QxL

• Reporting of presence of SFPs, SFP MAC and IP addresses (flow source IP address), and interface status
• Tx and Rx packet counters for indication of traffic activity
• User configuration of SFP IP Addresses, Masks and Gateway Addresses

• SFP status information for monitoring the physical network connection
• Indication of SFP vendor and laser characteristics
• RX and TX power for debug of fibre connectivity
• Optical link length indicator

• Reporting of the IP Flows available to the receiver and user selection of the required flows
• Indication of Qx locked status, Protocol, Src and Dst IP and Port Numbers, SSRC, Packet Counts, Sequence, payload and CRC errors
• Configuration of Multicast Destination IP addresses and subsequent Multicast Join requests

• Control of PTP domain and communication mode (multicast, hybrid w/o negotiation)
• Indication of lock status
• Grandmaster information including master ID and time source
• Indication of estimated frequency and phase lock offsets
• Indication of one step or two step traffic
• 2 independent PTP slaves*

• Indication of the health of ST 2022-7 seamless protection
• Warning of ST 2022-7 flow-pair mis-match
• Warnings of errors on flows and errors on reconstructed output and error rates/second
• Relative measure of Path Differential of flows on SFPB (Blue Network) relative to SFPA (Amber Network)
• Class A, B,C, D markers

• Indication of media latency
• Relative timing of audio and ANC flows wrt video
• Indication of relationship of underlying media to PTP
• External analog reference timing wrt PTP

• AMWA IS-04 V1.1, 1.2, 1.3
• AMWA IS-05 V1.0.2, 1.1
• Unicast DNS-SD and mDNS
• Single or dual NMOS end points
• Display of SDP records for all flows with key parameters highlighted for improved visualization

• Identify port and device to which the Qx is connected
• Restrict information communicated over LLDP for IT security purposes

• User-configurable allocation of ST 2110 packet IDs
• User-configurable video format parameters for ST 2110-20 flows
• User-configurable audio format parameters for ST 2110-30 flows includes packet time and channel count
• Automatic detection of audio format,channel count and packet time

• YCbCr, YGBR and GBR parade modes
• Cursor linked to Picture and Data View
• Single line mode linked to Picture Cursor
• Configurable H and V Graticules
• User markers
• Overlay*, Stacked*, Parade, Single line, H & V Mag, Brightness, Persistence and Monochrome controls
• 12-bit processing

• 75% and 100% Targets for ITU-R Rec. 709, Rec. 2020 and HDR formats
• User targets linked to Waveform
• 0.5x to 4x Mag, center on chosen target
• Single line mode linked to Picture Cursor
• Tooltip display of Cb, Cr and Hue Angle
• IQ axis on/off
• 12-bit processing

• Cursors linked to Waveform and Data View
• Action, graphics and user-definable custom safe areas
• 1/16, 1/4 or full size display

• Closed Captions OP47, CEA-608 in 708
• Primary Closed Caption decode picture windows
• ANC Timecode with OSD
• V-chip and AFD
• SCTE 104 indicator

• Secondary closed caption decode: Monitor 608/708 closed captions in a second language, or compare different screen safe areas
• Independently manage overlay elements including; Closed Captions, Picture Safe Areas, V-chip, AFD, SCTE 104, Image Center Crosshairs

• 32 channel audio metering, embedded/AES
• Metering Ballistics: PPM-I, PPM-II, Vu, Vu-Fr
• Scales: dBFS, dBu -18, dBu -20, BBC, DIN45406, NordicN9
• Adjustable peak hold times: Off, 0.1 s to Inf
• Audio pair phase meters, numerical level
• Detection of Dolby DE, DD, DD+, DE line pos
• Stereo/mono audio preview bus

• 32 channel indication of audio type and presence, PCM, Dolby DE, DD, DD+
• Decoded channel status information for up to 128 channels
• Clear indication of useful audio parameters including CRCC, PCM/data, sample frequency, word length
• Channel Status data view (Hex)

• EBU R128 and ITU-R BT.1770
• Indicators for true peak, range, momentary, short term and integrated loudness
• User control of integrated, momentary and short term targets
• User-adjustable true peak alarm threshold
• Loudness logging stored automatically

*Upcoming Software Release

• SMPTE ST 291 VANC/HANC ancillary data presence/status window
• Grid View – clear visual overview, present/ absent/fault indication
• List View – ANC present list with location and status information for Checksum, Parity, DBN
• Link to ANC Inspector
• Tool tip provides ST 291 ANC type overview

• SDI Input standard/status
• SDI physical layer timing and alignment jitter
• Rest API requests
• IP-Tx, IP-Rx, Flow and SFP records
• Reference Locking
• Audio input presence

• Interface employs VNC technology to deliver 16 simultaneous scalable instrument windows over a remote network

• The Qx can be controlled remotely over a network via a REST API
• Integrated control, monitoring and automated manufacturer testing

• Measurement of the timing of inputs against reference
• Indication of reference status and stability
• Indication of the relative co-timing of input SDI channels
• Graphical and numeric display
• Qx, QxL-01, QxL-01E Only

• Shows the status of signal inputs and outputs, external reference, cable length, and connector details
• SDI mode: Select BNC or SFP I/O, cable type, loop through and generator copy outputs
• IP mode: Active IP SFP receive inputs and transmit outputs are indicated
• Qx, QxL-01, QxL-01E Only

• 4 versatile bi-directional AES unbalanced interfaces
• Audio meter monitoring pair, or generator audio outputs or an AES input
• SDI Input to AES Output audio conversion for both PCM and Dolby encoded audio
• AES Input signals can be routed to other AES outputs providing a single loop output or up to 3 copy outputs

• Display of detected SMPTE S352 Payload ID for each SDI Link and Subframe
• Manual over-ride of S352 ID
• Selection of SMPTE video format
• Indication of S352 errors
• Qx, QxL-01, QxL-01E Only

• Check for CRC errors on Y, C and ANC
• Reporting of the number of SDI input failures, the last failure time, total analysis time and error rates
• Detect active picture changes and view the active picture CRC to observe any changes in the expected active picture CRC value
• SDI switch line CRC masking control, for SMPTE RP168 compliance checking

• Cable length indication
• Indication of data rate and clock divisor
• Reporting of active and total pixel and line counts
• Y and C payload ID

• Real-Time Eye (RTE) for testing SMPTE compliance with indication of DC offset
• Automatic measurements of: DC level, amplitude, rise and fall time, rise/fall overshoot, visual rise time indication
• Amplitude and time histograms
• Single or multiple eyes with choice of color, heat-map overlay and infinite persistance
• Timing and Alignment jitter thermometers

• Realtime SMPTE jitter measurements down to 10Hz
• 10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz, 10kHz, 100kHz filters
• H, 2H, F, V Trigger
• Infinite persistence modes
• +/- 0.25 to +/- 64 UI vertical scale adjustment
• Jitter amplitude histogram

• 12G/6G/3G/1.5G 4K/UHD and 2K/HD SDI signal generation
• Support for Single, Dual and Quad link SDI formats. Square division and 2SI, Level A and B
• Moving test patterns
• 422, 444, 4224 and 4444, YCbCr and RGB formats, 10/12 bit
• Import and display of TIFF images

• 32 channel audio generation, 128 channel embedder
• Choice of fixed tones or chromatc scale – to help with channel identification
• Choice of fixed or ramp levels – to help with channel identification
• Custom config of number of active audio groups and channels
• Master gain control

• Conventional SDI pathological stress patterns, Eq, PLL and CheckField
• New proposed SMPTE combined pathological stress pattern: Eq + PLL + Color Bars + Clock
• Define a percentage combination of SMPTE or SDI pathological and conventional patterns up to full frame

• Generation of PRBS-7, 9, 15, 23, 31
• SDI scrambler and sync bit Insertion on/off
• Control of SDI driver amplitude +/-15%
• Control of jitter insertion frequency, amplitude and type
• Control of pre-emphasis, rise/fall time

• Indication of PRBS cumulative received data and PRBS type
• Reported cumulative errors
• Calculated Bit Error Rate (BER)

• Generator status indication of rate at which the video pattern generator is creating SDI pathological conditions
• Indication of PLL and EQ pathological rates/ second
• Detection on each active SDI link
• Realtime GPI outputs of pathological detect for external equipment triggering

• Stream health reporting using histogram to visualize the distribution of inter-packet arrival times
• Simultaneous reporting of ST 2022-7 primary and secondary flow
• Packet counts (log or linear scales) mapped against arrival times (μs)
• Easy diagnosis of congestion with max, mean and min inter-packet arrival times

• ST 2110-21 measurement of Network Compatibility Model (Cinst) and Virtual Receiver Buffer Model (VRX)
• User control of VRX buffer read-schedule timing
• User control of Cinst buffer drain rate
• PCAP export of kernal traffic*

• First Packet Time (video timing)
• RTP offset
• Buffer margin
• Advanced, latency measurements
• Measured number of RTP packets and RTPclock rate per second
• Measured RTP clocks per packet per second

2022-6: IP Transmit

• Configuration of Transmission flow addresses, port numbers and SSRC
• Inter-packet jitter onto outgoing flow
• Gaussian or uniform distribution
• Flow control on/off

• Programmable ‘Heat Map’ to highlight luminance zones providing quick identification of shadows, skin or mid-tones or specular highlights
• 7 simultaneous programmable color overlay bands
• Presets for HDR and SDR ranges plus user custom

• CIE 1931 x,y display
• Single line mode linked to picture cursor
• Pan and zoom
• ITU-R BT. 709, BT. 2020 and ST 2086 gamut overlays
• Tooltip co-ordinate display
• Support for BT. 1886, BT. 2100 HLG and PQ, Sony S-Log3, SR Live

• Waveform HDR graticules with Nits (Cd/m2)
• BT. 2408 diffuse white markers
• Support for BT. 1886, BT. 2100 HLG and PQ, Sony S-Log3, SR Live

• Allows analysis of complex faults
• Detailed view of data words in the SDI stream with tooltip hint
• Navigate function for rapid access to a required line, pixel or TRS word
• Color coding to help identification
• Cursor linked to Picture and Waveform

• Ancillary data packet analyzer
• Link from ANC Status window
• User-defined DID/SDID windowed search
• Trigger on error, single shot, continuous
• ANC packet capture with Hex view
• ANC packet decode view