Error Indicators and Other Controls
- Updated2023-08-17
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Error Indicators and Other Controls
At the bottom of the NI VMS interface, you can view errors and choose which lines and frames to view in the displays on the Waveform and Picture tabs.
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| Lines to View |
Specifies how many horizontal lines to view at a time in
the waveform display. You can view a maximum of 200 lines
simultaneously for component and digital video formats, and
you can view an unlimited number of lines simultaneously
for composite and S-video formats.
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| View Frame | Displays the specified digital or analog frame in the Waveform or Picture tabs. This control does not specify which frames will be measured. | ||
| Meas. Channel | Specifies a composite channel to be analyzed. This control is only visible if you acquire more than one channel of a composite signal. | ||
| Meas. Line |
Enter a value in the Meas. Line control to perform one of the following actions:
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| Error indicators |
Error indicators in the bottom right-hand corner of the user interface window turn red for the following error types:
If an error indicator is illuminated, click on the error indicator to display a detailed error message. |
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| Digitizer Memory Use | Digitizer memory usage for the most recent acquisition is shown by a small gauge to the right of the error indicators in the bottom right corner of the user interface. When the tank level is at the top, memory use is 100%; when it is at the bottom, memory use is 0%. |
