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I am using an eval board for an FPGA application that is transmitting HDMI out of the highspeed serial links of an FPGA, to this DP159 part, then out to a monitor. When the HDMI cable is connected from the eval board and DP159, to a monitor, everything works fine. The thing is, I want to do Eye Diagram measurement out of this eval board, and through a custom Flex CCA and out through another board. But here is the problem, whenever I disconnect the cable, even though the FPGA is still transmitting Data, the DP159 stops transmitting.
My question is, how can I have the DP159 device continue to send out TMDS signals without a cable attached? We have tried to put a dummy cable that has 100Ohm termination resistors on it to simulate a load, but it still turns off the outputs. I have tired changing the registers of the device to ignore the HPD, I have also disconnected the DDC I2C bus from the device (it still works in this mode with the cable connected).
Are there other registers that are not listed in the datasheet that I can tweak to have it output valid signals without a monitor attached?
Thanks for the help and support!
Jesse C.