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Video Port Control Registers

Table 2–5. Video Port Control Register (VPCTL) Field Descriptions (Continued)

Bit	field†	symval†	Value	Description
2	TSI			TSI capture mode select bit.
		NONE	0	TSI capture mode is disabled.
		CAPTURE	1	TSI capture mode is enabled.

1	DISP			Display mode select bit. VDATA pins are configured for output.
				VCLK2 pin is configured as VCLKOUT output.
		CAPTURE	0	Capture mode is enabled.
		DISPLAY	1	Display mode is enabled.

0	DCHNL			Dual channel operation select bit. If the DCDIS bit in VPSTAT
				is set, this bit is forced to 0.
		SINGLE	0	Single-channel operation is enabled.
		DUAL	1	Dual-channel operation is enabled.

†For CSL implementation, use the notation VP_VPCTL_field_symval

Table 2–6. Video Port Operating Mode Selection

	VPCTL Bit
TSI	DISP	DCHNL	Operating Mode

0	0	0	Single channel video capture. BT.656, Y/C or raw mode as selected in VCACTL.
			Video capture B channel not used.
0	0	1	Dual channel video capture. Either BT.656 or raw 8/10-bit as selected in
			VCACTL and VCBCTL. Option is available only if DCDIS is 0.
0	1	x	Single channel video display. BT.656, Y/C or raw mode as selected in VDCTL.
			Video display B channel is only used for dual channel sync raw mode.
1	x	x	Single channel TSI capture.

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Texas Instruments TMS320C64x DSP manual Video Port Operating Mode Selection, Vpctl Bit

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Table 2–5. Video Port Control Register (VPCTL) Field Descriptions (Continued)

Bit

field†

DCHNL

DUAL

Table 2–6. Video Port Operating Mode Selection

VPCTL Bit

TSI

DISP

DCHNL

Operating Mode

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