980 Display Port 1.4 USB-C/eDP
Video Generator / Analyzer Module

The module features a DisplayPort video generator output for testing displays and an input for analyzing and testing sources.

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NEW! Now supports EDID Compliance test DP 1.4 sources, sinks and displays.

The 980 DP 1.4 USB-C Video Generator module can be equipped in the following 980

The quantumdata 980 DP 1.4 Video Generator / Analyzer module is equipped with all the standard video timings and test patterns for testing high end displays including tests for protocols such as HDCP and EDID.

The 980 DP 1.4 USB-C Video Generator / Analyzer module is equipped with all the standard video timings and test patterns necessary for testing modern displays. The module supports reading and verifying the EDID and DPCD registers of a display and now supports emulation of an Multi-Stream Transport (MST) source supporting up to four (4) downstream nodes. You can control the link training through a user friendly interface which enables you to force link training with user specified settings. The optional Auxiliary Channel Analyzer (ACA) utility enables you to view the link training transactions, EDID and HDCP exchanges, including HDCP 2.2, as well as the MST sideband messages. If you have the USB-C DP Alt mode option enabled, you can monitor the Power Delivery (PD) protocol negotiations into DP Alt mode through the ACA as well.

The 980 DP 1.4 USB-C Video Generator / Analyzer supports video generation of Display Stream Compression (DSC) and Forward Error Correction (FEC) for testing DSC-capable display devices. Users can select from several test patterns and then select the colorimetry settings and DSC slice configurations.

The DP module’s optional Rx analyzer port emulates a DisplayPort display device including EDID and DPCD emulation, Rx Link Training function and MST Rx function. The Basic analyzer option enables you to view the real time video, main link video parameters and the secondary data packets.

A second analyzer option enables you to capture and store the incoming DisplayPort stream from a source for detailed analysis of the main stream protocol elements including the main stream attributes and secondary data elements. The module’s DSC analysis feature enables developers to view the DisplayPort DSC related protocol elements such as the picture parameter set, end of chunk packets and compression flag settings in the VBID to ensure that these elements are occurring in the video stream and that they are occurring in the proper sequence. The DSC analysis feature also captures and decompresses the video frames enabling developers to examine them for compression artifacts. The Forward Error Correction (FEC) transport mechanism, which ensures reliable, error free video transport, can also be verified. Test engineers can also verify the DSC compressed stream using the Test CRC registers in the module's DPCD registers.

The 980 DP 1.4 USB-C Video Generator / Analyzer module supports link layer compliance tests for source and sink devices including tests for Display Stream Compression (DSC) and Forward Error Correction (FEC) tests. NEW! EDID sink compliance tests are also supported. The DP module also supports HDCP 2.2 compliance testing for sources sinks and repeaters. This solution has been approved by Digital Content Protection (DCP).

For developers of Embedded DisplayPort (eDP), the new module offers the hardware necessary to support a variety of optional eDP features. Initial support includes fast link training, Advanced Link Power Management (ALPM) and backlight control eiither through control pins or aux channel transactions with the eDP display's DPCD registers. A pin header is available to provide access to the backlight Tx control test feature.

The following are a list of features and benefits for the DisplayPort 1.4 Protocol Analyzer / Video Generator module. Refer to the Options tab for information on optional features.

Video Pattern Testing – Test a DisplayPort 1.4 display’s inputs with over 600 standard formats to ensure that it can render video test patterns including. Over 300 video patterns supported. Create your own custom formats using the user friendly Format Editor. Scroll bitmap patterns to test for motion artifacts. Create custom test pattern lists and custom format lists to facilitate testing.

Display Stream Compression (DSC) Video Generator option - The module’s DSC/FEC video generator feature enables display developers to transmit DSC/FEC streams. Users can selection from several test patterns and configure the colorimetry and DSC slice configurations.

Protocol Testing - The 980 DP 1.4 Video Generator / Analyzer module offers a variety of features for testing DisplayPort protocols. The module’s EDID Decode feature enables you to examine the EDID of the connected display in human readable text. The DPCD Decode feature enables you to examine the DPCD registers of the connected display in human readable text.

Protocol Analysis - The DP module’s optional Rx analyzer port emulates a DisplayPort display device including EDID and DPCD emulation, Rx Link Training function and MST Rx function. The Basic analyzer option enables you to view the real time video, main link video parameters and the secondary data packets. A second analyzer option enables you to capture and store the incoming DisplayPort stream from a source for detailed analysis of the main stream protocol elements including the main stream attributes and secondary data elements. NEW! The trigger mechanisms for the capture analysis function enable developers to set conditions to ensure that the captured data includes the information they are most interested in.

Display Stream Compression (DSC) Analysis option - The module’s optional DSC analysis feature enables developers to view the DisplayPort DSC video and metadata in real time as well as related protocol elements such as the picture parameter set, end of chunk packets and compression flag settings in the VBID to ensure that these elements are occurring in the video stream and that they are occurring in the proper sequence. The DSC analysis feature also captures and decompresses the video frames enabling developers to examine them for compression artifacts. The Forward Error Correction (FEC) transport mechanism, which ensures reliable, error free video transport, can also be verified. Test engineers can also verify the DSC compressed stream using the Test CRC registers in the module's DPCD registers.

Link Training Configuration Utility - The link training control features enables you to configure the module’s link training parameters during testing. You can set limits on the lane count and link rate and allow the link training engine to establish link training based on those limitations or you can force link training parameters—lane count, link rate, voltage swing, pre-emphasis.

HDCP Testing - Verify a downstream DisplayPort display’s response to HDCP 1.3 or HDCP 2.2 authentication. View status of authentication and exchange of registers. Support also includes HDCP 2.2 Compliance Testing for source, display and repeater devices.

Multi-Stream Transport Testing - Emulate an MST source for testing an MST branch device or MST-capable monitor. Up to four (4) streams are supported depending on bandwidth (resolutions) with a depth of one. You can configure the MST topology using a graphical interface. Users can read the EDID and DPCD registers of specific downstream MST display nodes. The optional Auxiliary Channel Analyzer (ACA) utility depicts the MST negotiations with the connected MST sink device.

Aux Channel Monitoring - The Auxiliary Channel Analyzer (ACA) application enables you to monitor the DisplayPort Aux Channel for link training and HDCP transactions--versions 1.3 and 2.2--as well as EDID exchanges between the module and a connected display. NEW! If you have the USB-C DP Alt mode option enabled, you can monitor the Power Deliveriy (PD) protocol negotiations into DP Alt mode through the ACA as well. You can monitor in real time through the 980B’s embedded touch display and save files for later viewing or for sharing with colleagues at other locations.

Passive Aux Channel Monitoring - The DP 1.4 module includes an auxiliary board and associated custom cable for passively monitoring the DisplayPort aux channel transactions between a DisplayPort HBR3 source and sink using the familiar Auxiliary Channel Analyzer utility. The ability to passively monitor the aux channel transactions between a source and a display is invaluable in identifying the root cause of link training issues between two devices.

The following is a list of options for the DisplayPort 1.4 USB-C/eDP Video Generator / Analyzer module. The module can be ordered with either or both of the connector types activated: 1) Tx/Rx DisplayPort standard ports 2) Tx/Rx USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode ports. All the options listed below are available on either connector type.

Video Generator option – Enables you to emulate a DisplayPort source device for video pattern testing. The option includes a wide range of timing formats and patterns and selectable color space, color depth, pixel encoding, quantization ranges and the ability to emulate an HDCP 1.3 source. The option also includes the ability to emulate a Multi-Stream Transport (MST) source.

Basic Analyzer (Real Time) option – Enables you to view the incoming video, number of lanes, link rate, timing colorimetry and various other metadata in real time at a glance. This feature provides a basic confidence test to verify that the incoming video is essentially correct. The Basic Analyzer also enables you to emulate any EDID on the Rx port to test a source devices handling of various EDIDs. You can also configure DPCD registers for emulating on the DP Rx port. The Basic Analyzer option also enables you to emulate a DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport (MST) branch device and MST sink nodes. The emulation capability includes the ability to present EDIDs from downstream MST sink devices and to provide a response to DPCD reads.

Protocol Analyzer (Capture/Analysis) option – Requires the Basic Analyzer option. It enables you capture the main link attributes and diagnose interoperability issues related to them. The Protocol Analyzer captures and stores main link data and provides visibility into main stream attributes, secondary data elements, K-Characters and protocol errors. The Protocol Analyzer presents these elements on a graphical timeline and in a table. You can select any transaction in the table and view its details. The capture utility also enables you to capture specific MST streams from the source. The trigger mechanisms for the capture analysis function enable developers to set conditions to ensure that the captured data includes the information they are most interested in.

DisplayPort Link Layer 1.4 HBR3 Source Compliance Test option – This compliance test package (Package #3) initially includes forty-seven (47) HBR3 source link layer compliance tests which test the link training and other functions at rates up to HBR3. Tests from following Sections are supported: Link Training 4.3.1, Link Maintenance 4.3.2, Main Video 4.4.1/2, Main Audio 4.4.4, Power Management 4.4.3 and Forward Error Correction (FEC) 4.5.1.

DisplayPort Link Layer 1.4 HBR3 Sink Compliance Test option – This compliance test package (Package #3) initially includes fifty-one (51) HBR3 sink link layer compliance tests which test the link training and other functions at rates up to HBR3. Tests from the following Sections are supported: Aux Chan protocol 5.2.1, Link Training 5.3.1, Link Maintenance 5.3.2, Main Video 5.4.1/2, Main Audio 5.4.4, Power Management 5.4.3 and Forward Error Correction (FEC) 5.5.1 and 600.1.

NEW! DisplayPort EDID 1.4 Sink Compliance Test option – This new compliance test package includes all EDID compliance tests.

Display Stream Compression (DSC) Analysis option – The module’s DSC analysis feature enables developers to view the DisplayPort DSC video and metadata in real time as well as related protocol elements such as the picture parameter set, end of chunk packets and compression flag settings in the VBID to ensure that these elements are occurring in the video stream and that they are occurring in the proper sequence. The DSC analysis feature also captures and decompresses the video frames enabling developers to examine them for compression artifacts. The Forward Error Correction (FEC) transport mechanism, which ensures reliable, error free video transport, can also be verified. Test engineers can also verify the DSC compressed stream using the Test CRC registers in the module's DPCD registers.

Display Stream Compression (DSC) Video Generator option – The module’s DSC/FEC video generator feature enables display developers to transmit DSC/FEC streams. Users can selection from several test pattens and configure the colorimetry and DSC slice configurations. Custom formats can be created and additional images can be imported for use.

DisplayPort Display Stream Compression (DSC) Source Compliance Test option – This new compliance test package enables developers of 1.4-capable DisplayPort source devices to test their source devices for DSC compliance.

DisplayPort Display Stream Compression (DSC) Sink Compliance Test option – This new compliance test package enables developers of 1.4-capable DisplayPort sink devices to test their source devices for DSC compliance.

HDCP 2.2 Compliance Test option (DCP approved) – There are three (3) separate options for running HDCP 2.2 compliance tests on source, display and repeater devices.

DisplayPort Passive Auxiliary Channel Analyzer (ACA) option – The optional passive Auxiliary Channel Analyzer (ACA) utility supports monitoring of hot plug events, EDID exchanges, HDCP authentication, DPCD register reads, link training transactions and MST negotiations passively between a DP source and a DP display. The option includes activation of the adjunct board and requires the use of a custom cable provided by Teledyne LeCroy. The ACA logs these events and assigns precise timestamps to them. Once captured you can view details of each transaction. The ACA enables you to pinpoint various failures on the DisplayPort link. These ACA can be saved and disseminated for further analysis by colleagues and other subject matter experts.

Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) - Support includes fast link training, alternate scrambler seed, Advanced Link Power Management (ALPM) and backlight control through either through control pins or through aux channel transactions with the eDP display's DPCD registers. A pin header is available to provide access to the backlight Tx control test feature. The module offers the hardware necessary to support a variety of optional eDP features.

The following are is the list of compliance tests supported by the 980 DP 1.4 USB-C/eDP module.

DisplayPort Link Layer 1.4 HBR3 Source Compliance Test option – This new compliance test package (Package #3) initially includes forty-seven (47) HBR3 source link layer compliance tests which test the link training and other functions at rates up to HBR3. Tests from following Sections are supported: Link Training 4.3.1, Link Maintenance 4.3.2, Main Video 4.4.1/2, Main Audio 4.4.4, Power Management 4.4.3 and Forward Error Correction (FEC) 4.5.1. This test suite enables developers of 1.4-capable DisplayPort source devices to test their source devices for link layer compliance. Once initiated, the tests run to completion with limited user interaction required. Users can specify that the tests run for a particular number of iterations. When a test series has been completed, the instrument issues a detailed report that provides pass/fail results for each individual test. You can link to the aux channel transactions recording during the test. Reports and the raw log files can be viewed through 980 GUI Manager and can be distributed to colleagues and other subject matter experts for analysis.

DisplayPort Link Layer 1.4 HBR3 Sink Compliance Test option – This new compliance test package (Package #3) initially includes fifty-one (51) HBR3 source link layer compliance tests which test the link training and other functions at rates up to HBR3. Tests from the following Sections are supported: Aux Chan protocol 5.2.1, Link Training 5.3.1, Link Maintenance 5.3.2, Main Video 5.4.1/2, Main Audio 5.4.4, Power Management 5.4.3 and Forward Error Correction (FEC) 5.5.1. This test suite enables developers of 1.4-capable DisplayPort source devices to test their sink devices for link layer compliance. Once initiated, the tests run to completion with limited user interaction required. Users can specify that the tests run for a particular number of iterations. When a test series has been completed, the instrument issues a detailed report that provides pass/fail results for each individual test. You can link to the aux channel transactions recording during the test. Reports and the raw log files can be viewed through 980 GUI Manager and can be distributed to colleagues and other subject matter experts for analysis.

NEW! DisplayPort EDID 1.4 Sink Compliance Test option – This new compliance test package includes all EDID compliance tests.

DisplayPort Display Stream Compression (DSC) Source Compliance Test option – This new compliance test package enables developers of 1.4-capable DisplayPort source devices to test their source devices for DSC compliance. Once initiated, the tests run to completion with limited user interaction required. When a test series has been completed, the instrument issues a detailed report that provides pass/fail results for each individual test. You can link to the aux channel transactions recording during the test. Reports and the raw log files can be viewed through 980 GUI Manager and can be distributed to colleagues and other subject matter experts for analysis. DSC source compliance test option also includes the Forward Error Correction (FEC) tests in section 4.5.1.

UPDATED - NEW TESTS ADDED! DisplayPort Display Stream Compression (DSC) Sink Compliance Test option – This new compliance test package enables developers of 1.4-capable DisplayPort sink devices to test their source devices for DSC compliance. Once initiated, the tests run to completion with limited user interaction required. When a test series has been completed, the instrument issues a detailed report that provides pass/fail results for each individual test. You can link to the aux channel transactions recording during the test. Reports and the raw log files can be viewed through 980 GUI Manager and can be distributed to colleagues and other subject matter experts for analysis. DSC sink compliance test option also includes the Forward Error Correction (FEC) tests in section 5.5.1.

HDCP 2.2 Compliance Test option (DCP approved) – There are three (3) separate options for running HDCP 2.2 compliance tests on source, display and repeater devices. Once initiated, the tests run to completion with limited user interaction required. When a test series has been completed, the instrument issues a detailed report that provides pass/fail results for each individual test. You can link to the aux channel transactions recording during the test. Reports and the raw log files can be viewed through 980 GUI Manager and can be distributed to colleagues and other subject matter experts for analysis.

The following are a list of key specifications for the DisplayPort 1.4 Video Generator module. Please refer to the data sheet for a complete list of specifications.

DisplayPort Tx and/or USB-C Tx with DP Alt Mode Interfaces

• Number of Lanes: 1, 2, 4
• DP Link Rates: 1.62Gb/s, 2.7Gb/s, 5.4Gb/s, 8.1Gb/s
• Video Encoding: RGB, YCbCr
• Sampling Modes: 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0
• Color Depth: 24, 30, 36, & 48 bits per pixel
• Colorimetry: ITU-R BT.601-5, ITU-R BT.709-5
• HDCP Versions 1.3 and 2.2
• DSC/FEC Video Generation: No limit on number of slices

DisplayPort Rx and/or USB-C Rx with DP Alt Mode Interfaces

• Number of Lanes: 1, 2, 4
• DP Link Rates: 1.62Gb/s, 2.7Gb/s, 5.4Gb/s, 8.1Gb/s
• Video Encoding: RGB, YCbCr
• Sampling Modes: 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0
• Color Depth: 24, 30, 36, & 48 bits per pixel
• Colorimetry: ITU-R BT.601-5, ITU-R BT.709-5
• HDCP Versions 1.3 and 2.2
• DSC/FEC Protocol Analysis: No limit on number of slices