Width 19 inches (48.26 centimeters) Depth 20.25 inches (51.44 centimeters) (Not including cables) Weight 9.5 pounds (4.31 kilograms), maximum Shipping 19 pounds (8.62 kilograms), approximate Table 44: Environmental performance Category Standards or description...
Page 51 Speciﬁcations Table 45: 25 Hz and 50 Hz frame and ﬁeld rates Reference format Input format 720p 25 720p 50 1080p 25 1080sf 25 1080i 50 720p 25 Hz 720p 50 Hz 1080p 25 Hz 1080sf 25 Hz 1080i 50 Hz 1080p 50 Hz 576i 50 Hz (625) PAL 50 Hz...
Page 52 Speciﬁcations Table 47: 24 Hz, 30 Hz, and 60 Hz frame and ﬁeld rates (cont.) Input format Reference format 720p 24 720p 30 720p 60 1080p 24 1080sf 1080p 30 1080sf 1080i 60 1080sf 30 1035i 60 Hz 1080i 60 Hz 1080p 60 Hz Waveform Rasterizers Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation...
Page 53 Speciﬁcations Option 3G is required for operation over SMPTE 424M/425M interfaces. Standard and Interface designators are SMPTE unless otherwise noted. Table 48: Supported digital standards Frame (P, sF) or ﬁeld (I) rates supported Image Signal Standard format structure Interface 59.94 50 29.97 25 23.98 428-9...
Page 54 Speciﬁcations Table 48: Supported digital standards (cont.) Frame (P, sF) or ﬁeld (I) rates supported Image Signal Standard format structure Interface 59.94 50 29.97 25 23.98 274M 1920 x 4:4:4 424M/425M 1080/I YCbCr / 372M 10 bit 4:4:4:4 YCbCr+A / 10-bit 4:4:4 RGB / 10 bit 4:4:4:4...
Page 55 Speciﬁcations Alarms The following tables list the alarms that may be set for the waveform rasterizers. Table 49: Common alarms Alarm Description HW Fault Indicates a system fault occurred. May require service SDI Input Missing Indicates that no signal is detected on the selected SDI input SDI Input Signal Lock Indicates unable to lock to selected SDI input signal Reference Missing...
Page 56 Speciﬁcations Table 49: Common alarms (cont.) Alarm Description EIA608 Caption Error Indicates a data error in an EIA608 data stream, excluding Extended Data Services and EIA708 Caption Data Packet errors V-Chip Presence Error Indicates that no content advisory packet has been detected in the selected video input signal for at least 4 seconds V-Chip Format Error Indicates that a content advisory packet contained illegal data or was formatted...
Page 57 Speciﬁcations Table 53: Audio alarms (Options AD and DPE) Alarm Description Over Indicates that the signal has exceeded the level speciﬁed by the Over Level setting for the period of time speciﬁed by the Duration for Over setting. Silence Indicates that the signal has fallen below the level speciﬁed by the Silence Level setting for the period of time speciﬁed by the Duration for Silence setting.
Page 58 Speciﬁcations Waveform Rasterizers Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation...
Page 59 Performance Veriﬁcation This section contains a collection of manual procedures for verifying that the following waveform rasterizer products perform as warranted: WVR8200 models and their options WVR8300 models and their options This chapter is divided into two sections: Incoming Inspection Procedures and Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures.
Page 60 Test Records Test Records Use the following tables to record the measured performance or Pass/Fail status for each step of the speciﬁed test procedure. In cases where a measurement is made in different units than speciﬁed in the manual, the actual measured values that correspond to the speciﬁcation limits are shown in parentheses.
Page 61 Test Records Table 55: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer functional test record (cont.) Functional test (incoming inspection) Incoming Outgoing Comments 270 Mb/s Eye Waveform 270 Mb/s Jitter Waveform (WVR8300 Option PHY) 1.5 Gb/s Eye Waveform 1.5 Gb/s Jitter Waveform (WVR8300 Option PHY) 3 Gb/s Eye Waveform (Option 3G) 3 Gb/s Jitter Waveform (WVR8300 Option PHY with 3G)
Page 62 Test Records Table 55: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer functional test record (cont.) Functional test (incoming inspection) Incoming Outgoing Comments Simultaneous Input Operation (WVR8300 only) Dual Link Format Operation A/V Delay (WVR8300 only) Video Performance Test Record The following test record applies to all instruments. Table 56: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer video performance test record Instrument Serial Number: Certiﬁcate Number:...
Page 63 Test Records Table 56: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer video performance test record (cont.) Performance test Minimum Incoming Outgoing Maximum Slot 2 Input A 20 dB (Option 2SDI only) Slot 2 Input B 20 dB (Option 2SDI only) SDI Serial Output Amplitude (test limits assume ±3.5% gain uncertainty in test oscilloscope) Mainframe Serial Output...
Page 64 Test Records Table 56: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer video performance test record (cont.) Performance test Minimum Incoming Outgoing Maximum TG700 CH1_DC0 TG700 CH1_DC1 TG700 CH1_V1 Cursor ΔV Test Limit Vmax Test Limit Vmin SD Pix Mon Gain and Offset Y gain Vmin Vmax...
Page 65 Test Records Test Record - Option CPS Table 57: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer video performance test record (Option CPS) Instrument Serial Number: Certiﬁcate Number: Temperature: RH %: Date of Calibration: Technician: Performance Test Minimum Incoming Outgoing Maximum Composite Analog 101% Frequency Response (–7 mV)
Page 66 Test Records Table 58: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer audio options AD and DPE test record (cont.) Performance test Minimum Incoming Outgoing Maximum pass AES A 7-8 In (96 kHz) pass AES A 1-2 In (35 kHz) pass AES A 3-4 In (35 kHz) pass AES A 5-6 In (35 kHz) pass...
Page 67 Test Records Table 58: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer audio options AD and DPE test record (cont.) Performance test Minimum Incoming Outgoing Maximum AES A 6 In (19 kHz) Pass AES A 7 In (19 kHz) Pass Pass AES A 8 In (19 kHz) Headphone Level Accuracy Over Frequency Left (100 Hz) –0.75 dBu...
Page 68 Test Records Table 58: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer audio options AD and DPE test record (cont.) Performance test Minimum Incoming Outgoing Maximum Analog Input A3 17.5 dBu 18.5 dBu (19 kHz) Analog Input A4 17.5 dBu 18.5 dBu (19 kHz) Analog Input A5 17.5 dBu 18.5 dBu...
Page 69 Test Records Table 58: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer audio options AD and DPE test record (cont.) Performance test Minimum Incoming Outgoing Maximum Analog Input B6 17.5 dBu 18.5 dBu (19 kHz) Digital Input to Analog Output Gain Accuracy Over Frequency Analog Output 1 17.5 dBu 18.5 dBu...
Page 70 Test Records Table 58: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer audio options AD and DPE test record (cont.) Performance test Minimum Incoming Outgoing Maximum Analog Output 4 17.5 dBu 18.5 dBu (19 kHz) Analog Output 5 17.5 dBu 18.5 dBu (19 kHz) Analog Output 6 17.5 dBu 18.5 dBu...
Page 71 Test Records Table 58: WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizer audio options AD and DPE test record (cont.) Performance test Minimum Incoming Outgoing Maximum Analog Output 8 Pass (1 kHz) Analog Output 1 Pass (19 kHz) Analog Output 2 Pass (19 kHz) Pass Analog Output 3 (19 kHz)
Page 72 Incoming Inspection Incoming Inspection This section contains functional/operational checks appropriate to an incoming inspection. The waveform rasterizer must have been operating for a warm-up period of at least 20 minutes, and must be operating at an ambient temperature. (See Table 44 on page 34.) Use the following procedures to check the basic functionality of WVR8200 and WVR8300 Waveform Rasterizers.
Page 73 100% color bars, format GBR 4:4:4 10-bit 75 Ω coaxial cables (2 required) RG-6 type coaxial cable with male BNC Belden 8281 or 1694A. Tektronix part numbers 012-0159-00 or 012-0159-01. connectors, 1 to 2 meters long, suitable for use to 1500 MHz Precision 75 Ω...
Page 74 Incoming Inspection Table 59: Required equipment – functional tests (cont.) Test equipment Requirements Example Tektronix WFM7120 or WFM8300 Waveform Monitor SMPTE 259-C (270 Mb/s) and SMPTE 292M (1.5 Gb/s) inputs with EDH/CRC checking. 3 Gb/s Waveform Monitor (Option 3G) SMPTE 424M /425M (3 Gb/s) input with Tektronix WFM7120 or WFM8300 CRC checking.
Page 75 Incoming Inspection Incoming Inspection Tests Basic Turn On and Self 1. Connect the AC line cord to the rear of the instrument and to a 100 to 240 VAC source. Test a. Connect an XGA monitor to the connector on the rear of the instrument. b.
Page 76 Incoming Inspection The navigation keys (the four arrow keys and the SEL key) do not bring up help text. They are used to navigate the help panes and content. 7. Press the right arrow key until the Help Contents pane in the upper-left corner is highlighted.
Page 77 Incoming Inspection c. Press the FORMAT button until 525-270 appears and then press ENTER. d. Press the CANCEL button. e. Press the up/down arrows until Audio (Embedded) appears. If Group 1 is not indicated then press the right/left arrows until Group 1 appears. Press ENTER.
Page 78 Incoming Inspection 7. Press Display Select 2 to select tile 2. 8. Press and hold the STATUS button. Select Display Type > Video Session. Press STATUS to close the menu. 9. A 4-tile display consisting of waveform, video session status, picture, and audio level bars should appear.
Page 79 Incoming Inspection 18. Repeat steps 14 through 16 above for the SDI A input. Record Pass or Fail for SDI A, 1.5 Gb/s in the test record. Skip to the next section unless Option 3G is installed. 19. (Option 3G only) Connect the 3 Gb/s 1080p/59.94 color bar signal from the HD3G7 to the SDI A input.
Page 80 Incoming Inspection 5. Inspect the Y and Pr waveforms. Each should contain a series of equally spaced shallow ramps. Each ramp should increase monotonically. Stuck bits will show as coarse steps or discontinuities in the ramps. The standard HDVG7 signal set will show 11 ramps of 70 mV each. a.
Page 81 Incoming Inspection 8. Record Pass or Fail for NTSC Lock in the test record. 9. Remove the NTSC signal from the REF LOOP input. 10. Both WFM tiles should “unlock” and scroll. 11. The status bar in the lower left-hand corner of the display should display Ref: Ext.
Page 82 Incoming Inspection be active in the upper left corner of tile 1. Again, the measured jitter will depend on the generator signal but will typically be less than 0.2 UI from a high quality source. 12. Record Pass or Fail for 1.5 Gb/s Eye Waveform in the test record. 13.
Page 83 Incoming Inspection 6. Observe the Vector in tile 2. The burst should be aligned with the burst marker that extends to the left of the vector center and the vectors should land in their target boxes. 7. Record Pass or Fail for Vector with NTSC in the test record. 8.
Page 84 Incoming Inspection 7. Select Audio Inputs/Outputs > Atten Analog Out. 8. Press SEL and use the General knob to adjust the value to 0 dB, then press SEL again to set the value. 9. While still in the Audio Inputs/Outputs submenu, select Analog A > Analog Output Map.
Page 85 Incoming Inspection 7. Verify that the ﬁrst set of level meter bars indicates –6 dBFS. 8. Repeat steps 5 and 7 for AES A 3-4, AES A 5-6, and AES A 7-8. 9. Record Pass or Fail for AES A in the test record. 10.
Page 86 Incoming Inspection Press the up/down arrow keys until “Channel” is displayed. Then press the left/right arrow keys until “Channel 1” appears. Press ENTER. g. Press the up/down arrow keys until “Frequency” is displayed. Press the left/right arrow keys to select “50 Hz”, then press ENTER. h.
Page 87 Incoming Inspection Digital Audio Output 1. Restore the Factory Preset. (See page 59, Restore the Factory Presets.) (Options AD and DPE) 2. If you have just ﬁnished testing the Digital Audio Inputs, proceed to step 3,otherwise do steps 1 through 22 of the preceding Digital Audio Input test.
Page 88 Incoming Inspection 8. Press and hold the Display Select 4 button to display the AUDIO pop-up menu. 9. Select Audio Input > Dolby 2. (This setting decodes Dolby streams from the AES A 1-2 input.) 10. Press the Display Select 4 button again to dismiss the pop-up. 11.
Page 89 Incoming Inspection 7. Select Aux Data Settings > Timecode Source > LTC.. 8. Press the OTHER button to display the LTC waveform. 9. The LTC waveform should be displayed in the active tile. The amplitude will depend on the source. The sync packet should remain at a constant horizontal location on the sweep.
Page 90 Incoming Inspection c. Press SEL to save the preset. d. Brieﬂy press the PRESET button to close the Preset menu. You can also press and hold 1 (Preset) button to save the current settings to Preset 1. 7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to create a preset with picture in tile 2 and waveform in tiles 1, 3, and 4.
Page 91 Incoming Inspection 27. On a 15-pin, male HD-15 connector, solder wires or strip back insulation to gain access to pins 1 and 9 (pin 1 is a ground and pin 9 is the ground closure output signal). NOTE. You can use the test cable prepared for the previous step. 28.
Page 92 ﬁeld CONFIG > Network Settings > IP Address. Note that leading zeros are deleted in the address line. 7. You should see a Web page titled “Tektronix WVR8200/8300 Interface” or something similar. This means the Ethernet function is working.
Page 93 Incoming Inspection 3. Set the HDVG7 module to output 1080 59.94i 100% color bars. 4. Set the DVG7 module to output 525-270 SMPTE color bars. 5. Restore the Factory Preset. (See page 59, Restore the Factory Presets.) 6. Press the CONFIG button. 7.
Page 94 Incoming Inspection 6. Select Display Type > Video Session. 7. Press Display Select 2 to select tile 2. 8. Press and hold the VECTOR button to display the Vector menu. 9. Select Display Type > Lightning. 10. Press the VECTOR button to close the menu. 11.
Page 95 Incoming Inspection Press > to select ON and then press ENTER. NOTE. Press ENTER even if ON is already indicated. Press CANCEL to return to the previous menu. Press ^ until AUDIO (EMBEDDED) appears. Press < until GROUP 1 appears and then press ENTER. Press >...
Page 96 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures This performance veriﬁcation includes procedures that verify standard and option-equipped instruments. Waveform Rasterizers Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation...
Page 97 800 mV ±0.1% 1 MHz square wave NOTE. The part number 067-0465-00 is (Eye gain) not available outside of Tektronix. Other 700 mV multiburst, ﬂat within equipment may be substituted but it might ±0.02 dB to 5.75 MHz (CPS) not have sufﬁcient accuracy to guarantee the speciﬁcations...
Page 98 0.3 MHz to 3 GHz range (required for option 3G). 75 Ω coaxial cables (3 required) RG-6 type coaxial cable with male BNC Belden 8281 or 1694A. Tektronix part connectors, 1 to 2 meters long, suitable numbers 012-0159-00 or 012-0159-01. for use to 1500 MHz BNC T adapter 50 or 75 Ω, 1 male BNC, 2 female BNCs...
Page 99 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures Basic Setup Use the following setup for all tests unless otherwise speciﬁed. 1. Connect the power cord to the rear of the waveform rasterizer. 2. Connect an XGA monitor to rear of instrument. 3. Connect the power cord to the AC mains and allow at least 20 minutes for the waveform rasterizer to warm up before beginning any procedures.
Page 100 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 5. Connect the cable clones as follows: a. Disconnect the DVG7 from the SDI A input. Connect the DVG7 SIGNAL 1 output to the SD Cable Clone input. b. Use a second cable to connect the SD Cable Clone output to the 80 m section of the HD Cable Clone INput (FFC model, Belden 8281, 300 kHz to 1.5 GHz).
Page 101 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 3. Disconnect the HDVG7 from the SDI A input. Connect the cable from the HDVG7 to the 80m HD Cable Clone INput (FFC model, Belden 8281, 300 kHz to 1.5 GHz). 4. Using a 75 Ω female-to-female BNC adapter and a second cable, connect the Cable Clone OUTput to the SDI A input.
Page 102 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 3 Gb/s checks (Option 3G only). 1. Connect the TG700 HD3G7 SIGNAL 1 output to the Slot 1 SDI A input. 2. Set the HD3G7 to 1080 59.94p format. Select the “100% Color Bars” signal. On the waveform rasterizer select Input 1A.
Page 103 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures This completes the SDI Input Equalization Range checks. SDI Serial Output This test veriﬁes that the Serial Output signal amplitudes are within speciﬁcations. Amplitude All instruments have an SDI OUT signal output on the mainframe rear panel. The content of this signal is determined by the Conﬁg>...
Page 104 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 7. Activate the test oscilloscope “H Bars” cursors. Set Cursor 1 to the middle of the bottom trace and Cursor 2 to the middle of the upper trace. Use the 7 ns wide region that does not contain transitions to align the cursors. See the following ﬁgure.
Page 105 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures of the 7 ns region, check that the eye is open between transitions. See the following ﬁgure. Figure 2: Serial Output at 1.5 Gb/s, using Glitch Trigger mode. 11. Record the amplitude (ΔV) in the test record for 1.5 Gb/s. Amplitudes between 745 mV and 849 mV are acceptable.
Page 106 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures Figure 3: Serial Output at 3 Gb/s, using Glitch Trigger mode. 15. Record the amplitude (ΔV) in the test record for 3 Gb/s. Amplitudes between 745 mV and 849 mV are acceptable. Slot 1 serial output check. 1.
Page 107 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 6. Move the cable connection from the TG700 DVG7 to the HDVG7 SIGNAL 1 output. The waveform on the test oscilloscope will change, reﬂecting the 1.5 Gb/s serial rate. Check that the HDVG7 is set to 100% color bars. 7.
Page 108 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures c. Use the down arrow key to scroll through the Calibration status screen and select Eye Gain Adjust SDI A. d. Press the SEL button to start the calibration. 3. Connect the AVC1 Precision Video output to the SDI A input on the waveform rasterizer, and then select the 1 MHz squarewave signal.
Page 109 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 1. Use a 75 Ω BNC cable, BNC T connector, precision 75 Ω coaxial termination, and BNC female-to-dual banana adapter to connect the upper CH1 connector on the TG700 AVG7 module to the INPUT connector on the digital multimeter (DMM) as shown in the following ﬁgure.
Page 110 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 10. Connect the upper CH1 AVG7 output to the test oscilloscope 75 Ω input. Set the AVG7 Format to 625 GBR. Select 100% Color Bars. 11. Set the test oscilloscope to 100 mV/div, 20 us/div, CH 1 Edge Trigger, Auto, 50% level, FastAcq On.
Page 111 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 9. Connect the Pb/B channel of the VGA to 5x BNC adapter cable to the test oscilloscope. 10. Measure the voltage difference between the most negative going and positive going portions of the waveform. Record this value in the SD Pb PixMon gain location of the test record.
Page 112 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 21. Set the SD Anlg PixMon to YPbPr: a. Press the CONFIG button. b. Select Outputs, SD Anlg PixMon, and then YPbPr. 22. Check that the Y, Pb, and Pr signal blanking levels are 0 V ± 50 mV, using the Y/G, Pb/B, and Pr/R cables, respectively.
Page 113 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 13. Set the HD Anlg PixMon to RGB: a. Press the CONFIG button. b. Select Outputs, HD Anlg PixMon, and then RGB. 14. Connect the Y/G channel of the VGA to 5x BNC adapter cable to the test oscilloscope CH 1 input.
Page 114 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 4. Press the Input 2A button. 5. Press the FULL button to make the WFM tile the full screen. 6. Adjust cursors to be near the top and zero portions of the waveform. Press the CURSORS button and use the GENERAL knob to adjust the Volt1 or Volt2 readouts.
Page 115 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures Composite Analog Delay Use a 5.75 MHz 5T multi-pulse signal and cursors to measure group delay. This signal is provided on the User Documents CD. Variation Over Frequency (Group Delay) 1. Set the waveform rasterizer to the factory presets. (See page 59, Restore the Factory Presets.) 2.
Page 116 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 9. Press and hold the GAIN button, select Gain Settings, and then x10. 10. Press the GAIN button to close the menu. 11. Place one cursor on the top of the “Bar.” Use the GENERAL knob to adjust Volt1 in the WFM tile.
Page 117 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 11. Use the arrow keys to select Volt1 and Volt2 and use cursors to measure the tilt in the waveform using the GENERAL knob to adjust them. 12. Record the value in the test record. Composite Analog Line Apply a 100% ﬂat ﬁeld signal and use cursors to measure the tilt.
Page 118 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 7. Select input and switch DC Restore off: a. Press the CONFIG button. b. Select Composite Input, DC Restore, and then select Off. c. Press the CONFIG button to close the menu. 8. Press the CURSORS button to turn on the cursor controls. 9.
Page 119 Video and General Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 6. Press the CURSOR button. 7. Use the arrow keys to select Volt1 or Volt2. Use the GENERAL knob to adjust the cursors to be near the top and zero portions of the waveform. 8.
Page 120 Table 61: Required test equipment (audio) Test equipment Requirements Example SDI serial digital video test generator with Generates the following signals: Tektronix TG700 with the following embedded audio modules: 525/270 100% color bars with two or DVG7 module for TG700 more groups of embedded audio Test Oscilloscope >20 MHz bandwidth with 75 Ω...
Page 121 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 4. Set the digital audio generator as follows: Control or setting Value Frequency 1 kHz Output Level –20 dB FS Audio Tone 96 kHz Sample Frequency Unbalanced V 1.000 V (Carrier Level) 5. Select the AES A input: a.
Page 122 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 4. Connect a 525/270 color bars signal from a DVG7 module to the SDI A input of the instrument under test. 5. Set the generator for embedded audio in 2 groups starting with group 1. Audio settings in the TG700 DVG7 are accessed as follows: a.
Page 123 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 1. Set the waveform rasterizer to the factory presets. (See page 59, Restore the Factory Presets.) 2. If the audio tile is not selected, press the Display Select 4 button. 3. Select the AES B output: a.
Page 124 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures Control or setting Value Reference GEN TRACK Filter JITTER wtd SPEAKER - 9. Allow the jitter reading to settle for a few seconds. 10. Check for a typical Jitter Peak absolute reading of less than 3.5 ns over an interval of at least 5 seconds, and record Pass or Fail in the test record.
Page 125 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures Control or setting Value Sample Frequency 48 kHz Output Level –6 dB FS Audio Tone Frequency 1 kHz 9. Repeat steps 5 through 7. 10. Set the digital audio generator as follows: Control or setting Value Sample Frequency 48 kHz Output Level...
Page 126 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures Headphone Output Level This test measures the output level accuracy of the headphones. Performance Requirement. This test veriﬁes performance characteristics and is listed in the test record. 1. Set the waveform rasterizer to the factory presets. (See page 59, Restore the Factory Presets.) 2.
Page 127 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 5. Press and hold the AUDIO button, select Audio Input, and then select AES 6. Press the AUDIO button to close the menu. 7. Connect the digital audio generator unbalanced (UNBAL) output to the waveform rasterizer AES A IN 1-2 connector, using a 75 Ω cable. 8.
Page 128 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures Analog Audio Level Meter This test measures the Analog Input Level Meter Accuracy over the audio frequency range. Accuracy Over Frequency Performance Requirement. This test veriﬁes performance characteristics and is listed in the test record. 1. Set the waveform rasterizer to the factory presets. (See page 59, Restore the Factory Presets.) Press the Display Select 4 button.
Page 129 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 14. Repeat steps 5 through 12 for the Input B XLR connectors on the audio breakout cable. If any of the Analog A Inputs failed to meet the speciﬁcation, (or even if they are off by more than a few tenths of a dB) an input adjustment can be performed.
Page 130 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 3. Set the Audio Output Attenuation to 0 dB: a. Press and hold the AUDIO button. b. Select Analog Out Atten. c. Press the right arrow button to select the attenuation setting. d. Use the GENERAL knob to set the attenuation to 0 dB. e.
Page 131 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures Control or setting Value Ch1 Range AUTO START COND AUTO Delay 0.0000 s INPUT DISP FUNCTION RMS & S/N S/N Sequ Meas Time AUTO Unit Ch1 Unit Ch2 Reference VALUE: 1.0000 V Notch (Gain) Filter Filter Filter 8.
Page 132 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures Control or setting Value Max Volt 1.0000 FS Ref Freq 1000.0 Hz Ref Volt 1.0000 FS PROTOCOL STATIC Ch Stat. L FILE + CRC Filename R&S_AES3.PGC Ch Stat. R EQUAL L AUX GEN FUNCTION - SINE Frq Offset DC Offset Dither...
Page 133 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 1. Set the waveform rasterizer to the factory presets. (See page 59, Restore the Factory Presets.) If the audio tile is not selected, press the Display Select 4 button. 2. Set the Audio Output Attenuation to 0 dB: a.
Page 134 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures 10. Check for an RMS indication of 18 dBu ± 1.0 dB on the analog analyzer, and record Pass or Fail in the test record. 11. Repeat step 10 for Output 3, Output 5 and Output 7. 12.
Page 135 Audio Performance Veriﬁcation Procedures Control or setting Value Frequency 19 kHz Output Level 18 dBu Audio Tone Output Impedance 10 Ω 29. Connect the generator balanced (BAL) analog output to the Input A1 XLR of the breakout cable. 30. Check for an indication of 18 dbu in the corresponding bar. 31.

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