The WFM5000 waveform MonitorMonitor: Video display screen or audio loudspeaker. offers uncompromised monitoring quality with sharp CRT-like traces, patented Gamut displays, Picture thumbnail, Display freeze and an Error log for 10,000 events for efficient content compliance verification.
Compact in size and weighing under 3 kg, the WFM5000 provides an ideal portable solution for basic HD video and audio monitoring. It accepts power from a 12 VDC source, a battery or a 100-240v AC adaptor. It supports 16 channels of EMBEDDED AUDIOEMBEDDED AUDIO: Digital audio is multiplexed onto a serial digital video data stream according to the SMPTE 272M (standard definition) or SMPTE 299M (high definition) standards and 1 input for 2 channels of DigitalDigital: Information sent as a series of high (1) and low (0) signals separated by a fixed period of time. Signals formed of series of coded pulses (numbers) as distinct from continuous analogue signals. AESAES: Audio Engineering Society. AES is a professional organisation that recommends standards for the audio industries audio.
DigitalDigital: Information sent as a series of high (1) and low (0) signals separated by a fixed period of time. Signals formed of series of coded pulses (numbers) as distinct from continuous analogue signals. Audio and Video Monitoring in One Instrument
These instruments provide standard DigitalDigital: Information sent as a series of high (1) and low (0) signals separated by a fixed period of time. Signals formed of series of coded pulses (numbers) as distinct from continuous analogue signals. audio monitoring with Audio Bars, Lissajous Displays, and Front panel headphone port for easy compliance verification of DigitalDigital: Information sent as a series of high (1) and low (0) signals separated by a fixed period of time. Signals formed of series of coded pulses (numbers) as distinct from continuous analogue signals. Audio without the need for an additional piece of equipment
Ease of Use
The Intuitive User Interface provides backlit buttons, and online help.
32 user-configurable presets allow users to recall commonly used configurations tailored to your personal work practices. These presets can be transferred to and from other units (same model) via the front panel USB port.
The Passive loop-through inputs allow for transparent monitoring at any point of the signal path even if instrument power is off.
An EthernetEthernet: A protocol for connecting computers over a Local Area Network (LAN) port allows for easy download of Screen shots and the Error log.
See and Solve with Tektronix Displays
The See and Solve displays in Tektronix video monitors simplify video monitoring tasks such as calibration, error detection and content correction allowing to detect errors at a glance and troubleshoot them efficiently.
Tektronix displays offer the sharpest CRT-like trace quality for clear waveform monitoring with the look and feel of an analog display. With several sweep rates and easy control of vertical GainGain: Ratio of amplification of attenuation usually expressed in decibels. and HorizontalHorizontal: The number of horizontal lines which are used to make up one full frame (two fields) of a video picture. The greater the number of lines the better defined the picture. magnification, you can efficiently MonitorMonitor: Video display screen or audio loudspeaker. and measure video waveform parameters.
Specialized displays provide summarized, yet comprehensive reports of alarms, session and status of content. Powerful displays such as Video Status show in a condensed way error statistics, signal format, presence of ancillary data and more. These Tektronix exclusive displays simplify monitoring tasks by providing important content information at a glance.
The vector display offers user-selectable graticules, color target and color axis.
Patented Tektronix Gamut Displays – Efficiently Detect and Correct Gamut Problems
The patented Tektronix Diamond and Split Diamond displays enable Colorists, Editors, and Operators to visualize whether the content is RGBRGB: The three primary colour signals: red, green, and blue (RGB) that together convey all necessary picture information. In normal high definition digital video, these three primary components are scaled such that the extreme values are code words 040h (64) and 3ACh (940) in a 10-bit representation. See also FSRGB Gamut-compliant with a single glance. Plus, they are designed to help isolate the Out-of-Gamut ComponentComponent: Recording of colour signal in separate component parts, e.g. chrominance and luminance, to avoid artefacts caused by composite methods. just as easily.
For SDISDI: Serial Digital Interface. A bit-serial digital interface for SDTV component signals operating at data rates ranging from 19.4Mb/s up to 540Mb/s. The SDI interface is standardized in SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 310M and can be carried over coaxial and fiber optic cables ComponentComponent: Recording of colour signal in separate component parts, e.g. chrominance and luminance, to avoid artefacts caused by composite methods. content that is destined for broadcast in CompositeComposite: Signal comprising luminance and chrominance using one of the coding standards, e.g. PAL. systems, the unique Tektronix Arrowhead display can be used to MonitorMonitor: Video display screen or audio loudspeaker. CompositeComposite: Signal comprising luminance and chrominance using one of the coding standards, e.g. PAL. Gamut compliance without the need for a separate encoder. Within this display, a separate upper and lower luma-only Gamut limit can be applied. This display is very useful for camera balancing.
Each of these displays offers user-selectable Gamut thresholds so Operators can set monitoring limits appropriate to their specific operation. In addition, Gamut monitoring is fully integrated with the powerful alarm logging and reporting capability of the WFM5000 and WFM4000.
Sharp Waveform Display – CRT-like Trace Quality
A complete range of display options lets users choose between parade and overlay presentation of SDISDI: Serial Digital Interface. A bit-serial digital interface for SDTV component signals operating at data rates ranging from 19.4Mb/s up to 540Mb/s. The SDI interface is standardized in SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 310M and can be carried over coaxial and fiber optic cables signals in RGBRGB: The three primary colour signals: red, green, and blue (RGB) that together convey all necessary picture information. In normal high definition digital video, these three primary components are scaled such that the extreme values are code words 040h (64) and 3ACh (940) in a 10-bit representation. See also FSRGB, YPbPr, YRGB or pseudo-CompositeComposite: Signal comprising luminance and chrominance using one of the coding standards, e.g. PAL. formats.
Full HorizontalHorizontal: The number of horizontal lines which are used to make up one full frame (two fields) of a video picture. The greater the number of lines the better defined the picture. timing flexibility is provided with 1Line, 2Line, 1Field and 2Field sweep modes, with or without magnification.
Both fixed and variable vertical gains are offered, each with the outstanding accuracy and repeatability that comes from a fully DigitalDigital: Information sent as a series of high (1) and low (0) signals separated by a fixed period of time. Signals formed of series of coded pulses (numbers) as distinct from continuous analogue signals. design.
The Line Select provides a line marker in full screen and thumbnail picture modes.
Vector Display
The vector display is offered with selectable 75% and 100% targets.
Each display automatically selects the appropriate GraticuleGraticule: A group of lines inserted over a video signal to allow for measurement and alignment of the image. In a film camera the graticule is ground into the glass of the optical viewfinder to allow the cinematographer to properly frame the image based on the input format.
Picture Display – Quick Visual Confirmation and Precision Content Adjustment
For a qualitative view of the content, a full-color picture display is offered, which can be displayed as a full-screen presentation. This display is compatible with all input formats and features automatic adjustment for Aspect ratioAspect ratio: Ratio between the width and height of the video image. Standard National Television System Committee (NTSC), phase-alternation line (PAL), Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) (standard definition) and digital video broadcasting (DVB) (standard definition) use a 4:3 ratio; ATSC and DVB high-definition formats use a 16:9 format. and number of active lines.
You can select brightup conditions that show the location of RGBRGB: The three primary colour signals: red, green, and blue (RGB) that together convey all necessary picture information. In normal high definition digital video, these three primary components are scaled such that the extreme values are code words 040h (64) and 3ACh (940) in a 10-bit representation. See also FSRGB or CompositeComposite: Signal comprising luminance and chrominance using one of the coding standards, e.g. PAL. gamut errors on the picture display. The line-select mode shows the location of the line currently selected within the picture display.
Users can choose from several Safe Action and Safe Title graticules on the picture display which help Editors and Operators easily identify incorrectly positioned video content such as graphics, titles, or logos.
GraticuleGraticule: A group of lines inserted over a video signal to allow for measurement and alignment of the image. In a film camera the graticule is ground into the glass of the optical viewfinder to allow the cinematographer to properly frame the image choices include the Safe Action and Safe Title graticules defined in SMPTESMPTE: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. SMPTE is a professional organisation that recommends standards for the film and television industries. Evertz is a sustaining member of this engineering organization RP218, ITUITU: The United Nations regulatory body governing all forms of communications. ITU-R (previously CCIR) regulates the radio frequency spectrum, while ITU-T (previously CCITT) deals with the telecommunications standards, and ARIB, standards, plus two sets of totally flexible, user-definable graticules.
These graticules facilitate EditingEditing: Assembling a programme by transposing or combining separate recorded sequences either by physically cutting and splicing tape (audio or film) or selective electronic copying. tasks and reduce the need for format conversions.
Alarms, Quality Statistics, and Logging – Thorough and Fast Content Verification
The WFM5000 and WFM4000 offer a variety of displays designed to show status at a glance, in addition to the status bar continually displayed at the bottom of the screen.
A comprehensive overview of the video content status is presented in the Video Session display. Offering a time-based compilation of information, this screen is ideal for presenting evidence of compliance after content screening. Information on input format and session time is presented, along with statistics on Error Detection and Handling (EDHEDH: Error Detection and Handling (EDH) is defined in SMPTE RP 165 as a method of determining when bit errors have occurred along the digital video path. According to RP 165, two error detection checkwords are used, one for active picture samples, and the other on a full field of samples. Three sets of flags are used to convey information regarding detected errors, to facilitate identification of faulty equipment or cabling. One set of flags is associated with each checkword, and the third is used to evaluate ancillary data integrity. The checkwords and flags are combined into a special error detection data packet that is included as ancillary data in the serial digital signal)/Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) and Gamut errors.
The Alarm Status display, provides continuous information on the state of each condition currently being monitored by the instrument.
To support unattended monitoring applications, as well as provide documentation for service level agreements, these instruments maintain an error log of 10,000 events, which facilitates the detection and correction of problems. Log entries are recorded with date, time-of-day and time code (VITCVITC: Vertical Interval Time Code. This time and address control signal standardised by SMPTE 12M-1 is encoded on one or more lines in the vertical interval of standard definition television signals, LTCLTC: Linear Time Code or Longitudinal Time Code. This time and address control signal standardised by SMPTE 12M-1 has been in widespread use in the professional video and audio industries since 1975. It is typically written on a time code or address track of a video recorder and provides an individual frame number for each video frame recorded. LTC is also commonly used to distribute time of day information to wall clocks, automation systems and other devices throughout a television facility. In regions of the world using the NTSC or similar non-integer (1/1.001) frame rates, LTC locked to the video frame rate does not maintain accurate time and must be corrected regularly when it is used convey time of day information. (See also Drop Frame and VITC), ANC). The error log can be downloaded to TXT or HTM formats for easy record keeping and processing on spreadsheets or database software.
DigitalDigital: Information sent as a series of high (1) and low (0) signals separated by a fixed period of time. Signals formed of series of coded pulses (numbers) as distinct from continuous analogue signals. Audio Capabilities – Equipped Standard
Audio monitoring capabilities for both DigitalDigital: Information sent as a series of high (1) and low (0) signals separated by a fixed period of time. Signals formed of series of coded pulses (numbers) as distinct from continuous analogue signals. AESAES: Audio Engineering Society. AES is a professional organisation that recommends standards for the audio industries and EMBEDDED AUDIOEMBEDDED AUDIO: Digital audio is multiplexed onto a serial digital video data stream according to the SMPTE 272M (standard definition) or SMPTE 299M (high definition) standards are available as standard in the WFM5000 and WFM4000.
The instruments feature Level Bars display and both Bars and Lissajous display. These displays can be selected to provide monitoring for both embedded and AESAES: Audio Engineering Society. AES is a professional organisation that recommends standards for the audio industries DigitalDigital: Information sent as a series of high (1) and low (0) signals separated by a fixed period of time. Signals formed of series of coded pulses (numbers) as distinct from continuous analogue signals. audio formats with up to eight channels (2 channels for AESAES: Audio Engineering Society. AES is a professional organisation that recommends standards for the audio industries Audio).
The level meters offer selectable meter ballistics and scaling plus they are user-configurable. The over and silence settings augment DigitalDigital: Information sent as a series of high (1) and low (0) signals separated by a fixed period of time. Signals formed of series of coded pulses (numbers) as distinct from continuous analogue signals. clip and mute detection by letting users select levels to represent these conditions in the analog audio domain.
The Audio Session display records the highest true peak, as well as the number of mutes, clips, overs, and silences during the session time. Tektronix instruments provide accurate peak level measurements.
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