Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide

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1 Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide Software Release Manual Revision 3 Copyright Omnitek

2 Contents About this Manual Notice This documentation contains proprietary information of Omnitek. No part of this documentation may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recorded or otherwise without the prior written permission of Omnitek. The information contained in this documentation was prepared by Omnitek with all reasonable care and is believed to be accurate. However Omnitek does not accept responsibility for loss or damage resulting from omissions, inaccuracies or errors contained herein. The information contained in this document is subject to change and revisions hereto or new additions may be issued to incorporate such changes. Warranty Omnitek systems are warranted for one year from date of purchase. This includes all feature upgrades and bug fixes to the application software, plus repair or replacement of the hardware (at the discretion of Omnitek). Extended warranty agreements are also available, please consult your local dealer. Document Revision This is a revision controlled document and any changes to any page content will be reflected in the overall revision status of the whole document. Revision Date Software Version Comment 1 05/08/ Release of Version /10/ Support for Rev G OZ745 Board 3 28/02/ Release of Version Omnitek Intec 3, Level 1 Wade Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8NE United Kingdom tel + 44 (0) web site: support@omnitek.tv Omnitek is the Product Division of Image Processing Techniques Ltd., a leading independent consultancy company specializing in the design of products for the broadcast, post-production, and digital film industries. Since its foundation in 1998, the company has completed many successful design projects for major equipment manufacturers in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Acknowledgements HDMI is the registered trademark of HDMI Licensing and is used within the document for identification purposes only. ii Contents 02/17

3 Getting Started Package Contents The shipping box should contain the following Ultra 4K Tool Box unit Power Supply Unit Mains lead USB Manual Contents General Safety Avoiding Personal Injury To avoid injury and prevent damage to the Ultra or to any products connected to it, use this product only as specified and take the following safety precautions. Where the Ultra is being used alongside other equipment, you must also ensure that you act in accordance with the advice given in the documentation supplied with those other products. Only use the power cord that is both specified for this product and certified for the country of use. Ensure that the product is properly grounded through the grounding conductor within the power cord. Ensure that it is always possible for the user to switch off the power to the unit if need be. Keep all product surfaces clean and dry. Ensure that the unit is properly ventilated. Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere or in damp/wet conditions. Do not operate the Ultra with either the cover or any of the panels removed or otherwise displaced from their standard positions. Do not operate an Ultra that has been damaged (or that you suspect has been damaged). When replacing the power supply fuse, only use a fuse of the specified type and rating. Please note: The only user-serviceable parts are the fuse associated with the power supply and the battery on the motherboard that backs up the system clock. There are no other user-serviceable parts. In particular, the SD card on which the Ultra software is supplied is not a user-serviceable device: swapping this card out will remove calibration data. Power Supply Make sure that the unit is connected to the correct power supply voltage. A power supply adaptor is supplied with the unit which may be connected to any AC power supply between 100 and 240VAC at 50-60Hz. Only use the supplied power adaptor with the unit. Do not use a damaged AC cable with the unit as it may cause a shock or fire hazard. Replacement AC cables are available from your local Omnitek agent. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide iii

4 Contents Installation Environment Operating Temperature The unit should only be operated between 5 and 35 Centigrade. If the unit is operated at a higher temperature there is a possibility of a fire hazard. If the temperature is changed rapidly from a cold environment to a hot environment, moisture can be created internally which can cause malfunction or damage the unit. Allow the unit to sit for 30 minutes without power applied to reduce any possibility of condensation. If the unit s internal temperature rises above 87 Centigrade a warning dialogue will be displayed. If the unit s internal temperature rises above 99 Centigrade the unit will automatically go into safe mode to attempt to avoid damage. Under both conditions, an event will be added to the event log to show what happened. Input/Output Terminals Do not connect the input or output BNC connectors to external power as this can damage the internal circuitry and cause the unit to work incorrectly. The BNC connectors fitted on this unit are 75 Ω type which are not compatible with 50 Ω plugs. The use of 50 Ω plugs will permanently damage the connectors on the unit and is considered to be misuse of the equipment and will therefore invalidate the unit s warranty. When Not In Use Disconnect the unit from the power supply and AC power source when not in use. RoHS Compliance Omnitek products are designed and manufactured using only RoHS compliant components and materials. Therefore based on information provided by our suppliers, Omnitek certifies that ALL products that it manufactures are RoHS-5 compliant and that they do not exceed the designated levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants (PBDE) legislated under the provisions of the European Parliament and Council Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (2011/65/EC) and associated regulations collective known as the RoHS Regulations. Disposal of Equipment This product is subject to the European WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directive and should be disposed of according to the regulations of each country. iv Contents 02/17

5 Contents Getting Started Package Contents... iii General Safety... iii Avoiding Personal Injury... iii Power Supply... iii Installation Environment...iv Operating Temperature...iv Input/Output Terminals...iv When Not In Use...iv RoHS Compliance...iv Disposal of Equipment...iv iii Contents 1 - Overview Product Description 1 3 UHD Tools for new TV Standards Options 1 5 Overview Analysis (ANALYSE) Test Pattern Generator (GENERATE) Format Convertor (CONVERT) Physical Layer Analysis (PHY) Advanced Physical Layer Analysis (PHY_ADV) G-SDI Input/Output Support (VIDEO_12G) High Dynamic Range (VIDEO_HDR) Overview 1 9 User Interface Power On Local User Interface Web-browser User Interface User Interface Operation Menu Conventions Shut Down and Power off Viewer Menu Generator Menu Configuration Menu Connections Menu Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide v

6 Contents 2 - Viewer Overview 2 3 Viewer Window Menu Operation Basic Operation Instrument Tiles Button Bar Presets and Viewer Layouts Saving a Preset Recalling a Preset Renaming a Preset Deleting a Preset Exporting a Preset file Importing a Preset file Split Screen Mode Active Cursors & SMPTE Cursors Control Panels Picture 2 9 Picture Tile Picture Description Picture Controls Video Capture Capturing images/sequences from the current input Saving the Captured Video Closed Captions Overview Closed Caption Controls False Colour Display Overview False Colour Controls Zoom View Tile Zoom View Description Zoom View Controls Gamut 2 17 Gamut Meters Tile Gamut Meters Description Gamut Meters Controls Audio 2 19 Audio PPM Tile Audio PPM Description Audio PPM Controls Status 2 21 Video Status Tile Video Status Description Video Status Controls Format Information Error Checking Information Gamut Information vi Contents 02/17

7 Timecode Information SMPTE 352 Packet Information Error Ranges, Persistence and Severity Audio Status Tile Audio Status Description Audio Status Controls Physical Status Tile Physical Status Description Physical Status Controls Contents Data 2 27 Cable View Tile Cable View Description Cable View Controls Data View Tile Data View Description Data View Controls Data Waveform Tile Data Waveform Description Data Waveform Controls Ancillary Data 2 31 ANC Watch Tile ANC Watch Description ANC Watch Controls Common ANC Packets User Defined ANC Packets ANC Counts Tile ANC Counts Description ANC Counts Controls ANC Viewer Tile ANC Viewer Description ANC Viewer Controls Physical Layer 2 39 Eye Waveform Tile Eye Waveform Description Eye Waveform Controls Eye Waveform Quality Jitter Meters Tile Jitter Meter Description Jitter Meter Controls Effect of Noise Floor on Jitter Measurement Meter Scale and Colour-Transition Point Jitter Spectrum Tile Jitter Spectrum Description Jitter Spectrum Controls Jitter Histogram Tile Jitter Histogram Description Jitter Histogram Controls Jitter Waveform Tile Jitter Waveform Description Jitter Waveform Controls Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide vii

8 Contents Timing 2 51 Timing Tile Timing Description Timing Controls Measurement against an External Reference Signal Inter-link Timing Measurement Propagation Delay Measurement Logging 2 55 Event Logging Tile Event Logging Description Event Logging Controls Caption Logging Tile Caption Logging Description Caption Logging Controls Generator Overview 3 3 Generator Window Menu Operation Selecting the Generator menu Generator User Controls Pattern Tab Audio Tab Common Tab Using Test Patterns / Sequences Identifying Test Pattern Types Selecting a Pattern / Sequence Re-sizing a Still Image Using the Play List Function Editing a Pattern / Sequence Copying a Pattern / Sequence Exporting a Pattern / Sequence Deleting a Pattern / Sequence Generator Presets Saving a Preset Recalling a Preset Renaming a Preset Deleting a Preset Exporting a Preset file Importing a Preset file Creating a Test Pattern 3 13 Overview Line Pattern Overview Editing a Line Pattern Line Pattern Types Sequence Overview Editing a Sequence Sys-EBU3350 Sequence Sys-OmnitekTSA Sequence Sys-OmnitekTSA-4kMarkers Sequence viii Contents 02/17

9 Zone Plate Overview Editing a Zone Plate Zone Plate Pattern Types PLL Pathological Pattern Equalizer Pathological Pattern SDI Checkfield SMTPE-RP219 Pattern Contents Import Patterns, Stills & Sequences 3 21 Import Patterns Import Stills Import Video Sequences Captured Sequences Export Patterns, Stills & Sequences 3 23 Export Patterns Exporting Generated Patterns Export Stills Exporting Stills Export Sequences Exporting Generated Sequences Exporting Captured Sequences as Images Configuration Overview 4 3 Configuration Window Menu Overview Basic Operation Video 4 5 Video Menu Timecode Section Timing Section AFD Input Section Video Status Section Eye Amplitude Measurement Section Cage Section Setting up Standard Cages Setting up Variable Cages Comparisons between standards Internal Clock Configuration Single Clock Mode Video Status Section AFD Status Section Video Error Checking Section Setting the Permitted Ranges Setting the Jitter Meter Scale and Colour-Transition Point Captions Section Audio 4 13 Audio Pass-Through Section Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide ix

10 Contents Ancillary 4 15 Menu Overview ANC User Section ANC Error Checking Section System 4 17 System Menu Product Information Section System Information Section Settings Section Setting Date and Time Automatically Setting Date and Time Manually Allocating Capture / Generator Memory Network Section Setting the IP Address using DHCP Setting the IP Address manually Restarting the Ultra SNMP Section User Interface Section Files Section Logging 4 23 Logging Menu Column filter Section Caption column filter Section Caption column filter Section OP47 Caption column filter Section Common column Section Licences 4 25 Overview Files Section Installing Additional Functionality Network Devices 4 27 Overview Connections Overview 5 3 Connections Window General Operation Basic Operation Making Links between Blocks User Interface Connection 5 5 Local User Interface Block User Interface via the HDMI Output User Interface via the DisplayPort Output User Interface via the SDI Output Physical Layer Analysis 5 7 Eye Block Physical Layer Analysis Block x Contents 02/17

11 Analyser Inputs 5 9 Analyser / Convertor Block HDMI Input Block SDI Inputs Block Input Format Detection SDI Inputs Control Panel Genlock Block Contents Outputs 5 13 HDMI Output Block HDMI Output Format HDMI Output Timing DP Output Block Display Port Output Format DisplayPort Output Timing SDI Outputs Block SDI Output Format SMPTE 352 Packet Inserter Jitter Inserter SDI4 Output Level SDI Output Timing & Interlink Delay Wide Screen Signalling VI (SD Only) ANC Timecode Generation Test Pattern Generator 5 21 Generator Block HDMI Output Generation Display Port Output Generation SDI Output Generation Conversion 5 23 Analyser / Convertor Block SDI Input Conversion HDMI Input Conversion HDMI Output Conversion Display Port Output Conversion SDI Output Conversion Quad 3G-SDI Input to 12G-SDI Output Conversion G-SDI Input to Quad 3G-SDI Output Conversion G-SDI input to DisplayPort Output Conversion Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide xi

12 Contents A - Glossary Glossary of Terms A 3 B - Installation Physical Installation B 3 Environmental... B 3 Power... B 3 Size/Weight... B 3 Temperature... B 3 Humidity... B 3 Rear Panel Connections... B 4 Power... B 4 Eithernet... B 4 USB... B 4 HDMI Connections... B 5 HDMI Input... B 5 HDMI Output... B 5 DisplayPort Connections... B 5 DisplayPort 1.2 Input... B 5 DisplayPort 1.2 Output... B 5 SDI Video Connections... B 6 AUX 1 Input (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G)... B 6 AUX 2 Input (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G)... B 6 AUX 3 Output (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G)... B 6 AUX 4 Output (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G)... B 6 SDI 1 Input/Output (SD, HD, 3G and 6G)... B 6 SDI 2 Input/Output (SD, HD, 3G and 6G)... B 7 SDI 3 Input/Output (SD, HD, 3G and 6G)... B 7 SDI 4 Output (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G)... B 7 Eye Input (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G)... B 7 Sync/CVBS... B 7 System Interconnection B 9 External Connection Overview... B 9 Power On and Off... B 10 Power On... B 10 Shut Down and Power off... B 10 Internal Configuration Overview... B 11 Web Browser Control B 13 Overview... B 13 Finding the Ultra using Machine Host Name...B 13 Finding the Ultra using the Omnitek Network Scanner...B 13 Finding the Ultra using the command prompt...b 14 xii Contents 02/17

13 Maintenance B 15 Software Maintenance... B 15 Updating System Software from File... B 15 Updating the System Software from USB... B 16 Licence Management... B 17 Updating License using Local User Interface via HDMI... B 17 Updating System LIcence using Web Browser... B 17 Hardware Maintenance... B 18 Connectors... B 18 Fans... B 18 Unit Calibration... B 18 Contents C - Applications Physical Layer Measurement C 3 Eye Pattern...C 3 Challenges of 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI...C 3 Importance of Eye Shape...C 3 Common Measurement Practice...C 4 Signal Amplitude Measurement...C 4 Rise and Fall time Measurement...C 5 Jitter Measurement...C 6 What is Jitter...C 6 Jitter Types...C 6 Jitter Measurement Method...C 7 Optimizing Noise Floor for Jitter Measurement (Units shipped before September 2016)...C 8 Jitter Meters...C 9 Cable / Data view C 11 4K Data Construction...C 11 SNMP Remote Control C 13 Overview...C 13 Background...C 13 Set-up...C 14 Linking the boxes into a single LAN...C 14 Giving each Ultra a unique name and location...c 14 Programming the Control Device...C 15 Exporting and uploading the Ultra MIB file...c 15 Omnitek OID s...c 15 Automating a Test Procedure...C 17 SDI Output Video Standards and SNMP...C 17 Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide xiii

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17 Product Description UHD Tools for new TV Standards The Omnitek Ultra 4K Tool Box provides a unique and unparalleled suite of tools for the analysis, conversion and generation of Ultra HDTV and Digital Cinema video signals in current formats up to 4096x2160/60, helping manufacturers to design products and enabling broadcast engineers, networks, telcos, outside broadcast units, systems integrators and researchers to build, test and commission UHD and 4K systems with complete confidence. Containing a complete solution, the Ultra 4K Tool Box offers a variety of connection formats - multi-rate SDI, HDMI and DisplayPort 4K - for both video source and display. Conversion between cable and image formats allows operation in multi-format video environments, while comprehensive and advanced SDI physical layer analysis features enable system designers to rapidly locate sources of signal error in all paths up to 12G-SDI single link 4K/60Hz. The Omnitek Ultra 4K Tool Box combines in a single box a video format converter capable of up/down/ cross conversion, colour and image manipulation in all current and anticipated 4K video formats up to 4096 x 2160/60, with waveform analysis and video generation across the same range of video formats. In doing so, it offers a complete solution to the conversion and analysis of Ultra HDTV and Digital Cinema signals, allowing manufacturers, designers, researchers, broadcast stations, networks, outside broadcast units and systems integrators to build, test and commission 4K products and systems with complete confidence. The Omnitek Ultra is also available as a standalone 4K Analyser or 4K Converter or 4K Test Signal Generator or as any combination of those roles. All four versions of the Ultra offer of a variety of connection formats multi-rate SDI, HDMI and DisplayPort for both video source and display. Conversion between physical and image formats allows operation in multi-format video environments, while comprehensive SDI eye and jitter analysis features (available as an optional extra) enable system designers to rapidly locate sources of signal error in all signal paths up to 12G-SDI single link 4K. Overview Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 1 3

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19 Options Overview The functionality offered by the Ultra system is determined by the system's licence file. This contains the options that have been purchased. Due to the nature of the option structure, and then number of different option combinations, it is possible that menus are displayed for functionality that is not actually available. Overview Analysis (ANALYSE) The ANALYSE option provides a comprehensive range of instruments required to analyse the video, metadata and audio of the SDI data stream. The type and format of input signals that can be analysed is determined by the VIDEO_12G, VIDEO_HDMI and VIDEO 4K options The tools included in the ANALYSE option includes: User-configurable display with presets (see "Presets and Viewer Layouts") Picture - high quality, full-size, full-frame-rate Zoom View (See"Zoom View Tile") Gamut Meters (See"Gamut Meters Tile") Status Monitoring video and physical layer (See "Physical Status Description") Data and Cable Views (See "Data View Tile" and "Cable View Tile") Data Waveform (See "Data Waveform Tile") Audio Meters and Status (See "Audio PPM Tile" and "Audio Status Tile") Ancillary Data (See "ANC Watch Tile") Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 1 5

20 Overview Test Pattern Generator (GENERATE) The GENERATE option allows the generation of stills and sequences in all video standards up to 4K p60 for SDI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs with Audio Tone. The type and format of output signals that can be generated is determined by the VIDEO_12G, VIDEO_HDMI and VIDEO 4K options The GENERATE option provides Pattern and sequence generation from SD to 4K (See "Jitter Waveform Tile") Multi-link pattern generation for QL-3G & DL-6G Colour bars including SMPTE Bars Multiburst, frequency sweeps, moving Zone Plates (See "Zoom View Tile") Luma / chroma steps & ramp and pulse & bar User-defined patterns Omnitek TSA and user-defined sequences. (See "Data Waveform Tile") 4K TSA including quadrant and cable identifiers for cable ordering of multi-link 4K standards. 6G & 12G-SDI Pathological pothole test signal (See "Jitter Spectrum Tile") Play back of captured stills and video clips (See "Eye Waveform Tile") Patterns loaded from internal SSD, USB or LAN (See "Jitter Histogram Tile") Independent luma and chroma channel control Output level & slew-rate control (PHY_ADV) (See "Conversion") SDI link timing delay for QL 3G and DL 6G-SDI Generator lockable to video, ext ref or free run. (See "Genlock Block") Jitter insertion to RP184 into all SDI rates at 0 to 3MHz and up to 4UI pk-pk (PHY_ADV option) (See "Conversion") 16 simultaneous generated audio tones (See "Closed Captions") 1 6 Overview 02/17

21 Format Convertor (CONVERT) The CONVERT option allow the up/down/ cross conversion between input and output standards. The type and format of signals that can be converted is determined by the VIDEO_12G, VIDEO_HDMI and VIDEO 4K options. Overview The CONVERT option supports: Conversion between appropriate video formats Conversion between different link structures Conversion between SQ and 2SI Simple and intuitive Connections menu User defined image sharpening/softening (see "Test Pattern Generator") Bit depth and colour space conversion Physical Layer Analysis (PHY) The PHY option provides a pair of instruments required to measure signal quality and jitter on SDI interfaces. The format of SDI input signals that can be analysed is determined by the VIDEO_12G option. The PHY option provides a pair of instruments required to measure signal quality and jitter on SDI interfaces: Eye Waveform Display up to 6Gb/s (See "Eye Waveform Tile") Jitter Meters up to 6Gb/s (See "Jitter Meters Tile") Physical Layer Status up to 6Gb/s (see "Physical Status Tile") Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 1 7

22 Overview Advanced Physical Layer Analysis (PHY_ADV) The PHY_ADV option provides 5 instruments required to measure signal quality and jitter on SDI interfaces. The format of SDI input signals that can be analysed is determined by the VIDEO_12G option. This PHY_ADV option provides the following: Eye Waveform Display up to 12Gb/s (See "Eye Waveform Tile") Jitter Measurement up to 12Gb/s (See "Jitter Meters Tile") Jitter Waveform up to 12Gb/s (See "Jitter Waveform Tile") Jitter Histogram up to 12Gb/s (See "Jitter Histogram Tile") Jitter Spectrum up to 12Gb/s (See "Jitter Spectrum Tile") Physical Layer Status up to 12Gb/s (see "Physical Status Tile") 12G-SDI Input/Output Support (VIDEO_12G) The VIDEO_12G option provides input, output and instrument support for 12G-SDI signals up to 4K p60. High Dynamic Range (VIDEO_HDR) The VIDEO_HDR Option allows the dynamic range of the video image to be displayed on the Picture tile as false colours representing areas of the image that may be outside the viewable dynamic range of the monitor itself. The false colour display can show area within SDR and those with HDR for the chosen colour space and data range. This HDR option provides the following: O-Zone false colour display of dynamic range for all video formats (See Picture - "False Colour Display") M-HDRZone, C-HDRZone, M-HDRFull, C-HDRFull and SDR-Zone false colour displays (See Picture - "False Colour Display") Support for SMPTE, EBU, Rec. 709, DCI and Rec Primary colour space input (See "SDI Inputs Control Panel") Support for SMPTE and Full range input (See "SDI Inputs Control Panel")) Support for mixed SDR and HDR images (See "SDI Inputs Control Panel") Support for 2.2 Gamma, PQ EOTF and HLG EOTF profiles (See "SDI Inputs Control Panel") 1 8 Overview 02/17

23 Overview User Interface Overview Power On The unit is turned on using the front panel button. When pressed the surround will turn green to indicate that the unit is on and after about 30 seconds the user interface should appear on the local interface screen (HDMI by default). The unit's web server will also start up to allow the unit to be controlled using a web browser. Power Button Local User Interface The Ultra 4K Tool Box can be controlled locally using the HDMI output and a mouse/keyboard connected directly to the rear of the unit. The local interface provides full resolution images, waveforms and real time display updates. On power-up the Ultra will automatically route the user interface to any connected HDMI monitor. A confirmation box is displayed to allow this connection link to be made in the Connections menu. Note that all Viewer tiles are available at full resolution on the local user interface and where applicable are available via web browser at low resolution and lower refresh rate. Web-browser User Interface The Ultra 4K Tool Box can be controlled via a web browser such as Chrome, FireFox or Internet Explorer. The web-browser interface provides browser resolution images, waveforms and the display is updated every few seconds. Some functionality is not available on the web-browser interface and this is indicated in this document. The web server within the Ultra 4K Tool Box can be accessed via a network by entering the unit's IP address or Machine Host Name into the browser address field. Units are factory configured to acquire an IP address from the network it is connected to using DHCP but can be configured to use a static IP address. On power-up the Ultra will automatically route the user interface to any connected HDMI monitor. Selecting the Configuration menu from the user interface will display the current network IP Address and the unit s unique Machine Host Name. See the "Web Browser Control" section in the Installation chapter for details about how to locate the unit on the network. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 1 9

24 Overview User Interface Operation All menus within the system are controlled using a mouse and keyboard (optional). Clicking with the left-hand mouse button (ie left click) will select menu tabs, enable functions and allow items to be chosen from drop down lists. The majority of the user interface screen area is reserved for instrumentation and major functional areas. Tabs are provided along the top of the screen to allow the selection of these major functional areas such as Viewer, Configuration and Connections. Along the bottom of the screen are a set of buttons that give quick access to specific commonly used functions. Control panels will appear at the right-hand side of the screen to provide context-specific functionality applicable to the currently selected major menu area, instrument tile or menu block. Menu Conventions Full screen display (web-browser) Drop down menu Full size window Small size window Panel menu selection Upload file Download file Minimize menu Maximize menu 0 Function turned off I Function turned on Shut Down and Power off When the system is operating, the unit's internal SD card is used to store system configuration information and other files. While the system is saving to the SD card an icon will be displayed at the top of the screen. Clicking on this icon, which appears at the top of the screen, will manually save any information that is waiting to be saved to the SD card. Clicking on this icon, in the top right-hand corner of the screen, will shut down the system so that it can be safely turned off using the power button on the font of the unit Overview 02/17

25 Viewer Menu The Viewer window, selected using the Viewer tab at the top of the screen, or by selecting the <v> key on a locally connected keyboard. It is used to display instruments that are monitoring the currently selected input(s). The layout of the window is controlled by the currently selected screen mode. Overview The main part of the Viewer window is divided into Tiles, each showing a particular instrument and can be pictures, meters, waveforms, etc. The Viewer window layout can be controlled manually and saved as a preset for future use. See the "Viewer Window Menu Operation" in the Viewer chapter for full details Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 1 11

26 Overview Generator Menu The Generator window, selected using the Generator tab at the top of the screen, or by selecting the <g> key on a locally connected keyboard. It is used to create, import, export and select test patterns and sequences for output via the SDI, HDM or DisplayPort outputs. The main part of the Generator window is a working desktop to place test patterns ready for selection. The panel on the right of the window allow the selected test pattern to be configured. The Patterns tab in this panel is used to configure the test pattern image, the Audio tab is used to configure the audio associated with the test pattern and the Common tab displays the current system resources being used by the currently selected test pattern. The generator can produce over 35 different test patterns, 3 different sequence types, 17 different zone plates and 3 pathological patterns all of which can be output at any size and frame rate. When the Ultra is delivered, however, it may only have a few test patterns displayed in the Generator window. When a displayed test pattern is selected, it will be rendered into memory with characteristics (such as number of pixels, number of lines and colour space) defined by the currently selected output format of the SDI Outputs, HDMI Output or DP Output block in the Connections window. Note that the link from the Generator block to the SDI Outputs, HDMI Output or DP Output block defines that actual video format that the generator will produce. See the "Jitter Waveform Tile" in the Generator chapter for full details 1 12 Overview 02/17

27 Configuration Menu The Configuration window, selected using the Configuration tab at the top of the screen, or by selecting the <c> key on a locally connected keyboard. It is used to configure the system for use in its installed environment. Overview The Configuration window consists of a number of different areas that are selected using the buttons at the bottom of the screen: See the "Connections Window General Operation" in the Configuration chapter for full details Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 1 13

28 Overview Connections Menu The Connections window, selected using the Connections tab at the top of the screen or by selecting the <x> key on a locally connected keyboard. It is used to configure the units internal inputs and outputs to match the unit's physical connections. This window displays a representation of the unit's rear panel connections and connection blocks representing the unit's input / outputs connections as well as internal virtual connections. Eye HDMI Input SDI Inputs Genlock HDMI Output DP Output SDI Outputs represents the Eye connection on the rear panel and is permanently linked to the Physical Layer Analysis block. represents the physical HDMI 1.4 input connection. represent all of the possible SDI input connections that make up the video signal including single link, dual link and quad link connections. represents the physical connection that unit is locked to. represents the physical HDMI output connection and is used to select the format and frame rate of the HDMI output. represents the physical Display Port output connection and is used to select the format and frame rate of the Display Port output. represents the possible SDI output connections for the single link, DL and QL connections and sets the SDI output format / frame rate. Physical Layer Analysis represents the virtual connection to the physical layer instruments. Local User Interface represents the virtual connection to the units user interface. Analyser / Converter represents the unit's virtual analyser and convertor connects Generator represents the virtual connection the Generator and the currently selected test pattern. These blocks can be interconnected by links to configure the unit for different modes of operations. These can be saved as presets for future use. See the "Connections Window General Operation" in the Connections chapter for full details 1 14 Overview 02/17

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31 Overview Viewer Window Menu Operation The Viewer window, selected using the Viewer tab at the top of the screen, or by selecting the <v> key on a locally connected keyboard. It is used to display instruments that are monitoring the currently selected input(s). The layout of the window is controlled by the currently selected screen mode. Viewer The main part of the Viewer window is divided into Tiles, each showing a particular instrument and can be pictures, meters, waveforms, etc. Note that all Viewer tiles are available at full resolution on the local user interface and where applicable are available via web browser at low resolution and lower refresh rate. The Viewer window layout can be controlled manually and saved as a preset for future use. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 3

32 Viewer Basic Operation Select Viewer tab to show this screen Select instrument type from drop down list. Change parameters for currently selected instrument Save and recall screen layouts using presets Select screen layout configuration Change mode of currently selected instrument using buttons Change instrument to full screen Select highlighted text to jump to detailed view Select individual pixels using cursors Instrument Tiles At the top of each Instrument Tile is a Title Bar which displays the currently selected instrument and allows the size of the tile to be changed. The Title Bar of the currently selected instrument will be shown in highlighted and instrument specific controls will be displayed in the left-hand panels and on the Button Bar at the bottom of the screen. The specific instrument to be displayed within each Tile is chosen from the drop down list in the top left corner of the tile on the Title Bar. The currently displayed instrument can be replaced by selecting another from the drop down list. Note that when an instrument is restricted to one instance, then the instrument will move from its existing position to the current tile. This icon indicates that the Tile is normal size. Clicking on this icon will make the Tile full size. This icon indicates that the Tile is full size. Clicking on this icon will return the Tile to the normal size of the currently selected template. 2 4 Viewer 02/17

33 Button Bar Whenever an instrument tile is selected, by clicking with the mouse, an instrument-specific Button Bar ( Soft Keys ) will be displayed at the bottom of the Viewer window. These buttons allow access to up to eight commonly used actions, settings or functional modes. These are selected by clicking on them using the mouse. Presets and Viewer Layouts The Presets control panel is used to save and recall global presets that setup all of the operational variables for the system. It allows existing saved presets to be displayed as well as allows existing presets to be exported and imported. There are 9 sets of presets which are selected using the Preset #-# button. Viewer Clicking on this icon will display the different Viewer layouts that can be applied. Click on the required icon within the Select Tile Layout window and the Viewer layout will change accordingly. Clicking on this icon will display the currently saved presets held on the system in the Edit Presets window. This displays all of the current system presets with details of the menu areas that the preset effects. Here existing presets can be deleted by selecting the X next to the one to be deleted. Note that presets 1, 2 and 3 are reserved by the system and cannot be deleted. Clicking on this icon will allow the Presets held on the system to be exported to a file for backup purposes. When using the local user interface, selecting this icon will create a Presets.oaf file on a USB pen drive connected to the rear panel USB slot. When using a web browser this file will be saved in the browser's download folder. Clicking on this icon will allow a previously saved Presets.oaf file to be uploaded into the system. When using the local user interface, selecting this icon will upload the Presets.oaf file from a USB pen drive connected to the rear panel USB slot. When using a web browser, selecting this icon will display a file dialogue to allow the location of the file and to be selected. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 5

34 Viewer Saving a Preset The current Viewer display setup, including instrument selection, can be saved as a preset for future use. Multiple presets can be setup to allow the Viewer to be configured for specific tasks. Setup the Viewer, Configuration, Generator and Connection menus as required then press and hold one of the preset buttons in the Presets panel at the left of the screen. A dialogue will appear to allow a suitable preset name. The switches next to Viewer, Generator, Configuration and Connections, when enabled (1) will save all of the parameters associated with those menus. The settings of the individual Configuration menus can also be selected independently. Select OK to confirm saving the preset. Note that any details previously assigned to this Preset number will be overwritten. The Name can be used to aid identification and will be displayed at the top of the screen when the mouse cursor hovers over the Preset. Recalling a Preset To recall a preset, just select the number from the Presets panel. Renaming a Preset To rename a preset first select it by entering its number in the Presets panel. Click and hold the preset number in the Viewer Presets panel, re name the preset then press OK to save the changes Deleting a Preset Select the Edit Presets window and then click on the X next to the one to be deleted. Exporting a Preset file Viewer presets can be exported to a Presets.oaf file. This file can be used for backup purposes and allow settings from one Ultra unit to be transferred to another Ultra unit running the same software version. The currently held presets can be exported using the down arrow on the number pad of Presets section. A file containing copies of the Preset details for the current screen is then added either to the Download folder on the computer controlling the Ultra or where the Ultra isn t being controlled via a web browser, to a USB stick plugged into the back panel. Files can be renamed as required, but only the correct preset file type can be loaded. Importing a Preset file Previously saved preset file can be restored into the system using the up arrow on the number pad of Presets section. 2 6 Viewer 02/17

35 There are no restrictions on the filename or the location of the file that is imported as long as it is accessible to the Control device that is being used and it retains its original.oaf file type. All the Presets stored in the selected file are imported. Use the file selector that is displayed to pick out the appropriate.oaf file. A dialogue will be displayed detailing the Presets that have been imported. Click the Close button to clear this message from the screen. Note that in versions of software earlier than 3.2, the different menu areas had individual preset files: Viewer - " ViewPresets.oaf" Generator - GenPresets.oaf Configuration - " SysConfigs.oaf" Connection - ConnectionsPresets.oaf When importing one of these preset types, they will be placed in the currently selected preset block (Preset 0-9, Preset 11-19, Preset 21-29, etc) Viewer Split Screen Mode The Viewer window can be set to Split Screen Mode to allow another major menu area, such as the Connections or Generator window to be displayed in the bottom 2 tiles of the screen. This is useful, for example, to change test patterns while monitoring the Picture or other instruments. Clicking on the icon that appears when the cursor is over the Viewer tab allows Split Screen Mode to be turned on and off. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 7

36 Viewer Active Cursors & SMPTE Cursors Control Panels When a specific data point needs to be analysed it can be selected using the following methods: Clicking on the Picture tile at the point of interest Using the Active Picture cursor rose Using the SMPTE Sample cursor rose All instruments are locked together and share these control methods so selecting a specific point on the picture will indicate that point on all displayed instruments using instrument-specific cursors The focus for displays such as the Data View, the Zoom View and the Data Waveform can be both shown and moved on the Picture tile. The currently selected position can be represented on the Picture View by a crosshair cursor, the position of which is principally identified by the X, Y settings shown in the middle of the Active Picture cursor rose displayed towards the bottom of the right-hand panel of the Viewer window. The X, Y settings give the position of the cursor in pixels and lines relative to the top left-hand corner of the Active Picture. Display of the crosshair cursor is controlled by the Cursor function in the Picture Control Panel at the right of the screen. The SMPTE Sample cursor rose identifies the position in terms of pixels (X) and lines (Y) of the currently selected sample within the data stream or in the case of video formats delivered as a number of sub images, its position within the data stream identified by the Input specified in the bottom right-hand corner of the display. The Active Picture cursor rose identifies the position of the equivalent pixel in terms of pixels (X) and lines (Y) away from the top left-hand corner of the Active Picture part of the video frame (unless this position is in the blanking, in which case X and Y are given as ---- to indicate that the current sample isn t part of the Active Picture). The following keyboard keys can be used to control the cursor position: < > < > < > < > Move the cursor up Move the cursor down Move the cursor left Mover the cursor right 2 8 Viewer 02/17

37 Picture Picture Tile Picture Description The Picture tile, available at full resolution on the local user interface, allows the image on the currently selected analyser input to be displayed at small, medium or large size dependent on the currently selected screen layout and whether the small or large icon has selected. Viewer Picture Controls When the Picture tile is selected, function buttons are displayed along the bottom of the screen and control panels are displayed along the right-hand edge of the screen. Quality defines the web-browser image quality. Mono when enabled (1) displays the image in black and white. Mode defines Active picture or Full raster video capture. Stream defines the data stream to capture. Cursor displays the picture cursor. Aspect ratio sets the aspect ratio of the displayed image. Cage enables the safe area cages define in the Configuration - Video menu. Capture length defines the number of frames to be captured. Closed captions defines the Closed Caption type to be displayed. Quality Mono False Colour allows the images to be overlaid with false colour to show regions of high dynamic range. (Web-based UI only) is provided for where network bandwidth is an issue when you are accessing the Ultra remotely. The default selection is High but selecting Medium will halve both the number of pixels in a line and the number of lines, while selecting Low will halve these again. In both cases, the bandwidth needed to display the picture will be reduced in proportion to the number of pixels that are no longer being displayed. when enabled (1) displays the image in black and white. This only affects the displayed image but not the captured image. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 9

38 Viewer Mode defines Active picture or Full raster video capture. Active selects only the active image area for capture. Full raster selects the complete SDI data stream for capture including all VANC and ANC packets and audio data. Stream Cursor defines the data stream to capture. This allows the selection of an individual data stream from an individual physical connection. this controls the display of a crosshair cursor indicating the position within the Picture View of the current focus for displays such as the Data View, the Data Waveform and the Zoom View. The On (1)/Off (0) setting of this option controls whether the crosshair cursor is displayed or hidden. When the cursor is enabled the data value at the current cursor position is displayed in the Picture title bar. See the "Active Cursors & SMPTE Cursors Control Panels" section for different ways in which to control the cursor. Aspect Ratio Cage the aspect ratio of the image displayed within the Picture tile can be set from a range of choices from a drop-down menu. Note that the Auto function is not available in the current version but in future versions will set the aspect ratio based on the Active Format Description embedded in the selected input. enables the Safe Action and Safe Title cages that are setup in the Configuration tab. Two sets of cages can be defined, allowing you to readily judge the positioning of any action and any titles on a choice of screen geometries. For example, by setting up one set of cages for a 16:9 screen display and the other for a 4:3 screen display you will be able to simultaneously assess the positioning of any action and any titles on these two screen formats. Overall control over the display of the cages is given by the Cage function within the Picture control panel which allows the display of cages to be turned On (1) or Off (0). The dimensions and positioning of the two Safe action and the two Safe title cages are individually defined in the Configuration - Video menu. The four cages are also individually enabled, allowing you to select precisely which cages are displayed. For details about how to setup the Cage see the "Cage Section" section of the Configuration - Video menu. Capture controls number of frames saved when the Capture function is selected. See the "Video Capture" section Viewer 02/17

39 Video Capture The Capture function allows one or more frames of the current input to be captured for use either on the same Ultra system (for example, as a Test Pattern) or on some other system, that requires YUV, BMP or JPEG image files. When the Picture tile is selected, the Capture field of the Picture control panel allows you to specify the number of frames you want to capture while the Button Bar at the bottom of the display offers a range of functions. Capture selecting this button starts the capture of the selected number of frames. On completion of the capture, the details of the capture are added to the Capture List and the Picture tile automatically switches to display the Capture List. Viewer Save selecting this button starts the process of adding the images you have captured to the Generator window either of the same Ultra or another Ultra as a Test Pattern. Delete selecting this button deletes the selected capture from the Capture List. Live selecting this button switches the display from the Capture List back to displaying the Picture tile of the live input. Capture List selecting this button switches the display from the Picture tile of the live input to the Capture List. Each set of images that is captured is automatically added to a Capture List which can be displayed instead of the Live input. Entries in the Capture List can then be individually saved or deleted as required. The captured images can be saved in a range of formats YUV, YUV10, BMP or JPEG. There is a choice of colour space (RGB or XYZ), a range of standard colour gamuts (DCI, EBU, SMPTE C, Rec 709 and Rec 2020), Full range or SMPTE range colour values, and gamma correction. The user may also specify the Reference White Level to be used in converting the image between XYZ and other colour spaces. The number of frames that can be captured is set in the Settings section of the Configuration - System menu. See the "Allocating Capture / Generator Memory" section in the Configuration chapter for details. Capturing images/sequences from the current input To capture one or more frames of the current input, follow these steps: Feed the required input to the Analyser and Link the input(s) to the Analyser/Converter block in the Connections window. Display Picture tile. Set the number of frames to capture using the Capture - Length in the Picture control panel. Start the capture images using the Capture button. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 11

40 Viewer The specified number of frames are then captured (or as many of these frames as there is memory available to hold these). An entry for the captured frames is then added to the Ultra s. Capture List and the Picture display is automatically switched to show this list. Captures that you don t want to save can be deleted from the Capture List using the Delete option offered on the Button Bar. Saving the Captured Video The current captured video clip can be saved for use as a Generator test pattern or sequence. The images you capture are made into Test Patterns by selecting the Save button. This displays a dialogue where the image format can be selected from the File type drop down: 8-bit YUV, 10-bit YUV (YUV10), BMP JPEG When BMP or JPEG format is chosen, the Gamut standard to be used should also be selected from the Gamut drop down list: DCI DIgital Cinema Initiative, SMPTE RP 431 Rec.709 EBU SMPTE C SMPTE RP 145 Rec ITU-R Recommendation BT.709 ITU-R BT.470 standardized RGB colour space ITU-R Recommendation BT.2020 RGB or XYZ colour space should be chosen and whether the colour component values are Full range or limited to the SMPTE standard range. Gamma correction can be applied (set to 1 by default) and the Reference White Level for converting between RGB and XYZ (set by default to 48cd/m 2 ). Once the OK button has been selected, the captured image(s) are automatically made available as a Test Pattern or sequence in the Generator window. See the "Using Test Patterns / Sequences" section in the generator chapter for details about how to use the newly saved test pattern or sequence Viewer 02/17

41 Closed Captions Overview Closed Captions / Subtitles can be displayed over the image in the Picture tile. The type of closed caption / subtitles to be displayed is setup in the Captions section of the Picture Control Panel. Closed captions are text-based information, encoded and hidden in the data stream that is optionally displayed on screen by the user in America, Canada and Australia. Subtitles are text-based information, encoded and hidden in the data stream that is optionally displayed on screen by the user in Europe and Australia. CEA 608 closed caption system (standard definition format used in the USA and Canada) embeds a data packet on line 21/284 of the SDI 525i video. This supports up to 4 different caption streams (channels) with up to 32 characters per video frame. The presence of IEA 608 packets can be seen in the ANC Watch tile as "Caption 608". CEA 708 closed caption system (HD-SDI format used in the USA and Canada) embeds information in the VANC area of the video and uses DID 61 and supports up to 6 different closed caption streams (services). The presence of IEA 708 packets can be seen in the ANC Watch tile as "Caption 708". OP47 closed caption system (HD-SDI format used in Australia and around the world) is basically a wrapper around the WST (World System Teletext subtitle system used in Europe for HD-SDI) that allows it to be embedded in the VANC area of the HD-SDI video using DID 43. Typically page 801 is used in Australia and page 888 is used in other countries as the first page. The presence of OP-47 packets can be seen in the ANC Watch tile as "OP47 Dist." or "OP47 Transpt." Viewer Closed Caption Controls The Picture control panel, that appear when the Picture tile is selected, allows closed captions / subtitles to be displayed over the Picture. Type allows 608, 708 or OP-47 closed captions to be selected for display. 708 service allows the appropriate CEA 708 service to be selected. 608 channel allows the appropriate CEA 608 channel to be selected. Note that the OP-47 page number is selected in the Captions section of the Configuration - Video menu. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 13

42 Viewer False Colour Display Overview The dynamic range of the video image can be displayed on the Picture tile as false colours representing areas of the image that may be outside the viewable dynamic range of the monitor itself. The false colour display can show area within SDR and those with HDR for the chosen colour space and data range. False Colour Controls The Picture control panel, that appear when the Picture tile is selected, allows closed captions / subtitles to be displayed over the Picture. False Colour allows the type of false colour to be selected: "O-Zone", "M-HDRZone", C-HDRZone", M-HDRFull", "C-HDRFull" or "SDR-Zone. Flash, when enabled (1) will flash the false colour on and off instead of the false colour being permanently shown. SDR-Max sets the maximum value for SDR. Above this will be HDR. Error Mode enables normal out of gamut errors to be displayed in red. Error Level defines the level above which gamut errors will be displayed. With False Colour set to O-Zone, the full digital range of the image (ramp in this example) is replaced with a colour map from blue to red. With False Colour set to SDR-Zone, the range of the image up to level 512 is replaced with a colour map from blue to red. Any areas of the image above the 512 level is also show red. With False Colour set to M-HDRZone, the range of the image above the SDR value of 512 is replaced with a colour map from blue to red. The SDR areas of the image are monochrome. With False Colour set to C-HDRZone, the range of the image above the SDR value of 512 is replaced with a colour map from blue to red. The SDR areas of the image are normal colour. With False Colour set to M-HDRFull, the whole range of the image is replaced with a colour map from blue to red. The SDR areas of the image, below 512, are monochrome. With False Colour set to C-HDRFull, the whole range of the image is replaced with a colour map from blue to red. The SDR areas of the image, below 512, are normal colour Viewer 02/17

43 Zoom View Tile Zoom View Description The Zoom View tile provides a detailed view of a 15 x 15 or 31 x 31 area of centred about the current picture cursor position. Viewer The data shown comprises the Y, U and V values of the selected pixel (in the currently selected format) and its X, Y position relative to the top left-hand corner of the Active Picture (also picked out for the current cursor position on the Active Picture cursor rose). The corresponding pixel data on the different data streams that contribute to these pixels can be seen in the Data View and in the Data Waveform. See the "Data View Tile" section for and the "Data Waveform Tile" sections for details. Zoom View Controls When the Zoom View tile is selected, the following buttons are available: 31 x 31 this select the 31 x 31 pixel array 15 x 15 this select the 15 x 15 pixel array Format this toggles the displayed values through decimal, hexadecimal and hex 8/2. The Zoom View tile allows the image on the currently selected analyser input to be zoomed into either a 15 x 15 or 31 x 31 pixel array about the current picture cursor position. Also included in the display is a set of details about the pixel currently under the mouse pointer (where this is over the zoomed image) or if the mouse pointer isn t on the zoomed image, about the pixel at the current cursor position. See the "Active Cursors & SMPTE Cursors Control Panels" section for different ways in which to control the cursor. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 15

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45 Gamut Gamut Meters Tile Gamut Meters Description The Gamut Meters tile allows the colour gamut of the currently selected analyser input to be monitored. This view consists of a set of bar graphs showing the Y, Cb, Cr and R, G, B ranges. Out of gamut levels are display in red. Viewer The permitted ranges of the different colour components are part of overall video configuration, set in the Configuration - Video menu. See the "Video Error Checking Section" section in the Configuration chapter for details Gamut Meters Controls When the Gamut Meters tile is selected the Gamut Meters control panel is displayed at the right of the screen. This allows the colour component meters to be enabled / disabled for YCbCr, RGB and XYZ colour spaces. YCbCr enables / disables the YCbCr set of meters Y enables / disables the individual Y meter Cb enables / disables the individual Cb meter Cr enables / disables the individual Cr meter RGB enables / disables the RGB set of meters R enables / disables the individual Red meter G enables / disables the individual Green meter B enables / disables the individual Blue meter XYZ enables / disables the XYZ set of meters X enables / disables the individual X meter Y enables / disables the individual Y meter Z enables / disables the individual Z meter Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 17

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47 Audio Audio PPM Tile Audio PPM Description The Audio PPM tile displays the audio levels of the currently selected SDI input link. Viewer 16 individual audio channels are displayed as PPM meters. These meters behave in accordance with the EBU PPM digital current meter with a dbfs graticule. The level for each enabled channel is coloured, green, yellow or red to indicate whether the level is within EBU specified limits for Permitted Maximum and Alignment reference levels. Audio channels that are not enable are shown in grey. The button bar at the bottom of the screen can be used to switch between SDI link to view the audio levels on different physical connections or virtual links. Audio PPM Controls When the Audio Status tile is selected, the following buttons are available: Reset in several cases, the information shown includes a count of the number of errors that have occurred since the time these counts were last restarted. The Reset function can be used at any time to restart the counting by returning all these counts to zero. Video pressing this button will toggle through the different status pages for the currently selected video source and link. Input 1 this button will appear if the video signal is transmitted over a single video physical link (for example SD-SDI or HD-SDI). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for this input. Input 2 this button will appear if the video signal is transmitted over more than one video physical link (for example 3G-DL). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for the second physical link. Input 1:1 this button will appear if the video signal is transferred over 2 or more video streams (for example 3GB dual steam). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for the first stream. Input 1:2 this button will appear if the video signal is transferred over 2 or more video streams (for example 3GB-2S). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for the second stream. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 19

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49 Status Video Status Tile Video Status Description The Video Status tile provides detail of the currently selected video source. The display consists of a number of different pages detailing different aspects of the currently selected video source. These cover the Video Format and Gamut Range and details of the links and streams making up the final image. Viewer The number in the "Value" column indicates the number of failures in the current frame. The value in the "Total Errors" column show the number of failures since the last reset. The value in the "% EFPS" (error frames per second) indicates the number of failures as a percentage of all of the frames since the last reset. The values associated with the individual status items are normally shown in white text but will be coloured red when the value currently being reported is incorrect. The Button Bar can be used to select the specific pages. In some cases, just one page is called up by pressing the associated button but pressing the Video button and various Input n:m buttons in the right-hand half of the Button Bar multiple times cycles through a set of pages of information. The number of pages is shown on the Title bar to the display. Video Status Controls When the Video Status tile is selected, the following buttons are available: Reset in several cases, the information shown includes a count of the number of errors that have occurred since the time these counts were last restarted. The Reset function can be used at any time to restart the counting by returning all these counts to zero. Video pressing this button will toggle through the different status pages for the currently selected video source and link. Input 1 this button will appear if the video signal is transmitted over a single video physical link (for example SD-SDI or HD-SDI). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for this input. Input 2 this button will appear if the video signal is transmitted over more than one video physical link (for example 3G-DL). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for the second physical link. Input 1:1 this button will appear if the video signal is transferred over 2 or more video streams (for example 3GB-2S). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for the first stream. Input 1:2 this button will appear if the video signal is transferred over 2 or more video streams (for example 3GB-2S). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for the second stream. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 21

50 Viewer Format Information A Format entry is given at the top of each status page. On pages relating to Inputs, it gives the standard to which the individual input is locked - automatically determined by the Ultra e.g. from SMPTE 352 packets within the video stream. For pages such as the Video and Physical pages, it gives the video standard of the signal produced by combining the various different inputs. Error Checking Information The entries in this section show parameters in error and give error counts for a range of standard features of the video data stream. For instance, the ANC entry counts invalid ANC checksums. FVH TRS TRS Position CRC ANC Line Active F1 CRC Active F2 CRC Full F1 CRC Full F2 CRC Field Vertical Horizontal timing reference. This will display incorrectly timed, missing or damaged FVH words. Timing Reference Signal. A TRS word appears at the start of each video line and this will display missing or damaged TRS words. The position of the TRS word will be checked by the system and if any are in the wrong position it will be displayed here. Cyclic Redundancy Check. The system calculates a new 16-bit CCITT CRC values from the incoming data, and compares this value with the actual CRC value embedded in the data. If there is a difference, this is flagged as an error. The CRC values that have been calculated for the active area and for each full field/ frame are also displayed. This data may be used to assess the degree to which video data has been degraded by the path over which it has been transmitted The system calculates a new 16-bit CCITT CRC values from the ancillary data, and compares this value with the actual CRC value embedded in the data. If there is a difference, this is flagged as an error. The Line entry counts TRS packets where the line number specified does not agree with the line number calculated internally. Note: This entry is only applicable to HD and 3G video: Line numbers are not included in TRS packets in SD. This displays the checksum for the Active Picture cyclic redundancy check for field 1 of image. This displays the checksum for the Active Picture cyclic redundancy check for field 2 of image. This displays the checksum for the cyclic redundancy check for the complete data frame of field 1. This displays the checksum for the cyclic redundancy check for the complete data frame of field 2. Gamut Information The Video page of the Status display shows errors associated with YCbCr and RGB data. (The range of acceptable values is set on the Video page of the Configuration window.) See the "Video Error Checking Section" section in the Configuration chapter for details. The YCbCr section of this display gives the number of pixels for which the YCbCr data is in error as a percentage of the current frame, the total number of frames for which the error level recorded on the Video page of the Configuration window was exceeded since the last reset and a count of these error frames per second (EFPS). It also shows the maximum and minimum Y, Cb and Cr values experienced Viewer 02/17

51 The RGB Range section gives the number of pixels for which the YCbCr data would be invalid if converted to RGB space as a percentage of the current frame, the total number of frames for which the error level recorded in the Video page of the Configuration window was exceeded since the last reset and a count of these error frames per second (EFPS). It also shows the maximum and minimum RGB values experienced. Timecode Information The system checks the input stream for timecode data. Where a timecode is present, it is displayed alongside the corresponding timecode type. VITC LTC ATC VITC1 ATC VITC2 ATC LTC This displays the vertical interval timecode if present on the currently selected SDI source. This displays the longitudinal timecode if present on the currently selected SDI source. This displays the vertical interval timecode extracted from the ancillary timecode data packet for VITC1 if present on the currently selected SDI source. This displays the vertical interval timecode extracted from the ancillary timecode data packet for VITC2 if present on the currently selected SDI source. Ancillary Timecode Longitudinal Timecode. This displays the longitudinal timecode extracted from the ancillary timecode data packet for LTC if present on the currently selected SDI source. Viewer SMPTE 352 Packet Information The system will check for the SMPTE 352 packet on each physical cable and each virtual link of the currently selected video source and display the decoded packet for both the Luma and Chroma data streams for field 1 and field 2. The displayed results can be compare against the format detected by the system itself. Error Ranges, Persistence and Severity The level at which any aspect of the video becomes in error, the length of time that this condition has to persist for an error to be reported and the severity of that error (Error/Warning/OK) is part of the system configuration. The Ultra is delivered with these levels set in accordance with standard practice within the industry. The current settings can be viewed and adjusted in the Configuration - Video menu. See the "Video Error Checking Section" section in the Configuration chapter for details. The display also allows you to require that an SNMP Trap is generated when an error occurs. The settings are of two types: thresholds above/below which the associated parameter is deemed to be in error; and counts of the number of differences between the expected value and the actual value of video fields such as TRS codes and CRCs, above which an error should be reported. It is important to note that the error counts given are counts of the number of frames in which the error has occurred. If, say, the Y value goes above the set maximum in a frame, 1 will be added to the error count whether it exceeded the given maximum once or man times. Equally, for errors such as CRC errors, a count is made of the individual errors within a frame up to the point at which the number set in the Configuration window is exceeded, at which point the error count is increased by 1. These error counts are also expressed as a percentage of the total number of frames processed. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 23

52 Viewer Audio Status Tile Audio Status Description The Audio Status tile provides details of the currently selected video source. The Audio Status tile display consists of a number of different pages detailing the audio status of the currently selected video source. The information given about each channel is as follows. Note that much of the data shown here is a direct transcription of data included in the source. Channel Use Data use Emphasis Locking of Source Sample Frequency Channel Mode Professional/Consumer. PCM/Data Not specified / 50 / 15ms / CCITT J.17 / Unknown Locked / Unlocked / Not indicated 32 khz, 44.1 khz, 48 khz, or Not indicated Not indicated / Dual/Single / Primary/Secondary / Stereo / Unknown Word Length Default / 16 Bits / 18 Bits / 19 Bits / 20 Bits / 22 Bits / 23 Bits / 24 Bits / User / Unknown Audio Status Controls When the Audio Status tile is selected, the following buttons are available: Reset this button allows any accumulated errors to be cleared. Video pressing this button will toggle through the different status pages for the currently selected video source and link. Input 1 this button will appear if the video signal is transmitted over a single video physical link (for example SD-SDI or HD-SDI). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for this input. Input 2 this button will appear if the video signal is transmitted over more than one video physical link (for example 3G-DL). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for the second physical link. Input 1:1 this button will appear if the video signal is transferred over 2 or more video streams (for example 3GB-2S). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for the first stream. Input 1:2 this button will appear if the video signal is transferred over 2 or more video streams (for example 3GB-2S). Pressing this button will select the different status pages for the second stream Viewer 02/17

53 Physical Status Tile Physical Status Description The Physical Status tile shows a summary of the physical layer details of the SDI signal connected to the unit s Eye input. Viewer The entries on the Physical Status display report: 10 Hz the level of jitter within the 10 Hz band, expressed in UI 100Hz 1kHz 10kHz 100kHz Eye rise time Eye fall time Rise/fall difference Eye amplitude CRC errors Cable Length the level of jitter within the 100 Hz band, expressed in UI the level of jitter within the 1 khz band, expressed in UI the level of jitter within the 10 khz band, expressed in UI the level of jitter within the 100 khz band, expressed in UI the SDI signal rise time, expressed in ps the SDI signal fall time, expressed in ps the difference between measured rise and fall times, expressed in ps the Eye amplitude expressed in mv A count of Eye CRC Errors Where the input comes from SDI video fed in over cable, the display includes a Cable Length figure. This is an estimate of the length of cable between the source and the point of measurement, calculated assuming Belden 1694A cable. For full details of the physical layer analysis of the input connected to the Eye input see the "Eye Waveform Tile" and "Jitter Meters Tile" sections in this chapter. Physical Status Controls When the Physical Status tile is selected, the following button is available: Reset this button allows any accumulated errors to be cleared. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 25

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55 Data Cable View Tile Cable View Description The Cable View tile shows how the data samples are assembled on a single cable or multiple cable, multiple link and multiple stream video connection. Viewer Where video is delivered over multiple Inputs, these Inputs are generally delivered over more than one cable with each cable delivering one or more Input. Where two or more Inputs are delivered on a single cable, these are delivered interleaved. The data samples are colour coded to match the SMPTE standard to identify data from the different Inputs and show how this has been interleaved. When the SMPTE Sample cursor is selected When the Active Picture cursor is selected Cable View Controls The following buttons are available when the Cable View tile is selected: Go to SAV this jumps to the start of active video Go to EAV this jumps to the end of active video Format this changes the format of the displayed data between hexadecimal and decimal The current cursor position can be selected using the cursor panels. Using the Cable View and Data View together allows specific data samples to be tracked from image to cable. See the "Active Cursors & SMPTE Cursors Control Panels" section for different ways in which to control the cursor. Note that interpreting the data shown in these displays is not straightforward when it is associated with video formats such as Square Division or 2-Sample Interleave 4K UHD as these draw their data from more than one input. Please refer to the appropriate SMPTE standards for details of data sample structure. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 27

56 Viewer Data View Tile Data View Description The Data View tile shows how the data samples are assembled to form the image. The Data View displays the values for a selected set of pixels delivered over the different Inputs that contribute to the final image. These Inputs don t correspond to cables but instead to what SMPTE describe as Virtual Interfaces. While several SDI cables may be needed to deliver one image, each of those cables may be delivering more than one Input. The display consists of one or more horizontal sets of 10- or 12-bit data arranged in a block, showing the data interpreted either in decimal or in hex. The top line of the block details the line of the Input(s) from which the samples are taken, while the second line identifies the samples for which data is displayed. The remaining lines of the block display the data associated with the samples. The way in which the data should be interpreted is dependent on the part of the frame that is being shown (Active Picture or Blanking).Within the Active Picture area, the data corresponds to YUV values with Y shown on one line and U/V shown on the other line. (Whether the U/V value shown should be interpreted as U or V is shown by the coloured bar at the bottom of the column which is blue for U values and red for V values. In other parts of the frame, the data displayed can reflect a range of different data. To help identification, the values are shown against different background colours as follows: Green indicates pixel is within Active video Blue indicates pixel is within a TRS packet Purple indicates pixel is within an ANC packet Light grey indicates pixel is within horizontal blanking Black indicates pixel is within vertical blanking for field 1 Dark grey indicates pixel is within vertical blanking for field 2 Red indicates a data range error (i.e. video data outside the range specified on the Video page of the Configuration window). Where the video being analysed is delivered as a single stream, the screen will just show the pixel data for that Input. For video such as HD (1.5Gb/s) Dual-link and Square Division 4K UHD, however, the image is delivered over two or more Inputs. In these cases, the Data View displays a separate set of pixel data for each Input. Note: Interpreting the data shown in these displays is not straightforward when it is associated with video formats such as Square Division or 2-Sample Interleave 4K UHD as these draw their data from more than one input. When working with such standards, you are strongly recommended to have a copy of the relevant SMPTE standard to hand to refer to. For video standards such as SD that deliver their data via a single Input, a single set of Y and U/V data is displayed. For video standards such as 3G Level B 2-Sample Interleave 2160p that take their data from multiple Inputs, multiple sets of data are shown all showing the same range of pixels Viewer 02/17

57 The allocation of data to the different lines of the display follows the mappings for the different video standards detailed in the relevant SMPTE standards: SMPTE 372 for 1.5Gb/s Dual-Link video SMPTE ST for sub-1080-line 3G Level B Dual-Link and Level B Dual-Stream video SMPTE ST for 1080/2160-line 3G video SMPTE ST for Quad-Link 3G video SMPTE ST 2081 for 6G video SMPTE ST 2082 for 12G video The lines of the block are numbered using an n:m format where n identifies the cable on which the Input is being delivered and m identifies the Virtual Interface on that cable (as define in the SMPTE standards) corresponding to the Interface. The role in the final image played by each Input is indicated by the bar shown to the right of the n:m number which is coloured according to the colouring scheme used in the appropriate SMPTE standard. Viewer The current cursor position is indicated by copper-coloured boxes around the relevant data. When the SMPTE Sample cursor is selected, a single box is shown on each horizontal block, picking out the selected sample. When the Active Picture cursor is selected, one or more smaller boxes may be shown, picking out the different sample elements that contribute to the currently selected pixel. The arrangement of smaller boxes shown is strongly dependent on the video standard of the signal that is being analysed, in particular whether the Sampling is 4:4:4, 4:2:2 or 4:2:0. When the SMPTE Sample cursor is selected When the Active Picture cursor is selected The current cursor position is maintained across the different displays and the different cursor selections so that the user can follow the contributions being made from different bit periods to any pixel. Please refer to the appropriate SMPTE standards for details of data sample structure. Data View Controls The following buttons are available when the Data View tile is selected: Go to SAV this jumps to the start of active video Go to EAV this jumps to the end of active video Format this changes the format of the displayed data between hexadecimal and decimal The current cursor position can be selected using the cursor panels. Using the Cable View and Data View together allows specific data samples to be tracked from image to cable. See the "Active Cursors & SMPTE Cursors Control Panels" section for different ways in which to control the cursor. Note that movements made on the Picture tile and the Zoom View are restricted to the active picture area, whereas those on the Data View and Cable View can be used to explore the blanking using the SMPTE Sample cursor. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 29

58 Viewer Data Waveform Tile Data Waveform Description The Data Waveform tile gives a graphical display of the YUV values of the pixels shown on the central line of the Zoom View i.e. at the current cursor position. The display is offered in two forms, referred to as Single and Double. The Single version of the waveform corresponds to the 15x15 version of the Zoom View and shows the data from 15 pixels. The Double version of the waveform corresponds to the 31x31 version of the Zoom View and shows data from 31 pixels. Examples of the two versions of the display are shown below. The format in which the YUV data is displayed is selectable via the Format option offered on the Button Bar, with the current selection shown in the tile s Title bar. Single Double The current cursor position can be selected using the cursor panels. Using the Cable View and Data View together allows specific data samples to be tracked from image to cable. See the "Active Cursors & SMPTE Cursors Control Panels" section for different ways in which to control the cursor. Data Waveform Controls The following buttons are displayed when the Data Waveform tile is selected: SIngle this sets the display to show the waveform for 15 pixels Double this sets the display to show the waveform for 31 pixels Format this changes the format of the displayed data between hexadecimal and decimal 2 30 Viewer 02/17

59 Ancillary Data ANC Watch Tile ANC Watch Description The ANC Watch tile is a list of the common ANC Packet types (plus up to 3 user-defined packet types and a general Unknown entry), marked to show which packet types have been detected since the display was last reset. Viewer This display overs all the ANC Packet types in common use across the broadcast industry, together with up to three user-defined packet types and an Unknown entry that acts as a catch-all for any other ANC packets that are detected. Clicking on the links will open the corresponding detail view (offered by Set 1 to 7). Click on the link in the detail view will set the current cursor position. The display starts as a simple grid of names, mainly just representing one particular ANC Packet type but in some cases (for space reasons) covering a family of related ANC Packet types. For example, Payload ID S352 stands for both the Payload S352-Y and Payload S352-C packet types while HD Audio S299 stands for the four packet types, HD Audio S299 G1 HD Audio S299 G4. As ANC packets are detected within the blanking of the video being analysed, the corresponding names become marked to show both that one or more ANC packets of this type have been detected and whether any errors have been spotted in any of these packets. The coding used is as follows: Green text ANC packets of this type detected in the current video session: no errors found Red text ANC packets of this type detected in the current video session: errors found Green underline ANC packets of this type detected without error in previous video sessions (since the last reset) Red underline ANC packets of this type detected with errors in previous video sessions (since the last reset) Details of the number of each type of packet that have been detected since the display was last reset and the percentage of those that have been found to contain an error are displayed on the corresponding ANC Count page, which can be called up by clicking on the ANC packet name in the ANC Watch display. Clicking on the name of an ANC Packet type that has been detected in the current video session also moves the SMPTE cursor and hence the focus of the Data View, Cable View and ANC Viewer displays to the location of the ANC Packet within the blanking so that you can see the details of the packet in these displays. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 31

60 Viewer ANC Watch Controls When the Anc Watch tile is selected, the following buttons are available: Reset this button allows any accumulated errors to be cleared. ANC Watch this jumps to the ANC Watch display. Set 1 this jumps to the first set of detail ancillary information. Set 2 this jumps to the second set of detail ancillary information. Set 2 this jumps to the seventh set of detail ancillary information. User Defined this jumps to the user-defined ancillary information. Common ANC Packets The following common ANC packets are detected by the system: Payload ID S352 HD Audio S299 HD Ctrl S299 EDH RP165 SD Aux S272 SD Audio S272 SD Ctrl S272 Audio S2020 WSS RDD8 OP47 Dist. OP47 Transpt. Caption 708 Caption 608 ARIB-B 22 ARIB-B 23-1 ARIB-B 23-2 ARIB-B 35 ARIB-B 37 Mob. ARIB-B 37 Ana ARIB-B 37 SD ARIB-B 37 HD ARIB-B 39 SMPTE 291M defined Payload Identification data packet in VANC space. SMPTE 291M defined HD audio data in HANC space. SMPTE 291M defined HD control data in HANC space. SMPTE RP165-EDH packet containing EDH (error data handling) and CRC (cyclic redundancy counts) which only appears on SD-SDI signals. SMPTE 272M defined SD auxiliary data in HANC space. SMPTE 272M defined SD audio data in HANC space. SMPTE 272M defined SD control data in HANC space. SMPTE S2020 defined standardized data packet defining the encoding for a Dolby stereo or a multi-channel surround group of audio channels. SMPTE defined wide screen switching packet in VANC space. Free TV Operational Practice OP-47 defined distribution of Closed Caption/Subtitling data in VANC space. Free TV Operational Practice OP-47 defined transport of Closed Caption/ Subtitling data in VANC space. EIA 708 standard defining closed caption data for HD-SDI in VANC space. EIA 608 standard defined closed caption data for SD SDI 525i (NTSC) in VANC space. ARIB defined Sub information data packet in VANC. ARIB defined user data 1 packet in the VANC space. ARIB defined user data 2 packet in the VANC space. ARIB defined trigger signal data packet for data broadcasting. ARIB defined closed captioning information data packet. refers to the analogue video data packet om VANC space. ARIB defined SD data packet in VANC space. ARIB defined HD data packet in VANC space. ARIB defined inter-stationary control packet in VANC space Viewer 02/17

61 ARIB-B 27 Capt Mark Deleted Cam. Pos S315 MPEG Rcd S353 SDTI S305 HDTI S348 Lnk.Enc1 S472 Lnk.Enc2 S472 Link Enc S427 AFD S PAN S SCTE MSG SCTE VBI S203 ITU-R BT1685 KLV-V RP214 KLV-V RP214 UMID/ID RP223 Film RP215 Program RP207 VBI RP208 V-TCode S12-2 HFR-T/C S12-3 HANC T/C VITC T/C Reserved WST Description SDE ARIB HD CC ARIB SD CC ARIB Analg CC Unknown ARIB defined caption data in VANC space. user-defined data packet which is used to mark other data packets for deletion and to be ignored by down-stream processes. SMPTE 315M defined camera position data in HANC and VANC spaces. SMPTE 353M defined MPEG recoding data in HANC and VANC spaces. SMPTE 305M defined SDTI transport data packet in active frame space. SMPTE 248M defined HD-SDTI transport in active frame space. SMPTE S427 defined link encryption data packet. SMPTE S427 defined link encryption data packet. SMPTE S427 defined link encryption data packet. SCTE S2016 defined standardized AFD (active format description) and Bar data packet (defining active area of image). SCTE S2016 standard defined pan and scan data packet. SCTE S2010 defined standardized API message data in VANC space. SCTE S2031 standard defined VBI (vertical blanking interval) data packet for closed captioning. ITU-R BT 1685 defined Structure of inter-station control data packets. SMPTE RP214 defined KLV Metadata transport in VANC space. SMPTE RP214 defined KLV Metadata transport in HANC space. SMPTE RP223 defined UMID (Unique Material Identifier) in VANC space. SMPTE RP215 defined data packet for film codes in VANC space. SMPTE RP207 defined program description data packet in VANC space. SMPTE RP208 defined VBI Data (vertical blanking interval data) in VANC space. SMPTE S12M defined standardized frame timecode data packet in VANC space. SMPTE S12M defined Time Code for High Frame Rate Signals and Formatting in the Ancillary Data Space SMPTE RP196 defined Time Code data packet in HANC space. SMPTE RP196 defined Vertical Time Code data packet in VANC space. Reserved ITU-R BT.653 defined World System Teletext. SMPTE S334 defined Subtitling Data Essence. ARIB-B 37 defined HD video closed captions ARIB-B 37 defined SD video closed captions ARIB-B 37 defined analogue video closed captions Unrecognized DID Viewer Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 33

62 Viewer User Defined ANC Packets To cater for additional ANC Packet types, the system allows you to specify up to three user-defined ANC Packet types for the system to watch for alongside its standard selection. ANC Packets are defined by DID (Data Identifier) and its SDID (Secondary Data Identifier) values. However, these values are not visible for the user to check whether a particular packet is already on the list but under an unfamiliar name. To avoid potential duplication of ANC packets we recommend that define and check user-defined packet types is as follows: Reset the ANC Watch / ANC Counts displays. Use the ANC Watch / ANC Counts displays to monitor a sample piece of video that includes the ANC packets that you are interested in. At the end of the process, check to see how many Unknown ANC packets have been counted. If none have been counted, all the ANC packets in your sample are already defined. A quick scan of the ANC Counts pages will reveal which ANC packets were found. See the "ANC User Section" section of the Configuration chapter for details of how to setup user-defined ANC packets Viewer 02/17

63 ANC Counts Tile ANC Counts Description The ANC Counts tile display consists of multiple pages, each detailing a subset of the ANC Packet types listed on the ANC Watch display. Viewer There are eight pages of ANC Count data that can be displayed. The first seven are given over to sets of ANC Packet types in common use within the broadcast industry, while the last page is dedicated to user-defined ANC Packet types The catch-all Unknown entry is included in the 7th set. See the "ANC User Section" section of the Configuration chapter for details of how to setup user-defined ANC packets. The main columns of the display detail the numbers of each ANC Packet type that have been detected since the display was last reset and the number of these that showed an error, together with their value as a percentage of the number of frames processed. The same colour-coding is used as in the ANC Watch to pick out the types of ANC packet that have been detected either in the current video session or in previous video sessions (since the last reset) and to indicate whether any errors have been detected. To the right of these details, a set of coloured dots are used to indicate the Input(s) in which the packet has been detected. The colouring used to identify these Inputs corresponds to the colouring used by SMPTE in defining the associated video format, which is also the colouring used in the Ultra s Data View and Cable View displays. See the "Cable View Tile" section for details. ANC Counts Controls The different pages of the ANC Counts display can be called up by any of the following actions: Direct selection from a submenu following on from selecting the ANC Counts tile. Clicking on Page/Set options in the Button Bar displayed when either the ANC Counts display or the ANC Watch display is selected. Clicking on entries in the ANC Watch tile to display the page of ANC Counts that includes the selected ANC Packet type. Clicking on the name of an ANC Packet type that has been detected in the current video session moves the SMPTE Sample cursor and hence the focus of the Data View, Cable View and ANC Viewer displays to the location of the ANC Packet within the blanking so that you can see the details of the packet in these displays. Where the video is transmitted over a number of Inputs, it may be useful to know which Input (or Inputs) has errors. This can be done by disabling the inputs (by clicking at the top of the relevant column), then watching to see how the count of packets and the count of errors in those packets changes. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 35

64 Viewer The columns you have selected to ignore continue to be marked with coloured dots to indicate the presence of ANC packets of the selected type but they don t contribute either to the displayed count of packets or to the number of those counted that contain errors. Clicking on All restores the display to counting the packets across all the inputs The actual ANC errors that are displayed are defined in the Configuration - Ancillary menu. See the "ANC Error Checking Section" section in the Configuration chapter for full details 2 36 Viewer 02/17

65 ANC Viewer Tile ANC Viewer Description The ANC Viewer tile displays the contents of the currently selected ANC packet and is intended to be used in conjunction with the ANC Watch, Data View and Cable View displays. Viewer Any packet can be selected by placing the cursor on the specific data packet in the Data View or Cable View or by clicking on the specific ANC packet in the ANC Watch / ANC Count displays. The current cursor position can be selected using the cursor panels. Using the Cable View and Data View together allows specific data samples to be tracked from image to cable. See the "Active Cursors & SMPTE Cursors Control Panels" section for different ways in which to control the cursor. ANC packets occupy either the Y stream (i.e. the part of the Input stream used in the Active image area for luma data) or the C stream (i.e. the part of the Input stream used in the Active image area for chroma data). ANC Viewer Controls The Ancillary Data Viewer control panel at the right of the screen can be used to enable/disable the ANC packets from the luma and chroma streams from the currently selected SDI input. Set the Y stream and C stream switches to On (1) or Off (0) as required. When the Anc Viewer tile is selected, the following buttons are available: Y stream this button enable/disables the luma steam contribution. C stream this button enable/disables the chroma steam contribution. Video Pressing this button will toggle through the different status pages for the currently selected video source and link. Input 1 this button will appear if the video signal is transmitted over a single video physical link (for example SD-SDI or HD-SDI). This will select data from this input. Input 1 this button will appear if the video signal is transmitted over more than one video physical link (for example 3G-DL). This will select data from this input. Input 2 this button will appear if the video signal is transferred over 2 or more video streams (for example 3GB-2S). This will select the data from the first stream on. Input 1:2 this button will appear if the video signal is transferred over 2 or more video streams (for example 3GB-2S). This will select the data from the second stream. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 37

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67 Physical Layer Eye Waveform Tile Eye Waveform Description The Eye Waveform tile provides an analogue view of the actual SDI signal connected to the unit s Eye input to allow measurements to be made and assess the quality of the signal. Viewer The Eye Waveform displays the data carrier signal in the way it might be seen on an oscilloscope, though produced in a very different manner. While the oscilloscope is able to work directly with the data carrier signal, the eye waveform displayed on the Ultra is built up through time equivalent sampling of this analogue signal. The histogram at the right of the eye waveform indicates the relative amount of time spent at each signal level. The peaks in this histogram are taken as marking the maximum and minimum signal levels. The Eye Waveform tile display includes a jitter meter. The horizontal position and the colour of the meter diamond shape markers against a traffic light coloured graticule indicate the level of jitter within the filtered frequency band. When jitter is within specified limits the marker is white and when jitter is out of specified limits the marker is red. When the jitter is on the edge of being out of specified limits it turns amber. Either one or two Eyes can be displayed, selected through options on the Button Bar. On units shipped before September 2016, a warning triangle appears in the bottom right hand corner of the Eye Waveform tile, to indicates that the jitter measurement is not as accurate as it could be due to the current system configuration. See the "Optimizing Noise Floor for Jitter Measurement (Units shipped before September 2016)" section for full details. See the "Eye Pattern" section in Appendix C for information about physical layer analysis. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 39

68 Viewer Eye Waveform Controls The Eye Waveform control panel, that appear when the Eye Waveform tile is selected, allows the type of Eye display to be selected, the image persistence to be set, the gain of the signal to be selected and the jitter thermometer filter to be selected. Colour Persistence Gain Filter The system offers a choice of four colouring schemes. These are Cyan, Green, White and Ramp. The Cyan, Green and White each select versions of the display in which the proportion of the time spent at each level is indicated by the intensity of the colouring. The Ramp setting selects the colouring scheme (as seen in the previous images, colours from violet to red are used to indicate the range of intensities from lowest to highest (with black used for zero). The length of time any pixel remains on display is controlled by the Persistence value. The default value is 5. This controls the contribution that each sample makes to the overall intensity of the waveform. This can be used to increase low intensity artefacts or decrease high intensity artifacts. The Jitter Meters instrument uses high pass filters of 10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz, 10kHz and 100kHz which are used to isolate jitter above these frequencies and remove jitter below them. These can be used to determine the frequency band in which jitter is occurring. The following buttons appear when the Eye Waveform tile is selected: One Eye when selected the eye waveform will be displayed as a single Eye. Two Eyes when selected the eye waveform will be displayed withtwo Eyes. Show Markers when selected jitter markers are displayed on the jitter meters to allow comparison with another reference signal. Lock Markers when selected the jitter markers are locked in place so comparison can be made with another signal. Amplitude Markers when selected the lines are displayed on the eye waveform to show where the signal amplitude is being measured Viewer 02/17

69 Eye Waveform Quality A number of signal quality assessments can be made using the eye waveform. The main ones are the signal amplitude (eye height, determined from analysis of the section of the Eye Waveform marked by the horizontal white bar) and rise and fall times, the results for which are shown in the top right-hand corner of the display. 100% 80% The measurements made in order to deduce these values are illustrated in the following diagram Rise Time 20% 0% Fall Time The Rise/Fall low amplitude level and the Rise/Fall high amplitude level are defined as 20% and 80% of the signal amplitude. These measurements are made automatically by the system and displayed in the top right of the Eye Waveform tile. Viewer The SDI signal Eye Waveform shape is important because it determines the total cable length that the signal can be sent (without cable compensation or repeater) to a receiving device for successful decoding. With 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI this cable length is proportionally shorter than with HD-SDI or 3G-SDI (typically 220m for HD-SDI, 180m for 3G-SDI, 90m for 6G-SDI and 60m for 12G-SDI). SMPTE recommends the measurement of the Eye shape, using a 1 meter cable. When the cable length is increased the Eye will close bot vertically and horizontally. The quality of the waveform is normally effected by jitter on the signal and therefore on the Ultra this jitter is removed from the eye waveform so that the actually waveform can be seen. Jitter is measured using the Jitter Meters, Jitter Histogram and Jitter Spectrum instruments. The histogram on the Eye Waveform tile indicates the relative amount of time spent at each signal level. The peaks in this histogram are taken as marking the maximum and minimum signal levels. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 41

70 Viewer Jitter Meters Tile Jitter Meter Description The Jitter Meters tile provides a view of the current level of jitter for the 5 different frequency bands recommend by the SMPTE RP 184, RP 192 and the corresponding video format specification of the signal connected to the Eye input of the unit. The Jitter Meters display has 5 traffic light -coloured meters, each including a diamond-shaped solid marker that indicates the effect of jitter in the selected pass band on the position of the clock edges in the carrier signal that is being analysed. Alongside each solid marker is an open marker that shows the current instantaneous jitter value. The upper bound of the pass band in each case is about 5MHz, the lower bound is set by the high pass filter that is applied. This is detailed below the meter, along with the measured peak-to-peak (P-P) value. Comparing the readings of the different meters allows you to determine in which waveband(s) the jitter energy is concentrated. Identifying these wavebands often provides a clue to the source of the jitter. Each meter is divided into a clear section (in which the markers are white), an amber section in which the markers are yellow and a red section in which the markers are also red. A red marker corresponds to a jitter level that is over the error level specified in the Configuration - Video menu. A yellow marker corresponds to a jitter level that is between 70% and 100% of the specified error level, while a White marker corresponds to a jitter level that is less than 70% of the specified error level. At any time, you can chose to add markers to the display that record the current Jitter values by taking the Lock Markers function on the Button Bar. Blue outlines are then added at the current position of the diamond markers, allowing you to compare subsequent Jitter levels against these reference values. These Blue outlines can be shown or hidden as required by selecting the Show Markers function from the Button Bar. Note that the jitter values displayed are only valid once the Ultra has locked to the input. Ideally the Ultra s system locking reference should be set to Free Run to avoid jitter introduced from the reference signal itself and the system s locking circuitry. Genlock should be set to no input. Jitter Meter Controls The follow buttons appear when the Jitter Meters tile is selected: Show Markers when selected jitter markers are displayed on the jitter meters to allow comparison with another reference signal. Lock Markers when selected the jitter markers are locked in place so comparison can be made with another signal Viewer 02/17

71 Effect of Noise Floor on Jitter Measurement All measuring equipment has an inherent noise introduced by the receiving circuitry itself and this is the Noise Floor of the equipment. Jitter can be assumed to be additive so the Noise Floor of the measurement circuit is added to the jitter on the SDI signal itself. Noise Floor of Model G units (shipped after September 2016) allows the accurate and repeatable measurement of jitter at levels as low as 0.1UI at 100KHz on a 12G-SDI signal. If the Noise Floor is higher than the jitter on the SDI signal, then it can be difficult to measure the signal jitter accurately because the jitter measured is a combination of the SDI signal jitter and the jitter introduced by the measurement circuitry. When the Noise floor is low, the Gaussian distribution is narrow and when the Noise Floor is high the Gaussian distribution is wider. The peak to peak value, over an infinite sample period, is effectively the same, but over a short time span (1 second) the value may be different. Note if the Ultra's own Generator is being analysed, the Output Jitter (Intrinsic Jitter) will be measured. To minimize the level of Output Jitter the system should be configured for Single Clock Mode in the Configuration - Video menu. Viewer See the "Single Clock Mode" section in the Configuration Chapter for details Meter Scale and Colour-Transition Point The scale of each meter and the transition points between the different colourings are all based on the value at which the amount of jitter is deemed to be in error. This value is set on the Video page of the Configuration window and is set individually for each video standard class (SD, HD, 3G etc.) and each High Pass Filter (10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz, 10kHz, 100kHz). See the "Setting the Jitter Meter Scale and Colour-Transition Point" section for details of how to set the Jitter Meter scales. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 43

72 Viewer Jitter Spectrum Tile Jitter Spectrum Description The Jitter Spectrum tile allows the different frequencies of jitter contained within the SDI signal to be analysed. The Jitter Spectrum display comprises a graph showing the highest peaks of a Fourier Transform of the jitter within the carrier signal that is being analysed. More accurately, it provides a window on this set of peaks. The Jitter Spectrum tile is very useful during the development of broadcast equipment as it will show jitter introduced by individual devices and different clocks within the equipment. The Fourier analysis will display the fundamental frequencies and harmonic frequencies of devices and system clocks. The upper frequency bound for this analysis is very much higher than for Jitter Meters. Frequencies up to approximately 22 MHz can be analysed. You can, however, specify the frequency range you are interested in and the range of jitter amplitude values you wish to display and a graph is drawn showing the peak jitter amplitudes that appear within the selected range. These are controlled using the Jitter Spectrum control panel at the right if the screen. Up to 15 peaks are shown, subject to a minimum threshold of 0.001UI. The positions calculated for the peaks are accurate to 5Hz. A Peaks table, showing the frequency and the jitter amplitude of the peaks within the chosen frequency range, can be shown alongside the graph. The peaks are listed in order of magnitude, starting with the highest. When the Jitter Spectrum is shown full screen, there will typically be plenty of room to show details of all the peaks in the selected range: in quad-split mode, just the 6 or 7 highest peaks in the range will be shown. Both amplitude values and frequency values can be scaled logarithmically to show small values of either parameter more clearly. You also have the option of freezing the display to allow further inspection, including looking at parts of the frequency spectrum that are not currently shown. The peaks are normally marked by white crosses. When you hover the cursor over a peak in the graph, however, both the cross and the corresponding entry in the Peaks table become highlighted and a tool-tip is displayed showing the frequency and the amplitude at that peak. Similarly, if you click on one of the entries in the table, both the entry and the corresponding peak in the graph are picked out as above Viewer 02/17

73 Jitter Spectrum Controls The Jitter Spectrum control panel, that appear when the Jitter Spectrum tile is selected, allows the frequency analysis range to be setup as well as allowing the graph display to be defined. Start (khz) defines the start frequency for the frequency analysis. End (khz) defines the end frequency for the frequency analysis. Range (UI) defines the vertical range of the display in jitter unit intervals. Log amp when enabled (I) this set the amplitude scale to logarithmic. Log freq when enabled (I) this sets the frequency scale to logarithmic. Peaks table when enabled (I) this displays the frequency Peaks Table. Viewer The follow buttons appear when the Jitter Spectrum tile is selected: Freeze this stops the display from updating to allow detailed inspection of the jitter frequencies and amplitudes. Maximum Range this resets the frequency analysis range back to 0Hz to 20KHz. When the system is controlled via the HDMI display, clicking on a peak will expand the frequency scale around that point, Ctrl-click zooms the graph out and rotating the mouse-wheel zooms in/out about the frequency at the cursor position. You can also scroll the graph left and right by clicking and dragging one of the peaks. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 45

74 Viewer Jitter Histogram Tile Jitter Histogram Description The Jitter Histogram tile allows the different frequencies of jitter contained within the SDI signal to be analysed. The Jitter Histogram shows the probability distribution for the jitter amplitude as determined from the record of the jitter content recorded so far. The standard deviation of the collected data from the mean is shown towards the top of the display. Where the jitter is truly random, the distribution will take the form of a simple Gaussian curve as illustrated here. Where jitter is either introduced deliberately for test purposes or comes about from effects such as cross-talk, the jitter won t be truly random and the distribution may not be anything like Gaussian in form but the calculated standard deviation still provides a useful overall measure of the distribution in the jitter amplitude being shown by the signal. The range of amplitudes for which the histogram is shown can be varied (up to a maximum of 5UI). The Ultra also offers an Autofit function that scales the display to show the distribution of jitter amplitudes over a range selected to fit the values that have been recorded. The jitter histogram displayed above show the typical gaussian distribution. The display will show Deterministic Jitter which is repeatable and the peak-to-peak value of this is therefore predicable. This jitter category is subdivided into Periodic Jitter (PJ) which repeats in a cyclic manner, Data-Dependent Jitter (DDJ) which is related to the bit sequences in a data stream and Duty Cycle Distortion Jitter (DCD) which is related to the difference in rise and fall times of the signal and often the result of low slew rate signals. In the this image a 4UI amplitude, 50kHz sinusoidal periodic jitter can be seen with its characteristic (Dual-Dirac) distribution Viewer 02/17

75 Jitter Histogram Controls The Jitter Histogram control panel, that appear when the Jitter Histogram tile is selected, allows the jitter amplitude range to be defined. Start sets the negative extent of the jitter display End sets the positive extent of the jitter disokay Log amp when enabled (I) this sets the amplitude scale to logarithmic. The following buttons appear when the Jitter Histogram tile is selected: Clear History clear the currently stored jitter measurements causing the histogram to be redrawn. Auto Fit sets the horizontal scale to match the range of jitter detected within the signal. Viewer Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 47

76 Viewer Jitter Waveform Tile Jitter Waveform Description The Jitter Waveform tile allows the different frequencies of jitter contained within the SDI signal to be analysed to be analysed against time. The Jitter Waveform display is a trace of the jitter detected in the data carrier signal, shown as a graph of amplitude against time. The Jitter Waveform tile show the unfiltered jitter amplitude against time. This real time display is a useful tool to determine whether jitter occurs at a regular interval (ie Deterministic Jitter) or if it is random (ie Random Jitter). The way to interpret the Jitter Waveform is to work in sequence through the different filter frequencies that are available, comparing the distributions that are shown at each stage to determine the waveband(s) in which jitter energy is chiefly concentrated. The location of jitter energy in a particular waveband is indicated by large changes in overall jitter energy and/or the appearance/ disappearance of periodic structures within the display as you move through the different filters. Where you wish to study jitter within a particular waveband, this can be readily determined by first using the Jitter High-Pass Filter corresponding to the bottom of this band then using the filter that corresponds to top of the band and comparing the traces produced. The wavebands that are identified may provide a clue to the source of the jitter. Note that the display update rate will be slower on the web browser user interface Viewer 02/17

77 Jitter Waveform Controls The Jitter Waveform control panel, that appear when the Jitter Waveform tile is selected, allows the jitter amplitude range to be defined and the waveform colour to be set. V Gain sets the vertical scale of the display and selects the scaling to be applied to the vertical axis of the display between 0.25 and 10, defined to 6 decimal places. The setting made is reflected in the graticule used on the vertical axis of the display. Colour sets the waveform colour to cyan, white or green The following buttons appear when the Jitter Histogram tile is selected: 100ms sets the horizontal scale to 100 milliseconds wide. 10ms sets the horizontal scale to 10 milliseconds wide. 1ms sets the horizontal scale to 1 milliseconds wide. 100µs sets the horizontal scale to 100 microseconds wide. 10µs sets the horizontal scale to 10 microseconds wide. Viewer Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 49

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79 Timing Timing Tile Timing Description The Timing tile shows the relative timing of each input against a reference source. This allows the measurement against a studio analogue reference as well as the measurement of inter-link timing between each of the physical connections. Viewer This display consists one or more meters, one for each input that is contributing to the video that is currently being analysed. Each meter shows the amount by which the input (named below the meter) is advanced or delayed relative to the Reference signal named at the top of the display. For example, the meters shown in the above example show the timing of a set of four SDI Inputs relative to the first of those Inputs. The input to be used as the reference is selected using the Button Bar. A diamond-shaped marker on each meter shows the measured timing. This timing is also interpreted in terms both of Lines & Pixels and of microseconds, with the figures given immediately below the meter. See the important note below. The measurements are made in terms of the time between the Start of Frame on the Input under test and the next Start of Frame to occur on the selected Reference signal. These two events can be no more than one frame apart and, as the actual ordering of the frames isn t monitored, the measurement is interpreted as the Input under test either being up to 0.5 frames in advance of the selected Reference or being up to 0.5 frames behind to the selected Reference i.e. any timing that is over 0.5 frames in advance rolls round to become less than 0.5 frames behind (and vice versa). The meters are marked out in tenths of a frame, going between advanced by 0.5 frames on the left and delayed by 0.5 frames on the right, with 0 in the middle. The position of the marker can therefore be interpreted as follows: Marker at 0 : the Input under test is exactly synchronised with the Reference signal Marker left of centre: the Input under test is ahead of the Reference signal Marker right of centre: the Input under test is behind the Reference signal These interpretations should be reinforced by the word advanced or delayed shown below the meter after the number of microseconds. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 51

80 Viewer IMPORTANT: Timing differences between the constituent Inputs to the video that is currently being analysed can be made without any additional set-up, while measurements against an external reference signal just require a suitable Reference signal to be plugged into the "Sync/CVBS" (Composite) port on the Ultra. If, however, you are intending the compare the Ultra s measurements against the measurements produced by another system, there may be other settings to make in order to ensure that these measurements are completely compatible. There is also the option of presenting the results using the Line-Based format of some other T&M systems and adjusting the timings to match those produced by a system that includes a D/A converter. These additional actions are described in the following sections. Timing Controls The Timing configuration section, in the Configuration - Video menu, controls how the system measures the interlink timing of video sources and the relative timing against an external analogue reference signal. See the "Timecode Section" section for details A number of different buttons appear when the Timing tile is selected and the corresponding inputs are connected to the unit. The choices will depend on how the unit s inputs and outputs are configured, but here are some examples: Ref=Sync/CVBS when selected all input timing measurements will be made against the analogue locking reference Sync/CVBS input signal. Ref=EYE when selected all input timing measurements will be made against the SDI input signal connected to the Eye input. Ref=SDI 1 Input when selected all input timing measurements will be made against the SDI input signal connected to the SDI 1 input. Ref=AUX 1 Input when selected all input timing measurements will be made against the SDI input signal connected to the AUX 1 input. Ref=AUX 3 Output when selected all input timing measurements will be made against the generated SDI output signal connected to AUX 3. With a generator output selected, the propagation delay of any equipment under test can be measured with respect to its input signal Measurement against an External Reference Signal The signal used as the external Reference needs to meet the following three criteria: 1. It needs to be set up to deliver video of the same video standard as the Inputs under test. 2. The reference signal used may either be Analogue Black (0.3V p-p) or Tri-level (0.6V p-p). 3. It needs to be fed into the Sync /CVCS (Composite) connector on the rear panel of the Ultra. Output Input Input Output AUX 1 AUX 2 AUX 3 AUX 4 Input DisplayPort Output USB HDMI Sync / CVBS SDI 1 SDI 2 SDI 3 SDI 4 Eye Analogue studio reference The way that measurements are made will be different depending on the settings in the Timing section of the Configuration - Video menu. The Line Based Timings and SMPTE RP168 settings: 2 52 Viewer 02/17

81 Line Based Timings SMPTE RP168 When Off (0), the advance/delay is always the number of lines plus the number of pixels. When On (1), however, the line count is given to the nearest whole number of lines and the pixel count should either be added to the line count if the values are both positive or both negative but subtracted from the line count if the signs are opposite. When Off (0) the results displayed show the actual real-time delay between the reference input and the video input. These results may however differ from those shown by other measurement systems, many of which include the delay introduced by the D/A converter in their assessment of the delay. If it is important to you to match the results coming from the 4K Tool Box to those produced by such a system, you can adjust the timings made on the 4K Tool Box by turning On (1) the SMPTE RP168 function. See the "Timecode Section" section for further details Viewer Click on the Ref=Sync/CVBS button on the Button Bar to select the external reference signal as the Reference for the timings. The timings shown in the display then show values relative to the external reference signal. Inter-link Timing Measurement Where video is delivered over two or more separate Inputs, the relative timing of these Inputs can readily be assessed using the Ultra s Timing display. To obtain the relative timings, you simply need to select one of the link Inputs as the Reference. The meters on the display then show the timing of the other Inputs relative to the Input used as the Reference. Select one of the link Inputs as the Reference by clicking the appropriate button on the Button Bar. In this example the Ref=AUX 1 Output button. The timings shown in the display then show the values relative to the selected Input. Propagation Delay Measurement The Timing instrument can be used to measure the propagation delay of a unit under test by selecting Ref=SDI Out. This means that all input signal timings will be relative to the source signal from the generated SDI output. Note that the maximum propagation delay that can be measured in this way is 1 frame. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 53

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83 Logging Event Logging Tile Event Logging Description The Event Logging tile displays any events that have been detected since the current logging session started. The events to be detected are selected in the Configuration Video and Configuration Ancillary menus. Viewer A logging session is started by selecting the Start Logging button that appears at the bottom of the screen when the Event Logging tile is selected. The current logging session can be stopped using the Stop Logging button. The columns to be displayed in the Event Logging tile are selected and configured in the Configuration Logging menu. Name Type State System Date System Time LTC VITC ATC_VITC1 ATC_VITC2 ATC_LTC is the description of the event that has been detected. The name includes the physical connection and the nature of the event. indicates whether the event occurred on the video or ancillary stream, whether the event was a system or miscellaneous event. indicates the state when the event was detected. indicates the system date when an event was detected. indicates the system time of day that an event was detected. indicates the longitudinal timecode that an event was detected. indicates the vertical interval timecode that an event was detected. indicates the ATC-VITC1 timecode that an event was detected. indicates the ATC-VITC2 timecode that an event was detected. indicates the ATC-LTC timecode that an event was detected. See the Columns Used section in Configuration - Logging menu the for details The contents of the current log can be navigated using the buttons at the bottom of the screen when the Event Logging tile is selected. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 55

84 Viewer Event Logging Controls The Event Logging control panel, that appear when the Event Logging tile is selected, allows the type of event to be selected for logging. Misc allows miscellaneous events, such as picture aspect ratio changes, to be displayed in the log. Video allows the video events, defined in the Configuration - Video menu to be displayed in the log. Audio allows the audio events, defined in the Configuration - Audio menu to be displayed in the log. ANC allows the ancillary events, defined in the Configuration - Ancillary menu to be displayed in the log. Reference allows reference locking changes to be displayed in the log. System allows system changes to be displayed in the log. Timecode allows timecode changes, for the timecode source defined in the Configuration - Video menu, to be displayed in the log. Mark Text allows user-defined text to be entered in the log when the Add Text Marker button is selected. The following buttons appear when the Event Logging tile is selected: Clear clears the contents of the current log Save saves the contents of the current log as a.xls file for external analysis. Start Logging starts the logging session with the currently selected parameters set up in the Configuration Video and Configuration Ancillary menus. Once logging has started, this button becomes Stop Logging, to allow the current logging session to be stopped. First page jumps to the first page in the current log. Previous page jumps to the previous page in the current log. Next page jumps to the next page in the current log. Last page jumps to the last page in the current log. Add text marker adds user-defined text as an event at the end of the current log Viewer 02/17

85 Caption Logging Tile Caption Logging Description The Caption Logging tile displays any closed caption / subtitle events that have been detected since the current logging session started. The events to be detected are selected in Captions section of the Configuration Video menu. Viewer The control panel that appears when the Caption Logging tile is selected, allows 608, 708 or OP-47 captions to be logged. The specific 608 channel, 708 service or OP-47 page to be logged is selected in the Picture control panel. See the Picture Control Panel section for details A logging session is started by selecting the Start Logging button that appears at the bottom of the screen when the Event Logging tile is selected. The current logging session can be stopped using the Stop Logging button. The columns to be displayed in the Event Logging tile are selected and configured in the Configuration Logging menu. Sequence Row Text Service indicates the 608/708/OP-47 sequence number of the logged event. indicates the 608/OP-47 row number where the event was logged. indicates the text of the 608/708/OP-47 where the event was logged. indicates the 708 service number of the logged event.. Service Name indicates the 708 service name of the logged event. Line Number System Date System Time LTC VITC ATC_VITC1 ATC_VITC2 ATC_LTC indicates the OP-47 line number of the logged event. indicates the system date when an event was detected. indicates the system time of day that an event was detected. indicates the longitudinal timecode that an event was detected. indicates the vertical interval timecode that an event was detected. indicates the ATC-VITC1 timecode that an event was detected. indicates the ATC-VITC2 timecode that an event was detected. indicates the ATC-LTC timecode that an event was detected. See the Columns Used section in Configuration - Logging menu the for details The contents of the current log can be navigated using the buttons at the bottom of the screen when the Event Logging tile is selected. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 2 57

86 Viewer Caption Logging Controls The Caption Logging control panel, that appear when the Caption Logging tile is selected, allows the type of closed captions / subtitles to be selected for logging. Type allows 608, 708 or OP47 closed captions to be selected for logging. Mark Text allows user-defined text to be entered in the log when the Add Text Marker button is selected. The following buttons appear when the Caption Logging tile is selected: Clear clears the contents of the current log Save saves the contents of the current log as a.xls file for external analysis. Start Logging starts the logging session with the currently selected parameters set up in the Configuration Video and Configuration Ancillary menus. Once logging has started, this button becomes Stop Logging, to allow the current logging session to be stopped. First page jumps to the first page in the current log. Previous page jumps to the previous page in the current log. Next page jumps to the next page in the current log. Last page jumps to the last page in the current log. Add text marker adds user-defined text as an event at the end of the current log Viewer 02/17

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89 Overview Generator Window Menu Operation The Generator window, selected using the Generator tab at the top of the screen,or by selecting the <g> key on a locally connected keyboard. It is used to create, import, export and select test patterns and sequences for output via the SDI, HDM or DisplayPort outputs. Generator The main part of the Generator window is a working desktop to place test patterns ready for selection. The panel on the right of the window allow the selected test pattern to be configured. The Patterns tab in this panel is used to configure the test pattern image, the Audio tab is used to configure the audio associated with the test pattern and the Common tab displays the current system resources being used by the currently selected test pattern. The generator can produce over 35 different test patterns, 3 different sequence types, 17 different zone plates and 3 pathological patterns all of which can be output at any size and frame rate. When the Ultra is delivered, however, it may only have a few test patterns displayed in the Generator window. When a displayed test pattern is selected, it will be rendered into memory with characteristics (such as number of pixels, number of lines and colour space) defined by the currently selected output format of the SDI Outputs block, HDMI Output or DP Output block in the Connections window. Note that the link from the Generator block to the SDI Outputs, HDMI Output or DP Output block defines that actual video format that the generator will produce. See the "SDI Outputs Block" section in the Connections chapter for details. See the "HDMI Output Block" section in the Connections chapter for details. See the "DP Output Block" section in the Connections chapter for details. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 3 3

90 Generator Selecting the Generator menu The Generator menu can be selected using the "Generator" tab at the top of the screen. If the Ultra is being controlled using the HDMI output and keyboard attached to the Ultra, pressing the <g> key will also display the Generator window. Generator User Controls When the Generator menu is selected the following buttons are displayed at the bottom of the screen: Import Stills allows test patterns to be created from images and test pattern oaf files to be loaded into the system. Import Sequence allows test sequences to be created from captured video stills. New Test Pattern allows new test patterns and sequences to be loaded onto the desktop for use. Export allows test patterns currently on the desktop to be exported for backup purposes. Test patterns created using the New Test Pattern button will be exported as.oaf files. Delete allows the currently selected test pattern or sequence to be deleted from the desktop and from the Ultra system. When a sequence is selected the transport controls in the bottom right corner of the screen allow the sequence to be controlled: Go to start of sequence Jog back Pause playback of sequence Jog forwards Go to end of sequence 3 4 Generator 01/17

91 Pattern Tab When any test pattern, sequence or image is selected a corresponding parameter menus are displayed under the Pattern tab. The example show below is the Test Pattern Properties and Line Pattern properties sections. The Pattern tab will displays the properties for the currently selected pattern: Line Pattern provides menus that allow up to 6 vertical segments to be configured. See the "Editing a Line Pattern" section for details. Zone Plate provides controls that allow the zone plate preset and parameters to be configured. See the "Editing a Zone Plate" section for details. Composite Pattern provide controls to configure sequences created within the Generator menu. Title Zone Plate Panning See the "Editing a Sequence" section for details. is the name of the test pattern that will appear on the desktop. when turned on (1) inserts a panel of zone plate in to the middle of the test pattern. X sets the horizontal position of the zone plate. 0 - left and 0.5 -right Y sets the vertical position of the zone plate. 0 - top and 0.5 bottom Width sets the width of the zone plate smallest and 0.5 largest Height sets the height of the zone plate smallest and 0.5 largest Opacity set the transparency from 1 (fully opaque) to 0.01 fully transparent when turned on (1), with frame based video format selected, will horizontally move the individual test pattern segments with respect to each other. Up to three segments of a test pattern can be set to pan as the pattern is played out, either at the same speed or at different speeds, and either to the right (positive speeds) or to the left (negative speeds) as required Start defines the line, on which the segment to be panned, starts Height defines the number of lines in the segment. Speed defines how fast the segment will pan. Positive values from 1 (fast) to 63 (slow) will pan the segment left to right and negative values from -1 to -63 will pan the segment from right to left Note that the segments that are panning must be distinct and they must not overlap. Generator Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 3 5

92 Generator Audio Tab The Audio tab controls the audio that is embedded in to the video data stream of the SDI video output. The generator can generate simple audio tones that are embedded in the currently selected SDI outputs (all 16 channels) or HDMI output (first two channels only). The 16 audio channels are divided into four groups of four that can be individually enabled. Within each group of four, the individual channels can be muted (default setting) or to a particular frequency that is selected from a drop-down list. Waveforms Amplitude Click Mode Mute All Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 allows the selection of audio waveform shape from a choice of choice of sine, square or triangle) allows the amplitude of all audio channels to be set from 0 and 60dB allow the choice of having audio just on the first frame only or on all frames except the first. This is useful when playing a sequence in a loop as it will help in counting the number of times the loop is repeated. allow you to turn audio off when you don t want it without losing any of the detailed settings you have made elsewhere in the display. There are also sliders beside the individual groups that allow you to turn off groups of channels without losing the details of the frequencies you have set for the individual channels. can be enabled by setting the switch to (1). The Ch1, Ch2, Ch3 and Ch4 drop down lists allow the frequency to be chosen for each audio channel within Group 1. can be enabled by setting the switch to (1). The Ch5, Ch6, Ch7 and Ch8 drop down lists allow the frequency to be chosen for each audio channel within Group 2. can be enabled by setting the switch to (1). The Ch9, Ch10, Ch11 and Ch12 drop down lists allow the frequency to be chosen for each audio channel within Group 3. can be enabled by setting the switch to (1). The Ch13, Ch14, Ch15 and Ch16 drop down lists allow the frequency to be chosen for each audio channel within Group Generator 01/17

93 Common Tab The Common tab controls the play out of sequences from the Ultra as well as displaying the current resource usage. Test Patterns and Sequences are rendered into system RAM for real time play out. This system RAM is shared with the video capture function and the amount of memory that is currently allocated to these different functions is shown in the Storage section. Duration defines the number of frames in the sequence Play when enabled (1) automatically plays the sequence when it is selected. Storage indicate the amount of used and free space on the system's internal storage that can be used for desktop test patterns (ie patterns, sequences and stills that have been created. Memory indicates the amount of memory allocated to video capture (25% by default) and test pattern generation. The proportion of capture video space to generator video space is user definable. See the "Allocating Capture / Generator Memory" section in the Configuration chapter for details. Generator Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 3 7

94 Generator Using Test Patterns / Sequences Identifying Test Pattern Types For ease of identification all test patterns, sequences and images are given icons: Still Image Line Pattern Zone Plate Generated Sequence Captured Sequence Selecting a Pattern / Sequence Any test pattern or sequence on the desktop can be selected by clicking anywhere on the picture icon. Once selected the picture icon will be outlined to indicated that it has been selected. The Patterns panel at the right of the screen will change to display the current settings of the pattern or sequence. Selecting the test pattern / sequence will cause it to be rendered into system RAM at the currently selected output video format. The output format is determined by the link from the Generator block to the SDI Outputs, HDMI Output or DP Output block in the Connections menu. Re-sizing a Still Image When an imported image is selected its details are displayed in the Still Image panel. This details the file type and format and allows the images to be resized when it is played out a different size.??? Filename is the name that the image was given when it was saved. Type is the image format chosen when the sequence was saved. Dimensions shows the image size. Size indicates the size of the file on the SD card. Resize type determines how the images is resized if it is played out at a different size compared to its imported size. Source range determines the image colour space that is used when the image is played out. Using the Play List Function The Play List function is available under the Common tab and allows all of the test patterns / sequences to be play out sequentially in a continuous loop. Duration Play defines the number of frames in the sequence when enabled (1) automatically plays the sequence when it is selected. 3 8 Generator 01/17

95 Editing a Pattern / Sequence When a test pattern is selected the Patterns panel at the right of the screen will change to display the current settings of the pattern or sequence. See the "Line Pattern" section for details about how the line pattern is constructed and how to change it. See the "Zone Plate" section for details about how the zone plate is constructed and how to change it. See the "Sequence" section about how the sequence is constructed and how to change it. Copying a Pattern / Sequence Any pattern or sequence on the desktop can be copied by right-clicking using the mouse and selecting the Clone Pattern function. This will place a copy on the desktop which can then be renamed and edited as required. Exporting a Pattern / Sequence Any pattern or sequence on the desktop can be exported from the system by right-clicking using the mouse and selecting the Export Pattern function or by pressing the Export button at the bottom of the screen.. Deleting a Pattern / Sequence Any pattern or sequence on the desktop can be deleted from the system by right-clicking using the mouse and selecting the Delete function or by pressing the Delete button at the bottom of the screen. Generator Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 3 9

96 Generator Generator Presets The Generator Presets control panel is used to save and recall Generator presets. It allows existing saved presets to be displayed as well as allows existing presets to be exported and imported. Clicking on this icon will display the currently saved presets held on the system in the Edit Presets window. Here existing presets can be deleted by selecting the X next to the one to be deleted. Note that presets 1, 2 and 3 are reserved by the system and cannot be deleted. Clicking on this icon will allow the Generator Presets held on the system to be exported to a file for backup purposes. Selecting this icon will create a GenPresets. oaf file and place it in the downloads folder used by the browser. When the Ultra is not being controlled via a web browser, selecting this icon will save a USB pen drive connected to the rear panel USB slot. Clicking on this icon will allow a previously saved GenPresets.oaf file to be uploaded into the system. Selecting this icon will display a file dialogue to allow the location of the file and to be selected. When the Ultra is not being controlled via a web browser, selecting this icon will upload the GenPresets.oaf file from a USB pen drive connected to the rear panel USB slot. Saving a Preset The current Generator setup, including instrument selection, can be saved as a preset for future use. Multiple presets can be setup to allow the Viewer to be configured for specific tasks. Setup the Viewer as required then press and hold one of the preset buttons in the Generator Presets panel at the left of the screen. A dialogue similar to the one shown here will appear to allow a suitable Name for the Preset. Select OK to confirm saving the preset Note that he details of any previously assigned to this Preset number will be overwritten. The Name can be used to aid identification and will be displayed at the top of the screen when the mouse cursor hovers over the Preset. Recalling a Preset To recall a preset, just select the number from the Generator Presets panel Generator 01/17

97 Renaming a Preset To rename a preset first select it by entering its number in the Generator Presets panel. Click and hold the preset number in the Viewer Presets panel, re name the preset then press OK to save the changes Deleting a Preset Select the Edit Presets window and then click on the X next to the one to be deleted. Exporting a Preset file Viewer presets can be exported to a GenPresets.oaf file. This file can be used for backup purposes and allow settings from one Ultra unit to be transferred to another Ultra unit running the same software version. The currently held presets can be exported using the down arrow on the number pad of "Presets" section. A file containing copies of the Preset details for the current screen is then added either to the Download folder on the computer controlling the Ultra or where the Ultra isn t being controlled via a web browser, to a USB stick plugged into the back panel. Files can be renamed as required, but only the correct preset file type can be loaded. Importing a Preset file Previously saved preset file can be restored into the system using the up arrow on the number pad of "Presets" section. There are no restrictions on the filename or the location of the file that is imported as long as it is accessible to the system and it retains its original.oaf filetype. All the Presets stored in the selected file are imported. Use the file selector that is displayed to pick out the appropriate.oaf file. A dialogue will be displayed detailing the Presets that have been imported. Click on Close to clear this message from the screen. Generator Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 3 11

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99 Creating a Test Pattern Overview The generator can produce over 35 different test patterns, 3 different sequence types, 17 different zone plates and 3 pathological patterns all of which can be output at any size and frame rate. When the Ultra is delivered, however, it may only have a few test patterns displayed in the Generator window. When a displayed test pattern is selected, it will be rendered into memory with characteristics (such as number of pixels, number of lines and colour space) defined by the currently selected output format of the SDI Outputs, HDMI Output or DP Output block in the Connections window. Note that the link from the Generator block to the SDI Outputs, HDMI Output or DP Output block defines that actual video format that the generator will produce. New Test Patterns can be created by selecting the New Test Pattern button at the bottom of the screen. Line Pattern, when selected will create a pattern that is defined by 6 vertical sections that can be any pattern. Sequence, when selected will create a sequence of moving test pattern elements from a choice of three types. Zone Plate, when selected will create a zone plate of selected type. PLL Pathological Pattern, when selected will create a pattern to stress SDI phase locked loop circuitry. Equaliser Pathological Pattern, when selected will create a pattern to stress SDI equaliser circuitry. SDI Checkfield is a combination of the PLL and Equaliser patterns. SMPTE RP219 Pattern, when selected will create this pattern. Generator Test patterns are created with default settings. These can be changed by selecting the pattern thumbnail from the desktop and modifying the parameters in the control panel that appears at the right of the screen. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 3 13

100 Generator Line Pattern Overview Line Patterns are patterns that are repeat for the each line of the currently selected output video format. Up to 6 different line pattern segments can be selected from a list of 35 common patterns. By default Line Pattern when created will be 100% Colour Bars. The Line Pattern consists of 6 vertical sections that repeat the same line for the chosen number of lines. By default the 100% Colour Bars pattern will be repeated for the whole length of the pattern. For example for HD section 1 of the pattern will repeat for 1080 lines. Editing a Line Pattern When the test pattern is selected the Line Pattern section of the menu is displayed under the Pattern Tab. The Pattern tab displays the properties for the Line Pattern. Title allows the test pattern title to be renamed from the default "Test Pattern". Zone Plate, when turned on (1) inserts a panel of zone plate in to the middle of the test pattern. Panning, when turned on (1) will horizontally move the individual test pattern segments with respect to each other. Segment 1 controls the properties for the first part of the pattern from line 1 to line #. The test pattern drop down menu allows the pattern to be selected for the first segment. Segment 2 controls the properties for the second part of the pattern starting when the line count of Segment 1 is reached. The test pattern drop down allows the pattern to be selected for the second segment. These controls are repeated for Segment 3, Segment 4, Segment 5 and Segment Generator 01/17

101 Line Pattern Types The Line Pattern can be made up of the following generic line patterns which can be chosen for sections 1 to 6 from the drop down list in the Line Pattern section: 100% bars 75% bars 75% SMPTE bars SMPTE Chroma Bars SMPTE i/q & Pluge SMPTE-RP219 Pattern 1 SMPTE-RP219 Pattern 2a SMPTE-RP219 Pattern 2b SMPTE-RP219 Pattern 2c SMPTE-RP219 Pattern 2d SMPTE-RP219 Pattern 3a SMPTE-RP219 Pattern 3b SMPTE-RP219 Pattern 4 Y Legal Range Ramp U Legal Range Ramp V Legal Range Ramp YC Full Range Ramp YC Shallow Ramp YUV Valid Ramps Y Five-Step Staircase YC Five-Step Staircase Y Ten-Step Staircase YC Ten-Step Staircase Y Sweep: 30MHz YC Sweep: 30MHz/15MHz 5MHz Sweep Markers Y Multi: 5-30MHz YC Multi: 5-30MHz YUV Bowtie: 2MHz 10ns Bowtie Markers Y Pulse/Bar 2T + 4T YC Pulse/Bar 2T + 4T, Pathological EQ Test Pathological PLL Test Pluge 10% Bar Generator Note that the "Pathological EQ Test" and "Pathological PLL Test" patterns are provided legacy SD- SDI, HD-SDI and 3G-SDI support and should not be used for 6G-SDI, 12G-SDI or 4K/UHD TV testing purposes because they do not provide the 2 frame sequences that are required. Please use the "New Test Pattern" - "PLL Pathological Pattern", "Equalizer Pathological Pattern" or "SDI Checkfield" patterns as these provide the correct 2 frame sequences. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 3 15

102 Generator Sequence Overview Sequences are series of individual test patterns that are played repeatedly. Each individual frame in the sequence is made up of a number of different graphical elements. The number of individual frames that are rendered into memory is determined when the sequence is created. Three different sequences are available as standard. These are Sys-OmnitekTSA, Sys-OmnitekTSA-4kMarkers and Sys-EBU3350. The type of sequence is selected when the sequence is created. Select the required sequence type, the duration (in frames or seconds) and press OK to create the sequence. The number of individual frames that can be created for a sequence is determined by the video format, frame rate and image size of the currently selected output in the Connections menu and by the amount of RAM available. This RAM is shared with the Image Capture function and by default the proportion is set to 75% Generator, 25% Capture in the Configuration - Video menu. With 90% space set for generator the maximum number of frames is 63. See the "Allocating Capture / Generator Memory" section on the Configuration chapter for details. Editing a Sequence Note that once a sequence has been created, the number of individual frames can be changed in the "Composite Patterns" section. Duration, allows the selection of Frames or Seconds Seconds, allows the number of seconds, that the sequence runs without repeating, to be set. Frames, allows the number of frames, that the sequence runs without repeating, to be set. Sys-EBU3350 Sequence The EBU3305 test sequence signal is composed of a static element together with two motion sequences (1 & 2) that are consecutively superimposed on the red area of the static element. This test sequence can be used to determined audio / video delay in accordance with the EBU 3304 technical document Generator 01/17

103 Sys-OmnitekTSA Sequence Much of digital processing performed in the television signal path is in the temporal domain. This test sequence can be used to identify temporal artefacts that have been introduced by processing equipment. Each individual frame of the test sequence is made up of a range of elements that can be used to detect issues: Frequency Sweeps Changing Images Moving Text Clock Colour Bar Colour / Zone Plate to check the frequency response of the signal path. to check the effect of step changes in the image path which can produce artefacts in encoders to check for smooth movement and identify field/frame issues to check for smooth movement and identify field/frame issues to check that the colour vectors are aligned. to ensure that the chrominance bandwidth is correct. Sys-OmnitekTSA-4kMarkers Sequence Much of digital processing performed in the television signal path is in the temporal domain. This test sequence has been designed specifically to identify temporal artefacts that have been introduced by processing equipment in 4K production where the image may be transmitted via up to 4 physical links. This sequence provides markers to identify if the different links are correct. Each individual frame of the test sequence is made up of a range of elements that can be used to detect issues: Frequency Sweeps Changing Images Moving Text Clock Colour Bar Colour / Zone Plate Quadrant Markers to check the frequency response of the signal path. to check the effect of step changes in the image path which can produce artefacts in encoders to check for smooth movement and identify field/frame issues to check for smooth movement and identify field/frame issues to check that the colour vectors are aligned. to ensure that the chrominance bandwidth is correct. to ensure that 4K square division is correct when using quad 3G-SDI signals and that there are no temporal differences between the individual physical links that make up the 4K image. Generator Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 3 17

104 Generator Zone Plate Overview Zone Plates are patterns consisting of a set of radially symmetric rings, known as Fresnel zones, which alternate between opaque and transparent. The zones can be spaced so that interference patterns are displayed on the image. This type of test pattern can be used to check the spatial and temporal affect of the video path. By default a Zone Plate test pattern will be created with the (x,y) preset selected, but the (x 2, y 2 ) pattern in the most recognisable and common pattern. The required preset can be chosen from the drop down menu in the Zone Plate section at the right of the screen. Editing a Zone Plate When a Zone Plate test pattern is selected the Line Pattern section of the menu is displayed under the Pattern Tab. The Pattern tab displays the properties for the Line Pattern. Title allows the test pattern title to be renamed from the default "Test Pattern". Zone Plate, when turned on (1) inserts a panel of zone plate in to the middle of the test pattern. Panning, when turned on (1) will horizontally move the individual test pattern segments with respect to each other. Presets, allows the type of zone plate pattern to be selected for a number of basic pattern types. The parameters provided in the value boxes control the mathematical equation being used to generate the zone plate. x - the number of samples since the beginning of a scan line. For HD So the x value will go from 1 to 1920 as pixels are scanned across the screen. The x value is reset to 1, at the beginning of each line on the left-hand side of the screen. y - the number of lines from the top of the picture. For HD the y value will go from 1 to 1080 as lines are scanned down the screen. The y value is reset to 1, at the top of the picture. t - the number of frames since the last user reset. The basic value of x, y and t are then modified by the K and Ø values Generator 01/17

105 Zone Plate Pattern Types Zero (x) (x 2 ) (xt) (y) (x,y) (x 2,y) (xt,y) (y 2 ) (x,y 2 ) (x 2,y 2 ) (xt,y 2 ) (yt) (x, yt) (x 2, yt) (xt, yt) (x,y) (x 2 -y 2 ) Generator Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 3 19

106 Generator PLL Pathological Pattern This test pattern is designed to stress SDI phase locked loop circuitry of the SDI receiving equipment. This test pattern generates a pattern of 2 consecutive 1s followed by 2 consecutive 0s that will appear on the scrambled SDI video and repeated for the whole SDI frame. This is the worst-case to test phase lock loop circuitry that recovers/regenerates the sample clock from the SDI data. Equalizer Pathological Pattern This test pattern is designed to stress equaliser circuitry of the SDI receiving equipment. This test pattern generates data 19 samples of 0 followed by a single 1 that will appear on the scrambled SDI video and repeated for the whole SDI frame to test the accuracy of phase lock loop circuitry that recovers the sample clock from the SDI data. SDI Checkfield This test pattern is designed to stress equaliser and phased locked loop circuitry of the SDI receiving equipment. This pattern is unique for each SDI format SMTPE-RP219 Pattern The SMPTE-RP219 pattern is a Line Pattern with 4 predefined segments of SMPTE-RP219 Pattern 1, Pattern 2d, Pattern 3b and Pattern Generator 01/17

107 Import Patterns, Stills & Sequences Import Patterns Test Patterns and Sequences that have been created within the Ultra system can be exported from the system for backup purposes and for transfer to other Ultra units. There are exported as a "GeneratorPatternsExport.oaf" and can be renamed as required. When controlling the Ultra using the local user interface select the Input Stills button at the bottom of the screen and select the file to be imported using the file dialogue that is displayed to import images from a USB pen drive connected to the unit. When controlling the Ultra via web browser, to re-import this type of file select the Input Stills button at the bottom of the screen and select the file to be imported using the file dialogue that is displayed. Imported.oaf files of Line Patterns will be stored on the unit's internal SD card. Line patterns stored in Omnitek s LPD format and Zone plates stored in Omnitek s ZPD format can also be imported in to the Ultra using the Input Stills button. Import Stills Test Patterns can be created by importing stills into the system. The following file types can be imported: JPEG BMP RAW DPX YUV SGI TIFF Joint Expert Picture Group 24 bit (8 bit per channel) Omnitek's RAW image data Digital Picture Exchange (16 bit per channel) 8-bit or 10-bit Silicon Graphics Interface Tag Image File Format Un-compressed (16 bit per channel) To import a still select the Input Stills button at the bottom of the screen and select the file to be imported using the file dialogue that is displayed. Imported stills will be stored on the unit's internal SD card. Generator Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 3 21

108 Generator Import Video Sequences Sequences can be created by importing sequences held on disk either as single YUV files or as sets of image files. Select the Import Sequence button and select the file(s) to be imported using the file dialogue that is displayed. For frames to be recognised as a sequence, each filename must contain a fixed length number i.e. smaller numbers must be padded to the same number of digits as the largest number. The number can be anywhere within the filename, as long as the position of the number within the file name does not change. The number must also increment contiguously. Examples of incorrect filenames: Test_7, Test_8, Test_9, Test_10, Test_11, Test_12 The digits are not of fixed length. Test_7, 8 and 9 need to be renamed as Test_07, 08, 09 for this sequence to be recognised. Fred_08, Fred_09, Fred_11, Fred_12 the numbers do not increment contiguously: file Fred_10 is missing, so the sequence will not load. Tmp_02, 03_Tmp, Tmp_04, Tmp_05 the position of the digits varies. Captured Sequences When a sequence is captured using the Viewer - Picture window and saved it will automatically appear in the Generator menu. If this type of sequence is selected the Sequence section will appear under the Pattern tab. See the "Video Capture" section in the Viewer chapter for details of how to capture and save a video sequence. Filename is the name that the captured sequence was given when it was saved. Frames is the number of frames in the sequence. Type is the image format chosen when the sequence was saved. Dimensions shows the image size. Size indicates the size of the file on the SD card. Resize type determines how the images in the sequence are resized if the sequence is played out at a different size compared to what was captured. Source range determines the image colour space that is used when the sequence is played out Generator 01/17

109 Export Patterns, Stills & Sequences Export Patterns Any Line Pattern, Zone Plate, Sequence or Pathological test pattern created on the desktop can be exported for backup purposes of for transfer to another Ultra system. Exporting Generated Patterns Select a test pattern from the desktop (surround highlighted) then right click to show the dialogue. Select the Export Pattern function and a "GeneratorPatternsExport.oaf" file will be saved. If the unit is being controlled using the local user interface (ie by a mouse connected to the unit) then the files will be saved to a USB stick connected to the unit. If the unit is being controlled via a web browser the files will be downloaded to the PC. Export Stills Exporting Stills Select an image from the desktop (surround highlighted) the right click to show the dialogue. Select the Export Stills function and a file will be created with the name of the image. If the unit is being controlled by a mouse connected to the unit, then the file will be saved to a USB stick connected to the unit. If the unit is being controlled via a web browser the file will be downloaded to the PC. Generator Export Sequences Exporting Generated Sequences Select a generated sequence from the desktop (surround highlighted) then right click to show the dialogue. Select the Export Pattern function and a "GeneratorPatternsExport.oaf" file will be saved. If the unit is being controlled by a mouse connected to the unit, then the files will be saved to a USB stick connected to the unit. If the unit is being controlled via a web browser the files will be downloaded to the PC. Exporting Captured Sequences as Images Select a captured sequence from the desktop (surround highlighted) the right click to show the dialogue. Select the Export Stills function and an individual frame will be created with the name of the sequence and numbered sequentially. If the unit is being controlled by a mouse connected to the unit, then the files will be saved to a USB stick connected to the unit. If the unit is being controlled via a web browser the files will be downloaded to the PC. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 3 23

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113 Overview Configuration Window Menu Overview The Configuration window, selected using the Configuration tab at the top of the screen, or by selecting the <c> key on a locally connected keyboard. It is used to configure the system for use in its installed environment. The Configuration menu consists of a number of different areas that are selected using the buttons at the bottom of the screen: Video opens the Video menu to access the Timing, Eye Amplitude Measurement and Error Checking sections Audio opens the Audio menu to give access to the Audio Pass-Through section. Ancillary opens the Ancillary menu to give access to the ANC User and Error Checking sections. System opens the System menu to give access to the System Information, Settings, Network, SNMP and Files sections. Logging opens the Logging menu to allow event and caption logging to be configured Licences opens the Licences menu to allow new system licences to be installed. Configuration Network Devices opens the Network Devices menu to allow connection to other units Reset resets the parameters of the currently open menu (Video, Audio, System, etc) to their default settings. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 3

114 Configuration Basic Operation Select Configura on tab to show this screen Select unit opera ng mode Toolbox / XR Setup unit network IP address for browser access Save and recall system se ngs using presets System safe shutdown Change configura on page using bu ons Set units date and me View unit status Restart so ware Monitor storage useage 4 4 Configuration 02/17

115 Video Video Menu Timecode Section The "Timecode" configuration section sets up the source of timecode used by the system for logging. Timecode link source is used to select the video input / link where the timecode is located. Timecode source allows the selection of LTC, VITC, ATC VITC1, ATC VITC2 or ATC LTC. Configuration Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 5

116 Configuration Timing Section The "Timing" configuration section controls how the system measures the interlink timing of video sources and the relative timing against an external analogue reference signal. The way that measurements are made will be different depending on the settings in the Timing section of the Configuration - Video menu. The Line Based Timings and SMPTE RP168 settings: Line Based Timings SMPTE RP168 When Off (0), the advance/delay is always the number of lines plus the number of pixels. When On (1), however, the line count is given to the nearest whole number of lines and the pixel count should either be added to the line count if the values are both positive or both negative but subtracted from the line count if the signs are opposite. When Off (0) the results displayed show the actual real-time delay between the reference input and the video input. These results may however differ from those shown by other measurement systems, many of which include the delay introduced by the D/A converter in their assessment of the delay. If it is important to you to match the results coming from the 4K Tool Box to those produced by such a system, you can adjust the timings made on the 4K Tool Box by turning On (1) the SMPTE RP168 function. AFD Input Section The "AFD Input" configuration section sets up the source for automatic format detection. WSS Mode VI Mode ANC 2016 is used to select ETSI or ARD specification wide signal switching. ETSI when selected will use the ETS standard and ARD Spec will use SMPTE RP186/ARD. is used to select SMPTE, ARD or ARD-2008 specification video index flag. enables /disables SMPTE 2016 active format description. WSS/VI Prority selects the order in which WSS or VI are used. Video Status Section The "Video Status" configuration section allow video status events to be logged or trapped by SNMP.. Video Standard when enabled will log changes in the input video standard within the Event Log. Reference Standard when enabled will log changes in locking reference video standard within the Event Log. Reference Locked when enabled will log changes in locking status of the system within the Event Log. 4 6 Configuration 02/17

117 Eye Amplitude Measurement Section The "Eye Amplitude Measurement" section defines how the Eye amplitude is calculated from the Eye Waveform. Method chooses between determining the amplitude from the mean value of the measured voltages or from the peak in the histogram of these values (i.e. the mode value). The Eye aperture specifies the width of the middle section of the Eye from which values are taken to calculate the mean/mode voltage, expressed as a percentage of the unit interval. Mode (100%) 20% Eye Aperture 100% Mean (20%) Eye aperture % sets the width of the section of the eye around its centre over which samples are taken for this calculation as a percentage of 1 UI. The section selected is marked on the Eye Waveform by a horizontal bar. Cage Section The Cage function in the Picture tile enables the Safe Action and Safe Title cages that are setup in the Configuration tab Two sets of cages can be defined, allowing you to readily judge the positioning of any action and any titles on a choice of screen geometries. For example, by setting up one set of cages for a 16:9 screen display and the other for a 4:3 screen display you will be able to simultaneously assess the positioning of any action and any titles on these two screen formats. Configuration Overall control over the display of the cages is given by the Cage function within the Picture control panel which allows the display of cages to be turned On (1) or Off (0). The dimensions and positioning of the two Safe action and the two Safe title cages are individually defined in the Cage section of the Configuration - Video menu. The four cages are also individually enabled, allowing you to select precisely which cages are displayed. For both types of cage, you are offered a choice of using for a standard cage definition or a Variable one. The standard cage mode selects the cage dimensions defined for different screen sizes by four major Standards authorities: SMPTE, the EBU, the ITU and ARIB The Variable cage mode allow you to specify the dimensions you require. Opting for a Variable safe title cage also allows you to choose where this cage is positioned. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 7

118 Configuration Both types of cage can be marked out using either a solid line or a dashed line. This can be used to distinguish either between Safe Action and Safe Title cages or between the two sets of Safe Action and Safe Title cages. The cages are defined on the Video page of the Configuration window, which includes a Cage section, shown in closed-up form here. The principal elements of this display are as follows: Default fixed sizes This setting is used to select the Standards body to follow in setting cage dimensions that conform to published standards. Note: The selection made here affects the definitions used for the two Safe Title cages and two Safe Action cages when one of the standard sizes is selected. Safe title-1 defines the first Safe Title cage from a choice of Auto, 4 : 3, 14 : 9, 16 : 9 and Variable. Safe-action-1 defines the first Safe Action cage from a choice of Auto, 4 : 3, 14 : 9, 16 : 9 and Variable. Safe title-2 defines the second Safe Title cage from a choice of Auto, 4 : 3, 14 : 9, 16 : 9 and Variable. Safe-action-2 defines the second Safe Action cage from a choice of Auto, 4 : 3, 14 : 9, 16 : 9 and Variable. Each of these Cages can be shown as solid or dashed line. Setting up Standard Cages To setup these cages Select the appropriate Standards body from the drop-down menu offered on the Default fixed sizes line of the Cages area of the display. Select the required screen geometry from the drop-down menu offered on the first line of the Cage definition. With the full Cage definition fully displayed, set the Dashed setting to On (1) or Off (0) as required. When Dashed is set to Off (0), the cage will be displayed as a solid line. Setting up Variable Cages Select Variable from the drop-down menu offered on the first line of the Cage definition. With the full Cage definition fully displayed, set the values you require for the Variable H and V Sizes and for the Variable H and V Offsets. 4 8 Configuration 02/17

119 The values shown as a percentages of the screen width / height. The offsets are with respect the middle of the screen and refer to the position of the middle of the cage Variable H Size and Variable V Size can take values in the range , while Variable H Offset and Variable V Offset can take values in the range 50 to 50 (though it should be noted that if ± Variable Variable H Offset is greater than (100 Variable H Size)/2 or ± Variable V Offset is greater than (100 Variable V Size)/2, part of the cage will be off the edge of the screen. Set the Dashed setting to On (1) or Off (0) as required. When Dashed is set to Off (0), the cage will be displayed as a solid line. Comparisons between standards The following steps allow comparison using the standard cages for two different sizes defined by one of the supported Standards bodies. Note that comparisons across different Standards bodies or involving standards not supported by the Ultra require at least one set of cages to be set up as Variable cages. Select the appropriate Standards body from the drop-down menu offered on the Default fixed sizes line of the Cages area of the display. Set Safe title-1 and Safe action-1 to one of the screen geometries that you want to compare. Set Safe title-2 and Safe action-2 to the other screen geometry. Set the Dashed setting for each cage to On (1) or Off (0) as required to distinguish the two sets of cages. For example, you might opt to set Dashed to Off(0) for Safe title-1 and Safe action-1 and to On (1) for Safe title-2 and Safe action-2. Alternatively, you might opt to set Dashed to On (1) for Safe title-1 and Safe title-2 but Off (0) for Safe action-1 and Safe action-2 to allow you to readily distinguish between Safe title and Safe action cages. Configuration Internal Clock Configuration Single Clock Mode The system's electronic circuitry uses both a 148.5MHz clock and a MHz clock in order to support the different frame rates at which video can be delivered. To give the user full flexibility over the range of actions that can be carried out at the same time, these clocks run concurrently. Having these two clocks running at the same time can cause beating that can add jitter at approximately 148.5kHz and 297kHz on Generated output signal. This has a noticeable effect both on the quality of the output signal and on jitter measurements. A Single Clock Mode can be enabledto run the whole system on the currently selected output clock (148.5 MHz or MHz). This removes the problem of beating between the clocks domains, however switching the output between video formats will interrupt the output. On a 12G-SDI signal, at 100KHz, the Ultra s Output Jitter (Intrinsic Jitter) is typically 0.23UI (± 0.01U with a 50Hz signal) or 0.28UI (±0.01UI with a signal) when the Unit is in Single Clock mode and un genlocked. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 9

120 Configuration Video Status Section The "Video Status" configuration section allow video status events to be logged or trapped by SNMP.. Video Standard when enabled will log changes in the input video standard within the Event Log. Reference Standard when enabled will log changes in locking reference video standard within the Event Log. Reference Locked when enabled will log changes in locking status of the system within the Event Log. AFD Status Section The "AFD Status" configuration section allow AFD status events to be logged or trapped by SNMP.. WSS AFD Status Log. when enabled will log changes in the input WSS status within the Event VI AFD Status when enabled will log changes in the input VI status within the Event Log. ANC 2016 AFD Status when enabled will log changes in the input ANC 2016 status within the Event Log. Video Error Checking Section Setting the Permitted Ranges The permitted ranges of the different colour components are part of overall video configuration, set in the Configuration - Video menu. The Ultra is delivered with the various maximum and minimum values set in accordance with standard practice within the industry but the user is free to set their own choice of values. Separate settings are made for the YCbCr and RGB colour spaces. The section of the Video page where these settings are made is shown here. The display is divided into separate sections covering YCbCr and RGB colour spaces. The YCbCr section allows you to set separate maximum and minimum values for the luma and the chroma elements. The RGB section sets a single range of permitted values to apply across all three colour components. The values are all expressed as decimal values. The first line of each group is used to specify the percentage of the image which needs to be out of range before an error is reported Configuration 02/17

121 The range of colour components for which bar graphs are displayed is controlled through On(1)/Off(0) selectors shown in the righthand panel when the Gamut Meters tile is selected. Setting the Jitter Meter Scale and Colour-Transition Point The scale of each meter and the transition points between the different colourings are all based on the value at which the amount of jitter is deemed to be in error. This value is set on the Video page of the Configuration window and is set individually for each video standard class (SD, HD, 3G etc.) and each High Pass Filter (10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz, 10kHz, 100kHz). In the "Error Checking" section of the display, set in the first column of entries the number of UI at which you want the jitter level to be deemed to be in error for each Video Standard type (SD, HD etc.) and for each High Pass Filter (10Hz, 100Hz etc). The colour transitions and the end of the meter are then set as follows: Amber Red transition Value set by the UI value Clear Amber transition 70% of the UI value End of meter 170% of the UI value Captions Section The "Captions" configuration section allow OP-47 and CEA-708 closed caption status events to be logged or trapped by SNMP.. Configuration Page this is used to set the OP-47 page number to log and use in the Picture tile when OP-47 is selected. See the "Closed Captions" section in the Viewer chapter for details. Discontinuity when enabled will log any discontinuity of the 708 captions within the Event Log. Checksum Error when enabled will log any checksum errors in the 708 captions within the Event Log. Header Error Log Binary Data when enabled will log any checksum errors in the 708 captions within the Event Log. when enable will log captions as hexadecimal data within the Event Log Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 11

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123 Audio Audio Pass-Through Section Where the input is taken from SDI inputs, the Ultra also allows up to 16 channels of audio on those inputs to be passed through to the output if that output uses one or more SDI output. In addition, the first two channels can be passed through alongside output to the HDMI port. The Ultra supports up to 16 channels of audio. This audio can only be delivered to the Ultra over SDI inputs but it allows this audio to be passed through alongside the video and output either on SDI outputs or on the HDMI output. All 16 channels can be passed out over SDI outputs but only the first two channels can be delivered over the HDMI output. (It is not currently possible either to take audio from the DisplayPort input or to deliver audio to the DisplayPort output.) This Audio Pass-Through facility is enabled through the Audio page of the Configuration window. The 16 channels are handled as four groups of 4 channels, each of which can be enabled individually. The Enable Audio Pass-Through switch is used to enable this functionality. The individual audio groups that are allow to be passed trough are controlled by the following switches: Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 (1) Enables the group and (0) disables the group. (1) Enables the group and (0) disables the group. (1) Enables the group and (0) disables the group. (1) Enables the group and (0) disables the group. Configuration Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 13

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125 Ancillary Menu Overview The Ancillary menu determines how the Ultra system responds to ancillary packets that are present on the SDI input signal. ANC User Section The "ANC User" section of the Ancillary menu is used to define up to 3 custom ANC packets. These will appear as User 1, User 2 and User 3 in the ANC Watch window. Configuration The information that you need to give for each packet is a Name (simply to identify it by) plus its Data ID (or DID) and its Secondary Data ID (or SDID), both of which are included within the packet definition. If it is appropriate to use one User definition to cover several related ANC Packet types, the DID and SDID Masks may be used to pick out ANC Packet types with similar DIDs and SDIDs. Alternatively, if you want the User definition to only pick out ANC Packets with the DID and SDID given, leave the Masks set to FF. As described above, before setting up any User ANC Packet types, you are strongly recommended to run a sample video containing these packets through with just the supplied ANC Packet types to confirm that the packets you are seeking to identify are not picked out as any of the supplied Packet types because the packets will continue to be picked out as the supplied Packet type after you have defined your User ANC Packet type. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 15

126 Configuration Note that there is nothing to stop you defining a User ANC Packet type that has the same DID and SDID values as one of the standard ANC Packet types. However, any ANC packet detected with these values will be counted as the standard ANC Packet type and not as your User ANC Packet type. There is also mothing to stop you defining more than one User ANC Packet type to pick out ANC Packet types with the same DID and SDID values: in this case, the packets will be counted as the User ANC Packet with the higher number i.e. User 3 in preference to User 2 in preference to User 1. To add a User ANC Packet type: Click on the arrow next to the name of the User ANC Packet type you want to define. Enter a name to describe the ANC Packet. Enter the DID and SDID values for the packet. Either set appropriate Mask values in the DID Mask and SDID Mask slots or leave these set to the default value of FF. ANC Error Checking Section The "Error Checking" section controls which errors are reported in the ANC Status windows. For each ANC packet there is a column for the number of errors found, a drop down menu and an SNMP Trap enable switch. Error Warning No Error this will highlight the packet as an error when a failure occurs in the specific packet type. this will highlight the packet as a warning when a failure occurs in the specific packet type. this does not display any highlight when a failure occurs in the specific packet type Configuration 02/17

127 System System Menu Product Information Section When the XR option is installed, the Operating Mode section allows the following selections: Ultra 4K Tool Box Ultra 4K XR when selected will cause the unit to load the Tool Box firmware to allow physical layer measurement instruments, format conversion and generation tools to be used. when selected will cause the unit to load the XR firmware to allow high resolution waveforms, vectorscope and CIE colour chart instruments to be used. Refer to Ultra XR User Guide for full operational details. Configuration Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 17

128 Configuration System Information Section The "System Information" section provides engineering details about the system including serial numbers, software versions and system status. This information is used to identify all aspects of the system for manufacturing and support purposes. Software Version is the version of software running on the system. The latest version is available on the Omnitek support website ( Main Board Serial Number is the unique MAC address for the system. Calibration date is when the unit was factory calibrated. Physical Layer calibration version details calibration method version that has been performed on the Ultra unit as part of manufacture or subsequent re-calibration. Settings Section The "Settings" section allows the system time to be set and the amount of RAM allocated to video capture. Setting Date and Time Automatically The system s time and date can be setup automatically or manually. If the network you are using is connected to the Internet you can use the Look up function: Set the Date/Time: Use NTP switch to On (1). Select the Continent (for examble Europe) from the drop down menu. Select the Region (for example London) from the drop down menu. The date and time should now be set automatically. Setting Date and Time Manually If the network you are using doesn t have an Internet connection the date and time can be set manually: 4 18 Configuration 02/17

129 Set the Date/Time: Use NTP switch to Off (0). Set the Time and Date details field by field. Allocating Capture / Generator Memory The total number of frames that can be captured at any time is limited by the amount of memory that is made available to captures.. This amount is set by default to one quarter of the Ultra s available run-time memory. If the specified capture requires more memory than is currently available, the capture is automatically truncated at the number of frames that can be stored: in the limit, if there isn t room to store even one frame, no frames will be captured The amount of memory that is currently allocated to captured images and the amount of that memory that has been used is displayed in the bottom right-hand corner of the "Generator" menu under the "Common" Tab. The proportion of capture video space to generator video space is user definable. The default allocation corresponds to 25% of the Ultra s available memory, with the rest of this memory being allocated to holding Generator test patterns. Network Section This allocation is controlled by the Memory allocated for Capture (%) setting on the System page of the Configuration window. To change the allocation, just change the percentage that is recorded for this setting.. The "Network" section allows the Ultra unit to be connected to a network. Configuration To access the Ultra s user interface via the Web, you need one of the following Web browsers (Google Chrome, Internet Explorer (version 11 or later), Opera, Safari or Firefox (version 38 or later) on your computer. You also need to ensure that the screen resolution is set to 1920 x Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 19

130 Configuration The user interface is generally accessed either by giving the machine s IP address or by giving the Ultra s Machine Host Name which on all new machines is based on the machine s MAC address (given on a label on the base of the chassis). Details of the steps used are given below. Setting the IP Address using DHCP To obtain an IP Address automatically from your network, set the Use DHCP to obtain IP address to On (1). Setting the IP Address manually To set a Static IP address for the unit, set the Use DHCP to obtain IP address to Off (0) then enter the Static IP address, Subnet mask and Default gateway. The unit should now be visible on the network. To check this use one of the following: 1. Entering the units Machine Host Name into a web browser, 2. Running the Omnitek Network Scanner application, 3. Using the command prompt arp a command 4. Using ping at the command prompt. See the "Web Browser Control" section in the installation chapter for details about how to find the Ultra unit on a local area network. Restarting the Ultra Should the unit require restarting for any reason, select the Restart button at the bottom of the Network section of the Configuration - System menu. SNMP Section The "SNMP" section contains slots for information needed by the SNMP Manager that you use. The area of the display entitled SNMP and the SNMP MIB option in the Files section of the display (Web-based UI only) refer to the use of the Ultra with SNMP. SNMP MIB is the file in which the supported SNMP commands and their syntax are detailed. The symbol next to this entry in Files section of the System page can be used to download a copy of this file to the Downloads directory on the PC from which you are currently controlling the Ultra. User Interface Section The User Interface section allows the menu colour scheme to be selected to suite operating environment and personal preference Configuration 02/17

131 Files Section The "Files" section allow the system MIB file to be down loaded, the system operating software to be updated and the system to be returned to factory setup. SNMP MIB Update S/W this button, when selected, will down load the system s MIB file for use with SNMP applications. this button allow new operating software to be installed, either from a USB plugged into the Ultra unit (when operating the Ultra via HDMI monitor) or from a folder (when operating the Ultra via a web browser). Factory Reset this button returns all of the systems settings in all of the menus back to factory default values. Please contact support@omnitek.tv before using this. See the "Software Maintenance" section in the Installation appendix for details about how to install new software. Configuration Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 21

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133 Logging Logging Menu Column filter Section The "Column filter" section allows the Event Log "Name", "Type" and "State" columns to be display/ hidden and their width to be adjusted. 708 Caption column filter Section The "708 Caption column filter" section allows the Caption Log "Sequence", "Service", "Service Name" and "Text" columns to be display/hidden and their width to be adjusted. Configuration 608 Caption column filter Section The "608 Caption column filter" section allows the Caption Log "Sequence", "Row" and "Text" columns to be display/hidden and their width to be adjusted. OP47 Caption column filter Section The "OP47 Caption column filter" section allows the Caption Log "Sequence", "Video Line", "Row" and "Text" columns to be display/hidden and their width to be adjusted. Common column Section The Common columns used in Caption and Event logs" section allows the "System Date", "System Time" and "Timecode columns to be display/hidden and their width to be adjusted. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 23

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135 Licences Overview The functionality of the Ultra system is determined by the options that have been installed as shown in the Configuration - Licences menu. This page lists the individual facilities that are licensed on your Ultra system and indicates the start date of the licence (where installed) and either the number of days left (for time-limited licences) or the word Permanent. Facilities listed as Not installed have either never been installed or were the subject of a time-limited licence that has expired. To add this facility just requires you to purchase the relevant licence and add this licence to your system. See the "Licence Management" section in the Installation chapter for detail about how to update the unit's licence. Configuration Where a facility is listed as No Hardware, however, extra hardware is needed in order to support this option. Where this is the case, you may need to return the Ultra either to Omnitek or to your Omnitek dealer: your dealer will be able to advise you on this. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 25

136 Configuration Files Section The "Files" section allow the current system licence to be down loaded and a new licence uploaded. Fetch Update is used to download a copy of the underlying Licence file either to the Downloads directory on the PC/handheld from which you are controlling the Ultra or to a USB stick plugged into the Ultra. replaces the Licence file that is currently being used by a copy of the Licence file on e.g. a USB stick inserted in the one of the USB ports on the Ultra. Installing Additional Functionality The range of facilities that are supported on any Ultra is controlled through a set of licences recorded in a Licence file. The licences that are currently installed are displayed on the Licences. When additional facilities are purchased, the Licence file needs to be updated. The procedure used is as follows. It is in two parts one carried out at the time the additional facilities are purchased; the other carried out when the updated licence file is received from Omnitek. Steps at the time of purchase: Select the Fetch function in the "Files section of the Configuration - Licences menu. This saves a copy of the current Licence file as Licences.lic either in the Web Browser s Downloads directory or, where the Ultra s Local UI is being used, on a USB stick plugged in the back panel. a copy of this licence file to Omnitek/your Omnitek dealer as advised by your dealer. Steps on receipt of the updated licence file: Copy the received licence file either to a directory on the computer controlling the Ultra or to a USB stick. Select the Configuration - Licences menu. Select the Update function in the Files section and use the file selector to open the new licence file. Restart the Ultra using the Restart function in the Configuration - System menu Configuration 02/17

137 Network Devices Overview When the Ultra is connected to a network with other Ultra units, they can be selected for control in a new web browser tab. This done from the Network Devices menu. Note that when this display is called up on a Local UI, the details shown just comprise machine name and URL. When the display is called up remotely using a Web browser, the display also includes Connect and Connect on a new Tab options for you to use. Where the Ultra system you are interested in is running Version 2.1 or later, the Web-based version of the display also shows details of the version being run, the length of time that the named Ultra has been running and the number of remote links that have been made into that system. Note: It is not possible to connect to a system that is already supporting two remote links. If you try to do this, you will see a message telling you that the maximum number of links have already been made. You can see the details of the remote links that have been made to the Ultra on which you are working by calling up the System page of its Configuration window. Details of the remote links are given on the right-hand side of this page, under the Network heading, together with an X button that you can use to terminate any unwanted link (except the one that you yourself are using). Configuration Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 4 27

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141 Overview Connections Window General Operation The Connections window, selected using the Connections tab at the top of the screen or by selecting the <x> key on a locally connected keyboard. It is used to configure the units internal inputs and outputs to match the units physical connections. This window displays a representation of the unit's rear panel connections and connection blocks representing the units input / outputs connections as well as internal virtual connections. Eye HDMI Input SDI Inputs Genlock HDMI Output DP Output SDI Outputs represents the Eye connection on the rear panel and is permanently linked to the Physical Layer Analysis block. represents the physical HDMI 1.4 input connection. represent all of the possible SDI input connections that make up the video signal including single link, dual link and quad link connections. represents the physical connection that unit is locked to. represents the physical HDMI output connection and is used to select the format and frame rate of the HDMI output. represents the physical Display Port output connection and is used to select the format and frame rate of the Display Port output. represents the possible SDI output connections for the single link, DL and QL connections and sets the SDI output format / frame rate. Physical Layer Analysis represents the virtual connection to the physical layer instruments. Local User Interface represents the virtual connection to the units user interface. Analyser / Converter represents the unit's virtual analyser and convertor connects Generator represents the virtual connection the the Generator and the currently selected test pattern. Connections Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 3

142 Connections These blocks can be interconnected by links to configure the unit for different modes of operations. These can be saved as presets for future use. Basic Operation Select Connections tab to show this screen Drag link from the Local User Interface block node to the HDMI Output block node to view the user interface on an HDMI monitor Drag link from the Generator block node to SDI Outputs block node to output test pattern or sequence Drag link from the SDI Inputs block node to the Analyser/ Convertor block node to enable instruments in Viewer Select the physical input(s) to use from drop down lists. Select Generator output format and frame rate using settings icon Select the physical output(s) to use from drop down lists. Making Links between Blocks Links are made by clicking on the output node of one connection block, dragging the link to the input node of another block then letting go. Output Nodes 1 Fixed Link Connection Blocks Input Node Links are made by clicking on the output node of one connection block, dragging the link to the input node of another block then letting go. 2 Note that fixed links are dark blue in colour to identify them. 5 4 Connections 02/17

143 User Interface Connection Local User Interface Block The Local User Interface block represents the virtual connection to the unit's user interface. This can be connected to the HDMI Output block, the DP Output block or the SDI Outputs block Linking the Analyser / Convertor block output to the input of the Local User Interface block will convert the user interface format and frame rate to the currently connected output block. User Interface via the HDMI Output Link the Local User Interface block to the HDMI Output block. The User Interface resolution is limited to 1920x1080. To output the User Interface via the HDMI output, the output format needs to be set to 1920x1080 first. See the "HDMI Output Format" section on how to select the output video format and frame rate. User Interface via the DisplayPort Output Link from the Analyser/Convertor block to the Local User Interface block and link to the DP Output block to output the user interface on Display Port Connections The User Interface resolution is limited to 1920x1080. To output the User Interface via the DisplayPort output, the output format needs to be set to 1920x1080 first. See the "Display Port Output Format" section on how to select the output video format and frame rate. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 5

144 Connections User Interface via the SDI Output Link from the Analyser/Convertor block to the Local User Interface block and link the Local User Interface block to the SDI Outputs block to output the user interface on chosen SDI output connection. The User Interface resolution is limited to 1920x1080. To output the User Interface via the SDI output, the output format needs to be set to 1920x1080 first. See the "SDI Output Format" section on how to select the output video format and frame rate. 5 6 Connections 02/17

145 Physical Layer Analysis Eye Block The Eye block represents the Eye connection on the rear panel. The Eye block is permanently connected to the Physical Layer Analysis block If the Physical Layer Analysis option is installed this allows the SDI signal connected to the Eye input to be analysed using the Eye Waveform, Jitter Meters, Jitter Histogram, Jitter Waveform and Jitter Spectrum instruments. See the "Physical Layer" section in the Viewer chapter for full details. If there is no signal present the block will display "No Input" otherwise it will display the currently detected format and frame rate. Physical Layer Analysis Block The Physical Layer Analysis block represents the virtual connection to the physical layer analysis instruments. If the Physical Layer Analysis option is installed this allows the SDI signal connected to the Eye input to be analysed using the Eye Waveform, Jitter Meters, Jitter Histogram, Jitter Waveform and Jitter Spectrum instruments. See the "Physical Layer" section in the Viewer chapter for full details. Connections Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 7

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147 Analyser Inputs Analyser / Convertor Block The Analyser / Converter block represents the unit's virtual analyser and convertor connections. This block converts the selected input SDI or HDMI input connection video into a format that can be analysed / displayed on the user interface or output in the chosen output format via the selected SDI, HDMI or Display Port output connection. HDMI Input Block The HDMI Input block can be connected to the Analyser/Convertor block to allow basic analysis of the HDMI signal. Link the HDMI Input block to the Analyser / Convertor block and the format will be converted to that of the output block connected to the Local User Interface block. The HDMI Input represents the HDMI 1.4 physical input Connection. If there is no signal present the block will display "No Input" otherwise it will display the currently detected format and frame rate. SDI Inputs Block The output of the SDI Inputs block can be connected to the Analyser/Convertor block to allow analysis of the SDI input signal. Link the SDI Inputs block to the Analyser / Convertor block and the format will be converted to that of the output block connected to the Local User Interface block. Connections Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 9

148 Connections The SDI Inputs block represent all of the possible SDI input connections that make up the video signal including single link, dual link and quad link connections. The physically SDI connections can be selected for each of the 4 virtual links.. The output of this block can be connected to the Analyser/Convertor block to allow analysis of the SDI input signal. If there is no signal present, or there is no link between the SDI Inputs block and the Analyser / Convertor block, the block will display "No Input" otherwise it will display the currently detected format and frame rate. The actual physical connection for each of the virtual inputs can be selected by clicking on the down arrow the selecting the required input. Inputs can be selected from a choice of "AUX 1", "AUX 2", "SDI 1", "SDI 2" or "Eye". The Ultra system also allows virtual connections to be made to the outputs of the SDI Outputs block. Clicking on this icon next to the currently detected input format will display the Video Standards Editor to allow the selection of automatic or manual input format detection. Input Format Detection The SDI input format and frame rate can be detected automatically from the connected input signal or can be set manually to override the detected ones. This can be useful when the signal does not have a valid SMPTE 352 packet to define the actual content structure of the signal. Note that this relies on the appropriate SMPTE packet being present on the input signal. Mode Interface Raster Refresh Sampling Apply Set Close allows the selection of Autodetect or Manual format. When Autodetect is selected the fields below are populated automatically but when Manual is selected the filed below can be set manually. defines the physical link type from the dropdown list, defines the image size such as 1280x720, 1920x1080, 2048x1080, 3840x2160 and 4096x2160. defines the frame rate and whether the format is interlaced or progressive. defines the video sampling format this used. Default is 10bit 4:2:2 YUV. applies the current settings without closing the window. applies the current settings and closes the window. closes the Video Standards Editor without applying or saving the changes Connections 02/17

149 SDI Inputs Control Panel When the SDI Inputs block is selected the SDI Inputs control panel is displayed at the right of the screen. This controls how the image data is processed by the system. Mode defines Active picture or Full raster video capture. Active selects only the active image area for capture. Full raster selects the complete SDI data stream for capture including all VANC and ANC packets and audio data. See the "Video Capture" section in the Viewer chapter fore details. Primaries Range Profile set the colour space primary to be used: Auto detect the colour space primary from the input signal. Note that this relies on the appropriate SMPTE packet being present on the input signal. DCI DIgital Cinema Initiative, SMPTE RP 431 Rec.709 ITU-R Recommendation BT.709 EBU ITU-R BT.470 standardized RGB colour space SMPTE C SMPTE RP 145 Rec ITU-R Recommendation BT.2020 Sets the digital levels of black and peak white used in the image. Auto detects the range from the input signal. - Currently SMPTE SMPTE Narrow Range uses the following levels: 8-bit RGB 16 = black = white, CbCr 16 to bit RGB 64 = black = white, CbCR 64 to bit RGB 256 = black = white, CBCr 256 to 3840 Full Range uses the following levels: 8-bit RGB 0 = black = white, CbCr 0 to bit RGB 0 = black = white, CbCR 0 to bit RGB 0 = black = white, CBCr 0 to 4092 defines the HDR profile to be used by the system for the SDI input. Auto detects the profile from the input signal. Note that this relies on the appropriate SMPTE packet being present on the input signal. Currently 2.2 gamma. 2.2 gamma uses the standard definition range profile as defined by ITU-R BT This should be selected if the input signal has SDR content. PQ EOTF uses the Dolby Vision PQ (Perceptual Quantizer) Electro-Optic Transfer Function profile as standardised by SMPTE HLG EOTF uses the Hybrid Log-Gamma Electro-Optic Transfer Function profile as defined by ITU-R BT Connections Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 11

150 Connections Genlock Block The Genlock block represents the physical connections that can be used to lock the unit to. The connection to be used as the system's locking reference can be selected by clicking on the down arrow. When the Genlock function is selected on the HDMI Output, DP Output and SDI Outputs blocks, their outputs will be frame locked to the selected genlock input. See the "HDMI Output Timing" section for details of the HDMI Output block See the "DisplayPort Output Timing" sections for details of the DP Output block See the "SDI Output Timing & Interlink Delay" section for details of the SDI Outputs block 5 12 Connections 02/17

151 Outputs HDMI Output Block The HDMI Output block represents the physical HDMI output connection and is used to select the format and frame rate of the HDMI output. The input to this block can be connected directly from the Generator block, to allow HDMI signal generation, but typically is connected from the User Interface block to provide the control system user interface on an HDMI monitor. The HDMI Output block provides the following functions: Output Format the HDMI output format and frame rate can be selected from the drop down list of frequently used formats or by selecting settings icon to define specific formats and frame rates. Genlock this allows the HDMI output to be locked to the unit's locking reference signal selected in the Genlock block. With Free Run selected the HDMI will be unlocked. Clicking on this icon next to the currently selected output format will display the Video Standards Editor. Clicking on the icon next to the Genlock drop down will display the Genlock Timing Editor. HDMI Output Format The HDMI output format and frame rate can be selected from the drop down list of frequently used formats or by selecting settings icon to define specific formats and frame rates. Raster Refresh Sampling Set Close defines the image size such as 1280x720, 1920x1080, 2048x1080, 3840x2160 and 4096x2160. defines the frame rate and whether the format is interlaced or progressive. defines the video sampling format this used. By default this is 10bit 4:2:2 YUV. applies the currently selected video format, frame rate and data sampling mode to the DisplayPort output. closes the Video Standards Editor without applying or saving the changes. Connections HDMI Output Timing The timing of the HDMI output can be aligned to the system's genlock input using the Genlock Timing Editor. This allows the HDMI output to be advanced/delayed using Pixel and Line values. Selecting the OK button will apply any changes made. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 13

152 Connections DP Output Block The DP Output block represents the physical Display Port output connection and is used to select the format and frame rate of the Display Port output. The input to this block can be connected directly from the Generator block, to allow Display Port signal generation, or can be connected from the Local User Interface block to provide the control system user interface on a Display Port monitor. The DP Output block provides the following functions: Swap Monitor tiles DisplayPort video standards such as 4Kp60 that require a higher bandwidth use the Multi Stream Transport (MST) feature of DisplayPort 1.2. This typically results in images being delivered as separate left and right panels. Some monitors will display the left and right panels swapped. The Swap Monitor tiles switch allows them to be swapped to correct the display. Output Format the DisplayPort output format and frame rate can be selected from the drop down list of frequently used formats or by selecting settings icon to define specific formats and frame rates. Genlock this allows the DisplayPort output to be locked to the unit's locking reference signal selected in the Genlock block. With Free Run selected the DisplayPort will be unlocked. Clicking on this icon next to the currently selected output format will display the Video Standards Editor. Clicking on the icon next to the Genlock drop down will display the Genlock Timing Editor. When the DP Output block is selected (title bar highlighted) additional menu options appear at the right of the screen. FDID allows the unit to interrogate the device connected to the DisplayPort connector and return the device's Extended Display Identification Data when Show is selected. Selecting the Show function will displays a dialogue containing a text interpretation of the EDID data, together with an option to save the data to disk. Clicking on the Save option downloads two files (dp_edid.txt and dp_edid.bin) either to your web downloads folder or, if the Ultra is being controlled from a Local UI, to a USB stick plugged into the Ultra. The dp_edid.txt file contains a copy of the text displayed in the dialogue; the dp_edid.bin file contains a binary dump of the EDID data taken from the port Connections 02/17

153 Display Port Output Format The DisplayPort output format and frame rate can be selected from the drop down list of frequently used formats or by selecting settings icon to define specific formats and frame rates. Raster Refresh Sampling Set Close defines the image size such as 1280x720, 1920x1080, 2048x1080, 3840x2160 and 4096x2160. defines the frame rate and whether the format is interlaced or progressive. defines the video sampling format this used. Default is 10bit 4:2:2 YUV. applies the currently selected video format, frame rate and data sampling mode to the DisplayPort output. closes the Video Standards Editor without applying or saving the changes. DisplayPort Output Timing The timing of the DisplayPort output can be aligned to the system's genlock input using the Genlock Timing Editor. This allows the DisplayPort output to be advanced/delayed using Pixel and Line values. Selecting the OK button will apply any changes made. Connections Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 15

154 Connections SDI Outputs Block The SDI Outputs block represents all of the possible SDI output connections that make up the video signal including single link, dual link and quad link connections. This block also sets the SDI output format and frame rate. The input to this block can be connected directly from the Generator block, to allow SDI signal generation, or can be connected from the Local User Interface block to provide the control system user interface on an SDI monitor. The SDI Outputs block provides the following functions: Output Format the SDI output format and frame rate can be selected from the drop down list of frequently used formats or by selecting settings icon to define specific formats and frame rates. Genlock Output 1 this allows the SDI output to be locked to the unit's locking reference signal selected in the Genlock block. With Free Run selected the DisplayPort will be unlocked. the first output can be selected from a choice of "AUX 3", "AUX 4", "SDI 1", "SDI 2", "SDI 3" or "SDI 4" physical connections. Output 2 the second output can be selected from a choice of "AUX 3", "AUX 4", "SDI 1", "SDI 2", "SDI 3" or "SDI 4" physical connections. Output 3 the third output can be selected from a choice of "AUX 3", "AUX 4", "SDI 1", "SDI 2", "SDI 3" or "SDI 4" physical connections. Output 4 the fourth output can be selected from a choice of "AUX 3", "AUX 4", "SDI 1", "SDI 2", "SDI 3" or "SDI 4" physical connections. Clicking on this icon next to the currently selected output format will display the Video Standards Editor. Clicking on the icon next to the Genlock drop down will display the Genlock Timing Editor Connections 02/17

155 When the SDI Outputs block is selected (title bar highlighted) additional menu options appear at the right of the screen. S352 Insert - allows the SMPTE 352 packet to be disabled. Jitter Inserter allows jitter to be inserted into the SDI output signals SDI 4 controls the signal amplitude and slew rate of the SDI 4. Interlink Delay controls timing offset between outputs. DA Output when enabled (1) will clone the signal from output 1 to the other three outputs. WSS (SD-PAL only) enables / disables wide screen signalling. VI (SD Only) enables / disables the video index flag. ANC 2016 enables /disables SMPTE 2016 active format description. Timecode enables / disables output timecode generation. SDI Output Format The SDI output format and frame rate can be selected from the drop down list of frequently used formats or by selecting settings icon to define specific formats and frame rates. Interface defines the video link format and provide options for single link, dual link and quad link for SD-SDI, HD-SDI, 3G-SDI, 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI connections. Raster defines the image size such as 720x480, 720x576, 1280x720, 1920x1080, 2048x1080, 3840x2160 and 4096x2160. The choice is defined by the currently selected Interface setting. Refresh Sampling Set Close defines the frame rate and whether the format is interlaced or progressive. The choice is defined by the currently selected Interface and Raster settings. defines the video sampling format this used. The choice is defined by the currently selected Interface, Raster and Refresh settings. applies the currently selected video format, frame rate and data sampling mode to the SDI outputs. closes the Video Standards Editor without applying or saving the changes. SMPTE 352 Packet Inserter The dropdown list next to S352 Insert controls when the SMPTE 352 packet is insterted into the SDI output data streams: Disable Required All Stds turns off the SMPTE 352 packet turns on the SMPTE 352 packet only for the specific video standards which require it. turns on the SMPTE 352 packet for all video standards. Connections Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 17

156 Connections Jitter Inserter Typically the output jitter generation, signal amplitude and slew rate controls are used to emulate the performance of transmitting equipment and test the resilience of the receiving equipment when the signal has been sent over different cable lengths and cable types. These tools can be used to assess the jitter tolerance of receiving equipment at different jitter frequencies by increasing the jitter amplitude, for each frequency band, until CRC errors are detected in the receiving equipment. To ensure that equipment under test can tolerate known levels of jitter (jitter tolerance), the Jitter Generator allows jitter to be introduced into the generated SDI output signal at user-specified levels of UI (unit interval) and at user-specified frequencies. The introduced jitter is sinusoidal and is adjustable using the Connections menu by selecting the setup icon for the SDI output. Output Jitter is enabled by setting Enabled toggle switch to I. Freq - the Jitter frequency can be set between 0.001kHz and 3MHz using the numeric field and can be set in units and decimals of 1Hz. Amp - the amplitude of the jitter can be set in unit intervals or decimals of unit intervals. The maximum amplitude is 8UI for frequencies up to 120kHz. Actual - If the settings dictate a slew rate above the maximum, the actual rate achieved will be displayed. SMPTE RP 184, RP 192 and SMPTE ST detail the minimum receiver jitter tolerance that any piece of equipment receiving 12G-SDI should have. The introduction of known levels of jitter allows the jitter tolerance of the equipment under test to be checked against its specified tolerance levels. See the Ultra Rx Jitter Tolerance section for details of the Ultra s input jitter tolerance. SDI4 Output Level To ensure that receiving equipment can still successfully decode the SDI stream with different signal amplitudes and slew rates these are adjustable using the Connections menu by selecting the setup icon for the SDI4 output. mv - the signal amplitude can be set between 450mV and 840 mv. Slew Rate - the signal slew rate can be set to Fast (normal setting) or Slow. SDI Output Timing & Interlink Delay The timing of the SDI outputs can be aligned to the system's genlock input using the Genlock Timing Editor. This allows the SDI outputs to be advanced/delayed using Pixel and Line values. Selecting the OK button will apply any changes made Connections 02/17

157 The Interlink Delay controls that are displayed when the SDI Outputs block is selected allows a timing offset to be introduced between the different signals of a muliti-link video format such as dual link and quad link. WHen the system is gen-locked to an external locking reference signal any changes made to the different link delays will be made with respect to this input DA Output when enabled (1) will clone the signal from output 1 to the other three outputs. Wide Screen Signalling VI (SD Only) ANC 2016 WSS enables / disables wide screen signalling on the SD-SDI outputs on active video line 21. ETSI when selected will use the ETS standard and ARD Spec will use SMPTE RP186/ARD. WSS ETSI sets the ETS standard aspect ratio code. ARD Asp sets the SMPTE RP186 aspect ratio code. ARD AFD sets the SMPTE RP186 active format description code VI enables / disables the video index flag on the SD-SDI outputs on line 11/324 for PAL 625 and line 14/277 for NTSC 525. This is inserted as 2 bits (sample 0 and 1) within the Chroma data stream. VI Aspect sets the VI aspect ratio code VI AFD sets the VI active format description code ANC 2016 enables /disables SMPTE 2016 active format description ANC AFD sets the SMPTE 2016 active format description code Timecode Generation Timecode enables / disables timecode generation on the SDI outputs. VITC enables timecode on the VITC packet. ATC VITC 1 enables timecode on the V-TCode S12-2 packet. ATC VITC 2 enables timecode on the V-TCode S12-2 packet. ATC LTC enables timecode on the V-TCode S12-2 packet. Drop Frame enable timecode drop frame sequences SEQ Zero sets the generated timecode to 00:00:00:00 T/C Fixed sets the timecode value in the Set Value field Connections Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 19

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159 Test Pattern Generator Generator Block The Generator block represents the virtual connection to the Generator and the currently selected test pattern. The Generator block can be connected to the HDMI Output block, the DP Output block or the SDI Outputs block. See the "Using Test Patterns / Sequences" section on the Generator chapter for details about to create, select and edit test patterns. HDMI Output Generation Link the Local User Interface block to the HDMI Output block. See the "HDMI Output Format" section on how to select the output video format and frame rate. Display Port Output Generation Link from the Generator block to the DP Output block to display the currently selected test pattern in the Generator menu on the DisplayPort output at the currently selected video format and frame rate. Connections See the "Display Port Output Format" section on how to select the output video format and frame rate. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 21

160 Connections SDI Output Generation Link from the Generator block to the SDI Output block to display the currently selected test pattern in the Generator menu on the SDI output(s). See the "SDI Output Format" section on how to select the output video format and frame rate Connections 02/17

161 Conversion Analyser / Convertor Block The Analyser / Converter block represents the unit's virtual analyser and convertor connections. This block converts the selected input SDI or HDMI input connection video into a format that can be analysed / displayed on the user interface or output in the chosen output format via the selected SDI, HDMI or Display Port output connection. The Ultra allows video in any supported video standard delivered to its input ports to be output from any of its output ports in any supported video standard. Conversion between the delivery format and output video standard is an intrinsic consequence of using one delivery format & video standard for the input and specifying a different delivery format and/or video standard for the output. Where the input is taken from SDI inputs, the Ultra also allows up to 16 channels of audio on those inputs to be passed through to the output if that output uses one or more SDI output. In addition, the first two channels can be passed through alongside output to the HDMI port. Note that there is no audio pass-through option to the DisplayPort output. Specifying the required conversion is therefore part and parcel of defining how the inputs and outputs on the Ultra are to be used, and is carried out using the Connections window (shown below). When the Analyser/Convertor block is selected the conversion filter that is used can be chosen to get the best results. The filter to use depends on the type of convention being performed. SMPTE Flat is normally used where there is not image size change. Soften 1 and Soften 2 are normally used when the resolution of the image is decreased. Sharpen 1 and Sharpen 2 are normally use when the resolution of the image is increased. Connections Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 23

162 Connections SDI Input Conversion Link the SDI Inputs block to the Analyser / Convertor block and the format will be converted to that of the connected output block HDMI Input Conversion The HDMI Input block can be connected to the Analyser/Convertor block to allow conversion to a different output format and physical interface. Link the HDMI Input block to the Analyser / Convertor block and the format will be converted to that of the currently selected output block. HDMI Output Conversion Link the Local User Interface block to the HDMI Output block. See the "HDMI Output Format" section on how to select the output video format and frame rate. Display Port Output Conversion Link from the Analyser /Convertor block to the DP Output block to convert the selected input to Display Port The input to the Analyser / Convertor block will be converted to the currently selected output format. See the "Display Port Output Format" section on how to select the output video format and frame rate Connections 02/17

163 SDI Output Conversion Link from the Analyser /Convertor block to the SDI Outputs block to convert the selected input to the chosen SDI Output format and physical connections See the "SDI Output Format" section on how to select the output video format and frame rate. Quad 3G-SDI Input to 12G-SDI Output Conversion 12G-SDI Input to Quad 3G-SDI Output Conversion 12G-SDI input to DisplayPort Output Conversion Connections Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide 5 25

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167 Glossary of Terms 3G-SDI 4K 6G-SDI 8K 12G-SDI AES AES AFD AFD S ANC ANC 2016 ARD ARIB-B 22 ARIB-B 23-1 ARIB-B 23-2 ARIB-B 35 ARIB-B 37 Mob. ARIB-B 37 Ana ARIB-B 37 SD ARIB-B 37 HD ARIB-B 39 ARIB-B 27 Capt Audio S2020 is a single Gbit/s serial link (standardized in SMPTE 424M) that will replace the dual link HD-SDI (is standardized in SMPTE 372M) pixel by 2160 line image. This is the film industry version of UHD-1. refers to the single 6 GHz coper interface defined in SMPTE ST and pixel by 4320 line image. This is the film industry version of UHD-2. refers to the single 12 GHz coper interface defined in SMPTE ST and 10 Audio Engineering Society standard for digital audio Digital input-output interfacing Serial transmission format for two channel linearly represented digital audio data. (Active Format Description) is a standard set of codes that can be sent in the MPEG video stream or in the baseband SDI video signal that carries information about their aspect ratio and active picture characteristics as defined by SMPTE S2016. SCTE S2016 defined standardized AFD (active format description) and Bar data packet (defining active area of image). (Ancillary Data) refers to a means which by non-video information (such as audio, EDH and other forms of essence and metadata) are embedded within the serial digital interface. There are 2 types if Ancillary Data, HANC (Horizontal Ancillary Data) and VANC (Vertical Ancillary Data). See SMPTE 291M: Ancillary Data Packet and Space Formatting. SMPTE Format for Active Format Description and Bar Data Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ARIB defined Sub information data packet in VANC. ARIB defined user data 1 packet in the VANC space. ARIB defined user data 2 packet in the VANC space. ARIB defined trigger signal data packet for data broadcasting. ARIB defined closed captioning information data packet. refers to the analogue video data packet om VANC space. ARIB defined SD data packet in VANC space. ARIB defined HD data packet in VANC space. ARIB defined inter-stationary control packet in VANC space. ARIB defined caption data in VANC space. SMPTE S2020 defined standardized data packet defining the encoding for a Dolby stereo or a multi-channel surround group of audio channels. Glossary Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide A 3

168 Glossary BNC Cam. Pos S315 Caption 708 Caption 608 CIE CPU CRC Bayonet Neill-Concelman. This connector comes in 2 generic forms 50Ω (typically used in radio) and 75Ω (typically used in broadcast video). There are variants for SD-SDI, HD-SDI, 3G-SDI and 12G-SDI signals. SMPTE 315M defined camera position data in HANC and VANC spaces. EIA 708 standard defining closed caption data for HD-SDI in VANC space. EIA 608 standard defined closed caption data for SD SDI 525i (NTSC) in VANC space. International Commission on Illumination (French Commission internationale de l'éclairage) Central Processor Unit (cyclic redundancy check) is an error-detecting code commonly used in digital networks and storage devices to detect accidental changes to raw data. At transmission, data blocks are given a short check value based on the remainder of a polynomial division of their contents at the receiver the calculation is repeated, and corrective action can be taken against presumed data corruption when the check values differ. DCI Digital Cinema Initiative, SMPTE RP 431 DBN DID DL Dual Link DisplayPort DisplayPort 1.3 DVI EDH EDH RP165 Eye Diagram ETOF Film RP215 (Data Block Number) is a data word within the ANC Data. See DID for more information. (Data Identifier) is the first data word with in the ANC Data that defines the type of data contained within the packet. This word is followed by either a Secondary Data Identifier (SDID) or a Data Block Number (DBN), followed by a Data Count (DC). After the Data Count word are (inclusive) User Data Words (UDW), followed by a Checksum (CS) word. Dual Link Is where the video image is split over 2 physical links. For example for stereo image processing, high bit depth or RGB colour space. Graphics display interface. refers to the 32.4 Gbit/s interface developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) as a replacement for VGA, DVI and FPD-Link. This allows support for 2 x 4K/UHDTV1 images. Digital Visual Interface (Error Detection and Handling) protocol is an optional but commonly used addition to the Standard Definition-Serial Digital Interface (SDI) standard. This protocol allows an SD-SDI receiver to verify that each field of video is received correctly. SMPTE RP165-EDH packet containing EDH (error data handling) and CRC (cyclic redundancy counts) which only appears on SD-SDI signals. (or Eye Pattern) is used to display the SDI signal waveform to allow the assessment of signal quality and measurement of signal amplitude, rise time and fall time. Electro-Optic Transfer Function SMPTE RP215 defined data packet for film codes in VANC space. A 4 Glossary 02/17

169 FPGA Graticule HANC HANC T/C HD HD Audio S299 HD Ctrl S299 HDMI HDMI 2.0 HDR HDTI S348 HFR-T/C S12-3 a field-programmable gate array is an integrated circuit designed to be configured by the customer or designer after manufacturing. this is the scale displayed on an oscilloscope, vector scope or waveform monitor that provides a visual indication of the signal amplitude, time base and phase relationship. (Horizontal Ancillary Data) is non-video data that is transmitted within the horizontal blanking interval of the video data. See ANC for further information. SMPTE RP196 defined Time Code data packet in HANC space. High Definition (1920 pixel by 1080 lines) SMPTE 291M defined HD audio data in HANC space. SMPTE 291M defined HD control data in HANC space. (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed digital audio/video data from a HDMIcompliant device ( the source or input ) to a compatible digital audio device, computer monitor, video projector, and digital television. refers to the 18 Gbit/s interface developed to support 4K/UHTDV with 12bit colour and video frame rates up to 60 frames per second. HDMI 2.0 also supports up to 32 channels of un-compressed audio. High Dynamic Range. This is a technique used in imaging and photography to reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity than is possible with standard digital imaging or photographic techniques. SMPTE 248M defined HD-SDTI transport in active frame space. SMPTE S12M defined Time Code for High Frame Rate Signals and Formatting in the Ancillary Data Space HLG Hybrid Log-Gamma. This is a HDR profile defined by ITU-R BT ITU ITU-R BT1685 ITU-R Rec 128 ITU-R Rec. BS.645 ITU-R BT.709 ITU-R BT 1685 ITU-R BT.2020 KLV-V RP214 KLV-V RP214 Lnk.Enc1 S472 International Telecommunication Union refers to the United Nations organization that coordinates telecommunication operations and services throughout the world. ITU-R BT 1685 defined Structure of inter-station control data packets. defining the measurement in terms of Loudness Units (UI) and Loudness Units Full Scale (LUFS) over different time periods. defining VU style audio meters typically used by French broadcasters. refers to the colour spaces used in HD-SDI television (YCrCb, RGB or XYZ) and supported in UHDTV1. this is the ITU-R BT 1685 defined Structure of inter-station control data packets. refers to the extended colour space mandatory UHDTV1 at frame rates above 60fps and for all UHDTV2 formats. SMPTE RP214 defined KLV Metadata transport in VANC space. SMPTE RP214 defined KLV Metadata transport in HANC space. SMPTE S427 defined link encryption data packet. Glossary Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide A 5

170 Glossary Lnk.Enc2 S472 Link Enc S427 SMPTE S427 defined link encryption data packet. SMPTE S427 defined link encryption data packet. Mean Measurement industry default method to determine the SDI signal amplitude using the weighted mean from the values from a 20% sample centred about the eye. MIB MPEG Rcd S353 Management Information Base file. Used with SNMP to define the functionality of piece of equipment used by SNMP. SMPTE 353M defined MPEG recoding data in HANC and VANC spaces. Mode Measurement determines the amplitude of the SDI signal using the most common or peak value from all the values. Nit OIDs OP47 Dist. OP47 Transpt. PAN S Payload ID S352 Program RP207 PSU QL PQ PQ EOTF Quad Link RDD8-WSS ROI RP165-EDH RP196-HANC RP196-VANC RP207 Program RP208 VBI is a unit of visible-light intensity, commonly used to specify the brightness of a display. One nit is equivalent to one candela per square meter Object Identifiers used by SNMP to identify individual functions available within a piece of equipment Free TV Operational Practice OP-47 defined distribution of Closed Caption/Subtitling data in VANC space. Free TV Operational Practice OP-47 defined transport of Closed Caption/ Subtitling data in VANC space. SCTE S2016 standard defined pan and scan data packet. SMPTE 291M defined Payload Identification data packet in VANC space. SMPTE RP207 defined program description data packet in VANC space. Power Supply Unit Quad Link Perceptual Quantizer referred to as Dolby PQ Electro-optical Transfer Function for Perceptual Quantizer High Dynamic Range. Some early 4K adopters have used a Quad Link (4x 3G-SDI) implementation to transfer the image as 4 quadrants of the 3840 x 2160 image using the Square Division method. this is the SMPTE defined wide screen switching data packet in the VANC space. Region of Interest. Used to analyse a specific section of the image. this is the SMPTE RP165-EDH packet containing EDH (error data handling) and CRC (cyclic redundancy counts). This only appears on SD-SDI signals. this is the SMPTE defined recommended practice Time Code data packet in HANC space. this is the SMPTE defined recommended practice Vertical Timecode data packet in VANC space. this is the SMPTE RP207 defined program description data packet in VANC space. this is the SMPTE defined recommended practice VBI Data (vertical blanking interval data) in VANC space. A 6 Glossary 02/17

171 RP214-KLV-V RP214-KLV-H RP215 Film RP233-UMID/ID S272-SD Audio S272-SD Aux S272-SD Ctrl S299-HD Audio S299-HD Ctrl S305-SDTI S348-HDTI S315-Cam. Pos S353-MPEG Recod S427-Lnk. Enc 1 S427-Lnk. Enc 2 S427-Link Enc S2010-SCTE MSGS this is the SMPTE defined KLV Metadata transport in VANC space. this is the SMPTE defined KLV Metadata transport in HANC space. this is the SMPTE defined recommended practice data packe for film codes in VANC space. this is the SMPTE defined UMID (Unique Material Identifier) in VANC space this is the SMPTE 291M defined SD audio data in HANC space. this is the SMPTE 291M defined SD auxiliary data in HANC space. this is the SMPTE 291M defined SD control data in HANC space. this is the SMPTE 291M defined HD audio data in HANC space. this is the SMPTE 291M defined HD control data in HANC space. this is the SMPTE 291M defined SDTI transport data packet in active frame space. this is the SMPTE 291M defined HD-SDTI transport this is the SMPTE 291M defined camera position data in HANC and VANC space. this is the SMPTE 291M defined MPEG recoding data in HANC and VANC space. this is the SMPTE S427 defined link encryption data packet. this is the SMPTE S427 defined link encryption data packet. this is the SMPTE S427 defined link encryption data packet. this is the SMPTE S2010 defined standardized API message data in VANC space. S AFD this is the SMPTE S2016 defined standardized AFD (active format description) and Bar data packet (defining active area of image). S PAN this is the SCTE S2016 standard defined pan and scan data packet. SCTE SCTE MSG SCTE VBI S203 SD Aux S272 SD Audio S272 SD Ctrl S272 SDI SDID SDE SDTI S305 Societ of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SCTE S2010 defined standardized API message data in VANC space. SCTE S2031 standard defined VBI (vertical blanking interval) data packet for closed captioning. SMPTE 272M defined SD auxiliary data in HANC space. SMPTE 272M defined SD audio data in HANC space. SMPTE 272M defined SD control data in HANC space. (Serial Digital Interface) capable of transferring SD or HD broadcast video and broadcast audio between compatible devices. (Secondary Data Identifier) is a data word within the ANC Data packet. See DID for more details. SMPTE S334 defined Subtitling Data Essence. SMPTE 305M defined SDTI transport data packet in active frame space. Glossary Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide A 7

172 Glossary SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers) SMPTE RP211 Implementation of 24P, 25P and 30P Segmented Frames for 1920 x 1080 Production Format SMPTE 259M SMPTE 260M SMPTE 274M SMPTE-276M SMPTE 292M SMPTE 296M Implement a SMPTE 259M Serial Digital Interface Using SMPTE HOTLink and CY7C9235/9335 Television /60 High-Definition Production System - Digital Representation and Bit-Parallel Interface High Definition (HD) Image Formats for Television Production Television - Transmission of AES-EBU Digital Audio Signals Over Coaxial Cable Bit-Serial Digital Interface for High-Definition Television Systems Scanning, Analogue and Digital Representation and Analogue Interface SMPTE Serial Digital Fiber Transmission System for SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 344M, SMPTE 292 and SMPTE 424M Signals SMPTE 352 Payload Identification Codes for Serial Digital Interfaces Amendment 1 SMPTE 424M SMPTE 425-B SMPTE 425M-A SMPTE SMPTE ST2081 SMPTE ST2082 SNMP SDR Square Division TSA 3 Gb/s Signal/Data Serial Interface Mapping of 2 x SMPTE 292M HD SDI interfaces. Level-B can carry a Dual Link Gb/s payload or two HD Gb/s payloads.. Direct mapping of source image formats D-Cinema Distribution Master Image Characteristics defines the single 6G-SDI 6 GHz coper interface defines the single 12G-SDI 12 GHz coper interface Simple Network Management Protocol. This is a widely adopted remote control protocol used for remote monitoring and testing of equipment. Standard Dynamic Range (BT.709) refers to the method early adopters have employed that uses a Quad Link (4 x 3G-SDI) implementation to transfer the image as 4 quadrants. Each quadrant of the 3840 x 2160 image, being a 1920x1080 image mapped using the Square Division approach instead of using the 2 sample interleave method defined in all UHDTV specifications. Omnitek Test Sequence A. This is a sequence of animated frames built from a series of different panels (such as zone plate, multiburst, clock, static images, scrolling images and text). The TSA is defined by an XML file and rendered into memory in the required video format and frame rate for playout. See TSA White Paper for full details. 2 Sample Interleave refers to the method of assembling 4 sub images by alternating the samples every 2 pixels and every line instead of splitting the image into 4 quadrants. UDW UHD (User Data Words) contains the actual payload data of the ANC Data package. See DID for more information. Ultra High Definition A 8 Glossary 02/17

173 UHD 1 UHD-2 UHDTV UI Ultra UMID UMID/ID RP223 VANC VBI RP208 VITC T/C V-TCode S12-2 WSS WSS RDD8 WST Description Ultra High Definition (3840 pixel by 2160 line image) Ultra High Definition (7680 pixel by 4320 line image) Ultra-High Definition Television (Unit Interval) is time between consecutive clock cycles in the SDI data stream. The UI measurement is used for Eye Pattern measurement and is specified for each video format. Omnitek Ultra 4K Tool Box (Unique Material Identifier) is a special code that is used to identify audiovisual (AV) materials. SMPTE RP223 defined UMID (Unique Material Identifier) in VANC space. (Vertical Ancillary Data) is non-video data that is transmitted within the vertical blanking interval of the video data. See ANC for further information. SMPTE RP208 defined VBI Data (vertical blanking interval data) in VANC space. SMPTE RP196 defined Vertical Time Code data packet in VANC space. SMPTE S12M defined standardized frame timecode data packet in VANC space. Wide Screen Signalling. This is a flag used in SD-SDI 50Hz to indicate when the image content is 16:9 instead of 4:3 aspect ratio. SMPTE defined wide screen switching packet in VANC space. ITU-R BT.653 defined World System Teletext. Glossary Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide A 9

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177 Physical Installation Environmental Power Unit PSU Size/Weight Weight Height Width Depth 12V DC 60W V AC 50-60Hz 1.7Kg 42mm 215mm 233mm Installation Temperature Operation +5 to +35C Storage -20 to +50C Humidity <95% non-condensing Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide B 3

178 Installation Rear Panel Connections Output Input Input Output AUX 1 AUX 2 AUX 3 AUX 4 Input DisplayPort Output USB HDMI Sync / CVBS SDI 1 SDI 2 SDI 3 SDI 4 Eye Power Label Connector Power Function Power Lemo 12V DC, 60W (from supplied power adaptor) Unit's power supply Eithernet Label 10/100/1G Ethernet Connector RJ45 -Cat 5 Function Specification IEEE Provide network access to allow the unit to be controlled using web browser. See the "Setting the IP Address using DHCP" section in the Configuration chapter for network configuration details. USB Label USB Connector USB 2.0 x 2 Function Local user interface mouse / keyboard control, software installation and license installation via FAT32 USB pen drive B 4 Installation 02/17

179 HDMI Connections To use the HDMI input and output the system must be configured using the Connections menu. See the "HDMI Input Block" and "HDMI Output Block" sections in the Connections Chapter for full details. HDMI Input Label Connector Function HDMI Input Type A Specification HDMI 1.4 HDMI Output Label Connector Function HDMI video analysis / conversion up to 1920x1080p60 HDMI Output Type A Specification HDMI 1.4 User interface or test pattern generation up to 1080p60 Installation DisplayPort Connections To use the DisplayPort output the system must be configured using the Connections menu. See the "DP Output Block" sections in the Connections Chapter for full details. DisplayPort 1.2 Input Label DisplayPort Input Connector DisplayPort 1.2 Function Not currently used Specification DisplayPort 1.2 DisplayPort 1.2 Output Label DisplayPort Output Connector DisplayPort 1.2 Function Specification DisplayPort 1.2 User interface or test pattern generation up to 2160p60 Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide B 5

180 Installation SDI Video Connections To use the video inputs and outputs the system must be configured using the Connections menu. See the "SDI Inputs Block" and "SDI Outputs Block" sections in the Connections Chapter for full details. AUX 1 Input (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G) Label AUX 1 Connector Impedance Level Function BNC 75 Ohm 75 Ω terminated +/- 400mV Analysis or conversion of SDI signal up to 12G AUX 2 Input (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G) Label AUX 2 Connector Impedance Level Function BNC 75 Ohm 75 Ω terminated +/- 400mV Analysis or conversion of SDI signal up to 12G AUX 3 Output (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G) Label AUX 3 Connector Level Function BNC 75 Ohm +/- 400mV Test pattern generation or conversion of SDI signal up to 12G AUX 4 Output (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G) Label AUX 4 Connector Level Function BNC 75 Ohm +/- 400mV Test pattern generation or conversion of SDI signal up to 12G SDI 1 Input/Output (SD, HD, 3G and 6G) Label SDI 1 Connector Level Function BNC 75 Ohm +/- 400mV Analysis or conversion of SDI signal up to 6G or Test pattern generation or conversion of SDI signal up to 6G B 6 Installation 02/17

181 SDI 2 Input/Output (SD, HD, 3G and 6G) Label SDI 2 Connector Level Function BNC 75 Ohm +/- 400mV Analysis or conversion of SDI signal up to 6G or Test pattern generation or conversion of SDI signal up to 6G SDI 3 Input/Output (SD, HD, 3G and 6G) Label SDI 3 Connector Level Function BNC 75 Ohm +/- 400mV Analysis or conversion of SDI signal up to 6G or Test pattern generation or conversion of SDI signal up to 6G Installation SDI 4 Output (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G) Label SDI 4 Connector Level Function BNC 75 Ohm +/- 400mV Test pattern generation or conversion of SDI signal up to 12G Eye Input (SD, HD, 3G, 6G and 12G) Label Eye Connector Level Impedance Function BNC 75 Ohm +/- 400mV 75 Ω terminated Physical Layer Analysis of SDI signal up to 12G If the Physical Layer Analysis option is installed this allows the SDI signal connected to the Eye input to be analysed using the Eye Waveform, Jitter Meters, Jitter Histogram, Jitter Waveform and Jitter Spectrum instruments. See the "Physical Layer" section in the Viewer chapter for full details. Sync/CVBS Label Connector Impedance Levels Function Specification Sync/CVBS BNC 75 Ohm 75 Ω terminated Analogue Black (0.3V p-p) Tri-level (0.6V p-p) External studio reference connection to genlock Ultra Tri-level syncs (SMPTE 274M and SMPTE 296M) 600 mv pk-pk PAL Black Burst (ITU624-4/SMPTE318) 1V pk-pk, Composite NTSC (SMPTE 170M) 1V pk-pk Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide B 7

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183 System Interconnection External Connection Overview Network Power Mouse SD-SDI - 12G-SDI Input USB Output Input HDMI Output Input Output Input Output DisplayPort AUX 1 AUX 2 AUX 3 AUX 4 Sync / CVBS SDI 1 SDI 2 SDI 3 SDI 4 Eye Connections Preset 2 Input Output Input Output DisplayPort AUX 1 AUX 2 AUX 3 AUX 4 Monitor Installation Input USB HDMI Sync / CVBS SDI 1 SDI 2 SDI 3 SDI 4 Eye 3G - Link 2 Input 3G - Link 1 Input Connections Preset 1 SD-SDI - 12G-SDI Output 3G - Link 1 Output 3G - Link 2 Output Output Input Input Output AUX 1 AUX 2 AUX 3 AUX 4 Input DisplayPort Output USB HDMI Sync / CVBS SDI 1 SDI 2 SDI 3 SDI 4 Eye 3G - Link 3 Input 3G - Link 4 Input 3G - Link 4 Output 3G - Link 3 Output See the "SDI Inputs Block" and "SDI Outputs Block" sections in the Connections Chapter for full details. See the "HDMI Output Block" section in the Connections chapter for HDMI Output configuration details Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide B 9

184 Installation Power On and Off Power On The unit is turned on using the front panel button. When pressed the surround will turn green to indicate that the unit is on and after about 30 seconds the user interface should appear on the local interface screen (HDMI by default). The unit's web server will also start up to allow the unit to be controlled using a web browser. Power Button Shut Down and Power off When the system is operating, the unit's internal SD card is used to store system configuration information and other files. While the system is saving to the SD card an icon will be displayed at the top of the screen. Clicking on this icon, which appears at the top of the screen, will manually save any information that is waiting to be saved to the SD card. Clicking on this icon, in the top right-hand corner of the screen, will shut down the system so that it can be safely turned off using the power button on the font of the unit. B 10 Installation 02/17

185 Internal Configuration Overview The Connections window, selected using the Connections tab at the top of the screen, is used to configure the unit's internal inputs and outputs to match the units physical connections. Select Connections tab to show this screen Drag link from the Local User Interface block node to the HDMI Output block node to view the user interface on an HDMI monitor Drag link from the Generator block node to SDI Outputs block node to output test pattern or sequence Installation Drag link from the SDI Inputs block node to the Analyser/ Convertor block node to enable instruments in Viewer Select the physical input(s) to use from drop down lists. Select Generator output format and frame rate using settings icon Select the physical output(s) to use from drop down lists. This window displays a representation of the unit's rear panel connections and connection blocks representing the units input / outputs connections as well as internal virtual connections. See the "Connections Window General Operation" section in the Connections chapter for details about how configure the system's inputs, outputs and internal connections. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide B 11

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187 Web Browser Control Overview The Ultra 4K Tool Box can be controlled via a web browser such as Chrome, FireFox or Internet Explorer. The web server within the Ultra 4K Tool Box can be accessed via a network by entering the units IP address or Machine Host Name into the browser address field. Units are factory configured to acquire an IP address from the network it is connected to using DHCP but can be configured to use a static IP address. On power-up the Ultra will automatically route the user interface to any connected HDMI monitor. Selecting the Configuration menu from the user interface will display the current network IP Address and the unit s unique Machine Host Name. If an HDMI monitor is not available the Ultra unit can be found on a local network by 1. Entering the units Machine Host Name into a web browser, 2. Running the Omnitek Network Scanner application, 3. Using the command prompt arp a command or 4. Using ping at the command prompt. Installation Finding the Ultra using Machine Host Name Enter the unit s unique Machine Host Name (which uses the unit s Mac Address) into the browser address line, for example: Note that the unit s unique Mac Address this is printed on the bottom of the Ultra unit in the form: fc:c2:3d:08:23:03 Once the web browser is connected to the Ultra s web service the user interface will be displayed in the browser window. Finding the Ultra using the Omnitek Network Scanner Run the Omnitek Network Scanner application. This is a free standing application that does not need to be installed that will identify any Omnitek Ultra unit connected to the local area network (ie within the local IP address range. Select the Ultra unit from the list and pressing the Open Windowed button will launch the Ultra web service in a new browser window. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide B 13

188 Installation Finding the Ultra using the command prompt Use the arp a command at the command prompt. This will display the locally connected units by their Mac Address (in the form fc:c2:3d:08:23:03) and the currently allocated IP address: C:\user\username>arp a <Enter> Note search windows for CMD or command to find the command prompt, then enter arp a Once the unit s IP Address has been found, this can be entered into the web browser address line and the Ultra web service will be opened in a browser window. Using the ping command at the command prompt should find the Ultra unit if it accessible on the network and return its IP Address. For example: C:\user\username>ping ultra-fcc23d082303<enter> B 14 Installation 02/17

189 Maintenance Software Maintenance Updating System Software from File This function allows you to update the version of the Ultra software on your machine from a source file stored on the computer controlling the Ultra unit. Detailed steps are typically given in the Upgrade Instructions provided with the software. Registered users may download the individual components from the Omnitek web site tv/download. Download or copy the ultra_#_#_##_0.omk file to an appropriate folder or desktop of the computer controlling the Ultra via web browser. Turn the Ultra on (if it is not already running) and use your Web browser to call up its User Interface. Open the Configuration - System menu and in the Files section select the Update S/W button. Use the file dialogue that appears to select the ultra_#_#_##_0.omk file. The following window should appear on the user interface. Check that the release you require is highlighted and the select the Install button. If you wish to cancel the install at this stage select the Close button. Installation The new software will then be copied to the Ultra. Progress messages will be displayed as the new version is copied to the Ultra and checked. As a final step, the Ultra will be re-booted. Note that the process of re-booting should take no more than five minutes. If the re-booting message remains on the screen for longer than this, it is possible that the network over which you are working has failed to reconnect your Web browser to the Ultra for some reason. If this happens, it is advisable to close your current Web connection to the Ultra and call it up afresh. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide B 15

190 Installation Updating the System Software from USB Detailed steps are typically given in the Upgrade Instructions provided with the software. Registered users may download the individual components from the Omnitek web site tv/download. Download or copy the ultra_#_#_##_0.omk file to the ROOT directory of a FAT or FAT32 formatted USB memory stick. Turn the Ultra on (if it is not already running) and call up its User Interface. The interface used can be either Web-based or a Local UI as you prefer. Insert the USB memory stick in one of the USB ports on the rear panel. The following window should appear on the user interface Check that the release you require is highlighted and the select the Install button. If you wish to cancel the install at this stage select the Close button. The new software will then be copied to the Ultra. Progress messages will be displayed as the new version is copied to the Ultra and checked. As a final step, the Ultra will be re-booted. Note that the process of re-booting should take no more than five minutes. If the re-booting message remains on the screen for longer than this, it is possible that the network over which you are working has failed to reconnect your Web browser to the Ultra for some reason. If this happens, it is advisable to close your current Web connection to the Ultra and call it up afresh. B 16 Installation 02/17

191 Licence Management Ultra licenses can be update via the local user interface or via the web browser of a PC connected to the Ultra unit. Updating License using Local User Interface via HDMI Connect an HDMI monitor to the HDMI output Connect a mouse/keyboard to one of the USB ports Power up the Ultra unit Insert a USB stick (which contains the license file) into the back of the Ultra. Using the Configuration menu and select the Licenses tab. Select the Update function in the "Files" section and locate the License file on the USB. The license file should now be installed Installation Updating System LIcence using Web Browser Connect the unit to your Local Network via the Ethernet port. Power up the Ultra Open Google Chrome or Internet Explorer web browser Enter the Ultra s IP address if known (displayed in the Configuration menu under the System tab when using the HDMI output). See the "Web Browser Control" section for details about how to find the unit on a network. Once you are connected to the Ultra using the web browser, go to the to the Configuration menu and select the Licenses tab Select the Update function in the Files section and locate the License file on the PC controlling the Ultra. The license file should now be installed Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide B 17

192 Installation Hardware Maintenance Connectors Ensure that the correct type of connector is used in all circumstances. All of the BNC connectors on the unit are 75 Ohm. Connecting 50 Ohm cables into the unit's 75 Ohm connectors will cause damage that is not covered under warranty. All connectors such as BNCs, HDMI and DisplayPort only have a finite number of insertions before they wear out and become unreliable. When using the Ultra in a production environment, it is recommend practice to use sacrificial cables / connectors to reduce the wear on the Ultra's HDMI connections. For example a short HDMI extender cable permanently connected to the Ultra instead of inserting different cables directly into the Ultra. Excessively worn or damaged connectors are not covered by the unit's warranty. Fans The smooth running of the unit's fans is essential to ensure the correct operation of the unit. Fan failure or restricted airflow may cause permanent damage to the unit Unit Calibration Calibration has been required traditionally to compensate for aging analogue components within the equipment. Even in digital equipment there are analogue components such as driver chips, resistors, capacitors and crystal oscillators as well as analogue variables such as temperature and power rail voltages that may have an effect on the perform of digital circuitry especially with high clock rate signals such as those of 3G-SDI, 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI signals. With the use of FPGA implemented hardware there is a greater risk that a new version of firmware or software will affect the performance of the equipment and potentially give different results (usually to a greater level of accuracy but not always). Software/Firmware testing, however, ensures that any new version does not have a detrimental affect on the calibration of the Ultra. Many organisation s quality system require that all test and measurement equipment is regularly calibrated and does not differentiate between analogue or digital based designs. Typically manufacturers will recommend a calibration schedule for their equipment as they understand which parts of their products may drift, which components will age and what the impact will be. In the case of the Ultra 4K Tool Box there is no current recommend re-calibration period, but Omnitek will inform customers if there have been any improvements to the calibration process which they could benefit from. The calibration certificate provide with the Ultra 4K Tool Box is valid for 1 year. B 18 Installation 02/17

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195 Physical Layer Measurement Eye Pattern When performing physical layer analysis there are two distinct areas of interest. These are the signal quality, viewed and measured using the Eye Diagram display, and signal jitter viewed and measured using jitter meters and jitter spectrum analysis tools. Challenges of 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI With the advent of SD-SDI, HD-SDI and 3G-SDI the measurement of Eye shape and jitter became an everyday task to ensure that signals were correct and transmission was maintained. Measurements were made at the transmitting equipment end to ensure that the best Eye Diagram was available at the receiving equipment. With SD-SDI, HD-SDI and 3G-SDI signals the Eye Diagram can be seen to be basically a square wave with harmonic distortions allowing the amplitude, rise time, fall time, overshoot and undershoot to be measured relatively easily and accurately (see section 2.1). For 12G-SDI with a fundamental frequency of 6GHz, the high harmonic frequencies (ie a 3rd harmonic of 18GHz and a 5th harmonic of 30GHz) mean that the signal shape at the transmitting device is effectively a sine wave. HD-SDI 100% 80% 50% Overshoot Rise Time Fall Time 12G-SDI 100% 80% 50% Rise Time Fall Time Applications 20% 0% Undershoot 20% 0% One challenge when trying to make objective measurements of the signal quality is the amount of jitter on the signal. To allow measurements to be made purely on the waveform shape the jitter is largely removed from the displayed waveform. In the case of the Ultra 4K Tool Box this is done using a highly agile clock recovery system that allows compensation for any signal jitter up to 20MHz and removes this from Eye Diagram display. Importance of Eye Shape The SDI signal Eye Diagram shape is important because it determines the total cable length that the signal can be sent (without cable compensation or repeater) to a receiving device for successful decoding. With 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI this cable length is proportionally shorter than with HD-SDI or 3G-SDI (typically 220m for HD-SDI, 180m for 3G-SDI, 90m for 6G-SDI and 60m for 12G-SDI). The Eye Diagram shape is an indication of the quality and return loss of the transmitting equipment s output circuitry and manufacturers want to ensure that the quality is as good as possible and well within SMPTE specified limits. To ensure compliance with SMPTE specified limits, all waveform measurements need to be made using a 1m length cable connected directly to the output of the transmitting device while the device is transmitting 100% colour bars. In practice analysing the physical layer on longer cables can only give an approximate representation of the signal quality. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide C 3

196 Applications Common Measurement Practice SMPTE recommendations consistently define the measurement practices for SDI signal waveform shape and jitter but quite often these are the ideal theoretical methods. In practice broadcast equipment manufacturers, systems integrators and users employ a whole range of methods to ensure that the equipment stands up to the day to day challenges in broadcast. The SMPTE RP 184 and RP 192 expect SDI waveform and jitter to be measured using the recommend method (ie using a 1m cable and 100% colour bars). In practice, however, manufacturers, installers, system integrators and operators will be checking signal quality using their own preferred test pattern or even a live source over the longest cable lengths that they can get away with. Broadcast equipment manufacturers will typically ensure that their products easily meet the SMPTE standards using 1m good quality cables and 100% colour bars. They will also measure the performance over 10m, 30m, 50m, etc using dynamically changing test patterns, live images and also pathological test patterns to determine the limits and boundaries of their products. For products that transmit SDI signals, the shape of the waveform and the level of intrinsic (output) jitter effectively determines the length of cable over which their signal can be successfully sent. For products that receive SDI signals, the tolerance of low signal, poor signal shape and jitter effectively determines the length of cable over which their product can correctly receive and successfully decode the SDI signal. System integrators, equipment installers and maintainers will often use whatever signal is available at the time to prove that equipment works correctly and will often be using Eye Diagram and jitter measurement to establish operational limits (primarily cable length and type that can be used). There is an expectation that there is a visible Eye Diagram and acceptable jitter tolerance under all circumstances. With the adoption of 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI interfaces, the testing will become more stringent and new practices will evolve. Note that a common misbelief with Eye Diagram capture is that an instantaneous (so called live display) is better than that of a captured or integrated Eye Diagram. In practice the time period is irrelevant as the Eye Diagram displayed is always actually the same and this is the important factor when making the critical measurements of signal amplitude, rise time and fall time. Live Displays tend to show artefacts of the sub sampling process such as a sparkles which have no benefit when measuring Eye Pattern Parameters and can give erroneous results if there is jitter on the input signal. Signal Amplitude Measurement For 12G-SDI the first challenge is how to correctly measure the amplitude of a sine wave. Here there are a number of different ways of methods, each of which will can produce slightly different measurements for rise time and fall time. Mode (100%) 20% Eye Aperture 100% Mean (20%) Statistical analysis of the waveform amplitude provides the most reliable and consistent measurement: Mean Measurement determines the amplitude using the weighted mean (centre of gravity) of the amplitude values from a 20% sample centred about the eye. This is the default measurement method used by most high-end oscilloscope manufacturers. Mode Measurement determines the amplitude of the signal using the most common value (or peak value) from all the amplitude values. C 4 Applications 02/17

197 The mode and mean measurements can produce different values. This is most evident when not all of the transitions in the bit stream reach full amplitude. This is very typical for 12G-SDI signals and therefore the mean will typically read smaller than the mode in this case. A mean measurement will reflect different amplitudes of high and low frequency content and is arguably the more representative value. Rise and Fall time Measurement The rise and fall times of the 12G-SDI signal need to be within SMPTE ST and RP 184 specified limits. Rise Time 100% 80% Fall Time The rise and fall times, determined between the 20% and 80% amplitude points shall be no greater than 45ps and shall not differ by more than 18ps 20% 0% The rise time is calculated from the rising slope (leading edge) of the signal between the 20% and the 80% amplitude levels. Likewise the fall time is calculated from the falling slope (trailing edge) of the signal between the 80% and the 20% amplitude levels. Note that if rise and fall times are poor the high frequency components of the Eye Diagram will not reach full amplitude causing the Eye to close vertically and there is an increased risk that data is sampled incorrectly. If there is any difference between rise and fall time speeds this can introduce duty-cycle dependent jitter. Both of these affect the total distance that the SDI signal can be successfully transmitted. Applications The amplitude, rise time and fall time values are measured automatically by the Ultra 4K Tool Box and displayed in the Eye Waveform window. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide C 5

198 Applications Jitter Measurement What is Jitter Jitter measurement has always been a significant part of physical layer analysis as it ultimately determines whether or not that there will be errors in the data. Jitter is a significant, undesired issue with any communication link and can be defined as the temporal deviation from a periodic signal with ideal duty cycle. Ideal Clock Jitter Clock Difference Jitter Jitter tolerance is detailed in SMPTE RP 184, RP 192 and in the corresponding video format specification (SMPTE for 12G-SDI interfaces). Jitter Types There are two fundamental categories of jitter, these are Random Jitter (RJ) and Deterministic Jitter (DJ). Random Jitter is noise that cannot be predicted as it has no discernible predictable pattern and due to its random nature will have a Gaussian distribution over time. Typical Gaussian distribution of random jitter. Deterministic Jitter is repeatable and the peak-to-peak value of this is therefore predicable. This jitter category is subdivided into: Periodic Jitter (PJ) - which repeats in a cyclic manner Data-Dependent Jitter (DDJ) which is related to the bit sequences in a data stream Duty Cycle Distortion Jitter (DCD) which is related to the difference in rise and fall times of the signal and often the result of low slew rate signals C 6 Applications 02/17

199 This image shows a 4UI amplitude, 50kHz sinusoidal periodic jitter can be seen with its characteristic (Dual-Dirac) distribution. Jitter Measurement Method SMPTE RP 192 defines a number of different methods that can be used to measure jitter. The Omnitek Ultra employs method 6.2 Jitter measurement by means of a clock extractor which permits an Upper band edge of less than 1/10th of the clock frequency (1.2GHz for 12G-SDI). Note: The wide-band clock recovery block with a bandwidth of f4 is difficult if not impossible to implement if the specification puts f4 at a significant fraction of the bit rate. This difficulty is inherent in the nature of the scrambling used in SDI signals and is especially difficult when processing the EAV/SAV headers and the pathological signals. Because of this limit on the upper frequency for the clock recovery, some methods based on recovered clock as per figure 5 often provide only a partial result for timing and alignment jitter. As permitted by SMPTE RP 192, Omnitek, like many test and measurement equipment manufacturers, have adopted the same 5MHz Upper band edge for measurements made using the Jitter Meters. The Jitter Spectrum and Jitter Waveform instruments, however, display jitter up to 20MHz. Real Time Oscilloscopes, such as the Teledyne LeCroy SDA 820Zi-A, employ method 6.3 Jitter measurement by means of a Digital Sampling Oscilloscope and a Software (SW) based clock extractor which allow them to measure jitter at frequencies above 20MHz. Historically test and measurement manufacturers have measured jitter using a peak to peak method which measures the jitter within a specific time frame. In practice this may be based on a 0.5 second time span capturing 5,000,000 independent samples. Peak-to-peak measurement is a poorly defined measurement as it includes all random jitter and deterministic jitter with equal weight and each measurement taken over time can be significantly different. SMPTE RP 184 recommends that the Probabilistic Peak to Peak (p-p-p) method is used as this gives the probability for a given logic transition to differ from the ideal. This is stated as Jitter at 1 in 10-x and is an estimate of the most likely p-p jitter in unit intervals when measured over 10-x independent jitter samples. The p-p-p value of jitter is determined using a Gaussian probability density function (PDF) analysis of sampled data. This becomes a more accurate representation over time but for most practical purposes the time period is limited to 10-x jitter samples. Refer to SMPTE RP 184 Annex C. For 12G-SDI jitter analysis the Ultra takes a set of 40,000,000 independent jitter samples each second and measures peak-to-peak jitter. The sampling and averaging / damping of the Ultra means that the peak to peak jitter measurement reported is very close to a p-p-p at 1 in 108. This approach gives repeatable and comparable results to that of Probabilistic Peak to Peak measurement. Colour bars is recommended in SMPTE RP 184 as a non-stressing test pattern for jitter measurement. Some may measure jitter using a pathological stressing test pattern as a source, which in most cases will just be measuring the jitter introduced in the test equipment s input circuitry caused by trying to lock to a stressing signal and will cause erroneous results. Applications Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide C 7

200 Applications Optimizing Noise Floor for Jitter Measurement (Units shipped before September 2016) On Model F units (shipped before September 2016), the system's electronic circuitry used both a 148.5MHz clock and a MHz clock in order to support the different frame rates at which video can be delivered. To give the user full flexibility over the range of actions that can be carried out at the same time, these clocks run concurrently. Having these two clocks running at the same time can cause beating that can add system noise at approximately 148.5kHz and 297kHz to both output and input. This noise has a noticeable effect both on the quality of the output signal and on jitter measurements. Another source of system noise is linerate jitter, introduced as a consequence of the operation of the system s Analyser circuitry. Functional areas can be disabled, temporarily, to allow the system to operate with the lowest possible Noise Floor. Note that on Model G units shipped or upgraded after September 2016 this is not necessary. Single Clock Mode can be enabled to operate the whole system on the currently selected output clock (148.5 MHz or MHz). This is selected in the Configuration - Video menu. This immediately removes the problem of beats between the clocks. It does however mean that switching the output from a video standard that requires one fundamental clock to a video standard that requires the other clock doesn t just interrupt the output but also causes glitches in the analysis of the input. Noise Floor is the inherent noise introduced by receiving equipment and the measuring equipment itself. The significant difference in approach taken between high-end oscilloscopes and small form factor products means that high-end oscilloscopes have a very low Noise Floor. To ensure that the Noise Floor of the Model F Ultra unit (running 2.1.##.## software) remains low, the system should be configured correctly. Single Clock Mode this should be set in the Configuration - Video menu. Disconnect Analyser Instruments this is done by removing the link from the SDI Inputs block to the Analyser / Convertor block in the Connections menu Disconnect Generator ideally this should be done by removing the link from the Generator block to the HDMI Output, DP Output or SDI Outputs block in the Connections menu. If the Generator is used the input and output video formats should also be the same. Free Run ideally the Ultra s system locking reference should be set to Free Run to avoid jitter introduced from the reference signal itself and the system s locking circuitry. Genlock should be set to no input. Ensure that the video standards selected for output are ones that require the same fundamental clock (148.5MHz or MHz) as the Eye input. These actions are important and a warning triangle is displayed in the bottom right-hand corner of Jitter displays. Clicking on the triangle displays a message telling you what further action is recommended. C 8 Applications 02/17

201 Jitter Meters The Jitter Meters instrument displays 5 simultaneous jitter meters which display jitter above 10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz, 10kHz and 100kHz. These can be used to determine the frequency band in which jitter is occurring. The horizontal position and the colour of the meter diamond shape markers against a traffic light coloured graticule indicate the level of jitter within the filtered frequency band. When jitter is within specified limits the marker is white and when jitter is out of specified limits the marker is red. When the jitter is on the edge of being out of specified limits it turns amber. The Jitter Meters instrument uses high pass filters of 10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz, 10kHz and 100kHz which are used to isolate jitter above these frequencies and remove jitter below them. These can be used to determine the frequency band in which jitter is occurring. 10Hz 100Hz 1KHz 40dB / decade slope 10KHz 100KHz 5MHz These filters have a sharp cut-off to ensure that jitter frequencies below the specific filter frequency are removed in accordance with SMPTE RP 184 and RP 192. In the diagram above the different filter responses are shown in different colours. Note that although the filters used with the Jitter Meters cut off the high frequency jitter, the Jitter Spectrum instrument will display all jitter frequencies up to 20MHz. This allows out of bound jitter to be analysed. Ideally the Ultra s system locking reference should be set to Free Run to avoid jitter introduced from the reference signal itself and the system s locking circuitry. Genlock should be set to no input. Applications Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide C 9

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203 Cable / Data view 4K Data Construction Many adopters have implemented systems using Quad Link (4 x 3G-SDI) to transfer the image as 4 quadrants of 1920 x 1080 to assemble the 4K / UHDTV 3840 x 2160 image using the Square Division approach. All of the current SMPTE specifications covering 4K / UHDTV, however, have defined the 2 sample interleave method which uses 4 sub images and alternates the samples every 2 pixels (as a luma and chroma sample pair) and every line instead of splitting the image into 4 quadrants. The 2 Sample Interleave method being preferred as the receiving equipment does not require a frame store to reassemble the image and this does not introduce any significant delay into the video path. The SMPTE standards are complicated by the number of different interfaces combinations that are available which can make it difficult to understand and check that the correct data is in the correct place when converting between different cable interfaces. For example for Quad-link 3GA there are 4 streams (which are essentially 4 HD images) and for all other 4K standards there are 8 streams. For Quad-link 3GA the luma and chroma channels are assembled in pairs on 4 stream rather than on the 8 separate streams. The example below shows how a Square Division or 2 Sample Interleave source is mapped on to a 12G-SDI cable. Source Image 2 Sample Interleave /4095 ST bit Virtual Interface Mapping EAV HANC Data SAV 0 Sub Image / 2047 Data Stream 1 Data Stream 2 Applications / Square Division Sub Image 1 Sub Image 2 Sub Image 3 Sub Image 4 EAV EAV EAV HANC Data HANC Data HANC Data SAV SAV SAV Sub Image 2 Sub Image 3 Sub Image 4 Data Stream 3 Data Stream 4 Data Stream 5 Data Stream 6 Data Stream 7 Data Stream 8 Multiplex Cable 12G-SDI 10bit Interface ST Even though there are 4 sub-images shown in the diagram above, these are virtual images that do not actually represent 4 cables. From these 4 sub images come 8 streams (a luma and chroma pair for each virtual image). These streams are then multiplexed on to the physical cable(s) in the data order defined by the cable interface being used. Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide C 11

204 Applications In the colour-coded diagram above, Data View (left) shows the 8 streams from the 4 sub images and the Cable View (right) shows how these streams are actually multiplexed on the single physical 12G-SDI cable. C 12 Applications 02/17

205 SNMP Remote Control Overview The Omnitek Ultra is highly suited to being used in routine monitoring applications through its support for remote control using the SNMP protocol. SNMP stands for Simple Network Management Protocol and it is commonly used in production line testing both to run the required sequence of tests and to monitor the instrument under test for conditions that warrant attention. Both parameter values and system controls are available for read and write access across a network potentially covering many Ultra systems, allowing the development of dedicated systems to carry out standardised test procedures and so free engineers to concentrate on fixing issues where and when they arise. This aspect of the Ultra is both versatile and easy to program. An example application, written using Microsoft Visual Studio together with the SnmpSharpNet SNMP library, is available to registered users from the Downloads page of the Omnitek website ( Background The SNMP Protocol is based around the association of Object Identifiers (OIDs) with system parameters and controls. The settings of these parameters and controls are read and written (where allowed) through Get and Set commands made using these OIDs by whichever application is being used as the SNMP Manager. In order to make appropriate use the OIDs, the SNMP Manager requires details both of the range of OIDs used and how these are mapped onto the facilities of the equipment that is being monitored. It also needs to know what type of data each item comprises. This data is provided in the form of a MIB (Management Information Base) file. Each MIB file is unique to the manufacturer of the system it is being used with but that manufacturer can choose to use the same MIB file across a number of similar systems and across different versions of a system. The MIB file provided with any Ultra system will always be backwards compatible with earlier versions of this MIB file but you are advised to always update to the latest version in order to take advantage of the latest features. A number of commercial SNMP Managers are available, many providing a MIB Browser that can be used to walk through the MIB file and display both the OID and the current value of each parameter/ control. MIB Browsers typically also offer facilities for changing the configuration by writing to the appropriate parameter/control where allowed. Also available are libraries offering specific support for programming SNMP applications for use alongside standard programming languages such as C and C++. A primary use of SNMP is in the application of the test and monitoring procedures across a number of similar systems, all networked together. Each system is individually accessed using its address on the network but, for easier recognition, SNMP allows you to set a name and location for each machine. The name and location that have been set are among the details that can be returned from machines accessed using SNMP. Applications Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide C 13

206 Applications SNMP also helps avoid conflicting actions being carried out where several engineers have access to the same test results through the concepts of a Public Community with read access to machines on the network and a Private Community with write access to one or more machines. In both cases, this access is under password control but with the default values of public for the read access and private for write access. Changing either of these passwords on a particular machine will limit access to users who give the correct password. Set-up Four actions are required when setting up one or more Ultra for automated control. 1. Linking the Ultra(s) in a single LAN, together with the device from which the systems are monitored. 2. Giving each Ultra a unique name and location to allow easy identification. 3. Programming the device from which the systems are to be monitored with the appropriate SNMP Manager application. 4. Uploading a copy of the Omnitek Ultra MIB to the SNMP manager. Linking the boxes into a single LAN Typically either the device from which the automated control is to be driven need to be added to the network that the Ultra is already on or the Ultra needs to be added to a network that includes the device from which it will be remotely controlled. The Ultra must be connected to the LAN using the network connection: LAN Connection (Ethernet) Output Input Input Output AUX 1 AUX 2 AUX 3 AUX 4 Input DisplayPort Output USB HDMI Sync / CVBS SDI 1 SDI 2 SDI 3 SDI 4 Eye Use a suitable cable to physically connect each Ultra to the same network router and Link the control device into the same network. See the "Network Section" section of the Configuration chapter for details how to set up the units IP Address. Giving each Ultra a unique name and location The name and location for any Ultra system are set in the SNMP section of the Configuration - System menu. See the "SNMP Section" section of the Configuration chapter for details Simply set whatever details you require as the Device Name and the Device Location, replacing the Machine Name and Machine Location details shown in the image. C 14 Applications 02/17

207 This is also the section in which to set any change of password you need to limit read/write access. To limit read access, change the Public (Read) Community entry; to limit write access, change the Private (Write) Community entry. But be aware: alongside any changes you make here, you will also need to update your SNMP manager to work with these new passwords. Programming the Control Device The task of programming the Control Device can be anything from running a commercial MIB Browser to running a dedicated application. See the "Automating a Test Procedure" section for more information about preparing a dedicated application. Exporting and uploading the Ultra MIB file To obtain a copy of the MIB, you need to be driving the Ultra using its web-based user interface. The MIB file for the Ultra is then available for export to disk from the System page of the Configuration window. Each version of the Ultra software that is released can be expected to generate a new version of this file which you need to move over to using in order to access any new features introduced in the release. A copy of the MIB file can be exported from the Files area of the System page of the Configuration window. The MIB file is downloaded as OmniTekUltra.mib. The steps to use are given below. Once you have saved the MIB file on disk, you need to do whatever is needed to upload this file to the SNMP Manager you are using. Download the MIB file by selecting the symbol next to SNMP MIB in the Files area to the right of the System page. The file is downloaded to the Downloads directory associated with the web browser you are using. Applications Omnitek OID s The best way to discover about the OIDs used by the Omnitek Ultra, their meanings and their possible values is to load a copy of the MIB file into a MIB Browser such as that provided by ireasoning. Even the free version of their MIB Browser provides sufficient information for you to readily determine the OIDs and values you need to give to your SNMP Manager. Once the MIB file has been uploaded (using the Load MIBs function in the File menu), the private/ enterprises section of the MIB tree will include an entry for omnitek/ultra, under which will be a list of the categories into which the MIB file divides the OIDs associated with the Ultra. For most purposes, the sections of interest will be: viewer connections timing videostatus eyejitter presets which is concerned with the tiles displayed in the Viewer window which contains details of the current input and output connections which is concerned with timing of the input relative to the different signals available as references which accesses values contributing to the Status and Gamut Meters displays which accesses a range of Eye and Jitter parameters which is concerned the various presets that have been defined Ultra 4K Tool Box User Guide C 15

208 Applications picturecage which accesses the Cage settings made on the System page of the Configuration window. In order to see the value associated with a particular parameter or set of parameters on a particular Ultra system, the current values need to be fetched. In the ireasoning browser, this is done by first setting the address of the Ultra, then giving the instruction to Walk. This causes the browser to read the values from the selected Ultra. The following is an example of information displayed by the ireasoning MIB Browser in Table View. Note how the OID corresponding to the selected (blue) entry is shown at the bottom of the display. C 16 Applications 02/17