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Quantum Data TPA-MHL2-8R Quick Start Manual

Summary of TPA-MHL2-8R

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 1 november 20, 2013 revision b2 tpa-mhl2-8r quick start guide rev: b2.

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 2 november 20, 2013 revision b2 table of contents 1 overview of mhl 3 1.1 scope of this quick start guide 3 2 quantum data mhl solutions 3 2.1 tpa-mhl2-8r – front panel 3 2.2 what is in the tpa-mhl2-8r shipping box 6 2.3 power considerations 6 3 mhl applications ...

  • Page 3: 1  Overview Of Mhl

    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 3 november 20, 2013 revision b2 1 overview of mhl mobile high-definition link (mhl) is a video interface derived from hdmi but targeted to provide an interface from mobile devices like smart phones to tvs or other displays. The mhl standard is designed to connect...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 4 november 20, 2013 revision b2 tpa-mhl2-8r - front panel item indication vbus - gnd enables access to measuring the voltage between vbus and ground power when lit, indicates that proper power is applied to the tpa in the rear. Mhl  hdmi mhl source dut when lit,...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 5 november 20, 2013 revision b2 tpa-mhl2-8r section connector label connection to protocol analyzer connect hdmi cable to the rx port on 980 mhl protocol analyzer. Mhl -> hdmi mhl source dut hdmi out this is an hdmi output. The device it gets connected to depends...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 6 november 20, 2013 revision b2 hdmi -> mhl mhl sink dut hdmi in this is an hdmi input used for hdcp compliance testing of mhl sink devices. An hdmi cable is connected to the encryption status tester (est) used with the 882ea hdmi output. For basic functional tes...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 7 november 20, 2013 revision b2 3 mhl applications for testing mhl source devices this section describes the mhl test applications supported by quantum data test instruments and utilities when testing mhl source devices. 3.1 protocol analysis of mhl sources you c...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 8 november 20, 2013 revision b2 use the procedures and diagrams below to make the connections to the tpa-mhl2-8r for running protocol analysis of an mhl source device. The first diagram shows a depiction of the test setup with the rev. C 980 protocol analyzer mod...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 9 november 20, 2013 revision b2 b. Connect an hdmi cable from the to protocol analyzer rx connector of the tpa-mhl2-8r to the rx port on the 980 hdmi protocol analyzer module. 3. Refer to the 980 user guide for details on how to capture, store and analyze data fr...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 10 november 20, 2013 revision b2 use the procedure below to make the connections the tpa-mhl-8r for running source compliance tests on an mhl source device. The first diagram shows a depiction of the test setup with the rev. C 980 protocol analyzer module. The se...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 11 november 20, 2013 revision b2 b. Connect an hdmi cable from the to protocol analyzer connector of the tpa-mhl2-8r to the rx port on the 980 hdmi protocol analyzer. 2. Refer to the 980 hdmi/mhl source compliance test user guide for details on how to run the mhl...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 12 november 20, 2013 revision b2 3.4 c-bus protocol monitoring of mhl 1.3, 2.0 and 2.1 source and sink devices you can passively monitor the c-bus transactions between an mhl source device and an mhl sink device using the tpa-mhl2-8r and the quantum data 980 prot...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 13 november 20, 2013 revision b2.

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 14 november 20, 2013 revision b2 use the procedure below to make the connections to the tpa-mhl2-8r for passively monitoring the c-bus messages between an mhl source device and an mhl sink device. 1. Apply power to the tpa-mhl2-8r using the power adapter provided...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 15 november 20, 2013 revision b2 4 mhl applications for testing mhl sink/dongle devices this section describes the mhl test applications supported by quantum data test instruments and utilities for testing mhl sink/dongle devices. 4.1 mhl sink functional testing ...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 16 november 20, 2013 revision b2 use the procedure below to make the connections for running the compliance tests on an mhl sink device. 1. Apply power to the tpa-mhl2-8r using the power adapter provided. 2. Make the connections as shown in the diagram below. For...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 17 november 20, 2013 revision b2 4.2 mhl sink/dongle compliance testing you can run mhl compliance testing on mhl sink devices in accordance with section 4 of the mhl compliance test specification using the tpa-mhl2-8r, 882ea and the 980 hdmi protocol and complia...

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    Tpa-mhl2-8r – quick start guide page 18 november 20, 2013 revision b2 refer to the illustration above and follow the procedures below. Note that the illustration above shows a test on an mhl sink device. Note also that you will have to refer to the 882ea user guide to run the hdcp compliance test. 1...