Comprehensive GTB-HD-SIGGEN User manual

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Rev A

6

ASKING FOR ASSISTANC

E

CONTENT

S

1 Intr

oduc

ti

on

2

O

peration Notes

3

Features

4 Top Panel La

y

ou

t

5

Top Panel Descriptions

6

Back Panel La

y

ou

t

7 Back Panel Descriptions

8

C

ontrol Panel La

y

ou

t

9

C

ontrol Panel Descriptions

11

C

onnectin

g

The

G

e

f

enToolBox HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator

11 Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram

12 IR

R

emote Descriptio

n

14 HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator Remote Installatio

n

15

O

peratin

g

The

G

e

f

enToolBox HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator

15 Displa

y

Window

15 Timin

g

Buttons

1

6

Pattern Buttons

16 Resettin

g

the HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator

17 Pattern

S

ummar

y

17 Purit

y

18

C

olor

S

ettin

g

s

2

0

C

olor Bars

20

G

ra

y

S

cal

e

21 Bl

ac

k Whit

e

Lin

e

22 Plu

ge

2

3

G

ri

d

2

3

G

radien

t

24

C

ircles

24 EDID

2

8

Audi

o

3

2 HD

C

P

3

4 Motio

n

34 Data Anal

y

sis

37

Sy

stem

S

etu

p

39 Timin

g

S

ummar

y

41 HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator

S

o

f

twar

e

41 Installin

g

the

S

o

f

twar

e

44

C

onnectin

g

the R

S

-232 cabl

e

45 Runnin

g

the HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator

S

o

f

twar

e

47

S

electin

g

the Timin

g

CONTENT

S

48

S

electin

g

the Patter

n

49 Unique Patterns

49

C

olor

S

ettin

g

Patter

n

5

1 Motion Patter

n

5

3 Favorite Timin

g

5

4 Favorite Patter

n

55

EDID Read

/

Writ

e

5

7 Translatin

g

EDID

(

Verbose Form

)

6

1

G

eneratin

g

the EDID

C

hecksum

6

4

S

avin

g

an EDID to a Fil

e

6

7

C

learin

g

the EDID

f

rom Memor

y

6

8 Loadin

g

an EDID

f

rom a Fil

e

70

C

omparin

g

EDID Data

72 Writin

g

EDID to a

S

in

k

73 Erasin

g

the EDID o

f

a

S

in

k

74

O

penin

g

Recent EDID Files

75 Autorun

C

on

ﬁ

g

uratio

n

7

6

Panel

C

ontrol

77

G

ettin

g

the Hardware and Firmware Versio

n

7

8

R

S

-2

3

2

C

ontrol

7

9

R

S

-2

3

2

C

ommands

8

1 Notes

8

2 Wall Mountin

g

Instructions

8

3

S

peci

ﬁ

cations

8

4 Warrant

y

1

INTRODUCTIO

N

C

on

g

ratulations on

y

our purchase o

f

the

G

e

f

enToolBox HD Pattern

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i

g

nal

G

enerator. Your complete satis

f

action is ver

y

important to us.

About Gefen

G

e

f

en delivers innovative, pro

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ressive computer and electronics add-on solutions

that harness inte

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ration, extension, distribution, and conversion technolo

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ies.

G

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en’s reliable, plu

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-and-pla

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products supplement cross-plat

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orm computer

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stems, pro

f

essional audio

/

video environments, and HDTV s

y

stems o

f

all sizes,

with hard-workin

g

solutions that are eas

y

to implement and simple to operate.

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efenToolBo

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The

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enToolBox line o

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ers portable and eas

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-to-install solutions

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or common

A

/

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stem inte

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ration setups usin

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HDMI connectivit

y

.

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enToolBox products

are wall-mountable and small in size.

G

e

f

enToolBox products are easil

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transported in the

ﬁ

eld and are read

y

f

or immediate and simple installations in

workin

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environments.

T

he GefenToolBox HD Pattern Si

g

nal Generator

The

G

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f

enToolbox HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator is the most advanced testin

g

de-

vice

f

or

y

our audio and video equipment. 39 built-in timin

g

s, 41 patterns, and

f

our

(

4

)

data anal

y

sis patterns provide over a thousand testin

g

combinations

f

or both

analo

g

and di

g

ital devices. The

f

ront panel L

C

D screen provides eas

y

viewin

g

o

f

unctions and

f

eatures

f

or each timin

g

/

pattern. This device can be convenientl

y

c

ontrolled via the

f

ront panel buttons, the IR remote or the downloadable so

f

t-

ware

f

rom the

G

e

f

en Web site. In addition to its portabilit

y

, this si

g

nal

g

enerator

is wall-mountable and

ﬁ

eld-up

g

radeable.

How It Works

C

onnect the HDMI output port o

f

the

G

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f

enToolbox HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator

to

y

our HDTV displa

y

. Power-on all equipment. The

f

ront panel L

C

D will displa

y

all

f

eatures and options o

f

the active timin

g

and pattern. You can

f

eed di

g

ital or

analo

g

audio into the

g

enerator

’

s rear panel and hear multi-channel di

g

ital audio

o

r

use

th

e

bu

ilt-in

s

in

e

w

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v

e

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t t

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n

e

.

2

READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INSTALLING OR OPERATIN

G

T

HE GEFENTOOLBOX HD PATTERN SIGNAL GENERATOR

• The

G

e

f

enToolBox HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator can be controlled usin

g

a

s

o

f

tware application and R

S

-232. Download this application

f

rom the

G

e

f

en

Web site at: http:

//

www.

g

e

f

en.com

/

kvm

/

support

/

download.

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s

p

OPERATION NOTE

S

3

FEATURE

S

Features

•

M

ulti-

f

ormat video output

f

or

S

D and HD video up to 1080

p

•P

C/

HD resolutions up to UX

G

A

/

WUX

G

A

(

1920 x 1200

)

•

3

9 timin

g

s, 41 patterns, and 4 data anal

y

sis patterns

•

S

upports R

G

B 4:4:4, Y

C

b

C

r 4:4:4, and Y

C

b

C

r 4:4:2 color spaces

•

S

upports NT

SC

and PAL

f

rame rates

• 2

C

H, 5.1

C

H, and 7.1

C

H LP

C

M internal sine wave

g

enerator

•

RS

-2

3

2 control via the downloadable so

f

tware

f

rom the

G

e

f

en Web site.

•

S

mall

f

orm

f

actor; eas

y

to transpor

t

•

S

upports HD timin

g

s

f

or V

G

A outpu

t

•

H

D

C

P Patter

n

•

S

upports readin

g

and cop

y

in

g

EDID

f

unctionalit

y

.

•

U

ser Friendl

y

Inter

f

ace - L

C

D Displa

y

, LED indicators and

S

o

f

tware.

• Deep

C

olor support up to 12-bi

t

•

H

DMI 1.3 and DVI 1.0

C

omplian

t

•

H

D

C

P

C

omplian

t

Sam

p

le A

pp

lications

• Apparatus Testin

g

and Troubleshootin

g

• Equipment Ad

j

ustmen

t

• EDID checkin

g

•

S

ource

/

S

ink de

ﬁ

nitio

n

•

H

D

C

P Veri

ﬁ

catio

n

P

acka

g

e Includes

•

(

1

)

G

e

f

enToolBox HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator

•

(

1

)

6

f

t. HDMI cable

(

M-M

)

•

(

1

)

IR Remot

e

•

(

1

)

5 V D

C

Power

S

uppl

y

•

(

1

)

User Manual

4

T

OP PANEL LAYOU

T

2

3

1

T

o

p

Pane

l





5

1

L

CD Displa

y

Displa

y

s pattern and timin

g

in

f

ormation in addition to other

f

unctions used b

y

the

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator.

2

I

R Windo

w

R

eceives si

g

nals

f

rom the IR Remote

C

ontrol

u

nit.

3

C

ontrol Panel

S

ee pa

g

es 8 - 10

f

or detailed in

f

ormation on the

C

ontrol Panel.

T

OP PANEL DESCRIPTION

S

T

o

p

Pane

l

6

BACK PANEL LAYOU

T

Back Panel

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1

12

7

BACK PANEL DESCRIPTION

S

1

Overscan Button

B

y

de

f

ault, the

G

e

f

enToolBox HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator is set to

u

nderscan mode. I

f

the video si

g

nal does not

ﬁ

ll the entire displa

y

, press

this button once to switch to overscan mode. Press the

O

verscan button a

seco

n

d

tim

e

t

o

r

e

t

u

rn t

o

u

n

de

r

sca

n m

ode

.

2

VGA Outpu

t

C

onnect a V

G

A monitor to this port.

3

RS-232 Serial Por

t

C

onnect an R

S

-232 cable

f

rom this port to the computer runnin

g

the HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator so

f

tware.

4 HD Ou

t

C

onnect an HDTV displa

y

to this HDMI port. DVI displa

y

s can be connected

u

sin

g

an HDMI to DVI cable or adapter.

5 Analog Audio Output

s

8

R

C

A t

y

pe audio outputs

(

FL, FR,

C

,

S

UB,

S

L,

S

R,

SS

L, and

SS

R

)

are

available

f

or connection to a separate ampli

ﬁ

er. Up to 6 discrete channels can

be

u

tiliz

ed

.

6 TOSLink Output Connecto

r

C

onnect an optical cable

f

rom this output to an ampli

ﬁ

er or other audio output

de

vi

ce

.

7 S/PDIF Output Connecto

r

C

onnect a coax cable

f

rom this output to an ampli

ﬁ

er or other audio output

de

vi

ce

.

8

HD In

U

sed to connect a Hi-De

f

source to the

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator usin

g

an HDMI cable.

DVI displa

y

s can be connected usin

g

an HDMI to DVI cable or adapter.

9 Analog Audio Input

s

8

R

C

A t

y

pe audio outputs

(

FL, FR,

C

,

S

UB,

S

L,

S

R,

SS

L, and

SS

R

)

are

a

v

a

il

ab

l

e

fo

r

co

nn

ec

ti

o

n

f

r

o

m

a

sou

r

ce

de

vi

ce

.

1

0 TOSLink Input Connecto

r

C

onnect an optical cable

f

rom the audio source device to this connector.

1

1 Power Switch

Turns the

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator power

O

N or

O

FF.

1

2 5 V DC Power Connecto

r

C

onnect the included 5 V D

C

power suppl

y

to this connector.

Back Pane

l

8

CONTROL PANEL LAYOU

T

Control Panel

2

4

7

8

10

1

3

1

4

17

1

8

2

0 22

24

2

6

3

5

6

9

12

15

1

6

19 2

1

2

3

25

1

9

CONTROL PANEL DESCRIPTION

S

Control Panel

1

Timing

(

Down

)

Cy

cles backward throu

g

h the list o

f

timin

g

s

.

2

Timing

(

Up

)

Cy

cles

f

orward throu

g

h the list o

f

timin

g

s.

3

Pattern

(

Down

)

Cy

cles backward throu

g

h the list o

f

patterns.

4 Pattern

(

Up

)

Cy

cles

f

orward throu

g

h the list o

f

patterns.

5 Auto Indicato

r

This LED will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen when the

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator is placed in Auto

m

ode

.

6 Aut

o

Automaticall

y

c

y

cles throu

g

h a speci

ﬁ

ed list o

f

timin

g

/

pattern sets. The Autorun

Demonstration mode is con

ﬁ

g

ured throu

g

h the HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator

s

o

f

tware.

S

ee pa

g

e 72

f

or details.

7 EDID Pattern

Press this button to

j

ump directl

y

to the EDID Pattern

(

P38

)

.

S

ee pa

g

e 21

f

or

more in

f

ormation on usin

g

the EDID Pattern.

8

EDID Pattern Indicato

r

This LED will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen when the

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator is placed in EDID

m

ode

.

9 Output Signal Button

S

elects between P

C

/

HD

(

V

G

A

)

, DVI, or HDMI si

g

nal t

y

pes.

C

onsecutivel

y

p

ress this button to c

y

cle throu

g

h each o

f

the si

g

nal t

y

pes.

1

0 Output Signal Indicator

s

These LED indicators will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen to indicate the current video output

mode

(

P

C

, HD, DVI, or HDMI

)

.

11

Fav. Button

C

on

ﬁ

g

ures the

g

enerator to show onl

y

the patterns selected usin

g

the HD

Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator so

f

tware

(

see pa

g

e 51

f

or details

)

. This button is also

u

sed to chan

g

e parameters when usin

g

certain patterns.

1

2 Fav. Indicato

r

This LED will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen when the [Fav] button is pressed.

1

3 Option Button

The option button provides access to sub-

f

unctions within certain patterns.

10

CONTROL PANEL DESCRIPTION

S

1

4 Option Indicato

r

This LED will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen when the

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator is in

O

ption mode.

1

5 HDCP On / Off Indicato

r

This LED will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen when HD

C

P content is bein

g

sent

f

rom the

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator.

1

6 HDCP Button

Enables

/

disables HD

C

P on the output.

S

ee pa

g

e 29

f

or more in

f

ormation on

u

sin

g

HD

C

P.

1

7 HDCP Pattern Button

Press this button to

j

ump directl

y

to the HD

C

P Pattern

(

P40

)

.

1

8 HDCP Pattern Indicato

r

This LED will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen when the HD

C

P Pattern

(

P40

)

is enabled.

1

9 Audio Selection Button

Pressin

g

this button consecutivel

y

will c

y

cle throu

g

h the di

ff

erent audio output

options

(

see pa

g

e 25

f

or details

)

.

2

0 Audio Selection Indicato

r

These LED indicators will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen to indicate the current audio output

mode

.

2

1 Audio Channel Button

Pressin

g

this button consecutivel

y

will c

y

cle throu

g

h the di

ff

erent output audio

c

hannels

(

see pa

g

e 25

f

or details

)

.

2

2 Audio Channel Indicato

r

These LED indicators will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen to indicate the current audio channel

se

l

ec

ti

o

n.

2

3 Color Space Selection Button

Pressin

g

this button consecutivel

y

will c

y

cle throu

g

h the available output color

spaces

.

2

4 Color Space Selection Indicato

r

These LED indicators will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen to indicate the current color space.

2

5 Bit Depth Selection Button

S

elects between 8-bit, 10-bit, or 12-bit color.

2

6 Bit Depth Indicato

r

These LED indicators will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen to indicate the current color bit depth

s

election on the output.

CONNECTING THE HD PATTERN SIGNAL GENERATOR

1

How to Connect the GefenToolBox HD Pattern Si

g

nal Generator

1.

C

onnect an HDMI cable

f

rom the

G

e

f

enToolBox HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator to the HDTV Displa

y

.

2.

C

onnect an optional external audio source to the HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator usin

g

an optical cable or R

C

A cables.

3

.

C

onnect the included 5V D

C

power suppl

y

to the power receptacle on the

H

D Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator and connect the power cord to an available

e

l

ec

tri

ca

l

ou

tl

e

t.

4. Turn on the HDTV displa

y

ﬁ

rst, then turn on the HD Pattern

S

i

g

nal

G

enerator.

Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram for the GefenToolbox HD Pattern Si

g

nal Generator

GTB-HD-SIGGEN

Source Signal

Display

Audio Receiver

HDMI CABLE

Gefen

RS-232 CABLE

Audio Source

Signal Generator

RS-232 Controller

STEREO L /R AUDIO CABLE

DIGITAL AUDIO TOSLINK CABLE

HDMI CABLE

VGA CABLE

DIGITAL AUDIO S/PDIF CABLE

DIGITAL AUDIO TOSLINK CABLE

STEREO L /R AUDIO CABLE

Adi

R

S

i

12

IR REMOTE CONTROL UNI

T

1

▼

/

▲

(

Timing

)

Cy

cles

f

orward

(

▲)

a

n

d

bac

kw

a

r

d

(

▼)

throu

g

h the list o

f

timin

g

s.

2

▼

/

▲

(

Pattern

)

Cy

cles

f

orward

(

▲)

a

n

d

bac

kw

a

r

d

(

▼)

throu

g

h the list o

f

patterns.

3

Option

The

O

ption button provides access to sub-

f

unctions within certain patterns.

4

HDC

P

Enables

/

disables HD

C

P on the output.

S

ee pa

g

e 29

f

or more in

f

ormation on

u

sin

g

HD

C

P.

5

C

ol Sp

c

Pressin

g

this button consecutivel

y

will c

y

cle throu

g

h the available output color

spaces

.

IR Remote La

y

out and Descriptions

(

RMT-HD-SIGGEN

)

1

2

3

10

9

8

7

4

5

6

1

3

IR REMOTE CONTROL UNI

T

6

S

ignal On

Turns the si

g

nal

O

N a

f

ter it has been turned o

ff

(

A

/

V mute

)

usin

g

the

S

i

g

nal

Off

bu

tt

o

n.

7

S

ignal Of

f

Turns the si

g

nal

O

FF

(

A

/

V mute

)

.

8

Outpu

t

S

elects between P

C

/

HD

(

V

G

A

)

, DVI, or HDMI si

g

nal t

y

pes.

C

onsecutivel

y

p

ress this button to c

y

cle throu

g

h each o

f

the si

g

nal t

y

pes.

9

EDID

Press this button to

j

ump directl

y

to the EDID Pattern

(

P38

)

.

S

ee pa

g

e 21

f

or

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