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1. SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Resolutions that are beyond the maximum supported resolutions of your monitor will be grayed out to protect your hardware The FullHD resolution 1920x1080 1080p is excluded from this protection on purpose Unsupported resolutions will cause the graphics card driver to scale the output down to a smaller but supported resolution There is no override implied in SMTT to circumvent this downscaling protection If your monitor does not support FullHD 1920 x 1200 resolutions you should not add a custom resolution that will force the output to an unsupported mode which may harm your hardware About SMTT High Precision Counter Gradients Deep Color Scaling About SATT Start Exit Information about SMTT and the current license red circle All information displayed with green letters is part of your private license key It shows your name email the license type and the date Info SMTT 2 0 Licensee Thomas Thiemann smitteithomasthiemann cam License Private Expires 31 12 3333 MTT 2 0 Developed 2011 by Thomas Thiemann oMTT is an acronym for Small Monitor Test Tool The different tests included in this software should help ta rank the display quality of a monitor short description of included tests High Precision Counter HPC This test is used in combination with a CRT monitor and a camera shutter speed should be less or equal to 1
2. Slider Live Preview A Gradient full screen preview of selected gradient B Manual Settings for your customized gradients SSS SS PS Track bar to set the number of steps within a transition Min 2 max 256 Input box to set the number of steps within a transition Min 2 max 256 Track bar to set the number of gradients Minimal 1 maximal 16 Input box to set the number of gradients Minimal 1 maximal 16 Gradient start color selection button A color dialog will open on click Gradient end color selection button A color dialog will open on click Switch color button This button switches start and end colors immediately Checkbox to enable double gradients Double gradients show two transitions per row Start color to end color and end color back to start color CPU intense Live Preview Every change of track bar 1 will force an update of the Screen Preview A C Presets predefined standard gradients that may be selected with a simple mouse click Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling November 2011 Revision 1 0 SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Deep Color High Precision Deep Color Map Counter Gradients el E About SMTT Selected test Deep Color Map click on monitor to select scaling Deep Color Test Screens Start Exit Highly exaggerated previews in case of Sbit per color See manual for details The Deep Color section is divided into two categor
3. Feb2005_d3dx9_24 x86 Gr e 505KB CAB Datei EI L ProgramData Feb2006_d3dx9_29 x64 02 06 2010 05 22 CAB Datei Ji Programme Feb2006_d3dx9_29_x86 02 06 2010 05 22 CAB Datei d EHEN Feb2006_XACT_x64 02 06 2010 05 22 CAB Datei Programme x86 s M ra Feb2006_KACT_x86 02 06 2010 05 22 CAB Datei H Syctem Volume Information 2 FEB2007_XACT_x64 02 06 2010 05 22 CAB Datei 0 temp FEB2007_XACT_x86 02 06 2010 05 22 CAB Datei za A Windows 4 b DXSETUP Anderungsdatum 30 03 2011 11 40 Erstelldatum 30 03 2011 11 40 Anwendung Gr e 505 KB Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 At first the DirectX setup will present the DirectX license agreement Microsoft R DirectX R wird installiert Willkommen Microsoft DirectX Der Direct X Installations Assistent f hrt Sie durch die Installation der DirectX Laufzeitkomponenten Lesen Sie bitte den folgenden Lizenzvertrag Mit BILD AB konnen Sie den brigen Vertragstext anzeigen Die Vertragsannahme ist Voraussetzung fur die Installation MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LIZENZBESTIMMUNGEN MICROSOFT DIRECTX END USER RUNTIME Microsoft Konzemgesellschaft wenn diese an dem Ort an dem Sie die Software erwerben die Software lizenziert Bitte lesen Sie die Lizenzbestimmungen aufmerksam durch Sie gelten fur die der oben genannten Software und gegebenenfalls f r de Medien auf denen Sie diese To agree with the term
4. Runtime Libraries In case Dotnet Framework 4 Full is not installed the following dialog appears at the start of Setup exe x For the following components Microsoft MET Framework 4 x86 and x64 Please read the following license agreement Press the page down key to MICROSOFT SOFTWARE SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS MICROSOFT NEI FRAMEWORK 4 FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS OPFRATING S Bl View EULA for printing Do you accept the terms of the pending License Agreement T you choose Dont Accept install will close To install you must accept Please read Microsofts EULA and continue the installation when you accept their terms by clicking gt Accept In Case of missing Visual C runtime libraries the next dialog will show up SS sl The following components will be installed on your machine Microsoft Visual C 2010 Runtime Libraries x64 Microsoft Visual C 2008 SP1 Runtime Libraries Geb i Do you wish to install these components T you choose Cancel setup will exit Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Depending on the missing runtime s the dialog may contain just one of the listed entries To install the displayed Visual C runtimes to your system click Install The setup starts to download the required files from Microsoft Download sizes of Visual C runtime libraries are about 5 MB each The Dotnet Framework 4 Full is about 50 MB in size That s
5. SDK BY USING THE SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS IF Do you accept all of the tems of the preceding License Agreement If you choose No Install will close To install you must accept this agreement Yes No Agree these terms by clicking gt Yes You have to select a temporary folder to extract the DirectX installation files This folder will contain the DirectX setup file JE x Please type the location where you want to place the extracted files ox Cancel Enter c dxtemp as location temporary folder and continue gt OK DirectX June 2010 SDK A confirmation dialog will ask to create the folder if it does not exist already DirectX June 2010 SDK x Confirm the creation of the temporary folder by clicking gt Yes The installation files of DirectX will be extracted to the temporary folder Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 DirectX June 2010 SDK To start the Setup of DirectX open the folder c dxtemp red arrow 1 and open the file gt DXSETUP exe red arrow 2 D c dxtemp Z Lokaler Datentr ger C gt Name lt nderungsdatum pe EI Recyde Bin E dxdlireg_x86 30 03 2011 11 40 CAB Datei A S Anwendung ER Documents and Settings S 7 xupdate 0 0 CAB Datei ER Dokumente und Einstellunge i 8 Dateiversion 4 dxtemp E Feb2005_d3dx9_24_x64 Erstelldatum 30 03 2011 11 40 CAB Datei Perflogs E
6. buttons are aligned with the corresponding edges of the monitor Deep Color Test Previews of the Deep Color Tests B are highly exaggerated The final test displays almost identical shades of grey While the previews illustrate 8 bit test screens only the final test screens will display 10 bit color depth test screens if supported 1 Grey scale test This is the reference test for 10 bit color depth as it is really easy to evaluate 2 Primary Color test Rot Gr n Blau Combines four stripes that are created analog to 1 This test is meant to be an extension to the grey scale test that should be used first The selected test will be shown in the middle of the screen at position C Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Scaling High Precision screen Preview Counter Gradients Deep Color Scaling Native Resolutions FullHD to Custom Resolution About SMIT Displays 1 1 test screens Displays a Full HD 1920 x 1050 test Unsupported resolutions may cause screen streched to the selected resolution your monitor to turn black or switch of Usually a fallback to a supported resolution will occur Start 2560 x 1600 2560 x 1600 1680 x 1050 Exit 2560 x 1440 2560 x 1440 1600 x S500 2560 x 1080 2560 x 1080 1366 x 760 1920 x 1200 1920 x 1200 1280 x 720 EH 1920 x 1060 Si 2 1250 x 720 Adding User Defined Resolutions The output of predefined resolutions has been optimized
7. by the graphics card manufacturers to guarantee the best possible end result under all circumstances For this reason the drivers tend to apply some adjustments to the video signal to match the monitor resolutions which omits any scaling taking place in the monitor Example To display 16 9 content like 1920 x 1080 FullHD on a 16 10 monitor with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 display drivers will usually add black borders 60 pixel height to the upper and lower edges of the transferred picture The new signal contains the framed FullHD signal and matches the native resolution of the monitor so no scaling will occur These adjustments are instrumental in usual desktop usage of any plain monitor but will not show the scaling abilities of the monitor receiving signal inputs from external sources like blue ray players or high definition receivers These devices will not adjust the screen output but use true 1080p signals Therefore you have to create custom resolutions to test the scaling abilities of a monitor Read the appendix to create a custom resolution Adding a custom resolution NVidia Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 High Precision Screen Preview A Counter Gradients i Deep Color Scaling Native Resolutions B FullHD to Custom Resolution C About SMIT Displays 1 1 test screens Displays a Full HD 1920 x 1050 test Unsupported resolutions may cause screen streched to the sele
8. close this dialog click gt OK After following all the afore mentioned steps the NVIDIA Control Panel will list your custom resolution in the Display Change Resolution menu in the Resolution list under Custom Benutzerdefiniert Example for 1920x1080 2 Die folgenden Einstellungen anwenden verbindung DYI PC Anzeige Ed Eildwiederholfrequenz Aufl sun 60 Hz 1970 x 1080 Farbtiefe 1280 x 720 eee H chste 32 Bit c PL 1920 x 1200 pat 1920 1080 m Pa A Anpassen You display driver is now aware of anew custom resolution that will not be optimized to fit your monitor As you can see in the example the predefined resolution 1920x1080 listed under PC was already there and it forced the driver to add borders to the 16 9 1920x1080 content to match the native resolution of 1920x1200 It is not necessary to apply the custom resolution to your desktop to run the scaling test for the resolution SMTT 2 0 will automatically switch to this resolution when entering the hardware accelerated Direct3D display mode Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Extended Installation Guidelines optional This sections handles additional installations that are needed if your system does not have Visual C runtime libraries DirectX Jun2010 or the Dotnet Framework 4 0 full installed Dotnet Framework 4 and Visual C
9. new pictures The actual distribution of bright and dark areas depends on the used phosphor illuminating material in the tube and the refresh rate of the monitor and does not influence the results Excecution of Evaluation 1 Find the most up to date value of the CRT and write it down The most up to date value of the CRT is the bright one right above the darkest area This value will also be the highest value on screen 2 Find the most up to date value of the TFT and write it down The most up to date value of the TFT can be found at the lower end of a column that fades out from top to bottom In the example above Left Column middle of the monitor 3 Subtract the TFT value from the CRT value 62 001 61 975 26 gt The example shows a difference of 26 ms 4 Repeat this procedure for about 50 photos and take the average of all values The result is a good approximation for the display lag of the tested TFT monitor Two examples will follow next The first one is the example from above with annotations what is actually displayed on screen Inscribed to the picture are column switches as well as the oldest red and newest green values on screen For the evaluation process only the newest green values are of interest Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Evaluation Hints SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 To follow chronological sequence the photo has to be read in this order Start atthe oldest value marked by a red
10. part of KB971644 Integrates DirectX 11 to Windows Vista and Server 2008 DirectX Jun2010 or newer Microsoft Dotnet 4 Framework Full Microsoft VC 2010 runtime libraries Microsoft VC 2008 SP1 runtime libraries To improve your setup experience we recommend to install at least the required service packs and DirectX Jun2010 prior to SMTT 2 0 These requirements for SMTT 2 0 are large downloads and take a considerable amount of time for their installation SP1 Windows 7 More than 900MB DirectX 96 MB SMTT 2 0 is CPU limited gt Clone Mode forces two or more monitors to display the same content The required resolution depends on the TFT that is tested Ideal are high quality 21 or bigger CRTs that can display resolutions of 2048x1536 60Hz according to their specifications Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Preface SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Installation Reference Notes Extent of Installation Guidelines The following installation guidelines cover the case that your system meets the softare requirements already If your system will not meet the software requirements additional installations are necessary Except for the installation of Microsoft Service Packs you can find the additional installation steps in the appendix to this manual Special Requirements Please note that the setup will try to download missing software requirements from Microsoft Make sure that your system ha
11. take pictures with sufficient brightness at shutter speeds of 1 160s or less please try to adjust the aperture to low f stop numbers and the iso speed to higher numbers ISO 800 ISO 1250 or ISO 1600 If you already adjusted all of these values without sufficient results you may try to increase the monitor brightness CRT monitors and TFT Monitors will be referenced as CRT and TFT from now on Execution of the Test 1 Arrange the TFT to test next to the reference CRT 2 Connect both monitors to the same graphics card and run them in Clone Mode to display the screen content of the primary screen on the secondary screen as well 3 Select a screen resolution that can be displayed on the TFT without any scaling The native resolution of the TFT is the best choice If your CRT cannot handle this resolution it may be sufficient to create a custom resolution that has the same height as the native resolution E g TFT s native resolution 1920x1200 gt CRT 1920x1200 or 1600x1200 4 Assure that vertical sync v sync is not forced by your graphics card driver Please select Application Preference default setting or disabled 5 Disable any scaling of the screen content in the on screen menu OSD of the TFT If the influence of scaling modes should be measured each scaling mode has to be analyzed separately and the selected scaling mode has to be noted 6 Start SMTT 2 0 adjust the settings of the High Pr
12. 0 100 hll a UD D foom TM to 7B There is an improved scale for the first 25 pixels 1 pixel wide red lines show immediately of a pixel is already cut off or still visible A missing red line at the tip of an arrow signals that the next value visible red line has to be used Left picture The white border outmost visible pixel of each testscreen is visible as well the red mark at the Opx arrow l e Opx mark visible gt 0 pixel cut off Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Evaluation Hints SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Right picture The white boarder is gone as well as the red mark at Opx and 1px arrows The red Line at 2px is visible gt 2 pixel are cut off For cut offs between O and 5 pixels caused by scaling this scale offers pixel by pixel precision From 5 to 25 pixels the scale offers a resolution of 5 pixels and is continued by the simple scale mentioned before A gray square fills the center of all test screens that is surrounded by white circles and contains a black circle Deformations to square and circles are noticed easily and reveal scaling that disregards the correct aspect ratio E g Streched 16 9 signals to a 16 10 screen will cause the circles to be transformed to ellipses Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Evaluation Hints SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Perfect circles and square The same circles and square Displayed with correct aspect ratio Streched from 1
13. 160s to determine the display lag of the non CRT monitor Gradients Displaying continous linear gradients help to quantify the ability of the Monitor to resolve slightly diferent color shades Optimum for Sbit displays 256 shades of neutral grey from black to white or from black to red green or blue A plain moiree testscreen is also Implemented Deep Color The unique 10 bit colordepth test screens try to create a 10 bit per pixel output The results depend on the capabilities of a your graphics card b your graphics driver c your monitor d the right cable usually only DisplayFort and ei your operating Us 11 when the license expires DD MM YYYY Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling 111 yr E SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Evaluation Hints High Precision Counter Please read the High Precision Counter section that is part of the Chapter SMTT 2 0 Handling first Besides the TFT monitor TFT TV set that should be testes you need a CRT monitor that supports high resolutions a camera with a manual mode M or shutter speed mode S shutter speed sometimes known as Tv Time value to adjust the shutter speed to a fixed value of 1 160s or less Please note to deactivate the build in flash light and to omit any other reflections on the monitor that could impair the readability of the displayed values Cameras without adjustable shutter speeds are inappropriate If your camera does not
14. 6 9 to 16 10 The square is colored medium gray to alleviate the selection of aperture and shutter speed when taking photos of the test screen The two pixel wide pattern at the center assists the autofocus of the camera Outside of the circles there are four Moir test patterns Upper left corner 1x1 pixel chessboard pattern Upper right corner 2x2 pixel chessboard pattern Lower left corner 1 pixel line pattern horizontal and vertical Lower right corner 1 pixel wide diagonal white lines on black and black lines on white The quality of the used scaling can be rated based on the manifestation of the observed Moire patterns Horizontal and vertical aligned lines lower left hand corner help to determine if the scaling has just been applied to one dimension e g A vertically stretched picture will only show Moir patterns within the horizontal lines Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Evaluation Hints SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Known Limitations Visual C Runtime Libraries 1 Symptom SMTT 2 0 installs Visual C 2008 Runtime Libraries as well as Visual C 2010 Runtime Libraries Description SMTT 2 0 uses SlimDX September2011 This version of SlimDX has a small bug see Bug 838 Caused by an incorrect manifest SlimDX pretends to need Visual C 2008 runtime libraries which is not the case This error has been detected and reported by Thomas Thiemann during the development of SMTT Impact on SM
15. C glad ein 36 geilen eege u ee nee ee 37 PCOS WEIN INTEGRIEREN A ERICH EE REVERSE urea ones wien EE EEA 38 Adding a custom resolution NVidia sss sese 38 Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Table of Contents SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 NOCO Re 38 Breet 38 Extended Installation Guidelines optional sese 42 Dotnet Framework 4 and Visual C Runtime Libraries nennen 42 DIESEN UU EE ee ee ee 45 Service Packs DSL ge EE 51 SUDDIC NENNT EE 52 Legal der ge In ee ren ee ee 52 Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Table of Contents SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Preface Preamble SMTT 2 0 has been envolved from the desire to create the technically best possible solution for low cost monitor tests that produce reliable results in an efficient manner The continuous optimization of the unique display lag test is a feature of particular importance SMTT 2 0 strictly avoids to collect store or transfer any kind of personal data Therefore there are no such fuctions included SMTT 2 0 is limited to its utterly testing functions Preperation and display of monitor tests Despite extensive testing on a wide base of computers including own systems and computers from beta testers it is still impossible to guarantee that there will not be any unforeseen circumstances that may result in system crashes or even data loss To prevent the user from these bad impacts and for maximum performance we recommend to install SMTT 2 0
16. MTT 2 0 can not Take measurements without human interaction Display measurement results on button click Prevent operating errors and errors in the evaluation process if instuctions have been ignored Change the characteristics of monitors neither positive nor negative Prevent the intentional misuse of SMTT 2 0 and intentional misuse of measurement results Therefore it is inevitable to read the instructions for each test carefully and follow the instructions within this manual step by step to omit any errors and to produce reliable results that can be reproduced g appropriate equipment consistent of a digital storage analyzer and probes for bit rates of 1 6 GBit s and above costs more than 100000 Euro Banding is a visual effect within color gradients If the monitor is unable to differentiate between almost identical colors within a linear gradient broad stripes or bands of the same colour are displayed Within gradients of neutral grey it is also possible to see color shifts because of banding issues within one or several primary colours red green or blue that are used within each pixel to create the desired color by additive mixture of colour stimuli Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Preface SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Requirements Hardware Requirements Hardware requirements to cover the full SMTT 2 0 feature set 64 Bit x64 capable CPU with adequate processing power to reach fram
17. Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 The Add Resolutions window opens that shows all userdefined resolutions that are already available Anpassen x EX W hlen Sie die hinzuzuf genden Aufl sungen aus Sie k nnen eine Den epz Aufl f r eine Anzeige erstellen die u U keine standardm ige Windows Aufl sung verwendet Beachten Sie dass bei der Anwendung der Bildschirm f r kurze Zeit abgedunkelk wird Aufl sungen Benutzerdefiniert 1280 x 800 bei 60 Hz 32 Bik Progressiv 1260 x 720 bei 60 Hz 32 Eib Progressiv LOGO 1920 x 1080 bei 29 Hz 32 Bik 1050 1920 x 1080 bei 25 Hz 32 Bit 720p 1280 x 720 bei 59 Hz 37 Bit 720p 1280 x 720 bei 50 Hz 32 Bib 576p 720 x 576 bei SO Hz 32 Bit 4380p 720 x 450 bei 59 Hz 32 Bit 720 x 576 bei 75 Hz 32 Bit 720 x 576 bei 72 Hz 32 Bit 770 EZ hai 60 Hs t27 Bik 8 Bit und 16 Bit Aufl sungen anzeigen Aufl sungen aktivieren die auf der Anzeige nicht verf gbar sind Benutzerspezifische Aufl sung erstellen OK Abbrechen To add a custom resolution click the large button red arrow gt Create Custom Resolution gt Benutzerspezifische Aufl sung erstellen The upcommign dialog will ask for detailed technical information regarding the custom resolution Notice Unsupported resolutions may harm your monitor Do not define any resolutions that are unsupported by your monitor The author of this manual the aut
18. Monitor Input Lag or Input Lag This term is used to describe the delay between video signal and screen output caused by video signal processing within the monitor Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Preface SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Scope of Applications SMTT 2 0 is meant for evaluating display quality of computer monitors and High Definition TV Sets The implied tests are optimized for this use by addressing wide spread problems of TFT Monitors Futhermore SMTT 2 0 can support real measurements with its SMTT 2 0 High Precision Counter test This tests utilises a unique display technique that is able to present high precision counters that are updated in very short intervals lt 1ms In combination with a second monitor CRT and an appropriate camera SMTT 2 0 can be used to determine the display lag of the tested monitor with much higher accurancy than it is possible with any other software solution available SMTT 2 0 Features Outstanding precision in cost effective Display Lag Measurements that can only be surpassed with high end measurement equipment Test for true 10 bit per color output in less than 10s Scaling tests optimized for FullHD content rendering and other common resolutions for TV and multimedia devices Adjustable gradients to test clipping banding and differentiation of colours Best support for your work by providing easy to understand visuals and a comprehensive manual S
19. SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 SMTT 2 0 User s Manual Table of Contents Ee Or Content 1 Bee Le 4 Neie EE 4 OPEO ell le Le EE 5 FOC Un En EE D Haraware Requirements E 6 SO UW a REENE EE 6 S ee AE Teenie ee 7 Rere enca le 7 Extent OF Installation ENEE 7 Pec REGUVENT ee nieeeearsee 7 US ege e e E A en E a E 7 Ta OE E E E een 7 Installation BEE T le S uns einen 8 Hen eana Re e E 13 Blech 13 e UE uge Re js Ren ET 13 Va E 13 Ere EE 13 Delivery ota License Key een 14 Perc onals de E 14 AD 0 6214 ee ee ee 14 OCE a E 14 Selecting Me Licence Eeer 14 ARENIE ee A ENT 15 SVT 20 lt sle 16 GERIET a ae een 16 PIE ANDI ee E E 16 Sal E e l E 16 lte EE 18 Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Table of Contents SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 EI elt ee re 21 ESS CI DE ION EE 22 DED ee ee ee ee ee 23 DEN LO E ME 24 BIZ COO TO EN 24 Sie let 25 Adding User Defined Resolutions eu 25 Native el gs 26 FUND ge Custom sE ate E 26 DOES EE 27 EVA OT T H A racers S oa va ona ya nea E E tuneaineaeeores 28 FIIENPrecIsIon Colinler E 28 EXECUEIONOF EMG NESE EE 28 STR Leen Ne Te een een 29 BIS ge ek EE 31 Mett ee IA OR EN Kette ee 31 Beie Edel Or CS Tele er ee rer 31 SEL ee 31 ie let 33 Characteristiecsor Test ng een EE 33 RTE ER Vie ob ENTI esse E 36 Visual C Runtime Libraries RER 36 SVM EE 36 Reide ORN EE 36 PUVA FOU OV NTT 2 0 EE 36 Reie SOO e EE 36 Vistial Clr RUNTIME Hbralles EE 36 VO COMM EE 36 PS
20. TT 2 0 There is no impact on the function of SMTT 2 0 The installation may take additional time as the setup has to check for and install Visual C 2008 runtime libraries to omit SMTT 2 0 to be more precise SlimDX to throw an unhandled exception Troubleshooting As soon as an updated version of SlimDX is available SMTT 2 0 will be updated Visual C Runtime Libraries 2 Symptom The user interface of SMTT 2 0 works well but as soon as you click the START Button to start a test the process of the test crashes because of an unhandled exception SMIT 2 8 HPC initializing Parsing parameters Done Starting test in new window Unhandled Exception System 10 FileMotFoundException Could not load file or ass embly S51limD dll or one of its dependencies The specified module could not he Found at 8 Single 8 Color Color Boolean at 8 Stringl B gt Description SMTT 2 0 uses SlimDX September2011 This version of SlimDX uses the runtime libraries Visual C 2008 and Visual C 2010 These prerequisites are resolved by the setup as needed In rare conditions one of the Visual C libraries is partially removed or incorrect installed but gets detected by the SMTT setup as being installed correct Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Known Limitations SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Known exceptions that are related to this problem System IO FileLoadException System IO FileNotFo
21. arrow Follow that column downwards increasing values until a column switch occurs If you reach the lower edge of the screen without a column switch continue to read the same column at the top of the screen Ifyou encounter a column switch in the first left column you will have to switch to the next column middle at the same height and continue to read that column downwards as before If you encounter a column switch in the middle column switch to the next column on the right If you encounter a column switch in the right column switch to the first column on the left As soon as the intensity of the text decreases you are approaching the most actual value on screen The intensity decreases as the inertia of the liquid crystals cause each color shift to take several milliseconds that is not yet finished or has just begun for the most actual values Note The oldest values show decreasing intensity as well but in the opposite direction The yellow text is overwritten by blue background the old text seems to fade in from top to bottom Example 1 TFT 60Hz 16 6ms per frame CRT 90Hz 11ms per frame ewest value ill transparent 4 Column switch Example 2 Oldest values Evaluation Hints SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Deep Color Test This test reveals to the user if the combination of graphics card drivers cabling and monitor is qualified for displaying deep color content with 10 bit per colo
22. buted to its owner so that all keys can be directly identified Application Notice The SMTT 2 0 license key has been sent to you by mail Please save the license key file at a secure location and protect it from unauthorized access We recommend to create a personal backup and store the backup at a secure location that cannot be accessed by unauthorized persons The following chapter assumes that the license key file License key has been saved in the folder c temp Selecting the License key File On the first start SMTT detects that there is no license file installed yet x j No License key file found To select a valid License key File click Select new License key To obtain a License key File via the SMTT website http smtt thomasthiemann com click the SMTT Website button Select new License key SMTT Website Cancel To install your license key file click Select new License key Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 License and License Key SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 This will bring up a file open dialog to select your license key file Organisieren Neuer Ordner Be 1 d Ki Paten Name Anderungsdakum Typ Grate WE License key 03 11 2011 16 27 KEY Datei Bibliotheken Bilder Ee Dokumente a Musik E videos JE Computer a 208 USB Bi a Lokaler Datentr ger C coe Volume Di m Dateiname License key Key files key Ze Open the fold
23. crosoft com R Gesch tzte Dauer 50 Sek 26 1 MB von 95 6 MB kopiert Download nach Ctemp direch_Jun 010_redist exe berragungsrate 1 37 MB s Dialogfeld nach Beendigung des Downloads schlie en Ce BEE ae Dffpen Ordrer ofen Subsequent to the download a dialog is displayed Download beendet i Ioj x vE gt Download abgeschlossen directx_Jun 010_redist exe von download microsoft com E EE Henuntergeladen 95 6 MB in 1 Min 5 Sek Download nach C temp directe_Jun2010_redist eve Ubertragungsrate 1 47 MB s Dialogfeld nach Beendigung des Downloads schlie en Internet Explorer Sicherheitswarnung x M chten Sie diese Software ausf hren TS Name JUN10 DXSDK Redist Herausgeber Microsoft Corporation Nicht ausf hren Z Weitere Optionen auf dem Computer Schaden anrichten F hren Sie nur Software von i Dateien aus dem Internet k nnen n tzlich sein aber dieser Dateityp kann u U Ka Herausgebern aus denen Sie vertrauen Welches Risiko besteht A security warning informs you about the risks of starting a downloaded file from the internet Proceed with gt Open gt Ausf hren Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 The nect dialog will display the DirectX software license terms SIE Please read the following license agreement Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement DirectX June 2010
24. cted resolution your monitor to turn black or switch off Usually a fallback to a supported resolution will occur Start 1680 x 1050 Exit 1600 x S00 1366 x 766 1920 x 1200 1320 x 1200 1280 x 720 1920 x 1060 1200 x 720 A Symbolic Screen Preview shrunk 1080p test screen The finally rendered test screen is related to the preview but may also show remarkable differences according to the selected resolution and applied scaling Native Resolutions B Select a resolution that your monitor supports Each available selection will display a test screen that has been optimized for the selected resolution The test screen for FullHD 1920x1080 1080p is special This test generates a video signal that displays the FullHD test screen with the FullHD resolution without consideration of the supported resolutions of the monitor Notice Please note that drivers of modern graphics cards often adjust video signals to match the monitor capabilities without prior notice Therefore it will be necessary to add a custom resolution before starting any scaling tests See Apendix Adding a custom resolution NVidia FullHD to Custom Resolutions C Selecting any of the available resolutions will scale a FullHD testscreen to the selected resolution and display it on the monitor For some resolutions the aspect ratio is ignored on purpose to test the internal scaling abilities of the monitor or TV Set Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling
25. d the inability to select a proper aperture automatically Black on white and white on black represent just activation or deactivation operations In contrast yellow on blue When a new yellow value should be displayed on the blue background the liquid crystals within two subpixels red and green switch from their blocking position to the passing position while the third subpixel blue is switched from passing to blocking stance Both directions are handled at once Recommended alternatives White on black black on white and white on blue limited Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 High Precision Counter 02063fps Gradients Deep Colt scaling About oly lac Revision 1 0 Screen Preview Text Preview 3 g Text Size 36 O Du Da Bu u HIHHH Est Rows 5 67 Display FPS Text Color Red 1 aM 255 10 Bue A 0 12 Background Color SCT er ey re eu en rg Start Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 Screen Preview symbolic This preview illustrates the selected colors and full screen appearance Text size and fps values are fixed and just exemplary Text Preview Demonstration of selected text size Please note that the previewed text may differ from the finally rendered text Text Size track bar The height of text can be adjusted between 10 pixels and 100 pixels Recommended text size at 60 Hz refresh rate Adjust the text size
26. d to offer the highest comfort at the given design By courtesy of Mick Doherty modified versions of TabControlEX and TrackBar are included to SMTT 2 0 Mick Dohertys Webseite http www Dotnetrix co uk General Handling The handling of SMTT 2 0 can be done by mouse or keyboard Most controls of the user interface are redundant to offer several different intuitive ways to change the given settings The user interface has been optimized to detect and correct any incorrect inputs as far as reasonable Incorrect inputs will cause a tooltip to show up at the corresponding textbox that will reveal the valid range of values without disrupting your workflow Please note that some previews are just symbolic and that the displayed test will differ from these symbolic previews The user interface contains tabs that are oriented to the left hand side see next picture green marking 1 to select the class of test and two buttons Start and Exit see next picture green marking 2 The Start button activates the selected test The Exit button closes SMTT 2 0 These controls are available at all time and for all tests The SMTT 2 0 window can be moved by drag amp drop on any non control area of the window So you may drag the window by clicking on every single pixel that is not part of a track bar button tab textbox link or scrollbar Started tests which run full screen can be stopped immediately by mouse click or hitti
27. ecision Counter Test HPC to display at least 16 lines of text Recommended are 17 to 33 lines for best results Too many lines will cause the text to be tiny and hardly readable Adjust it to a reasonable size 7 Start the HPC test 8 Place your kamera in sufficient distance to the monitors so that both will be part of the taken picture Adjust the aperture and iso speed to get pictures with readable results 9 Take several series of pictures for the evaluation 10 Follow the instructions for the evaluation of the test A reasonable amount of 50 pictures will ensure that outliers will not dominate the averaged end result Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Evaluation Hints SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Evaluation oft he Test Example NEC2690WUXi 1920x1200 60Hz vs 21 CRT 1600x1200 90Hz Assessment if the taken picture is qualified for the evaluation process 1 There are new values displayed line by line on both monitors OK Contine with 2 If columns will show identical values the picture is useless as vertical sync has been forced by the driver ofthe graphics card Solution Deactivate V Sync and take new pictures 2 The brightness of the pictures is acceptable to see the full brightness values as well as the vanishing values 3 The CRT shows bright and dark areas If there is no dark area the shutter speed is set completely wrong and the picture cannot be used Reset the shutter speed and take
28. er where you stored the license key file and highlight the file To use the selected file click gt ffnen gt Open SMTT 2 0 imports the license key file and restarts the application automatically In case of an invalid damaged or expired file SMTT 2 0 will show a dialog with the problem and offer a new file open dialog to select a new license key Alternative The license key is stored within the user folder at AppData Roaming SMTT 2 0 License key In case of a loss of the original license key sent to you by mail you may still recover your key from this location Please note that the file is named License key The file name does not contain your Name the date the license type or any additional characters Experienced users may exchange that file manually e g receiving a new key after prolonging a SMTT license Notice Please do not change any system files Do not apply any changes that you are not absolutely sure of Do not alter or delete the SMTT 2 0 license key file icense key as it will cause SMTT 2 0 to stop working All changes to files are at your own risk Please contact an expert before altering anything Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 License and License Key SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling General Preamble SMTT 2 0 is equipped with a modern and intuitional user interface A combination of well known standard interface components and modified user defined components is use
29. erates of 1000 FPS or more DirectX 10 capable grafics card with at least two display connectors that can be used at the same time to run two monitors in Clone Mode CRT display CRT cathode ray tube that supports adequate resolutions at 60 Hz Camera with manually adjustable shutter speeds of 1 160s or less Cameras from smartphones or mobile phones are not suitable SMTT 2 0 files require about 5 MB of free space of your HDD During the installation you may need up to 2 GB of free space if your system does not fulfill the software requirements see Software so that this software has to be installed as well Software Requirements To run the SMTT 2 0 setup and to start the software you need a DirectX 10 DirectX 11 capable environment All dependencies of SMTT 2 0 will be resolved during the installation process If your system will not comply with the requirements all missing depencies will be automatically installed or you will be asked to download and install them Windows Vista and Server 2008 Service Pack 2 SP2 Windows 7 and Server 2008 r2 Service Pack 1 SP1 Important DirectX files are only delivered as part of the service packs and can not be obtained in any other way from Microsoft Windows Vista has to be upgraded to SP2 to fullfill the requirements for DirectX 11 support see below Microsoft Platform Update for Windows Vista and Server 2008 KB971644 or Windows Graphics Imaging and XPS Library KB971512
30. es within the 8 bit 10 bit grey scale ramp Some monitors may not even able to reproduce four shades per row at 8 bit color depth Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Evaluation Hints SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Scaling The scaling tests help to check for pixel by pixel reproduction and correct aspect ratio with and without scaling Special test screens for all resolutions listed at Native Resolutions are available Characteristics of Test Patterns All scaling test screens in the range from FullHD 1920x1080 to 2560x1600 are part of a all in one testscreen that combines key features for all these resolutions Therefore it is usual and on purpose to see areas for the lower resolutions when testing higher resolutions like 2560x1440 The resolution 1280x720 720p is not part of the larger test screen As this resolution is also used for some HD TV content it requires special care and attention To handle 1080p and 720p signals with a comparable level of comfort and quality it was necessary to adjust some on screen elements Details There are scales at the edges of the screen divided into 5 pixel steps that show the cutoff The green mark is the outmost pixel that should be visible if a 16 9 image is zoomed to full height on a 16 10 monitor while keeping the correct aspect ratio These marks can be used to control the aspect ratio as well as the alignment centering Scale for 1280x720 720p 16 4 zoomed to 16 1
31. hor of SMTT 2 0 is not responsible for any damage that is directly or indirectly caused by the use of unsupported resolutions Please check every setting twice to be compatible with your monitor and ask a professional before applying any custom resolution Notice The following example applies to a monitor that can handle a resolution of 1920x1080 FullHD 1080p This example may not apply to your monitor Consult the manual of your monitor or ask a professional for resolutions that are supported by your actual monitor Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual Benuftzerspezifische Aufl sung erstellen November 2011 Revision 1 0 Erstellen Sie eine Aufl sung die unter Windows momentan nicht verf gbar ist Ihre Anzeige fimmert u U w hrend des Tests einer neuen benutzerspezifischen Aufl sung einige Male Anzeigemodus wie von Windows zur ckgegeben Horizontale Pixel 1920 1 Eildwiederholfrequenz Hz GO Eder Progressie 4 e Timing Standard GIF Aktive Pixel DMT CVT Vordere Schwarzech ee ige u Manuell Synchronisierungsbreite Pixel ae Gesamtzahl der Pixel 2090 Polaritat Positiv Eildwiederholfrequenz 66 66 KHz vertikale Zeilen 1050 2 Farbtiefe bpp 32 4 vertikal 1080 5 1111 Negativ Diveltakt 60 000 Hz 138 6528 59 000 bis 61 000 T Abbrechen The Create Custom Resolution dialog is separated into two parts The lower part with de
32. ies Deep Color Map renders a special transition between four user defined colors that will be displayed with 10 bit per color IF your system supports 10 bit per color If your system does not support 10 bit deep color the output will be automatically reduced to 8 bit per color Deep Color Test renders easy accessible test screens These test screens enables the user to determine if his system is able to output true 10 bit per component or is limited to 8 bit color reproduction This process takes just a few seconds To select one of the tests just click on the corresponding monitor symbol The actual selected test is displayed as bold text in the middle of the user interface Notice The Deep Color Map preview requires a lot of processing power that will cause a delay in displaying the user interface This delay is inevitable to provide the user with this 2D preview Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 High Precision Deep Color Map A Counter Gradients Deep Color Scaling About GMIT Start Exit Si Highly exaggerated previews in case of Sbit per color See manual for details Deep Color Map The Deep Color Map A can be selected by clicking either the upper monitor A 1 or any of the four color selection buttons 1 Clickable preview area 8 Bit for the four color transition 2 bis5 Color selection buttons with integrated large scale color preview All
33. k No to end the setup The Setup will open a direct download from Microsoft as soon as you click Yes Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Dateidownload Sicherheitswarnung x Mochten Sie diese Datei speichem oder ausfuhren Name directx_Jun2010_redist exe Typ Anwendung 95 6 MB Von download microsoft com Ausf hren _ Speichem e rn Quelle nicht vertrauen Welches Risiko besteht The security alert dialog offers options for starting the downloaded file immediately from a temporary folder or to save it to a custom destination for later use It is up to you if you prefer less interaction Run or if you want to keep the downloaded executable for future installations Save as gt Speichern If you decide the latter it is recommended to store the downloaded file directx Jun2010_redist exe as the installation files of SMTT 2 0 in the folder c temp T setup 21 10 2011 16 03 Anwendung A ProgramData A Frogramme a Frogramme A Programme YE di Recovery 3 System Volum temp WR widows sl DH Browse to the folder c temp in the Save as dialog and save the file Save as gt Speichern Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Der Download starts automatically 29 von direc k_Jun2010_redist exe von download micros iol x i directx Jun2010_redist exe von download mi
34. ler will guide you through the steps required to install SMTT 2 0 on your computer WARNING This computer program e protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the masimum extent possible under the law Cancel 4 Back To continue click Next gt The end user license agreement EULA will show up next Please read this agreement carefully By accepting the terms of this agreement you accept the contract between you the user and the author oft he software Thomas Thiemann to fulfill all parts of the agreement Gart 2 0 15 x License Agreement P T i Fiai eech IE Please take a moment to read the license agreement now IF uou accept the terme below click Agree then Hest Othenwse click Cancel IMPORTANT PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THIS I5 A LICENSE AGREEMENT This SOFTWARE PRODUCT ts protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties This SOFTWARE PRODUCT ts licensed not sold S C Do Not Agree Y Agree HII Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Installation November 2011 SMTT 2 0 Manual Revision 1 0 After reading the Agreement you may accept all terms by selecting gt I Agree To continue with the setup click gt Next gt The next dialog prompts
35. ls graphics and trade marks are property of their owners Microsoft DirectX Visual C Windows et al are registered trademarks from Microsoft SlimDX is an OpenSource project under MIT license All symbols and trademarks corresponding SlimDX belong to the SlimDX project SlimDX website http www slimdx org TabcontrolEX and TrackBars are customized versions for SMTT 2 0 with kind permission of Mick Doherty who contributed to the customizations for SMTT 2 0 himself Mick Dohertys website http dotnetrix co uk The products sold by Thomas Thiemann are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems automobile aircraft automobile devices aircraft devices automobile aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Thomas Thiemann disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Thomas Thiemann harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra hazardous use or sale 2011 Thomas Thiemann all rights reserved Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Supplement
36. nd to create shortcuts in the startmenu Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Installation SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Installation complete iR SMTT 2 0 Installation Complete Lance SMTT 2 0 has been successfully installed To end the Setup Wizard click gt Close The installation is complete and you may start SMTT 2 0 using the desktop icon or the start menu Notice Starting SMTT 2 0 for the first time will cause a dialog to show up that tells that there is no License key installed The required file will be sent to you by mail and is not part of the SMTT 2 0 setup If you need help installing the license key please read Selecting the License key File in the next chapter Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Installation SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 License and License Key Licensing SMTT 2 0 offers several licensing options In the first instance these options differentiate between private non commercial and commercial use of the software While the commercial licenses cover all kinds of commercial use especially but not limited to editorial hardware reviews and publishing the private license is available at a considerably reduced price and must not be used for the afore mentioned or any other kind of commercial applications Other non exclusive licensing options up to source code licensing may be negotiated with the author Acquisition of a License Licenses can be acquired at http sm
37. ng the keys ESC or SPACE on your keyboard Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 1 screen Preview Text Preview High Precision Counter 02063fps Deep Co g Text Size Jb III III III III Est Rows 17 Display FPS Scaling Text Color Background Color Green m U Blue Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 High Precision Counter High Precision Screen Preview Text Preview Counter 12 350 02063fps Gradients Deep Color B Text Size 36 A a R A E A A A Est Rows 17 v Display FPS ocaling Text Color Red 8 255 About SMIT Green RS 255 Blue 8 D Start Background Color Exit Red l U Green L U Blue This is the user interface of the High Precision Test that is displayed at every start of SMTT 2 0 The screenshot shows the user interface with desktop theme Aero applied The predefined settings are not just pleasant they are also functional Please note that the colors blue and yellow are complementary colors of the RGB color scheme The complementary contrast causes a contrast exaggeration in the human organ of sight which increases the ability to read values on screen But there is also a technical advantage White text on black background would also generate a high contrast but is much harder to handle by the camera because of the dark background an
38. on a system that is used for testing purposes only without any other third party software that may interfere with the 3D and CPU intense testing process or any other part of the software In addition to this we recommend to backup all of your data prior to installing SMTT 2 0 as a precaution measurement to protect your data even in a worst case scenario The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The author assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our website at http smtt thomasthiemann com IN NO EVENT WILL THOMAS THIEMANN BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS DOCUMENTATION OR PRODUCT EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THOMAS THIEMANN SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF INSTALLING REPLACING REPAIRING INTEGRATING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Thomas Thiemann reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice Display Lag or Display Lag is also known as
39. ontrol panel open the Display menu Anzeige and select Change resolution gt Aufl sung ndern next screenshot arrow 1 EN NVIDIA Systernsteuerung Datel Bearbeiten Desktop Anzeige Hilfe Zur ck Ga SH w hlen Sie eine Aufgabe E 3D Einstellungen D L Aufl sung ndern Bildeinstellungen mit Yorschau anpassen 3D Einstellungen verwalten Sie k nnen die Menge der Informationen die auf dem Bildschirm eingeblendet wird einsteller Phys Konfiguration Festlegen HO Format ausw hlen wenn Die em HD TV 5 erat verwenden und em landerspezifisches Sig Si Anzeige festlegen e Geng ndern 1 Die Anzeige ausw hlen die ge ndert werden soll GE J anzeigen E e und Position einstellen a zeigen einrichten CP Stereoskopisc e 3D Funktion NEC LCD 84 i Stereoskopische 30 Funktion einrichten Kompatibilit t mit Spielen anzeigen Video _ Video Farbeinstellungen andern Yideobildeinstellungen ndern hA Die folgenden Einstellungen anwenden E Workstation Yerbindung Gystem Topologie anzeigen OWI PL Anzeige 7 Aufl sung Eildwiederholfrequenz Benutzerdefiniert ep Hz k 1280 x 800 1250 x 720 S Farbtiefe H chste 32 Bit PC 1920 1200 nativ 1920 1080 m d To define a new custom resolution click the Add resolutions Anpassen button on the right screenshot arrow 2 Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0
40. or input box green Sets the intensity of the green component of the text color Redundant to track bar 7 Valid range of values 0 to 255 12 Text Color input box blue Sets the intensity of the blue component of the text color Redundant to track bar 7 Valid range of values 0 to 255 13 Text Color large scale color preview 14 Background track bar red Sets the intensity of the red component of the background color 15 Background track bar green Sets the intensity of the green component of the background color 16 Background track bar blue Sets the intensity of the blue component of the background color 17 Background input box red Sets the intensity of the red component of the background color Redundant to track bar 14 Valid range of values 0 to 255 18 Background input box green Sets the intensity of the green component of the background color Redundant to track bar 15 Valid range of values O to 255 19 Background input box blue Sets the intensity of the blue component of the background color Redundant to track bar 16 Valid range of values 0 to 255 20 Background large scale color preview Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Gradients High Precision Screen Preview Manual Settings Counter Leet o PN Tue che 256 Steps Gradients B 2 Gradients Se Color Selection End Switch Deep Color Double Gradients Slider Live Pre
41. ot be prolonged in this case The licensee that is responsible for any illegal distribution of SMTT by sharing e g upload to file hosters peer to peer sharing file sharing networks forums etc lending copying renting or any other kind of distribution not mentioned here has to compensate for every single copy that has not been explicitly authorized by Thomas Thiemann and for all additional costs that may arise from this illegal distribution including legal costs and administrative charges License Key Subsequent to the order of SMTT a personal license key will be created and stored as a file This file referenced as license key or license key is mandatory to use SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 checks the license key file during the program start and will report to the user if the file is unavailable damaged invalid or expired Usually the file will show the format Date_Surname Firstname_Licensetype License key Example 2012 09 28_ Mustermann Max_Commercial License key Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 License and License Key SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Delivery ofa License Key Ususally the license key file will be sent to by mail within the next two business days after purchase Personalisation The license key file is generated after purchase and contains detailed personal information for every single customer Part of the license key is the full name the email address and the license type Each key is attri
42. r Required Hardware A workstation graphics card that supports 10 bit per color output November 2011 Only the following models support 10 bit per color component NVidia Quadro FX x800 Quadro 3000 4000 5000 or newer and AMD FirePro Vx800 and Vx900 NOT capable of 10 bit color reproduction are all predecessors and all available desktop graphics cards Display Port cabling November 2011 With the exception of some medical displays all available displays that support 10 bit color depth require Display Port cabling for 10 bit color signals Amonitor that supports 10 bit signal input internal high precision color processing and a 10 bit panel for deep color reproduction Required Software Up to date graphics driver SMTT 2 0 including SMTT 2 0 software requirements Excecution of the Test Connect the monitor with Display Port cabling to the graphics card Depending on the monitor model a brief warm up period has to be taken into account Please see the monitor manual for details Assure that brightness and contrast are well adjusted Start SMTT 2 0 Open the Deep Color tab Select the grayscale test Deep Color Test Greyscale and click Start Evaluation Just take a look at the monitor As soon as the eye has adjusted to the displayed content you will notice several different shades of grey Displayed are two rows of gray color patches The second one is a reversed version of the first row Wi
43. s a fully functional connection to the internet or that all software requirements are already fulfilled before starting the setup process If the setup need to download additional components but cannot access the internet the setup will fail If you cannot connect to the internet we suggest to download all requirements to a external storage device external harddrive usb stick etc and install them prior to the SMTT 2 0 setup Illustrations During the following installation guidelines all folders and files will be highlited as they need special attention Examplefile ext or x Folder Everything that should be clicked with the mouse will be marked with an arrow arrow to the right and with a special text format E g To click an OK button this manual will read OK Installation Files For the most up to date version of the software SMTT 2 0 visit our website http smtt thomasthiemann com The zip file available for download contains all program files as setup package Missing components will be downloaded Please note Your license key represented by the file License key is not included in this download and will be sent to you by mail seperately Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Installation SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Installation Guidelines Save the file SMTT2 0O zip on your harddrive You will be able to extract this ZIP archive with the Windows Explorer by right clicking the file gt SMTT2 0 zip and selecting
44. s not require any user interaction The Installation of the Dotnet Framework 4 full will be started automatically as well Because of the size of this software the installation will take considerable more time Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 F SMTT 2 0 Setup S Installing Microsoft NET Framework 4 amp 86 and x64 This is the end of the install process for the following SMTT 2 0 software requirements Visual C 2010 Runtime Libraries Visual C 2008 Runtime Libraries Dotnet Framework 4 Full If your system does not meet the software requirement DirectX Jun 2010 please continue with the next chapter DirectX Jun 2010 DirectX is updated by Microsoft once in a while to support newest features and fix existing bugs SMTT 2 0 requires DirectX 11 but accesses DirectX 10 functionality as well The required support for the used functions is added to your system by installing DirectX version Jun 2010 or later Downloadsize DirectX Jun2010 96 MB It is recommended to install DirectX in advance to SMTT 2 0 to reduce the installation time If DirectX Jun2010 is not installed to your system the setup will show the dialog GG SMTT 2 0 m This application requires Directs Hund U or newer Please download and install the newest Direct update from Microsoft Click res below to open the Microsoft Directs Download website in your default browser Clic
45. s of the license select the first option agree and continue the installation with gt Next Microsoft R DirectX R wird installiert Direct A Setup s G aktualisierten Direct Laufzeitkomponenten und aktualisiert diese entsprechend Dies kann einige Minuten dauem Klicken Sie auf Weiter um die Installation zu starten Start the installation by clicking gt Next Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 The setup installs DirectX components to your system Microsoft R DirectX R wird installiert Status Bitte warten Sie w hrend Setup die folgenden Vorgange abschlieft Microsoft DirectX Die installieten Komponenten k nnen nun verwendet Abbrechen amp AUCK To end the installation of DirectX click Done Service Packs installation Revision 1 0 A detailed installation manual for Microsoft Service Packs would burst all limits SMTT 2 0 setup will open the Microsoft Service Pack Website for you to handle it yourself Please contact a professional for assistance if needed Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Supplement Legal Restrictions The content of this manual is protected by copyright laws Duplication of the manual is forbidden If you intend to make use of the manual or of parts of this manual for your work please contact the author first Thomas Thiemann All symbo
46. tailed timing information will open as soon as you click on gt Timing Example for 1920x1080 FullHD 1080p Enter the horizontal resolution 1920 Pixel Enter the vertical resolution 1080 Pixel Check the refresh rate 60 Hz To show the detailed timing settings click on Timing eu N that has to be changed Select gt CVT Reduced Blanking Click on the dropdown control to open the available options Automatic is the default value Test and apply your settings by clicking the Test button Your new custom resolution will be tested for 15 seconds To confirm that your setting is correct proper screen content without distortion or warning messages click Yes The Add Resolutions window will be shown next In contrast to the first time your new custom resolution should be listed Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Anpassen EX w hlen Sie de hinzuzuf genden Aufl sungen aus Sie k nnen eine Den epz Aufl f r eine Anzeige erstellen die u U keine standardm ige Windows Aufl sung verwendet Beachten Sie dass bei der Anwendung der Bildschirm f r kurze Zeit abgedunkelt wird Aufl sungen Benutzerdefiniert a E 1920 x 1080 bei 60 Hz 32 Bit Progressiv Bi x Fa 1280 x 300 bei 60 Hz 32 Eit Progressiv JI 1280 x 720 bei 60 Hz 37 Bib Progressiv E x HD 0 A Make sure that the checkbox infront of the custom resolution is checked To
47. th 8 bit per color you will see four patches of slightly different brightness that are colored with successive gray shades of the 8 bit color ramp With 10 bit per color you will see the same shades of gray as starting and ending color but divided up into 16 successive shades of the 10 bit color ramp So if the transition between start and end color of one row is divided into four 4 shades you will have the usual 8 bit color reproduction As soon as you can see more than four ideal would be 16 shades within a single row you will have 10 bit color reproduction on screen The previews below are highly exaggerated in terms of the contrast between the color patches These examples do not show the final result on screen as the differences between adjacent colors are tiny These examples are just used to explain the 16 shades result of 10 bit monitors even if a 8 bit monitor is used Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Evaluation Hints SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Example for 8 bit color reproduction Contrasts are highly exaggerated Example for 10 bit color reproduction Contrasts are highly exaggerated Notice Even at 8 bit it is hard to distinguish two adjacent colors from another To train your eye start at the cross at the centre of the screen and proceed with the outer hard contrasts between the upper and the lower row patches The contrast is three times 15 times higher than the contrast between two adjacent patch
48. the Option Extract El IP komprimierte Ordner extrahieren l x RF ZIP komprimierte Ordner extrahieren Wahlen Sie ein Ziel aus und klicken Sie auf Extrahieren Dateien werden in diesen Ordner extrahiert temp Durchsuchen Dateien nach Extrahierung anzeigen Please enter c temp as destination folder To extract the archive click gt Extract Open the folder c temp as shown in the next screenshot lol x e Computer Lokaler Datentr ger C temp Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Extras Organisieren sl ffnen Brennen Neuer Ordner joa oe 7 ME Computer al Name nderungsdatum Typ Gr e eS Diskettenlaufwerk A amp Lokal ger C ie Lokaler Datentr ger C a Recyde Ein i gt sMTT2 0Setup 21 10 2011 16 03 Windows Installer 2 272 KB 21 10 2011 16 03 Anwendung Benutzer A Documents and Settings a Dokumente und Einstellunge PerflLogs ProgramData Programme A Programme Programme x86 A Recovery E System Volume Information temp setup Anderungsdatum 21 10 2011 16 03 Erstelldatum 21 10 2011 17 51 Anwendung Gr e 432 KB Start the setup by double clicking the executable setup exe Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Installation November 2011 SMTT 2 0 Manual Revision 1 0 The SMTT 2 0 Setup Wizard opens that guides through the rest of the setup i SMTT 2 0 Ill Welcome to the MII 2 0 Setup Wizard kaft A S The inst l
49. the installation folder for SMTT 2 0 ig SMTT 2 0 F 5 x Select Installation Folder P en E The installer will install SMT 2 0 to the following folder To install in this folder chick Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Folder C Program FilessShMTT 2 0 Browse Disk Lost Install SMTT 2 0 for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer C Eyernone f Just me Cancel c Back If you intend to install SMTT 2 0 for all users that log on to the system select gt Everyone If SMTT 2 0 should be available for the actual user only select gt Just me To continue the installation select gt Next gt All user specific options have been set After confirming the installation process the setup will start installing the SMTT 2 0 files Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Installation SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 jie SMTT 2 0 Confirm Installation To confirm the installation click Next gt Notice According to your user account privileges the operating system may display a UAC dialog that asks for permissions to install the software You have to accept to continue the setup process UAC User Account Control security feature of Windows Vista 2008 or later Programs run with limited rights in the user space until they demand extended rights In this case the elevated rights are needed to copy files to the installation folder a
50. to display at least 16 or 17 rows on the screen see text box 5 Est Rows This will allow a temporal resolution of milliseconds on screen 16 17 rows display interval for each row approximately 1 millisecond 32 33 rows display interval for each row approximately 0 5 milliseconds Each millisecond value will be displayed on two successive rows Text Size input box Alternative input for the Text Size track bar Valid values cover the range between 10 and 100 The input equals the text size height in pixels Estimated Rows on screen output only Depending on the selected text size the last row of text rendered during the text may be partially displayed This row is not count for the estimated value even if there is just one pixel missing Display Frames Per Second FPS During the test an activated FPS rate display can be deactivated by pressing the key F Does not affect the screen preview only the test Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 7 Text Color track bar red Sets the intensity of the red component of the text color 8 Text Color track bar green Sets the intensity ofthe green component of the text color 9 Text Color track bar blue Sets the intensity of the blue component of the text color 10 Text Color input box red Sets the intensity of the red component of the text color Redundant to track bar 7 Valid range of values 0 to 255 11 Text Col
51. tt thomasthiemann com Private licenses can be purchased by PayPal Commercial customers get the additional ability to pay by bank transfer Validity SMTT 2 0 licences are valid for one year and will not be prolonged automatically To prolong the validity period of a license you have to contact the author of the software before the period ends A short mail containing your full name and the email address used for the initial registration is needed at least to qualify for the extension of the validity period Private SMTT licenses are limited to one person only and lose validity as soon as they are lent rent shared or distributed The licensee that is responsible for any illegal distribution of SMTT by sharing e g upload to file hosters peer to peer sharing file sharing networks forums etc lending copying renting or any other kind of distribution not mentioned here has to compensate for every single copy that has not been explicitly authorized by Thomas Thiemann and for all additional costs that may arise from this illegal distribution including legal costs and administrative charges Commercial SMTT license are valid for the number of users workstations that has been selected during the registration As soon as these numbers are exceeded the licensee has to report the new requirements to the author of the software and pay the difference between his license and the license that covers the increased number of users The license period will n
52. ums up to a total of 60 MB for downloading Depending on your internet connection this download may take several minutes or hours F SMTT 2 0 Setup Ee Microsoft Visual C 2010 x64 Redistributable Setup willkommen Sie m ssen die Lizenzbedingungen akzeptieren um fortzufahren of MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LIFENZBES MICROSOFT VISUAL C 2010 RUNTIME LIBRARIES Ja Informationen ber meine Erfahrungen mit Setup an die Microsoft Corporation senden Wenn Sie weitere Informationen ben tigen lesen Sie die Datensammlungsrichtlinie GE main e Please read the Microsoft license agreement agree to the terms by activating the upper checkbox Arrow 1 I have read the license agreement and continue the installation by clicking on gt Install gt Installieren Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 Appendix SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Ee Microsoft Visual C 2010 x64 Redistributable Setup ol xi Die Installation ist Ay abgeschlossen Microsoft Microsoft Visual C 2010 x64 Redistributable wurde Visual Studio d lt Auf der Website Microsoft Visual Studio k nnen Sie sich informieren ob eine neuere Version dieses Pakets verf gbar The installation ends with a brief confirmation dialog End the VC 2010 runtime setup by clicking gt Done gt Fertig stellen F SMTT 2 0 Setup The installation of Visual C 2008 SP1 Runtime Libraries starts automatically and doe
53. undException Troubleshooting Reinstall Visual C 2008 SP1 runtime libraries and Visual C 2010 SP1 runtime libraries directly from Microsoft Download Links 32 Bit Visual C 2008 SP1 x86 Visual C 2010 SP1 x86 Download Links 64 Bit Visual C 2008 SP1 x64 Visual C 2010 SP1 x64 The downloads are about 6MB in size Please note that 64 bit versions of SMTT 2 0 will need the 64 bit versions x64 of the corresponding runtime library as well Note Microsoft is responsible for the content of the Microsoft download website and the content of the downloaded files To find the most up to date download just enter the full description as given above into the search field of your preferred search engine e g Bing Google etc Thomas Thiemann SMITT 2 0 Known Limitations SMTT 2 0 Manual November 2011 Revision 1 0 Appendix Adding a custom resolution NVidia Notice Note Defining custom resolutions that your monitor does not support may cause irreparable damage to your hardware Please do not define any resolutions that are not supported by your monitor Please see the monitor manual for details If you do not exactly know which resolutions are supported it is recommended to ask a professional All settings at your own risk Neither SMTT 2 0 nor the author of SMTT 2 0 are responsible for your settings or the consequences of your custom settings like direct or indirect damages to your hardware Procedure Open the NVIDIA c
54. view CO scaling Presets E WS About SMITT The Gradients section of SMTT 2 0 offers almost endless opportunities to display linear gradients These color gradients can be used to distinguish the ability of the monitor for correct and differentiated color reproduction SMTT 2 0 offers user controls to define custom gradients for your very special needs by selecting the start and end color the number of steps within the transition between these selected colors and the number of gradients that should be displayed on the monitor For fast access to common gradients used for monitor reviews twelve predefined presets are available The default setting displays two linear gradients from black to white with 256 steps each Due to the opposite direction both sides of the monitor can be equally evaluated displaying light and dark color shades at once The last Preset button is special Alternating black and white lines will be displayed on your monitor to cause Moir patterns if the image is displayed with a non pixel aligned horizontal scaling The line adjustment shifts by 1 pixel to circumvent build in optimizations for plain Moire tests with straight lines Thomas Thiemann SMTT 2 0 SMTT 2 0 Handling SMTT 2 0 Manual High Precision Counter Gradients Deep Color Scaling About GMIT Start Exit Description Screen Preview Manual Settings 1 128 Steps 3 00 A Gradients Color Selection Switch D

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