The FuturePlus FS4500 DisplayPort Analysis Probe provides a mechanical, electrical and software interface to the DisplayPort bus, a digital display interface standard supported by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). The FS4500 is used to design and debug computer motherboards, monitors, home theater systems, and silicon chips incorporating DisplayPort technology.
With the FS4500 you can handle all of your DisplayPort versions with one tool. No need for a DisplayPort (DP) reference sink or reference source. The FS4500 works with any DisplayPort source and any sink. The FS4500 is the only cost effective tool on the market to offer probing of the high speed Main link and the Aux Channel without the need for a DisplayPort Reference Source or Reference Sink. Support for DisplayPort 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1 with options to add eDP 1.4b/1.5 and 8b/10b Display Stream Compression and Forward Error Correction. Probing includes standard DP connector, USB Type C and eDP.
DisplayPort FS4500 Configuration
- Supports SST and MST traffic
- 16 GB Main Link trace buffer allows for multiple frame capture and pixel by pixel analysis
- 10b mode helps debug Phy level problems
- Supports 4 Virtual Channels is MST mode simultaneously!
- Support for FEC/DSC is an option
- Select your Speed and Probing
- Select your Lane Width
- ASSR is used in eDP
MST Configuration
SST Configuration
DisplayPort FS4500 Triggering and Filtering Qualification
Triggering Features
- Trigger on any DP event, on any Virtual Channel, OR 8b symbols on any lane
- Up to 1G states trace buffer (2G with FS4509 upgrade)
- Aux Channel can Cross Trigger to Main Link to verify cause and effect
Filtering Qualification Benefits
- Allows more efficient use of the trace buffer, capture several frames!
- Let’s you remove events from the acquired trace
- Store only events of interest
Two Level Protocol Aware Triggering
MST Hardware Filters
SST Hardware Filters
Post Processing Filter
Aux Channel Triggering
DisplayPort FS4500: Remote Software Interface
- Controls the FS4500 for Regression or Production Testing
- Allows user to programmatically call the probe manager and pass various arguments
- Load and run one or more sequential saved setup configurations
- Provides the capability of running the FS4500 Probe Manager program from within a console application program and/or a command prompt window
Terminal
GUI Main Form
Script Example
DisplayPort FS4520 CheckDPspec™
- Runs against the stored data from the FS4500 DisplayPort Protocol Analyzer
- Analyzes the Main Link AND Aux traffic between ANY Source and Sink
- Provides a framework for the user to write their own tests
- Comes with 15 canned tests – test source code available on GitHub
- Supports LBR, HBR, HBR2, HBR3, SST, MST, eDP, DSC/FEC
- Quickly allows engineers to validate DisplayPort Source and Sinks running any software
- Software that looks for DisplayPort Specification Violations on the High Speed Main Link and the Aux Channel
- Requires the FS4500 to capture data
- Modular in nature allowing customers to write their own tests.
CheckDPspec Main Link
State Listing
Validation Errors Screen
DisplayPort FS4500 Pixel Renderer Software
- Data Extractor designed to take stored pixel data from FS4500 saved data file and display a complete frame
- Designed to work with DP 1.4A and eDP 1.4B only
- Customize tests through protocols, lanes, pixel format and width
- Allows user to quickly access state data, get the index of the trigger state, and get the number of states
- Uses the pixels captured by the FS4500 to repaint the frame
- Handles all Pixel formats, bits per component widths and DP revisions
- Takes the acquired Audio packets and plays them
- Software is available on Github here.
Pixel Renderer
Audio Packet Software
DisplayPort FS4520 Probing
Snooper Probing
- Uses passive probing to acquire the signals
- In cases of poor signal integrity bit errors are likely
- Available for either Regular DP or USB TypeC
Repeater Probing
- Active probing to acquire the signal
- Operates transparently and allows the source and sink to negotiate the link
- Recommended for HBR3
Probing Options:
- FS1045 DP Regular Snooper
- FS1046 DP Regular Repeater
- FS1047 USB-C Snooper
- FS1049 USB-C Repeater
- FS1061 – DP 2.1 Repeater Probe for FS4525 – 13.5G – USB Type C
- FS1064 – DP 2.1 Repeater Probe for FS4525 – 13.5G – DP Connector
eDP Probing Options:
- FS1090 eDP 30 pin – Repeater for the FS4500
- FS1091 eDP 40 pin – Repeater for the FS4500
Regular DP Snooper
USB Type C Repeater
40 pin eDP Repeater
DisplayPort FS4500: Ordering Information
- FS4500 – DisplayPort v1.2a/v1.4 and eDP1.3 Protocol Analyzer
- FS4504 – Add eDP 1.4b support FS4500
- FS4506 – Add DSC and FEC support FS4500
- FS4507 – FS4500 Remote Interface
- FS4509 – FS4500 DP 1.4 Memory Upgrade 1G to 2G Trace
- FS4520 – CheckDPspec™ Software
- FS4525 – DP 2.1 Upgrade for FS4500 UHBR10 and UHBR13.5 Support
- HBR3,HBR2 and HBR 1.62, 5.4 and 8.1Gb/s probing
- FS1046 – 1-4 Lane DP HBR3 Cable Repeater
- FS1045 – 1-4 Lane DP Snooper
- FS1047 – 1-4 Lane DP USB TypeC Snooper
- FS1049 – 1-4 Lane DP USBTypeCHBR3 Repeater
- FS1061 – DP 2.1 Repeater Probe for FS4525 – 13.5G – USB Type C
- FS1064 – DP 2.1 Repeater Probe for FS4525 – 13.5G – DP Connector
- eDP Probing
- FS1090 – eDP 30 pin Repeater for the FS4500
- FS1091 – eDP40 pin Repeater for the FS4500
