Tektronix WFM4000 Series, WFM5000 Series User Manual

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Warranty

Tektronix warrants that this product w ill 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. Parts, modules and replacement products used by Tektronix for warranty work may be new or reconditioned to like new performance. All replaced parts, modules and products become the property of Tektronix.

In order to obtain service under this warranty, Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service. Customer shall b e responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by 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.

This warranty shall not apply to any defect, failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate m aintenance and care. Tektronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under th is warranty a) to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than Tektronix representatives to install, repair or service the product; b) to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment; c) to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non-Tektronix supplies; or d) to service a product that has been modiﬁed or integrated with other products when the effect of such modiﬁcation or integration increases the time or difﬁculty of s ervicing the product.

THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TEK TRONIX’ RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IS THE SO L E AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER TEKTRONIX OR T HE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

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Table of Contents

General Safety Summary . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . . . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . . . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . iii

Environmental Considerations........................................................................................................ v

Preface ................................................................................................................................. vi

Key Features .....................................................................................................................vi

Instrument Options............................................................................................................. viii

Where to Find More Information................................................................................................. ix

Conventions Used in this Manual . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . . . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ix

Installation.............................................................................................................................. 1

Before Installation................................................................................................................ 1

Connecting Power and Powering On/Off. . . . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . . . ... . ... .. . . ... . . 3

Battery Power ....................................................................................................................3

Installing in a Video System

Getting Acquainted With Your Instrument . . .. ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . . . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . . 6

Instrument Display ...............................................................................................................6

Front-Panel Controls .. . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... .9

Rear-Panel Connectors ... .. ... . ... . ... .. ... . . . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . . . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... 11

Selecting a Display.............................................................................................................. 14

Setting Display Parameters..................................................................................................... 15

Selecting Signal Inputs. . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... 16

Setting 4-Tile and Full-Tile Modes. ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. 16

Setting Gain, Sweep, and Magniﬁcation ....................................................................................... 18

Using Waveform/VectorDisplay Overlay....................................................................................... 20

Using Presets ................................................................................................................... 21

Freezingthe Display ............................................................................................................ 22

Setting Line Select Mode ....................................................................................................... 24

Conﬁguring Your Instrument .................................................................................................... 25

Using Online Help............................................................................................................... 26

Adjusting Headphone Volume and Source.. .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . . . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . . . ... .. ... . ... . ... . . 28

Checking Chroma/Luma Delay (Lightning Display) ................................................................................. 29

Checking Gamut...................................................................................................................... 32

Setup for Gamut Checks........................................................................................................ 32

Checking RGB Gamut .......................................................................................................... 33

Checking Composite Gamut.................................................................................................... 35

Checking Luma Gamut ......................................................................................................... 36

Automating Gamut Checks ..................................................................................................... 37

Adjusting Gamut Limits ......................................................................................................... 38

Timing Display ........................................................................................................................ 39

Monitoring Audio...................................................................................................................... 44

Conﬁguring Audio Inputs . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... .. ... . ... 44

Selecting Audio Input . . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . . . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. ... . .. 45

Checking Audio Level and Phase . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. . . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... .. . . ... . ... . ... .. . . ... . ... . ... . ... . 46

Table of Content

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Table of Content

Monitoring Safe Area Graticule ...................................................................................................... 48

Using Alarms.......................................................................................................................... 51

Upgrading Instrument Software...................................................................................................... 56

Index

Monitoring for

Safe Area Graticule............................................................................................. 48

ConﬁguringAlarms.............................................................................................................. 51

Monitoring Al

arms............................................................................................................... 55

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General Safety S

ummary

General Safet

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 Injury

Use proper power cord. Use only the power cord speciﬁed for this product and certiﬁed for the country of use.

Ground the product. This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord. To avoid electric

shock, the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before making connections to the input or output terminals

Observe al

product m anual for further ratings information before making connections to the product.

Do not apply a potential to any terminal, including the common terminal, that exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal.

Power disconnect. The power cord disconnects the product from the power source. Do not block the power cord; it

must remain accessible to the user at all times.

Do not operate without covers. Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed.

Do not operate with suspected failures. If you suspect that there is damage to this product, have it inspected by

qualiﬁe

of the product, ensure that the product is properly grounded.

lterminalratings.

d service personnel.

y Summary

To avoid ﬁre or shock hazard, observe all ratings and markings on the product. Consult the

Avoid e

Replac

Rechar

Use pro

xposed circuitry.

e batteries properly.

ge batteries properly.

per AC adapter.

Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present.

Replace batteries only with the speciﬁed type and rating.

Recharge batteries for the recommended charge cycle only.

Use only the AC adapter speciﬁed for this product.

Do not operate in wet/damp conditions.

Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere.

Keep product surfaces clean and dry.

vide proper ventilation.

Pro

proper ventilation.

Refer to the manual’s installation instructions for details on installing the product so it has

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General Safety S

Terms in This Manual

These terms may appear in this manual:

WARNING. Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life.

CAUTION. Caution statements identify c onditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property.

Symbols and Terms on the Product

These terms may appear on the product:

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:

ummary

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Environmental C

onsiderations

Environmenta

This section provides information about the environmental impact of the product.

Product End-of-Life Handling

Observe the following guidelines when recycling an instrument or component:

Equipment Recycling. Production of this equipment required the extraction and use of natural resources. The

equipment may contain substances that could be harmful to the environment or human health if improperly handled at the product’s end of life. In order to avoid release of such substances into the environment and to reduce the use of natural resources, we encourage you to recycle this product in an appropriate system that will ensure that most of the materials are reused or recycled appropriately.

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).

l Considerations

orate Materials

Perchl

This product contains one or more type CR lithium coin cell batteries. According to the state of California, CR lithium ion cells are classi ﬁed as perchlorate materials and require special handling. See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate for additional information.

Restriction of Hazardous Subs tances

This product has been classiﬁed as Monitoring and Control equipment, and is outside the scope of the 2002/95/EC RoHS

ctive.

Dire

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Preface

This manual describes the installation and basic operation of the following instruments:

WFM5000 series waveform monitors

WFM4000 series waveform monitors

Key Features

Tektronix waveform monitors 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, TandemVu®, and Quad Tile

Thumbnail display

Presets

Full digital processing

Waveform display Traditional waveform displays allow signals to be overlaid or paraded.

Timing display TIming display shows the timing relationship between video input and the external

Vector display Traditional and Lightning Vector displays are available. The latter shows both

Gamut monitoring Arrowhead, Diamond, and Split Diamond displays offer us

Picture area

Audio monitoring

Status screens The following status displays provide content st

Quad TIle (4-Tile): View four measurement displays at once, one in each tile.

TandemVu®: Patented display allows you to overlay the Waveform and

Waveform and Lightning displays, plus Picture Thumbnail, in a single, full-tile display.

Full: View a Waveform measurement display that is active in tile 1 full screen.

Thumbnail display of the picture in the selected Waveform, Gamut, Audio, or Vector measurement displays.

Customizable presets allow you to quickly save and recall commo conﬁgurations.

Full digital processing allows for accurate, repeatable, drift-free operation that surpasses traditional analog designs.

Waveform/Vector or Waveform/Lightning overlay display is

reference.

luma and chroma amplitudes, as well as quantifying interVector display with Composite and Component Compass Rose graticules, and Vector/Waveform and Lightning/Waveform overlay; as well as gain, sweep, and magniﬁcation controls.

thresholds so that you c an set monitoring limits appropriate to a speciﬁc operation. Gamut monitoring is fully integrated with the alarm logging and reporting capabilities.

Support for standard and custom Safe Graticules of Picture displays for monitoring the incorrect placements of graphics and logos. Two Sa Title graticules are supported.

Lissajous display lets you monitor audio channel inp

Support and options for viewing and monitoring both l pairs for A E S and embedded audio, and many popular audio scales, including BBC scales.

Provides Audio Control Packet information, which is ancillary data used to describe the number of channels, audio frame rate, and audio

atus: Alarm, Event/Error Log, Video

Session, Audio Session, and Audio Control.

also available.

channel timing. Includes

er-selectable gamut

fe Area graticules and Safe

uts.

evels of normal channel

channel delay.

Vector or

nly used

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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 conditi

on occurred.

Preface

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Preface

Instrument Options

Yo u can add the following service options to any instrument:

Option C3. Adds 3 years of Calibration Service.

Option C5. Adds 5 years of Calibration Service.

Option D1. Adds a Calibration Data Report.

Option D3. Adds 3 years of Calibration Data Report (when ordered with option C3).

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).

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Where to Find More Information

Item Purpose Location

User manual (this manual)

Installation and procedures for instrument operation

Preface

procedures

Online help

Speciﬁcations and performance veriﬁcation technical reference

WFM, WVR, and AMM Management Information Database technical reference

Service manual Optional manual

In-depth instrument operation an

Speciﬁcations and procedures for checking instrument performance

Programming commands for WFM, WVR, and AMM instruments

supporting module-level servicing of the instrument

Conventions Used in this Manual

lowing icons are used throughout this manual:

The fol

ce Step

Sequen

d UI help

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Preface

x WFM4000 and WFM5000 Waveform Monitors User Manual

Installation

To install your instrument in a cabinet, rack, or carrying case, follow the instructions that are included with the optional accessory kits that are available for each type of installation.

CAUTION. Do not install this instrument in any cabinet except those that are listed in the Accessories table. Attempting to

do so can damage the instrument and the cabinet.

If you install your instrument in a custom application, such as a console, be sure to provide adequate airﬂow. Do not block the ventilation holes.

CAUTION. Failure to provide adequate airﬂow to the instrument could cause the instrument to shut down. If the airﬂow is

blocked and the instrument does not shut down, the instrument could be seriously damaged.

Before Installation

Unpack the instrument and check that you have received all of the items listed as standard accessories. You may want to save the shipping carton

Installation

and packing materials (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 mo st current information on accessories.

Tektronix part

Accessory Standard Optional

WFM4000 and WFM5000 Waveform Monitors Quick Start Reference

WFM4000 and WFM5000 Waveform Monitors Release Notes

WFM4000 and WFM5000 Waveform Monitors Product

Documentation CD kit

This CD contains the following documents in PDF format. (All documents are in English unless noted otherwise):

User Manual (English, Japanese, Chinese)

Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation Technical Reference

System Integrator Technical Reference

WFM, WVR, AMM Management Information Database (MIB) Technical Reference

Power Plug and Adapter

NOTE. See the International Power Plugs list that follows this table

for the type of power plug included with your instrument

WFM4000 and WFM5000 Waveform Monitors Service Manual

WFM50F01, Portable cabinet with handle, feet, and front panel cover

●

number

071-2476-XX

077-2444-XX

020-2918-XX

Not applicable

077-2442-XX

WFM50F01

WFM4000 and WFM5000 Waveform Monitors User Manual 1

Installation

Accessory Standard Optional

WFM50F02,Dua series

WFM50FGM Anton Bauer battery adapter mounting plate for the WFM4000 and WFM5000

l rackmount for the WFM5000 series and WFM4000

●

Tektronix part number

WFM50F02

WFM50FGM

NOTE. Batter

Anton Bauer For use with the WFM50FGM.

Anton Bauer Battery Charger for the WFM4000 and the WFM5000. For use with the Anton Bauer Battery Pack.

WFM50FVM Sony IDX battery adapter mounting plate

NOTE. Bat

WFM50FSC

y and charger must be ordered separately.

Battery Pack for the WFM4000 and the WFM5000.

tery and charger not available.

Soft carrying case for the WFM5000 and WFM4000.

●

146-0156-00

016-2005-0

WFM50FVM

WFM50FSC

International Power Plugs. Your instrument was shipped with one of the following power cord options. Power cords for

use in North America are UL listed and CSA certiﬁed. Cords for use in areas other than North America are approved by at least one authority acceptable in the country to which the product is s hipped.

Opt. A0 – North America power

Opt. A1 – Universal EUR power

Opt. A2 – U nited K ingdom power

Opt. A 3 – Australia power

Opt. A5 – Switzerland power

Opt. A6 – Japan power

Opt. A10 – China power

Opt. A11 – India power

Opt. A99 – No power cord and AC adapter

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Connecting Power and Powering On/Off

AC Power Requirements

The instrument operates from an A C line frequency of 50 or 60 Hz, over the range of 100-240 Volts, without the need for conﬁguratio to the Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation document on the Product Documentation CD for additional information on power and environmental requirements.

Connect the supplied power cord to the AC adapter and then connect it to the rear panel power connector. After you connect the power su

n, except the power cord. (See page 2, International Power Plugs.) The typical power draw is 22 Watts. Refer

pply to your power source, the instrument will not turn on until you perform the following procedure.

Powering On/Off the instrument

The Power button performs the following functions when connected to a 12 V DC input.

Press the Power buttontoturnontheinstrument.

Press the Power button again to turn off the instrument.

Battery Power

Installation

This instrument can be powered by a 12 V DC input or by a 14.4 V standard camera battery. If you are using a battery with this instrument, read the following battery safety notices. This instrument was designed to be used with an Anton Bauer ba

CAUTION. Before using the Anton Bauer Power Tap feature, refer to the product information included with the battery. If that

information is not available, contact the battery manufacturer for information.

WARNING. Fire

other than the provided AC adapter, ensure that it has a current limiting device (such as a fuse) below 50 Amps.

WARNING. Risk of personal injury and/or property damage from falling instrument. This instrument was not designed to be

used with batteries may make the unit too heavy in the back, causing the instrument to tip backward.

ttery. It can also be used with a Sony IDX battery.

can cause personal injury and/or property damage. To prevent risk of ﬁre, when using a 12 V DC source

of a different shape or weight than the battery available for this product from Tektronix. Other batteries

WFM4000 and WFM5000 Waveform Monitors User Manual 3

Installation

Installing in a Video System

The instrument can operate almost anywhere in the distribution system. Refer to the following diagrams for serial digital system inputs.

For monitoring the video bit stream at the end of a link

If the instrument is placed at the end of a link, this s

etup can be used.

1. Connect a ca

2. Termin a te t

connector you will use on the instrument.

3. Connect the cable from the serial source

output to the one of the SDI inputs on the rear panel

NOTE. See the Speciﬁcations and

Performance Veriﬁcation manual on the Product D allowed cable lengths.

ble to a serial signal source.

he loop-through on the SDI

of the instrument.

ocumentation CD for maximum

For monitoring within an operating link

If the instrument is installed to monitor an operating link, the destination receiver and the connecting cable serve as the termination. This monitoring connection checks the performance of the entire path. The return loss of the instrument is sufﬁciently high that, in most cases, the destination r eceiver sets the system return loss.

4. Connect a cable to a serial signal source.

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.

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Installation

Line Termination

Your instrument uses passive loop-through analog and reference inputs. Accordingly, the loopthrough inputs must be terminated externally. It is important that this external termination meets accuracy and return loss requirements. Terminations for loop-throughs on 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 or 75 Ω,usea50Ω standard center pin. Some laboratory 75 Ω BNC connectors 50 Ω standard (large diameter) center pins.

Do not use connectors or terminators with the smaller center pins. They could cause intermittent connections.

use a smaller diameter center pin. The BNC connectors on the instrument are designed to work with the

WFM4000 and WFM5000 Waveform Monitors User Manual 5

Getting Acquain

ted With Your Instrument

Getting Acqua

Instrument Display

This instrument supports the following displays:

Waveform: Normal, Display Overlay modes

Vector: Normal, SDI—> Composite, Lightning, Display Overlay modes

Gamut: Arrowhead, Diamond, Split Diamond

Picture

Audio: Bars, Lissajous, or both

Status: Timing Display, Alarm Status, Event/Error Log, Video Session, Audio Session, Audio Control

Picture Thumbnail Display

The picture thumbnail feature displays the thumbnail of the picture in the selected measurement display. This allows you to view the modiﬁed picture without losing visibility of the selected display.

When the instrument is in Full-tile m ode, pressing the Th umbnail button makes the Thumbnail display appear over a part of

cted measurement display. When the instrument is in 4-Tile mode, pressing the Thumbnail button displays the

the sele thumbnail image in tile 1. If a picture display is present in one of the four tiles, then no thumbnail picture will be displayed.

inted With Your Instrument

1. Push one of the measurement buttons to

a measurement of your choice.

select

2. To d is p

3. Pus

NOTE. The Picture Thumbnail is available

r all displays except Picture.

lay the picture thumbnail, toggle

the Thumbnail button until it is lit.

The thumbnail option can also be

ted from the CONFIG > Display

selec Settings > Thumbnail menu.

htheThumbnail button again to turn

off the picture thumbnail.

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Getting Acquain

tedWithYourInstrument

To Determine Status At-a-Glance

The Status Bar, located at the bottom of the instrument display, shows the instrument status and the monitored signal information. The following table describes the display elements shown on the status bar.

Display element Description

Input Format

Reference S ource Text indicating the source of the current reference. Possible references are: External, Internal.

Current Input Text indicating the selected input. Possible inputs are: SDI A and SDI B. Also indicates if the

EDH or CRC Error A one-line area that is visible if EDH or CRC errors are present.

RGB Gamut Error A one-line area that is visible if RGB gamut errors are present.

Text indicating the format of the signal on the selected input or whether signal is missing or unlocked.

Also indicates format and whether the reference is missing or unlocked.

current input is not in Auto mode and is unlocked.

NOTE. Because RGB and Composite Gamut messages appear on the same line in the

display, if both R GB and Composite Gamut errors are present at the same time, the message "RGB and Cmpst Gamut" will appear.

Composite Gamut Error A one-line area that is visible if Composite gamut (Arrowhead) errors are present.

NOTE. Because RGB and Composite Gamut messages appear on the same line in the

display, if both R GB and Composite Gamut errors are present at the same time, the message "RGB and Cmpst Gamut" will appear.

Luma Gamut Errors A one-line area that is visible if Luma errors are present.

Alarm/Error Indicator An icon visible when alarms of types other than those in the four readouts just listed occur.

Date and Time

FreezeStatus Aniconvisiblewhenthetraceofthedisplayisintheactivefrozenstate.

Instrument Name

Audio Status

Timecode Readout A readout showing the selected time-code value.

Low Battery Indicator

Readout of the date and time (set in CONFIG > Utilities).

Name assigned to the instrument in the CONFIG > Utilities menu.

A 16-character string indicating the selected audio input or the embedded audio channel status, when embedded audio is the selected input, In the latter case, each character shows the status of a speciﬁc channel: - for not present and p for present.

Appears when the battery level has no more than 10 minutes of operating power remaining.

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Getting Acquain

Status Bar Icons

Display icons Description

ted With Your Instrument

Warning - Appears when an error or an alarm that is mapped to the user interface triggers.

Alarms Muted - Appears when the alarms are muted from the STATUS pop-up menu.

Alarms Disabled - This text appears in the Status Bar when Alarms are disabled from the Conﬁguration menu.

Freeze Active - Appears when the display is frozen.

Battery Low - This icon appears only on instruments using an external battery as a power source. This icon appears when the battery has 10 minutes or less of operating power remaining.

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Front-Panel Controls

Getting Acquain

tedWithYourInstrument

NOTE. Some of t

instrument, press the CONFIG button. In the Conﬁguration menu, select the Utilities submenu. The View Instruments Options entry lists the options installed on your instrument.

he controls that this section covers are option-dependent. For a list of the options that are installed on your

Three Levels of Control

You control the instrument on three levels:

Frequently changed settings. The front-panel buttons control the most commonly changed parameters. The knobs are

used to adjust levels and make selections.

Display speciﬁc settings. Pop-up menus control parameters that are speciﬁc to the displayed options. The pop-up

menus control less frequently changed parameters such as the waveform display mode (for example, changing the waveform display mode from RGB to YPbPr). To display a pop-up menu, press and hold the desired Display button for about a second.

Instrument-wide settings. The parameters in the Conﬁguration menu are instrument-wide settings. The conﬁguration

menu controls settings that are changed only occasionally, s uch as changing waveform color or setting the network address.

Layout and Usage

The primary front panel elements shown below are described in the table that follows. The Usage Procedure column in the table refers you to a procedure in this manual that explains how to use the element. A reference of None means that the

t is an indicator only or has no associated procedure.

elemen

Control element or group Usage procedures

Display selection buttons

Display buttons

Gain, Sweep, and Mag buttons Setting gain, sweep, and magniﬁcation (See page 18.)

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Controlling the display (See page 6.)

Selecting a display (See page 14.) Setting display parameters (See page 15.)

Getting Acquain

ted With Your Instrument

Control elemen

Preset button

Input Selecti

Line Select b

EXT REF button

Freeze button

Help button

Conﬁgura

Up/Down/

General

Vertica

Power button

Main button

on buttons

utton

tion button

Left/Right Arrow keys and SEL button

knob

l and Horizontal knobs

torgroup

Usage procedur

Using presets

Selecting sig

Setting line

Selecting s

Freezing th

Using onli

Conﬁguri

Demonstr

Demonst page 25.)

Used to position waveforms when displayed in full screen. When the Audio display is active, use the Horizontal knob to

the headphone volume.

adjust

to turn the instrument on or off.

Press

s to 4-Tile (Quad Tile) mode and to the USB drive.

Acces Demonstrated in 4-Tile and Full-Tile Modes (See page 16.)

(See page 21.)

nal inputs (See page 16.)

select mode (See page 24.)

ignal inputs (See page 16.)

e d isplay (See page 22.)

ne help (See page 26.)

ng your instrument (See page 25.)

ated in Setting Display Parameters (See page 15.)

rated in To Select/Adjust a Parameter (See

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Rear-Panel Connectors

The following ﬁgure shows the rear panel.

Power Requirements When Using an AC Converter

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A single-phase power source with one current-carrying conductor at or near

round (the neutral conductor).

earth-g

The powe 50 or 60 Hz, and an operating voltage range must be from 100 to 240 VAC, contin

System conductors live with respect to ground (such as phase-to-phase in multiphase syste power sources.

NOTE. Only the line conductor is fused for

current protection. The fuse is internal

overand self-resetting.

r source frequency must be

uous.

s with both current-carrying

ms) are not recommended as

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All SDI inputs compensated for 75 Ω and require termination.

1. Ref Loop. A synchronization input.

The input sig burst, analog composite video, or analog tri-level for HD. Requires 75 Ω terminatio

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.

are passive inputs

nal can be analog black

AES IN Connector

1. This BNC connector supports AES IN

o input.

audi

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Ground Closure Interface Connector Pin Assignment

The ground closure interface (GCI) connector uses ground closures for remote control and indicating to external equipment when alarms have occurred. The input of LTC is through the GCI connector. The GCI connector is a 15-pin D-type c onnector with socket contacts.

Table 1: Remote Port

Characteristic Performance requirement Reference information

Connector Pin Assignments

1GND(In)

2 Reserved (I/O)

3 Reserved (I/O)

4 Reserved (In)

5 Reserved (In)

6GND(In)

7TimeCodePositive(LTCIn)

8 Time Code Negative (LTC In)

9 Ground Closure (Alarm Out)

10 Preset 1 (In)

11 Preset 2 (In)

12 Preset 3 (In)

13 Preset 4 (In)

14 Preset 5 (In)

15 Preset 6 (In)

Hex Binary

Pins 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10

F 111111

E XX1110 Preset 1 No action

D XX1101 Preset 2 No action

B XX1011 Preset 3

A XX1010 No action

9 XX1001 No action

8 XX1000 Preset 8

6 XX0110 Preset 6

4 XX0100 Preset 4

3 XX0011 Preset 3

2 XX0010 Preset 2

1 XX0001 Preset 1

0 XX0000 Unused

N/A

XX1100

XX0111 Preset 4 Preset 7

XX0101 Preset 5

101111 Preset 5

011111 Preset 6

Direct mode selection

none

Encoded mode selection

No action

SDI B

SDI A

N/A

Ethernet Connecto r

The instrument provides a 10/100 BaseT Ethernet interface. The Ethernet connector is a standard RJ-45 connector.

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Selecting a Display

Perform the following procedure to select a display from the front panel of the instrument.

1. Push a button corresponding to the

display that you want to view:

WFM - display of video waveform

PICT - display of the picture

generated by the video signal

GAMUT - display selectable for

three proprietary Tektronix views for checking the gamut of an SDI signal

VECTOR - display of Vector plots of

color signals

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

The selected display will appear.

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Setting Display Parameters

You can set up the display parameters using the pop-up menus. In general, they control only settings speciﬁc to the active display type. For example, the pop-up menu for the Waveform display enables you to set the Display Mode.

The pop-up menu will appear when selected (see the procedure that follows), unless it is not appropriate for the current instrument setting (for example, trying to display the Gamut menu when viewing a composite input signal).

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.

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3. Use the right and left keys to traverse

between the menu panels.

4. Use the up/down arrow keys to select

the parameters in a menu.

5. Press SEL to set the selected parameter.

The VECTOR display with the Bar Ta rgets set to 75% is shown.

NOTE. The selections in a pop-up menu

can change depending on the settings.

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Selecting Signal Inputs

You can connect SDI (Serial Digital Interface) signals and select them for display. Depending on your instrument model and the options installed on it, you can also connect High Deﬁnition (HD) component signals and Standard Deﬁnition (SD) component signals.

To Select an SDI Input

1. Connect digital component video signals

to the SDI A and SDI B inputs on the rear panel.

HD (WFM5000

instrument automatically detects whether input is HD or SD.

SD (WFM4000 series): Connect SD

signal onl

2. Press the Input button corresponding

to the input that you want (SDI Input A shown).

3. Select a d

isplay to view the input.

series): The

Setting 4-Tile and Full-Tile Modes

You ca n the same time. Each display will appear in one of four tiles on the display screen. Full-tile mode allows you to view the display in tile 1 at full screen.

access the 4-Tile and Full-Tile functions from the MAIN button. 4-Tile mode allows you to view four displays at

When you press the MAIN button, a pop-up menu will appear allowing you access to the 4-Tile and Full-Tile settings. To set

instrument to view four tiles simultaneously, perform the following procedure.

up the

1. Pres

2. Press the up or down arrow key to

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s and hold the MAIN button to view

the pop-up menu.

navigate to Tile Display and then press

ight arrow key to highlight 4-Tile.

the r This will select 4-Tile mode and the screen will display four separate tiles.

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3. Press the down a

Tile Conﬁg., and then press the right

arrow key to select Tile 1.Onlya waveform (WFM viewed in this tile.

NOTE. The Tile Conﬁg. menu option is

only availab

4. Press the down arrow key to highlight

5. Press the left arrow key to return to the

6. Press the down arrow key to highlight

le when 4-Tile mode is selected.

Tile 2, and t key to navigate to the submenu. The available displays will be shown in the submenu. S display in tile 2 using the up and down arrow keys.

tile selec

Tile 3,an key to navigate to the submenu. The available displays will be shown in the submenu display in tile 3 using the up and down arrow keys.

tion menu.

. Select the one you want to

rrow key to highlight

button) display can be

hen press the right arrow

elect the one you want to

d then press the right arrow

7. Press the down arrow key to highlight

and then press the right arrow

Tile 4, key to navigate to the submenu. The available displays will be shown in the

nu. Select the one you want to

subme display in tile 4 using the arrow keys.

NOTE. Switch between Full-Tile and 4-Tile mode by pressing the MAIN button.

Navigating Be tween Tiles

Once you have conﬁgured the four tiles in your instrument, you can navigate between tiles by pressing the measurement button related to the type of display in the tile. You can conﬁgure the display of any active tile by pressing and holding the

ated measurement button to bring up its pop-up menu.

rel

Navigating between tiles of different display types. If you have a waveform display in tile 1, press the WFM button,

and tile 1 will be outlined by a blue line. This indicates that the tile is active. If you then want to activate another display in a different tile, press the related front panel button. For example, if you have a vector display in tile 2, pressing the VECTOR button will activate tile 2. The blue line will move from tile1totile2,indicatingthattile2isnowtheactivetile.

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Navigating between tiles of the same display type. If the same measurement display is shown in two separate

tiles, pressin is shown in tile 3 and tile 4, pressing the PICT button will alternately make tile 3 and then tile 4 active.

g the releated measurement button will activate ﬁrst one and then the other tile. For example, if a Picture display

Conﬁguring displays in different tiles. You ca n conﬁgure the display of any active tile by pressing and holding the

related measurement button to bring up its pop-up menu. For example, if you want to conﬁgure a waveform display in tile 1, press the WFM button to activate tile 1, and then press and hold the WFM button to view the WFM pop-up menu. You can then select or change conﬁgurable settings.

NOTE. Read about which displays are activated by which front panel buttons in the Instrument Display section of this

manual. (See page 6.)

Setting Gain, Sweep, and Magniﬁcation

You can set the gain, sweep mode, and sweep rate using the GAIN, SWEEP, and MAG buttons. W hen you use the Waveform/Vector (WFM & VEC) Display Overlay feature, Gain, Sweep, and Magniﬁ cation apply to the active display. A lit

nel button denotes an active display.

front-pa

NOTE. Gain, Sweep, and Magniﬁcation do not apply to all display types.

To Set Gain

1. Select the WFM measurement. (See

page 14, Selecting a Display.)

2. Press and hold the GAIN button to

display the gain settings.

3. If you enable VAR Gain, set the gain using the GENERAL knob.

4. If you select Gain Settings, choose the gain (x2, x5, x10) of your choice.

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To Set Sweep

1. Press the WFM button. The default

display style is Parade.

2. Press and hold the Sweep button to

display the sweep settings.

3. Select the setting (1 Line or 1 Field) of

your choice.

NOTE. If the Waveform display style is set

to Overlay, the menu selections will include 2Lineand2Field.

To Set Magniﬁcation

1. Press the WFM button.

2. Press and hold the MAG button to

display th

e magniﬁcation settings.

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3. Select th

x30) of your choice.

e setting (Best View, x10, x20,

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Using Waveform/Vector Display Overlay

Tan d emVu® is a patented display that allows you to overlay the Waveform and Vector or Waveform and Lightning displays,

plus Picture Thumbnail, in a single, full-tile display. You can then view waveform and vector displays, or waveform and Lightning displays, at the same time. This feature allows you maximum visibility of each trace.

To set up WFM/Vector display overlay

NOTE. Yo u c a

on the WFM display or the WFM display over the Vector display. Both overlay options are selected in want to overlay the Lightning display, ﬁrst select Lightning from the Vector menu, and then proce

The follow the Vector over WFM overlay. To set up the WFM over Vector overlay, select the Vector button in

1. Press an the WFM display and the WFM pop-up menu.

2. In the pop-up menu, navigate to Display Overla

The Vector display will be overlaid on the WFM display.

3. Press the WFM button to dismiss the pop-u

n o verlay the Vector display

the display pop-up menus. If you

ed to select overlay.

ing procedure shows how to set up

stead of the WFM button.

d hold the WFM buttontoview

y and select WFM & VEC.

p menu.

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Using Presets

Presets let you save up to eight custom setups for later recall. You can also recall a factory predeﬁned setup.

To Recall an Existing Preset

1. Press the PRESE T button b rieﬂy and the

display buttons on the bottom of the front panel will li will appear at the bottom of the display screen.

2. Press the lit display button that

correspond screen.

The front panel setup will switch to the saved pres pressed.

ght up and named presets

s to the named preset on the

et corresponding to the button

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To Recall

1. Press and hold the PRESET button to

display the preset menu.

2. Select Recall Preset > Recall Factory

Preset.

The front panel setup will revert to the default factory settings.

the Factory Preset

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To Save a Setup to a Preset

1. Set up the instrument according to your

requirements.

2. From the Preset menu, select Save 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.

Freezing the Display

Freeze allows you to capture the current image for traces (waveform, gamut, and vector), as well as picture, status, and audio dis

plays. This function is useful for comparing sources or capturing transient events.

NOTE. For waveform displays, the captured image is shown in a different color to distinguish it from the live image. For all

displays, the instrument continues to log error status in the background while the display is frozen.

To Select the Freeze Display Mode

1. Push and hold the FREEZE button to

display the pop-up menu.

2. Use the navigation keys to select the desired mode, and then press SEL to set the Freeze display mode:

Live Only allows you to keep a

frozen image, but not display it.

Frozen Only allowsyoutosee

artifacts in the frozen trace m ore easily.

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.

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To Delete the Freeze Display

1. Select the frozen display that you want

to delete.

2. Press and hold the FREEZE button to

display the pop-up menu. By default, the Delete Image (Clear) will be selected.

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3. Press SEL to

The pop-up menu automatically disappears when the frozen image is deleted.

To Save a Di

You can capture a full screen image of any display, whether the instrument is in Full or 4-Tile mode, using the following procedure.

1. Conﬁgure the display you want to

capture.

2. Press and hold the MAIN button to

display the pop-up menu.

3. Use the down arrow to navigate to Save

Display to USB.

4. Press the SEL button and follow the

on-screen instructions.

delete the frozen image.

splay to a USB Device

Usage Tips

To adjust this setting, select Display Settings > Freeze Effects from the CONFIG menu.

Cursors track the live trace, so they may not be correctly registered on a frozen trace. If you change parameters such as

tion, sweep rate, or gain, then the cursors may not be accurate relative to a frozen trace.

posi

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Setting Line Select Mode

To Toggle Line

1. Select the measurement display for

which you want to set the Line Select mode.

2. Press the LINE SEL button to toggle Line Select mode On or Off. When On, it displays the line information.

3. Press the left or right arrow key to select F1 (ﬁeld 1), F2 (ﬁeld 2), or All.

4. The line and ﬁeld information will appear at the bottom of the display screen.

5. Turn the GENERAL knob to select the line you w ant to view.

Select Mode

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Conﬁguring Your Instrument

The Conﬁguration menu is used to change the instrument settings that are changed occasionally such as printer settings. To change a setting, you must ﬁrst highlight it. The following procedures help you to navigate through the conﬁguration menu.

To Traverse the Menu Panes

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1. Press the CON

Conﬁguration menu.

The Conﬁguration menu is displayed on the top or bo

2. Use the left/right arrow keys to m ove the

selection back and forth among panels.

The select outline.

FIG button to display the

ttom half of the screen.

ed, active pane has a blue

To Select/Adjust a Parameter

3. Use the up/down arrow keys (or the

General knob) to move the selection

down the menu entries in the

up and selected pane.

Notice which pane is active. The

cted, active menu item is highlighted

sele by a white menu bar; and the selected item in the inactive pane is highlighted

ray menu bar.

by a g

ss the SEL button (or right-arrow key)

4. Pre

to toggle between and set the desired parameter settings.

5. If the menu item selected results in the

b icon appearing in the menu, use

kno the General knob to adjust the selected parameter.

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Using Online Help

The online help is both a quick and an exclusive reference for instrument operation details. The online help is:

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.

To Display and Navigate Online Help

1. Press HELP.

2. Use the GENERAL knob or the up/down

arrow keys Contents (entries never change).

3. Press SEL to select the highlighted category.

to highlight an entry in the

4. Press th selection to the Topic Selector pane (entries change with the selection made in step

5. Use the up/down arrow keys to select among the topics listed for the heading selected in step 2

6. Press

e right-arrow key to move

s2and3).

GENERAL knob and the

SEL to display the selected topic.

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To Follow a Link Within a Help Topic

1. Press the right-arrow key to move

selection to the Topic pane.

2. Highlight a link using the GENERA L

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.

To Get Context Sensitive Help

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1. When a m enu

menu setting for which you want help information, press the HELP button, and helponth

2. You can al

turn) a control for which you want help information and the help topic pane will display

3. Press HE

is displayed, select the

at setting will appear.

so operate (press, select, or

help on the control you used.

LP again to exit online help.

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Adjusting Headphone Volume and Source

When an audio tile is active, the headphone volume can be adjusted using the Horizontal knob. To adjust the audio source, perform the following procedure.

NOTE. The headphone icon appears at the bottom of the Audio display.

WARNING. To avoid hearing damage, always turn the volume down to the minimum before you put on headphones,

and then turn it up slowly.

1. Press the AUDIO button to bring up the audio display or make an existing audio display active in 4-Tile m ode.

2. Press and hold the AUDIO button to display the Audio menu.

3. Select Phase/Headphone Pair, and then select the headphone source of your choice.

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Checking Chroma

/Luma Delay (Lightning Display)

Checking Chro

The Lightning display can be used for interchannel timing measurements. When the color-difference signal is not coincident with luma, the transitions between the c olor dots will deviate from the center mark of a delay scale. The amount of deviation represents the relative signal delay between luma and the color-difference signal.

1. Connect a signal containing color bar

information, terminating the signal properly.

2. Press and hold the VECT button to

display the signal and the Vector pop-up menu.

ma/Luma Delay (Lightning Display)

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3. Use the arrow keys and the SEL button to set the menu in the steps that follow.

4. Set the Display Type to Lightning.

5. Set BAR TARGETS to match y our input

signal.

6. Select Center Waveform, and press SEL if you want to center the waveform.

/Luma Delay (Lightning Display)

7. Press the VECT button to close the pop-up menu.

8. Determine where transitions intersect the delay scales and derive the timing error in nanoseconds, as deﬂected from the center mark:

The center mark of the nine marks

spanning each green-magenta transition is the zero error point.

Alignment to a mark towards black

means the color-difference signal lags with respect to luma.

Alignment to a mark towards white

means the color-difference signal leads the luma signal.

The upper half of the display

measures the Pb to Y timing; the bottom half measures the Pr to Y timing.

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The + tic marks on the graticule indicate the following timing errors:

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/Luma Delay (Lightning Display)

Tic mark SD timing error (ns) HD timing error (ns)

0marks 0 0 0

1st 20 2 1

2nd 40

3rd 74

4th 148

Luma sample

Chroma sample

13.5 6.75

27 13.5

1080p 50, 59.94

, 60 (dual link

formats) tim ing error (ns)

2.5

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Checking Gamut

Checking Gamu

Signals that are legal and valid i n one signal representation may not be legal in another representation. Speciﬁcally, signals which are legal in the Digital YCbCr representation may not be legal if transcoded to RGB or encoded to NTSC/PAL. Any signal that fails this test is considered outofgamut.

Your instrument supports multiple displays and alarms to detect outofgamut signals. The displays and their uses are as follows:

Diamond for checking that SDI signals conform to legal RGB gamut space

Split Diamond separates the upper and lower diamonds to show excursions below black; otherwise it is identical to the Diamond display

Arrowhead for checking if an SDI signal is legal for composite color space

Diamond, Split Diamond, and Arrowhead have adjustable thresholds. If the signal goes outside the area deﬁned by the thresholds, the signal is outofgamut. If these limits are exceeded, the instrument can generate alarms if conﬁgured to do so.

Setup for Gamut Checks

1. Connect a video signal and terminate it

properly.

2. Select the input corresponding to the signal connected.

3. Press and hold the GAMUT button

play the signal and the GAMUT

to dis pop-up menu.

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4. Use the arrow keys and SEL button to

set the menu to one of these three gamut displays:

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Diamond. Use t

o detect, isolate, and correct RGB component gamut errors.

Split Diamond. Use to reveal

hard-to-ﬁnd

Arrowhead.

black gamut errors.

Use to detect composite gamut errors, without employing a composite encoder.

5. Press the GAMUT button to close the

menu.

Checking RGB Gamut

The Diamond display effectively shows how the R it a good tool for detecting gamut errors. The instrument converts the Y, P compone to R, G, and B to form the Diamond display. To predictably display all three components, they mu and black, 0 V.

For a signal to be in gamut, all signal vectors must l Conversely, if a signal vector extends outside the diamond, it is outofgamut. The direction of an e which signal is excessive. Errors in green amplitude affect both diamonds equally, whil top diamond and red errors affect only the bottom diamond.

, G, and B signals relate, making

nts recovered from the serial signal

st lie between peak white, 700 mV,

ie within the G-B and G-R diamonds.

xcursion outofgamut indicates

e blue amplitude errors affect only the

and P

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1. Perform the Setup for Gamut Checks procedure. Select Diamond in step 4. (See page 32.)

2. Compare the si determine out-of-gamut components, and note the following:

The intensity of a vector indicates its

duration.

A momentary o

appears as a faint trace. Long duration violations show as a bright trace.

Seethefollowingstepforsomesample out-of-gamut signals.

3. Consider the following examples when evaluating for outofgamut components:

A. Example A:

R-Ok G > 700 mV B-Ok

B. Example B:

R-Ok G-Ok B > 700 mV

C. Example C:

R-Ok G - Ok, 350 mV B<0mV

gnal to the display to

ut-of-gamut condition

Usage Notes

Diamond display, monochrome signals appear as vertical lines. Nonlinear component processing, such as from a

On the gamma corrector that alters white balance, can cause deviations along the vertical axis.

To isolate gamut bright-ups, try the following:

Use the LINE SEL button to select individual lines

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

centage of the screen to ignore for gamut violations.

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Checking Composite Gamut

The Arrowhead gamut display plots luminance (Y) against chrominance (C) to check if the composite signal adheres to standard gamut. NTSC and PAL Arrowhead displays (75% Color bars) show the values of the graticule lines. The arrowhead shape of the g raticule results from overlaying the standard limits for luminance and luminance-plus-peak chrominance.

Checking Gamut

1. Perform the Setup for Gamut Checks

procedure. Select Arrowhead in step 4. (See page 32.)

2. Compare the signal to the display to

determine out-of-gamut composite components, noting the following:

Signals exceeding the luminance

amplitude gamut extend above the top horizontal limit (top electronic graticule line).

Signals exceeding the luminance-

pluspeak chrominance amplitude gamut extend beyond the upper and lower diagonal limits.

The bottom horizontal line shows the

minimum allowed luminance level of

7.5 IRE for NTSC and 0 mV for PAL.

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Usage Notes

To adjust the IRE level limits, do the procedure Adjusting Gamut Limits. (See page 38, Adjusting Gamut Limits.)

To automate this check, do the procedure Automating Gamut Checks. (See page 37, Automating Gamut Checks.)

Checking Luma Gamut

Luma limit thresholds can be conﬁgured for identifying luma exceeding threshold limits. They apply to both the incoming SDI and to the automatically account for the presence or absence o f setup. The thresholds are affected by your choice of setup or no setup for the Arrowhead display.

arrowhead representation of the SDI input as a composite signal. By deﬁning these levels in percent, they

1. Perform the procedure. Select Arrowhead in step 4. (See page 32.)

2. Compare the signal to display to determine the following:

The adjustable thresholds are

indicated by the dark blue horizontal graticul

The thre

of percent of full scale.

The range for the Upper limit is 90%

to 108%.

The range to the Lower Limit is -6%

to +5%.

er useful Arrowhead function is a measure of how well the active v ideo signal is using the dynamic range of the video

Anoth channel. A properly adjusted signal should be centered in the arrowhead graticule and have transitions that approach all the limits.

Setup for Gamut Checks

out-of-gamut luminance. Note

e lines.

sholds are deﬁned in terms

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Automating Gamut Checks

You can use alarms to automatically monitor for out-of-gamut conditions:

1. Press the CONFIG button to display the

Conﬁguration menu.

2. Use the arrow keys and SEL button to

select Alarms and then Video Content.

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3. Use the arrow keys to move to each of

m that you want to set. Press

the alar SEL button to toggle the alarm on (X) or off.

4. When yo

move to the Return box and select it.

u have conﬁgured the Alarms,

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5. Check that Enable Alarms is set to On in the Alarms m enu before leaving the Alarms menu.

NOTE. For information on Alarms, press the

HELP button while Alarms is selected in the

conﬁguratio

n menu.

6. Press CONF

IG to exit the m enu.

Adjusting Gamut Limits

1. Press the CONFIG button to display the

Conﬁgura

2. Use the l button to select Gamut Thresholds.

3. Press the SEL button to enter the submenu, and then use the arrow keys and SEL when indicated) to select and set the various thresholds.

Note th to defaults.

tion menu.

eft/right arrow keys and SEL

button (and General knob,

at you can also reset thresholds

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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. (See Figure 1.)

Timing Display

Figure 1: Timing display

Timing Display Elements

Input Signal Indicator: A single circle representing timing of input signal relative to the reference.

Reference Ind icato r: A cross-hair indicator centered in the display represents the reference signal.

Vertical Offset: The timing difference between the reference and input signal.

Horizontal Offset: The timing difference between the reference and input signal.

Relative to: Indicates the chosen zero point for the timing display.

LinkBtoLinkA:Indicates the timing reference relationship when the instrument is in simultaneous input mode.

(Available with WFM4000 models only)

More complex timing relationships display multiple circles. See Timing Displays for Simple Versus Complex Timing.(Seepage40.)

Rear Panel is the default setting, where offset is shown as zero when the input and reference are at the same timing at the rear panel of the instrument. If you select Saved Offset, you can save the timing from one signal, and then display the timing relative to that saved offset.

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Timing Display

Timing Pop-up Menu

Once you have selected Timing Measure from the STATUS button pop-up menu, pop-up menu enables you to save a timing setting for comparison with another signal and specify the zero point of the timing display.

To save the timing of the current input as an offset to the timing display, use the Save Offset menu entry. The current timing becomes the zero point for the saved offset mode of the timing display. This applies to both the cross-hair target in the middle of the display and the numeric readouts.

NOTE. You cannot save the timing offset if either the input or reference is missing or unlocked. You also cannot save a

reference when in internal mode. Saving an offset in these conditions would lead to misleading results so it is not allowed by the instrument. A warning message will appear on the screen if you attempt to save the offset when it is not allowed.

Save Offset allows you to measure the timing between inputs or to match multiple signals. To select the deﬁ nition for the zero timing offset, use the Relative To: menu entry to select one of the following:

Rear Panel means the timing offset will be shown as zero when the two signals are timed down at the rear of the instrument.

Saved Offset means that the timing will be shown as zero offset when the input signal matches the timing of the signal that was present when the offset was saved using the Save Offset menu entry.

This selection changes both the numeric readouts and the target in the middle of the timing display.

Timing Displays for Simple Compared to Complex Timing

The num and input signals.

Integer multiples of reference rates. If you are timing input signals with rates that are integer multiples of the reference

rates, the instrument can measure the timing deterministically and displays the relationship as one circle (offset) relative to the cross-hair. (See Figure 2.)

ber of circles, with each representing a time offset, varies with the complexity of the timing between the reference

Figure 2: Timing display of integer multiples of reference rates

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Timing Display

Such cases include timing an NTSC input (multiplier of 1) or a 525 SDI input whose frame time is 33.36 ms (multiplier of 2), against an NTSC

reference, which has a frame time of 66.73 ms.

Non-integer multiples of reference rates. If you time input rates that are not integer multiples of the reference rates,

the instrument cannot measure the timing deterministically, so it displays the relationships as several circles. Each circle represents a possible timing offset measurement relative to the reference cross-hair. Display emphasis is given to the circle that times closest to zero offset and the numerical readouts track this pair. (See Figure 3.)

Figure 3: Timing display of non-integer multiples of reference rates

Nondeterministic cases include timing of slow rate inputs against fast frame-rate references or when timing video against ﬁlm rates.

le relationships.

Multip

a reference of NTSC/59.94 Hz:

The different rates result in timing relationships between the signals that repeat once for every four ﬁelds of the input

and ﬁve frames of the reference.

Because this allows for ﬁve possible ways to measure timing between these two signals, the timing display shows four

es, with emphasis and readouts as previously described above.

circl

For a case where multiple relationships would display, consider an input of 1080p/23.98 Hz with

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Timing Display

Supported Video Formats

The following table shows w hich video formats are supported. If a speciﬁc format is only suported by a speciﬁc instrument model, it is referenced in a footnote.

Table 2: Supported video formats

Supported formats 59.94 Hz 50 Hz 50 Hz 59.94 Hz 60 Hz 23.98 Hz 24 Hz 50 Hz 59.94 Hz 60 Hz

483i, 59.94 Hz (525), BT601

576i, 50 Hz (625), BT601

720p,

23.98 Hz

720p, 24 Hz

720p, 25 Hz

720p,

29.97 Hz

720p, 30 Hz

720p, 50 Hz

720p,

59.94 Hz

720p, 60 Hz

1035i,

59.94 Hz

1035i, 60 Hz

1080i, 50 Hz

1080i,

59.94 Hz

1080i, 60 Hz

1080p,

23.98 Hz

1080p, 24 Hz

External reference inputs

NTSC PAL 720p 1080p/sF 1080i

xx x

xxx x

xx x

xxx x

xx x

1080p, 25 Hz

1080p,

29.97 Hz

1080p, 30 Hz

1080sf,

23.98 Hz

1080sf, 24 Hz

xx x

xxx x

xx x

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Table 2: Supported video formats (cont.)

External reference inputs

Supported formats 59.94 Hz 50 Hz 50 Hz 59.94Hz 60 Hz 23.98 Hz 24 Hz 50 Hz 59.94 Hz 60 Hz

1080sf, 25 Hz

NTSC PAL 720p 1080p/sF 1080i

xx x

1080sf,

29.97 Hz

1080sf, 30 Hz

Available with the WFM5000 only.

WFM4000 and WFM5000 Waveform Monitors User Manual 43

Monitoring Audi

Monitoring Audio

Your instrument provides several methods for monitoring audio signals. It can measure levels, phase, and phase correlation. Yo u can specify meter ballistics and scales, set test and peak program indicator levels, and specify how phase is displayed.

Conﬁguring Audio Inputs

Audio inputs monitoring procedures in this section. The ﬁrst procedure will help you conﬁgure the inputs. After you have completed that procedure, check that the alarms are conﬁgured as you want them. (See page 44, Monitoring Audio.) Your setup here determines

To set up a n A

1. Press the C Conﬁguration menu.

2. Use the Arrow keys and SEL button to make selections in the steps that follow.

3. Select A

4. Select t

are initially set to factory defaults. As a result, you may need to con ﬁ gure them before performing the audio

, in part, which audio-signal characteristics are displayed.

udio Input:

ONFIG button to display the

udio Inputs/Outputs.

he input to be conﬁ gured.

5. Select Bar to Input Map and specify which i nput pair should be displayed in each bar pair.

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

uts, as needed.

inp

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Selecting Audio Input

Select the audio input to be monitored from the front-panel AUDIO button pop-up menu.

1. Press and hold the Audio button to open

the Audio display and popup the Audio menu.

Monitoring Audi

2. Use the Ar

make selections in the steps that follow.

3. Select Audio Input and then select one

of the audio input options shown.

row K eys and SEL button to

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Monitoring Audi

Checking Audio Level and Phase

Level meters are vertical bar graphs on which the height of the bar indicates the amplitude of the audio program in the corresponding input channel. You can change the input and turn on and off the Phase display from the Audio pop-up menu. Other meter characteristics such as ballist ics, scale units, and program and test levels are conﬁgured through the Conﬁguration menu.

Your instrument can d isplay phase of one input pair as a Lissajous pattern, and display c orrelation of all pairs.

To Check Level

1. Open the audio display and select an

input. (See

page 45.)

2. Check the l audio levels, which are displayed according to the selected meter ballistics. Each bar di

evel meter bars for current

splays three colors:

Green–Ind

the test level

Yellow – Indicates audio levels

between the test and peak program level

Red–Ind

the peak program level

icates audio levels below

icates audio levels above

To Check Phase

1. Open the audio display. (See page 45.)

Use the make selections in the steps that follow.

2. Select Aux Display and then select Phase Display to turn it on.

3. Select the Phase Style. Choose

eithe orientation for the Lissajous signal.

Arrow keys and SEL button to

raLissajous Soundstage or X-Y

4. Select the phase pair that has to be displayed from the Phase/Headphone

Pair

the Audio Input to match the signal

5. Set

that you are checking.

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6. Check for Phase c orrelation of the

signals, noting the following:

Phase correlation meters are located

under the appr one is duplicated under the phase display.

For correlated signals, the indicator

will be green right.

For uncorrelated signals, the

indicator will be yellow and will tend to stay in t

opriate bars and

and will move to the

he middle.

Monitoring Audi

For antico

up when the other goes down), the indicator will be red and will move to the left

rrelated signals (one goes

Usage Notes

The Lissajous or phase display is a plot of one channel against another on an orthogonal pair of axes.

Soundstage plots the two channels at 45 degree angles, with the mono combination appearing on the vertical axis, like a left-right image in a studio.

X-Y plots left-channel data on the vertical axis and right channel data on the horizontal axis, emulating the X-Y display of an oscilloscope.

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)

1 0.0167 11 3.0

2 0.0333 12 3.5

3 0.0667 13 4.0

4 0.1333 14 4.5

6 0.5333 16

8 ( default)

9 2.0 19 7.0

10 2.5 20

0.2667 15 5.0

5.5

1.0 17 6.0

1.5 18 6.5

7.5

WFM4000 and WFM5000 Waveform Monitors User Manual 47

Monitoring Safe

Area Graticule

Monitoring Sa

Your instrument can also display Safe Action and Safe Title graticules, allowing you to monitor incorrect placements of graphics, logos, and other branding elements. This will help you ensure that those items do not obscure text or essential action. SMPTE and ITU standards are supported.

fe Area Graticule

Monitoring for Safe Area Graticule

To dis p la y g settings in the Con ﬁguration menu and turn on up to four Safe Area graticules, each with independent settings, in the Picture menu.

To Co nﬁgur

Before using Safe Area Graticules, conﬁgure them from the Conﬁguration menu by performing the following steps:

1. Press the CONFIG button to display the

2. Use the arrow keys and SEL button to

3. Select Graticules and then select Safe

raticules for monitoring incorrect placements of nonessential elements relative to essential ones, set global

eSafeAreaGraticules

Conﬁguration menu.

make selections in the steps that follow.

Area G raticule Standard.

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.

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5. If you want to set the Height, Width, and

Offsets of the title and action areas for Custom Safe Gr select the title or action to change.

6. Select the parameter.

7. Set the percentage level for each of the

parameters.

Parameters a screen height or width, and you can watch the graticules update on the screen as yo

The c ustom parameters you set will be used when Custom_1 or Custom_2 is chosen for Graticules accessed in the Picture menu.

8. Press the CONFIG button again to close

the Conﬁguration menu.

aticules 1 and 2, ﬁrst

re set as a percentage of

u change them.

any of the four Safe Area

Monitoring Safe

Area Graticule

To Displa

1. Press and hold the PICT button to

2. Select Safe Area Action 1.

3. Select one of the following:

4. Repeat step for each Safe Area

ySafeAreaGraticules

display the Picture menu.

Auto to let the instrument

automatically select the size and offsets of the safe area.

4x3, 14x9,or16x9 to set the safe

area size and offsets appropriate for these aspect ratios based on the selected standard.

Custom_1 or Custom_2 to set the

safe area size and offsets to match the custom settings in the Graticules Conﬁguration menu. (See the procedure To C on ﬁgure Safe Area Graticules, step 5.)

selection.

5. Press the PICT button again to close the

pop-up menu.

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Monitoring Safe

Usage Notes

Area Graticule

The Safe Action Area denotes the maximum image area within which all signiﬁcant action should be contained; the Safe Title Area denotes the maximum image area within which all signiﬁcant titles should be contained.

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.

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Using Alarms

Alarms can be conﬁgured so that your instrument automatically monitors parameters and reports when those parameter limits are exceeded. The procedures that follow describe how to conﬁgure response types for individual alarms, how to enable them, and how to monitor them.

Conﬁguring Alarms

Alarms may need to be conﬁgured in the Conﬁguration menu. Alarms are initially set to factory defaults, which can be restored by pressing the PRESET button on the front-panel of your instrument, selecting Recall Preset > Recall Factory Preset, and performing the audio monitoring procedures. (See page 44, Monitoring Audio.)

You can select alarms, set error conditions to be monitored, and the notiﬁcation method for an error event for the following categories:

then pressing the SEL button. Follow the ﬁrst procedure of this section (if alarm conﬁguration is needed) before

Using Alarms

Video C ont

Video Format

SDI Inpu

General

ent

Audio

To Set Allowed Alarm Responses

1. Press the CONFIG button to display the

Conﬁguration menu.

2. Use the arrow keys and SEL button to

make selections in the steps that follow.

3. Select Alarms.

4. Navigate to the alarm category that

you want to conﬁgure. In the example to the right, Video Format alarms is highlighted.

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.

AES and Emb

Embedded

General

Audio Speciﬁc

edded

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Using Alarms

6. For each alarm l the SEL button to enable (when enabled, there is an X in the box) or disable (when disable page 53, Possible Alarm Responses.)

7. Navigate to h ighlight the Return box, and press the SEL buttontoreturntothe Conﬁguratio

8. Repeat steps many types of alarms as you want.

To Set Ala rm

1. Press the CONFIG button to display the

Conﬁguration menu.

2. Use the arrow keys and SEL button to make selections in the steps that follow.

3. Select Alarms.

4. Navigate to Set all alarms to this mask.

5. Press SEL to display a table for setting

the allowed alarm responses that will be applied to all the alarm categories.

isted in the table, press

d, the box is blank) it. (See

n menu.

4through7toconﬁgure as

Responses Globally

6. For each alarm listed in the table, press

the SEL button to enable (when enabled, there is an X in the box) or disable (when disabled, the box is blank) it. (See page 53, Possible Alarm Responses.)

7. Navigate to h ighlight the Return box, and press the SEL buttontoreturntothe Conﬁguration menu.

This sets alarms for all alarm categories to the setting on the global mask.

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Using Alarms

Possible Alarm Responses

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.

Screen Text/Icon. An icon appears on the display. This notiﬁcation method is disabled when the Conﬁguration menu is

open. This option also enables alarm reporting with color on the Status screen.

Logging. The instrument makes an entry in the Event Log. Refer to Status Display in the Display Information section

of the User Technical Reference manual.

Ground Closure. The instrument sends a signal out the Remote port for a remote notiﬁcation that an alarm condition occurred. You must enable the Remote Control Port in the Communications submenu of the Conﬁguration menu before notiﬁcations can be sent.

NOTE. You can monitor alarm status. (See page 55, Monitoring Alarms.)

To Enable Alarms

The channels for which you enable alarms trigger your previously deﬁned alarm response Alarm Responses.)

s. (See page 51, To Set Allowed

1. Press the CONFIG button to display the

Conﬁguration menu.

2. Use the arrow keys and SEL button to

make se

3. To glob Enable Alarms and toggle it to On.This

turns on all alarms that are individually enable switch them on and off without changing their individual settings (see step 4).

4. Additionally, for Audio inputs, you must enab To start, select Audio Inputs/Outputs in the Conﬁguration menu.

5. Select each input shown in the box to ind example, AES A is selected.

lections in the steps that follow.

ally enable all alarms, select

d and provides a quick way to

le alarms individually by channels.

ividually enable its alarms. In this

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Using Alarms

6. For each of the AES and Embedded

7. Navigate to each box for each alarm that

8. Select the box, and press the Return

inputs, select Bar to Input Map and press the SEL b to Input map menu.

youwanttoallow.PresstheSE L button to enable (when enabled, there is an X in the box) or disable (when disabled, the box is blank) it for each channel displayed.

button to return to the Conﬁguration menu.

utton to display the Bar

To Set Limits or Qualiﬁcations

Some a la condition that triggers the alarm.

1. Select Digital Audio Displays > Alarm

2. Set the following alarm levels that trigger

rms require a threshold setting or

Thresholds from the Conﬁ g menu.

m when exceeded:

an alar

mples: number of consecutive

Clip Sa

samples at the all-high level.

Mute Samples: number of

consecutive all-zero sam p les.

Silence Level: the level below which

o is considered not present.

audi

nce Duration: the length of audio

Sile

silence time allowed.

Over Level: the too-loud audio level.

Over Duration: the length of time limit

for the too-loud audio.

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Monitoring Alarms

After deﬁning and enabling alarms, you can quickly check if any error condition exists by looking for the notiﬁcation you deﬁned (text, icon, or logging). (See page 8, Status Bar Icons.) Selecting the Ground Closure output response can help you notice alarms that you may miss if the notiﬁcation is text or icon only. Ground Closure c an be used to drive an external alarm when one or more alarms are triggered. (See page 51, To Set Allowed Alarm Responses.)

If you want to check the condition of a speciﬁcalarm,presstheSTATUS button. In the Status menu, select Display Type and then select Alarm Status. One or more of the following will appear:

Indicator Description

Disabled (gray) Alarm is not selected for reporting, but will still show if the

OK (green) Alarm is enabled for reporting and has not detected errors

Error (yellow) Alarm condition cleared for less than 5 seconds.

Error (red)

Using Alarms

error is present.

for at least 5 seconds.

Alarm triggered now.

WFM4000 and WFM5000 Waveform Monitors User Manual 55

Upgrading Instr

ument Software

Upgrading Ins

System Upgrade (CONFIG > Utilities > System Upgrade) is used to upgrade the system software of this instrument. You can upgrade the instrument software using a PC or through the USB drive on the instrument. An Ethernet connection is required for either upgrade option. The following procedures explain how to do both.

NOTE. The data-transfer utility for upgrading the instrument runs on these PC systems: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0,

Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. The data-transfer utility also requires Winsock 2.0, an ethernet interface, and that 10 MB of free disk space be present on the PC system.

USB Upgrade

Download the latest version of the instrument software t performing the following procedure:

1. Using an Ethernet connection on a PC,

2. Find the D

3. Enter your instrument model number in

o a U SB memory device by

navigate to the Tektronix Web site at

ww.tektronix.com.

http://w

ownloads heading located on

the right-hand side of the Web page.

the top ﬁeld, select Software from the

wn menu in the bottom ﬁeld, then

drop-do click Go.

trument Software

4. Click on Sort by DATE to ﬁnd the most

the r ecent software release.

5. Download the ﬁle and save it to a USB

y device that is compatible with

memor your instrument.

6. Save the package into a directory named

WfmUpgrd.

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Download the ﬁrmware onto your instrument from the USB memory device by performing the following

procedure:

Upgrading Instr

ument Software

7. Insert the USB containing the WfmUpgrd folder with the ﬁrmware.pkg ﬁle into the USB drive of the instrume

8. Press CONFIG Upgrade > Upgrade Options > USB Upgrade.

9. Press the right arrow key to highlight Press SEL and then press the SEL

buttontos

When the software upgrade completes, reboot the instrument by disconnecting the power s Power button.

memory device

nt.

> Utilities > System

tart the upgrade process.

upply and then pressing the

Network Upgrade

1. Repeat step 1 through step 4 in the

previous procedure.

2. Download the selected software to a PC.

3. Click the downloaded archive and extract

the arc hived ﬁles into a directory of your choice.

4. Extract the following ﬁles: transfer.exe, ﬁrmware.pkg and readme.txt.

5. From t

he CONFIG > NETWORK SETTINGS menu, write down the number listed for the IP Address.This

ess will also appear on the update

addr screen.

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Upgrading Instr

6. On the instrument, press CONFIG >

7. To continue with the upgrade, press the

ument Software

Utilities > System Upgrade > Upgrade Options > Netw

press the SEL button. This displays the System S o ftware Upgrade window.

right-arrow press SEL.

The monitor display goes to black and displays up

ork Upgrade and then

key to select Continue and

grade progress information.

8. On the PC, do

ﬁle to launch the transfer program. T his displays the window shown at right.

9. Type the network address (for example:

128.181. instrument you want to update. Make sure to delete any leading zeroes, as shown in t

Press Enter.

10. The transfer utility displays done when

the software upgrade completes.

When th reboot the instrument by disconnecting the power supply and then pressing the Power b

uble-click the transfer.exe

221.002) or DNS name of the

he example.

e software upgrade completes,

utton.

11. To update another instrument, type the IP

ess of that instrument at the prompt

addr and press Enter on your PC keyboard to start the software upgrade. If you will not

pdating another instrument, press

be u Enter to exit the transfer utility.

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Upgrading Instr

ument Software

Upgrading Multiple Instruments

You can upgrade several instruments in one session, one at a time, if you have determined their addresses. To upgrade, use the Windows Command Prompt. Enter the following line in a Command Prompt window (substituting the addresses of your machines):

transfer.exe 192.181.115.1 192.181.115.2 19 2.181.115.3

Separate the addresses with a space.

Alternatively, you can use ﬁle redirection to input the IP addresses to the transfer.exe utility. To do this, create a text ﬁle containing a carriage-return delimited list of IP addresses or DNS names for the instruments to be updated. If you c reated a text ﬁle named HOSTS.TXT, you would enter the following command to update a group of instruments:

transfer.exe < HOSTS.TXT

Verifying the Upgrade

After you h

To v er i fy

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.

ave completed the software upgrade, the instrument will reboot and come up in an operational mode.

the functional performance of your instrument, perform the Incoming Inspection procedures.

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Upgrading Instr

ument Software

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Index

Symbols and Numbers

4-Tile

using thumbnail display, 6

4-tile mode,

Accessories

documents, 1 optional, power cords, 2

standard, 1 AES connec Alarms

categories of, 51

conﬁguri

enabled globally and

remote m

status display, 55

to enable, 53

to monit

to set alarms globally, 52

to set allowed responses, 51,

to set limits or qualify, 54 Applications

checki

Arrowhead display, 32

compo Audio

conﬁguring and monitoring, 44

conﬁg

selecting an input, 45 Audio input

sele Audio inputs

allow alarms for, 44

che

check phase, 46

map bars to input, 44

io level

Aud

checking, 44, 46, 51 Audio phase

tor, 12

ng and using, 51

individually, 53

onitoring of, 55

or, 55

ng Chroma/Luma

delay, 29

site gamut, 35

uring inputs, 44

cting, 45

ck level, 46

ecking, 46

Basic operati Battery

on, 6

optional, 3 safety, 3

Calibration

service options, viii Chroma/Lu Composite gamut

Conﬁgurat Connecting AC power, 3 Connecting signals

Connector

Connecto

Controls, front panel, 9

ma delay, 29

diamond display, 35

ion m enu, 25

Line term

Compatibility, 5

AES, 12

Ethernet, 13

ground c

LTC , 13

Power, 11

Video i

ination, 5

r(s)

losure, 13

nput, 12

Delete Frozen Image, 23

nd display, 32

Diamo

checking RGB gamut, 33

construction of the diamond

cule, 33

grati

Display

4-tile, 16

-tile, 16

full

how to select, 14

how to set parameters, 15

htning, 29

Lig

overlay, 20

status bar icons, 8

mbnail, 6

Thu

using a, 6 Documentation

nventions used in, ix

purposes of, ix

Documents

included, 1

Errors

status indicators, 7

Ethernet connector, 13

Factory de

Features

Freeze, 22 Front-panel controls

Frozen O Full-tile mode, 16

faults

how to set, 21

list of ke

layout an

levels of, 9

y, vi

d index to usage

procedures, 9

nly (Freeze function), 22

Gain

how to s how to set, 18

Gamut

arrow checking, 32 diamond display, 33

Gamut

checking RGB gamut, 33 composite arrowhead

General alarms

conﬁgure, 51 nd closure interface, 13

Grou

elect, 18

head display, 35

display

lay, 35

disp

Headphone volume

adjusting, 28

rizontal Offset

Timing display, 39

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Index

How to

conﬁgure and mo

audio, 44 conﬁgure and use alarms, 51 conﬁgure your control the display, 6 determine status, 7 ﬁnd more info freeze the display, 22 monitor alarms, 55 monitor safe navigate between tiles, 17 save a display to USB, 23 select a dis select an input, 16 set display parameters, 15 set gain an set line select mode, 24 set to factory default

settings, set up 4-tile mode, 16 use online help, 26 use prese

ts, 21

nitor

instrument, 25

rmation, ix

area, 48

play, 14

d sweep, 18

Information

where to ﬁnd more, ix

Inputs

How to s elect, 16

Installation, 1

BNC con Connecting power, 3 In a serial video system, 4 Line-t

shipping package contents, 1 lling software, 56

Insta

nector compatibility, 5

ermination

requirements, 5

Lightning display, 29 Lightning display overlay, 20

Limi

gamut, 32

Line Select mode

to set, 24

how

Lissajous display, 47 Lissajous sound stage

se style, 47

pha

Live + Frozen O nly (Freeze

function), 22

ve Only (Freeze function), 22

LTC, 13 Luma/Chroma de

lay, 29

Magniﬁcation, 19 Manuals

conventions

CONFIG, 25

Monitoring

task description, 44

used in, ix

Audio

Online help, 26

context s e displaying, 26 how to use, 26 navigati

Operation

Basic, 6

control l Optional accessories, 1 Options

power co Overlay

waveform/vector display, 20

nsitive, 27

ng, 26

evels (types), 9

rds, 2

mbers

Part nu

user manual, 1 Phase (audio)

e channel pair, 46

choos

correlation meter response

times, 47

m channel pair, 46, 47

custo

select display style, 46 Pop-up menus, 15

Powe

AC requirements, 3

battery, 3

ecting, 3

Conn

Connector, 11 Power cord options, 2

sets

Pre

how to save and recall, 21 Product description, vi

ad Tile mode, 16

Rear-panel

Layout and description, 11

Recall

settings (presets), 21

Repair

service opti

RGB gamut

diamond display, 33

ons, viii

Safe area

to monitor for compliance, 48 to set custom parameters, 49

Safe area g

Safety Summary, iii Save

Saving a display to USB, 23 SDI input connectors, 12 Selectin Selecting signal inputs, 16 Service

Signal connection

Split Diamond display, 32 Standard accessories, 1

Status

Status bar, 7 Status button

Sweep, 18 System Upgrade

raticules description of, 50 to choose a standard, 48 to display

settings

options

Line-termination

docume power cord, 2

deter

Timin

Util

,49

(presets), 21

g audio input, 45

, viii

ements, 5

requir

nts, 1

mining, 7

g display, 39

ities, 56

Termination

Requirements for, 5

mbnail display, 6

Thu Timing

Chroma/Luma delay, 29

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Timing display

description, 3 horizontal offset, 39 supported video formats, 41

Timing measur

relative to, 40 save offset, 40 simple compa

complex, 40

ement

red to

Upgrading software, 56

USB

savingadispla

Using alarms

task description, 51

y to, 23

Vector

display, 29 Vector display overlay, 20 Video input

connectors, 12

Waveform display overlay, 20

X-Y

phase s tyle,

47, 50

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