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1. Figure 2 9 ComProbe Analyzer Control Window Because the Control window can get lost behind other windows every window has a Home icon PB that brings the Control window back to the front Just click on the Home icon to restore the Control window When running the Capture File Viewer the Control window toolbar and menus contain only those selections needed to open a capture file and display the About box Once a capture file is opened the analyzer limits Control window functions to those that are useful for analyzing data contained in the current file Because you cannot capture data while using Capture File Viewer data capture functions are unavailable For example when viewing Ethernet data the Signal Display is not available The title bar of the Control window displays the name of the currently open file The status line below the toolbar shows the configuration settings that were in use when the capture file was created 2 3 1 Control Window Toolbar Toolbar icon displays vary according to operating mode and or data displayed Available icons appear in color while unavailable icons are not visible Grayed out icons are available for the ComProbe hardware and software configuration in use but are not active until certain operating conditions occur All toolbar icons have corresponding menu bar items or options Table 2 1 Control Window Toolbar Icon List eee eee Ka Open File Opens a capture file ve I O Settings
2. a 40 Figure 4 10 Frame Display Find text entry field 2 a 46 Figure 4 11 Search Find Dialog lee cece ee ee cece cece cece cece eee eeeeeeeereneeees 47 Figure 4 12 Frame Display File menu Byte Export eee cece cee cece cee cece ee ceeeeeeees 50 Figure 4 13 Byte Export dialog 2 22 22 c eee eee cece cece cee ceeeeceeceeeees 50 Figure 4 14 Save As dialog 22 22 eee ccc ec eee cee cece cece cece cece eee eceeceeceeceeeceeceeeee 51 Figure 4 15 Sample Exported Frames Text File l ele cece eee eee e cece eee eeeeeees 51 Figure 4 16 Example Protocol Tags 220 2 eee cece ccc cee cece ce cece cece cece cece eceeceeceeceeeees 52 vil ComProbe NFC User Manual Figure 4 17 Summary pane right with Tooltip on Column 5 Tran ID 53 Figure 4 18 Frame Display Protocol Layer Color Selector cece eee cee cece cece ceeceeeees 58 Figure 4 19 Example Set Conditions Self Configuring Based on Protocol Selection 60 Figure 4 20 Example Set Conditions Self Configuring Based on Frame Range 60 Figure 4 21 Two Filter Conditions Added with an AND Operator ee eee 62 Figure 4 22 Save Named Filter Condition Dialog 2 22 2 ee ee eee ec cece cece ec eecceeeceeeees 62 Figure 4 23 Using Named Filters Section of Quick Filters to Show Hide Filt
3. Figure 6 4 Event Display Print Dialog 3 Click the OK button If you chose Print Preview the system displays your data in a browser print preview display with options for printing such as page orientation and paper size You can also use your Printer Preferences dialog to make some of these selections When printing your data the analyzer creates an html file and prints the path to the file at the bottom of the page This file can be opened in your browser however it may appear different than the printed version 6 6 Exporting 6 6 1 Frame Display Export You can dump the contents of the Summary pane on the Frame Display into a Comma Separated File csv To access this feature 1 Right click on the Summary pane or open the Frame Display File menu 2 Select the Export menu item 3 Select a storage location and enter a File name 4 Select Save 6 6 2 Exporting a File with Event Display Export With the Event Display Export dialog you can export the contents of the Event Display dialog as a test txt CSV csv HTML htm or Binary File bin You also have the option of exporting the entire capture buffer or just the current selection of the Event Display dialog 102 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data Event Display Export File name C Users Frontline Desktop NFE wifi Save as type CSW File F ce v Event range Side AA Selection Both HME DCE 1 to 200
4. EET How Second 1 1 000000 Second a dh dl da Bilis e Go bo the bmestamp CG On o baoe the specified lima O Onor after the specihed lime Figure 5 6 Find by Time tab The analyzer can search by time in several different ways Search for Absolute Relative timestamp 79 Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data ComProbe NFC User Manual e Absolute An absolute timestamp search means that the analyzer searches for an event at the exact date and time specified If no event is found at that time the analyzer goes to the nearest event either before or after the selected time based on the Go to the timestamp selection e Relative A relative search means that the analyzer begins searching from whatever event you are currently on and search for the next event a specific amount of time away 1 Select Absolute or Relative 2 Select the date and time using the drop down lists for Month Year Day Hour Minute Second 1 10000000 I Note Month and Year are not available if you select Relative 3 When you have specified the time interval you want to use click on the Go To Move Forward or Move Backward buttons to start the search from the current event Note When you select Absolute as Search for Go To is available When you select H Relative as Search for Move Forward or Move Backwardis available Go to the timestamp On or before On or after The analyzer searches for an event that matches the time sp
5. Cancel Note 1 To apply resolution changes you must restart the program Help Note 2 Finer resolutions increase the capture file size Click Help for more information on how timestamps affect sistem performance Display Options Display Raw Timestamp Value Display Relative Timestamps Number of digits to display to the right of the decimal point Figure 7 1 Timestamping Options dialog 7 1 4 2 Enabling Disabling Timestamp To enable timestamping click to make a check appear in the check box Store Timestamps This time takes effect immediately Removing the check will disable timestamping 7 1 4 3 Changing the Timestamp Resolution This option affects the resolution of the timestamp stored in the capture file The default timestamp is 10 milliseconds This value is determined by the operating system and is the smallest normal resolutions possible Note The raw timestamp value is the number of 100 nanosecond intervals since the beginning of H January 1 1601 This is standard Windows time It is also possible to use high resolution ag E l l timestamping High resolution timestamp V Store Timestamps This item takes effect immediately values are marked by an asterisk as high Capture Options resolution in the drop down list To change Storage Resolution 0 50 Mictoseconds high resolution mi timestamping resolutions Note 1 To apply resolution changes you must restart the program 1 Goto the C
6. defined filters 2 i 2 Select the filter to be hidden from the Cancel Hep combo box 3 Click the Hide button The Hide button is only showing if the selected filter is currently showing in the Frame Display 4 Click OK The Hide Show Filters dialog box closes and the system hides the filter and removes the filter tab from the Frame Display If a display filter is hidden the following steps will reveal that filter in the Frame Display 1 Select Hide Show Display Filters from the Filter menu in the Frame Display window to open the Hide Show Filters dialog The system displays the Hide Show Filters dialog with a list of all user defined filters 2 Select the filter to be revealed from the combo box 3 Click the Show button 4 Click OK The Hide Show Filters dialog box closes and the system reveals the filter in the Frame Display You can also open the Quick Filter dialog and check the box next to the hidden filter to show or hide a display filter 64 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Hamed Filters Filter JASON LL 7 Filter Filterz Filter Role Slave SCO link Supported Filters Figure 4 23 Using Named Filters Section of Quick Filters to Show Hide Filters not automatically appear in other Frame Display windows You must use the Hide Show dialog to display a filter created in one Frame Display in different Frame Display window 4 4 1
7. 2 Choose System Settings from the Options menu 3 On the System Settings window click the Advanced button 108 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 7 General Information Advanced System Options warmy Be catebul when changing Ihese paameler Please read the online help Met or contact Technical Support Selecbons do not take effect unti FTS and ary datasources are Hated Diver Recent Buie Size in Ebates Dine Schon Queue Size in Operating Suslem Pages Fiame Complebon Timea m Seconds Figure 7 2 Advanced System Options dialog e Driver Receive Buffer Size in Kbytes This is the size of the buffer used by the driver to store incoming data This value is expressed in Kbytes e Driver Action Queue Size In Operating System Pages This is the size of the buffer used by the driver to store data to be transmitted This value is expressed in operating system pages e Frame Completion Timeout in Seconds This is the number of seconds that the analyzer waits to receive data on a side while in the midst of receiving a frame on that side If no data comesin on that side for longer than the specified number of seconds an aborted frame event is added to the Event Display and the analyzer resumes decoding incoming data This can occur when capturing interwoven data DTE and DCE and one side stops transmitting in the middle of a frame The range for this value is from O to 999 999 seconds Setting it to zero disables the ti
8. There are two steps to using a compound filter Define the filter conditions and then apply the filter to the data set The analyzer combines both filter definition and application in one dialog 1 Click the Display Filters icon Y on the Frame Display window or select Apply Modify Display Filters from the filter menu to open the Set Condition dialog box 2 Click the Advanced button on the Set Condition dialog box 3 Select Include or Exclude radio button 61 ComProbe NFC User Manual Now you can set the conditions for the filter 4 Select the initial condition for the filter from the combo box at the bottom of the dialog for Select each frame 5 Set the parameters for the selected condition in the fields provided The fields that appear in the dialog box are dependent upon the previous selection Continue to enter the requested parameters in the fields provided until the conditions statement is complete NOT Condition da where the protocol 7777 exists t x Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data Condition Select each frame where the protocol bd where the protocol with the conversation In the range with the size Figure 4 21 Two Filter Conditions Added with an AND Operator 6 Click the plus icon on the left side of the dialog box and repeat steps 4 and 5 for the next condition Use the up t and down 4 arrow icons on the left side of the dialog box to order your conditions and
9. 00 ag 00 o0 g Inthe Event Display bookmarks appear as a dashed line around the start of frame 1 M 0G 15 marker D0 4500 00 47 Tm ss Bookmarks are easy to create and maintain and are a very valuable tool for data analysis When you create or modify a bookmark you have up to 84 characters to explain a problem leave yourself a reminder leave someone else a reminder etc Once you create a bookmark it will be saved with the rest of the data in the cfa file When you open a cfa file the bookmarks are available to you Once you have created a bookmark you can use the Find function or other navigation methods to locate and move among them 5 2 1 Adding Modifying or Deleting a Bookmark You can add modify or delete a bookmarks from Frame Display and Event Display Add 1 Select the frame or event you want to bookmark 2 There are three ways to access the Add Bookmark dialog a Select Add or Modify Bookmark from the Bookmarks menu on the Frame Display and Event Display b Select the Add or Modify Bookmark Li icon on one of the toolbars or c Right click on the frame event and choosing Add Bookmark 3 In the dialog box add a comment up to 84 characters in the text box to identify the bookmark 4 Click OK Once you create a bookmark it will be saved with the rest of the data in the cfa file When you open a cfa file the bookmarks are available to you 91 Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data Co
10. Non Captured Info Baseband with Auto traverse Note If the frames are sorted in other than ascending frame number order the order of the frames Si in the buffer is the sorted order Therefore the last frame in the buffer may not have the last frame number 4 4 1 2 Frame Display Status Bar The Frame Display Status bar appears at the bottom of the Frame Display It contains the following information e Frame s Selected Displays the frame number or numbers of selected highlighted frames and the total number of selected frames in parentheses e Total Frames The total number of frames in the capture buffer or capture file in real time e Frames Filtered In The total number of frames displayed in the filtered results from user applied filters in real time 4 4 1 3 Hiding and Revealing Protocol Layers in the Frame Display Hiding protocol layers refers to the ability to prevent a layer from being displayed on the Decode pane Hidden layers remain hidden for every frame where the layer is present and can be revealed again at any time You can hide as many layers as you wish Note Hiding from the Frame Display affects only the data shown in the Frame Display and not any information in any other window There are two ways to hide a layer 1 Right click on the layer in the Decode pane and choose Hide protocol name Layer In All Frames 2 Click the Set Protocol Filtering button on the Summary pane toolbar In the Protocols to
11. ontline Communications Foster Fei NFC A NFO B NFG F PROTOCOL ANALYZER User Manual Revision Date 11 2 2015 ComProbe NFC User Manual Copyright 2000 2015 Frontline Test Equipment Inc FTS Frontline Frontline Test System ComProbe Protocol Analysis System and ComProbe are registered trademarks of Frontline Test Equipment Inc The Bluetooth SIG Inc owns the Bluetooth word mark and logos and any use of such marks by Frontline is under license All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners ComProbe NFC User Manual Contents Chapter 1 ComProbe Hardware amp Software 1 1 1 WV ele IS in EMIS MINA ose eee tee scene eee AG neneeu sees EEEE ENNE EE rAr eiS r TENER 2 1 2 Computer Minimum System Requirements 22 eee eee eee eee cee cece eee oanrin 2 1 3 Software Installation Hd ht eit aie dane tr te hs Hee deduct EAE ARLE mamataan 2 PLRO GO a a ese ee ee ee 2 1 3 2 From Download La a adan mana kas aata aa saad HG GG NAN ANT NING ONE SUIT eoe saae Eeen bini 3 Chapter 2 Getting Started 4 21 NFC Hardware aaa na ADA eens NAA AR E anh 4 2 1 1 Hardware Installation l cece ee ee ce ee ee eee eee cece eee eee eens 4 2 1 2 NFC Hardware Settings cisco ce oe te ee ee 5 21 3 Capt Ws sono aceceteecosceesdoscSesarkaeee ase dete de iaeee cues oeaneuemeae AA 5 2 2 Data Capture Methods aaa a toate hacen BE a Ban aa AABANG AGA AA 8 2 2 1 Opening ComProbe D
12. the delete button x to delete conditions from your filter 7 Continue adding conditions until your filter is complete 8 Include parentheses as needed and set the boolean operators 9 Click OK 10 The system displays the Save Named Condition dialog Provide a name for the filter condition or accept the default name provided by the system and click OK Save Named Condition Mame This Condition Eien User Defined Conditions Filberl Figure 4 22 Save Named Filter Condition Dialog 269 4 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual The Set Condition dialog box closes creates a tab on the Frame Display with the filter name and applies the filter When a display filter is applied a description of the filter Filter Include each frame where the protocol Data exists appears to the right of the toolbar in the Frame Display windows Note The OK button on the Set Condition dialog box is unavailable grayed out until the H condition selections are complete 4 4 1 13 1 5 Defining Node and Conversation Filters There are two steps to using Node and Conversation display filter Define the filter conditions and then apply the filter to the data set The analyzer combines both filter definition and application in one dialog 1 Click the Display Filters icon Y on the Frame Display window or select Apply Modify Display Filters from the filter menu to open the Set Condition dialog box 2
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14. Figure 7 6 Example Side Names Where Slave and Master are current 1 To open the Side Names dialog choose Side Names from the Options menu on the Control window 2 Tochange aname click on the name given in the Current Names column and then click again to modify the name a slow double click 3 Select OK to initiate the changes The changes that have been made will not fully take effect for any views already open Closing and reopening the views will cause the name change to take effect 4 Torestore the default values click the Set Defaults button 7 1 4 Timestamping Timestamping is the process of precise recording in time of packet arrival Timestamps is an optional parameter in the Frame Display and Event Display that can assist in troubleshooting a network link 7 1 4 1 Timestamping Options The Timestamping Options window allows you to enable or disable timestamping and change the resolution of the timestamps for both capture and display purposes To open this window Choose Set Timestamp Format from the Options menu on the Frame Display and Event Display window or click on the Timestamping Option ga icon in the Event Display toolbar The Timestamping Options window will open 113 Chapter 7 General Information ComProbe NFC User Manual Timestamping Options Store Timestamps This item takes effect immediately Capture Options storage Resolution 0 50 Microseconds high resolution 7
15. Frame Display Print Dialog 99 Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 5 Select the range of frames to include All or Selection in the Frame Range section of the Frame Display Print dialog Choosing All prints up to 1000 frames from the buffer Choosing Selection prints only the frames you select in the Frame Display window 6 Selecting the Delete File deletes the temporary html file that was used during printing 7 Click the OK button Frame Display Print Preview The Frame Display Print Preview feature provides the user with the option to export the capture buffer to an html file The maximum file size however that can be exported is 1000 frames If you chose Print Preview the system displays your data in a browser print preview display with options for printing such as page orientation and paper size You can also use your Printer Preferences dialog to make some of these selections When printing your data the analyzer creates an html file and prints the path to the file at the bottom of the page This file can be opened in your browser however it may appear different than the printed version 1 Select Print Preview from the File menu on the Frame Display window to display the Frame Display Print Preview Frame Display Print Preview Provide information to export data trom the currently selected filter tab Include Detail Section Summary No decode section Data Bytes 5 All layers Sel
16. Opens settings Start Capture Begins data capture to disk Stop Capture Available after data capture has started Click to stop data capture Data can be reviewed and saved but no new data can be captured E Save Saves the capture file Jf Clear Clears or saves the capture file 11 Chapter 2 Getting Started ComProbe NFC User Manual Table 2 1 Control Window Toolbar Icon List continued Description Event Display framed data only Opens a Event Display with the currently selected bytes highlighted Frame Display framed data only Opens a Frame Display with the frame of the currently selected bytes highlighted Notes Opens the Notes dialog Cascade Arranges windows in a cascaded display 2 3 2 Configuration Information on the Control Window The Configuration bar just below the toolbar displays the hardware configuration and may include I O settings It also provides such things as name of the network card address information ports in use etc 2 3 3 Status Information on the Control Window The Status bar located just below the Configuration bar on the Control window provides a quick look at current activity in the analyzer Capture Status Not Active Capture ko Single File M A used Utilization 0 Host O Control Events 0 e Capture Status or Status for Sodera displays Not Active Paused or Running and refers to the state of data capture o Not Active means that the analyz
17. The character set can be A The the MARYA BRA changed from the Format menu or by right clicking on the X pane and choosing the appropriate character set C Copy Selection to Clipboard Because the Character pane displays the logical bytes rather 2 Select Entire Frame than the physical bytes the data in the Character pane may p Change Text Highlight Color be different from that in the Event pane See Physical vs Pi ka Logical Byte Display for more information E ASCI 71 bit ASCI Colors are used to show which protocol layer each byte belongs to The colors correspond to the layers listed in the EBCDIC Decode pane Baudot 55 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data The Event Radix Binary Character and Decode panes are all synchronized with one another Clicking on an element in any one of the panes highlights the corresponding element in all the other panes 4 4 1 11 7 Binary Pane The Binary pane displays the logical bytes in the frame in binary Because the Binary pane displays the logical bytes rather than the physical bytes the data in the Binary pane may be different from that in the Event pane See Physical vs Logical Byte Display for more information Colors are used to show which protocol layer each byte belongs to The colors correspond to the layers listed in the Decode pane The Event Radix Binary Character and Decode panes are all synchronized with one another Clicking on
18. Then click OK 4 4 1 13 3 2 Easy Protocol Filtering There are two types of easy protocol filtering The first method lets you filter on the protocol shown in the Summary pane and the second lets you filter on any protocol discovered on the network so far 73 Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data The following sections describe how to navigate through the data and how to find specific data or packet conditions of interest to the user 5 1 Find Capturing and decoding data within the ComProbe analyzer produces a wealth of information for analysis This mass of information by itself however is just that a mass of information There has to be ways to manage the information ComProbe software provides a number of different methods for making the data more accessible One of these methods is Find Decode Pattem Time GoTo Special Events Bookmark Seach fee imestan You Day Hou Go to the bmesismp On or before the penhad ime On ot alter the pecihed time Figure 5 1 Find Dialog 74 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data Find as the name suggests is a comprehensive search function that allows users to search for strings or patterns in the data or in the frame decode You can search for errors control signal changes bookmarks special events time and more Once the information is located you can easily move to every instance of the Find results 5 1 1 Searching wit
19. determine whether a connection can should be made to a device prior to making the connection Note If a Bluetooth device does not support Extended Inquiry Response the tab displays H Received Signal Strength Indication RSSI data which is less extensive than EIR data 4 2 Protocol Stacks 25 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data 4 2 1 Protocol Stack Wizard The Protocol Stack wizard is where you define the protocol stack you want the analyzer to use when Select a Protocol Stack decoding frames Select a protocol stack Build Your Own To start the wizard B0211MAC 802 11 Radio Air Sniffer i BlueCore Serial Protocol BCSP from Cambridge Silicon Radio with autot 1 Choose Protocol Stack from the Options a menu on the Control window or click the Besctocth HOT USE wth miotravere Bluetooth virtual transport with autotraverse 0020202000000000 O O Fictitious Protocol with autotraverse Protocol Stack icon 3 on the Frame Baa aiana jwt Protocol LE BB D ispl ay MWS Wireless Coexistence Interface 2 Current Protocol Stack 2 Selecta protocol stack from the list and click Bluetooth Virtual Transport with Autotraverse Finish Most stacks are pre defined here If you have special requirements and need to set up a custom stack see Creating and Removing a Custom Stack on page 27 1 If you select a custom stack i e one that was defined by a user a
20. the analyzer shows this using a special event marker You can use Find to locate single or multiple special events To access the search for special events function 1 Opena capture file to search 2 Open the Event Display PP or Frame Display 6 window 3 Click on the Find icon Ah or choose Find from the Edit menu 4 Click on the Special Events tab of the Find dialog Note The tabs displayed on the Find dialog depend on the product you are running and the Si content of the capture file you are viewing 82 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data Decode Paten Time GoTo Speca Even Bookmark Abod Begin Char Sinp C Broken Frame T Butter O vesiiow C Capture Paused C Capture Resumed Cl Dropped Franss C Dropping Sync C End Char Stnp C End of Frame C Flow Control Active 7 Flow Control Inactree Frame Recognize Changed 110 Settings Changed Figure 5 8 Find Special Events tab 5 Check the event or events you want to look for in the list of special events Use Check All or Uncheck All buttons to make your selections more efficient 6 Click Find Next and Find Previous to move to the next instance of the event Not all special events are relevant to all types of data For example control signal changes are relevant only to serial data and not to Ethernet data For a list of all special events and their meanings see List of all Event Symbols on page 37 5
21. 13 1 7 Editing Filters A Note When you have multiple Frame Display windows with a display filter or filters those filter do Modifying a Condition in a Filter 1 Click the Display Filters icon VW on the Frame Display window or select Apply Modify Display set Condition Ko Curentu Ache Condition Filler Filters ASCIE 3 Filters from the Filter menu to open the Set Condition dialog box The Set Condition dialog box displays the current filter definition at the top of the dialog To display another filter click the Open 2 icon and select the filter from the pop up list of all the saved filters 2 Editthe desired parameter of the condition Because the required fields for a condition statement depend upon previously selected parameters the Set Condition dialog box may display additional fields that were not present in the original filter In the event this occurs continue to enter the requested parameters in the fields provided until the condition statement is complete 3 Click OK The system displays the Save Named Condition dialog Ensure that the filter name is displayed in the text box at the top of the dialog and click OK If you choose to create an additional filter then provide a new name for the filter condition or accept the default name provided by the system and click OK The Set Condition dialog box closes and the system applies the modified filter Note When a display filter is applied a
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23. 67 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data e Classic Bluetooth o All will filter in all Classic Bluetooth frames You are in effect filtering out any Bluetooth low energy frames and are selecting to filter in all the Classic Bluetooth links o Links displays all the master slave links You can select only one link to filter in The selected link will filter in only the frames associated with that link e Bluetooth low energy o All will filter in all Bluetooth low energy frames You are in effect filtering out any Classic Bluetooth frames and are selecting to filter in all Bluetooth low energy access addresses o Access Addresses displays all the low energy slave device s access address You can select only one access address to filter The selected link will filter in only the frames associated with that access address e 802 11 o All will filter in all 802 11 frames You are in effect filtering out any other technology frames e HCI o All will filter in all HCI frames You are in effect filtering out any other technology frames Frame Display TestFileSlimmer cfa File Edit View Format Live Filte Bookmarks Options Window Help A 3 Ya a Quick Filtering z a AG F m as li bi ane 6 471 Master Len 289 Apply Modify Display Filters O g Fimt Q B O Sum E rors ts Baseband Packet Status CAL DAG sis rhein Baseband Hide Show Display Filters
24. AMP a NFC Sniffing ma 002 11 AMP Interlaced Page Scan a 002 11 Interlaced Page Scan of 902 11 Bluetooth Coexistence EI a Classic low energy Air Sniffing 7 a Combined Connection Classic low energy oo Classic low enengy 802 11 Air Sniffing bd GP oU2 11 Classic low energy Coexistence 5 Ci Two 802 11 and One BPA 500 ro High Ta Serial Sniffing i o Virtual Sniffing 4 FTS Side mi EEE11073 Bi a Cancel Help Create Shortcut hen Run e Requires one ComProbe NFC hardware e Captures and Decodes NFC data 2 3 Control Window The analyzer displays information in multiple windows with each window presenting a different type of information The Control window opens when the Run button is clicked in the Select Data Capture Method window The Control window provides access to each ComProbe analyzer functions and settings as well as a brief overview of the data in the capture file Each icon on the toolbar represents a different data analysis function 10 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 2 Getting Started ba ComProbe Protocol Analysis System ComProbe NFC File View Lwe Options Window Help F e EER ppa Configuration ComProbe NFC 5N Capture file C Users Publi Documents Frontline Test Equipment My Capture Files Capture 2013 05 22 122911 cfa Capture Status Paused Capture to Single File lt 1 used Packets on h jw 0 Utilization 0 MFC Fvente 1 For Help Press Fl Packet Decoder O pps
25. Capture Methods This section describes how to load Frontline Test Equipment Inc ComProbe Protocol Analysis System software and how to select the data capture method for your specific application 2 2 1 Opening ComProbe Data Capture Method On product installation the installer creates a folder on the windows desktop labeled Frontline ComProbe Protocol Analysis System lt version gt 1 Double click the Frontline ComProbe Protocol Analysis System desktop folder This opens a standard Windows file folder window di b Frontline ComProbe Protocol Analysis System 12 11 662 0 Include in library Share with Burn New folder pra Name O sktop i di Development Tools wnloads di Documentation cent Places J Maintenance Tools ogle Drive Er Capture File Viewer E ComProbe 802 11 with Wireshark z PA AT cuments dy Documents Select to open Capture Methods Figure 2 8 Desktop Folder Link ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 Double click on Frontline ComProbe Protocol Analysis System and the system displays the Select Data Capture Method dialog ComProbe Protocol Analysis System Version gt Frontline ComProbe Protocol Analysis I Note You can also access this dialog by selecting Start gt All Programs gt Frontline System Three buttons appear at the bottom of the dialog Run Cancel and Help When the dialog first opens Cancel and Help are active and the Run button is
26. Click on the Find icon AA or choose Find from the Edit menu 4 Click on the Bookmarks tab of the Find dialog Note The tabs displayed on the Find dialog depend on the product you are running and the content of the capture file you are viewing 89 Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Find Ethernet Sniffer Decode Patten Time GoTo Special Everts Bookmark Franek d Book 44 First emor 12 6 2010 11 2548 18062 Forward Frames 106 Souta kinconect 12 6 2010 11 25 56 7c Frame 108 The tenestamnp seems ko be off on thee frome 12 GoTo Figure 5 12 Find Bookmark tab There are several ways to locate bookmarks e Select the bookmark you want to move to and click the Go To button e Simply double click on the bookmark e Click the Move Forward and Move Back buttons to move through the frames to the bookmarks shown in the window When the bookmark is found it is highlighted in the window There are three ways to modify bookmarks 1 Click on Delete to remove the selected bookmark 2 Click on Modify to change the selected Bookmark name 3 Remove All will delete all bookmarks in the window The Find window Bookmark tab will also appear when using functions other than Find such as when clicking on ro the Display All Bookmarks icon 5 1 9 Changing Where the Search Lands When doing a search in the analyzer the byte or bytes matching the search criteria are highlighted in the
27. Data Table 4 5 Frame Display Toolbar Icons continued A Toggle Display Lock Prevents the display from updating Oo B ewm First Frame Moves to the first frame in the buffer Previous Frame Moves to the previous frame in the buffer Next Frame Moves to the next frame in the buffer Last Frame Moves to the last frame in the buffer Find on Frame Display only searches the Decode Pane for a value you enter in the text box Find Previous Occurrence Moves to the previous occurrence of the value in the Frame Display Find Find Next Occurrence Moves to the next occurrence of the value in the Frame Display Find Cancel Current Search Stops the current Frame Display Find Summary Drop Down Box Lists all the protocols found in the data in the file This box does not list all the protocol decoders available to the analyzer merely the protocols found in the data Selecting a protocol from the list changes the Summary Summary pane to display summary information for that protocol When a low energy predefined Named Filter like Nulls and Polls is selected the Summary drop down is disabled Summary Non Captured Info 44 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Table 4 5 Frame Display Toolbar Icons continued eee eee ee Text with Protocol Stack To the right of the Summary Layer box is some text giving the protocol stack currently in use Summary
28. Event Display The first selected byte appears on the third line of the display CVEventDisplay To change the line on which the first selected byte appears Selectlion0Offset 2 1 Open fts ini located in the C User Public Public Documents Frontline Test Equipment 2 Go to the CVEventDisplay section 3 Change the value for SelectionOffset 4 If you want the selection to land on the top line of the display change the SelectionOffset to O zero 90 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data 5 1 10 Subtleties of Timestamp Searching Timestamping can be turned on and off while data is being captured As a result the capture buffer may have some data with a timestamp and some data without When doing a search by timestamp the analyzer ignores all data without a timestamp Note The raw timestamp value is the number of 100 nanosecond intervals since the beginning of H January 1 1601 This is standard Windows time 5 2 Bookmarks Bookmarks are electronic sticky notes that you attach to frames of interest so they can be easily found later In Frame Display bookmarked frames appear with a magenta triangle icon next to them 5 Frame Command Eno Code FID MIC AiD Source TID LID Fra Deka Timestane A 1 Ed 12 6 2010 11 25 2 168 DOO 12 67200 11 25 FER 124 0000 00 3 LAND 17250 a Ed 00 00 00 1 12 6 2010 11 25 Figure 5 13 Bookmarked Frame 3 in the Frame Display
29. From the Select each frame combo box choose frames with the conversation as the initial condition 3 Select an address type IP MAC TCP UDB from the Typecombo box The address type selection populates both Address combo boxes with node address in the data set that match the type selection 4 Selecta node address from the first Address combo box 5 Choose a direction arrow from the direction box The left arrow filters on all frames where the top node address is the destination the right arrow filters on all frames where the top node address is the source and the double arrow filters on all frames where the top node address is either the source or the destination 6 Ifyou want to filter on just one node address skip step 7 and continue with step 8 7 If you want to filter on traffic going between two address nodes i e a conversation select a node address from the second Address combo box 8 Click OK The Set Condition dialog box closes and the analyzer applies the filter When a display filter is applied a description of the filter appears to the right of the toolbar in the Frame Display windows P Note The OK button is unavailable grayed out until the condition selections are complete 4 4 1 13 1 6 The Difference Between Deleting and Hiding Display Filters If you wish to remove a filter from the system permanently then use the Delete procedure However if all you want to do is remove a filter as a means to un
30. Go To Show Frame Size Column Show Timestamp Column Show Delta Column Add New Column Help Remove New Column Change Column Order Help Restore Default Columns TU Add Bookmark Export Connection Filter gt Classic Al 1 Connection Filter Link 4 Bluetooth low energy k Link Provide L CAP Rules Set Subsequent Decoder Parameters Show Hidden Panes b Figure 4 29 Connection Filter from frame selection right click Creating from any Frame Display window A Connection Filter can be created from any open Frame Display window and the filtering will always be applied to the original captured data set 4 4 1 13 2 2 Connection Filter Display Once you have selected which connections to filter in another Frame Display will open The original Frame Display will remain open and can be minimized Note The system currently limits the number of frame displays to 5 This limit includes any Frame Displays opened using Duplicate View dg from the Toolbar see Working with Multiple Frame Displays on page 49 The new Frame Display with the filtered connection frames will only contain the data defined by the filter criteria That is the criteria could be a single link or data for a particular technology 70 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data Display Example 1 Bluetooth low energy Access Address selected ComProbe NFC User Man
31. Length 37 LE PKT 3 be Preamble Oxaa i Access Address Ox8e89bed6 i CRC Oxfe96e6 B LE ADY H PDU Type ADY_IND Advertiser Address Type random Payload Length 35 Advertiser Address Dx712500000002 B AD Data AD Element Length 2 i AD Type Flags B AD Data BR EDR Not Supported Yes i LE General Discoverable Mode Yes AD Element H Length 11 i AD Type Complete list of 16 bit UUIDs CAD Data UUID Health Thermometer UUID Heart Rate Monitor UUID Blood Pressure Monitor UUID Weight Scale UUID Body Composition AD Element i Length 13 Framet ASCII Hex on nom amp O NS RB O Summary Data note protocol tabs Filtered Data Set protocol tabs 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6235 E 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6285 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6335 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6479 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6529 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6534 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6537 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6579 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6584 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6587 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6773 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6823 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6873 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6878 1 27 2015 10 02 04 6881 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7060 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7065 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7063 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7110 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7160 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7335 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7340 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7344 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7385 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7435 1 27 2015 10 02 04 758
32. Lin Fee Help Pers Fl Figure 4 9 Frame Display with all panes active Frame Display Panes The Frame Display window is used to view all frame related information It is composed of a number of different sections or panes where each pane shows a different type of information about a frame e Summary Pane The Summary Pane displays a one line summary of each frame for every protocol found in the data and can be sorted by field for every protocol Click here for an explanation of the symbols next to the frame numbers e Decode Pane The Decode Pane displays a detailed decode of the highlighted frame Fields selected in the Decode Pane have the appropriate bit s or byte s selected in the Radix Binary Character and Event panes e Radix Pane The Radix Pane displays the logical data bytes in the selected frame in either hexadecimal decimal or octal e Binary Pane The Binary Pane displays a binary representation of the logical data bytes e Character Pane The Character Pane displays the character representation of the logical data bytes in either ASCII EBCDIC or Baudot e Event Pane The Event Pane displays the physical data bytes in the frame as received on the network By default all panes except the Event Pane are displayed when the Frame Display is first opened Protocol Tabs Protocol filter tabs are displayed in the Frame Display above the Summary pane 40 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProb
33. NFC User Manual Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data Figure 5 10 Find Signal Tab You will choose one qualifier Searching for event where then choose one or more control signals Control Signals The section with the check boxes allows you to specify which control signals the analyzer should pay attention to when doing the search The analyzer pays attention to any control signal with a check mark Click on a box to place a check mark next to a control signal Click again to uncheck the box By default the analyzer searches all control signals which means all boxes start out checked For example if you are only interested in finding changes in RTS and CTS you would check those two boxes and uncheck all the other boxes This tells the analyzer to look only at the RTS and CTS lines when running the search The other signals are ignored The control signals types include USB Pin 1 USB Pin 2 USB Pin 3 USB Pin 4 RS232 Request to Send RTS RS232 Clear to Send CTS RS232 Data Set Ready DSR RS232 Data Terminal Ready DTR RS232 Carrier Detect CD RS232 Ring Indicator RI Click here to learn more about the Breakout Box and Pins 1 4 Searching for event where The first three options are all fairly similar and are described together These options are searching for an event where o One or more control signals changed o One or more control signals changed from off to on o One or mor
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35. On the Frame Display click the Quick Filtering icon NG or select Quick Filtering from the Filter menu This opens a dialog that lists all the protocols discovered so far The protocols displayed change depending on the data received 72 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Quick Filtering and Hiding Protocols Cana OK Protocols To Filter In Protocols To Hide Named Filters Kk All Frames With Errors All But the Last Layer Filter0 All Frames With Information All Frames With Information Filter AYDTP AVDTP Filter2 AVDTP Signaling AVDTP Signaling 5CO link Supported Baseband Baseband Filter3 Bluetooth FHS Bluetooth FHS Role Slave Headset Headset Configured BT low energy devic L2C4P L2CAP Exclude NULLs and POLLs LMP LMP Non Captured Info Non Captured Info PreConnection FHS PreConnection FHS RFCOMM RFCOMM SDP SDP Cancel Filtering shows only frames that contain the protocol desired but it shows the entire frame Hiding removes any protocol layers from displaying in any frame Figure 4 33 Frame Display Quick Filtering and Hiding Protocols Dialog The box on the left is Protocols To Filter In When you select the checkbox for a protocol in the Protocols to Filter In the Summary pane will only display those frames that contain data from that protocol If you filter on more than one protocol the result are all frames that contain at least one of Qu
36. Opens a browser to fte com technical support page 2 3 6 Minimizing Windows Windows can be minimized individually or as a group when the Control window is minimized To minimize windows as a group 1 Go to the Window menu on the Control window 2 Select Minimize Control Minimizes All The analyzer puts a check next to the menu item indicating that when the Control window is minimized all windows are minimized 3 Select the menu item again to deactivate this feature 4 The windows minimize to the top of the operating system Task Bar 46 Chapter 3 Configuration Settings In this section the ComProbe software is used to configure an analyzer for capturing data 3 1 NFC Configuration 3 1 1 NFC Hardware Settings Use the Hardware Settings dialog to select which ComProbe NFC you wish to configure If only one ComProbe NFC is connected it is automatically selected ComProbe NFC Hardware Settings Available ComProbes ComProbe WFC 5N 0107120013 Figure 3 1 NFC Hardware Settings Dialog Hardware Settings Dialog Connecting and using the ComProbe NFC Analyzer 1 2 3 Connect the ComProbe NFC to an available USB port Start the analyzer software Select Hardware Settings from Options menu on the Control window Choose the ComProbe device to use from the drop down list The drop down list shows the serial numbers of the ComProbe devices If you have only one ComProbe device connected to
37. Protocol filter tabs are displayed in the Frame Display above the Summary pane e These tabs are arranged in separate color coded groups These groups and their colors are General white Classic Bluetooth blue Bluetooth low energy green 802 11 orange USB purple and SD brown The General group applies to all technologies The other groups are technology specific HOES GOO Classic Bluetooth blue MEE kank ina LE b J Baseband LACAP TES LE BE LE PET LE AD mmr mina abi Kai apan an ee Bluetooth low energy g reen E l i l Fryti wio a Co am 15 80 ba al N5 AO ee ne nr san 802 11 orange NG KO NE gp Figure 4 16 Example Protocol Tags e Clicking on a protocol filter tab in the General group filters in all packets containing that protocol regardless of each packet s technology e Clicking on a protocol filter tab in a technology specific group filters in all packets containing that protocol on that technology e A protocol filter tab appears in the General group only if the protocol occurs in more than one of the technology specific tab groups For example if L2CAP occurs in both Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy there will be L2CAP tabs in the General group the Classic Bluetooth group and the Bluetooth low energy group Select the Unfiltered tab to display all packets There are several special tabs that appear in the Summary pane when cert
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39. an element in any one of the panes highlights the corresponding element in all the other panes 4 4 1 11 8 Event Pane The Event pane shows the physical bytes in the frame You can choose between iu displaying only the data events or displaying all events by clicking the All Events icon TE Cal in 7 2 a L Ok a 5 he This is the Event Pane Copy Selection to Clipboard Select Entire Frame Displaying all events means that special Change Text Highlight Color events such as Start of Frame End of Frame and any signal change events are displayed as special symbols within the data Mero Asem H OD Display All Events The status lines at the bottom of the pane give the same information as the status lines in the Event Display window This includes physical data errors control signal changes if appropriate and timestamps Because the Event pane displays the physical bytes rather than the logical bytes the data in the Event pane may be different from that in the Radix Binary and Character panes See Physical vs Logical Byte Display for more information Colors are used to show which protocol layer each byte belongs to The colors correspond to the layers listed in the Decode pane The Event Radix Binary Character and Decode panes are all synchronized with one another Clicking on an element in any one of the panes highlights the corresponding element in all the other panes 56 Chapter 4 Captu
40. analyzer to capture data to a file Each time you capture the file you must provide a file name The size of each file cannot larger than the number given in File Size in K The name of each file is the name you give it in the Name box followed by the date and time The date and time are when the series was opened e Restart Capturing After Saving or Clearing Capture File If the Automatically Restart feature is enabled the analyzer restarts capture to the file immediately after the file is closed e Wrap File When enabled the analyzer wraps the file when it becomes full The oldest events are moved out of the file to make room for new events Any events moved out of the file are lost When disabled the analyzer stops capture when the file becomes full Either reset the file or close your capture file to continue e File Size The size of the file will depend of the available hard disk space 1 Click the Min button to see set the minimum acceptable value for the file size 2 Click the Max button to see set the maximum acceptable value for the file size 107 Chapter 7 General Information ComProbe NFC User Manual FTS4USB dl You can accept these values or you can enter a unique file size Butif you try to close the dialog after entering a value greater A Enter an integer between 1096 and 1848267 than the maximum or less than the minimum you will see the following dialog e Start up Opens the Program Start up O
41. and used only for viewing capture files To reframe your data load your capture file select a protocol stack and then select Reframe from the File menu on the Control window Reframe is only available if the frame recognizer used to capture the data is different from the current frame recognizer In addition to choosing to Reframe you can also be prompted to Reframe by the Protocol Stack Wizard 1 Load your capture file by choosing Open from the File menu on the Control window and select the file to load 2 Select the protocol stack by choosing Protocol Stack from the Options menu on the Control window select the desired stack and click Finish 3 If you selected a protocol stack that includes a frame recognizer different from the one used to capture your data the Protocol Stack Wizard asks you if you want to reframe your data Choose Yes 4 The analyzer adds frame markers to your data puts the framed data into a new file and opens the new file The original capture file is not altered See Unframing on page 28 for instructions on removing framing from data 4 2 4 Unframing This function removes start of frame and end of frame markers from your data The original capture file is not altered during this process You cannot unframe from the Capture File Viewer accessed by selecting Capture File Viewer or Load Capture File to start the software and used only for viewing capture files 90 s Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyz
42. description of the filter appears to the right of the toolbar in H the Frame Display windows Note The OK button on the Set Condition dialog box is unavailable grayed out until the H condition selections are complete Deleting a Condition in a Filter If a display filter has two or more conditions you can delete conditions If there is only one condition set in the filter you must delete the filter using Delete Display Filters from the Filters menu 65 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data 1 Click the Display Filters icon Y on the Frame Display window or select Apply Modify Display Filters from the Filter menu to open the Set Condition dialog box Click on the Advanced button to show the condition in Boolean format The dialog box displays the current filter definition To display another filter click the Open P3 icon and select the filter from the pop up list of all the saved filters Set Condition 5 ES Currently Active Condition Filters Include Exclude Condition ADOR where the protocol Baseband field LT ADDR Is Egu AND In the range 178 to 43 Delete selected condtion Figure 4 24 Set Condition Dialog in Advanced View 2 Select the desired condition from the filter definition 3 Click the Delete Selected Line fye icon 4 Edit the Boolean operators and parentheses as needed 5 Click OK The system displays the Save Named Condition dialog Ensure tha
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44. from the driver quickly enough Buffer overflows are indicated in the Event Display window by a plus sign within a circle Clicking on the buffer overflow symbol displays how many frames have been lost There are several things that you can do to try and solve this problem e Use capture filters to filter out data you don t need to see Capture filters reduce the amount of data processed by the analyzer Ethernet Only e Close all other programs that are doing work while the analyzer is running Refrain from doing searches in the Event Display window or other processor intensive activities while the analyzer is capturing data e Timestamping takes up processor time primarily not in timestamping the data but in writing the timestamp to the file Try turning off timestamping from the Timestamping Options window e For Driver Buffer Overflows change the size of the driver buffer This value is changed from the Advanced System Settings Go to the Control window and choose System Settings from the Options menu Click on the Advanced button Find the value Driver Receive Buffer Size in Operating System Pages Take the number listed there and double it e The analyzer s number one priority is capturing data updating windows is secondary However updating windows still takes a certain amount of processor time and may cause the analyzer to lose data while the window is being updated Some windows require more processing time than others because th
45. location Public Documents Frontline Test Equipment My Capture Files Exit ComProbe Shuts down the ComProbe Protocol Analysis System and all Protocol Analysis open system windows System Recent capture files A list of recently opened capture files will appear The View menu selections will vary depending on the ComProbe analyzer in use Table 2 3 Control Window View Menu Selections Live amp Event Display Ctrl Opens the Event Display window for analyzing byte level Capture Shift E data File Frame Display Ctrl Opens the Frame Display window for analyzing protocol Shift M level data Table 2 4 Control Window Edit Menu Selections Capture Ctrl Opens the Notes window that allows the user to add File Shift O comments to a capture file Control Window Live Menu Selections Live Start Capture Shift F5 Begins data capture from the configured wireless devices Stop Capture F10 Stops data capture from the configured wireless devices Stops data capture Stops data capture from the configured wireless devices the configured wireless devices Shift Clears or saves the capture file F10 14 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 2 Getting Started Table 2 5 Control Window Options Menu Selections Live amp Hardware Settings 0 Classic Capture File 1 Bluetooth low energy I O Settings 0 Classic 1 Bluetooth low energy System Settings Alt Opens the System Settings dialog f
46. looks for SDP Service Attribute Responses or Service Search Attribute Responses carrying protocol descriptor lists If the analyzer sees L2CAP listed with a PSM it stores the PSM and the UUID for the next protocol in the list After the SDP session is over the analyzer looks at the PSM in the L2CAP Connect frames that follow If the PSM matches one the analyzer has stored the analyzer stores the source channel ID and destination channel ID and associates those channel IDs with the PSM and UUID for the next protocol Thereafter when the analyzer sees L2CAP frames using those channel IDs it can look them up in its table and know what the next protocol is In order for the analyzer to be able to auto traverse using a dynamically assigned PSM it has to have seen the SDP session giving the Protocol Descriptor Lists and the subsequent L2CAP connection using the PSM and identifying the source and channel IDs If the analyzer misses any of this process it is not able to auto traverse It stops decoding at the L2CAP layer For L2CAP frames carrying a known PSM 0x0001 for SDP for example or 0x0003 for RFCOMM the analyzer looks for Connect frames and stores the PSM along with the associated source and destination channel IDs In this case the analyzer does not need to see the SDP process but does need to see the L2CAP connection process giving the source and destination channel IDs 4 2 6 Providing Context For Decoding When Frame Information Is M
47. only one frame is selected the All radio button in the Frame Display Print dialog is selected How to Print Frame Display Data 1 Select Print or Print Preview from the File menu on the Frame Display window to display the Frame Display Print dialog Select Print if you just want to print your data to your default printer Select Print Preview if you want access to printer options 2 Choose to include the Summary pane check the box in the print output The Summary pane appears at the beginning of the printed output in tabular format If you select All layers in the Detail Section the Data Bytes option becomes available 3 Inthe Detail Section choose to exclude No decode section the decode from the Detail pane in the Frame Display or include All Layers or Selected Layers Only If you choose to include selected layers then select click on and highlight the layers from the list box 4 Click on selected layers in the list to de select or click the Reset Selected Layers button to de select all selected layers Frame Display Print Prowde information lo export dala tram the cumenlly selected fher tab Irecbude Detal Section 7 Summary C Mo decode nection C Al layers O Selected layers onbe S071 AMP 802 10 STP Selection Se 1 ASDP AMP Manager Dl mi mg Frame Range Delete File Hote Binasa pani opbong map alfect whether argy gray background ic panted See Help for mka 100k cance Hop Figure 6 2
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49. the Entire Capture File This option is only available when you select Single File from the Capture Mode on System Settings Click here to learn more about selecting Save options from System Settings 1 If you are capturing data click on the Stop Capture icon to stop data capture You cannot save data to file while it is being captured 2 Open the Event Display por Frame Display p window 3 Click the Save Fa icon or select Save from the File menu 94 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data Saves OO O ajz My Documents CODFT54BT Tomas Dawid 1 W My Computer 9PTS4Cortrol DH Plus Wideo am i 4 My Network Places CIFT54Cortrol DH Video eit Frontbne Ethertest 7 COIFT54Corarol No Capture bo Buffer ex Frontline ETS48T 7 11 5 0 E2FT54Contrd Intro M 1 FI Frontline FTS4Control Demo 7 10 13 0 C3FT54Contral Intro Video 1 Ef Frontline FTS4Cortrol Demo 7 10 16 0 J JFTS54Cortrol Modbus Video ff Frontline FTS4U56 7 6 11 0 FTS Help System he Adobe C53 C3 yph Lab Stock Icons Er Backgrounds Graphics Ef Basic Air Sniffing How To CO Network Vie 5 15 07 fe bmp kong odd FTS4Control camtasia videso cr Camtasia Blue with Filmstrip CjPrint User Guides Camba Blue no fiknstrip C3 ReboHelp graphics ase Save at pe Capture Files cia r Cancel Figure 6 1 Windows Save dialog 4 Type a file name in the File name box at the bottom of the screen 5 Browse to se
50. the percentage of buffer space used 2 3 5 Control Window Menus The menus appearing on the Control window vary depending on whether the data is being captured live or whether you are looking at a cfa file The following tables describe each menu Table 2 2 Control Window File Menu Selections d k Capture GoLive Returns to Live mode els Reframe If you need to change the protocol stack used to interpret a capture file and the framing is different in the new stack you need to reframe in order for the protocol decode to be correct See Reframing on page 28 Removes start of frame and end of frame markers from your data SeeUnframing on page 28 Recreate This option is available when you are working with decoders If Companion File you change a decoder while working with data you can recreate the frm file the companion file to the cfa file Recreating the frm file helps ensure that the decoders will work properly Reload Decoders a The plug ins are reset and received frames are decoded again 13 Chapter 2 Getting Started ComProbe NFC User Manual Table 2 2 Control Window File Menu Selections continued Live amp Open Capture File Opens a Windows Open file dialog at the default location Capture Public Documents Frontline Test Equipment My Capture File Files Capture files have a cfa extension Saves the current capture or capture file Opens a Windows Save As dialog at the default
51. to a particular frame 1 Select the Frame Number radio button 2 Type the frame number in the box 3 Click the Go To button 81 Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 4 To move forward or backward a set number of frames type in the number of frames you want to move 5 Then click the Move Forward or Move Back button To go to a particular event 1 Select the Data Event Number or All Events Number radio button 2 Type the number of the event in the box 3 Click the Go To button 4 To move forward or backwards through the data type in the number of events that you want to move each time 5 Then click on the Move Forward or Move Backward button 6 For example to move forward 10 events type the number 10 in the box and then click on Move Forward Each time you click on Move Forward Frontline moves forward 10 events See Event Numbering for why the Data Event Number and All Events Number may be different As a general rule if you have the Show All Events icon depressed on the Event Display window or Frame Display Event pane choose All Events Number If the Show All Events button is up choose Data Event Number 5 1 5 Searching for Special Events Frontline inserts or marks events other than data bytes in the data stream For example the analyzer inserts start of frame and end of frame markers into framed data marking where each frame begins and ends If a hardware error occurs
52. to delete and click the Delete button 5 2 2 Displaying All and Moving Between Bookmarks There are three ways to move between bookmarks 1 Press the F2 key to move to the next frame or event with a bookmark 2 Select Go to Next Bookmark from the Bookmarks menu 3 Click the Display All Bookmarks icon Ll Select the bookmark you want to move to and click the Go To button or simply double click on the bookmark Click the Move Forward and Move Back buttons to cycle through the bookmarks 92 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data Find dual mode capture 01 cfa Figure 5 14 Find Window Bookmark tab Used to Move Around With Bookmarks To delete a bookmark select it and click the Delete button To modify a bookmark select it and click the Modify button Click Remove All to delete all the bookmarks 93 Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data 6 1 Saving Your Data You can save all or part of the data that you have captured You can also load a previously saved capture file and save a portion of that file to another file This feature is useful if someone else needs to see only a portion of the data in your capture file On the Control window toolbar you can set up to capture a single file Click here to see those settings There are two ways to save portions or all of the data collected during a data capture Click here to see how to capture data to disk 6 1 1 Saving
53. utilization graph stays blank until a frame from 10 minutes ago or less is decoded Find Search for errors string patterns special events and more Display Capture Notes Brings up the Capture Notes window where you can view or add notes to the capture file Add Modify Bookmark Add a new or modify an existing bookmark Display All Bookmarks Shows all bookmarks and lets you move between bookmarks Extract Data Opens the Extract Data dialog Reload Decoders When Reload Decoders is clicked the plug ins are reset and received frames are re decoded For example If the first frame occurs more than 10 minutes in the past the 10 minute utilization graph stays blank until a frame from 10 minutes ago or less is decoded Filter Text giving the filter currently in use If no filter is being used the text reads All Frames which means that Filter nothing is filtered out To see the text of the entire filter place the cursor over the text and a ToolTip pops up with the full text of the filter The following icons all change how the panes are arranged on the Frame Display Additional layouts are listed in the View menu Show Default Panes Returns the panes E to their default settings Show Only Summary Pane Displays only the Summary pane Shall All Panes Except Event Pane Makes the Decode pane taller and the Summary pane narrower 43 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing
54. your PC it is selected automatically Select OK to save the settings Cancel to close the dialog without saving the settings or Help to access the ComProbe help file 17 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 3 Configuration Settings 3 1 2 NFC I O Settings Datasource The I O Settings is used to configure the data capture settings of the ComProbe NFC analyzer To access the I O Settings dialog go to Options menu I O Settings on the Control window I ComProbe NFC I O Settings Protocols Enabled 7 NEC A J NFEC F Hardware Trigger J NFC B Filter Range Automatic Gain Control Enable Automatic Gain Control Gain Reduction 16 v Gain Control Time Gain Control Level O Start of Message O 5 Times 5x Continuous 3 Times 3x Type 1 Tag Platform Enable aggregation of Type 1 Tag initiator bytes into a single frame Maximum delay allowed between bytes 150 microseconds Mifare Classic Cancel Figure 3 1 I O Settings Dialog 3 1 2 1 Filter Settings This setting allows adjustment of the frequency range used by the ComProbe when capturing NFC signals The available options are e Automatic e 110 KHz to 570 KHz e 200 KHz to 900 KHz e 210 KHz to 1400 KHz e 450 KHz to 1500 KHz e 100 KHz to 1500 KHz The default value for this setting is Automatic which automatically adjusts the filter settings according to the protocols selected for capture In most cases this value provides the best performance Selecting a specif
55. your string Every time you type in asearch string the analyzer saves the search The next time you open Find the drop down list will contain your search parameters e Search for All Errors finds frame errors as well as frames with byte level errors such as parity or CRC errors e Search for Frame Errors Only finds frame specific errors such as frame check errors e Search for Information Frame only searches information frames 1 Enter the search string 2 Check Ignore Case to do a case insensitive search 3 When you have specified the time interval you want to use click on the Find Next or Find Previous buttons to start the search from the current event The result of the search is displayed in the Decode pane in Frame Display 76 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data Side Restrictions Side Restriction means that the analyzer looks for a pattern coming wholly from the DTE or DCE side If you 9 Event Display KIER choose to search without regard for data origin the analyzer looks Fie Edt View Format Options Window Help for a pattern coming from one or both sides For example if you Pa a MB bi S2 AF ss 8 choose to search for the pattern ABC and you choose to search without regard for data origin the analyzer finds all three instances of ABC shown here The first pattern with the A and the C coming from the DTE device Event 16to 42 of Ea a and the B coming from the DCE is a good
56. 0 Slave Captured Byte Master 4369 Slave RP 1b b c0 23 Ob 3d Se 00 01 07 17 21 50 Master 4385 Slave do 23 Ob Sd 5c 00 01 5a 01 amp FP 34 3 0b Master 4401 e 37 6a 0 23 Ob Bd Slave _ Event 4 338 of 4 831 Frame 188 5 3 2011 1 48 58 604388 PM source ASCII Hex Dec Oct Binary Errors Master 27 393 47 00200111 7 For Help Press Fl Captured Byte Information Figure 4 2 Event Display Click on an event to find out more about it The three status lines at the bottom of the window are updated with information such as the time the event occurred for data bytes the time the byte was captured the value of the byte in hex decimal octal and binary any errors associated with the byte and more Events with errors are shown in red to make them easy to spot When capturing data live the analyzer continually updates the Event Display as data is captured Make sure the Lock icon a is displayed on the toolbar to prevent the display from updating Clicking on the icon again will unlock the display While locked you can review your data run searches determine delta time intervals between bytes and check CRCs To resume updating the display click the Lock icon again You can have more than one Event Display open at a time Click the Duplicate View icon g to create a second independent Event Display window You can lock one copy of the Event Display and analyze your data while the second Event Display updates as new
57. 0 Events Per How Co Headers Multiple Events Per Row No Timestamps E Show Preamble One Event Per Row Show Timestamp3 W Show Column Headings Help Cancel Save Figure 6 5 Event Display Export Example csv file How to Export Event Display Data to a File 1 Select Export Events from the File menu on the Event Display window to display the Event Display Export dialog 2 Enter a file path and name or click the browser button to display the Windows Save As dialog and navigate to the desired storage location 3 Selecta file type from the Save as type drop down List Menu on the Event Display Export dialog Select from among the following file formats Text File txt CSV File csv HTML File html Binary File bin 4 Select the range of events to include in the file from either All or Selection in the Event Range section of the Event Display Export dialog e Selecting more than one event in the Event Display window defaults the radio button in the Event Display Export dialog to Selection and allows the user to choose the All radio button e When only one event is selected something must be selected the All radio button in the Event Display Export dialog is selected by default 5 Next you need to select the Side variable for serial communications e is used to determine whether you want to export data from or both e Choose Host Function Control or Both to determine how you want to ex
58. 1 2 Changing Default File Locations The analyzer saves user files in specific locations by default Capture files are placed in the My Capture Files directory and configurations are put in My Configurations These locations are set at installation Follow the steps below to change the default locations 1 Choose Directories from the Options menu on the Control window to open the File Locations window 110 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 7 General Information File Locations File Types Location My Capture Files C Users Public DocumentsFrontine Test Equipment hMy Capture Files My Configurations C Users Public DocumentsFronthne Test EquipmentsMy Configurations My Decoders CA sers4Public 3D ocuments4Prontine Test Equipment Decoders My Log Files C AU sers4Publie Documents Frontline Test EquipmentyhMy Log Files My Methods C Users Public DocumentssFrontline Test EquipmentsMy Methods 4 IF Modify CO Use Last Opened Folder for Capture Files Figure 7 4 File Locations dialog 2 Select the default location you wish to change 3 Click Modify 4 Browse to a new location Specify My Decoders directory a di Public b gt di Desktop F d Public Documents r di Frontline Test Equipment di My Capture Files di My Configurations My Decoders di My Log Files gt di My Methods d My Node Databases _ lb e Figure 7 5 File Locations Browse dialog 5 Click OK 6 Click OK wh
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60. 1 6 Searching by Signal Searching with Signal allows you to search for changes in control signal states for one or more control signals You can also search for a specific state involving one or more control signals with the option to ignore those control signals whose states you don t care about The analyzer takes the current selected byte as its initial condition when running searches that rely on finding events where control signals changed To access the search by time function 1 Opena capture file to search 2 Open the Event Display NG or Frame Display P window 3 Click on the Find icon Ah or choose Find from the Edit menu 4 Click on the Signal tab of the Find dialog 83 Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Note The tabs displayed on the Find dialog depend on the product you are running and the content H of the capture file you are viewing Search for eveni where re ai mode of these O re on moe of Iheze changed from off bo on DES apn Pns if Pan 4 Figure 5 9 Find Signal tab Find 51A 161 cla Decode Pattem Time GoTo Special Events Signal Emo Boc 4 Search for evert where GG One oe more of thase gjore omua of iets changed changed bom on to ofl Find Previou co Ore oe more of there ey This exactly s ihdas Changed irom off bo on desctbes the Hate ais Hac ARTS cts F D5A FOTA Fco FR 84 ComProbe
61. 11 data set 802 11 All is selected from the right click pop up menu 71 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data O Frame Display BTAmp80211FTPwLE cfa File Edit View Format Filter Bookmarks Options Window Help CF PH VE SAN FH AAAS he see i OE eCooo TAB p erres iw LE AD Awl ata Field Tumceated or Not Present Unfiltered Info Errors o This is the Decode Pane Baseband LMP PreConnection FHS Bluetooth FHS L2CAP AMP Manager SDP OBEX FTP Non Captured Info LE BB LE PKT LE ADY ao ae 802 li Riadind B02 Ad MACY 1E8022 SMAPS BDZ A AMPJ 802 16 L2CAB OBEX EIR Raad Expand Decode Pane Copy Selection to Clipboard B Frame ASCII Hex Fram Delta Timestamp E Collapse All Nodes 1 63 4 10 2012 3 54 29 68448 Expand All Nodes 2 23 00 00 29 8 42072012 3 54 59 50800 a 23 00 00 00 0 4072012 3 54 59 50800 Connection Filter k Classic i 23 00 00 00 0 4 10 2012 3 54 59 50800 Bluetooth low energy g 23 00 00 00 0 4 10 2012 3 54 59 50800 Set Subsequent Decoder Parameters 802 11 gt 33 00 00 00 7 4 10 2012 3 54 58 50621 33 00 00 00 0 4 10 2012 3 54 58 90690 Hide This Pane 8 33 00 00 00 0 4 10 2012 3 54 58 80758 g 33 00 00 00 1 42072012 3 54 58 93496 40 33 00 00 00 0 4 10 2012 3 54 59 93565 11 33 nnnan nan ma 4 19 9019 D RA RO QCA Figure 4 31 Unfiltered Capture File with Cla
62. 21 087 Live capture has stopped but there are packets buffered on the ComProbe Hardware that have not been decoded These packets will continue bo be transferred and decoded until complete Press the Discard button to stop packet transfer and discard all untransferred packets malansa is 26 complete 0 seconds remaining Figure 4 1 Packet Transfer Dialog 4 1 2 Capturing Data with BPA 500 Devices Once you have completed the Devices Under Test selection you are ready to capture data min AY Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual I Note Data Capture is not available in Viewer mode 3 EPA 500 datasource File View BPA500 Help o D HO Devices Under Test Device Database BPA500 Infomation LE Only Classic Only Single Connection es a Classic Save Ux000dfd23a040 Motorola S3 HD 5 LE Devica Syme with First Maste a Classic Master bo 12453355199 MOTOACTY Atemate Cock Synchronization Qlassic Encryption PIN Code asc 0000 PINADOE data Figure 4 2 BPA 500 Datasource Dialog 1 Select the start sniffing button o the toolbar or Start Sniffing on the BPA 500 menu 2 The pairing process between the devices begins As data is being captured the Status message at the top of the window indicates the synchronization status of the ComProbe analyzer Also the color of the ComProbe icon changes depending on the synchronization state There
63. 3 E l Baseband LMP PreConnection FHS Bluetooth FHS L2CAP OD RFCOMM AVDTP AVDTP Signaling AVDTP Media Hands Free A2DP Non Captured Info Ro le Master Ox KO SAPANG Channel 23 2431 MH B Frame ole Addr Trans ID Param L UUID Svc Handle tam Delta oot Soe R Ox0001 Search Attrib Requ Z Packet Status OK sisteh site ideale ake 5 FLOW Go 10 054 ave Pi earch Attrib Resp 00 00 00 C TYPE DH1 10 102 ave PI earch Attrib Requ andsfree 00 00 00 4 LT_ADDR 1 10 104 aster PI earch Attrib Resp 00 00 00 SEON 0 10 134 ave PI earch Attrib Requ udio5ini 00 00 00 7 ARON 0 Y 10 135 aster Bi earch Attrib Resp 00 00 00 C _ Total Frames 28 707 Frames Filtered In 18 Frame s Selected 10 053 1 total For Help Press F1 Figure 4 17 Summary pane right with Tooltip on Column 5 Tran ID 4 4 1 11 2 Customizing Fields in the Summary Pane You can modify the Summary Pane in Frame Display Summary pane columns can be reordered by dragging any column to a different position Fields from the Decode pane can be added to the summary pane by dragging any Decodepane field to the desired location in the Summary pane header If the new field is from a different layer than the summary pane a plus sign is prepended to the field name and the layer name is added in parentheses The same field can be added more than once if desired thus making it possible to put the same field at the front an
64. 38 Synchronization 48 System Settings 106 108 T Technical Support 122 Test Device Began Responding 38 Test Device Stopped Responding 38 Timestamp 91 114 115 Timestamping 91 113 115 Timestamping Disabled 38 Timestamping Enabled 38 Timestamping Options 106 113 Timestamping Resolution 114 Timestamps 113 115 Transferring Packets 21 Truncated Frame 38 Underrun Error 38 Unframe 28 Unframe Function 28 Unframing 28 ComProbe NFC User Manual Appendicies Unknown Event 38 V vendor specific decoder 120 Viewing Data Events 34 WwW Wrap Buffer File 106 133
65. 5 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7635 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7685 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7792 1 27 2015 10 02 04 7842 Delta Timestamp 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 4 w Total Frames 6 767 Frames Filtered In 6 017 Frame s Selected 1 1 total Figure 4 30 Front Display Filtered on Access Address Ox8e89bed6 In the figure above is an example Bluetooth low energy data set connection filtered on Access Address Ox8e89bed6 The Frame Display in the front is the filtered data set One way to note the difference between the original and the filtered display is to observe the Protocol Tabs In the filtered display there are four low energy protocol tabs as compared to nine in the original display This access address connection is not using five of the protocols From any open Frame display the user can set another Connection Filter based on the original data set Display Example 2 All 802 11 data filtered in In this example there is a capture file with Classic Bluetooth Bluetooth low energy and 802 11 To view just the 802
66. 55 32 671 4713 2015 10 55 32 6901 4713 2015 10 55 32 692 4773 2015 10 56 32 6941 421372015 10 55 32 701 41342015 10 55 32 7051 4713 2015 10 55 32 711 4713 2015 10 55 32 711 4713 2015 10 55 32 14 4 13 2015 10 55 32 7201 Provide L2CAP Rules eoo Set Subsequent Decoder Parameters Hide This Pane Show Hidden Panes Figure 4 28 Connection Filter from the Frame Display Pane right click From the Frame Display frame selection Select a frame in the summary pane Right click and select Connection Filter in the pop up menu The procedure for creating a connection filter are identical as described in From the Frame Display Filter menu above If the frame you have selected is associated with a Classic Bluetooth link or a Bluetooth low energy access address an additional pop up menu item will appear as shown in the example image below This selection is a predetermined filter based on your selection In the example frame 6471 is associated with Link 4 so the predetermined filter assumes that you may want create a connection filter for that link Clicking on Connection Filter Link 4 will filter in Link 4 frames without opening all the drop down menus 69 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data B Frame ASCII Hex Fram Delta Timestamp a EEE 289 4 13 2015 10 55 This is the Summary Pane Copy Selection to Clipboard Save Selection
67. 661 mot Ld 1 mam Aaa oa A aF on CAL AY Figure 4 27 Connection Filter from the Frame Display Toolbar right click 68 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual From the Frame Display panes Right click anywhere in a Frame Display pane and select Connection Filter in the pop up menu The procedure for creating a connection filter are identical as described in From the Frame Display Filter menu above Frame Display TestFileSlimmer cta ean File Edit View Format Live Filter Q G oo nH Frame 6 471 Master Len 289 E Errors i Baseband Packet Status CAC Error 0 Bookmarks Options Window Help PE 6 Y FSS DD DOE amp amp OCGOd MEA Data Errors A LA LA SS Lil kd de 19 C Sum Baseband Header Length 11 Header Version 3 baa ile a This is the Decode Pane Copy Selection to Clipboard Select Entire Frarne Expand Decode Pane Collapse All Nodes Expand All Nodes Connection Filter Baseband PreConnection FHS SCO eSCO Ba Frame Fr 6 463 5 464 5 465 5 466 6 467 6 466 5 469 6 470 6 47 Ca Ka Pa Classic Bluetooth low energy Access Add CRC gt F BOADDR Delta 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 0 Timestamp 41342015 10 55 32 661 41272015 10 55 32 660 4 13 2015 10
68. AA Fx O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 819 ft I 7 2 4 4 Communication Control Characters Listed below in alphabetical order are the expanded text meanings for common ANSI communication control characters and two character system abbreviation for each one Some abbreviations have forward slash 118 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 7 General Information characters between the two letters This is to differentiate the abbreviations for a control character from a hex number For example the abbreviation for Form Feed is listed as F F to differentiate it from the hex number FF Table 7 2 Communications Control Characters Abbreviation Control Character ext a fea fa oo s fo fma s fsm Tsiena C C C s fuse o roose 119 Chapter 7 General Information ComProbe NFC User Manual Table 7 2 Communications Control Cherecters continued 7 2 5 The Frontline Serial Driver ComProbe software uses custom versions of the standard Windowss serial drivers in order to capture data These drivers are usually installed during the routine product installation However if you need to install the serial driver after ComProbe software has already been installed please refer to the instructions available in the Setup folder installed under Start Programs Product Name and version Setup How to Install the FTS Serial Driver 7 2 6 DecoderScript Overview The main purpose of this manual is to de
69. Advanced System Options dialog 22 a 109 Figure 7 3 Start Up Options dialog AA 110 Figure 7 4 File Locations dialog _ 220 22 a 111 Figure 7 5 File Locations Browse dialog e eee e eee eee cee cece eee cece cece eeeeeeeeeeeees 111 Figure 7 6 Example Side Names Where Slave and Master are current eeee 113 IX Chapter 1 ComProbe Hardware amp Software Frontline Test Equipment ComProbe family of protocol analyzers work with the following technologies e Classic Bluetooth e Bluetooth low energy e Dual Mode Bluetooth simultaneous Classic and low energy e Bluetooth Coexistence with 802 11 e Bluetooth HCI USB SD High Speed UART e NFC e 802 11 Wi Fi e SD e USB e HSU High Speed UART The ComProbe hardware interfaces with your computer that is running our robust software engine called the ComProbe Protocol Analysis System or ComProbe software Whether you are sniffing the air or connecting directly to the chip Frontline analyzers use the same powerful ComProbe software to help you test troubleshoot and debug communications faster ComProbe software is an easy to use and powerful protocol analysis platform Simply use the appropriate ComProbe hardware or write your own proprietary code to pump communication streams directly into the ComProbe software where they are decoded decrypted and analyzed Within the ComProbe software you se
70. Alternatively you can choose Set Subsequent Decoder Parameter from the Options menu 3 This option brings up a dialog showing all the places where context data was overridden 4 If you know that information is missing you can t provide it and you don t want to see dialogs asking for it un check Automatically Request Missing Decoding Information 5 When unchecked the analyzer doesn t bother you with dialogs asking for frame information that you don t have In this situation the analyzer decodes each frame until it cannot go further and then simply stop decoding 4 3 Analyzing Byte Level Data 4 3 1 Event Display To open this window click the Event Display icon PD on the Control window toolbar The Event Display window provides detailed information about every captured event Events include data bytes data related information such as start of frame and end of frame flags and the analyzer information such as when the data capture was paused Data bytes are displayed in hex on the left side of the window with the corresponding ASCII character on the right 30 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 9 Event Display Homer cfa File Edit View Format Bookmarks B Window Help AKI Ev A t x Event Humber 3 4 o 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 432 Slave 00 01 5a 03 F 4a 04 a5 23 6b be O01 Im Master 4237 BP d6 56 c0 23 Slave kF WALE a6 23 6b be 00 00 01 Masher 4353 Ob 9d 52 q 3 00 08 0
71. C Method In the CRC dialog box click on the down arrow to show the list of choices for CRC algorithms Sum 1 s comp Cancel Enter a Seed value in hexadecimal if desired Cum Comp lt LAC OR Hep Click OK to generate the CRC It appears in the byte information UR 1 s comp i i i AUR 2 s com lines at the bottom of the Event Display window Whenever you select a range of data a CRC is calculated automatically CA CAC CCIT Trev CRE HOLE 4 3 5 Calculating Delta Times and Data Rates 1 2 Si Click on the Event Display icon PP on the Control window to open the Event Display window Use the mouse to select the data you want to calculate a delta time and rate for The Event Display window displays the delta time and the data rate in the status lines at the bottom of the window 33 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data Event Display Homer cfa File Edit View Format Bookmarks a Window Help a e EIH 8a 00 41 00 Ob ef ld 0d 0a 7b 43 49 A 76 57 00 74 0 2c 30 Od 0a Sa amp Co CO AN DO ne G mW oe U U 4 UOD Se m y Ti m m m m NG 05 agd EC 00 i my 5c m P aa Fz lt A yo HE 48 70 IT Tr Ti Tr Trt Li Figure 4 3 Delta fields 4 3 6 Switching Between Live Update and Review Mode The Event Display and Frame Display windows can update to display new data during live capture or be frozen to allow data analysis By default the Even
72. ComProbe NFC is connected it is automatically selected ComProbe NFC Hardware Settings Available ComProbes ComProbe WFE SN 0107120013 Figure 2 2 NFC Hardware Settings Dialog Hardware Settings Dialog Connecting and using the ComProbe NFC Analyzer 1 Connect the ComProbe NFC to an available USB port 2 Start the analyzer software 3 Select Hardware Settings from Options menu on the Control window 4 Choose the ComProbe device to use from the drop down list The drop down list shows the serial numbers of the ComProbe devices If you have only one ComProbe device connected to your PC it is selected automatically 5 Select OK to save the settings Cancel to close the dialog without saving the settings or Help to access the ComProbe help file 2 1 3 Capture Tips NFC can be a tricky protocol to capture reliably NFC operates over a range of a few inches at most and it is often difficult to know where to place the antenna to get the best result The location of the antenna in NFC devices varies from device to device making it even more difficult to find the proper location In this section we present a few tips to help you more reliably capture NFC data The following image illustrates good antenna positioning Chapter 2 Getting Started ComProbe NFC User Manual Figure 2 3 Antenna Positioning Good The device analyzer antenna and tag are within an inch or two of each other and all are oriented parallel to
73. Hide box on the right check the protocol layer s you want hidden Click OK when finished To reveal a hidden protocol layer 1 Right click anywhere in the Decode pane 2 Choose Show protocol name Layer from the right click menu or click the Set Protocol Filtering button and un check the layer or layers you want revealed 4 4 1 4 Physical vs Logical Byte Display The Event Display window and Event Pane in the Frame Display window show the physical bytes In other words they show the actual data as it appeared on the circuit The Radix Binary and Character panes in the Frame Display window show the logical data or the resulting byte values after escape codes or other character altering codes have been applied a process called transformation 45 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data As an example bytes with a value of less than 0x20 the Ox indicates a hexadecimal value cannot be transmitted in Async PPP To get around this a Ox7d is transmitted before the byte The Ox7d says to take the next byte and subtract 0x20 to obtain the true value In this situation the Event pane displays 0x7d 0x23 while the Radix pane displays 0x03 4 4 1 5 Sorting Frames By default frames are sorted in ascending numerical sequence by frame number Click on a column header in the Summary pane to sort the frames by that column For example to sort the frames by size click on the Frame Size column header An emb
74. The Pause icon was clicked pausing data capture No data is recorded while capture is paused Control Signal Change One or more control signals changed state Click on the symbol and Data Capture Resumed The Pause icon was clicked again resuming data capture Dropped Frames Some number of frames were lost Click on the symbol and the analyzer displays many frames were lost at the bottom of the Event Display window BC End of Frame Marks the end of a frame KI Flow Control Active An event occurred which caused flow control to become active i e caused the analyzer to stop transmitting data Events which activate flow control are signal changes or the receipt of an XON character Flow Control Inactive An event occurred which caused flow control to become inactive i e caused the analyzer to transmit data Events which deactivate flow control are signal changes or the receipt of an XOFF character Frame Recognizer Change A lowest layer protocol was selected or removed here causing the frame recognizer to be turned off or on I O Settings Change A change was made in the I O Settings window which altered the baud parity or other circuit setting lAn event is anything that happens on the circuit or which affects data capture Data bytes control signal changes and long and short breaks are all events as are I O Settings changes and Data Capture Paused and Resumed 37 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Captu
75. The system displays an information screen that may help you decide if you need to define your own custom stack Defining a custom stack means that the analyzer uses the stack for every frame Frames that do not conform to the stack are decoded Curent Protocal Stack Remove Selected tem From List incorrectly Click Next to continue telect a Protocol Stack Choose one at a time by Protocol Decode Stack double clicking or by using Ml additional stack laver Baseband Select Protocols aka Naguiat e AMP Manage automatically 1 Select a protocol from the list on the ARP There are no additional left stack layers 2 Click the right arrow button to move it gia to the Protocol Decode Stack box ee i i ignaling on the right or double click the AVRCP Mene HA protocol to move it to the right jaseband Move Down 3 Toremove a protocol from the stack BlueCore Serial Protocol 7 a double click it or select it and click the lama left arrow button 4 If you need to change the order of the protocols in the stack select the protocol you want to move and click on the Move Up and Move Down buttons until the protocol is in the correct position 5 The lowest layer protocol is at the top of the list with higher layer protocols listed underneath Auto traversal Have the analyzer Determine Higher Layers If you need to define just a few layers of the protocol stack and the remaining layers can be determined based on the lower la
76. ain conditions are met These tabs appear only in the General group and apply to all technologies The tabs are e Bookmarks appear when a bookmark is first seen e Errors appear when an error is first seen An error is a physical error in a data byte or an error in the protocol decode e Info appears when a frame containing an Information field is first seen The tabs disappear when the capture buffer is cleared during live capture or when decoders are reloaded even if one of the tabs is currently selected They subsequently reappear as the corresponding events are detected The tabs disappear when the capture buffer is cleared during live capture or when decoders are reloaded even if one of the tabs is currently selected They subsequently reappear as the corresponding events are detected ay NG Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Use the navigation icons keyboard or mouse to move through the frames The icons and o move you to the first and last frames in the buffer respectively Use the Go To icon Ka to move to a specific frame number Placing the mouse pointer on a summary pane header with truncated text displays a tooltip showing the full header text o Frame Display HTC Headset A2DP cfa File Edit View Format Filter Bookmarks Options Window Help CGE AHE M L4 LA S li hi B KO Da Naan 36 noe 8 09 RARS TA _ Unfiltered Info Configured BT low ener gy devices Errors n
77. ame Filter dialog each time 4 Click OK The Rename Filter dialog box closes and the system renames the filter 4 4 1 13 2 Connection Filtering Connection Filtering allows the user to view a subset of the total available packets within the Frame Display The subset can include data from a single Bluetooth connection or all of the BR EDR packets all of the low energy packets all of the 802 11 packets or all of the HCI packets Bluetooth Applicability A connection device pair is identified by 1 A Link for Classic Bluetooth 2 An Access Address for Bluetooth low energy The link ID is a number that the ComProbe software assigns to identify a pair of devices in a BR EDR connection In the Frame Display details pane the Baseband layer contains the link ID field if the field s value is not O An Access Address is contained in every Bluetooth low energy packet The Access Address identifies a connection between a slave and a master or an advertising packet Connection filtering displays only the frames protocols summary details and events for the selected connections S Note Connection Filters are not persistent across sessions 4 4 1 13 2 1 Creating a Connection Filter In the Frame Display there are four ways to create a connection filter From the Frame Display Filter menu Click on the Frame Display Filter menu Connection Filter selection From the drop down menu select Classic or Bluetooth low energy The options are
78. another useful way to record information about individual frames To open the Notes window 1 Click the Show Notes icon E This icon is present on the toolbars of the Frame Display as well as the Event Display po Notes can be selected from the Edit menu on one of these windows 96 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data 2 Type your comments in the large edit box on the Notes window The Cut Copy Paste features are K Fs B are all supported from Edit menu and the toolbar 2C at the current cursor location supported from Edit menu and the toolbar when text is selected Undo and Redo features 3 Click the thumbtack icon to keep the Notes window on top of any other windows 4 When you re done adding comments close the window 5 When you close the capture file you are asked to confirm the changes to the capture file See Confirming Capture File CFA Changes for more information 6 3 Confirm Capture File CFA Changes This dialog appears when you close a capture file after changing the Notes the protocol stack or bookmarks The dialog lists information that was added or changed and allows you to select which information to save and whether to save it to the current file or to a new one Changes made to the file appear in a list in the left pane You can click on each item to see details in the right pane about what was changed for each item You simply check the boxes next to the
79. apture Options section of the window Note 2 Finer resolutions increase the capture file size 2 Change the resolution listed in the Storage Resolution box 114 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 7 General Information Note If you change the resolution you need to exit the analyzer and restart in order for the H change to take effect 7 1 4 3 1 Performance Issues with High Resolution Timestamp There are two things to be aware of when using high resolution timestamps The first is that high resolution timestamps take up more space in the capture file because more bits are required to store the timestamp Also more timestamps need to be stored than at normal resolutions The second issue is that using high resolution timestamping may affect performance on slower machines For example if 10 bytes of data are captured in 10 milliseconds at a rate of 1 byte per millisecond and the timestamp resolution is 10 milliseconds then only one timestamp needs to be stored for the 10 bytes of data If the resolution is 1 millisecond then 10 timestamps need to be stored one for each byte of data If you have two capture files both of the same size but one was captured using normal resolution timestamping and the other using high resolution the normal resolution file has more data events in it because less room is used to store timestamps You can increase the size of your capture file in the System Settings 7 1 4 4 Switching Between Relat
80. apture session There are also three special purpose filters that are treated as protocol filters e All Frames with Errors e All Frames with Bookmarks e All Special Information Nodes Named Filters e Named filters test for anything other than simple single layer existence Named filters can be constructed that test for the existence of multiple layers field values in layers frame sizes etc as well as combinations of those things Named filters are persistent across sessions e Named filters are user defined User defined filters persist in a template file User defined filters can be deleted Quick Filters e Quick Filters are combinations of Protocol Filters and or Named Filters that are displayed on the Quick Filter tab e Quick Filters cannot be saved and do not persist across sessions e Quick Filters are created on the Quick Filter Dialog 441 113 1 1 Creating a Display Filter There are two steps to using a display filter Define the filter conditions and then apply the filter to the data set The system combines both filter definition and application in one dialog 1 Click the Display Filters icon Y on the Frame Display 5 window or select Apply Modify Display Filters from the Filter menu to open the Set Condition dialog box The Set Condition dialog is self configuring which means that when you Select each frame under Conditions the following displayed fields depend on your selection With each subsequent selection t
81. aracteristics e Processor Core i5 processor at 2 7 GHz e RAM 4 GB e Free Hard Disk Space 20 GB 1 3 Software Installation 1 3 1 From CD Insert the ComProbe installer disc into your DVD drive Click on the Install CPAS shortcut and follow the directions Chapter 1 ComProbe Hardware 8 Software ComProbe NFC User Manual 1 3 2 From Download Download the latest CPAS installer from FTE com Once downloaded double click the installer and follow the directions Chapter 2 Getting Started In this chapter we introduce you to the ComProbe hardware and show how to start the ComProbe analyzer software and explain the basic software controls and features for conducting the protocol analysis 2 1 NFC Hardware The following sections describe the NFC hardware connectors and hardware setup 2 1 1 Hardware Installation To assemble ComProbe NFC perform the following steps 1 Attach the antenna to the SMA connector at the top of the unit 2 Insert the smaller end of the USB cable into the ComProbe NFC USB port at the end of the enclosure opposite the antenna 3 Plug larger end of the USB cable into an available USB port of your PC When completed your configuration should resemble the following figure Figure 2 1 NFC Hardware Installation ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 1 2 NFC Hardware Settings Use the Hardware Settings dialog to select which ComProbe NFC you wish to configure If only one
82. are comments e If you want to change the base handle of the GAP service change the 1 to some other number e If you want to comment out the entire service comment out the base handle If no A is defined the software will ignore A1 A2 and so on 121 Chapter 7 General Information ComProbe NFC User Manual 7 3 Contacting Technical Support Technical support is available in several ways The online help system provides answers to many user related questions Frontline s website has documentation on common problems as well as software upgrades and utilities to use with our products On the Web http fte com support supportrequest aspx Email tech support fte com If you need to talk to a technical support representative about your ComProbe NFC product support is available between 9 am and 5 pm U S Eastern Time zone Monday through Friday Technical support is not available on U S national holidays Phone 1 434 984 4500 Fax 1 434 984 4505 Instructional Videos Frontline provides a series of videos to assist the user and may answer your questions These videos can be accessed at fte com support videos aspx On this web page use the Video Filters sidebar to select instructional videos for your product 122 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 7 General Information 123 Appendicies Appendix A Application Notes 124 ComProbe NFC User Manual Appendicies 125 Appendix A App
83. are four states Table 4 1 BPA 500 LED Capture Indicators Red Halted Pending e Green Waiting for the master to connect to the slave Blue Synchronized with the master clock link active Grey Synchronized with the master clock link inactive Yellow Waiting for the master to resume transmission 23 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data When you are capturing data there are several important concepts to consider Files are placed in My Capture Files by default and have a cfa extension Choose Directories from the Options menu on the Control window to change the default file location Watch the status bar on the Control window to monitor how full the file is When the file is full it begins to wrap which means the oldest data will be overwritten by new data Click the Stop icon pq to temporarily stop data capture Click the Start Capture icon again to resume capture Stopping capture means no data will be added to the capture file until capture is resumed but the previously captured date remains in the file To clear captured data click the Clear icon JE O O If you select Clear after selecting Stop a dialog appears asking whether you want to save the data m You can click Save File and enter a file name when prompted If you choose Do Not Save all data will be cleared If you choose Cancel the dialog closes with no changes If you select the Clear icon whi
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85. ave the capture o You can select Yes and save the capture or select No and close the dialog In either case the existing capture file is cleared and a new capture file is started o Ifyou choose Cancel the dialog closes with no changes To see how to capture to a single file choose System Settings from the Options menu on the Control window When live capture stops no new packets are sniffed but there can still be packets that were previously sniffed but not yet read by the ComProbe analyzer This happens when packets are being sniffed faster than the ComProbe analyzer can process them These packets are stored either on the ComProbe hardware itself or in a file on the PC If there are remaining packets to be processed when live capture stops the Transferring Packets dialog below is displayed showing the packets yet to be read by the ComProbe analyzer The dialog shows the name of each ComProbe hardware device its process id in square brackets and the number of packets remaining These stored packets are read until they re exhausted or the user clicks the Discard button on the dialog Unlike 802 11 Bluetooth packets never come in faster than the datasource can process them However Bluetooth packets must still be stored so that they can be read in chronological order with the 802 11 packets Transferring Packets Current Packet Transfer Statistics Hardware Packets on hardware ComProbe 802 11 6120 21 084 BPA 500 2720 3 Total
86. bytes are highlighted in Event Display 2 5 Click on a frame in the original Frame Display Event Display 2 does not change 48 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 4 4 1 8 Working with Multiple Frame Displays Multiple Frame Displays are useful for comparing two frames side by side They are also useful for comparing all frames against a filtered subset or two filtered subsets against each other e To create a second Frame Display click the Duplicate View icon dg on the Frame Display toolbar This creates another Frame Display window You can have as many Frame Displays open as you wish Each Frame Display is given a number in the title bar to distinguish it from the others e To navigate between multiple Frame Displays click on the Frame Display icon O in the Control window toolbar A drop down list appears listing all the currently open Frame Displays e Select the one you want from the list and it comes to the front Note When you create a filter in one Frame Display that filter does not automatically appear H in the other Frame Display You must use the Hide Reveal feature to display a filter created in one Frame Display in another yA Note When you have multiple Frame Display windows open and you are capturing data you may receive an error message declaring that Filtering cannot be done while receiving data this fast If this occurs you may have to stop filtering until the data i
87. changes you want to keep Once you decide what changes to keep select one of the following e Save To This File Saves the changes you have made to the current capture file e Save As Saves the changes to a new file e Cancel the Close Operation Closes the file and returns you back to the display No changes are saved e Discard Changes Closes the file without saving any of the changes made to the notes bookmarks or protocol stack 6 4 Loading and Importing a Capture File 6 4 1 Loading a Capture File From the Control Window 1 Go to the File menu 2 Choose a file from the recently used file list 3 If the file is not in the File menu list select Open Capture File from the File menu or simply click on the Open icon on the toolbar 4 Capture files have a cfa extension Browse if necessary to find your capture file 5 Click on your file and then click Open 97 Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 6 4 2 Importing Capture Files 1 From the Control window PD go to the File menu and select Open Capture File or click on the Open icon on the toolbar 2 Left of the File name text box select from the drop down list Supported File Types box to All Importable File Types or All Supported File Types cfa log txt csv cap Select the file and click Open The analyzer automatically converts the file to the analyzer s format while keeping the original file in its original format You can sa
88. clutter the display then use the Hide procedure Deleting a saved filter removes the filter from the current session and all subsequent sessions In order to retrieve a deleted filter the user must recreate it using the Set Conditions dialog Hiding a filter merely removes the filter from the display A hidden filter can be reapplied using the Show Hide procedure 63 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data Deleting Saved Display Filters 1 Select Delete Display Filters from the Filter menu in the Frame Display window to Delete Named Conditions User Defined Conditions open the Delete Named Condition dialog ASO The system displays the Delete Named iter Condition dialog with a list of all user defined Filter 5 Filters filters Filter Filter Role Slave 2 Select the filter to be deleted from the list SCO link Supported 3 Click the Delete button 4 Click OK The Delete Named Condition dialog box closes and the system deletes the filter Hiding and Revealing Display Filters If a display filter is showing the following steps will hide that filter but will not delete it 1 Select Hide Show Display Filters from the Filter menu on the Hide Show Filters Frame Display window to open Filters the Hide Show Filters dialog The system displays the Hide Show Filters dialog with a list of all user dude each frame where the protocol Data field ASCII Contains the Substring
89. d back for example of along header line so that the field is visible regardless of where the header is scrolled to An added field can be removed from the Summary pane by selecting Remove New Column from the right click menu The default column layout both membership and order can be restored by selecting Restore Default Columns from the Format or right click menus Changing Column Widths To change the width of a column 1 Place the cursor over the right column divider until the cursor changes to a solid double arrow 2 Click and drag the divider to the desired width 3 To auto size the columns double click on the column dividers Hiding Columns To hide a column 1 Drag the right divider of the column all the way to the left 2 The cursor changes to a split double arrow when a hidden column is present 63 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data 3 To show the hidden column place the cursor over the divider until it changes to a split double arrow then click and drag the cursor to the right 4 The Frame Size Timestamp and Delta columns can be hidden by right clicking on the header and selecting Show Frame Size Column Show Timestamp Column or Show Delta Column Follow the same procedure to display the columns again Moving Columns Changing Column Order To move a column 1 Click and hold on the column header 2 Drag the mouse over the header row 3 A small white triangle indicates wher
90. data is captured Event Display is synchronized with the Frame Display and Mesage Sequence Chart dialogs Selecting a byte in Event Display will also select the related frame in the Frame Display and the related message in the Message Sequence Chart 4 3 2 The Event Display Toolbar P Home Brings the Control window to the front a Home Brings the Control window to the front Start Capture Begins data capture to disk Stop Capture Closes a capture file and stops data capture to disk 231 2 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data H 46383 EFBUPE6H b0 Save Prompts user for a file name If the user supplies a name a cfa file is saved Clear Discards the temporary file and clears the display Lock In the Lock state the window is locked so you can review a portion of data Data capture continues in the background Clicking on the Lock icon unlocks the window Unlock In the Unlock state the screen fills in the data captured since the screen lock and moves down to display incoming data again Clicking on the Unlock icon locks the window Duplicate View Creates a second Event Display window identical to the first Frame Display framed data only Brings up a Frame Display with the frame of the currently selected bytes highlighted Display Capture Notes Brings up the Capture Notes window where you can view or add notes to the capture file Add Modify Bookmark Add a new or mo
91. dify an existing bookmark Display All Bookmarks Shows all bookmarks and lets you move between bookmarks Find Search for errors string patterns special events and more Go To Opens the Go To dialog where you can specify which event number to go to CRC Change the algorithm and seed value used to calculate CRCs To calculate a CRC select a byte range and the CRC appears in the status lines at the bottom of the Event Display Mixed Sides Serial data only By default the analyzer shows data with the DTE side above the DCE side This is called DTE over DCE format DTE data has a white background and DCE data has a gray background The analyzer can also display data in mixed side format In this format the analyzer does not separate DTE data from DCE data but shows all data on the same line as it comes in DTE data is still shown with a white background and DCE data with a gray background so that you can distinguish between the two The benefit of using this format is that more data fits onto one screen Character Only The analyzer shows both the number hex binary etc data and the character ASCII EBCDIC or BAUDOT data on the same screen If you do not wish to see the hex characters click on the Character Only button Click again to go back to both number and character mode Number Only Controls whether the analyzer displays data in both character and number format or just number format Click once to show only numer
92. e The ComProbe software detects and stores the relationships mappings between handle and UUID during the GATT discovery process But sometimes there is no GATT discovery process because e The discovery has previously taken place and both devices stored the mappings and the discovery will not repeat at every subsequent connection e The developer owns both devices in the conversation and chose to ignore discovery because the mappings are known e The devices are in development and the code to perform the mappings has not been written yet The solution to this problem is to 1 define the mappingsin a file and 2 then pre loading the mapping using the ComProbe software Creating handle UUID mapping file Create a file named ATT Handle UUID Preload ini in the root directory of C Users Public Public Documents Frontline Test Equipment My Decoders but the file can be located anywhere Assume that you want to create a GATT service starting at handle 1 Create a section in the ini file called Service Base Handles A 1 A will be your first service Make the base handle equal to the handle of your service You can use all upper and lower case letters so you can have up to 52 service handles Next add the following section Advertiser Handles Generic Access Profile GAP AO 1800 A1 2803 A2 2a00 A3 2803 A4 2a01 A5 2803 A6 2a04 A few tings of note e Inthe code above lines begging with a semi colon
93. e e The status of the search is displayed at the bottom of the dialog Total Frames 259 Frames Filtered In 259 Frame s Selected 201 1 e The search occurs only on the Search for Antenna True results FPound protocol layer selected e To search across all the protocols on the Frame Display select the Unfiltered tab e A drop down list displays the search values entered during the current session of Frame Display Antenna True e The search is cancelled when you select a different protocol tab during a search e You can cancel the search at any time by selecting the Cancel Current Search button 4 4 1 7 Synchronizing the Event and Frame Displays The Frame Display is synchronized with the Event Display Click on a frame in the Frame Display and the corresponding bytes is highlighted in the Event Display Each Frame Display has its own Event Display As an example here s what happens if the following sequence of events occurs 1 Click on the Frame Display icon E in Control window toolbar to open the Frame Display 2 Click on the Duplicate View icon dg to create Frame Display 2 3 Click on Event Display icon Po in Frame Display 2 Event Display 2 opens This Event Display is labeled 2 even though there is no original Event Display to indicate that it is synchronized with Frame Display 2 4 Click on a frame in Frame Display 2 The corresponding
94. e packets frames events coexistence binary hex radix statistics errors and much more This manual is a user guide that takes you from connecting and setting up the hardware through all of the ComProbe software functions for your ComProbe hardware Should you have any questions contact the Frontline Technical Support Team ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 1 ComProbe Hardware amp Software 1 1 What is in this manual The ComProbe User Manual comprises the following seven chapters The chapters are organized in the sequence you would normally follow to capture and analyze data set up configure capture analyze save You can read them from beginning to end to gain a complete understanding of how to use the ComProbe hardware and software or you can skip around if you only need a refresher on a particular topic Use the Contents Index and Glossary to find the location of particular topics e Chapter 1 ComProbe Hardware and Software This chapter will describe the minimum computer requirements and how to install the software e Chapter 2 Getting Started Here we describe how to set up and connect the hardware and how to apply power This chapter also describes how to start the ComProbe software in Data Capture Methods You will be introduced to the Control window that is the primary operating dialog in the ComProbe software e Chapter 3 Configuration Settings The software and hardware is configured to capture data Configuration setti
95. e 4 15 Sample Exported Frames Text File 4 4 1 11 Panes in the Frame Display 4 4 1 11 1 Summary Pane The Summary pane E displays a one line summary of every frame in a capture buffer or file including frame number timestamp length and basic protocol information The protocol information included for each frame depends on the protocol selected in the summary layer box located directly below the main toolbar On a two channel circuit the background color of the one line summary indicates whether the frame came from the DTE or the DCE device Frames with a white background come from the DTE device frames with a gray background come from the DCE device si gt ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data Frame numbers in red indicate errors either physical byte level or frame errors If the error is a frame error in the displayed protocol layer the bytes where the error occurred is displayed in red The Decode Pane gives precise information as to the type of error and where it occurred The Summary pane is synchronized with the other panes in this window Click on a frame in the Summary pane and the bytes for that frame is highlighted in the Event pane while the Decode pane displays the full decode for that frame Any other panes which are being viewed are updated accordingly If you use one pane to select a subset of the frame then only that subset of the frame is highlighted in the other panes Protocol Tabs
96. e NFC User Manual e These tabs are arranged in separate color p coded groups These groups and their Noes og Classic Bluetooth blue colors are General white Classic Bluetooth Mikas towmati le mer LE BR LE PET LE ADY m ae blue Bluetooth low Energy green meem Mem Data i Bluetooth low Energy green 802 11 orange USB purple NFC brown and SD teal The General group applies to _ LA Nine NN 3 all technologies The other groups are KANE 802 11 orange Fryti NG 809 technology specific sige LE 0 e Clicking on a protocol filter tab in the General group filters in all packets containing that protocol regardless of each packet s technology e Clicking on a protocol filter tab in a technology specific group filters in all packets containing that protocol on that technology e A protocol filter tab appears in the General group only if the protocol occurs in more than one of the technology specific tab groups For example if L2CAP occurs in both Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy there will be L2CAP tabs in the General group the Classic Bluetooth group and the Bluetooth low energy group Select the Unfiltered tab to display all packets There are several special tabs that appear in the Summary Pane when certain conditions are met These tabs appear only in the General group and apply to all technologies The tabs are e Bookmarks ap
97. e content Frames matching the filter criteria appear in the Frame Display frames not matching the criteria will not appear 2 Connection filters Two options are available a A Bluetooth connection Displays only the frames associated with a Classic Bluetooth link or a Bluetooth low energy access address A new Frame Display will open showing only the protocol tabs frames summary and events associated with that particular Bluetooth connection b A specific wireless or wired technology Displays all of the frames associated with e Classic Bluetooth e Bluetooth low energy e 802 11 e HCI A new Frame Display will open showing only the protocol tabs frames summary and events associated with the selected technology 4 4 1 13 1 Display Filters A display filter looks at frames that have already been captured It looks at every frame in the capture buffer and displays those that match the filter criteria Frames that do not match the filter criteria are not displayed Display filters allow a user to look at a subset of captured data without affecting the capture content There are three general classes of display filters 58 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual e Protocol Filters e Named Filters e Quick Filter Protocol Filters Protocol filters test for the existence of a specific single layer The system creates a protocol filter for each decoder that is loaded if that layer is encountered in a c
98. e control signals changed from on to off Searching for an event where one or more signals changed means that the analyzer looks at every control signal that you checked and see if any one of those signals changed state at any time 85 Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data ComProbe NFC User Manual o If you want to look at just one control signal m Check the box for the signal m Uncheck all the other boxes m Choose to search for an event where one or more signals changed m The analyzer notes the state of the selected signal at the point in the buffer where the cursor is search the buffer and stop when it finds an event where RTS changed state m Ifthe end of the buffer is reached before an event is found the analyzer tells you that no matches were found e Searching for events where control signals changed state from off to on or vice versa is most useful if the signals are usually in one state and you want to search for occasions where they changed state For example O O O O If DTR is supposed to be on all the time but you suspect that DTR is being dropped Tell the analyzer to look only at DTR by checking the DTR box and unchecking the others Do a search for where one or more control signals changed from on to off The analyzer would search the DTR signal and stop at the first event where DTR dropped from on to off e Searching for an Exact State To search for an exact state means that the analyze
99. e information being displayed in them is constantly changing Refrain from displaying data live in the Event Display and Frame Display windows The analyzer can capture data with no windows other than the Control window open 116 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 7 General Information e If you are still experiencing buffer overflows after trying all of the above options then you need to use a faster PC 7 2 2 Progress Bars The analyzer uses progress bars to indicate the progress of a number of different processes Some progress bars such as the filtering progress bar remain visible while others are hidden The title on the progress bar indicates the process underway 7 2 3 Event Numbering This section provides information about how events are numbered when they are first captured and how this affects the display windows in the analyzer The information in this section applies to frame numbering as well When the analyzer captures an event it gives the event a number If the event is a data byte event it receives a byte number in addition to an event number There are usually more events than bytes with the result is that a byte might be listed as Event 10 of 16 when viewing all events and Byte 8 of 11 when viewing only the data bytes The numbers assigned to events that are wrapped out of the buffer are not reassigned In other words when event number 1 is wrapped out of the buffer event number 2 is not renumbered to even
100. e the column is moved to 4 When the triangle is in the desired location release the mouse Restoring Default Column Settings To restore columns to their default locations their default widths and show any hidden columns 1 Right click on any column header and choose Restore Default Column Widths or select Restore Default Column Widths from the Format menu 4 4 1 11 3 Frame Symbols in the Summary Pane A green dot means the frame was decoded successfully and the protocol listed in the Summary Layer drop down box exists in the frame No dot means the frame was decoded successfully but the protocol listed in the Summary Layer drop down box does not exist in the frame Agreen circle means the frame was not fully decoded There are several reasons why this might happen e One reason is that the frame compiler hasn t caught up to that frame yet It takes some time for the analyzer to compile and decode frames Frame compilation also has a lower priority than other tasks such as capturing data If the analyzer is busy capturing data frame compilation may fall behind When the analyzer catches up the green circle changes to either a green dot or no dot e Another reason is if some data in the frame is context dependent and we don t have the context An example is a compressed header where the first frame gives the complete header and subsequent frames just give information on what has changed If the analyzer does not capture the fir
101. each other This ensures all devices are within NFC s read range and that the maximum signal is available to all devices In the following image the devices are too far apart for reliable operation Figure 2 4 Antenna Positioning Too Far Apart In the following image the analyzer antenna is not parallel to the device and tag This reduces its ability to reliably capture data ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 2 Getting Started Figure 2 5 Antenna Position Not Parallel In most cases placing the antenna between the device and the tag gives the best results However for some combinations of device and tag performance may be improved by placing the antenna directly behind or next to the tag as in the image below Figure 2 6 Antenna Positioning Behind or Next To Tag Often a device will only be able to read NFC tags in the area immediately surrounding the device s internal antenna Often times you ll need to experiment with the reading device in order to locate its antenna and determine the best location for the antenna and the tag In the following image the antenna of the device on the left is in the lower portion of its enclosure but the device is incorrectly positioned so the upper portion of the enclosure is near the analyzer s antenna This reduces the quality of the capture Chapter 2 Getting Started ComProbe NFC User Manual Figure 2 7 Antenna Positioning Adjust for Internal Device Antenna 2 2 Data
102. ecified If no event is found at the time specified the analyzer goes to the nearest event either before or after the specified time Choose whether to have the analyzer go to the nearest event before the specified time or after the specified time by clicking the appropriate radio button in the Go to the timestamp box If you are searching forward in the buffer you usually want to choose the On or After option If you choose the On or Before option it may be that the analyzer finishes the search and not move from the current byte if that byte happens to be the closest match When you select Absolute as Search for the radio buttons are On or before the specified time or On or after the specified time When you select Relative as Search for the radio buttons are On or before the specified time relative to the first selected item or On or after the specified time relative to the last selected item 1 Select On or before the specified time or On or after the specified time 2 When you have specified the time interval you want to use click on the Go To Move Forward or Move Backward buttons to start the search from the current event When you select Absolute as Search for Go To is available When you select Relative as Search for Move Forward or Move Backwardis available There are a couple of other concepts to understand in respect to searching with timestamps e The analyzer skips some special events that do not have timestamps such as
103. ect DTE DCE or both 3 When you made your selections click on the Find Next or Find Previous buttons to start the search from the current event The result of the search is displayed in the Decode pane in Frame Display 5 1 2 Searching by Pattern Search by Pattern lets you perform a traditional string search You can combine any of the formats when entering your string and your search can include wildcards To access the search by pattern function 1 Opena capture file to search 2 Open the Event Display PD or Frame Display window 77 Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 3 Click on the Find icon AA or choose Find from the Edit menu 4 Click on the Pattern tab of the Find dialog Note The tabs displayed on the Find dialog depend on the product you are running and the content V4 of the capture file you are viewing Decode Patten Time Go To Special Events Bookmark Enter Hex values as xx Ignore case Find Previous Binary values as kbbbbbbbb Control characters as e matches any byte or hex or binary digit To enter 8477 or prefix with character Figure 5 4 Find Pattern Tab Patten Erie Hew values at fo Binary value 53 Lbbbbbbbb Control characlers at ec 2 matches any bets or hex of bry dg To enter 3k77 or preii wath chasacter Side Fetih O Search only there sides IDTE DCE Figure 5 5 Find Pattern Tab Side R
104. ected layers only Frame Range All Selection 2MB SMTP CHAD 7 Delete File Reset The Selected Layer Note Browser print options may affect whether any gray background i printed See Help for info OK Cancel Help SIM Application SIP Figure 6 3 Frame Display Print Preview Dialog 2 From this point the procedure is the same as steps 2 through 5 in How to Print Frame Display Data above 3 Click the OK button and after a brief wait a browser window will appear 100 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data 6 5 2 Printing from the Event Display The Event Display Print feature provides the user with the option to print either the entire capture buffer or the current selection When Print Preview is selected the output displays in a browser print preview window where the user can select from the standard print options The output file format is in html and uses the Microsoft Web Browser Control print options for background colors and images see below Print Background Colors Using Internet Explorer 1 Open the Tools menu on the browser menu bar 2 Select Internet Options menu entry 3 Click Advanced tab 4 Check Print background colors and images under the Printing section 5 Click the Apply button then click OK The Event Display Print feature uses the current format of the Event Display as specified by the user See About Event Display for an expla
105. eeees 94 6 1 2 Saving the Entire Capture File with Save Selection 0 l eee cece cece cece cece eeees 95 6 1 3 Saving a Portion of a Capture File a 96 6 2 Adding Comments to a Capture File cece cece ccc cece cece eee eeeceeceeeeee 96 6 3 Confirm Capture File CFA Changes c cece cece cece ce cece eee cece cece eee eeeceeceeeeceeceees 97 6 4 Loading and Importing a Capture File _ 22 22 2 lee eee ec cee ee eee ec eee ee cee eeeeeeeeees 97 6 4 1 Loading a Capture File _ 2 22 lec cee eee ccc cece c ee cee cece cece eeceeceeeeeeceeeees 97 6 4 2 Importing Capture Files _ 22 22 lle aaa oaaao aaoo 2o20 cece ce eect eee cece eeeeeeeeeeeeees 98 Oa PANONE oes PP AP AA eee cee ee eee E 98 6 5 1 Printing from the Frame Display HTML Export 2 22 Ha 98 6 5 2 Printing from the Event Display _ 2 22 22 cece eee ec eee cee cece cece eceeceeceeeeeees 101 GO ON eos ic ce see es es ee cee Os AG BANG a ee oe ee AA see nee eee ee ees 102 ComProbe NFC User Manual 6 6 1 Frame Display Export aandaa adaa adaa aa aaa LaaLa LLa LLALLA DLLD LaaLa aaan naana 102 6 6 2 Exporting a File with Event Display Export c cece cee cee cee cece cee ceeceeeeeeceees 102 6 6 2 1 Export Filter AA 105 6 6 2 2 Exporting Baudot 2 2 ec ec cece ccc cece cece cece cceeeeceececceceececceeeeees 105 Chapter 7 General Information 20 22
106. en finished 111 Chapter 7 General Information ComProbe NFC User Manual If a user sets the My Decoders directory such that it is up directory from an installation path multiple instances of a personality entry may be detected which causes a failure when trying to launch Frontline For example if an Frontline product is installed at C Users Public Public Documents Frontline Test Equipment My Decoders then My Decoders cannot be set to any of the following e C My Decoders e C Users My Decoders e C Users Public My Decoders e C Users Public Public Documents My Decoders e or to any directory that already exists in the path C Users Public Public Documents Frontline Test Equipment My Decoders Default Capture File Folder Checkbox If the Use Last Opened Folder for Capture Files checkbox is checked then the system automatically changes the default location for saving capture files each time you open a file from or save a file to a new location For example let s say the default location for saving capture files is Drive A gt Folder A Now you select the Use Last Opened Folder for Capture Files checkbox The next time however you open a capture file from a different location Folder B gt Removable Flash Drive for example Now when you save the capture file it will be saved to Folder B gt Removable Flash Drive Also all subsequent files will be saved to that location This remains true until you open a file
107. ept the Summary pane display Frame incomplete 4 4 1 1 Frame Display Toolbar The buttons that appear in the Frame Display window vary according to the particular configuration of the analyzer For controls not available the icons will be grayed out Table 4 5 Frame Display Toolbar Icons Control Brings the Control window to the front Open File Opens a capture file I O Settings Opens the I O Settings dialog Start Capture Begins data capture toa user designated file Stop Capture Closes a capture file and stops data capture to disk Save Save the currently selected bytes or the entire buffer to file Clear Discards the temporary file and clears the display Event Display Brings the Event Display window to the front Duplicate View Creates a second Frame Display window identical to the first Apply Modify Display Filters Opens the Display Filter dialog Quick Protocol Filter brings up a dialog box where you can filter or hide one or more protocol layers Protocol Stack brings up the Protocol Stack Wizard where you can change the stack used to decode framed data A2 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Table 4 5 Frame Display Toolbar Icons continued Reload Decoders When Reload Decoders is clicked the plug ins are reset and received frames are re decoded For example If the first frame occurs more than 10 minutes in the past the 10 minute
108. er is not currently capturing data o Paused means that data capture has been suspended o Running means that the analyzer is actively capturing data e Used The next item shows how much of the buffer or capture file has been filled For example if you are capturing to disk and have specified a 200 Kb capture file the bar graph tells you how much of the capture file has been used When the graph reaches 100 capture either stops or the file begins to overwrite the oldest data depending on the choices you made in the System Settings e Utilization Events The second half of the status bar gives the current utilization and total number of events seen on the network This is the total number of events monitored not the total number of events captured The analyzer is always monitoring the circuit even when data is not actively being captured These graphs allow you to keep an eye on what is happening on the circuit without requiring you to capture data JI ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 3 4 Frame Information on the Control Window Frame Decoder information is located just below the Status bar on the Control window It displays two pieces of information For Help Press F1 e Frame Decoder 233 fps displays the number of frames per second being decoded You can toggle this display on off with Ctrl D but it is available only during a live capture e 132911 displays the total frames decoded e 100 displays
109. ers 2 2 22 2 65 Figure 4 24 Set Condition Dialog in Advanced View _ 2 22 cece eee e cece cece ccccecccceccecceeeees 66 Figure 4 25 Rename Filters Dialog 22 2 2 lee cece ccc ec eee e cece cece eee aano 67 Figure 4 26 Connection Filter from the Frame Display Menu eee e cece ee eeeeeeeees 68 Figure 4 27 Connection Filter from the Frame Display Toolbar right click 2 2 2 68 Figure 4 28 Connection Filter from the Frame Display Pane right click eee ee 69 Figure 4 29 Connection Filter from frame selection right click 0222 222 e ee eee 70 Figure 4 30 Front Display Filtered on Access Address Ox8e89bed6 _ 2 eee eee eee eee eee 71 Figure 4 31 Unfiltered Capture File with Classic low energy and 802 11 72 Figure 4 32 Connection Filter selecting All 802 11 frames front eee eee ee eee eee 72 Figure 4 33 Frame Display Quick Filtering and Hiding Protocols Dialog 2 2 2 2 2 2 73 AA ES 74 Figure 5 2 Find Decode Tab Search for String o eee cece eee cee cece cece cece eee ceeceeceee 75 Figure 5 3 Find Decode Tab Side Restriction cece ec ee ce cece cece ccc c ccc eeceecceeeceeees 76 Hg re 5 4 Fnd Pattern AA 78 Figure 5 5 Find Pattern Tab Side Restrictions ooann ceeeececeeeees 78 Figure 5 6 Find by T
110. es all protocols 3 1 2 5 Automatic Gain Control Automatic Gain Control allows ComProbe NFC to reduce its capture sensitivity if the signal it s receiving is too strong It is enabled by checking the Enable Automatic Gain Control check box By default Automatic Gain Control is enabled 3 1 2 5 1 Automatic Gain Control Time When Automatic Gain Control is enabled this option determines when Automatic Gain Control is applied By default Automatic Gain Control is active only at the start of a message and once the gain has been adjusted Automatic Gain Control is disabled until anew message is received If the Continuous option is selected Automatic Gain Control is active during reception of the entire message 3 1 2 5 2 Automatic Gain Control Level When Automatic Gain Control is enabled this setting determines how strong the signal must be before automatic gain adjustment is applied By default gain reduction is not enabled until the received signal is more than five 5 times an internal reference value If the 3 Times 3x option is selected gain reduction is applied when the received signal is three 3 times the internal reference value 19 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 3 Configuration Settings 3 1 2 5 3 Automatic Gain Control Reduction When Automatic Gain Control is enabled this setting controls the amount by which the gain is reduced when the received signal exceeds the Automatic Gain Control Level The available val
111. estrictions Pattern allows you to enter a string in the text box You can use characters hex or binary digits control characters wildcards or a combination of any of the formats when entering your string Every time you type in a search string the ComProbe analyzer saves the search The next time you open Find the drop down list will contain your search parameters 1 Enter the search pattern 2 Check Ignore Case to do a case insensitive search 78 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data 3 When you have specified the pattern you want to use click on the Find Next or Find Previous buttons to start the search from the current event The result of the search is displayed in the in Frame Display and Event Display Refer to Searching by Decode on page 75 for information on Side Restrictions 5 1 3 Searching by Time Searching with Time allows you search on timestamps on the data in Frame Display and Event Display window To access the search by time function 1 Opena capture file to search 2 Open the Event Display PP or Frame Display 5 window 3 Click on the Find icon Ah or choose Find from the Edit menu 4 Click on the Time tab of the Find dialog Note The tabs displayed on the Find dialog depend on the product you are running and the content V4 of the capture file you are viewing Decode Pattem Time GoTo Special Event Bookmark Relative kamal sarap ataizi Bapu
112. example of how using a Rate Deka CRC DTE CRC DCE side restriction differs from searching without regard to data origin No Timestamp No Timestamp 9c 35 While searching without regard for data origin finds all three For Help Press F1 patterns searching using a side restriction never finds the first pattern because it does not come wholly from one side or the other If you choose to search for the pattern ABC and you restrict the 4 Event Display f all search to just the DTE side the analyzer finds the following pattern Fie Ect Yew Format Options Window aga maisama In this example the analyzer finds only the second pattern highlighted above because we restricted the search to just the DTE side The first pattern doesn t qualify because it is split between the DTE and DCE sides and the third pattern though whole comes from just the DCE side Evert 16 to 42 of 6 425 27 events Rate Deka CREDTE CRC DCE NG Timestamp No Timestamp 9c 35 Por Help Press FI If we choose both the DTE and the DCE sides in the above example then the analyzer finds the second pattern followed by the third pattern but not the first pattern This is because each side has one instance in which the whole pattern can be found The analyzer completely searches the DTE side first followed by the DCE side A Note Side Restriction is available for pattern and error searching 1 Select one of the two options 2 Sel
113. f data errors Searching for data error sallows you to choose which errors you want to search for and whether to search the DTE or DCE data or both Bytes with errors are shown in red in the Event Display window making it easy to find errors visually when looking through the data To access the search by time function 1 Opena capture file to search 2 Open the Event Display PD or Frame Display 5 window 3 Click on the Find icon AA or choose Find from the Edit menu 4 Click on the Errors tab of the Find dialog Note The tabs displayed on the Find dialog depend on the product you are running and the content Si of the capture file you are viewing J Find BPA500 cfa Decode Pattern Time Search for event where One or more of these changed a This exactly O One or more of these occured 7 AA we pate Find Previous C One or more of these was off Help Side Restriction il A Search without regard to data origin Search only these sides Slave Master Figure 5 11 Find Error tab Searching for event where The first three options are all fairly similar and are described together These options are searching for an event where e one or more error conditions changed e one or more error conditions occurred e one or more error conditions were off i e no errors occurred Selecting Which Errors to Search The section with the check boxes allows you to choose which errors the analyzer
114. fferent or even if the entire color scheme appears to have changed The examples are still valid Examples of decoders methods and frame recognizers are included in this manual You can cut and paste from these examples to create your own decoders A quick note here Usually the pasted code appears the same as the original in your editor Some editors however change the appearance of the text when it is pasted something to do with whether it is ASCII or Unicode text If you find that the pasted text does not appear the same as the original you can transfer the code into a simple text editor like Notepad save it as an ANSI ASCII file then use it in your decoder These files are installed in the FTE directory of the system Common Files directory The readme file in the root directory of the protocol analyzer installation contains a complete list of included files Most files are located in My Decoders and My Methods We will be updating our web site with new and updated utilities etc on a regular basis and we urge decoder writers to check there occasionally 120 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 7 General Information 7 2 7 Bluetooth low energy ATT Decoder Handle Mapping Low energy device attributes contain a 16 bit address called the attribute handle Each handle is associated with an attribute Universally Unique Identifier UUID that is 128 bits long In the attribute database the handle is unique while the UUID is not uniqu
115. frame markers Data events that do not have timestamps because timestamping was turned off either before or during capture are also skipped 80 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data e Timestamping can be turned on and off while data is being captured As a result the capture buffer may have some data with a timestamp and some data without When doing a search by timestamp the analyzer ignores all data without a timestamp e The raw timestamp value is the number of 100 nanosecond intervals since the beginning of January 1 1601 This is standard Windows time 5 1 4 Using Go To Searching with Go To allows you to go to a particular frame or event or to move through the data X number of events or frames at a time You can move either forward or backwards through the data To access the Go To function 1 Opena capture file to search 2 Open the Event Display PD or Frame Display window 3 Click on the Find icon AA or choose Find from the Edit menu 4 Click on the Go To tab of the Find dialog 5 The system displays the Find dialog with the Go To tab selected Note The tabs displayed on the Find dialog depend on the product you are running and the H content of the capture file you are viewing Ska Decode Patten Tine GoTo Special Ewerdt Bookmark a Frame Humbe Merve Eorratd Data Event Humber Move Back Al Everts Number gis Figure 5 7 Find Go To tab To go
116. from or save a file to a different location There is one caveat to this scenario however Let s say you have selected Use Last Opened Folder for Capture Files and opened a file from a location other than the default directory All subsequent capture files will be saved to that location Suppose however the next time you want to save a capture file the new file location is not available because the directory structure has changed a folder has been moved a drive has been reassigned a flash drive has been disconnected etc In the case of a lost directory structure subsequent capture files will be saved to the default location ComProbe software will always try to save a file to the folder where the last file was opened from or saved to if Use Last Opened Folder for Capture Files is checked If however the location is not accessible files are saved to the default directory that is set at installation If the checkbox is unchecked then the system always defaults to the directory listed in the File Locations dialog 7 1 3 Side Names The Side Names dialog is used to change the names of objects and events that appear in various displays The Side Names dialog will change depending on the sniffing technology in use at the time the software was loaded Changes to the Names are used throughout the program 112 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 7 General Information Side Names Default Namez Current Hames Slave Master
117. he Event Radix Binary Character and Decode panes are all synchronized with one another Clicking on an element in any one of the panes highlights the corresponding element in all the other panes Click the Toggle Expand Decode Pane icon im to make the Decode pane taller This allows for more of a lengthy decode to be viewed without needing to scroll 4 4 1 11 5 Radix or Hexadecimal Pane The Radix pane displays the logical bytes in the frame in either Ria E s 37 TE Ta S Oi hexadecimal decimal or octal The radix can be changed from 0 ee eee the Format menu or by right clicking on the pane and x choosing Hexadecimal Decimal or Octal K Copy Selection to Clipboard Because the Radix pane displays the logical bytes rather than N Select Entire Frame the physical bytes the data in the Radix pane may be different _ Change Text Highlight Color from that in the Event pane See Physical vs Logical Byte Display T a for more information z Hexadecimal Colors are used to show which protocol layer each byte belongs o a to The colors correspond to the layers listed in the Decode E Octal pane The Event Radix Binary Character and Decode panes are all synchronized with one another Clicking on an element in any one of the panes highlights the corresponding element in all the other panes 4 4 1 11 6 Character Pane The Character pane represents the logical bytes in the frame CRII UVG C5 5 AN GS N E 4 I in ASCII EBCDIC or Baudot
118. he dialog fields will change depending on you selection in that field 59 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data Set Condition ry eS Currently Active Condition lt Untitled gt Include Exclude Condition Select each frame where the protocol A AVCTP a field v Command Response x Is Not Present a Z All Fields Advanced Cancel Help Figure 4 19 Example Set Conditions Self Configuring Based on Protocol Selection Set Condition ES Currently Active Condition lt Untitled gt Include Exclude Condition Select each frame lin the range 187 to 234 Enter decimal numbers by typing in the number directly and hexadecimal numbers by starting the number with Ox Advanced Cancel Help Figure 4 20 Example Set Conditions Self Configuring Based on Frame Range 2 Select Include or Exclude to add filtered data or keep out filtered data respectively 3 Select the initial condition for the filter from the drop down list 4 Setthe parameters for the selected condition in the fields provided The fields that appear in the dialog box are dependent upon the previous selection Continue to enter the requested parameters in the fields provided until the condition statement is complete 5 Click OK The system displays the Save Named Condition dialog Provide a name for the filter condition or accept the defa
119. he filter and omits frames that do not Exclude A filter constructed with the Exclude button selected returns a data set that excludes frames that meet the conditions defined by the filter and consists of frames that do not 4 4 1 13 1 3 Named Display Filters You can create a unique display filter by selecting a data type on the Frame Display and using a right click menu When you create a Name Filter it appears in the Quick Filtering dialog where you can use it do customize the data you see in the Frame Display panes 1 Select a frame in the Frame Display Summary Pane 2 Right click in the one of the data columns in the Summary Pane CRC NESN DS Packet Success Ethertype Source Address etc 3 Select Filter in data type The Filtering Results Filtering Results dialog appears 4 Enter aname for the filter 5 Select OK Filter Name The filter you just created appears in the Named Filters section ASCII 3 of the Quick Filtering dialog ok Cancel 4 4 1 13 1 4 Using Compound Display Filters Compound filters use boolean logic to create complex and precise filters There are three primary Boolean logic operators AND OR and NOT The AND operator narrows the filter the OR operator broadens the filter and the NOT operator excludes conditions from the filtered results Include parentheses in a compound filter to nest condition sets within larger condition sets and force the filter processing order
120. hin Decodes Searching within decodes lets you to do a string search on the data in the Decode Pane of the Frame Display window To access the search within decodes function 1 Opena capture file to search bag Open the Event Display PD or Frame Display window 3 Click on the Find icon Ah or choose Find from the Edit menu 4 Click on the Decode tab of the Find dialog Note The tabs displayed on the Find dialog depend on the product you are running and the content H of the capture file you are viewing Decode Paten Time GoTo Special Everd Bookmark CG Search For Sting In Decode Jigncee care C Search Fee All Errore eo Seach Fo Frame Enge Oniy OC Search Fie Hpg Na Figure 5 2 Find Decode Tab Search for String TE ce Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Decode Patter Time GoTo 5pecid Event Signal Emor Bor O Search For Sting In Decode C lgnere cate C3 Seach For All Emors Hele O Search For Frame Enos Oink O Search Far Information Frames Sade Revinchon Search vahou regad bo data ongin C Search onb these sides w OTE m OE Figure 5 3 Find Decode Tab Side Restriction There are several options for error searching on the Decoder tab e Search For String in Decoder allows you to enter a string in the text box You can use characters hex or binary digits wildcards or a combination of any of the formats when entering
121. i Header Length 11 Rename Display Filters iy Header Version 3 bess Add CAC ADANDR Fram Deta Timestamp ta Link 4 Connection Filter i Classic All 4 13 2015 10 55 32 661 ia 00 96 01 70 i SS Sy a Aa aie an E464 Bluetooth low energy Link 0 10 55 32 568 Clock OK0001 d0e0 pa s eee Packet Status CRC Error 0 6 466 B0 00 001 i 10 55 32 6901 FLOW Go b 4b7 ob O00 00 1 110 55 32 692 TYPE 2 DH3 6 465 56 00 00 00 0 4 13 2075 10 55 32 694 i Payload Data Rate 3 Mbps 6 469 1 00 00 00 0 4 73 2015 10 55 32 701 Figure 4 26 Connection Filter from the Frame Display Menu From the Frame Display toolbar Right click anywhere in the toolbar and select Connection Filter from the pop up menu The procedure for creating a connection filter are identical as described in From the Frame Display Filter menu above Frame Display TestFile5limmer cfa File Edit View Format Live Filter Bookmarks Options Window Help Q B flee Se 48 dl VES sa O A AA Sle ki All ii Frame 6 471 Ma Connection Filter j Classic z O E Errors Bluetooth low energy a Link 0 A 3 ve Baseband F Show Hidden Panes gt ne Sum a E ebana eband PreConnection FHS SCO eSCO p Header Length 11 4 Header Version 3 B Frame Pr Access Add CAC BDADDA Fram Delta Timestamp ae as 17 4 13 2015 10 55 32
122. ic frequency range may improve capture performance when attempting to capture a specific protocol in difficult situations The following guidelines apply when adjusting the filter settings e For systems such as NFC F which use a 212 kHz subcarrier 110 kHz to 570 kHz may be used e For systems such as NFC A and NFC B which use an 848 kHz subcarrier 450 kHz to 1500 kHz may be used Other filter values may be tried to improve performance 18 Chapter 3 Configuration Settings ComProbe NFC User Manual 3 1 2 2 Hardware Trigger This setting enables or disables the use of the ComProbe NFC s hardware trigger input The following values for this setting are e Not Used e Rising Edge e Falling Edge When enabled ComProbe NFC will not begin capturing until the selected event occurs on the hardware trigger input A timestamp value of O corresponds to the triggering event By default the hardware trigger input is not used and capture is started immediately upon clicking the Start Capture icon 3 1 2 3 Start Triggers The available options in the drop down list are e Start Capture Immediately e Start Capture at Rising Edge e Start Capture at Falling Edge The default option is to Start Capture Immediately 3 1 2 4 Protocols Enabled The ComProbe NFC can capture data from the following protocols e NFC A e NFC B e NFC F To enable or disable a particular protocol check or uncheck its associated checkbox By default ComProbe NFC captur
123. ic values and again to show both character and numeric values All Events Controls whether the analyzer shows all events in the window or only data bytes Events include control signal changes and framing information 32 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Timestamping Options Brings up the timestamping options window which has options for customizing the display and capture of timestamps 4 3 3 Opening Multiple Event Display Windows Click the Duplicate View icon dg from the Event Display toolbar to open a second Event Display window You can open as many Event Display windows as you like Each Event Display is independent of the others and can show different data use a different radix or character set or be frozen or live The Event Display windows are numbered in the title bar If you have multiple Event Displays open click on the Event Display icon PP on the Control window toolbar to show a list of all the Event Displays currently open Select a window from the list to bring it to the front 4 3 4 Calculating CRCs or FCSs The cyclic redundancy check CRC is a function on the Event Display window used to produce a checksum The frame check sequence FCS are the extra checksum characters added to a frame to detect errors 1 2 3 Open the Event Display window Click and drag to select the data for which you want to generate a CRC Click on the CRC icon df Choose CR
124. ick Filter those protocols For example if you filter on IP and IPX NetBIOS you receive all frames that contain either IP or IPX NetBIOS or both A Quick Filter tab then appears on the Frame Display Changing the filter definition on the Quick Filter dialog changes the filter applied on the Quick Filter tab Quick filters are persistent during the session but are discarded when the session is closed The box in the center is the Protocols To Hide When you select the checkbox for a protocol in the Protocols To Hide data for that protocol will not appear in the Decode Binary Radix and Character panes The frames containing that type data will still appear in the Summary pane but not in the Decode Binary Radix and Character panes The box on the right is the Named Filters It contains filters that you create using the Named Filter and Set Condition dialogs When you select the Named Filters checkbox for the Name Filters a tab appears on the Summary Pane that E Filed displays the frame containing the specific data identified in the filter The F Filter named Filter tab remains on the Frame Display Summary Filter Filter3 7 Pane unless you hide it using the Hide Show Display Filters SCO link Supported dialog F Check the small box next to the name of each protocol you want to filter in Role slave hide or Named Filter to display Configured BT low energy devic Exclude NULL and POLL
125. igits to display using the up or down arrows on the numeric list 115 Chapter 7 General Information ComProbe NFC User Manual 7 1 4 5 Displaying Fractions of a Second 1 Choose System Settings from the Options menu on the Control Pm window and click the Timestamping Options button or click the click the Timestamping Options icon f from the Event Display O window 2 Go to the Display Options section at the bottom of the window and find the Number of Digits to Display box 3 Click on the arrows to change the number You can display between O and 6 digits to the right of the decimal point 7 2 Technical Information 7 2 1 Performance Notes As a software based product the speed of your computer s processor affects the analyzer s performance Buffer overflow errors are an indicator that the analyzer is unable to keep up with the data The information below describes what happens to the data as it arrives what the error means and how various aspects of the analyzer affect performance Also included are suggestions on how to improve performance The analyzer s driver takes data from the driver and counts each byte as they are put into the driver s buffer The analyzer s driver tells the user interface that data is ready to be processed The analyzer takes the data from the driver s buffer and puts the data into the capture buffer Driver Buffer Overflows occur when the user interface does not retrieve frames
126. ime tab _ 2 22 2c cece cece cece cece e aooaa nonar 79 FIPUPE Aa GO TONED AA E E E EE A E 81 Figure 5 8 Find Special Events tab a 83 Figure 5 9 Find Signal tab nccccccccccascucecccuchawducdenesiehceanadecetdecdcdenctvaadeucestuneecdeicewseaseea 84 Figure 5 10 Find Signal Tab AA cceseeece 85 Figure 5 11 Find Error GD AKON BATA INANG am LA NAA pA GORA NO KANA NAUNA ANAK ARA onnnnonnn 87 Figure 5 12 Find Bookmark tab o ee ee cee ec e cece cece cece cece e eee eeeeeeeeeeeeees 90 Figure 5 13 Bookmarked Frame 3 in the Frame Display 20 22 ce cece cece eee ceeceeceeeees 91 Figure 5 14 Find Window Bookmark tab Used to Move Around With Bookmarks 93 viii ComProbe NFC User Manual Figure 6 1 Windows Save dialog _ 2 22 2 ieee cee cece cece ee eee eee cece eee eeeeeeeeeeeeee 95 Figure 6 2 Frame Display Print Dialog a 99 Figure 6 3 Frame Display Print Preview Dialog 22 eee eee cece aoaaa naana onnan 100 Figure 6 4 Event Display Print Dialog _ 2 22 2 lee eee ce cece eee ec eee eeceeceeeceeceees 102 Figure 6 5 Event Display Export Example csv file 103 Figure 6 6 Example csv Event Display Export Excel spreadsheet 222 c eee cece eeeeee 105 Figure 7 1 System Settings Single File Mode 0 eee c ec e cece cece cece ee eeeeeeees 107 Figure 7 2
127. inactive grayed out Bur starts the selected protocol stack closes the dialog and exits the user back to the desktop takes the user to this help file as does pressing the F1 key 3 Expand the folder and select the data capture method that matches your configuration 4 Click on the Run button and the ComProbe Control Window will open configured to the selected capture method 4 Note If you don t need to identify a capture method then click the Run button to start the analyzer Creating a Shortcut A checkbox labeled Create Shortcut When Run is located near the bottom of the dialog This box is un checked by default Select this checkbox and the system creates a shortcut for the selected method and places it in the Frontline ComProbe Protocol Analysis System lt version gt desktop folder and in the start menu when you click the Run button This function allows you the option to create a shortcut icon that can be placed on the desktop In the future simply double click the shortcut to start the analyzer in the associated protocol Supporting Documentation The Frontline ComProbe Protocol Analysis System directory contains supporting documentation for development Automation DecoderScript application notes user documentation Quick Start Guides and User Manual and maintenance tools Chapter 2 Getting Started ComProbe NFC User Manual 2 2 2 ComProbe NFC Data Capture Method Select Data Capture Method A S217
128. ing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual To manually unframe your data 1 Select Unframe from the File menu on the Control window Unframe is only available if a protocol stack was used to capture the data and there is currently no protocol stack selected In addition to choosing to Unframe you can also be prompted to Unframe by the Protocol Stack Wizard 1 Load your capture file by choosing Open from the File menu on the Control window 2 Select the file to load 3 Choose Protocol Stack from the Options menu on the Control window 4 Select None from the list 5 Click Finish The Protocol Stack Wizard asks you if you want to unframe your data and put it into a new file 6 Choose Yes The system removes the frame markers from your data puts the unframed data into a new file and opens the new file The original capture file is not altered See Reframing on page 28 for instructions on framing unframed data 4 2 5 How the Analyzer Auto traverses the Protocol Stack In the course of doing service discovery devices ask for and receive a Protocol Descriptor List defining which protocol stacks the device supports It also includes information on which PSM to use in L2CAP or the channel number for RFCOMM or the port number for TCP or UDP The description below talks about how the analyzer auto traverses from L2CAP using a dynamically assigned PSM but the principle is the same for RFCOMM channel numbers and TCP UDP port numbers The analyzer
129. issing There may be times when you need to provide information to the analyzer because the context for decoding a frame is missing For example if the analyzer captured a response frame but did not capture the command frame 29 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data indicating the command The analyzer provides a way for you to supply the context for any frame provided the decoder supports it The decoder writer has to include support for this feature in the decoder so not all decoders support it Note that not all decoders require this feature If the decoder supports user provided context three items are active on the Options menu of the Control window and the Frame Display window These items are Set Initial Decoder Parameters Automatically Request Missing Decoding Information and Set Subsequent Decoder Parameters These items are not present if no decoder is loaded that supports this feature Set Initial Decoder Parameters is used to provide required information to decoders that is not context dependent but instead tends to be system options for the protocol Choose Set Initial Decoder Parameters in order to provide initial context to the analyzer for a decoder A dialog appears that shows the data for which you can provide information If you need to change this information for a particular frame 1 Right click on the frame in the Frame Display window 2 Choose Provide lt context name gt
130. ive and Absolute Time With Timestamping you can choose to employ Relative Time or Absolute time 1 Choose System Settings from the Options menu on the Control window and click the Timestamping Options button or click the click the Timestamping Options icon f3 from the Event Display O window 2 Go to the Display Options section at the bottom of the window and find the Display Relative Timestamps checkbox 3 Check the box to switch the display to relative timestamps Remove the check to return to absolute timestamps Note The options in this section affect only how the timestamps are displayed on the screen not Si how the timestamps are recorded in the capture file e Display Raw Timestamp Value shows the timestamp as the total time in hundred nanoseconds from a specific point in time e Display Relative Timestamps shows the timestamp as the amount of time that has passed since the first byte was captured It works just like a stop watch in that the timestamp for the first byte is 0 00 00 0000 and all subsequent timestamps increment from there The timestamp is recorded as the actual time so you can flip back and forth between relative and actual time as needed e Selecting both values displays the total time in nanoseconds from the start of the capture as opposed to a specific point in time e Selecting neither value displays the actual chronological time When you select Display Relative Timestamp you can set the number of d
131. lay Sides Together to remove the check mark and return to side by side display 4 Right click in the sides panel on the right of the data display and select Display Sides Together A check mark is displayed Click on Display Sides Together to remove the check mark and return to side by side display 36 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 4 3 7 5 List of all Event Symbols By default the Event Display shows all events which includes control signal changes start and end of frame characters and flow control changes If you want to see only the data bytes click on the All Events button Click again to display all events Click on a symbol and the analyzer displays the symbol name and sometimes additional information in the status lines at the bottom of the Event Display window For example clicking on a control signal change symbol displays which signal s changed In addition to data bytes the events shown are in alphabetical order Table 4 4 Event Symbols Broken Frame The frame did not end when the analyzer expected it to This occurs most often with protocols where the framing is indicated by a specific character control signal change or other data related event KE Buffer Overflow Indicates a buffer overflow error A buffer overflow always causes a broken frame the analyzer displays which signal s changed at the bottom of the Event Display window O Data Capture Paused
132. le a capture is occurring m The capture stops m A dialog appears asking if you want to save the capture m You can select Yes and save the capture or select No and close the dialog In either case the existing capture file is cleared and a new capture file is started m If you choose Cancel the dialog closes with no changes e The link key pin code can be changed while sniffing and the changes will be automatically saved in the configuration file O While the device is sniffing click in the Classic Encryption link key pin code field This action places the focus on that window Change the link key pin code The Status window at the bottom of the page will inform the user to move focus away from the link key pin code window Click the mouse outside the link key pin code field or press the Tab key This action will remove the focus from the link key pin code window The lin k ke v pi n code C h a nge sare In order to automatically save changes move focus away from field when editing is complete Clear Automatically saving pin code automatically saved to the configuration file 24 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 4 1 3 Extended Inquiry Response Extended Inquiry Response EIR is a tab that appears automatically on the Frame Display window when you capture data Frame Display FIET Ai lgj z Fh ER Wwa F lve Fie Opin Window Hep egi EN ud PO NO sg a Gao sme Biber I
133. lect a specific directory Otherwise your file is saved in the default capture file directory 6 When you are finished click OK 6 1 2 Saving the Entire Capture File with Save Selection 1 If you are capturing data click on the Stop icon j to stop data capture You cannot save data to file while it is being captured 2 Open the Event Display por Frame Display J window 3 Right click in the data 4 Select Save Selection or Save As from the right click menu 5 Click on the radio button labeled Entire File Save Entire File 6 Choose to save Events or Frames Choosing to save T Selection Events saves the entire contents of the capture file Choosing to save Frames does not save all events in the capture file CEvens Frames 1 tl 7 Type a file name in the As box at the bottom of the screen As Type fie name hen Click the Browse icon to browse to a specific directory TINAPA TAR RA ie Otherwise your file is saved in the default capture file file is being saved directory 8 When you are finished click OK 95 Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 6 1 3 Saving a Portion of a Capture File 1 If you are capturing data click on the Stop icon to pause data capture You cannot save data to a file while it is being captured Open the Event Display or Frame Display window depending on whether you want to specify a range in bytes or in frames Select the portion of the da
134. lication Notes 126 Appendicies Index A Aborted Frame 109 About Display Filters 58 Absolute Time 115 Adding a New Predefined Stack 27 Adding Comments To A Capture File 96 Advanced System Options 108 Apply Capture Filters 61 Apply Display Filters 58 59 61 63 ASCII 36 character set 117 viewing datain 36 ASCII Codes 117 ASCII Pane 55 Auto Sizing Column Widths 53 Automatically Request Missing Decoding Information 29 Automatically Restart 106 Automatically Restart Capturing After Clear Capture Buffer 106 Automatically Save Imported Capture Files 106 Autotraversal 27 29 Baudot 36 105 Baudot Codes 117 Begin Sync Character Strip 38 Binary 35 78 Binary Pane 56 BL 119 Bookmarks 91 92 Boolean 61 66 128 ComProbe NFC User Manual BPA 500 Capture Data 22 Broken Frame 37 BS 119 Buffer 95 106 Buffer Overflow 106 Buffer File Options 106 Byte 33 35 56 117 Searching 81 byte export 49 C Calculating Data Rates and Delta Times 33 Capture Buffer 95 106 108 Capture Buffer Size 106 Capture File 21 95 98 106 108 auto save imported files 106 capture to a series of files 106 capture to one file 106 changing default location of 110 changing max size of 106 108 framing captured data 28 importing 98 loading 97 reframing 28 removing framing markers 28 saving 95 96 starting capture to file 21 Capturing 21 Data to Disk 21 CFA file 96 97 Changing Default File Locations 110 Co
135. lude Radio Buttons 61 Expand All Collapse All 54 Expand Decode Pane 49 Export Export Baudot 105 Export Events 103 Export Filter Out 105 Extended Inquiry Response 25 F F F 118 FCSs 33 Field Width 53 File 94 97 106 File Locations 110 File Series 106 File Types Supported 97 Filtering 72 Filters 58 59 61 63 66 73 Find 75 78 79 81 82 87 130 ComProbe NFC User Manual Find Bookmarks 89 Find Introduction 74 Font Size 38 Frame Display 39 42 45 46 48 49 53 57 Frame Display Change Text Highlight Color 57 Frame Display Find 46 Frame Display Status Bar 45 Frame Display Toolbar 42 Frame Display Window 40 Frame Recognizer Change 37 Frame Symbols 54 Frame Information on the Control Window 13 Freeze 34 FS 119 FTS Serial Driver 120 Go To 81 Green Dots in Summary Pane 54 GS 118 Hex 35 Hexadecimal 55 Hiding Display Filters 63 Hiding Protocol Layers 45 High Resolution Timestamping 115 HT 119 I O Settings Change 37 Icons in Data on Event Display 37 Importable File Types 98 Importing Capture Files 97 ComProbe NFC User Manual INCLUDE 61 Include Exclude 61 Layer Colors 57 LF 119 Link Key 22 LSB 24 Live Update 34 Logical Byte Display 45 Logical Bytes 45 Long Break 37 Low Power 38 Main Window 10 Minimizing 16 Mixed Channel Sides 36 Mixed Sides Mode 36 Modem Lead Names 112 Modify Display Filters 65 66 Multiple Event Displays 33 Multiple Frame Di
136. mProbe NFC User Manual Character 78 118 Character Pane 55 Character Set 36 117 118 Choosing a Data Capture Method 8 Clear Capture Buffer 106 CN 119 Color of Data Bytes 57 Colors 57 Comma Separated File 102 Compound Display Filters 61 ComProbe NFC Hardware Settings 5 17 ComProbe NFC I O Settings 18 Confirm CFA Changes 97 Context For Decoding 29 Control Characters 118 Control Signals 37 112 Control Window 16 106 Configuration Information 12 Conversation Filters 63 CPAS Capture Data 22 CPAS Control Window Toolbar 11 CR 119 CRC 33 CSV Files 102 Custom Protocol Stack 25 27 Custom Stack 26 27 Customizing Fields in the Summary Pane 53 D D 1 119 D 2 118 D 3 118 129 Appendicies D 4 118 D E 119 Data 33 94 95 Capturing 21 Data Byte Color Denotation 57 Data Errors 87 Data Rates 33 Decimal 35 Decode Pane 54 decoder 120 DecoderScript 120 Decodes 25 30 39 45 54 75 Default File Locations 110 Deleting Display Filters 63 Delta Times 33 Direction 63 Directories 110 Disabling 106 Display Filters 58 64 66 Display Options 116 DL 119 Dots 54 Driver 120 Duplicate View 31 33 48 49 E E B 119 E C 119 Easy Protocol Filtering 73 EBCDIC 36 EBCDIC Codes 118 EIR 25 Appendicies EM 118 EQ 119 Errors 87 112 ET 118 Event Display 30 48 102 Event Display Export 102 Event Display Toolbar 31 Event Numbering 117 Event Pane 56 Event Symbols 37 EX 118 Exclude 61 Exc
137. mProbe NFC User Manual Modify 1 Select the frame or event with the bookmark to be edited 2 There are three ways to access the Add Modfy Bookmark dialog a Select Add or Modify Bookmark from the Bookmarks menu on the Frame Display and Event Display b Select the Add or Modify Bookmark a icon on one of the toolbars or c Right click on the frame event and choosing Modify Bookmark on the selection 3 Change the comment in the dialog box 4 Click OK The edited bookmark will be saved as a part of the cfa file 5 You can also select Display All Bookmarks LO from the Frame Display and Event Display toolbar or the Bookmarks menu the Find window will open on the Bookmark tab Select the bookmark you want to modify and click the Modify button Change the comment in the dialog box and click OK Delete 1 Select the frame or event with the bookmark to be deleted 2 There are three ways to access the Add Modfy Bookmark dialog a Select Add or Modify Bookmark from the Bookmarks menu on the Frame Display and Event Display b Select the Add or Modify Bookmark Lil icon on one of the toolbars or c Right click on the frame event and choosing Modify Bookmark on the selection 3 Click on the Delete button The bookmark will be deleted 4 You can also select Display All Bookmarks O from the Frame Display and Event Display toolbar or the Bookmarks menu the Find window will open on the Bookmark tab Select the bookmark you want
138. meout feature P Note This option is currently disabled 7 1 1 3 Selecting Start Up Options To open this window 1 Choose System Settings from the Options menu on the Control A window 2 On the System Settings window click the Start Up button 3 Choose one of the options to determine if the analyzer starts data capture immediately on starting up or not 109 Chapter 7 General Information ComProbe NFC User Manual Program Start Up Options On piogram start up Ce Don t start caphunng immediately O Silai capturing bo a file immeckateky O Start capturing immediately bo the folowing ile Figure 7 3 Start Up Options dialog e Don t start capturing immediately This is the default setting The analyzer begins monitoring data but does not begin capturing data until clicking the Start Capture icon on the Control Event Display or Frame Display windows e Start capturing to a file immediately When the analyzer starts up it immediately opens a capture file and begins data capture to it This is the equivalent of clicking the Start Capture icon The file is given a name based on the settings for capturing to a file or series of files in the System Settings window e Start capturing immediately to the following file Enter a file name in the box below this option When the analyzer starts up it immediately begins data capture to that file If the file already exists the data in it is overwritten 7
139. n Decimal Display numbers in Hexadecimal Figure 4 6 Data display right click menu If you want to see only the numerical values click on the Numbers Only icon 4 on the Event Display toolbar 4 3 7 3 Switching Between ASCII EBCDIC and Baudot On the Event Display window the analyzer displays data in ASCII by default when you click on the Characters Only icon A There are several ways to change the character set used to display data 1 Gotothe Format menu and select the character set you want A check mark next to the character set indicates which set is currently being used 2 With the data displayed in characters right click on the data panel header label to choose a different character set If you want to see only characters click on the Characters Only icon A on the Event Display toolbar 4 3 7 4 Selecting Mixed Channel Sides If you want to get more data on the Event Display window you can switch to mixed sides mode This mode puts all the data together on the same line Data from one side Slave is shown on a white background and data from the other side Master is shown on a gray background 1 Click once on the Mixed Sides icon Ea to put the display in mixed sides mode 2 Click again to return to side over side mode 3 You can right click in the center of the data display window to change between mixed and side over side modes by selecting Display Sides Together A check mark is displayed Click on Disp
140. nal changes and Set I O events Non printable characters or both If you choose to filter out Special Events your export file would contain only the data bytes Filtering out the non printable characters means that your export file would contain only special events and data bytes classified as printable In ASCII printable characters are those with hex values between 20 and S7e 6 6 2 2 Exporting Baudot When exporting Baudot you need to be able to determine the state of the shift character In a text export the state of the shift bit can be determined by the data in the Character field When letters is active the character field shows letters and vice versa 105 Chapter 7 General Information 7A System Settings and Progam Options 7 1 1 System Settings Open the System Settings window by choosing System Settings from the Options menu on the Control window To enable a setting click in the box next to the setting to place a checkmark in the box To disable a setting click in the box to remove the checkmark When viewing a capture file settings related to data capture are grayed out 106 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 7 General Information Single File System Settings xe Capture Mode Single File i Restart Capturing After Saving or Clearing Capture File Wrap File File Size in K 81373 Min Max Sta Advanced Figure 7 1 System Settings Single File Mode This option allows the
141. nation on formatting the Event Display prior to initiating the print feature Configure the Print File Range in the Event Display Print dialog Selecting more than one event in the Event Display window defaults the radio button in the Event Display Print dialog to Selection and allows the user to choose the All radio button When only one event is selected the All radio button in the Event Display Print dialog is selected How to Print Event Display Data to a Browser 1 Select Print or Print Preview from the File menu on the Event Display window to display the Event Display Print dialog Select Print if you just want to print your data to your default printer Select Print Preview if you want preview the print in your browser 2 Select the range of events to include from either All or Selection in the Event Range section Choosing All prints all of the events in the capture file or buffer Choosing Selection prints only the selected events in the Event Display window Note In order to prevent a Print crash you cannot select All if there are more than Si 100 000 events in the capture buffer Note See Configure the Print File Range in the Event Display Print Dialog above for an Si explanation of these selections 101 Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Event Display Print Evert range O Al Selection Note Browser piri ophons may alfect whether ary gray background amp parted See Help lo ino
142. nclude frames hane the potoci Ti BOMsgsCCOO Summary Ete inqury Asaran 7 Baceba Uinhikomd Barshand Extended Inquay Response Snilterobug 00201111 11111111 N 10111005 11100119 OOO GOUTA Hasshand 01012101 K1010012 00010011 Kota ingay Paguli goiat pitan DOODOD10 otioti D0000000 E E gad ba oe LEG boo Doo Lo 00001001 DD Liao ki quar E O1101000 01401111 01101110 01100101 D00 0111 Et Enter mapang Pani 00000011 00010101 00010001 00011111 00010001 00001001 onc 10001 COOOUOO0 CONOR 00090000 Katy Feeipewine Daka Type Complete et of 16 8 LID MANA SB TAL ALS H phone t EA ee AR pi ial EEEN aera u aratura AANA drip Kina LA KANAN MELBA Na a ee Wn PERR ORES RRC AA AH DI ug Ho ew ww wh CI kA AR AP ue wun ey YSU LAS AA PIGIL MAALAA AA ALa Total Frames G4 Frames Fibered In 275 Frame s Selected 47 1 totap ZST bytes Figure 4 3 Frame Display Extended Inquire Response EIR displays extensive information about the Bluetooth devices that are discovered as data is being captured EIR provides more information during the inquiry procedure to allow better filtering of devices before connection and sniff subrating which reduces the power consumption in low power mode Before the EIR tab was created this type of information was not available until a connection was made to a device Therefore EIR can be used to
143. nd not included with the analyzer the Remove Selected Item From List button becomes active 2 Click the Remove Selected Item From Listbutton to remove the stack from the list You cannot remove stacks provided with the analyzer If you remove a custom stack you need to define it again in order to get it back If you are changing the protocol stack for a capture file you may need to reframe See Reframing on page 28 for more information You cannot select a stack or change an existing one for a capture file loaded into the Capture File Viewer the Capture File Viewer is used only for viewing capture files and cannot capture data Protocol Stack changes can only be made from a live session 26 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 4 2 2 Creating and Removing a Custom Stack To create a custom stack sna PA 1 Choose Protocol Stack from the Select a protocol stack Options menu on the Control Build Your Own window or click the Protocol Stack 802 11 MAC 802 11 Radio icon on the Frame Display Air Sniffer 7 BlueCore Serial Protocol BCSP from Cambridge Silicon Radio with autotraverse Bluetooth HC UART H4 with autotraverse toolbar Bluetooth HCI USB with autotraverse Bluetooth virtual transport with autotraverse E Fictitious Protocol with autotraverse 2 Select Build Your Own from the list H4DS with autotraverse and click Next MWS Wireless Coexistence Interface 2 3
144. ngs may vary for a particular ComProbe analyzer depending on the technology and network being sniffed There are topics on configuring protocol decoders used to disassemble packets into frames and events e Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data This Chapter describes how to start a capture session and how to observe the captured packets frames layers and events e Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data Here you will find how to move through the data and how to isolate the data to specific events often used for troubleshooting device design problems e Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data When a live capture is completed you may want to save the captured data for future analysis or you may want to import a captured data set from another developer or for use in interoperability testing This chapter will explain how to do this for various data file formats e Chapter 7 General Information This chapter provides advanced system set up and configuration information timestamping information and general reference information such as ASCII baudot and EBCDIC codes This chapter also provides information on how to contact Frontline s Technical Support team should you need assistance 1 2 Computer Minimum System Requirements Frontline supports the following computer systems configurations e Operating System Windows 7 and 8 e USB Port USB 2 0 or USB 3 0 High Speed The ComProbe software must operate on a computer with the following minimum ch
145. nter a value in the Find text box Find Anbenng True 4 Note Note The text box is disabled during a live capture Select Find Previous Occurren e_ to begin the search on frames prior to the frame you selected or Find Next Occurrence po to begin the search on frames following the frame you selected db Arterna Signal True The next occurrence of the value if it is found will be highlighted in Antenna True dim Tiara Qtheruation Fake db Tiansmi Alberuation Fake the Decode Pane 4 Select Find Previous Occurrence or Find Next Occurrence to continue the search There are several important concepts to remember with Find 47 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data e When you enter a search string and select Enter the search moves forward e If you select Find Previous Occurrence when the search reaches the first frame it will then cycle to the last frame and continue until it reaches the frame where the search began e Shift F3 is a shortcut for Find Previous Occurrence e If you select Find Next Occurrence when the search reaches the last frame it will then cycle to the first frame and continue until it reaches the frame where the search began e F3 is a shortcut for Find Next Occurrence e You cannot search while data is being captured e After a capture is completed you cannot search until Frame Display has finished decoding the frames e Find is not case sensitiv
146. og cfa 3 C Users BPA500 cfa 4 C Users SDIO_20121005 cfa Print Print Preview Export Byte Export HTML Export Reload Decoders Recreate Companion File Figure 4 12 Frame Display File menu Byte Export 2 From the Byte Export window specify the frames to export e All Frames exports all filtered in frames including those scrolled off the Summary pane Filtered in frames are dependent on the selected Filter tab above the Summary pane Filtered out frames are not exported e Selected Frames export is the same as All Frames export except that only frames selected in the Summary pane will be exported Byte Export 28 Export raw bytes from the currently selected filter tab All Frames C Selected Frames Figure 4 13 Byte Export dialog Click the OK button to save the export Clicking the Cancel button will exit Byte Export 3 The Save As dialog will open Select a directory location and enter a file name for the exported frames file 50 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual J Save As xs OU z Desktop gt v Search Desktop p Organize v New folder SEM de tac a Name f Size Item type F E Desktop F a Libraries Mm Downloads JA John W Trinkle wi Recent Places JM Computer Ga Network Libraries Ji Frontline ComProb File folder c8 Documents Ji Frontline ComProb File folder a Music m Frontline C
147. omProb File folder Pictures d Frontline ComProb File folder a si Subversion I A aAA a File name ByteLevelExport 1 bt x Save as type Text Files bt amp Hide Folders Save Cancel Figure 4 14 Save As dialog Click on the Save button The exported frames are in a text file that can be opened in any standard text editing application The header shows the export type the capture file name the selected filter tab and the number of frames The body shows the frame number the timestamp in the same format shown in the Frame Display Summary pane and the frame contents as raw bytes ByteLevelExport_1 txt Notepad olel amp File Edit Format View Help Byte export of all filtered in frames Capture file le modified channel maps HID kbd cant decrypt GAIT cfa Filter tab Unfiltered 1 299 frames exported Frame Number Timestamp Frame Contents 1 7 5 2012 6 05 23 966944 PM 00 ff b2 00 15 aa d6 be 89 8e 00 13 96 bi eb d7 90 b o 2 7 5 2012 6 05 23 967570 PM 18 ff ae 00 15 aa d be 89 Be 00 13 7b 96 bi eb d7 90 0 3 7 5 2012 6 05 23 968195 PM 4e ff b3 00 15 aa d be 89 8e 00 13 7b 96 bi eb d7 90 0 4 7 5 2012 6 05 23 994441 PM 00 ff b2 00 15 aa d be 89 Be 00 13 7b 96 bi eb d7 90 0 5 7 5 2012 6 05 23 995066 PM 18 ff ae 00 15 aa d6 be 89 8e 00 13 7b 96 bi eb d7 90 0 6 7 5 2012 6 05 23 995691 PM 4e ff b7 00 15 aa d6 be 89 8e 00 13 7b 96 bi eb d7 90 0 4 LU p Figur
148. or configuring capture Enter files Directories Opens the File Locations dialog where the user can change the default file locations Check for New When this selection is enabled the program automatically Releases at Startup Protocol Stack checks for the latest Frontline protocol analyzer software releases Opens the Side Names dialog used to customize the names of the slave and master wireless devices Opens the Select a Stack dialog where the user defines the protocol stack they want the analyzer to use when decoding frames Set Initial Decoder Parameters Opens the Set Initial Decoder Parameters window Each entry in the window takes effect from the beginning of the capture onward or until redefined in the Set Subsequent Decoder Parameters dialog This selection is not present if no decoder is loaded that supports this feature Set Subsequent E Opens the Set Subsequent Decoder Parameters dialog Decoder where the user can override an existing parameter at any Parameters frame in the capture Each entry takes effect from the specified frame onward or until redefined in this dialog on a later frame This selection is not present if no decoder is loaded that supports this feature When checked this selection opens a dialog that asking for missing frame information When unchecked the analyzer decodes each frame until it cannot go further and it stops decoding This selection is not present if no decoder i
149. ossed triangle next to the header name indicates which column the frames are sorted by The direction of the triangle indicates whether the frames are in ascending or descending order with up being ascending Note that it may take some time to sort large numbers of frames 4 4 1 6 Frame Display Find Frame Display has a simple Find function that you can use to search the Decode Pane for any alpha numeric value This functionality is in addition to the more robust Search Find dialog Frame Display Find is located below the toolbar on the Frame Display dialog Frame Display bpa bt le cfa GI Pig YE Se 8 DOU LIL LA S han O Bono TJ RAD Figure 4 10 Frame Display Find text entry field Where the more powerful Search Find functionality searches the Decode Binary Radix and Character panes on Frame Display using Timestamps Special Events Bookmarks Patterns etc 46 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Decode Pattem Tune GoTo Special Events Search for C Absolute O Relive Rare Honth i Hy J Daw Hour te Second 1 1 000000 Second 111 E E Si 71000 ro A Ng 7 i Go bo the bimaitamg CG On o baoe the specified lima O Onor after the specihed img Figure 4 11 Search Find Dialog Find on Frame Display only searches the Decode Pane for a value you enter in the text box To use Find 1 Select the frame where you want to begin the search 2 E
150. pear when a bookmark is first seen e Errors appear when an error is first seen An error is a physical error in a data byte or an error in the protocol decode e Info appears when a frame containing an Information field is first seen The tabs disappear when the capture buffer is cleared during live capture or when decoders are reloaded even if one of the tabs is currently selected They subsequently reappear as the corresponding events are detected Comparing Frames If you need to compare frames you can open additional Frame Display windows by clicking on the Duplicate View icon ag You can have as many Frame Display windows open at a time as you wish Frame Wrapping and Display In order to assure that the data you are seeing in Frame Display are current the following messages appear describing the state of the data as it is being captured e All Frame Display panes except the Summary pane display No frame selected when the selected frame is in the buffer i e not wrapped out but not accessible in the Summary pane This can happen when a tab is selected that doesn t filter in the selected frame e When the selected frame wraps out regardless of whether it was accessible in the Summary pane all Frame Display panes except the Summary pane display Frame wrapped out of buffer 41 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data e When the selected frame is still being captured all Frame Display panes exc
151. port the data 5 Choose Host Function Control or Both to determine how you want to export the data 6 Choose whether you want to display multiple events or single events per row 103 Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Events Per Row You can choose to display Multiple Events Per Row but this method contains no timestamps If you select One Event Per Row you can display timestamps multiple events or single events per row Note The raw timestamp value is the number of 100 nanosecond intervals since the H beginning of January 1 1601 This is standard Windows time The timestamp data types displayed in columns for One Event Per Row Timestamp Delta Event Number Byte Number Frame Number Type Hex Dec Oct Bin Side ASCII 7 bit ASCII EBCDIC Baudot RTS CTS DSR DTR CD RI UART Overrun Parity Error Framing Error 7 Ifyou select csv as the file type choose whether you want to hide display Preambles or Column Headings in the exported file 8 Click Save The Event Display Export file is saved to the locations you specified in File name 104 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data al A B C D E F G H l J K 1 Timestamp Delta Event Number Byte Number Frame Number Type Hex iDec Oct Bin ASCII 632 11 30 2012 12 20 02 895166 PM 0 00 00 00 631 626 3 Data 0 0 0 0 633 11 30 2012 12 20 02 895166 PM 0 00 00 00 632 627 3 Data oi 0 0 0 634 1
152. ptions window Start up options let you choose whether to start data capture immediately on opening the analyzer e Advanced Opens the Advanced System Options window The Advanced Settings should only be changed on advice of technical support 7 1 1 1 System Settings Disabled Enabled Options Some of the System Settings options are disabled depending upon the status of the data capture session e As the default all the options on the System Settings dialog are enabled e Once the user begins to capture data by selecting the Start Capture button some of the options on the System Settings dialog are disabled until the user stops data capture and either saves or erases the captured data e The user can go into the Startup options and Advanced system options on the System Settings dialog and make changes to the settings at any time 7 1 1 2 Advanced System Options These parameters affect fundamental aspects of the software and it is unlikely that you ever have to change them If you do change them and need to return them to their original values the default value is listed in parentheses to the right of the value box Most technical support problems are not related to these parameters and as changing them could have serious consequences for the performance of the analyzer we strongly recommend contacting technical support before changing any of these parameters To access the Advanced System Options 1 Go to the Control A window
153. r a list of all the special events shown in the analyzer and what they mean 4 3 7 2 Switching Between Hex Decimal Octal or Binary On the Event Display window the analyzer displays data in Hex by default There are several ways to change the radix used to display data Go to the Format menu and select the radix you want A check mark next to the radix indicates which set is currently being used Bookmarks Hexadecimal Decimal Octal Binary ASCI 7 bit ASCI EBCDIC Baudot Figure 4 4 Format Menu 1 Right click on the data display header labels and choose a different radix 5 2 Cot a Cam Tam Cam CU BP n i mi ml m l m Display numbers in Binary ES Display numbers in Octal Od O Display numbers in Decimal b 3 Display numbers in Hexadecimal Figure 4 5 Header labels right click 2 Or right click anywhere in the data display and select a different radix lThe base of a number system Binary is base 2 octal is base 8 decimal is base 10 and hexadecimal is base 16 35 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data Oa 9a P 30 Copy the selection and put it on the 24 Save As Go to an Event Number 5e 2f Find 197 Od Display Only Numbers 44 Display Only Characters Display Sides Together mm v Display all Event Information Display numbers in Binary Display numbers in Octal Display numbers i
154. r finds events that match exactly the state of the control signals that you specify O First choose to search for an event where your choices exactly describe the state This changes the normal check boxes to a series of radio buttons labeled On Off and Don t Care for each control signal Choose which state you want each control signal to be in Choose Don t Care to have the analyzer ignore the state of a control signal When you click Find Next the analyzer searches for an event that exactly matches the conditions selected beginning from the currently selected event If the end of the buffer is reached before a match is found the analyzer asks you if you want to continue searching from the beginning If you want to be sure to search the entire buffer place your cursor on the first event in the buffer Select one of the four radio buttons to choose the condition that must be met in the search Select one or more of the checkboxes for Pin 1 2 3 or 4 Or Select one or more of the checkboxes for Request to Send RTS Clear to Send CTS Data Set Ready DSR Data Terminal Ready DTR Carrier Detect CD and Ring Indicator Rl Click Find Next to locate the next occurrence of the search criteria or Find Previous to locate an earlier occurrence of the search criteria 86 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data 5 1 7 Searching for Data Errors The analyzer can search for several types o
155. ring and Analyzing Data Table 4 4 Event Symbols continued Ka Low Power The battery in the ComProbe is low amp Short Break Lt jm Event SPY Mode only SPY events are commands sent by the application being spied on to the UART Star of Frame Marks the start of a frame banana akap o essere ao CC Na aaa iy Sync Hunt Entered Sync Lost Test Device Stopped Responding The analyzer lost contact with the ComProbe for some reason often because there is no power to the ComProbe Test Device Test Device Began Responding The analyzer regained contact with the ComProbe Responding The analyzer regained contact with the Test Device Began Responding The analyzer regained contact with the ComProbe Gh Timestamping Disabled Timestamping was turned off Events following this event are not timestamped Timestamping Enabled Timestamping was turned on Events following this event have timestamps Truncated Frame A frame that is not the same size as indicated within its protocol Unknown Event 4 3 7 6 Font Size The font size can be changed on several Event Display windows Changing the font size on one window does not affect the font size on any other window To change the font size 38 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 1 Click on Event Display menu Options and select Change the Font Size i Set Timestamp Format Change the Font Si
156. ring and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual 4 4 1 11 9 Change Text Highlight Color Whenever you select text in the Binary Radix or Character panes in Frame Display the text is displayed with a highlight color You can change the color of the highlight Select Color 7 Text Highlight Color Selector 1 Select Change Text Highlight Color from the Options menu You can also access the option by ka right clicking in any of the panes Defaults 2 Selecta color from the drop down menu Other 3 Click OK The highlight color for the text is changed Select Cancel to discard any selection Select Defaults to return the highlight color to blue 4 4 1 12 Protocol Layer Colors 4 4 1 12 1 Data Byte Color Notation The color of the data in the panes specifies which layer of the protocol stack the data is from All data from the first layer is bright blue the data from the second layer is green the third layer is pink etc The protocol name for each layer in the Decode pane is in the same color Note that the colors refer to the layer not to a specific protocol In some situations a protocol may be in two different colors in two different frames depending on where itis in the stack You can change the default colors for each layer Red is reserved for bytes or frames with errors In the Summary pane frame numbers in red mean there is an error in the frame Also the Errors tab is displayed in red This could be a ph
157. s 31 4 3 3 Opening Multiple Event Display Windows 22 a 33 4 3 4 Calculating CRCs or FCSs UA 33 4 3 5 Calculating Delta Times and Data Rates _ 22 22 lee eee ce cece cece e eee e eee ceeeeeeeeees 33 4 3 6 Switching Between Live Update and Review Mode 2 2 22 e ee eee eee eee ee eee eee 34 4 3 7 Data Formats and Symbols 22 eee cece eee anaona cece cece a anaona eceeceeceeeeeeceees 34 4 3 7 1 Switching Between Viewing All Events and Viewing Data Events 2 2 34 4 3 7 2 Switching Between Hex Decimal Octal or Binary 20 22 eee eee eee eee e eee eeeeees 35 4 3 7 3 Switching Between ASCII EBCDIC and Baudot _ 2 2 22 2 ieee eee eee eee eee eee 36 4 3 7 4 Selecting Mixed Channel Sides cece eee e cece aaan cece cece cececececeeeceeeeeeees 36 4 3 7 5 List of all Event Symbols _ 2 22 2 ee cee cece cece cece cece oaaao oaoa 37 A O f O FOUL SIZE ccaccsudanesescaskusessesaseuceeceseusuwousccssasensdcusvisddedeauseotetveesencauensecae ys 38 4 4 Analyzing Protocol Decodes cee cece cece cece e cece cece cece eeeeeeeeeeees 39 4 4 1 Frame Display Window 2 22 eee c ee cee cee ec ccc cece cece e eee e cece ee eeeeceeceeceeceeeeeees 39 2A 1 1 Frame Display Toolbar oscccndceue cn ecu ceueeeecsiea su endacedss LO NAWD KANE ASUNALLE SC scdeneeesee Seaweed 42 ComProbe NFC User Manual 4 4 1 2 Frame Display S
158. s captured 4 4 1 9 Working with Panes on Frame Display When the Frame Display first opens all panes are displayed except the Event pane To view all the panes select Show All Panes from the View menu e The Toggle Expand Decode Pane icon iE makes the decode pane longer to view lengthy decodes better e The Show Default Panes icon i returns the Frame Display to its default settings e The Show only Summary Pane icon gE displays on the Summary Pane To close a pane right click on the pane and select Hide This Pane from the pop up menu or de select Show Pane Name from the View menu To open a pane right click on the any pane and select Show Hidden Panes from the pop up menu and select the pane from the fly out menu or select Show Pane Name from the View menu To re size a pane place the cursor over the pane border until a double arrow cursor appears Click and drag on the pane border to re size the pane 4 4 1 10 Frame Display Byte Export The captured frames can be exported as raw bytes to a text file 49 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data 1 From the Frame Display File menu select Byte Export J Frame Display le modified channel maps HID kbd cant decrypt Edit View Format Filter Bookmarks Options Window Go Live Open Capture File Close Save Save Selection Reframe 1 le modified channel maps HID_kbd cant_decrypt_GATT cfa 2 example_btsnoop_hcil
159. s loaded that supports this feature Automatically Request Missing Decoder Information Enable Disable Audio Expert When enabled the Audio Expert System is active other wise it is not available Only available when an Audio Expert System licensed device is connected System The Windows menu selection applies only to the Control window and open analysis windows Frame Display Event Display Message Sequence Chart Bluetooth Timeline Bluetooth low energy Timeline and Coexistence View All other windows such as the datasource are not affected by these selections AG Chapter 2 Getting Started ComProbe NFC User Manual Table 2 6 Control Window Windows Menu Selections Ctrl W Arranges open analysis windows in a cascaded view with window captions visible Live amp Cascade Capture ele Close All Views Closes Open analysis windows Minimize Control When checked minimizing the Control window also Minimizes All minimizes all open analysis windows Frame Display and When these windows are open the menu will display these Event Display selections Clicking on the selection will bring that window to the front Control Window Help Menu Selections Live amp Help Topics Ki Opens the ComProbe Help window Capture Fil E About ComProbe Provides a pop up showing the version and release Protocol Analysis information Frontline contact information and copyright System information Support on the Web Ui
160. scribe DecoderScript the language used in writing decoders DecoderScript allows you to create new decoders or modify existing decoders to expand the functionality of your ComProbe protocol analyzer DecoderScript displays protocol data checks the values of fields validates checksums converts and combines field values for convenient presentation Decoders can also be augmented with custom C coded functions called methods to extend data formatting validation transformations and so on A decoder defines field by field how a protocol message can be taken apart and displayed The core of each decoder is a program that defines how the protocol data is broken up into fields and displayed in the Frame Display window of the analyzer software This manual provides instruction on how to create and use custom decoders When reading the manual for the first time we encourage you to read the chapters in sequence The chapters are organized in such a way to introduce you to DecoderScript writing step by step Screenshots of the ComProbe protocol analyzer have been included in the manual to illustrate what you see on your own screen as you develop decoders But you should be aware for various reasons the examples may be slightly different from the ones that you create The differences could be the result of configuration differences or because you are running a newer version of the program Do not worry if an icon seems to be missing a font is di
161. should look for Click on a box to check or un check it 87 Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data ComProbe NFC User Manual If you want to search only for overrun errors e check the box if shown e un check the other boxes To search for all types of errors e check all boxes The most common search is looking for a few scattered errors in otherwise clean data To do this type of search e choose to Search for an event where one or more error conditions occurred e choose which errors to look for e By default the analyzer looks for all types of errors In contrast searching for an event where one or more error conditions were off means that the analyzer looks for an event where the errors were not present For example if you have data that is full of framing errors and you know that somewhere in your 20 megabyte capture file the framing got straightened out you could choose to search for an event where one or more error conditions were off and choose to search only for framing The analyzer searches the file and finds the point at which framing errors stopped occurring Searching for an event where the error conditions changed means that the analyzer searches the data and stop at every point where the error condition changed from on to off or off to on For example if you have data where sometimes the framing is wrong and sometimes right you would choose to search framing errors where the error condition changed This firs
162. splays 49 N NFC 5 17 NFC IO Settings 18 NK 119 Node Filters 63 Nonprintables 105 Notes 96 NU 118 Number Set 35 Numbers 117 131 Appendicies Octal 35 Open 33 Open Capture File 97 Options 106 108 109 113 Other Term Subterm 15 Overriding Frame Information 29 Overrun Errors 88 Panes 49 Pattern 77 Pause 21 Performance Notes 116 Printing 101 Printing from the Frame Display 98 Progress Bars 117 Protocol Protocol Layer Colors 57 Protocol Layer Filtering 72 Protocol Stack 26 27 29 Q Quick Filtering 72 R Radix 35 55 Reframe 28 Reframing 28 Relative Time 79 115 Remove Bookmarks 91 92 Columns 53 Appendicies Custom Stack 26 Filters 63 64 Framing Markers 28 Reset Panes 49 Resolution 114 Resumed 37 Revealing Protocol Layers 45 RS 118 Save 60 94 96 Save As 94 Saving 95 96 Display Filter 59 Imported Capture Files 106 Saving the Capture File using File amp gt Save or the Save icon 94 Search 75 77 79 81 82 87 90 92 binary value 77 bookmarks 92 character string 77 errors 87 event number 82 frame number 81 hex pattern 77 pattern 77 special event 82 timestamp 79 wildcards 77 Seed Value 33 Serial Driver 120 Short Break 38 Side Names 112 132 ComProbe NFC User Manual Sides 112 Sorting Frames 46 Special Events 82 Start 37 Start Up Options 109 Summary 51 Summary Pane 51 53 54 Sync Dropped 38 Sync Found 38 Sync Hunt Entered 38 Sync Lost
163. ssic low energy and 802 11 When the Frame Display with the filtered 802 11 data set appears only the Protocol Tabs for 802 11 are present and the tabs for Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy have been filtered out Frame Display BTAmp80211FTPwLE cfa o 8 X File Edit View Format Filter Bookmarks Options Window Help 22u YIS DI UUASL NE fe ra MoeERBCeCe s Find z A A Summary Data 3 be LE ADY AdvData Field Truncated or Not Present Unfiltered Info Errors LE BB Baseband LMP PreConnection FHS Bluetooth FHS L2CAP AMP Manager SDP OBEX FTP PAG Gan ig Non Captured Info pe Channel Index 38 2426 MHz LE BB LE PKT LE ADY Meets Predefined Filter Criteria for BT low energy devices z Receive Status Received without errors 802 11 Radio 802 11 MAC LLC 802 2 SNAP 802 11 AMP 802 1X L2CAP OBEX FTP Data pd Frame Display Connection Filter 802 11 All BTAmp80211FTPwLE cfa o em File Edit View Format Filter Bookmarks Options Window Help IP YE SS 8 DI O MAS kho i i No frame selected Do E 8 O Q ag pi R B O Summary GT ino Erors H B Frame ASCII Hex Fram Delta Timestamp Al 1 660 109 00 00 41 1 4210 2012 3 55 10 85203 E Figure 4 32 Connection Filter selecting All 802 11 frames front 4 4 1 13 3 Protocol Filtering from the Frame Display 4 4 1 13 3 1 Quick Filtering on a Protocol Layer
164. st frame with the complete header it cannot decode subsequent frames with partial header information m A magenta triangle indicates that a bookmark is associated with this frame Any comments associated with the bookmark appear in the column next to the bookmark symbol 4 4 1 11 4 Decode Pane The Decode pane aka detail pane is a post process display that provides a detailed decode of each frame im transaction sometimes referred to as a frame The decode is presented in a layered format that can be expanded and collapsed depending on which layer or layers you are most interested in Click on the plus sign to 54 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual expand a layer The plus sign changes to a minus sign Click on the minus sign to collapse a layer Select Show All or Show Layers from the Format menu to expand or collapse all the layers Layers retain their expanded or collapsed state between frames ly Expand All Nodes Protocol layers can be hidden preventing them from being i displayed on the Decode pane Right click on any protocol layer Hide L2CAP Layer In All Frames and choose Hide protocol name from the right click menu Provide AVDTP Rules Each protocol layer is represented by a color which is used to highlight the bytes that belong to that protocol layer in the Event Radix Binary and Character panes The colors are not assigned to a protocol but are assigned to the layer T
165. t e CATC Merlin files with a csv extension Files must be exported with a specific format See File Format for Merlin Files for information e CATC Chief files with a txt extension 6 5 Printing 6 5 1 Printing from the Frame Display HTML Export The Frame Display Print dialog and the Frame Display HTML Export are very similar This topic discusses both dialogs Frame Display Print The Frame Display Print feature provides the user with the option to print the capture buffer or the current selection The maximum file size however that can be exported is 1000 frames When Print Preview is selected the output displays in a browser print preview window where the user can select from the standard print options The output file format is in html and uses the Microsoft Web Browser Control print options for background colors and images 98 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 6 Saving and Importing Data Print Background Colors Using Internet Explorer 1 Open the Tools menu on the browser menu bar 2 Select Internet Options menu entry 3 Click Advanced tab 4 Check Print background colors and images under the Printing section 5 Click the Apply button then click OK Configure the Print File Range in the Frame Display Print Dialog Selecting more than one frame in the Frame Display window defaults the radio button in the Frame Display Print dialog to Selection and allows the user to choose the All radio button When
166. t 1 This means that the first event in the buffer may be listed as event 11520 of 16334 because events 1 11519 have been wrapped out of the buffer Since row numbers refer to the event numbers they work the same way In the above example the first row would be listed as 2d00 which is hex for 11520 The advantage of not renumbering events is that you can save a portion of a capture file send it to a colleague and tell your colleague to look at a particular event Since the events are not renumbered your colleague s file use the same event numbers that your file does 7 2 4 Useful Character Tables 7 2 4 1 ASCII Codes 117 Chapter 7 General Information ComProbe NFC User Manual 7 2 4 2 Baudot Codes DEC HEX LETTERS FIGURES KNU 7 ng Go 0 ma dod ee ed al ed ae be Fd Sic Hlp LANK UL aa w j i Lj m5 S lals aiels alo alalo FIGURES FIGURES pr i a LETTERS LETTERS 7 2 4 3 EBCDIC Codes hex xO x1 x2 ag xd os pb x a PA LB LC Xo RE Ox NUL S0H 5T ETX PF HT L LC DELL GA T EE AEE DEL ie Rea BS ft EAN EN ec cut 1F8 is irs US Loro Jenojangee _ CU3 DC4 CTET elere nr imi mf bt e lm PEP gag olo ell 88I rh a ko Ou lalo mad PS ES Zz aa Ea EG ERE cell El BB lt z Fl ase eer ett baa slee bill Bais lel Ft LT TT el exp eto wt x z TE E PNG
167. t Care for each error Reserved OC Side Restriction Search without regard to data origin o On means that the error occurred Search only these sides o Off means that the error did not E Slave occur Master o Don t Care means that the analyzer ignores that error condition e Select the appropriate state for each type of error Example If you need to find an event where just an overrun error occurred but not any other type of error you would choose overrun error to be On and set all other errors to Off This causes the analyzer to look for an event where only an overrun error occurred If you want to look for events where overrun errors occurred and other errors may have also occurred but it really doesn t matter if they did or not choose overrun to be On and set the others to Don t Care The analyzer ignores any other type of error and find events where overrun errors occurred To find the next error click the Find Next button To find an error that occurred earlier in the buffer to where you are click the Find Previous button 5 1 8 Find Bookmarks Searching with Bookmarks allows you search on specific bookmarks on the data in Frame Display and Event Display window Bookmarks are notes reminders of interest that you attach to the data so they can be accessed later To access the search for bookmarks 1 Opena capture file to search 2 Open the Event Display or Frame Display 5 window 3
168. t Display continually updates with new data and the Frame Display is locked 1 Make sure the Lock icon A is active so the display is locked and unable to scroll 2 Click the Unlock IS icon again to resume live update The analyzer continues to capture data in the background while the display is locked Upon resuming live update the display updates with the latest data You can have more than one Event Display or Frame Display window open at a time Click the Duplicate View icon g to open additional Event or Frame Display windows The lock resume function is independent on each window This means that you can have two Event Display windows open simultaneously and one window can be locked while the other continues to update 4 3 7 Data Formats and Symbols 4 3 7 1 Switching Between Viewing All Events and Viewing Data Events By default the analyzer on the Event Display dialog shows all events that include e Data bytes e Start of frame e End of frame characters e Data Captured Was Paused lAn event is anything that happens on the circuit or which affects data capture Data bytes control signal changes and long and short breaks are all events as are I O Settings changes and Data Capture Paused and Resumed 34 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Click on the Display All Events icon to remove the non data events Click again to display all events See List of all Event Symbols on page 37 fo
169. t takes you to the point where the framing errors stopped occurring When you click Find Next the analyzer stops at the point when the errors began occurring again Clicking Find Previous will search backwards from the current postion The analyzer takes the current selected byte as its initial condition when running searches that rely on finding events where error conditions changed The analyzer searches until it finds an event where error conditions changed or it reaches the end of the buffer at which point the analyzer tells you that there are no more events found in the buffer If you are searching for an exact match the analyzer asks you if you want to continue searching from the beginning of the buffer Searching for Exact Error Conditions 88 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 5 Navigating and Searching the Data To search for an exact state means that the analyzer finds events that exactly match the error conditions that you specify kb Find BPA500 cfa Select the This exactly describes the search for event where aaa state radio button y One or more of these changed ma i nc Nex One or more of these occurred gq N18 Ex9cy Pas Find Previous One or more of these was off zarile HIS atalia Find Previous e This changes the normal check boxes to a Hep i elp series of radio buttons labeled On Off On Off Don t Care AA and Don
170. t the filter name is displayed in the text box at the top of the dialog and click OK If you choose to create an additional filter then provide a new name for the filter condition or accept the default name provided by the system and click OK The Set Condition dialog box closes and the system applies the modified filter Note When a display filter is applied a description of the filter appears to the right of the toolbar in the Frame Display windows Note The OK button on the Set Condition dialog box is unavailable grayed out until the condition selections are complete Renaming a Display Filter 1 Select Rename Display Filters from the Filter menu in the Frame Display D window to open the Rename Filter dialog The system displays the Rename Filter dialog with a list of all user defined filters in the Filters combo box 66 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual Rename Filters Filters Filter Description Indude each frame where the protocol Baseband field LT ADDR Is Equal To 6 New Name Filter0 1 Apply Figure 4 25 Rename Filters Dialog 2 Select the filter to be renamed from the combo box 3 Enter a new name for the filter in the New Name box Optionally click the Apply button and the new name will appear in the Filters combo box and the New Name box will empty This option allows you to rename several filters without closing the Ren
171. ta that you want to save Click and drag to select data or click on the first item move to the last item and Shift Click to select the entire range or use the Shift key with the keyboard arrows or the navigation icons in the Frame Display toolbar If the range you want to save is too large to select note the numbers of the first and last item in the range Right click in the data Select Save Selection or Save As from the right click menu Click on the radio button labeled Selection If you selected Sare a range make sure the starting and ending numbers are Entire File correct To specify a range type the numbers of the first 2 Selection and last items in the range in the boxes Events Frames Select either Events or Frames to indicate whether the cod numbers are event or frame numbers Type fle name herd Type a file name in the As box at the bottom of the screen Hote Na capturing wal be done whi the Click the Browse icon to browse to a specific directory file is being saved Otherwise your file is saved in the default capture file directory Click OK when you are finished 6 2 Adding Comments to a Capture File The Notes feature allows you to add comments to a CFA file These comments can be used for many purposes For example you can list the setup used to create the capture file record why the file is useful to keep or include notes to another person detailing which frames to look at and why Bookmarks are
172. tatus Bar 2 eee ec aLa aLaaa aLaaa Laaa aaan aana 45 4 4 1 3 Hiding and Revealing Protocol Layers in the Frame Display 45 4 4 1 4 Physical vs Logical Byte Display _ 2 2 22 22 o eee ce ec ec eee cece cece cece eeeeeceeees 45 4 4 1 5 Sorting Frames __ 22 oe eee ccc ce cee cece cece cece ence cence eens eee eeeceeeeceeeeceeee 46 A AAG Frame Display FNU AA AA 46 4 4 1 7 Synchronizing the Event and Frame Displays 22 eee e cece e cece ccc ceccecceeeeees 48 4 4 1 8 Working with Multiple Frame Displays 22 2 e eee eee cee ce eee cece ee eeeeee 49 4 4 1 9 Working with Panes on Frame Display 2 20 ee cece cece cece cece cee ceeceeececeeeees 49 4 4 1 10 Frame Display Byte Export cece ee cece eee cece cece eeeeeeeees 49 4 4 1 11 Panes in the Frame Display 22 22 cee ec ec ccc ccc cece eee eceeceeeeeeceeees 51 AALL SOMMA YF AA 51 4 4 1 11 2 Customizing Fields in the Summary Pane 20 cece eee e cece cece ceeceeeeceees 53 4 4 1 11 3 Frame Symbols in the Summary Pane 22 eee ee ee eee eee e eee eee eeeee 54 AA VATA Decode Pane cccidld dnc saminddicbunsieddoeasescetddieacestanndascaeuadetsonatecenddconcntaen 54 4 4 1 11 5 Radix or Hexadecimal Pane e cece cece eee ee 55 AA baa ki Bo Caracter AA AA AAP 55 AA 11 7 BINARY PINE n a NANA AA AAL abaka NIDOD BANNA hKAENRI ANDA a NONE AdU NAIG
173. the Control window to change the default file location Note For the Dashboard when you capture to series of files the window displays the data from the beginning of the first capture even when a new file in the series is created This is H because the Dashboard is a Session Monitor which means that even if you capture to a series of files the data from the first file is always displayed The display does not refresh when a new capture file in a series is created 3 Watch the status bar on the Control window to monitor how full the file is When the file is full it begins to wrap which means the oldest data will be overwritten by new data 4 Click the Stop Capture icon _ to temporarily stop data capture Click the Start Capture icon again to resume capture Stopping capture means no data will be added to the capture file until capture is resumed but the previously captured data remains in the file 5 To clear captured data click the Clear icon JE e If you select Clear after selecting Stop Capture a dialog appears asking whether you want to save the data 21 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data o You can click Save File and enter a file name when prompted o If you choose Do Not Save all data will be cleared o Ifyou choose Cancel the dialog closes with no changes e f you select the Clear icon while a capture is occurring o The capture stops o A dialog appears asking if you want to s
174. ual QI 2 H 8 p Frame 1 Len 53 LE BB Header Length 13 i Header Version 3 H CP H 1 iw Channel Index 37 2402 MHz Meets Predefined Filter Criteria fo H Receive Status Received witho H Decryption Initiated No iw Signal Strength 7 medium 3 La PDU Length 37 B LE PKT i Preamble Oxaa Access Address Ox8e89bed6 ke CRC Oxfe96e6 LE ADV i PDU Type ADV IND i Advertiser Address Type random iw Payload Length 35 AD Data B AD Element H Length 2 i i AD Type Flags O AD Data BR EDR Not Suppotf B AD Element eee 11 UUID Blood Pressurg UUID Weight Scale i i JUD Body Composilf B 4D Element Length 13 m Total Frames 6 767 Frames Filtered In For Help Press F1 File Edit View Format Filter Bookmarks YY Advertiser Address Ox712500000 Options Window Help Se i PO LA LA LA GS lak kl a DoE 8 Q 909 Find Errors LE BB bi LE PKT LE LE DATA LE LL L2CAP SMP ATT v RA Q Summary Data L File Edit View Format Filter Bookmarks Options Window Help a PEG YESZT apan LA LA S a kl ci E8 66009 m HEJ Ino Erors Header Length 13 Bachan LE BB LE PKT LE ADV Data io CP H 1 i Channel Index 37 2402 MHz B Meets Predefined Filter Criteria for BT low energy devi Receive Status Received without errors Decryption Initiated No Signal Strength 7 medium he PDU
175. ues for this setting are e OdB e 5AB e 10dB e 15dB The default option is 15 dB 3 1 2 6 Type 1 Tag Platform When reading a Type 1 tag the reading device inserts a delay between each byte sent to the tag This delay time varies from reader to reader Enabling the frame aggregation option causes these bytes to be collected into a single frame as long as they are separated by less than the maximum allowed delay time If frame aggregation is enabled and the reader s frames continue to appear as a series of single byte frames the maximum delay time should be increased until the bytes begin to appear together in a single frame 3 1 2 7 Mifare Classic When Mifare Classic support is enabled the software will attempt to recognize and decrypt the contents of Mifare Classic tags Only Mifare Classic tags that use the well known encryption key published by NXP Semiconductor are currently supported 20 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data The following sections describe the various ComProbe software functions that capture and display data packets 4 1 Capture Data 4 1 1 Capturing Data to Disk General Procedure P Note Capture is not available in Viewer mode 1 Click the Start Capture button to begin capturing to a file This icon is located on the Control Event Display and Frame Display windows 2 Files are placed in My Capture Files by default and have a cfa extension Choose Directories from the Options menu on
176. ult name provided by the system and click OK Prohibited characters are left bracket right bracket and equal sign The Set Condition dialog box closes creates a tab on the Frame Display with the filter name and applies the filter The filter also appears in the Quick Filtering and Hiding Protocols dialog When a display filter is applied a description of the filter appears to the right of the toolbar in the Frame Display windows Notes e The system requires naming and saving of all filters created by the user e The OK button on the Set Condition dialog box is unavailable grayed out until the condition selections are complete 60 Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data ComProbe NFC User Manual e When you have multiple Frame Display windows with a display filter or filters those filter do not automatically appear in other Frame Display windows You must use the Hide Reveal feature to display a filter created in one Frame Display in different Frame Display window 4 4 1 13 1 2 Including and Excluding Radio Buttons All filter dialog boxes contain an Include and an Exclude radio button These buttons are mutually exclusive The Include Exclude selection becomes part of the filter definition and appears as part of the filter description displayed to the right of the Toolbar Include A filter constructed with the Include button selected returns a data set that includes frames that meet the conditions defined by t
177. ve the file in the analyzer s format close the file without saving it in the analyzer s format or have the analyzer automatically save the file in the analyzer s format see the System Settings to set this option All of these options keep your original file untouched When you first open the file the analyzer brings up the Protocol Stack window and ask you what protocol decodes if any you want to use You must choose a protocol decode at this point for the analyzer to decode the data in the file If you open a file without using any decodes and decide later that you want to apply a decode choose Reframe from the File menu on the Control window At present the analyzer supports the following file types e Frontline Serialtest Async and Serialtest Com Probe for DOS requires the byt for data and the tim for timestamps see note on importing DOS timestamps e Greenleaf ViewComm 3 0 for DOS requires the byt for data and the tim for timestamps see note on importing DOS timestamps e Frontline Ethertest for DOS requires 3 files filename cap filename caO and filename ca1 e Sniffer Type 1 supports files with the enc extension Does not support Sniffer files with a cap extension e Snoop or Sun Snoop files with a cap extension based on RFC 1761 For file format see http www fags org rfcs rfc1761 html e Shomiti Surveyor files in Snoop format files with a cap extension For file format contact Technical Suppor
178. yers 1 Click the All additional stack layers can be determined automatically button 2 If your protocol stack is complete and there are no additional layers click the There are no additional stack layers button 27 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data 3 If you select this option the analyzer uses the stack you defined for every frame Frames that do use this stack are decoded incorrectly Save the Stack 1 Click the Add To Predefined List button 2 Give the stack a name and click Add In the future the stack appears in the Protocol Stack List on the first screen of the Protocol Stack wizard Remove a Stack 1 Select it in the first screen and click Remove Selected Item From List 2 If you remove the stack you must to recreate it if you need to use it again Note If you do not save your custom stack it does appear in the predefined list but applies to the H frames in the current session However it is discarded at the end of the session 4 2 3 Reframing If you need to change the protocol stack used to interpret a capture file and the framing is different in the new stack you need to reframe in order for the protocol decode to be correct You can also use Reframe to frame unframed data The original capture file is not altered during this process Note You cannot reframe from the Capture File Viewer accessed by selecting Capture File Viewer or Load Capture File to start the software
179. ysical error in a data byte or an error in the protocol decode Bytes in red in the Radix Character Binary and Event panes mean there is a physical error associated with the byte 4 4 1 12 2 Changing Protocol Layer Colors You can differentiate different protocol layers in the Decode Event Radix Binary and Character panes 1 Choose Select Protocol Layer Colors from the Options menu to change the colors used The colors for the different layers is displayed 2 To change a color click on the arrow next to each layer and select a new color 3 Select OK to accept the color change and return to Frame Display Select Cancel to discard any selection Select Defaults to return the highlight colors to the default settings 57 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data Protocol Layer Color Selector Layer Abed LayerS Abcd Layer z Abed Ka Layari BREE Bana a a O Layer3 Abcd States Layer 11 B UH Defaults Layer 4 Abed Miles lari RR Layer F Abcd State Layer 13 E E8 a Layer 6 Abod EE Layer 14 Layer 7 Abed ff Layer 15 Layers Abed Sate Layer 16 Abed Masi Figure 4 18 Frame Display Protocol Layer Color Selector 4 4 1 13 Filtering Filtering allows the user to control the display which capture frames are displayed Filters fall into two general categories 1 Display filters allow a user to look at a subset of captured data without affecting the captur
180. ze Choose CRC Method F7 Figure 4 7 Event Display Options menu 2 Choose a font size from the list Change Font Size Size E g i0 11 12 14 16 Figure 4 8 Event Display Font Size Selection 3 Click OK 4 4 Analyzing Protocol Decodes 4 4 1 Frame Display Window To open this window Click the Frame Display icon 6 on the Control window toolbar or select Frame Display from the View menu 39 ComProbe NFC User Manual Chapter 4 Capturing and Analyzing Data Ch irera Deoploy Horaris 2 Se Ties APA HS bh p Fema BS Flee Lee Fr F i G anara MNoOeBecce7d dip AA Decode Pang Aa pira PHD NT eee lala Codie e manga dances Lisa cael I CAN MH Baacbarsl LMP PoCo HA Bhactoodh FHS LACAP SDF RECOMM AWDTP maa AWDTP Sagnabog Heart Alor Capisard bala Pula Ga E Fame Fo Deia Pee CG TEPE LUD fife LAAPA SEON ARON Len bg ba imo o waa O O Di i Ge Ha b 5 summan Pang ari i Moos Of G Mi Le Oo amp 1 _ ta 7 Wwa i 2 3b L Ge tra 1 a ma Moa ar a Maia O Di Del Le Logcal Link P kart ca ro ipinia ba z noe Dal a Pani Lowey A g9 a DO g a mi W o Da ka a Co k Ta Lace MIS 11 i a Fg 1 S10 2 5 1 5 E Fg 3 i a 50 i p kari TLE Radi Pana E a 76 if b Fo ia 1 t353 a Character Pane ERT EGS ERAT 5 4 L ta 5 3E Ob Jd da 73 i Event Pane 1 GA a Tete eee FHP aaa ZA TA Lt

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