Teledyne LeCroy quantumdata 780E Firmware Release 18.05

Overview

This document provides information on Release 18.05 of the firmware for the quantumdata 780E Video Generator/Protocol Analyzer. For further information on the 780E, please refer to the User Guide available on our website at www.quantumdata.com.

Installation Instructions

1. Go to the downloads page http://www.quantumdata.com/downloads.html
2. Select the 780 Series Tab
3. Select and download the official release for the 780E Multi-Protocol Analyzer/Generator
4. Extract the files from the download zip.
5. Format an SD card using a SD Card format tool such as that available at https://www.sdcard.org/downloads
6. Copy all files to a SD card's root directory and insert the card to device.
7. Power on the unit.
8. Go to the Help menu and perform Application Flash Update.
9. When complete, reboot the device.
10. Go to the Help menu and perform FPGA Flash Update.
11. When complete, reboot the device.
12. Go to Help Menu and perform Program Other Chips (Press View)
13. Update HDMI 2.0 RX Flash and wait for completion
14. Update HDBaseTTxFlash and wait for completion
15. Update HDBaseTRxFlash and wait for completion
16. Reboot the 780E
17. Go to the Help menu and verify the version numbers match below.

Table 1: Firmware versions

780E Release 18.05: New Features

• New test images added for CalMAN and ChromaPure calibration solutions.
• Added Long Reach mode to HDBaseT TX selection to allow transmission of HDBaseT 1080p60 video signals up to 170 meters.

780E Release 18.05: Enhancements

HDCP Enhancements

• Added a verification of the HDCP 2.2 receiver's RxCaps field for functional testing of an HDCP 2.2 capable sink device.
• Added a new mode selection for HDCP testing. There is now an HDCP 1.x/2.2/Disabled mode selection for the HDMI 780D/E receiver function.
• Enhanced the HDCP repeater emulation capabilities related to the “Find Max Devs” test.

Test Pattern Enhancements

• Modified SMPTE Bar test pattern implementation to support horizontal resolutions exceeding 4096 pixels
• Added RGB Ramp patterns on 780D/780E/804B (RampR, RampG, RampB, RampC, RampM, RampY)
• Added Multibr3 test pattern with a sine wave image for the standard definition analog output, specifically for NTSC.

Format Enhancements

• Added all Video Identification Codes (VICs) from the CTA-861-G “Known Formats” table to the HDMI and Display Port analyzer functions.
• Added "VICxxx" format shortcut for FMTL where xxx can be any CTA-861-G VIC code (note that not all VIC codes will work)
• Improved the YCbCr color space conversion for ISF and THX patterns to use the proper dynamic range.
• Added HDMI YCbCr 4:2:2 color content bits per color selection (8/10bpc only)
• Added support for the VESA CVR3830H format on both HDMI and DisplayPort.

EDID Enhancements

• Added hexadecimal representation of EDID product ID and serial number fields for all interfaces.
• Enhanced the EDID test function for verifying High Dynamic Range (HDR) capable displays.
• Added HDR/colorimetry data blocks to EDID of 300MHz RX (HDBaseT RX).

GUI Related Enhancements

• Miscellaneous GUI enhancements were applied to the Cable Test screen.
• Added Page Up and Page Down buttons to Aux Channel Analyzer (ACA) utility to improve user experience and facilitate faster location of a particular transaction records.
• Added GUI support for HDMI 2.0 RX chip programming.
• Removed LCD calibration option from Help menu. Please contact Teledyne Customer support if the 780 screen is out of calibration.

Command Line Enhancements

• Added BLEG 0" command to disable enhanced features when caching images for manufacturing.
• Added a CPGG? query to determine if HDCP is enabled on an HDMI or DisplayPort source device.

Audio Related Enhancements

• Added support for 176.4kHz and 192kHz audio sampling rates on LPCM Audio Monitor function.

Other Enhancements

• Added auto-updates for HDBaseT error statistics in the RX Interface Selection menu when HDBaseT is selected.
• Improvements made to Dolby Vision compatibility to cover additional specification items not covered in previous release
• Improved the Receiver scaler functionality on the 780E to allow support of the reception of more formats at more color depths/refresh rates.

780E Release 18.05: Anomalies Corrected

• Corrected an anomaly where the audio channel status bit values for 64kHz LPCM audio would occasionally show incorrect values.
• Fixed case where HDMI_VIC is still output after switching from an HDMI_VIC format (4K 24/25/30) to a PC format (VIC=0)
• Corrected an anomaly related to the transmission of the Vendor Specific Infoframe when 3D formats are used on the HDMI Transmitter function.
• Corrected sync polarity issues where the HDMI analyzer would report incorrect sync polarity values.
• Corrected an instability related to HDCP 2.2 on both HDMI and DisplayPort transmission.
• Prevent Remote HDBaseT cable test from running when remote device does not present Teledyne LeCroy vendor ID
• Corrected issue where audio output doesn't come out on 780E HDMI TX
• Corrected issue where HDCP 2.2 on DP TX gets into an unstable state
• Corrected issue where HDCP 2.2 on HDMI TX gets into an unstable state

Support

For support on the Quantum Data 780E or other Teledyne LeCroy PSG products, please send an email to psgsupport@teledynelecroy.com.

Please include your full contact information and a detailed description of the problem, including product model number, serial number, firmware version, software version, etc.