Magni MM-410, Operator'S Manual

Page 1: ...946 5500 00 November 2001 MM 410Waveform Vector Rasterizing Monitor AVM 510A Series Automated Video Monitors Operator s Manual...

Page 2: ...ntioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers Copyright 2001 by Magni Systems Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any fo...

Page 3: ...2 3 Input Signal LEDs 2 4 Display Button LEDs 2 4 Position LEDs 2 4 Filter LEDs 2 4 Sweep LEDs 2 5 MM 410 Rear View 2 6 3 Product Overview AVM 510A AVM 510A Series Automated Video Monitors 3 1 AVM 510...

Page 4: ...aving Settings in Memory 4 4 5 Front Panel Operation Introduction 5 1 Monitor Display Explanation 5 4 Mode 5 5 Vertical 5 6 Horizontal 5 7 Menu 5 8 How the Menu Works 5 9 Choosing Menu Options 5 10 Qu...

Page 5: ...UP 6 6 Press Enter To Print Waveform 6 6 ALARM SETTINGS AVM 510A 6 6 MASTERALARM ON or OFF 6 6 MASTERALARM DELAY 6 6 CCALARM DELAY 6 6 SET INTERNAL CLOCK 6 7 SYSTEM IDS 6 7 STORE MEMORY 6 7 IMAGE NUMB...

Page 6: ...L 6 13 NON LINEAR LIMITS 6 13 AUTOMEASURE NTSC 6 14 AUTO MEAS SET PAL 6 14 RESPONSE TIME AVM 510A 6 14 NOISE LINE AVM 510A 6 14 REPORT Sub Menu AVM 510A 6 14 START STOP TIME SETUP 6 14 START STOP FUNC...

Page 7: ...m with the Graticule 7 3 Waveform Limit Lines 7 4 Added Marks 7 4 Setting Waveform Limit Lines 7 5 Switching PAL Graticule to Percent 7 6 How to View a Selected Line Waveform Vector and CPNT Bars 7 7...

Page 8: ...cial Considerations for MultiBurst 9 8 Setting Timing for Multiburst 9 9 Automeasurement with Live Program Video 9 12 Automatically Reporting Measurements 9 14 Sending Reports to a PC 9 16 Sending Rep...

Page 9: ...ase 11 4 ICPM 11 6 Applications 11 10 12 AVM 510A C For Component Measurements Introduction AVM 510 A C 12 1 Component Measurement Sets AVM 510A C 12 1 Serial Digital Measurement Set AVM 510A C and SD...

Page 10: ...t Connector 4 Contact mini DIN B 1 RS 232 Connector Modem Printing DCE B 2 RS 232 Connector Computer DCE B 2 Analog Audio Input Connector AVM 510A B 3 DC Control Alarm Connector B 3 Notes B 4 C Memory...

Page 11: ...5 CPST 7 3 7 3 Added Marks Box Locations 7 4 7 4 Waveform Limit Lines at 70 and 10 IRE 7 5 7 5 PAL Volts Graticule 7 6 7 6 PAL Percent Graticule 7 6 7 7 Line Select Indicator 7 8 7 8 2F Sweep Highligh...

Page 12: ...Major Mark 9 10 9 4 Measuring the Times 9 11 9 5 System Video Measurement Set with Live Video 9 13 11 1 Transmitter Measurement Set 11 1 11 2 Transmitter Measurements 11 3 11 3 Differential Gain 11 5...

Page 13: ...scribes the features and capabilities of the MM 410 Chapter 3 Product Overview AVM 510A Describes the features and capabilities of the AVM 510A Chapter 4 Installation Describes how to connect and conf...

Page 14: ...S 232 protocol between the MM 410 AVM 510A and a PC Appendix F Glossary of Terms Lists commonly used video and graphics terminology Conventions Convention Example Description Refer to Italics are typi...

Page 15: ...WARNING FOR PLUGGABLE EQUIPMENT THE SOCKET OUTLET SHALL BE INSTALLED NEAR THE EQUIPMENTAND SHALL BE EASILYACCESSIBLE CAUTION DANGER OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS INCORRECTLY REPLACED REPLACE ONLY WITH TH...

Page 16: ...About This Manual 1 4 Notes...

Page 17: ...al processing provides accurate waveform and vector displays on a standard color picture monitor It allows viewing waveforms with superior display accuracy as the raster based display is not subject t...

Page 18: ...re waveform and vector together Input labels show selected format Output display can be looped to several monitors View the picture while monitoring signal measurements with Picture Guard Maximum swee...

Page 19: ...d Sel Line Sel Var Gain Image Grat 2nd Enter Prev Mnu Clr Mnu MODE VERTICAL HORIZONTAL MENU Config Msmt MM 410 Ext Ref 2 Field Wavefront Vector Rasterizing Monitor 1 4 2 3 5 6 Parade Parade Memory Rec...

Page 20: ...lets you choose between a Single Alternate or Parade view of component signals Display Button LEDs Three Display LEDs Single Alternate and Parade light in conjunction with the three Display button sel...

Page 21: ...panel buttons Rotary Switch Knob The right knob is used to adjust the Vector Phase Line Select and Variable Gain functions of the MM 410 It can also be used to select and adjust items in the menu opt...

Page 22: ...component input 6 CNPT B One switchable loop through R R Y component input 7 Power Line voltage power connector ac input 8 DC control Lets you select any of the first four memories by grounding earthi...

Page 23: ...testing In any Out of Limit condition the system highlights the pertinent parameter in red activates a ground closure and generates a report to a personal computer or printer with time code VITC or r...

Page 24: ...ate of 0 1 s division Displays VITC Vertical Interval Time Code continuously Displays SC H Phase continuously Parade display of component signal parts or composite filters Overlay two signals for comp...

Page 25: ...Chroma Filter Horizontal Position Ext Ref 1H 2H 3H Sweep Image Audio Grat 2nd Entr MODE VERTICAL HORIZONTAL MENU Ext Ref 2 Field 1 4 2 3 5 6 Parade Parade Memory Recall 10 7 8 9 AVM 510A Automated Vi...

Page 26: ...the three Input button selections Refer to Chapter 5 Front Panel Operation for more information about configuring the AVM 510A using the front panel buttons Display Button This button lets you choose...

Page 27: ...tion for more information about configuring the AVM 510A using the front panel buttons Sweep LEDs Three Sweep LEDs 1H 2H and 2F light in conjunction with the three Sweep buttons selections Rotary Swit...

Page 28: ...8 Power Line voltage power connector ac input 9 RS 232 modem interface A bi directional communication interface to modem that lets you control the AVM 510A over a standard telephone line DC control al...

Page 29: ...ts into any industry standard rack To install either one 1 Install the rack ears onto the MM 410 AVM 510A 2 Insert the MM 410 AVM 510A into the rack and then secure it using the supplied screws 3 Conn...

Page 30: ...locations of the MM 410 AVM 510A rear panel signal input and video output connectors Connecting Auxiliaries The MM 410 AVM 510A has the following auxiliary connections DC Control Alarm Analog Audio I...

Page 31: ...nd earth Alarm AVM 510A For the AVM 510A pin 5 alarm out is dedicated to an alarm Each time a screen shows an out of tolorance condition this pin goes to ground earth if MASTER ALARM is enabled and af...

Page 32: ...ponent or S video input signal CPST 2 SMPTE EBU BETA GBR RGB MII The external reference is a switchable loop through composite 525 625 studio reference timing input optional You can select Input A Inp...

Page 33: ...410 AVM 510A functions are stored in that memory This includes items that are not displayed For example a waveform and measurement setup when a picture is displayed For best results recall a memory lo...

Page 34: ...Installation 4 6 Notes...

Page 35: ...anel buttons and rotary switches knobs The MM 410 AVM 510A front panel is made up of four main sections see Figures 5 1 and 5 2 Mode Vertical Horizontal Menu The remainder of this chapter describes th...

Page 36: ...f 2 Field Wavefront Vector Rasterizing Monitor 1 4 2 3 5 6 Parade Parade Memory Recall 10 7 8 9 Waveform Picture Input Vector Display Memory Recall A B Single Alternate MODE MM 410 Wavefront Vector Ra...

Page 37: ...2 Field 1 4 2 3 5 6 Parade Parade Memory Recall 10 7 8 9 AVM 510A Automated Video Monitor Wfm Picture Auto Meas Wfm Pos Vector Mag Split Screen Mag Mag Field Select Line Select Vector Phase Var Gain...

Page 38: ...y Explanation Figure 5 3 shows what you can see on a monitor display as you operate the MM 410 AVM 510A using the front panel buttons and knobs The table that follows explains each of the display area...

Page 39: ...ALT The following table lists the functions of the Mode buttons Button Function Waveform Wfm AVM 510A Displays a waveform of a selected signal input Vector Displays a vector of a selected signal input...

Page 40: ...factor Mag for the AVM 510A A VMAG indicator appears in the waveform and vector displays to alert you that the display is not normal Filter Used in conjunction with composite signals although the low...

Page 41: ...second line of a signal input is to the right and can be seen by turning the Horizontal Position knob Blue Sweep 2 Field Displays two fields of a signal input When selected the corresponding LED ligh...

Page 42: ...can also select Vec Phase Line Sel and Var Gain The corresponding LED indicates which selection the knob can adjust The display also indicates which selection is active The first push of the button ac...

Page 43: ...me basic rules about how the menu works You do not have to exit one menu to access another Each time you access the Config or Mesmnt menu the available selections always start in the top level menu Th...

Page 44: ...menu by pressing the Config button For the AVM 510A you access the Measurement menu by pressing the Mesmnt button You can then use the Up and Down arrow buttons to move the cursor through the menu se...

Page 45: ...top Configure menu Pressing it again closes the Configure menu Most menu options that are selected take effect immediately For example if you want to change the AVM 510A COLOR LIMITS you will see the...

Page 46: ...mory 7 Config Recall memory 8 Msmt Mesmnt AVM 510A Recall memory 9 Down Arrow Recall memory 10 Enter Recall the currently selected image to the display Prev Mnu Switch the Added Marks boxes on and off...

Page 47: ...ings 1 Quickly press the Blue button twice Afterwards the following message appears on the monitor screen Press Enter for FACTORY RESET 2 Press the Enter button to reset or any other key to cancel the...

Page 48: ...Front Panel Operation 5 14 Notes...

Page 49: ...chapter you can now select monitor automeasure and report the appropriate display options available in the Config Configure and Mesmnt Measurement menus This chapter also describes how to Use intensit...

Page 50: ...MARKS MARKS ON OFF SET BLANKING INPUT A CPST 1 S VIDEO INPUT B CPST 2 SMPTE EBU BETA MII S VIDEO GBR LABEL INPUTS Entr SELECT LABEL KNOB SELECT CHARACTER ARROWS MOVE CURSOR Prev mnu DONE A B CLAMP SL...

Page 51: ...ast clamp to remove low frequency components of a signal BOWTIE Lets you turn on off a bowtie display Note that this display isY minus R Y paraded withY minus B Y in component waveform and minus B in...

Page 52: ...s Note that A Ref Split is a display of horizontal bars of A and Ref so related timing and amplitude settings can be compared PICTURE GUARD AVM 510A Enables the Picture Guard option when the Split Scr...

Page 53: ...ideo GBR COLOR BARS Lets you select between a 75 or 100 color bar display OTHER Sub Menu This section describes each of the OTHER sub menu options LOCK Lets you select a NARROW or WIDE lock for unstab...

Page 54: ...HARDWARE Otherwise select NONE COMPUTER SETUP Lets you select and display the following options BAUD RATE Lets you select a baud rate for data transfers between the AVM 510A and a computer Available b...

Page 55: ...nfigurations Select STORE MEMORY turn the knob to select the memory number and then press the Enter button to store the settings in memory IMAGE NUMBER Lets you Recall Store and Delete up to 6 separat...

Page 56: ...2 0 MHz 3 0 MHz 3 58 MHz 4 1 MHz MULTIBURST TIMINGS BAR PEDESTAL Packet 1 Packet 2 Packet 3 Packet 4 Packet 5 Packet 6 PACKET FREQUENCIES Packet 1 to 6 NON LINEAR MEASURE LINE 1 3 10 to 2 4 262 SIGNA...

Page 57: ...to 6 NON LINEAR MEASURE LINE 1 3 7 to 2 4 612 SIGNAL ID AUTO SIG ID LIVE VIDEO 75 COLOUR BARS 100 COLOUR BARS MULTIBURST CCIR 17 330 NATIONAL ITS CCIR18 NON LINEAR LIMITS BAR AMPL SYNC AMPL BURST AMP...

Page 58: ...NTERNAL CLOCK by selecting AUTO SWITCH VITC LINE Lets you select a VITC line between 9 and 25 Refer to Displaying SC H Phase and Time Codes described later in this chapter for more information about T...

Page 59: ...INE Lets you select a line 1 3 10 to 2 4 262 that measurements can be taken from SIGNAL ID NTSC Lets you select LIVE VIDEO 75 COLOR BARS 100 COLOR BARS 75 SMPTE BARS FCC MULTIBURST FCC COMPOSITE NTC7...

Page 60: ...ts from the selected line what type of test signal is present The line number and type of test signal present appears in the upper right corner of the AUTO MEAS SET display screen COLOR COLOUR LIMITS...

Page 61: ...ptions Refer to Parameters Range Accuracy and Limits in Chapter 10 for their associated nominal values NON LINEAR Lets you select the MEASURE LINE SIGNAL ID or NON LINEAR LIMITS options MEASUREMENT LI...

Page 62: ...b menu options let you select the START STOP TIME SETUP SCHEDULED REPORT INTERVAL ERROR REPORTING REPORT SUSTAINED ERRORS REPORTALL ERRORS CLEAR or REPORTING DELAY options START STOPTIME SETUP Lets yo...

Page 63: ...s you turn ON OFF audio meter displays for the analog audio inputs REF LEVEL dB Lets you set audio reference levels between 20 to 10 dB See Figure 8 1 for more information AUDIO REPORT Lets you select...

Page 64: ...play Changing the color of the waveform or the vector affects the intensity of the display but not the setting of the Intensity control Turning the three colors for a waveform down lessens the intensi...

Page 65: ...he Prev Mnu button to go back and change the color for another part of the display You will see the color change if you are viewing a waveform or vector as you make the changes 9 Press the Prev Mnu bu...

Page 66: ...o exit Displaying SC H Phase andTime Codes The label under the waveform always shows the sweep rate You can add three other items to the label a measurement of the SC H phase of composite or S video s...

Page 67: ...EADOUT and then press the Enter button 3 Select TIME and then press the Enter button to turn it on or off This controls the display of both types of time readout 4 If you are going to use VITC use the...

Page 68: ...e following table If you build a switch box to take advantage of this feature make sure you use momentary switches because if one of the recall pins is held to ground earth the MM 410 AVM 510A s front...

Page 69: ...in Description 5 Alarm out 6 Memory 1 out 7 Memory 2 out 8 Memory 3 out 9 Ground earth NOTE This is not a momentary change of state The output pin goes to ground earth and stays there until another me...

Page 70: ...lect XON XOFF 7 Press the Clr Mnu button to exit Getting InformationTo and From the AVM 510A Besides displaying the waveform of the signal on a picture monitor the AVM 510A has several other features...

Page 71: ...Afterwards press the Blue 2nd and Split Screen buttons at the same time Intensity Persistence and Print Density Controls The Intensity Persistence and Print Density controls all affect a printed image...

Page 72: ...ns are visible in the print Print a waveform of live video With a low setting for Print Density none of the chroma or noise is printed Higher settings print all the noise and chorma There are times wh...

Page 73: ...rate Measuring a waveform with the graticule Setting waveform limit lines Switching PAL graticule to percent How to view a selected line Viewing a vertical interval Using filters Vectors Viewing a vec...

Page 74: ...display with no line select and no magnification Setting a Sweep Rate The sweep rate is set using the Sweep and H Mag buttons Pressing the Sweep button changes the sweep rate and the display of the v...

Page 75: ...d 0 1 division 2H 10 division shows two lines 2H Magnified 1 division 2 Field Shows two fields 2 Field Magnified Shows two fields expanded Parade 15 division Parade Magnified 1 division Measuring aWav...

Page 76: ...ttom of the waveform Added Marks Added marks helps determine various limits in the horizontal interval Marks include horizontal sync width horizontal blanking and burst amplitude and position Note tha...

Page 77: ...her UPPER LIMIT LINE or LOWER LIMIT LINE and then press the Enter button or turn the knob The red limit portion of the display is not affected by the vertical postion of the waveform However the limit...

Page 78: ...to percent Figure 7 6 To switch the PAL graticule from volts to percent 1 Press the Config button 2 Select DISPLAY and then press the Enter button 3 Select GRATICULE OPTIONS and then press the Enter b...

Page 79: ...numeric indicator by turning the knob Press the Line Sel button to go back to viewing all lines Line select also means field select as well To change the selected line view from an odd field to an ev...

Page 80: ...top of the graticule shows which line you are viewing and from which fields odd or even For best results you can combine these two methods For example 1 Press the Blue button and then the Sweep button...

Page 81: ...Press the Sweep button once or twice to view a one line or two line waveform display 9 To go back to viewing the entire vertical interval press the Blue and Sweep buttons and then the H Mag button Fig...

Page 82: ...uminance filter and chrominance filter In this mode and with the Parade LED on you can move the three views separately see Figure 7 12 Note that the three LEDs next to the Position button are lit Wfm...

Page 83: ...riety of ways Y or G channel only all three channels superimposed on each other or three channels paraded see Figures 7 13 to 7 15 The component waveform mode will be displayed in the following format...

Page 84: ...s superimposed Press the Display button a second time to see the three components paraded side by side InAlternate or Parade mode you can move the three parts separately When you first enter either al...

Page 85: ...Viewing Waveforms Vectors and Pictures 7 13 Figure 7 14 Beta Signal in Alternate with B Y and R Y Raised Figure 7 15 525 Beta Signal Parade Mode...

Page 86: ...Enter button 3 Select BOWTIE and then press the Enter button to toggle it ON or OFF On the screen you see what looks like a two line display The left half of the display compares theY channel to the...

Page 87: ...s waveforms with composite signals but their two vectors cannot be displayed simultaneously To select a vector color 1 Press the Config button 2 Select DISPLAY and then press the Enter button 3 Select...

Page 88: ...he color you just selected as well as these settings display type input standard position intensity and whether or not safe area is on or off Figure 7 16 Composite Vector Figure 7 17 ComponentWaveform...

Page 89: ...cating that the switch is now controlling the line select option The line select indicator also appears at the top center of the display If desired press the Field Sel button to change to the other fi...

Page 90: ...y to the external sync source press the Blue button and then press the Field Sel Ext Ref button Repeat this sequence to go back to the internal reference When the MM 410 AVM 510A is externally referen...

Page 91: ...t the same time press the Input button once or twice until both the A and B LEDs light The label at the top left of the screen shows A and B Next to the Display button the Alternate or Parade LED will...

Page 92: ...them and then save it as an image view the other waveform or vector and then recall the image of the first Refer to the next section Saving Waveform and Vector Images for more information about saving...

Page 93: ...tons select MEMORIES and then press the Enter button 3 Select IMAGE NUMBER and then turn the knob to slect an image storage number from 1 to 6 This number is used for STORE RECALL and DELETE 4 To stor...

Page 94: ...M 510A lets you lock to these unstable signals by switching from narrow locking to wide If you find a signal display that jitters back and forth horizontally use the following procedures to switch to...

Page 95: ...eters you select to make sure they stay within the tolerances you set Figure 7 24 SafeTitle Area If you want to see a picture of the signal at any time push the Picture button Push the Picture button...

Page 96: ...ticules are simplified in this reduced size display H and V Mag H and V Position Line Sel Vec Phase and Var Gain all still function normally You can choose between 1H and 2H sweeps but 2F sweep is not...

Page 97: ...rement set selected while not in Picture Guard You can activate Picture Guard using two methods Press the Auto Meas button twice or the Split Screen button twice When you press the Auto Meas button th...

Page 98: ...ows turns green You can stop on any row and then press the Entr button to toggle through the three states If a row with a P in it shows the index marker in the red area the value readout on the right...

Page 99: ...he picture locked to the external reference where changes in the hue and in the horizontal and vertical position tells you something about the relative timing you can view the picture either way The p...

Page 100: ...same type for example both 75 color bars or both SMPTE bars any differences will be apparent Very small timing differences appear as a slight change in hue between the bands Gain changes look like br...

Page 101: ...inputs If both sources have color bars you can do a reasonable job of adjusting by matching the signals with the same live video picture Adjust the horizontal timing of one of the two signals to alig...

Page 102: ...Viewing Waveforms Vectors and Pictures 7 30 Notes...

Page 103: ...io AVM 510A Introduction In addition to displaying and monitoring video the AVM 510A Series Automated Video Monitors AVM 510A also let you Set audio reference levels Display the audio meter Audio limi...

Page 104: ...The horizontal marks in the audio meter represent 10 dBu increments Note that the dBu unit is the same as dBm To change the audio meter reference level 1 Press the Mesmnt button to access the Measure...

Page 105: ...plays To make changes to any of the audio meter options follow these steps 1 Press the Mesmnt button to access the Measurement menu 2 Select AUDIO OPTIONS and then press the Enter button 3 Select AUDI...

Page 106: ...etween ON or OFF 6 Press the Clr Mnu button to exit To set high or low audio limits 1 Turn on the audio meter Refer to Audio Meter described earlier in this chapter NOTE For audio automeasure to activ...

Page 107: ...f a series of horizontal graphs each labeled with the name of the measured parameter such as SYNC AMPL PEAK VIDEO or SC H PHASE The horizontal bars are red at the ends and green in the center with a r...

Page 108: ...e what the test signal is If the signal name is white you have determined what the signal is The names of the parameters also have special meaning If the name such as Peak Video is in italics the para...

Page 109: ...17 330 National ITS Transmitter AVM 510A T FCC composite NTC7 composite CCIR 17 330 National ITS Some measurement set parameters measured parts of the signal are common to all measurement sets such a...

Page 110: ...E AUTO MEAS SET and then press the Entr button 4 The only selection in this menu is MEASURE LINE Turn the knob to select the line that has a test signal You can turn through the end of one field and i...

Page 111: ...easurements even though the signal is correct The limits that are applied when using AUTOMEASURE AUTO MEAS SET are the same limits that are established in one of the specific measurement sets For exam...

Page 112: ...lines will be active whether or not they produce meaningful measurements If the signal is from another set some parameters will be inactive gray LIVE VIDEO inactivates most of the parameters in the Co...

Page 113: ...e Frequency response Non linear N T Non linear N T Non linear N T Non linear N T Transmitter T Transmitter T Transmitter T Transmitter T You can set the limits when you are viewing the automeasure scr...

Page 114: ...510A recognizes two standard multiburst signals FCC multiburst in NTSC and CCIR 18 in PAL but can also be set up to automeasure a non standard multiburst signal If you want to automeasure a multiburs...

Page 115: ...AVM 510A senses a multiburst that is not standard it applies the custom timing and packet frequencies When using the Frequency Response measurement set and the Frequency Response signal ID is set to...

Page 116: ...ee Figure 9 2 Figure 9 2 1H Sweep Left Line 2 Use the H POS knob to move this wide two line display so the center sync pulse is near the left side of the screen You should now see one line all the way...

Page 117: ...he second step of the proccess 1 Select the appropriate signal input Input A or Input B 2 Press the Mesmnt button 3 Select SELECT SET and then press the Entr button 4 Select FREQUENCY RESP and then pr...

Page 118: ...s The Color Setup and Fequency Response measurement sets can also be used on live video but they have limited results The System Video measurement set is the one most used on live or program video You...

Page 119: ...ISE X X X H BLANKING X H REF TIMING X BURST REF PHA X SC H PHASE X COLOR FRAME X BAR AMPL X X X WHITE BAR AMPL X BLANKING LEVEL X The other measurements not in italic are made on the line shown at the...

Page 120: ...the Non Linear measurement set If it does not recognize the signal it selects System Video as the measurement set 5 Select SIGNAL ID and then turn the knob until the words LIVE VIDEO appear on the di...

Page 121: ...see REPORT 6 Select COMPUTER SETUP and then press the Entr button 7 Select BAUD RATE and then turn the knob to select the baud rate used by the computer s communications program 8 Select HANDSHAKING a...

Page 122: ...le New Error Every minute after this you should see a new list of measurements with the title Sustained Error If after 2 minutes you do not see anything on the PC screen something is set up wrong betw...

Page 123: ...TOP TIME SETUP SCHEDULED REPORT INTERVAL 0 off to 480 minutes ERROR REPORTING ON OFF REPORT SUSTAINED ERRORS 0 off to 60 minutes REPORT ALL ERRORS CLEAR ON OFF REPORTING DELAY ON OFF START STOPTIME SE...

Page 124: ...ur NOTE This function initiates a report after a set interval if ERROR REPORTING is disabled REPORT ALL ERRORS CLEAR If this selection is enabled a special report is generated when all errors are clea...

Page 125: ...zero to give an immediate indication of an error for an alarm The output can also be set to a delay to initiate other actions after an error has continued for longer than the delay setting This action...

Page 126: ...Automatic Measurement AVM 510A 9 20 Notes...

Page 127: ...asured lists each parameter shows which measurement set s a parameter is found in and whether a parameter is measured in NTSC PAL both NTSC and PAL EBU and SMPTE Definitions of Automeasurement Paramet...

Page 128: ...ference NTSC 1 0 MHz PAL 1 25 MHz NTSC 2 0 MHz Both 3 0 MHz NTSC 3 58 MHz NTSC 4 0 MHz PAL 4 1 MHz NTSC 4 8 MHz PAL 5 8 MHz PAL APL 1 Both Bar ampl Both NTSC Black bar ampl PAL Blue ampl Both Blue pha...

Page 129: ...reference timing 1 Both K 2T factor Both Lum linearity PAL Noise 1 Both P B ratio Both Peak luma 1 Both Both Both Peak video 1 Both Pedestal ampl Both Red ampl Both Red phase Both Reference ampl PAL...

Page 130: ...onto signal Peak video Peak of the luminance signal H timing Ref Timing of input signal relative to Ext Ref B Y toY Timing of B Y relative toY component R Y toY Timing of R Y relative toY component A...

Page 131: ...signal in IRE or mV Color frame Comparasion of the SC H of line 51 of the selected signal to the SC H of the external reference on line 201 extrapolated back to the selected line in OK or ERR Diff ga...

Page 132: ...ideo picture in IRE or mV Pedestal ampl Pedestal amplitude of the multi burst signal in IRE or mV Red ampl Peak to peak amplitude of the red bar in IRE or mV Red phase Phase angle of the red bar relat...

Page 133: ...e 20 to 80 IRE 70 to 560 mV 1 IRE 7 mV 1 2 IRE 3 mV 40 IRE nominal 280 mV nominal 20 5 IRE 151 mV 59 5 IRE 449 mV 30 IRE 225 mV 50 IRE 375 mV Color frame 1 30 s Result OK ERR Diff gain 20 20 2 2 1 1 4...

Page 134: ...IRE nominal 700 mV color 560 mV freq 49 5 651 mV 421 mV 49 5 749 mV 699 mV 70 IRE 680 mV 505 mV 110 IRE 720 mV 615 mV Yellow ampl Nominal 50 Nominal 50 1 IRE 7 mV 1 2 3 mV 62 2 IRE nominal 349 mV nom...

Page 135: ...er phasing from I and Q outputs of a broadcast quality demodulator Transmitter Measurement Set This section describes the following components in the transmitter measurement set Zero carrier Measure l...

Page 136: ...ield for a zero carrier reference pulse Note that the Zero Carrier menu flickers as it scans to find the pulse NOTE If the width of the zero carrier reference pulse is less than 20 s you should operat...

Page 137: ...EDESTAL AMPL 0 5 MHz REF 1 25 MHz 2 0 MHz 3 0 MHz 3 58 MHz 4 1 MHz MULTIBURST TIMINGS BAR PEDESTAL Packet 1 Packet 2 Packet 3 Packet 4 Packet 5 Packet 6 PACKET FREQUENCIES Packet 1 to 6 NON LINEAR MEA...

Page 138: ...fferential Gain and Phase A 1H line sweep display of differential gain or phase is available for the option T see Figures 11 3 and 11 4 You select the differential gain function by accessing factory d...

Page 139: ...AVM 510A Option T For Transmission Monitoring 11 5 Figure 11 3 Differential Gain Figure 11 4 Differential Phase...

Page 140: ...between 0 and 20 IRE IRE Degrees 2 1 15 4 2 29 7 5 4 3 10 5 7 20 11 5 30 17 5 40 23 6 50 30 0 60 36 9 70 45 0 ICPM The ICPM mode lets you monitor the phasing of the transmitter usint the I and Q sign...

Page 141: ...nated at the other connector with a 75 terminator Note that the I signal is a low pass video signal and that some demodulators only have a video output that can be used with a low pass filter The Q Qu...

Page 142: ...the gain to set the zero carrier point vertically to the top of the display Note that the value of the phasing can be read from the graticule and that a line select might need to be enabled to see a...

Page 143: ...2 Press the Line Select button and then rotate the knob to change the line or press the Field Select button to change the field 3 Horizontaly position the zero carrier dot at the top of screen to thec...

Page 144: ...the chrominance Differential phase is the luminance interaction on the phase of the chrominance Both can be tested with a modulated staircase or ramp signals There are specified VIT signals that incl...

Page 145: ...different limits for each of the four component signal standards 4 Press the Clr Mnu button to exit To set the component limits 1 Press the Mesmnt button 2 Select SELECT SET and then press the Entr b...

Page 146: ...desired parameter 9 Press the Entr button to move the cursor to the MIN column Turn the knob to set the minimum acceptable value 10 Press the Entr button to move the cursor to the MAX column Turn the...

Page 147: ...screen provides the following information including numerical data not present in the picture monitor display see Figure 12 2 SIG STRENGTH JITTER EDH RATE PEAKVIDEO To access the serial digital measu...

Page 148: ...AVM 510A C For Component Measurements 12 4 Notes...

Page 149: ...se noted Video Inputs Two loop through inputs Input A and Input B InputA configurable for Composite or S video Input B configurable for 3 wire Component S video or Composite NOTE The single S video in...

Page 150: ...orm vector picture or split screen display of all three plus audio bar graph meters Measurements waveform vector or picture with on screen audio meters PictureGuard alarm on selected Out of Limit cond...

Page 151: ...RIZONTAL REFERENCE TIMING SCH PHASE CLOSED CAPTION PRESENCE NTSC HORIZONTAL BLANKING WIDTH SYNC AMPLITUDE COLOR FRAME K 2T FACTOR ZERO CARRIER REF PULSE PRESENCE AVM 510A T PictureGuard AVM 510A Compo...

Page 152: ...50 kHz 40 dB at fsc 1 of dc at fsc Attenuation of 25 dB at 2 x fsc 1 5 MHz bandwidth Transient response Pulse to bar ratio Pulse preshoot ringing Line time tilt 0 99 1 to 1 01 1 typical 1 1 DC restore...

Page 153: ...rence limit Maximum input level 20 dBm Frequency response Flat within 2 dBm from 100 Hz to 20 kHz Connector type 9 pin D female male interconnect housing supplied Interfaces MM 410 Ground closure inte...

Page 154: ...98 2000 Professional 2000 ME and Windows NT Ports one serial for RS 232C or modem one parallel for printing Drives one 3 5 inch diskette drive and one hard drive with 10 MB of free disk space Modems t...

Page 155: ...and theAVM 510A Series AutomatedVideo Monitors AVM 510A NOTE Connector pinouts are viewed from the outside of the MM 410 AVM 510A rear panel and or viewed from the wire side of the furnished connecto...

Page 156: ...4 Data terminal ready DTR 5 Signal ground 6 Data set ready DSR 7 Request to send RTS 8 Clear to send CTS 9 Open Figure B 2 RS 232 Pin Locations Modem Printing RS 232 Connector Computer DCE Pin Number...

Page 157: ...Analog input 2 balanced 8 Analog input 3 balanced 9 Analog input 4 balanced Analog inputs 1 through 4 are two wire inputs Figure B 4 Analog Input Pin Locations DC Control Alarm Connector Pin Number De...

Page 158: ...Connector Pinouts B 4 Notes...

Page 159: ...g menu options 2 Configure the MM 410 AVM 510A for a desired mode 3 Using the Vertical and Horizontal Position knobs center the display 4 Press the Config button to access the Config menu 5 Using the...

Page 160: ...ONTROL ALARM connector see Figures 2 2 and 3 2 Refer to Chapter 6 Operating the MM 410 AVM 510A for more information about using the Config menu to save memory locations MM 410 AVM 510A Memory Locatio...

Page 161: ...should only be performed by qualified field service personnel NOTE Calibration numbers specific to the MM 410 AVM 510A can be found on an insert supplied with this manual To access the CALIBRATION me...

Page 162: ...Calibration D 2 Notes...

Page 163: ...ss explicitly stated A needed space is indicated by an underscore _ All data received or transmitted except raster dumps are ASCII values For example to send a value of 129 you must sent three charact...

Page 164: ...DeskJet method 2 TIFF compression refer to the HP DeskJet Technical Reference Guide for details MEMORY STORE FUNCTION M N CR N is the memory number 1 10 in which to store the current state MEMORY RECA...

Page 165: ...ARROW 3 PHASE 4 MENU_CLR 5 PRV_MNU 6 ENTER 7 DOWN_ARROW 8 VAR_GAIN 9 LINE_SEL 10 FIELD_SEL 11 SPLIT_SCRN 12 FILTER 13 DISPLAY 14 HMAG 15 SWEEP 16 VMAG 17 WFM_POS 18 INPUT 19 AUTO_MES 20 PICTURE 21 VEC...

Page 166: ...se rotation of the H Pos knob H POS SET H N N CR N N 0 999 This is a normalized position that is a value of 500 would put the slider in the middle of the range 0 is all the way to the left 999 is all...

Page 167: ...n odd field 123 line 123 TIMECODE LINE SET T XN N CR Also see TIMECODE LINE REQUEST N N 9 25 INTENSITY SET I N N CR Also see INTENSITY REQUEST N N 1 127 1 is the minimum PERSISTENCE SET D N N CR Also...

Page 168: ...mode active b bit3 automeasure mode active H1 b bit0 split screen active b bit1 HMag active b bit2 VMag active b bit3 line select active H2 b bit0 variable gain active b bit1 vector phase active l bi...

Page 169: ...the way to the left 999 is all the way to the right V POS NOTIFY V N N CR N N 0 999 Response to V POS REQUEST This is a normalized position that is a value of 500 would put the slider in the middle of...

Page 170: ...UEST N N 127 255 127 minimum persistence 255 infinite persistence PC to AVM 510A Commands This section describes the commands sent from a PC to the AVM 510A EXT REF SET X N CR N 0 for off N 1 for on C...

Page 171: ...ded marks off N 3 for added marks on PAL GRAT PERCENT SET 6 N CR N 0 for volts N 1 for percent REDUCED SIZE SET U N CR N 0 for waveform only N 1 for vector only N 2 for for both waveform and vector ME...

Page 172: ...s AVM 510A E 10 PC CONTROL REPORTING R CR Sets RS232 and Modem interface to send reports from the REPORT function CONTROL LOGBOOK C CR Sets RS232 and Modem interface to control the AVM 510A and transf...

Page 173: ...The brightening in a flashing mode of certain parts of a picture while in picture mode to indicate a problem where a gamut limit has been exceeded Burst Color burst B Y The Blue minus luminance compon...

Page 174: ...n PAL External Reference A separate video signal with or without picture information used to lock or synchronize the signal being viewed In the MM 410 AVM 510A the external reference sync signal must...

Page 175: ...re MII A component system designed by Panasonic Odd Field Fields 1 and 3 in NTSC fields 1 3 5 and 7 in PAL Parade A sequence of separate line display spaced horizontally in the display In the MM 410 A...

Page 176: ...n SC H Phase The subcarrier SC to horizontal H phase expressed in degrees If the SC H phase is larger than 40 editing equipment might not be able to detect if two color signals are in the same color f...

Page 177: ...5 AVM 510 automeasurement set 9 4 AVM 510 command codes E 1 guidelines E 1 placeholders E 1 request functions E 2 AVM 510 computer control direct connection 6 22 modem configuration 6 22 AVM 510 measu...

Page 178: ...input 2 4 3 4 menu 2 5 3 5 mode 2 4 3 4 5 5 vertical 5 6 C calibration D 1 choosing menu options 5 10 clamping a signal 7 22 color frame readouts 6 18 commonly used functions quick access to 5 12 com...

Page 179: ...features AVM 510 3 2 MM 410 2 2 filters using 7 10 forcing a measurement set selection 9 5 front panel menu buttons 5 8 front panel operation 5 1 G glossary of terms F 1 graticule measuring with wave...

Page 180: ...t panel 2 5 3 5 5 8 mesmnt AVM 510 5 10 prev mnu 5 9 up down arrow 5 10 menu options choosing 5 10 config 6 2 configure 5 8 mesmnt 6 8 menus how they work 5 9 mesmnt menu options select set composite...

Page 181: ...ector 7 19 7 21 waveform 7 19 7 21 SC H phase and color frame viewing 6 19 SC H phase and time codes displaying 6 18 scheduling reports 9 17 screen elements AVM 510 automeasurement 9 1 select set comp...

Page 182: ...5 vertical buttons filter 5 6 mag v mag 5 6 split screen 5 6 vertical position 5 6 wfm pos position 5 6 vertical interval viewing 7 8 vertical position knob LEDs and buttons front panel 2 4 3 4 videot...