881/882 Video Test Instrument User Guide 881/882 Video Test Instrument, User Guide, Revision A.35 (9/23/10) Copyright 2010 Quantum Data. All rights reserved. The information in this document is provided for use by our customers and may not be incorporated into other products or publications without the expressed written consent of Quantum Data. Quantum Data reserves the right to make changes to its products to improve performance, reliability, producibility, and (or) marketability. Information furnished by Quantum Data is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by Quantum Data for its use. Updates to this manual are available at http://www.quantumdata.com/support/downloads/ . Table of Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started Introduction . 2 882D features . 2 Video interfaces . 4 Computer interfaces . 7 Front panel interface . 9 Status indicators . 9 Menu selection keys . 10 882 file system and media . 13 882 file system . 13 882 media . 13 882 operational modes . 14 Booting up the 882 . 14 Basic mode. 15 Browse mode . 15 Web interface . 20 Working with the Virtual Front Panel . 20 Working with the CMD (Command) Terminal. 22 Working with the 882 FTP Browser . 23 Copying files between 882s . 27 Command line interface . 30 Working with the serial interface. 30 Working with the network interface. 33 Sending commands interactively . 34 Sending command files (serial interface only) . 34 Working with user profiles . 36 Chapter 2 Testing Video Displays General video display testing procedures . 40 882 Video Test Instrument User Guide (Rev A.35) i Making physical connection . 40 Selecting interface type . 41 Selecting video format . 43 Selecting image . 47 Testing analog computer (IT) CRTs . 52 Testing digital computer (IT) FPDs . 55 Testing analog composite video SDTV (CE) CRTs . 58 Testing analog component video SDTV (CE) CRTs . 61 Testing digital component video HDTV (CE) FPDs . 64 Testing SDI and HD-SDI digital component video studio displays . 69 Using the Image Caching feature . 72 Using the AuxTest image . 74 Using the ImageShift utility . 76 Using the ImageShift utility through the front panel . 76 Using the ImageShift utility through the command line interface . 79 Adjust Frequency Function . 81 Keypad Utility . 82 Chapter 3 Administrative Tasks Overview . 86 Calibrating the generator. 87 Calibrating signal level . 87 Calibrating frequency . 88 Auto Upgrade . 90 Auto upgrade - Network Method. 90 Auto upgrade - PCMCIA/Compact Flash Method. 97 Upgrading the generator locally . 109 Manually upgrading using PCMCIA Compact Flash card. 109 Manually upgrading the generator without using PC Card . 111 Connecting generator directly to a PC . 113 Reconfiguring and booting a stalled generator . 119 Cloning generators . 124 Cloning a generator using the PC card. 124 Cloning a generator using the Generator FTP Browser . 125 ii Table of Contents Resetting a generator . 128 Viewing generator configuration information. 129 Chapter 4 Networking 882s Overview . 136 882 file system . 136 Configuring a file server . 137 File server specifications . 137 Installing an FTP server . 137 Copying resource files to the FTP site on the file server . 140 Establishing a network environment . 142 Connecting 882s to the network . 142 Setting the 882’s IP address. 143 Setting the file server IP address in the 882 . 146 Network operations . 148 Booting a 882 from the file server. 148 Sharing objects on a file server . ..