Tektronix WFM8300
Advanced 3G/HD/SD Waveform Monitor and Analyzer,2 SDI Inputs
Includes HD-SDI, SD-SDI, Dual-Link signal formats, simultaneous input monitoring (SIM),
advanced data analysis, and audio/video delay measurement

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Features:

• Video/Audio/Data Monitor and Analyzer – All-in-One Platform
  • WFM8300 and WFM8200 come standard with auto-detection of HD/SD-SDI and multiple Dual Link video formats (including RGB and XYZ color space support)
  • Optional capabilities include 3 Gb/s SDI (Level A and Level B) formats support (Opt. 3G), Composite Analog Video support (Opt. CPS), as well as Analog and Digital Audio (Opt. AD) and Dolby E and Dolby Digital Audio (Opt. DPE) decoding and monitoring
  • WFM8300 also comes standard with Simultaneous Input Monitoring capability, ANC Data Inspector, and numerical/graphical display of A/V delay for analog, digital (with Opt. AD), and Dolby audio formats (with Opt. DPE)
• Superior Physical Layer Signal Integrity Analyzer
  • High-performance real-time Eye pattern display, Jitter measurements, and patented cable length measurement (WFM8300 Opt. PHY or WFM8200 Opt. EYE)
  • Most comprehensive Eye pattern measurements including Eye amplitude, rise/fall time, and overshoot/undershoot measurements as well as Tektronix Jitter waveform display (WFM8300 Opt. PHY only)
  • Field-upgradeable HD/SD-SDI Eye pattern input module to full 3 Gb/s HD/SD-SDI support with the purchase of an upgrade key (WFM830UP Opt. 3G or WFM820UP Opt. 3G)
• Black Picture and Tektronix-patented Frozen Picture Detection
• Tektronix-patented Timing and Lightning Displays Facilitate Accurate Adjustment of Critical Plant Timing
• New Tektronix-patented Spearhead Display and Luma Qualified Vector (LQV™) Display Facilitate Precise Color Adjustment for Post Production Applications (Opt. PROD)
• Most Comprehensive Audio Monitoring
  • Multichannel Surround Sound*¹ Display and Flexible Lissajous Display (Opt. AD or Opt. DPE)
  • Audio Loudness monitoring (Opt. AD or Opt. DPE)
  • Comprehensive Dolby Metadata Decode and Display including VANC Metadata (Opt. DPE)
  • User-selectable Dolby E Guard Band limits with intuitive Dolby E Guard Band meter (Opt. DPE)
• Most Comprehensive ANC Data Monitoring
  • Simultaneous CEA708/608 Closed Caption monitoring; Teletext and OP47 subtitle monitoring
  • Detect and decode ANC data including AFD, WSS, Video Index, TSID, V-Chip, Broadcast Flag/CGMS-A, VITC, LTC, and ANC TC
  • ARIB STD-B35/B37/B39, TR-B22, and TR-B23 support
• Most In-depth Digital Data Analysis Helps Quickly Resolve Difficult Content Quality and Reliability Issues (WFM8300 only)
• Unmatched Display Versatility
  • FlexVu™, the most flexible four-tile display, tailors to various application needs to increase productivity
  • Standard and User-definable Safe Area Graticules facilitate editing and format conversions tasks, reducing the need for reworks
  • Active Format Description (AFD) detect, decode, and automatically adjusted graticule on picture display enable easy identification of aspect-ratio related issues
• Unmatched Usability
  • CaptureVu^® advanced video frame data capture simplifies troubleshooting and equipment setup
  • 32 instrument presets for quick recall of commonly used configurations tailored to engineers or operators
  • Front-panel USB port enables easy transfer of presets, captured video frame data, and screenshots
  • Front-panel headphone port enables quick verification of selected audio pair
  • Intuitive menu structure and context-sensitive help
  • Extensive alarms, status reporting, and error logging
  • Bright, crisp, high-resolution LED backlight display
  • SNMP and Ethernet remote interface capabilities and GPI control facilitate centralized monitoring and control
• For a economy-friendly alternative, please see the Tektronix Video WFM8200

Applications:

• Quality control in the production and post-production of HD/SD digital video content
• Monitoring and compliance checking in the distribution and broadcast of HD/SD digital video
• Video equipment qualification and troubleshooting in the installation and maintenance of HD/SD digital video facilities and systems

The Tektronix WFM8200 provides an ideal solution for advanced monitoring of analog, digital, high frame-rate digital video, and multiple audio formats. This flexible solution comes standard with HD/SD-SDI and Dual Link video monitoring and can be equipped with options and upgrades to monitor 3 Gb/s SDI and/or Composite Analog video. The WFM8200 is an intelligent choice that prepares you for format transitions and growing monitoring needs. Available audio options include support for analog, digital AES/EBU, digital embeDPEd, Dolby Digital, and Dolby E formats.

The Tektronix WFM-8200 supports flexible combinations of options and field upgrades, providing an excellent solution for multiformat environments while protecting your investment. For complete details regarding option and feature availability by model please refer to the section of this document on ordering information.

From Composite Analog to 3 Gb/s SDI Advanced Digital Video – All-in-One Platform
Ideal for multiformat environments, the WFM8300 and WFM8200 advanced waveform monitors provide flexible options and field-installable upgrade kits to monitor diverse video types including 3 Gb/s SDI, Dual Link, HD/SD SDI, and Composite Analog Video.

Both WFM8300 and WFM8200 come standard with Dual Link SMPTE 372M compliant monitoring, SMPTE 352M automatic format detection, and selectable display of Alpha Channel as well as 2K Dual Link monitoring with XYZ Color Space.

These instruments allow for monitoring of Link A, Link B, or the combined Dual Link input with a comprehensive set of displays and status reporting tools. The Tektronix-patented Timing Display, which measures timing between Link A and Link B of the Dual Link signal, proves a valuable ally to maintain correct timing between the two links.

To support the latest production trends for high-definition 1080p 50/59.94/60 content, the  WFM8200 provides optional capabilities to monitor this 3 Gb/s SDI format. Option 3G for the WFM8200 enables monitoring of SMPTE 425M Level A (directly mapped) and Level B (mapped from Dual Link) signals. Monitoring display modes such as waveform, vector, gamut, timing, status, picture, and audio, as well as automated physical layer measurements and in-depth data analysis are available for 3 Gb/s SDI and other input formats.

Both WFM8300 and WFM8200 support any combination of video and audio format options, so these instruments excel in multiformat environments and evolve with your needs to protect your investment.

Unmatched Measurement and Monitoring Performance for Content Creation and Content Distribution

The WFM8300 high-performance waveform monitors offer the most comprehensive physical layer signal measurements for engineers. When equipped with Option 3G and relevant physical layer options for each model, the WFM8300 and WFM8200 can perform 3 Gb/s SDI Eye pattern display, Jitter measurements, and cable length measurements (Option EYE for WFM8200). Options PHY and EYE provide unique capabilities such as reporting Jitter levels above 1 UI and providing various Jitter filters from 10 Hz to 100 kHz for 3 Gb/s SDI, HD, and SD SDI signals. An easy-to-interpret gauge provides direct readout for Jitter measurements. Users can configure timing Jitter and alignment Jitter readouts to be displayed simultaneously to effectively isolate the sources of Jitter. The SDI Status Display summarizes key signal parameters such as signal strength, cable loss, and estimated cable length measurements.

With FlexVu™, users can simultaneously display timing Jitter and alignment Jitter values, cable parameter measurements, and display different Eye patterns to help quickly diagnose and resolve problems related to SDI timing Jitter or cable attenuation. The infinite persistence mode of the waveform monitor can also be used to more easily view the Eye opening of the physical layer signal.

In addition, the WFM8300 (with Option PHY) can also perform automated Eye amplitude, automated rise/fall time, automated overshoot/undershoot measurements, and provide Jitter waveform display to view Jitter related to line and field rates. All these capabilities help broadcasters and network operators detect and diagnose signal quality problems quickly and efficiently. WFM8300 with Option PHY also includes multirate HD/SD-SDI and 3 Gb/s SDI (with Option 3G) color bar and pathological signal generation capabilities to provide engineers with a simple signal source for quick signal path verification during system and/or equipment setup and troubleshooting.

Superior Data Analysis Capabilities for Engineers and Operators
The new ANC Data Inspector, standard on WFM-8300, provides an industry-leading solution to help broadcasters easily and accurately ensure that all required VANC data is present and correctly configured through an intuitive ANC data display.

In contrast to other solutions, the ANC Data Inspector enables operators to easily and quickly ensure that the VANC data is present and free of errors. When errors are detected, engineers are quickly guided to a more detailed view of the data packet content for further analysis.

With FlexVu™, each picture display tile can display different CEA708/608 Closed Caption and individual Teletext subtitles. Teletext subtitle pages can be decoded in either WST or OP47 format.

The Auxiliary Data Status Display (standard on both the WFM8300 and WFM8200) provides summary information on Active Format Description (AFD) per SMPTE 2016, Video Index aspect ratio, Wide Screen Signaling (WSS), V-Chip, TSID, CGMS-A, Broadcast Flag, CEA708/608 Closed Caption, Teletext, and Time Code information.

Today there is a wide array of metadata that provides information to a variety of equipment through the processing chain. Monitoring of this metadata is critical to ensure that the processing equipment correctly handles the signal. For instance, correct format of the AFD ensures that the aspect ratio on the display is correctly formatted and the automated AFD graticule is available for the picture display of the WFM8300 and WFM8200 along with the binary data and text description for easy monitoring.

With Option DPE, the WFM8300 and WFM8200 can also monitor Dolby metadata embeDPEd in the Vertical Ancillary (VANC) data space per SMPTE 2020.

• Green – Active video data
• Blue – Data in horizontal or vertical blanking intervals
• White – EAV, SAV, and other reserved words
• Yellow – Data outside nominally allowed values
• Red – Data with illegal values

The Simultaneous Input Monitoring (SIM) capability of the WFM8300 takes multiformat monitoring to a new level. This capability helps operational staff quickly determine if a video quality problem existed in the input signal or arose in their facility. It enables engineering staffs to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve technical problems introduced in a piece of video equipment by comparing the input and output signals at each point in the chain. This feature is also especially helpful when checking for transparency during format conversion.

FlexVu™ enables flexible and intuitive configuration of displays from two monitored inputs. User can display simultaneous fault detection, status reporting, alarm generation, and error logging. SIM is ideal for transmission monitoring of simultaneous HD and SD programs. It is also ideal for monitoring stereoscopic 3D content in production and post production applications by simultaneously monitoring the left Eye signal and the right Eye signal.

The patented Tektronix Timing Display can be used for each source to time each input relative to the reference or measure the timing between each input.

Audio and video signals can be displayed independently for each input.

See and Solve™ with Tektronix Displays
Tektronix See and Solve™ displays simplify video monitoring tasks such as calibration, error detection, and content correction allowing users to detect errors at a glance and troubleshoot them efficiently.

Specialized session and status displays provide summarized yet comprehensive reports of conditions and measurements of content parameters. The Black and Frozen frame detection can be used to alert the operator to a problem in the transmission chain. These and other errors can automatically be logged in the Error Log and provided as a report.

The powerful Error Log is configurable and provides detailed reports for up to 10,000 events that can be downloaded using a web browser. Alarms can also activate ground closures and SNMP traps simplifying centralized monitoring of multiple programs.

The FlexVu™ four-tile display provides maximum flexibility to increase your productivity. Unlike instruments with predetermined view combinations or limited choices, FlexVu™ lets you create a multiview display tailored to your specific needs and work practices. Each tile can be configured to enable easy signal analysis such as multiple alarm and status screens, different safe-area graticules and cursors on each tile, and more.

Tektronix displays offer the sharpest CRT-like trace quality for clear waveform and vector monitoring without pixelation distortions. The familiar video waveform display can show 3 Gb/s, HD, and SD-SDI signals in RGB, YPbPr, YRGB, or Composite formats. Signal components can be displayed in either parade or overlay mode. For Composite Analog video, NTSC and PAL signals can be displayed with luma, chroma, and luma+chroma filtering. The vector display offers user-selectable graticules, color targets (75% or 100%), and color axis.

The Tektronix-patented Diamond, Split Diamond, and Arrowhead gamut displays simplify the process of verifying gamut compliance.

The Diamond and Split Diamond displays help easily identify and correct RGB gamut errors in digital video signals. The Arrowhead Display saves time in verifying composite gamut compliance for digital video signals.

User-selectable gamut thresholds let you tailor these displays and the associated gamut alarms to your particular compliance standards.

You can also select bright-up conditions to see the location of gamut errors on the picture display.

The WFM8300 also features new optional advanced color gamut monitoring capabilities including the Tektronix-patented Luma Qualified Vector (LQV™) Display and Spearhead Display which, when used in conjunction with Tektronix proprietary Diamond and Split-Diamond gamut displays, provide the most comprehensive color gamut monitoring tools available for precise color gamut adjustments (Option PROD).

The picture display can simultaneously detect and decode CEA708/608 Closed Caption. Teletext subtitle pages can also be decoded in either 625 formats or using OP47 ancillary data. Flexible Safe Area graticules allow for quick placement of graphics, titles, or logos. Using FlexVu™, users can see two or more pictures with different graticules.

The CaptureVu® feature on the WFM8300 and WFM8200 allows users to capture, store, and download the data of a video frame to recreate displays and compare the live signal to captured data for easy troubleshooting of intermittent errors or for analyzing fault conditions at remote sites.

Complete Monitoring Tool Set for Optimum Sound Quality
The WFM8300 provides high-quality digital filtering and oversampling to insure precise, reliable, and repeatable audio measurements. For easy monitoring, the WFM audio options provide format auto-detection and flexible mapping of audio inputs to analog or digital audio outputs for connection to external devices.

The Surround Sound Display, the most comprehensive waveform monitor audio analyzer available, provides intuitive graphical representation of channel interaction in a system. The Bars Display provides indicators for faults, audio levels, and Dolby format information. The Flexible Lissajous Display allows the selection of any two audio channels.

Specialized audio displays provide deeper inspection of the signal. The audio session displays summarize levels, faults, and number of active bits for each channel. The user can select from three loudness filters; Flat, A-weighted, and RLB-weighted (BS.1770). These instruments also feature Audio Control Packet Data and Channel Status displays.

The Dolby Status Display (in Option DPE) gives an in-depth view of integrated or VANC metadata and Dolby E Guard Band timing and synchronization.

User-configurable thresholds for the Dolby E Guard Band timing measurement (in Option DPE) are available as well as Dolby E Guard Band timing and trigger alarms based on their specific guard band parameters.