The Ancillary Status option provides broadcasters, studios, OB and broadcast manufacturers with a detailed analysis of the ancillary data present in a SDI signal. A simple grid layout provides a quick view check for an engineer of the available vanc/anc ancillary data. The packet type is then displayed as present, absent or red if in fault. Simple icons next to the packet indicate the fault. Each ancillary packet available from the grid view can be set to enable logging and then presented together with other information in the events window of the logging menu. This option further allows additional 'user defined' selections with the appropriate DID or SDID code. Any ancillary packet code can be saved down for future recall. Please note this option does not fully decode the ancillary data. It is used to identify if the packet is present in the signal.