Quantum Data 881 - Generating an EDID Information Report

6 Chapter 11 Testing EDID for HDMI
To view EDID data received from a connected display device using the command line
interface:
1. Connect the display under test to the 882.
2. Establish a session with the 882 using either HyperTerminal over a serial connection or
Telnet over an Ethernet LAN. See “Establishing a terminal session with the 882” on
page 30 or “Establishing a Telnet session with the 882” on page 33.
3. Enter one of the following commands:
• To view the current EDID in ASCII hex format, enter the EDID? command..
• To view a specific segment of EDID, enter the I2CR? (OUT1:I2CR?, OUT2:I2CR?,
VGA:I2CR?) command (refer to the command description identify the arguments
of this query).
Generating an EDID Information Report
Follow the procedure to generate an HTML report of EDID data received from a
DDC-compliant VGA, HDMI, DisplayPort or DVI display connected to the 882.
Note: HDMI EDIDs are shown in the examples in this procedure.
To generate a report of EDID data received from a connected display device:
1. Connect the display under test to the 882.
2. Press the Tools key. The Tools menu appears on the 882’s display as shown below.
3. Press the Reports key. The Reports menu appears on the 882’s display as shown
below.
4. Choose the EDID item by pressing the adjacent soft key. The EDID reports menu
appears on the 882’s display as shown below.
System
Sequence
Probe
AFC
Analyzer
Reports
ImgShift
EDID
Packets
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