Page 2 - Copyright
Copyright E Tektronix, Inc., 1994. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Tektronix products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents,issued and pending. Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously pub-lished material. Specifications and price change privileges reserved.The foll...
Page 3 - Warranty
Warranty Tektronix warrants that the SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer will befree from defects in materials and workmanship for a period ofone (1) year from the date of shipment. If any such product provesdefective during this warranty period, Tektronix, at its option, eitherwill repair the defective...
Page 5 - EC Declaration of Conformity
EC Declaration of Conformity We Tektronix Holland N.V.Marktweg 73A8444 AB HeerenveenThe Netherlands declare under sole responsibility that the SDA 601 Handheld Serial Digital Analyzer meets the intent of Directive 89/336/EEC for ElectromagneticCompatibility. Compliance was demonstrated to the follow...
Page 7 - Table of Contents; Getting Started
SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual i Table of Contents Getting Started 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplying Power 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting the SDA 601 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 9 - iii; List of Figures
Contents SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual iii List of Figures Figure 1: Opening the Battery Compartment 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure 2: Connecting the SDA 601 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure 3: A Printed Analysis Report 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure...
Page 10 - Contents; iv; SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual
Contents iv SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual
Page 11 - General Safety Summary; Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures.; To Avoid Fire or Personal Injury; Connect the ground lead of the probe to earth ground only.; Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere.
SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual v General Safety Summary Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and preventdamage to this product or any products connected to it. To avoidpotential hazards, use this product only as specified. Only qualified personnel should perform servi...
Page 12 - Safety Terms and Symbols; Terms in This Manual. These terms may appear in this manual:; Warning statements identify conditions or practices that; Terms on the Product. These terms may appear on the product:; CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product.; Symbols on the Product. These symbols may appear on the product:; Battery Recycling; RBRC
General Safety Summary vi SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual Safety Terms and Symbols Terms in This Manual. These terms may appear in this manual: WARNING. Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life. CAUTION. Caution statements identify c...
Page 13 - Install or replace batteries only with the instrument
SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 1 Getting Started Please read the following statements before using your new SDA 601Serial Digital Analyzer. See the rest of this section for tips on supply-ing power, making preliminary settings, and connecting the instru-ment. WARNING. Install or replace...
Page 14 - Supplying Power; Figure 1: Opening the Battery Compartment; When selecting a power source for your SDA 601, please remember:
Getting Started 2 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual Supplying Power The SDA 601 is DC powered. You may power it with the standard ACadapter, the optional 9.6 V NiCad battery pack, eight standard AAbatteries, or a “BP” type battery pack with the correct voltage and po-larity. The external D...
Page 15 - The ON key toggles instrument power On and Off.; NOTE
Getting Started SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 3 is switched off. It can take up to 16 hours to fully charge the bat-tery pack. Note that charging will occur only if the adapter sup-plies at least 12 V; make sure that the adapter you use isappropriate for the local AC supply. H AA batte...
Page 16 - Connecting the SDA 601; Figure 2: Connecting the SDA 601; SERIAL INPUT; coaxial cable. Note that the SDA 601 has internal, active; AUX Output; Lets you view the picture for convenient source identification.
Getting Started 4 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual Connecting the SDA 601 Figure 2: Connecting the SDA 601 Connect the instrument as shown in Figure 2. The OPTION connectoris reserved for later versions of the instrument. Note that the SDA 601has many capabilities and features, and you ma...
Page 17 - is; Analyze
Getting Started SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 5 H With Pulse Cross enabled (see page 24), lets you “see” the con-tents of the vertical and horizontal interval portions of the serialvideo signal. H Can include Cursor cross hairs for convenient positioning of theCursors (see page 22). H ...
Page 18 - Figure 3: A Printed Analysis Report
Getting Started 6 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual Figure 3: A Printed Analysis Report The RS-232 interface is also designed to support in-field upgrade ofthe operating software. Information regarding any such upgrades willbe available from your Tektronix representative or field office.
Page 19 - Keypad and Display Conventions
Getting Started SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 7 Keypad and Display Conventions Please see the Instruction card (p/n 070-8912-00) supplied with yourSDA 601 for a “tour” of the keypad and an explanation of the displaysymbols. For your convenience, the following panels are taken fromthe c...
Page 20 - Figure 4: The Default Watching OSD; Alarm
Getting Started 8 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual The On-screen Display (OSD) The OSD is a 12 line, 24 column display containing results from anSDA 601 Analyze or Watch session. It can be superimposed on theAUX output and viewed on an attached video monitor. Toggle theOSD On/Off with the...
Page 21 - Preliminary Settings; Set the Date and Time; Enter; Figure 5: The Set Time display
Getting Started SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 9 H Similar reversed “S” and “SL” icons (not shown) will appear whenSDA 601 keypad is shifted and shift locked. H The down arrow in the lower right indicates that the B key may be used to reveal another page. An up arrow will appear if the ...
Page 22 - ter; Set the Battery Type
Getting Started 10 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual Enter the time in 24 hour format; that is, if the present time is4:15 pm, enter 16:15. 3. When the correct date and time is shown on the display, press En- ter . If all values are valid, the instrument will respond with the message “Time...
Page 23 - Disable (Enable) Timed LCD Backlight Turn Off; Performance Verification
Getting Started SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 11 2. Disable/enable Auto Power Off by pressing either A or " . Press Enter to confirm the choice. Enabled Auto Power Down is indi- cated by a “rotating line” symbol on the second line of the instru-ment display, and in the lower-left c...
Page 25 - Operating Basics
SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 13 Operating Basics NOTE . For more information on Serial Digital Video Systems request Tektronix publication 25W-7203-1 “A Guide to Digital TelevisionSystem and Measurements” from your nearest Tektronix representa-tiveor field office. To begin using the i...
Page 26 - Analyzing a Signal
Operating Basics 14 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual H Analyze one second of the incoming signal and read the resultson the instrument display or an attached video monitor(page 14). You may also print the results on an attached ASCII,serial printer (page 15). H Watch the input signal, pay...
Page 27 - Performing an Analysis — To analyze a signal, simply press; lyze; Figure 6: The Analyze OSD
Operating Basics SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 15 Video In/Out of range EDH flag set/not set Line/field length (OK/incorrect) Performing an Analysis — To analyze a signal, simply press Ana- lyze . The SDA 601 will observe the incoming signal for one second, analyze the data, and write ...
Page 28 - Watching a Signal; The steps to monitoring a signal with the SDA 601 are:
Operating Basics 16 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual Audio and Stuck Bits explained — Audio content and stuck bits arereported on the LCD and Printer output in the same format as in theOSD, shown in Figure 6: The “Audio:” result line has room to display the status of all 16audio channels ...
Page 29 - Watch
Operating Basics SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 17 Video format EDH packet found/missing Line standard (625 or 525) Audio present/missing Video present or missing Stuck bits (if any) Bits in active picture (8 or 10) Other ANC (if any) The twelve remaining conditions are organized into t...
Page 30 - Figure 7: The SDA 601 “Watching” Display; Restarting a Watch session — Pressing
Operating Basics 18 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual or not alarms are enabled through the Alarm menu); and the “E”icon will appear when an error is detected. Figure 7: The SDA 601 “Watching” Display 4. Review the condition list on the SDA 601 LCD by pressing the B key until you reach the...
Page 31 - Figure 8: Watch Errors Reported on the OSD; A similar format is used on the SDA 601 liquid crystal display.; Alarms
Operating Basics SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 19 Figure 8: Watch Errors Reported on the OSD Interpreting error reports — The SDA 601 reports errors in manyWatch conditions to the review list on an “error second” basis, asshown in Figure 8. In this illustration, the FFCRC and the APCRC...
Page 33 - Displaying the Signal Level; Figure 9: The SDA 601 Signal Level Display
Operating Basics SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 21 FF CRC changeAP EDH errorFF EDH errorFlag Set Conditions that will trigger an alarm only if they are configured todo so through the Item Watch menu are: Line Std Detect (if “Alarm if 525” or “Alarm if 625” is selected)AP Bits (8/10) (if...
Page 34 - Cursor; Figure 10: The Cursor Data Display; Display Select
Operating Basics 22 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual The signal level display may be toggled On/Off through the Display Select key/menu (see page 31). Cursor The SDA 601 “cursor” may be used to pinpoint a single word in thedigital video frame and discover the actual value of the selectedw...
Page 35 - Highlighting; Shift
Operating Basics SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 23 The second line contains the address or coordinates of the selectedword. In the example, the selected word is number 1712 of line 4 infield 1. The cursor movement icon is present on the second line when youcan use the arrow keys to posi...
Page 36 - Pulse Cross
Operating Basics 24 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 3. The first I/O menu item is Highlighting. Use the A or " key to select “Display,” then press Enter to confirm the choice. 4. While still in the I/O menu, press the B key once to scroll down to the “Dim Video” item. 5. Toggle Dim V...
Page 37 - Presets; Software Reset
Operating Basics SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 25 4. Press Enter to select the new option. 5. Press any rectangular key to exit the I/O menu. Presets The configuration of the SDA 601 at any given time may be saved asa Preset for later recall. Three different configurations can be saved...
Page 39 - Reference; Menu Conventions; Figure 11: SDA 601 Menu Conventions
SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 27 Reference SDA 601 Menus The instrument menus are explained here, and listed on the followingpages. Watch Menu (groups enabled) 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Watch Menu (items enabled) 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alarm Menu ...
Page 40 - Figure 12: The OSD Setups/Horizontal Position Item; Figure 13: The SDA Number Keys
Reference 28 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual Figure 12: The OSD Setups/Horizontal Position Item Number Entry: In many cases, numbers may be entered directlyfrom the keypad. In the “Horiz Position” item, for example, you canenter the desired location with the number keys 0 through 9—see t...
Page 42 - Alarm Menu; Enter the Alarm menu by pressing
Reference 30 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual (11) EAV/SAV/TRS err Off < > Watch (12) ANC Format Erro Off < > Watch (13) Zero Length ANC Off < > Watch (14) AP CRC change Off < > Watch (15) FF CRC change Off < > Watch (16) AP CRC Not ∅ Off < > Watch <...
Page 47 - The AUX Output; Table 1: RS-232 Connector Pin Assignments; Pin
Reference SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 35 (i) Previous Menu Press Enter The AUX Output The analog signal present at the SDA 601 AUX output is derivedfrom the Serial Video input. It is a single channel, 5-bit decoded andunfiltered, suitable for identifying the input and displaying the ...
Page 48 - Using the Watch Mode; Format Error Checking
Reference 36 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual The connector pinout has been chosen to interface directly with anIBM PC/AT 9-pin serial port using a straight-through cable. A simpleribbon cable may be adequate. For logging errors and printing reports, a “null-modem” cable maybe required, d...
Page 50 - Using the CRC Change Watch Group; FFCRC Changed —; 0-bit equipment which will not pass EDH, or for which EDH en-
Reference 38 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual Using the CRC Change Watch Group The three items in the CRC change Watch group—ØAPCRC,FFCRC Changed, and APCRC Changed—are designed to facilitatethe testing of equipment or signals that don’t have EDH encoding. ØAPCRC — If you are testing equi...
Page 53 - Appendix A: Characteristics; Safety Standard Compliance; The following safety standards apply to the SDA 601:
SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 41 Appendix A: Characteristics The information in this section is included for the convenience of theSDA 601 operator. For a full list of instrument specifications, as wellas performance verification and adjustment procedures, please seethe SDA 601 Service...
Page 54 - Specification Tables; Table 2: Serial Digital Video Input; Characteristic
Appendix A: Characteristics 42 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual Specification Tables ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Á ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Á ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Table 2: Serial Digital Video Input ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Á ÁÁÁÁÁÁ Á ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Characteristic ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Á ÁÁÁÁÁ Á ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ PerformanceRequirements ÁÁÁ...
Page 55 - Table 4: Signal Level Meter
Appendix A: Characteristics SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 43 ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Á ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Á ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Table 4: Signal Level Meter ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Characteristic ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Information ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Resolution ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ...
Page 57 - Appendix B: Replaceable Parts; Description
SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 45 Appendix B: Replaceable Parts The following replaceable parts for the SDA 601 are availablethrough your local Tektronix, Inc. field office or representative. It is important when ordering parts to include the following informa-tion in your order: Part n...
Page 59 - Appendix C: User Service; Battery Hints; The BATTERY LOW Message
SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 47 Appendix C: User Service Battery Hints For optimal battery life and capacity, use the rechargeable NiCadbattery pack (Tektronix p/n 119-4488-00) in full charge/dischargecycles. In other words, fully discharge the battery pack before re-charging, and the...
Page 60 - Replacing the Batteries or Battery Pack
Appendix C: User Service 48 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual Low-battery shut down can happen with little or no warning if, forinstance, the instrument has been left on by mistake with Auto PowerDown disabled. In such cases, the SDA 601 is likely to shut itselfdown almost immediately the ...
Page 61 - Replacing the Touch Memory/Timer Module; The SDA 601 case is made of molded plastic. Do not allow
Appendix C: User Service SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 49 using the optional battery pack, take the time to identify both con-tacts and install the pack properly. Replacing the Touch Memory/Timer Module The Touch Memory/Timer module has an internal Lithium battery.Eventually, this modu...
Page 63 - Glossary; analyze; When
SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 51 Glossary ØAPCRC (zero active picture CRC) A CRC created by an encoding process in which the last fiveactive video words in the last full line of active video are alteredso that the active picture CRC is exactly zero. 4:2:2 A commonly used term for a com...
Page 65 - coding; An SDA 601 Watch group that contains:; cursor
Glossary SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 53 coding Representing each level of a video signal as a number, usually inbinary form. component analog The unencoded output of a camera, videotape recorder, etc.,consisting of three primary color signals: red, green, and blue(RGB) that together ...
Page 68 - group; and 3AC
Glossary 56 SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual The four characteristics are monitored. Errors in line/field length,TRS, or ANC format are reported on an error second basis; Zero-length ANC is considered an error, and error seconds are alsoreported. group See Watch Group. highlighting An SDA...
Page 71 - stuck bit
Glossary SDA 601 Serial Digital Analyzer User Manual 59 SMPTE 125M Recommended practice for bit parallel digital interface forcomponent video signals. SMPTE 125M defines the parametersrequired to generate and distribute component video signals on aparallel interface. SMPTE RP-165 Recommended practic...
Page 73 - Manual Change Information
Manual Change Information At Tektronix, we continually strive to keep up with thelatest electronic developments by adding circuit andcomponent improvements to our instruments as soon asthey are developed and tested. Sometimes, due to printing and shipping requirements,we can’t get these changes imme...
Page 75 - MANUAL CHANGE INFORMATION; Text Changes; be toggled On/Off through the; In; Figure 14: The Cursor Data Display
10/13/94 MANUAL CHANGE INFORMATION Date: Change Reference: Product: Manual P/N: Effective S/N: M81605 Page 1 of 4 SDA 601 Users 070–8913–01 B020000 Text Changes OPERATING BASICSDisplaying the Signal Level, Page 20CHANGE the last sentence preceding the Cursor discussion TO READ: After selecting anoth...
