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Find Quality Products Online at: www.GlobalTestSupply.com [email protected] Table of Contents 1 Welcome to FTS_____________________________________________________ 1 2 Getting Started _____________________________________________________ 2 2.1 Control Window _______________________________________________________ 2 2.2 The Control Window Toolbar _____________________________________________ 2 2.3 Drop‐Down Menus _____________________________________________________ 3 2.4 Configuration Information on the Control Window ___________________________ 4 2.5 Status Information on the Control Window _________________________________ 4 2.6 Frame Information on the Control Window _________________________________ 5 2.7 Opening Serialtest Async ________________________________________________ 5 2.8 Minimizing Windows ___________________________________________________ 7 3 Hardware Settings __________________________________________________ 8 3.1 Serial Data Hardware Settings ____________________________________________ 8 3.2 Choosing Product and Com Ports__________________________________________ 8 3.3 Switching to Source DTE No Cables ________________________________________ 9 3.4 Using the Detect Now Button ___________________________________________ 10 3.5 Serial ComProbe Hardware Settings ______________________________________ 10 ____________________________ 10 3.6 Establishing Serialtest MLT______________________________________________ 11 3.7 Troubleshooting the MLT and Serialtest ___________________________________ 11 3.7.1 Advanced Hardware Settings _________________________________________________ 12 3.8 I/O Settings __________________________________________________________ 14 3.8.1 Spy Mode Settings on the I/O Settings Dialog ____________________________________ 14 3.8.2 Operating Mode ‐ Choosing to Monitor or Source ________________________________ 15 3.8.3 Bit Order _________________________________________________________________ 15 3.8.4 Flow Control ______________________________________________________________ 16 3.8.5 Selecting a Custom Protocol Stack _____________________________________________ 16 3.8.6 I/O Settings Dialog in Capture File Viewer _______________________________________ 16 3.8.7 Saving Configurations_______________________________________________________ 17 3.9 Synchronous Serial Hardware Setup ______________________________________ 18 3.9.1 Defining RS‐232 ComProbe I/O Settings ________________________________________ 18 iii Find Quality Products Online at: www.GlobalTestSupply.com [email protected] 3.9.2 I/O Settings _______________________________________________________________ 18 3.10 Connecting Cables_____________________________________________________ 19 3.10.1 Cable Configuration ______________________________________________________ 19 3.10.2 Creating a Dual Port Monitor Mode Cable Configuration_________________________ 20 3.10.3 Creating a Dual Port Source DCE Mode Cable Configuration ______________________ 20 3.10.4 Creating a Dual Port Source DTE Mode Cable Configuration ______________________ 21 3.10.5 Creating a Single Port Monitor DCE Mode Cable Configuration ____________________ 21 3.10.6 Creating a Single Port Monitor DTE Mode Cable Configuration ____________________ 22 3.10.7 Creating a Single Port Source DCE Mode Cable Configuration _____________________ 23 3.10.8 Creating a Single Port Source DTE Mode Cable Configuration _____________________ 23 3.10.9 Generic Channel Dependent Decodes Setup___________________________________ 24 3.10.10 Using a Converter________________________________________________________ 24 3.10.11 RS‐232 Pin‐outs _________________________________________________________ 25 3.11 Port Assignments _____________________________________________________ 26 3.11.1 Adding or Changing Port Assignments________________________________________ 26 3.12 Node Database _______________________________________________________ 27 3.12.1 Using The Node Database Manager _________________________________________ 27 3.12.2 Adding a Node Assignment ________________________________________________ 27 3.12.3 Modifying a Node Assignment______________________________________________ 28 3.12.4 Deleting a Node Assignment _______________________________________________ 28 3.12.5 Selecting and Applying a Node Assignment Template ___________________________ 29 3.12.6 Adding a Node Assignment Template ________________________________________ 29 3.12.7 Deleting a Node Assignment Template _______________________________________ 30 3.13 Decoder Parameters ___________________________________________________ 30 3.13.1 A2DP Decoder Parameters_________________________________________________ 31 3.13.2 Security Parameters______________________________________________________ 32 3.13.3 L2CAP Decoder Parameters ________________________________________________ 33 3.13.4 RFCOMM Decoder Parameters _____________________________________________ 35 3.13.5 Decoder Parameter Templates _____________________________________________ 36 3.14 Spy Mode____________________________________________________________ 37 3.14.1 Spy Mode Settings on the I/O Settings Dialog__________________________________ 38 3.14.2 FIFOs and Spy ___________________________________________________________ 38 3.14.3 Turning Off the FIFO Buffers _______________________________________________ 39 3.15 Modbus Special Instructions ____________________________________________ 40 3.15.1 Modbus Register Display Format Settings_____________________________________ 40 3.15.2 Setup For Modbus RTU and ASCII ___________________________________________ 41 4 Protocol Stacks ____________________________________________________ 43 4.1 Protocol Stack Wizard__________________________________________________ 43 4.2 Information Screen ____________________________________________________ 44 4.3 Creating and Removing a Custom Stack ___________________________________ 44 4.4 Saving User Defined Stacks _____________________________________________ 45 4.5 Reframing ___________________________________________________________ 46 iv Find Quality Products Online at: www.GlobalTestSupply.com [email protected] 4.6 Unframing ___________________________________________________________ 47 4.7 Providing Context For Decoding When Frame Information Is Missing ___________ 47 5 Capturing Data ____________________________________________________ 49 5.1 Capturing Data _______________________________________________________ 49 5.2 USB HCI Internal Software Tap Data Source Dialog __________________________ 50 6 Analyzing Byte Level Data ___________________________________________ 51 6.1 Event Display_________________________________________________________ 51 6.2 The Event Display Toolbar ______________________________________________ 51 6.3 Opening Multiple Event Display Windows _________________________________ 53 6.4 Calculating CRCs or FCSs ________________________________________________ 53 6.5 Calculating Delta Times and Data Rates ___________________________________ 54 6.6 Switching Between Live Update and Review Mode __________________________ 55 6.7 Data Formats and Symbols______________________________________________ 55 6.7.1 Switching Between Viewing All Events and Viewing Data Events _____________________ 55 6.7.2 Switching Between Hex, Decimal, Octal or Binary_________________________________ 56 6.7.3 Switching Between ASCII, EBCDIC, and Baudot ___________________________________ 56 6.7.4 Viewing Only ASCII (or EBCDIC or Baudot)_______________________________________ 56 6.7.5 Viewing Only Hex (Or Decimal or Octal or Binary)_________________________________ 56 6.7.6 Selecting Mixed Channel/Sides _______________________________________________ 57 6.7.7 List of All Event Symbols_____________________________________________________ 57 6.7.8 Font Size _________________________________________________________________ 59 7 Analyzing Protocol Decodes __________________________________________ 60 7.1 Frame Display Window_________________________________________________ 60 7.1.1 Frame Display Window______________________________________________________ 60 7.1.2 Frame Display Toolbar ______________________________________________________ 61 7.1.3 Frame Display Status Bar ____________________________________________________ 64 7.1.4 Hiding and Revealing Protocol Layers in the Frame Display _________________________ 64 7.1.5 Physical vs. Logical Byte Display_______________________________________________ 64 7.1.6 Sorting Frames ____________________________________________________________ 65 7.1.7 Synchronizing the Event and Frame Displays_____________________________________ 65 7.1.8 Working With Multiple Frame Displays _________________________________________ 65 7.1.9 Working With Panes________________________________________________________ 66 7.1.10 The Panes in the Frame Display_____________________________________________ 66