Process FlowDisplayPort Compliance Program Overview
To complement the specification and enable measurement of compliance in real products, the VESA has instituted a Compliance Program that provides reasonable measures of acceptability. The Program is under the direction of VTM. Products that pass this level of acceptability are added to the Integrators List and have the right to license the DisplayPort Certified Logo. Please reference the Compliance FAQ section if you have further questions.
Test Houses
VESA certified 3rd Party Test Houses have been trained to perform tests for specific product types. Vendors are encouraged to pre-test their products in their own labs prior to submitting them for testing at a certified test facility. To earn the opportunity to receive a DisplayPort Certified Logo for your product(s), each product must pass a series of tests as described in the PHY Layer Compliance Test Specification and Link Layer Compliance Test Specification.
Current
All Products
Allion Test Labs, Inc.
9F, No. 3-1, Yuan Ku Street
Taipei, Taiwan 11543, R.O.C.
Tel: +886-2-2655-7877
Fax: +886-2-2655-7879
Email: sales@allion.com
URL: www.allion.com
Cable Assemblies and Connector Labs
ETC
Miss Sophia C. Liu
Leader, Electronics Testing Department, ETC
Tel: (886)-3-3276153
Fax: (886)-3-3276127
No.8, Lane29, Wen-ming Rd.
Kui-shan Hsiang, Taoyuan Hsien 333
Taiwan
E-mail: scl@etc.org.tw
URL: http://www.etc.org.tw
Coming Soon
National Technical Systems
5730 Buckingham Parkway
Culver City, CA 90230
Tel: 310 641-7700
Fax: 310 641-5827
Email: Raymond.chung@ntscorp.com
URL: www.ntscorp.com
Checklists
Compliance Checklists are a simple set of questions measuring product compliance in areas that are difficult to test. The main value of checklists is in the hands of the designer as the product is being designed and debugged.
VESA recognizes some DisplayPort enabled products are very similar (Example: different color of packaging) but may still have different product SKU's or model numbers. In an effort to not create extra work for product makers by requiring these similar products to be tested, VESA has established a Qualification by Similarity Guideline (see below).
At the conclusion of the testing, the tester knows whether the tested device is DisplayPort compliant, and if the device is considered to be compliant, the appropriate paperwork is sent to VESA via the compliance administrator VTM.
The Certified Logo License
Usage of the DisplayPort logo requires a product to be compliant as demonstrated by passing the DisplayPort Compliance Program. In addition to successfully completing the DisplayPort Compliance Program and having their product included under their company name on the Integrators List, companies must execute the DisplayPort Certified Logo License Agreement (PDF) to be eligible to use the logo in conjunction with the product. The DisplayPort Certified Logo License Agreement and Usage Guidelines for the DisplayPort logo are available as a PDF download here. The DisplayPort Certified Logo License Agreement (PDF) must be signed for access to the logo artwork and the right to use the logo with products that pass DisplayPort Compliance Testing and are included in the Integrators List.
After earning the certified logo and completing the appropriate paper work you have earned the right to use the compliance logo. Your product will be listed on the DisplayPort website according to product type.
VESA Sponsored Interoperability PlugTests
DisplayPort Interoperability PlugTests are members only events held regularly to promote DisplayPort product development, help foster communication between DisplayPort product manufacturers and ensure that DisplayPort products operate together. Our goal is to eliminate interoperability problems by ensuring proper implementation of DisplayPort products.
PlugTests are held about once a quarter at hotels in various locations and typically run for four days. Private test sessions are also scheduled between vendors. During these test sessions, the vendors validate that their products work well together.
Qualification by Similarity Guideline
When products are very similar, testing of one product may allow the other similar products to be added to the Integrators List without re-testing. If any "significant differences" exist between products, testing of each is required. The definition of "significant differences" is sometimes debatable and the final judgment is the responsibility of the VTM, the compliance administrator, who reports to the VESA Board of Directors. As decisions are made on what are "significant differences," the rules of thumb will be listed here. The ultimate responsibility for making sure that various production product models do not have "significant differences" from the product samples tested lies with each vendor. Audits by VTM that reveal discrepancies between shipping product and samples tested may be cause for required re-test, revocation of certification, and/or legal action.
Whom to Contact:
If you have questions or comments concerning the DisplayPort Compliance Program
please contact:
Bill Lempesis, Executive Director of VESA, bill@vesa.org
or
Bob Crepps, VTM, bcrepps@vtm-inc.com
