TranScan/8583 - TranScan/LAN
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1. Below that is the current message view For each dialect four views are available as described here with their keyboard trigger B Message Routing and type Show source destination and type C Message Overview Show selected but not all fields H Hex display Show unparsed hex view of the data D Complete message Show all ISO fields e In parentheses at the screen top is the underlying protocol BSC SNA X 25 FR Frame Relay Second line screen center contains the number of characters or data bytes currently in the capture file if one was specified When a wrap around file is being used parentheses around the number indicate that the file has wrapped and that new data is currently overlaying the oldest data e In the upper right screen corner are the transmitted and receive legend colors as well as counts of the characters transmitted and received in each direction March 24 2000 Page 14 TranScan 8583 User s Manual In the body of the screen the messages are displayed Each message is preceded by a header which contains a sequential message number followed by the decimal based length of the message Note that message direction is indicated by color corresponding to the upper right legend Actual data values are in high intensity tones while the field labels are in low intensity tones If the parse and decode of the ISO message reveal a violation of the ISO parsing table then the offending field will be hig2. ESC to return to the Master Menu 12 5 X 25 Decode Option 12 5 1 X 25 Decode Real Time Monitor To display decoding of the X 25 protocol layers in real time From the Master Menu select N From the X 25Menu select B From the X 25 Monitor Menu select J From the screen that displays the X 25 counters the various X 25 decoding levels may now be selected When monitoring is finished press ESC then ESC again to return to Master Menu 12 5 2 X 25 Decode Option Display Previously Captured Data To display decoding of the X 25 protocol layers in a captured file If data file to be displayed was not just captured From Master Menu select option H From Disk Storage Menu select option G Press enter twice to use the default drive and path Select the desired file and press the enter key Press ESC to return to the Master Menu In all cases From the Master Menu select N From the X 25 Master Menu select A From the Captured X 25 Data Display Menu the various X 25 decoding levels D E or F may now be selected When finished viewing captured data press ESC to return to the X 25 Menu Then press ESC to return to the Master Menu March 24 2000 Page 36 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 13 Trouble Shooting This section covers various errors that may occur with TranScan 8583 For additional support send e mail to support transcan com or phone 415 835 1000 Description Action to tak
3. each field in the selected dialect These definitions provide the user with a tutorial view of the dialect field formats useful beyond just trap specification TX1 004 AMT BCD 12N GE 000000002500 TX1 022 POS ENT MD BCD 4N LT 0200 BIT NUMBERS gt TX1 000 BITMAP TX1 002 PRI ACCT TX1 003 PROC CD TX1 004 AMT TX1 005 SETL AMT TX1 006 BILL AMT TX1 007 TRNS DT TX1 008 BILL Hel ESI F10 f ae OERE After you have defined your trap and it is considered active the ISO TRAP MENU DISPLAY will look like this March 24 2000 Page 27 TranScan 8583 User s Manual This Trap Group will be in effect until you unload it or exit TranScan Be sure to unload your traps on a shared TranScan and always check for loaded traps when you take over a shared system 8 4 Using Traps in Real Time Display and Captured ISO Data Display Once a Trap Group has been loaded it will be in effect during both real time and captured data displays 8 4 1 Real Time ISO Trapping Display During real time ISO data display with optional capture counts are maintained on the number of trap occurrences during this monitoring session Using the T keyboard option you may choose to see all messages A trapped messages only T or untrapped messages only U A trap summary count S is also available The summary of those counts as shown on the screen below will overlay the top left portion of the realtime ISO display Remember tha
4. SAP address es gt gt gt gt March 24 2000 Page 12 TranScan 8583 User s Manual After the appropriate options are set select the Run ISO Message Format option The following intermediate screen will then appear RUN ISO MESSAGE FORMAT A Display Only C Display and Capture D Change Message Dialect Current VISA Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen ESC SNA Menu Select the desired option e If Option A or Option C is selected the ISO Message Monitor screen will ear For detail on those screens and options see section 5 3 Real Time ISO Message Display all protocols 2 A message stating Protocol Changed to SDLC may also appear March 24 2000 Page 13 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 5 3 Real Time ISO Message Display all protocols The Real Time ISO Message Monitor Display is the same for all underlying communications protocols Received HDR LN 16 HDR FMT i TXT FMT i MSG LEN 6699 DEST 666800 tt SRCE 990304 RND TRIP G8 BI FLG AAAA MSG FLG 666606 BATCHH GB RESERV 660642 USER INF A MSG TYPE 0100 BITMAP 7204248108418010 PRI ACCT 9943050100053931 PROC CD 666666 AMT 666680801399 TRNS DI 6961185649 EXP DI 8811 ACQ CNTRY 846 POS ENT MD B0120 POS COND AA ACQ INST 999999 RET REFH 696187198686 ACPT ID 9930000141 AD DATA 7CC2 CUR CD 840 POS CAP 72 e The top left corner of the screen shows either Display Only or the name of the file into which data is being collected
5. option F Select option P If change in format is desired press F and select desired format If change in message range desired press R then set range Select desired print option S P or C for print A or E for exporting to a file 12 4 SNA Decode Option 12 4 1 SNA Decode Real Time Monitor To display decoding of the SNA protocol layers in real time From the Master Menu select L e From the SNA Menu select B From the SNA Monitor Menu select I e From the screen that displays the SNA SDLC counters the various SNA and SDLC decoding levels may now be selected e When monitoring is finished press ESC then ESC again to return to Master Menu 12 4 2 SNA Decode Option Display Previously Captured Data To display decoding of the SNA protocol layers in a captured file If data file to be displayed was not just captured From Master Menu select option H e From Disk Storage Menu select option G Press enter twice to use the default drive and path e Select the desired file and press the enter key March 24 2000 Page 35 TranScan 8583 User s Manual Press ESC to return to the Master Menu In all cases From the Master Menu select L From the SNA Master Menu select A From the Captured SNA Data Display Menu select C The various SNA and SDLC decoding levels may now be selected When finished viewing captured data press ESC to return to the SNA Menu Then press
6. 583 User s Manual 6 Displaying ISO Captured Data This section describes the procedure to display data that has already been captured to disk To display data previously captured to disk first select option H DISK STORAGE MENU from the Master Menu Note if data just captured to file is to be displayed then this step can be skipped as the last captured data file is still retained The Disk Storage Menu will be displayed DISK STORAGE MENU Save Setup Program and Messages Save Captured Data Save Both Load Setup Program and Messages Load Captured Data Load Both Load Mega Captured Data C SMART SVDATA Delete Functions Rename Captured Data Rename Mega Captured Data Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen ESC Main Menu Select option G LOAD MEGA CAPTURED DATA Press the enter key twice to select the default drive C and path GSMARTNSVDATAN Select the desired file by highlighting the file name using the up down cursor keys and the page up page down keys then pressing the enter key A message LOADING filename will appear briefly When the message disappears the file is ready to display The LOADING message may flash very guickly on the screen When finshed viewing the captured data press the ESC key to return to the Master Menu March 24 2000 Page 16 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 6 1 Displaying Captured BiSync Data To display data captured from BiSync lines ent
7. Each Trap ff can have up to 16 separate ISO message fields to check for specific conditions Multiple trap fields in a single numbered trap are logical AND condition Currently all fields in all Trap s for the currently loaded Trap Group are considered active for trapping This means that all conditions will be checked in all messages An ISO message will be considered trapped when it meets ALL of the trap criteria logical AND in ANY Trap logical OR Put simply if a message meets all of the field criteria for any active trap it is considered a trapped message All Trap definitions are DIALECT DEPENDENT The ISO field definitions can change from dialect to dialect e g VISA to MASTERCARD and will cause unpredictable results when Traps for one dialect are paired with messages from another dialect March 24 2000 Page 25 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 8 3 Defining Traps The ISO Trap Menu appears below ISO TRAP MENU L List Trap Groups C Create New Trap Group E Edit Current Trap Group S Save Current Trap Group U Unload Current Trap Group V View Current Trap Group X eXit to Main Menu Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen ESC Return From this menu you can load and thus activate a trap group unload a trap group create a trap group or edit an existing trap group March 24 2000 Page 26 TranScan 8583 User s Manual As you define your trap groups you will be able to page through format definitions for
8. Note that this may not be message number 1 if the CONTINUOUS mode was used and the file has wrapped For information on how to scroll around the captured data see section Messages Display Options When finished viewing captured data press ESC to return to the SNA Menu e then press ESC to return to the Master Menu March 24 2000 Page 18 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 6 3 Displaying Captured Frame Relay Data For Frame Relay lines enter the following options From the Master Menu select M FRAME RELAY MENU to get the Frame Relay menu e Select option A FRAME RELAY CAPTURED DATA DISPLAY MENU and the next menu appears CAPTURED FRAME RELAY DATA DISPLAY MENU Captured File Name Captured DLCI Filter Captured SAP Filters Current SAP Filters Change Message Dialect Set ISO Traps Display ISO Messages Captured File Information Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen ESC Previous Menu From the above screen SAP filters can be entered to filter the captured data for display Select option B Current SAP Filters the following options may be selected A All SAPs B SSAP Only C DSAP Only D SSAP amp DSAP E SAP Pair For options B through E enter the 2 hexadecimal digit SAP address es gt gt gt gt Select option E Display ISO Message Format and the ISO Captured Data Display screen will appear Captured ISO messages are now displayed starting with the first one available fr
9. TranScan 8583 User s Manual March 24 2000 Copyright 1987 2000 Ontrac Consulting Inc 45 Chaucer Court San Ramon CA 94583 TranScan 8583 User s Manual Preface This document contains procedures for use of the TranScan 8584 to capture and or display messages which are formatted in one of the supported dialects of ISO 8583 message format TranScan 8583 will take a message formatted according to ISO 8583 standards parse it and display it in an easily readable format ISO 8583 is the ISO standard for message formats for Bankcard interfaces The major international and many regional ATM and POS switches use ISO 8583 TranScan 8b88 can also perform functions found in traditional Line Monitors Protocol Analyzers The description of these additional functions can be found in the IDS Manual of Operation for Sherlock Models 5415 and 5475 1 The Material presented in this publication is copyright protected by Ontrac Consulting Inc and may not be reproduced in any form by any method for any purpose without the prior written consent of Ontrac It is against the law to copy the software except in accordance with the terms of the licensing agreement March 24 2000 Page ii TranScan 8583 User s Manual Table of Contents March 24 2000 Page iii TranScan 8583 User s Manual 1 Introduction to TranScan TranScan 8583 is a hardware and software package designed to support the monitoring and analysis of communicatio
10. U The Frame Relay Menu will appear From the FRAME RELAY Menu select option B FRAME RELAY MONITOR MENU For ISO monitoring of an X 25 line from the Master Menu select option N X 25 MENU The X 25 Menu will appear e From the X 25 Menu select option B X 25 MONITOR MENU March 24 2000 Page 10 TranScan 8583 User s Manual The SNA Frame Relay or X 25 monitor menu will appear Below is the SNA Monitor Menu The Frame Relay and X 25 monitor menu are similar except the Frame Relay monitor menu will have DLCI and SAP filter options instead of TD and RD Trap options SNA MONITOR MENU TD Trap RD Trap Trap Position SDLC Station Address Frame Timestamp ISO Capture File Name C SMART SVDATA MEGACAP ISO Capture File Control CONTINUOUS ISO Capture File Size 2 10 Run SNA Monitor Run ISO Message Format Set ISO Traps Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen ESC Main Menu If capturing the file to disk is desired the Mega Capture file parameters can be changed or the current defaults can be used e To set up a new file name select the ISO Capture File Name option e Press enter twice to use the default disk drive C and default path name SMART SVDATA Note that these values will reflect the disk and paths chosen during installation Then enter the file name you wish 1 to 8 alpha numeric characters and press the enter key e To change the file control e g continuous wrap of file or s
11. U select desired option A B or C When display capture complete or when desired press ESC to exit display capture mode 12 2 Display Previously Captured ISO Bitmap Message Data If data file to be displayed was not just captured e From Master Menu select option H e From Disk Storage Menu select option G Press enter twice to use the default drive and path Select the desired file and press the enter key Press ESC to return to the Master Menu For BiSync lines e From the Master Menu select option D From the Display Captured Data Menu select option F e When finished viewing captured data press ESC to return to the Master Menu For SNA lines From the Master Menu select L e From the SNA Menu select A e From the Captured SNA Data Display Menu select D ISO Message Format March 24 2000 Page 34 TranScan 8583 User s Manual For Frame Relay lines From the Master Menu select M From the Frame Relay Menu select A e From the Frame Relay Captured Data Display Menu select E Display ISO Messages For X 25 lines From the Master Menu select N From the X 25 Menu select A e From the Captured X 25 Data Display Menu select G Display ISO Message Format 12 3 Printing Exporting Messages Display formatted ISO messages either through the real time Monitor display or the Captured Data display If using the real time display freeze the display
12. ages Display Options The following list of options is available in ISO display mode either in freeze mode during realtime display or while displaying a captured file Press O from the captured data display menu to see these options B Display Msg Routing Type S Turn Sound On Off C Display Msg Overview W Toggle Timestamp Display D Display Complete Msg Z Refresh Current Display E Show Blanks as Non Blank 2 25 Line Display G Toggle Field Labels Bit Number Name 4 43 Line Display H Display Hex Msg 5 50 Line Display L Change Dialect 8 28 Line Display N Find Msg Number Show Blanks as Non Blank P Print Show Blanks as Non Blank R Display Ruler at Cursor Most of these options are self explanatory For the few that are not E d Z 2 8 In some messages it is unclear whether there are a blanks spaces in a field or not Use option E in conjunction with the and options to show blanks as a non blank character Label for fields can either be a symbolic label or an ISO bit number label The G option toggles between the two Jump to a specified message number Creates where the cursor is a ruler line to help you count characters in a field Various display options for number of lines per screen Normally screen is set to 25 line display Selects the next in the available set up characters to substitute for blank in a message Selects the previous in the available set of characters to substitute fo
13. another printer The file naming convention is file name Pnn where file name is the name of the file currently being captured if in real time or already captured if printing display of captured data nn is a unique number starting with 00 as the first generated This file is put in the SMART SVDATA directory There are two file export functions from the print menu A creates an ASCII image file one line per message These files can also be manipulated by ASCII file editors or programs The file naming convention is fileename Ann where file name is the name of the file currently being captured if in real time or already captured if printing display of captured data nn is a unique number starting with 00 as the first generated This file is put in the SMART SVDATA directory E creates a pre Export file These files can imported into Microsoft Access or other database programs The file naming convention is file name Enn where file name is the name of the file currently being captured if in real time or already captured if printing display of captured data nn is a unique number starting with 00 as the first generated This file is put in the SMART SVDATA directory Contact TranScan support to receive a Windows program to create a MS Access database from these files 4 Tf running under Windows the Windows print spooler will handle printed output March 24 2000 Page 31 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 10 SNA and X 25 De
14. code Real Time amp Captured Data Display An option available with the TranScan 8583 provides for decoding of SNA and X 25 transmissions For a complete description on the use of these options see Manual of Operation for the Model 5300 SNA Option or Sherlock Manual of Operation March 24 2000 Page 32 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 11 Changing the TranScan Configuration To re configure TranScan select the P CONFIGURE TRANSCAN Master Menu option The following screen will be displayed CONFIGURATION MENU Interface Adapter Type Internal Board Base I O Address 300 H Printer Port Parallel Port 1 378 H Initialization File Name VISO Path For SVISO Files C SMART SVISO Path For Disk Storage C SMART SVDATA Paper Width Page Length 80 cols 66 lines Printer Type HP DeskJet Plus LaserJet Monitor Type COLOR Monitor Installation ID OK to use Expanded Memory YES ISO Transmit Receive Colors NON ISO Iso Display Color Background BLUE Display Color Foreground Bright GREEN Transmit Display Color Received Data Bright WHITE Receive Receive Display Color Cursor Bright RED Save Parameters Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen ESC Main Menu The options are described as follows A Your choices are a the internal board b the external parallel port version c enhanced parallel port ECP B For internal board this will normally be 300H and matches board dip switches For parallel port
15. colored in the msg field The label and data for trapped fields will also be yellow On monochrome or gray scale monitors the T and the field labels will blink Trapped fields will be processed like error fields which means that trapped fields will be displayed regardless of current message display option B C D The following print options are provided e Print all messages trapped amp not trapped e Print trapped messages only e Print not trapped messages only The following display options are provided e Show all messages trapped amp not trapped e Show trapped messages only e Show not trapped messages only In addition a summary of active traps and their definitions can be displayed while viewing ISO messages The ISO Trap menu can be activated from multiple menus e Main Menu option O ISO TRAP MENU e All of the protocol specific menus wherever the ISO Message Display option appears the Set ISO Traps option also appears It is important to remember that when a Trap Group is loaded it will stay active until explicitly unloaded or TranScan is exited When a Trap Group is created it is loaded and active March 24 2000 Page 24 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 8 2 Trap Organization Trap Group A group of traps is stored in a file with an ITF file extension A Numbered Trap Each file can have up to 16 Trap s specified Multiple numbered traps are logical OR conditon Trap Field
16. dded support for many of these dialects to support the user base who gateways into the different Bank Card Networks The TranScan has grown in function and now handles a number of different higher level or application level message formats that are not ISO 8583 yet are specifiable in our table driven format We encourage our users to send us specifications for their message formats for inclusion in their system as a new dialect So as on the various screens you see the word ISO please substitute application message in your mind as TranScan now handles much more than the ISO 8583 formats 1 2 Operational Principles As you use TranScan please remember the following general operational principles e When in doubt hit the F1 key for help The F2 key will return you to where you were March 24 2000 Page 1 TranScan 8583 User s Manual As you move through the menu functions you will find that at the bottom of the screen are displayed some of your keyboard choices and their meaning Because all of the possible commands available cannot fit on the bottom of the screen when you are in any of the ISO display functions you may hit O for a complete list of all the keyboard options available to you at this point as well as a brief description of their affect To return to where you were before hitting O hit Z or the esc key to refresh the screen e The ESC key will always take you out of the current function you ar
17. e HARDWARE FATLURE Check that the TranScan 5300 box is turned on message appears box Check cable connections to the TranScan hardware box If all else fails power off the TranScan hardware box then power it back on No ISO messages Displayed If a message Waiting for Data is displayed check in Real Time display patch connection to line being monitored Also check leads on 5300 box If the numbers in the upper right hand corner are increasing then protocol data is being transmitted but no messages are being sent e g no STX on a BiSync line No ISO messages displayed There may not have been any messages on the from Captured file communications Displayed from line when capturing data Protocol data may have been written over captured messages on a CONTINUOUS file See also Corrective Action for No ISO messages Displayed in Real Time display above Master Menu does not If another menu appears hit ESC key two or appear on the screen three times If the DOS prompt SMART SYSTEM appears type SVS or transcan then press enter If under Windows and there is no DOS prompt start MS DOS then type transcan then press enter If the above actions do not solve the problem re boot the PC or shut down and turn off the PC wait about 20 seconds then turn the PC on March 24 2000 Page 37 TranScan 8583 User s Manual ISO message print not For printing from DOS program under Windows generating any out
18. e in and return you back to the previous menu level from which you came The enter key is used to accept the default for any menu choice you have selected There is a background printer called the spooler to which you can print a file at any time In the non ISO screens use the F10 key to print that screen From an ISO data display screen chooses P to bring up the print prompts From most screens hitting F9 will bring up a printer status window e Whenever you capture data all of the line data is put to disk This is regardless of which view ISO vs protocol level which ISO dialect or any traps that may be in effect during the capture This means that you can re display that captured data with any other view dialect or trap Also RS232 and V35 control leads are captured with the data All files captured while in the ISO display mode are kept as mega capture files These are files which can be up to 2 Gigabytes in size These files are identified with a DOS suffix of MCD Smaller captured files can be used for non ISO capturing and are identified by a DOS suffix of CD You can look at any of these files with any view ISO or non ISO March 24 2000 Page 2 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 2 Software Installation When you receive your system you will also have received detailed installation instructions During the install process you will have selected which hard drive and which starting subdirectory to use when the sy
19. er the following options From the Master Menu select option D DISPLAY CAPTURED DATA MENU The following will appear DISPLAY CAPTURED DATA MENU A Split TD RD B TD Only C RD Only D Character Interleave E Row Interleave F ISO Message Format G Set ISO Traps H Change Message Dialect Current VISA Z Captured File Information Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen ESC Return Select option F ISO FORMAT The Captured Data display will appear Captured ISO messages are now displayed starting with the first one available from the file Note this may not be message number 1 if the CONTINUOUS mode was used and the file has wrapped For information on how to scroll around the captured data see section Messages Display Options March 24 2000 Page 17 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 6 2 Displaying Captured SNA Data For SNA lines enter the following options From the Master Menu select L SNA MENU to get the SNA menu Select option A SNA CAPTURED DATA DISPLAY MENU and the next menu appears CAPTURED SNA DATA DISPLAY MENU TD Only RD Only TD and RD ISO Message Format Set ISO Traps Change Message Dialect Current VISA Captured File Information Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen ESC Return Select option D ISO Message Format and the ISO Captured Data Display screen will appear Captured ISO messages are now displayed starting with the first one available from the file
20. hlighted in red and will be followed by an error message Any field in error will be shown regardless of the current message view If you have selected message frame time stamping you have four different permutations for including the time stamp in the message display By toggling on the W key you can see them all The bottom portion of the screen shows various keyboard options for changing views and freezing the display If you freeze the display you can scroll around in those messages which currently fill up the display buffer This will normally be from 20 to 30 messages Meanwhile if you have specified display and capture all of the data is still going to the disk file The use of keyboard characters for scrolling through the cursor between messages while frozen and also while displaying previously captured data is described in section Moving Through Captured Data Don t forget that at any time in this display you may hit O to display all of the current options U unfreezes the screen and puts the view back in synch with those messages going to disk e When you have captured enough data hit the ESC key and the file will be saved and closed Note that when you exit from display and capture a box appears saying Updating header of block n of m This indicates that the file capture index file has been saved thus preserving the sequential number integrity of the captured file March 24 2000 Page 15 TranScan 8
21. identical between the different protocols From the main menu there are four paths for displaying and capturing ISO data One path is for lines with BiSync protocol the three other paths are for SNA X 25 and Frame Relay protocols Once down a level in either path the menus are very similar as will be seen in the following sections March 24 2000 Page 6 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 5 1 ISO Message Capture Display on BiSync Lines The following describes the steps for ISO monitoring of a BiSync communication line To cause time stamps to be displayed and saved with each frame message choose the B Manual Setup from the main menu and then choose O Timestamp and select Frame From the Master Menu select option C DATATRAP MONITOR MENU The Datatrap Monitor Menu will appear DATATRAP MONITOR MENU TD Trap RD Trap Trap Position Timer TD TRAP TO TD TRAP Run Datatrap Monitor Mega Capture File Name C SMART SVDATA MEGACAP Mega Capture File Control CONTINUOUS Mega Capture File Size 5 LO Run Mega Capture Run ISO Message Format Set ISO Traps Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen ESC Main Menu If capturing the file to disk is desired the Mega Capture file parameters can be changed or the current defaults can be used e To set up a new file name select option F Mega Capture File Name Press enter twice to use the default disk drive C and default path name SMART SVDATA Note that these
22. ing place with a block status count If you have chosen the file control type Stop when full then the file will continue to be captured until it reaches its specified size or will be saved as is when you hit ESC If you have chosen a wrap around file hitting the ESC key will cause the file to be saved If Option A or Option C is selected the ISO Message Monitor screen will appear For details on those screens and options see the section 5 3 Real ime ISO Message Display all protocols Before monitoring data you may change your dialect by selecting option D positioning the selection bar on your choice and hitting the enter key You may also change dialects while displaying real or captured ISO data by pressing L and answering the prompt Before monitoring you also have the option of bringing up an RS232 control lead window by selecting the F option March 24 2000 Page 8 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 5 2 ISO Message Capture Display for SNA X 25 and Frame Relay For ISO monitoring of an SNA line from the Master Menu select option L SNA MENU The SNA Menu will appear SNA MENU A SNA CAPTURED DATA DISPLAY MENU B SNA MONITOR MENU Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen ESC Main Menu e From the SNA Menu select option B SNA MONITOR MENU March 24 2000 Page 9 TranScan 8583 User s Manual For ISO monitoring of an Frame Relay line from the Master Menu select option M FRAME RELAY MEN
23. ns messages on Bank Card networks TranScan provides a rich set of layered functions addressing the needs of such varied groups as Network Technicians running Bank Card Networks Software Developers implementing new functions for those networks and Network Certifiers ensuring the capability of Network participants 1 1 TranScan as a Traditional Monitor and Application TranScan is built on top of traditional data scope or line monitor functions Thus it can perform a range of functions from displaying and capturing non interpreted data on communications lines to performing such functions as Bit Error Rate Testing BERT and BLERT When displaying complex communications protocols such as SNA and X 25 TranScan offers higher level mnemonic decoding functions TranScan also contains a programming capability in the Data Solve Language allowing users to create and run programs that act as network endpoints The Data Solve functions include the incorporation of previously captured data into program data streams These non ISO set of functions are described in detail in the IDS Sherlock Manual of Operation This manual will provide more detail on those functions pertaining to the higher level analysis of communications messages Originally TranScan was designed to parse and display various dialects of the ISO 8583 Message Format for BankCard Processors This ISO standard has had a number of different transmission implementations The TranScan has a
24. om the file Note that this may not be message number 1 if the CONTINUOUS mode was used and the file has wrapped For information on how to scroll around the captured data see section Messages Display Options March 24 2000 Page 19 TranScan 8583 User s Manual When finished viewing captured data press ESC to return to the Captured Frame Relay Captured Data Display Menu then press ESC to return to the Frame Relay Menu e then press ESC to return to the Master Menu March 24 2000 Page 20 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 6 4 Displaying Captured X 25 Data For X 25 lines enter the following options From the Master Menu select N X 25 MENU to get the X 25 menu Select option A X 25 CAPTURED DATA DISPLAY MENU and the next menu appears Select option G Display ISO Message Format and the ISO Captured Data Display screen will appear Captured ISO messages are now displayed starting with the first one available from the file Note that this may not be message number 1 if the CONTINUOUS mode was used and the file has wrapped For information on how to scroll around the captured data see section Messages Display Options When finished viewing captured data e press ESC to return to the Captured X 25 Captured Data Display Menu e then press ESC to return to the X 25 Menu e then press ESC to return to the Master Menu March 24 2000 Page 21 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 6 5 ISO Mess
25. put 95 98 NT the printer must have a DOS LPTn under Windows 95 98 NT assigned From the Windows Start button select Settings Control Panel Double click the Printers icon Right click on the printer and click Properties Click on the Details tab Click the Capture Printer Port tab From the Device drop down list select LPT1 Check the Reconnect at Logon check box Click OK Click OK again March 24 2000 Page 38 TranScan 8583 User s Manual End of Document March 24 2000 Page 39
26. r blank in a message March 24 2000 Page 22 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 7 Changing Dialects TranScan 8583 supports multiple dialects of the ISO 8583 standard There are a number of states during processing when you can change from one dialect to another While in real time or captured data display if you enter L the following menu will appear CHOOSE DIALECT DELUXE AUTO DLX HEX BIT DLX EBC BIT DLX ASC BIT FMT8 HONOR FMT8 INTER EBCDIC CHAR EBMS EPSS HEXADECIMAL HYPERCOM JCB MASTERCARD NONISO 1 ON X VISA PLUS 8583 SHAZAM XP SHAZAM NXP SHAZAM AUTO VISA Select the desired dialect option from this menu by positioning the selection bar using the cursor and pressing enter After selecting the dialect you may be prompted for skip over bytes Some dialects have an ambiguous parsing footprint when their messages are preceded by device emulation control bytes The skip over allows the parser to avoid those control bytes As an example Visa never requires specification of skip over bytes while MasterCard on bisync does March 24 2000 Page 23 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 8 Setting and Using ISO Traps 8 1 Trapping Overview ISO Trapping allows Transcan to check for specific data conditions in ISO Messages and to use these traps to create filters for ISO Display and printed output On the ISO message display screen trapped messages will be shown with a yellow T in place of the directionally
27. ser s Manual 4 TranScan Master Menu After starting TranScan 8583 the splash screen showing copyright information and start up self test will be displayed If no start up self test problems are found the Master Menu will display in a couple of seconds All TranScan function begins here TranScan 8583 NETWORK PROTOCOL ANALYZER Version 3 00 A AUTO SETUP I PRINTER MENU B MANUAL SETUP MENU J SYSTEM INFORMATION C DATATRAP MONITOR MENU K SELF TEST D DISPLAY CAPTURED DATA MENU L SNA MENU E ERROR RATE TEST MENU M FRAME RELAY MENU F PROGRAM MENU N X 25 G EDIT MESSAGES MENU O ISO TRAP MENU H DISK STORAGE MENU P CONFIGURE TRANSCAN Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen March 24 2000 Page 5 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 5 ISO Message Real Time Display and or Capture Data This section covers how to monitor a communications line that has messages formatted in one of the supported ISO 8583 dialects When monitoring a communications line there are three modes available Display parsed and labeled data fields in real time while capturing all of the original data to a pre specified disk file e Display the data without capturing it to disk Capture all of the data to disk without displaying it in real time When performing the real time application level monitoring function choose the menu selection based on the underlying communications protocol of the line Once the protocol based decision has been made the menus are almost
28. stem is installed The defaults are C for the hard drive and NSMART for the top directory level In this manual we will refer to those defaults so please mentally substitute your choices if you did not use the defaults As you receive software updates to your system they will be accompanied by instructions If new fields have been added to a dialect an upgrade may only involve copying in some tables If the software function has changed then a fuller install will occur In either case the installation will only reguire you to put the diskette in your A or B drive and key in as appropriate A INSTALL After the software has been installed you will find that three sub directories have been created NSMARTNSYSTEM contains the software programs NSMARTNSVDATA will contain the files you save These include captured monitoring files as well as saved setups traps and Data Solve programs e NSMARTNSVISO contains the parsing table TranScan uses March 24 2000 Page 3 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 3 Starting TranScan If yours is a standard DOS system the TranScan will be loaded on every boot Sometimes however it may be necessary to exit to DOS in order to copy a file to diskette etc and then return to the TranScan program To start TranScan at the DOS prompt enter TRANSCAN or o enter DOS command CD SMART SYSTEM e enter SVS Either should start the TranScan software March 24 2000 Page 4 TranScan 8583 U
29. t regardless of the Trap Group filter you may be using while displaying and capturing your ISO data all of the data is going to the hard drive 8 4 2 Captured ISO Trapping Display When you reguest to view an ISO file while you have a Trap Group Filter active you will first see a summary of all of the occurrences of your traps within the groups To see the file itself press ESC March 24 2000 Page 28 TranScan 8583 User s Manual ISO TRAP SUMMARY Captured File SNADEMO Trap Group HIGHAMT High amount mag stripe read _ View Trapped Fields Help Sbpooler Print Screen Return Once you are viewing an ISO file with trapping you may use the J Jump Next Trap and K Jump Prev Trap keyboard options to move forward to the next trap or back to the previous trap March 24 2000 Page 29 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 9 Printing Messages The TranScan can be configured for two types of printers e A generic epson compatible printer An HP DeskJet or LaserJet PCL printer Printer configuration is accomplished by invoking the P CONFIGURE TRANSCAN option on the Main Menu Messages may be printed from either the Captured Data display or the real time ISO Message Monitor display In order to print messages from the real time Monitor display first freeze the screen with option FH From the display screen selection option P for printing The following menu will appear PRINT EXPORT CAPTURED DATA Format Comple
30. te Msg Trapped All Messages Range Msg 3 to Msg Available Msg 1 to Msg Create Ascii image file DEMOSNA A02 Create print image file DEMOSNA P00 Create pre Export file DEMOSNA E01 Format change Print messages directly to printer Range change Send messages to background printer Trapped range change 1 Help Esc Exit yN C E F P R S T F Set the desired format and message range from and to message numbers before printing The format choices appear when you enter F and are the same 4 formats as for real time display HEX Complete Msg Message Overview Message Routing and type 3 While in freeze of realtime ISO display only the messages in the display buffer are available for printing March 24 2000 Page 30 TranScan 8583 User s Manual To change the message number range for printing enter R Note that the available range is displayed for you If a Trap Group is currently active you may select T and decide to print All Messages Trapped Messages only or Untrapped Messages only There are 3 ways to print S sends the print job to a background printer which allows you to return to monitoring while the job prints This option is only applicable while running under DOS Windows has its own printer spooler P sends the print job directly to the printer The system will remain in this menu until printing completes C creates a print file to be copied on diskette and moved to
31. this will normally by 378H C Select the printer port address D Override of setup parms Use a ST file E DOS path for parsing tables Contact Ontrac if changing F Path name for saving your files of all types G Printer paper page and width H Generic or HP PCL printer I Choose the monitor type or let TranScan figure it out with AUTO choice J Provide an ID that will display on each screen To distinguish local from remote screen K TranScan to use expanded memory Recommend this is set to Yes L Choose ISO display colors M P Choose non ISO display colors S Choose if you want to save your current configuration selections Choose the S Save Parameters to save the new configuration To maintain the old one hit ESC March 24 2000 Page 33 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 12 Ouick Reference Below is a guick reference for capturing displaying and printing communications data 12 1 Real Time Monitor and or Capture Data of ISO Bitmap Messages For BiSync select option C from the Master Menu e For SNA select option L from the Master Menu then option B SNA Monitor Menu e For Frame Relay select option M from the Master Menu then option B Frame Relay Monitor Menu For X 25 select option L from the Master Menu then option B X 25 Monitor Menu If capturing data set ISO Capture File options name control and size Select option Run Monitor ISO Message Format From the RUN ISO MEN
32. top when file is full select the ISO Capture File Control option then select the desired control type from the list of options To change the maximum captured file size select the ISO Capture File Size option Size is specified in block units where each block is 8K of data A file size of 10 blocks will be able to capture approximately 5 minutes worth of data on a 9 600 bps line The actual time will vary depending on how many messages are being transmitted and the line speed The maximum file size is March 24 2000 Page 11 TranScan 8583 User s Manual 130 000 blocks or approximately 1 giga byte of data The minimum block size is 2 Other options are available To have time stamps saved with the data choose the Frame Timestamp option and select B FRAME For SNA and X 25 data can be filtered for a specific SDLC Station Address Select this option and enter the 2 hexadecimal digit address e g C1 All data that is not from or to the specified SDLC station address will not be displayed nor will it be captured to file For Frame Relay data can be filtered for a specific DLCI Select option A DLCI Filters and enter the 4 digit DLCI to monitor For Frame Relay data can be filtered on DSAP and or SSAP Select option B SAP Filters You are then given 5 options A All SAPs B SSAP Only C DSAP Only D SSAP amp DSAP E SAP Pair For options B through E enter the 2 hexadecimal digit
33. values will reflect the disk and paths chosen during the installation and are changeable via option P Configure TranScan from the main menu Then enter the file name you wish 1 to 8 alpha numeric characters and press the enter key e If desired to change the file control e g continuous wrap of file or stop when file is full select option G Mega Capture File Control Then select the desired control type from the list of options If desired change the Mega Capture file size by selecting option H Size is specified in block units where each block is 8K of data A file size of 10 blocks will be able to capture approximately 5 minutes worth of data at 9 600 bps line The actual time will vary depending on how many messages are being March 24 2000 Page 7 TranScan 8583 User s Manual transmitted and the line speed The maximum file size is 130 000 blocks or approximately 1 giga byte of data The minimum block size is 2 After the appropriate options are set select J Run ISO Message Format The following intermediate screen will then appear RUN ISO MESSAGE FORMAT Display Only Capture Only Display and Capture Change Message Dialect Current VISA Change Protocol CodeSet Current EBCDIC Show Control Leads Fl Help F9 Spooler F10 Print Screen ESC Main Menu Select the desired option e If option B Capture Only is selected a Mega Capture status screen will appear indicating that capture is tak
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