When programmed for fixed color pattern mode, Pattern Generator can generate a video image with a programmable fixed data pattern. The basic programming fields used for image dimensions are the same ones used for the color bar patterns. When sending fixed color patterns, the color bar controls allow alternating between the fixed pattern data and the bit-wise inverse of the fixed pattern data.

The fixed color patterns assume a fixed block size for the byte pattern to be sent. The block size is programmable through the register and is designed to support most 8-bit, 10-bit, and 12-bit pixel formats. The block size should be set based on the pixel size converted to blocks that are an integer multiple of bytes. For example, an RGB888 pattern would consist of 3-byte pixels and therefore require a 3-byte block size. A 2x12-bit pixel image would also require 3-byte block size, while a 3x12-bit pixel image would require nine bytes (two pixels) to send an integer number of bytes.

The fixed color patterns support block sizes up to 16 bytes in length, allowing additional options for patterns in some conditions. For example, an RGB888 image could alternate between four different pixels by using a twelve-byte block size. An alternating black and white RGB888 image could be sent with a block size of 6-bytes and setting first three bytes to 0xFF and next three bytes to 0x00.

To support up to 16-byte block sizes, a set of sixteen registers are implemented to allow programming the value for each data byte. The line period is calculated in units of 10 ns, unless the CSI-2 mode is set to 400-Mb operation in which case the unit time dependancy is 20 ns.