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ControlNet Traffic Analyzer9220-WINTA

Reference Manual

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Summary of Changes

Summary of Changes This release of the ControlNet Traffic Analyzer Reference Manual contains new and updated information, specifically about Windows 2000 and Windows XP. You will see change bars, as shown to the left of this paragraph, throughout this manual to help you quickly identify revisions.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1Introduction What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Main Structure of ControlNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Information Exchange on a ControlNet Network Link . . 1-1ControlNet Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2ControlNet MAC Frame Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3Software Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4Hardware Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4Install the Traffic Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Uninstall the Previous Version of the Traffic Analyzer . . 1-5Install the Traffic Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8Common Techniques Used in This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9Rockwell Automation Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Local Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9Technical Product Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9Your Questions or Comments About This Manual . . . . 1-10

Chapter 2The ControlNet Traffic Analyzer Tool

What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1The User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

The Control Panel View (the Upper Part) . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2The Filter/Trigger View (the Middle Part) . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4The MAC Frame Data View (the Lower Part). . . . . . . . . 2-5

Chapter 3Accessories and Menus What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1The Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Menus and Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3Actions Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5Window Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6Pop-up Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6Stop Trigger List Pop-up Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7Start Trigger List Pop-up Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7Pre-Filter List Pop-up Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7Post-Filter List Pop-up Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8MAC Frame Data View Pop-up Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8


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Chapter 4Triggers and Filters What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1Start Trigger View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1Stop Trigger View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2How to Configure a Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3Status of Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4Type of Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4How to Configure a Start Trigger on Data . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4Example 1: Fixed LPacket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6Example 2: Generic LPacket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7Example 3: Fixed LPacket Using the UCMM Service List. 4-8

Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8Pre-Filter View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9Disable Time Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9How to Configure a Pre-Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9Post-Filter View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11How to Configure a Post-Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11Interpreting Control Bits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Chapter 5Display Information What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Display View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1Time Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2Data Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2MAC Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3LPackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3Interpreted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4LPacket Header for a Fixed Tag: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4Lpacket Header for a Generic Tag: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5Other Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Tools to Manage Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6Find Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7Simple Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7Advanced Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7Select a Range of Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8Compute Time Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9Copy Data to the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10


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Chapter 6Network Information and Statistics

What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1Network Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Statistical Data: Network Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3Statistical Data: Network Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Chapter 7Other Commands and Options What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Save a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1Create a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2Go Offline/Online Hardware Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3Reset the ControlNet Card and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6Application Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

Save Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7Buffer Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7Report Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8Default Display View Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11

Chapter 8Troubleshooting What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Warning Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1Overflow/Underflow FIFO Error in the ControlNet ASIC . . . 8-1The PC Is Not Able to Unload All the Received Data . . . . . 8-2

Good Scheduled Data Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3All Unscheduled Data Starting on Good Moderator Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Overflow Error in the ControlNet Traffic Analyzer Internal Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5


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Appendix AFunction and Shortcut Keys What This Appendix Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Function Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

File Menu Shortcut Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2Edit Menu Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2Actions Menu Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3View Menu Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3Window Menu Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3Help Menu Shortcut Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4Start Trigger Menu Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4Stop Trigger Menu Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4Pre-Filter Menu Shortcut Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5Post-Filter Menu Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5MAC Frame Data View Menu Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . A-6

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Chapter 1

Introduction

What This Chapter Contains This chapter introduces you to the ControlNet Traffic Analyzer tool. The following table describes what this chapter contains and where to find specific information.

Main Structure of ControlNet

The ControlNet Traffic Analyzer tool is a 32-bit Windows application running on top of a 32-bit ControlNet Driver. This application is used to examine, store, and analyze network data on a ControlNet network. You can view the behavior of frames on the network, test ControlNet reliability, and make sure that every transmission on the network is correct.

Information Exchange on a ControlNet Network Link

A ControlNet network link’s most important function is to transport time-critical control information (i.e., I/O status and control interlocking). Other information (i.e., non time-critical messages such as program uploads and downloads) is also transported, but does not interfere with time-critical messages because of ControlNet’s unique time-slice algorithm.

On a ControlNet network link, information is transferred between nodes by establishing connections. Each message sent by a producer contains a Connection ID (CID). Nodes that have been configured to recognize the CID consume the message, therefore becoming a consumer.

For information about See pagethe main structure of ControlNet 1-1the audience for this manual 1-3the Traffic Analyzer tool’s software package 1-4hardware recommendations 1-4installation of the Traffic Analyzer tool 1-5terminology used in this manual 1-8common techniques used in this manual 1-9Rockwell Automation support 1-9

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See the ControlNet International Specification for more information about information exchange on a ControlNet network link. The ControlNet International Specification can be purchased from ControlNet International.

The following illustration describes the ControlNet network’s link layer services.

ControlNet Messages

The repetitive time interval in which data can be sent on a link is called the Network Update Time (NUT). The NUT is divided into three parts containing three defined types of Media Access Control (MAC) frames:

• Scheduled

Every scheduled node in sequential order is guaranteed one opportunity to transmit. Information that is time-critical is sent during the scheduled part of the interval. The bandwidth is reserved in advance to support real time data transfers. Real time data transfers include:

• real time control data (I/O updates)

• analog data

• peer to peer interlocking

• Unscheduled

All nodes transmit on a rotating basis in sequential order. This rotation repeats until the time allocated for the unscheduled portion is used up.

7 8 9..

8 9 10..

9 10..

Network Update Time (NUT)Scheduled Service

Unscheduled Service

Network Maintenance Service the “Guardband”

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0 ... SMAX 0 ... SMAX

Time

Link Layer Services

0 ... SMAX


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The amount of time available for the unscheduled portion is determined by the traffic load of the scheduled portion. ControlNet guarantees at least one node will have the opportunity to transmit unscheduled data every interval. The starting node for each NUT rotates to guarantee each node will have an unscheduled transmit time. The remaining bandwidth supports non time-critical data transfers. Non time-critical data transfers include:

• connection establishment

• peer to peer messaging

• programming (uploads and downloads)

• Moderator

The node with the lowest MAC ID (node address) assumes the moderator role. The moderator frame is transmitted to keep the other nodes synchronized. This moderator frame is sent in the guardband.

ControlNet MAC Frame Structure

All transfers use the MAC frame format shown in the following illustration.

Each node can send only one MAC Frame at each opportunity to transmit. Each MAC Frame contains one or more LPackets (Link-Packets). Each LPacket contains one piece of “application information”.

Audience This interface software is written for network specialists. It will assist network engineers in designing and debugging of ControlNet products and will help maintenance personnel during installation or troubleshooting of a ControlNet network.

0 - 510 Bytes MaxSourceMAC

LPacket LPacket LPacket.........

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MAC Frame


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Software Package The software package is a Windows based product so as to maintain consistency across all ControlNet software products and to provide a user-friendly human interface. It is composed of a CD-ROM installation disk plus the reference manual.

Hardware Recommendations

The ControlNet Traffic Analyzer requires a dedicated computer with the following minimum configuration for:

• Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98 or Windows Me

• 166MHz Pentium-based PC

• 32MB RAM

• 10MB free hard drive space

• a color monitor with an 800 x 600 minimum resolution (1,024 x 768 recommended)

• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0


• 80MB RAM



• Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP


• 128MB RAM



To capture data on a ControlNet network, one of the following interface cards is required:

• 1784-PCC Series B Allen-Bradley ControlNet Interface Card (PCMCIA) with:

• installation disk version 1.6 or later (shipped with the 1784-PCC card). If your installation disk is earlier than 1.6, we recommend that you download the latest version from the website www.ab.com./support/products/pccards.html.

• Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP


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• 1784-PCC Series A Allen-Bradley ControlNet Interface Card (PCMCIA) with:

• installation disk version 1.6 or later (shipped with the 1784-PCC card). If your installation disk is earlier than 1.6, we recommend that you download the latest version from the website www.ab.com./support/products/pccards.html.

• Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, or Windows XP

• CN-1000 Pyramid Solutions ControlNet Interface Card (ISA) with:

• 1.4.1F firmware or later

• 1.2 driver or later

• Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP

These interface cards contain a ControlNet ASIC that captures all data on the network. No ControlNet MAC ID is required for the Traffic Analyzer, since the ASIC is in “listen-only” mode. The data will be analyzed by the Traffic Analyzer tool after it has been processed by the ASIC.

Install the Traffic Analyzer Before you install the 1784-PCC driver and the Traffic Analyzer, you should uninstall the previous version of the Traffic Analyzer.

Uninstall the Previous Version of the Traffic Analyzer

To uninstall the previous version of the Traffic Analyzer:

1. Click Start>Settings>Control Panel.

2. Double click the Add/Remove icon.

3. Double click ControlNet Traffic Analyzer.

4. Click Yes to uninstall the Traffic Analyzer.

TIPIf you are prompted to remove unused shared files, select No to All.


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Install the Traffic Analyzer

1. Insert the CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM drive. If Auto Insert Notification (Autorun) is enabled on your CD-ROM drive, the Setup Utility will start automatically. Go to step 5. Otherwise, continue with step 2.

2. Select Start>Run.

3. At the Run pop-up window, type x:\setup, where x is the CD-ROM drive.

4. Click OK.

5. You see this screen:

6. Click on Install Products.

IMPORTANT We recommend that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program.

TIPThe CD-ROM supports Windows Autorun. If you have Autorun configured, once the CD is inserted into the CD-ROM drive, the installation will automatically start at the first setup screen.


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You see this screen:

7. Click on Install ControlNet Traffic Analyzer.

8. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver and the Traffic Analyzer.

You need to have a ControlNet 1784-PCC PC card or a CN-1000 ISA card installed to work on line. If you do not have a card, ask your local Rockwell Automation representative for a 1784-PCC card package at:

• Telephone: 1.440.646.5800

or contact Pyramid Solutions for a CN-1000 card at:

• Web: www.pyrasol.com/Expertise_DataCom_Support.htm

The ControlNet Traffic Analyzer has to be the single client of the ControlNet card. You can use the ControlNet 1784-PCC PC card or the CN-1000 ISA card for applications other than the Traffic Analyzer, but you cannot run these applications simultaneously with the same card. If you use another application with the card, you must go in offline mode or close the Traffic Analyzer tool. For more information about the online/offline modes, see page 7-3.

IMPORTANT Some screen savers take all the CPU resources. When the Traffic Analyzer tool is in data recording mode, it may lose some data. You must choose the “blank screen” or “none” option in the display properties of the Screen Saver.


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Terminology Use the following table to become familiar with some terms specific to the Traffic Analyzer tool.

IMPORTANT You may need to disable Power Management if data captures are missing data.

IMPORTANT The ControlNet Traffic Analyzer and RSLinx cannot run simultaneously via the same network interface card.

Term Refers toCNA10 the ControlNet ASIC containing the Media Access Control interface

circuitry used to send and receive data on a ControlNet network.Connection ID (CID) an identifier assigned to a transmission that is associated with a

particular connection between producers and consumers that identifies a specific piece of application information.

Filter a selection used to let frames that meet a specified condition to pass from the network to the buffer, or from the buffer to the display. For example, you may set up an input filter that will only allow frames with a source MAC ID of 10 to pass from the network to the collection buffer.

Fixed Tag a two byte tag that identifies a specific service to be performed by the node identified in the second byte of the fixed tag. The second byte of the fixed tag contains the MAC ID of the destination node.

Generic Tag a three byte tag that identifies a specific piece of application information (same as Connection ID).

LPacket link packet - data packaged and labeled by a node in preparation for transmission. LPackets contain a header and data.

MAC Frame a collection of MAC symbols transmitted on the medium that contains a preamble, start delimiter, source MAC ID, LPackets, CRC, and end delimiter. After the ASIC processing, a MAC frame contains time, status, type, source MAC ID and LPackets.

MAC Symbol symbols that represent the data bits to be encoded and transmitted by the Physical Layer.

Trigger a collection that causes data collection to start or stop. You specify the condition the same way that a filter is specified.

Trigger Point a point within the collection buffer where a trigger occurs. If the trigger point is at the start of the buffer, data collection will begin when a trigger condition is detected. If the trigger point is at the end of the buffer, data collection will stop when a trigger condition is detected.

Unconnected Message Manager (UCMM)

the component within a node that transmits and receives unconnected explicit messages and sends them directly to the Message Router object.


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Common Techniques Used in This Manual

The following conventions are used throughout this manual:

• bulleted lists provide information, not procedural steps

• numbered lists provide sequential steps

• text written like this identify screen, menu, and toolbar names

• information in bold contained within text, identify areas of the screen, such as field names, radio buttons and check boxes

• text written like this identify icons

• a menu item in this format Control Panel>Define Start Trigger identifies the submenu item after the caret (>) accessed from the menu

• pictures of symbols and/or screens represent the actual symbols you see or the screens you use

Rockwell Automation Support

Rockwell Automation offers support services worldwide, with over 75 sales/support offices, 512 authorized distributors, and 260 authorized systems integrators located throughout the United States alone, plus Rockwell Automation representatives in every major country in the world.

Local Product Support

Contact your local Rockwell Automation representative for:

• sales and order support

• product technical training

• warranty support

• support service agreements

Technical Product Assistance

If you need to contact Rockwell Automation for technical assistance, call your local Rockwell Automation representative.

TIPThis symbol identifies helpful tips


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Your Questions or Comments About This Manual

If you find a problem with this manual, please notify us of it on the enclosed How Are We Doing form (at the back of this manual).

If you have any suggestions about how we can make this manual more useful to you, please contact us at the following address:

Rockwell Automation, Allen-Bradley Company, Inc. Control and Information GroupTechnical Communication1 Allen-Bradley DriveMayfield Heights, OH 44124-6118


Chapter 2

The ControlNet Traffic Analyzer Tool

What This Chapter Contains Read this chapter for a description of the options provided in the Traffic Analyzer tool. The following table describes what this chapter contains and where to find specific information.

The User Interface The User interface of the ControlNet Traffic Analyzer tool was designed to be easy to use and to give you the maximum amount of information. When you open a document, you see a window divided into three parts:

• the Control Panel view (upper part)

• the Filter/Trigger view (middle part)

• the MAC Frame Data view (lower part)

These three parts are separated by horizontal splitters that are used to resize the views.

For information about See pagethe user interface 2-1the Control Panel view 2-2the Filter/Trigger view 2-4the MAC Frame Data view 2-5

Horizontal splitters

Horizontal splitters


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The Control Panel View (the Upper Part)

When you launch the Traffic Analyzer tool and open a project, you see a screen similar to the one shown below.

The Control Panel allows you to follow data flow, start and stop analysis, access trigger and filter definitions, and display view options. You can also change data storage behavior (Full or Ring Buffer).

TIP If the Start icon in the Control Panel contains a red X ( ), you can click the Start icon to access the Hardware Settings dialog box. See "Go Offline/Online Hardware Settings", page 7-3, for more information.


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The Control Panel view has two main functions:

• control the document during the configuration of the next record. You can:

• configure triggers and filters in the Filter/Trigger view (but only one type of filter or trigger at a time). You do this via the Control Panel by clicking on the Start Trigger, Stop Trigger, Pre-Filter or Post-Filter icons. You select one topic for the current view. See the Trigger/Filter views in Chapter 4 for more information.

• click on the Full/Ring Buffer icon to define in which type of buffer the next record will be configured.

• click on the Display icon to access a dialog box in which you choose display options for the MAC Frame Data view. See “Display View Options,” page 5-1, for more information.

The following illustration shows the function of each element of the Traffic Analyzer Control Panel when the Traffic Analyzer is not in data recording mode.

• the second function of the Control Panel is to control the record itself. You can:

• start and stop the data record by clicking on the Start or Stop icons. You can also perform these two actions from the Actions menu or by pressing the F10 and F11 keys respectively.

• see how long the data record has been Started via a clock.

• know the number of frames filtered per second after the ASIC and after the pre-filter, respectively via two progress bars (Frames/s) with small edits above.

Click on this icon to change the data buffer behavior.

Click on this icon to view the Display View Options dialog box.

Click on the Start Trigger, Pre-Filter, Post-Filter, or Stop Trigger icons to view the corresponding parameters in Filter/Trigger view.



The following illustration shows the function of each element of the Traffic Analyzer Control Panel when the Traffic Analyzer is in data recording mode.

The Filter/Trigger View (the Middle Part)

The Filter/Trigger view is used to configure the triggers or the filters you need for your analysis. Depending on the selection you made in the Control Panel (upper part of the document), you see one of the following four parameters:

• Start Trigger

• Stop Trigger

• Pre-filter

• Post-filter

The middle part of the user interface is shown in the following illustration. The Pre-Filter option has been selected.

See Chapter 4 for a more detailed explanation of the Filter/Trigger view.

Displays the data traffic after pre-filtering.

Click on Start Trigger to process the data.

Click on the Start icon to start analyzing the frames.

Click on the Stop icon to stop analyzing the frames.Displays the data traffic

after CNA10 ASIC filtering of ControlNet.

The time the data capture has been running or started.


The ControlNet Traffic Analyzer Tool 2-5

The MAC Frame Data View (the Lower Part)

The MAC Frame Data view is used to show the ControlNet MAC frames captured during the analysis. You can have it filtered through the post-filter before the data is displayed.

You have the possibility to view the data in different formats using the display options. Display options are explained in “Display Information,” Chapter 5.

The following graphic shows an example of MAC Frame Data view, showing three frame records in Interpreted format. See “Data Format,” page 5-2, for an explanation of the three data formats.

MAC Frame Data view information is interpreted as follows:

IMPORTANT If you filter data through the post-filter, you will see only the data after a post-filtering and not necessarily all data recorded in the buffer. By default, when you open a new document, post-filtering is disabled.

Column header name IdentifiesFrame # the number of the recorded MAC frame in the collection

buffer.Time the time formats. The four time formats are days, hours,

minutes, and seconds. See “Time Display,” page 5-2 for an explanation of each option.

Status the status of frames. The three statuses are Good, Bad, and Null. See “Status of Frames,” page 4-4 for an explanation of each status. In short display, only the first letter (G, B, or N) of each term displays.

Type the displayed types. The four types are Sched.. (scheduled), Unsch.. (unscheduled), Moder.. (moderator), or Aborted (a special case used only for bad frames). See “ControlNet Messages,” page 1-2 for an explanation of each type. In short display, only the first letter (S, U, M, or A) of each term displays.

@ the source MAC ID.



Column header name IdentifiesData the data formats. The three data formats are MAC Frame,

Lpacket, and Interpreted. See “Data Format,” page 5-2 for an explanation of the data formats.

ASCII an ASCII interpretation of the frame data.


Chapter 3

Accessories and Menus

What This Chapter Contains Read this chapter for a description of the menu options and other accessories provided in the Traffic Analyzer tool. The following table describes what this chapter contains and where to find specific information.

Accessories The Toolbar

The toolbar contains buttons for commonly used menu items. Use the toolbar to access these items quickly without opening the menu. Each button is a graphical representation of a command.

The toolbar is shown below. Only the buttons specific to the Traffic Analyzer tool are defined.

For information about See pageaccessories 3-1menus and shortcuts 3-2

Network Information

Statistics Next Bookmark

Add Bookmark

Delete All Bookmarks

Previous Bookmark

AdvancedFind

SimpleFind

FindPrevious

FindNext

ComputeTime Difference

DisplayRange

Data view(Full Screen)

Help

About


3-2 Accessories and Menus

The Status Bar

The Status Bar contains three panes. Each pane’s function is described in the following illustration.

Menus and Shortcuts Menus are used as entry points to do a specific action within your application. You will sometimes find shortcuts associated to menu entries. A shortcut is a simple way to do an action using a key or a combination of keys. See Appendix A for a list of function and shortcut keys.

You may use the Traffic Analyzer tool without the mouse interface - expect a mouse is required to use the Compute Time Difference dialog box which makes use of the drag and drop function.

Main Menu

The main menu is the entry point to the main actions you can perform in the Traffic Analyzer tool. You will find the standard main menu functions (i.e., New, Open, Save) as well as functions specific to the Traffic Analyzer tool.

The following sections contain a summary of all menu options and the corresponding shortcuts.

File Menu

The File menu contains the following options, if a project is not open:

This pane is used to pass messages. These messages appear when you select an action from a menu or from the toolbar. It gives a brief description of the function.

This pane represents an LED and tells the ControlNet driver status.

This pane is used to show status messages from the ControlNet driver. These messages appear when the driver state has changed and could indicate a driver error.

The most recently opened project(s) show in this area. Up to four can be listed.


Accessories and Menus 3-3

If a project is open, you see the following menu:

Edit Menu

When you click on Edit, you see the following menu:

Or, you see the bookmark menu:

Creates a report in RTF format.



Or the Find menu:

Actions Menu

When you click on Actions, you see the following menu if a project is not open:

You see the following menu if a project is open:

Once you define a find criterion, you can find the next or previous string that matches the criterion.

Display the Network Monitoring window. You must be connected to a ControlNet network.

Display the Statistical Information window. You must be connected to a ControlNet network.Switch to online mode or offline mode.Reset the ControlNet card and ASIC timer.

Start or stop recording the current project.

Only the frames you select will display.

Displays the Compute Time Difference dialog box.



Or, you see the Control Panel menu:

View Menu

When you click on View, you see the following menu if a project is not open:

Or, if a project is open, you see the following menu:

Displays the Options dialog box.

Make MAC Frame Data view the full screen. Click again to return to normal view.



Window Menu

You see the following menu when you click on Window:

Help Menu

You see the following menu when you click on Help:

Pop-up Menus

A pop-up menu is hidden until you perform an action that causes it to display. In the ControlNet Traffic Analyzer, pop-up menus are implemented only from Filter/Trigger view or MAC Frame Data view by clicking the right mouse button.



Stop Trigger List Pop-up Menu

You see the following pop-up menu when you click the right mouse button in the stop trigger list area of Filter/Trigger view:

Start Trigger List Pop-up Menu

You see the following pop-up menu when you click the right mouse button in the start trigger list area of Filter/Trigger view:

Pre-Filter List Pop-up Menu

You see the following pop-up menu when you click the right mouse button in the pre-filter list area of Filter/Trigger view:

Displays the Edit Trigger dialog box so you can add or edit a trigger condition.

Displays the Trigger on data dialog box so you can add or edit a trigger on a condition.

Displays the Edit Filter dialog box so you can add or edit a filter condition.



Post-Filter List Pop-up Menu

There are two list areas for a post-filter. They are referred to as the top list and the bottom list. You see the following pop-up menu when you click the right mouse button in the post-filter top list area:

You see the following pop-up menu when you click the right mouse button in the post-filter bottom list area:

MAC Frame Data View Pop-up Menu

You see the following pop-up menu when you click the right mouse button in MAC Frame Data view:

Displays the Edit Filter dialog box so you can add or edit a filter condition.

Displays the Edit LPacket dialog box so you can add oredit an LPacket condition.

Displays the Display View Options dialog box so you can change display options.


Chapter 4

Triggers and Filters

What This Chapter Contains The following table describes what this chapter contains and where to find specific information.

Triggers A trigger is used to initiate a process or to act as a reaction. There are two types of triggers: start and stop. A start trigger initiates the process; a stop trigger stops the process.

Start Trigger View

You see the Start Trigger view when you click the Start Trigger icon in the Control Panel or from the Actions menu, click on Control Panel>Define Start Trigger.

A trigger is a prerequisite condition, a passage toward the pre-filter phase. Once you start a trigger condition, there is nothing else to do. There are two types of trigger conditions: one related to the contents of the frames and the other related to the time elapsed. You can combine the two types of conditions. Triggering will start provided at least one condition is met.

The Start Trigger view is shown below.

For information about See pagetriggers 4-1filters 4-8

Start without conditions. Start with conditions. Define how much time is needed to start the analysis.

Enable/disable trigger condition.

Start trigger condition.


4-2 Triggers and Filters

You can initiate only one specific Start Trigger: a Start Trigger on Data. See page 4-4 for more information.

The following illustration shows start trigger conditions with a Start Trigger on Data added.

Stop Trigger View

You see the Stop Trigger view when you click the Stop Trigger icon in the Control Panel or from the Actions menu, click on Control Panel>Define Stop Trigger. There are two types of trigger conditions: one related to the contents of the frames and the other related to the time elapsed. You can combine the two types of conditions. Triggering will stop provided at least one condition is met.

You can check the Center Trigger in Ring Buffer box to add data following the first Stop on Conditions and keep the preceding data as well. Otherwise, when the box is not checked, the data in the buffer is the data preceding the Stop Trigger.

The Stop Trigger view is shown below.

Start Trigger on Data.

Stop without conditions. Stop with conditions.

Define how much time is needed to stop theanalysis after a Start.

Stop the trigger in the center of the Ring buffer, keeping data preceding and adding data following the given condition.

Enable/disable trigger condition.

Stop trigger condition.


Triggers and Filters 4-3

How to Configure a Trigger

When you choose to start or stop a trigger on a condition, a trigger list area appears. You can add, edit, or delete conditions in this list area by clicking the right mouse button. A pop-up menu appears.

When you add or edit a trigger condition, you see the following box:

TIPAnother way you can add, edit, or delete a trigger condition is by pressing the Insert, Enter, or Delete key, respectively.

Define the Producer MAC ID(s) you want to trigger. You can define: • a single Producer MAC ID (in a range 0-255).• a group of IDs. Separate the range by a hyphen (2-88). The range can extended from 0 to 255.• multiple IDs. Separate the IDs by a semi-colon (2;9;27) a group and multiple IDs (2-7;3;8).

If you do not enter a value in this field, the full range (0-255) becomes the default value.

Define the Producer MAC ID(s) you want to trigger in each LPacket. • For a Generic LPacket, it is the Producer/Consumer ID.• For a Fixed LPacket, it is the Destination ID.• For a Broadcast ID, it is 255.

You can define:• a single Producer/Consumer MAC ID (in a range 0-255).• a group of IDs. Separate the range by a hyphen (2-88).

The range can extended from 0 to 255.• multiple IDs. Separate the IDs by a semi-colon (2;9;27).• a group and multiple IDs (2-7;3;8).



Status of Frames

A frame status can be defined in three ways:

• Good: a frame correctly received by the Traffic Analyzer tool.

• Bad: the Traffic Analyzer tool has detected a problem with this frame (e.g. a CRC problem).

• Null: a frame without any data.

Type of Frame

A frame type can also be defined in three ways:

• Scheduled

• Unscheduled

• Moderator

See page 1-2 for a definition of frame types.

How to Configure a Start Trigger on Data

When you want to add trigger onto data, you add a Start Trigger on Data condition. This implies that you are looking for a specific element and that you know its source, the type of frame, and its destination.

At the LPacket level, the standard trigger only checks for the Producer/Consumer MAC ID in a Generic LPacket or for the Destination MAC ID in a Fixed LPacket. Within these limits, you can create an unlimited list of trigger conditions that will not affect the processing time during the record.

If you want to start after a specific LPacket - for example if there is a sign of future network troubles - you can create a unique and elaborate trigger condition on an LPacket.

TIPFor a definition of Status, see below. For a definition of Type, see page 1-2.



Each byte in the LPacket Header can be checked; a sequence of a maximum of 8 bytes will appear in the LPacket data field.

When you choose to start a trigger on a condition, a trigger list area appears. You can add, edit, or delete a Start Trigger on Data condition in this list area by clicking the right mouse button. A pop-up menu appears. Only one Start Trigger on Data can be created at one time. Once a Start Trigger on Data has been added, it can be edited or deleted. Also, you can create a Start Trigger on Data only on Good Scheduled or Good Unscheduled frames.

If you choose to add or edit a Start Trigger on Data, the Trigger on data dialog box appears. You must enter a value in the Producer MAC ID and/or Consumer MAC ID, and link data (if an offset is defined) field(s). Three examples follow showing the different options you can choose in this dialog box.



Example 1: Fixed LPacket

When you want to add a Start Trigger on Data with a fixed Tag, you see the following dialog box.

Enter the Producer MAC ID you want to trigger.

Define the frame type.

Choose the type of LPacket you want to trigger.

Enter the size of the LPacket you want to trigger (enter in hexadecimal).

Enter the control bits of the LPacket you want to trigger (enter in hexadecimal).

The fields reflect the value entered in the Control Bits field above. See “Interpreting Control Bits,” page 4-16.

Enter the LPacket Link Data Offset in hexadecimal. The LPacket Link Data Offset 0 starts after the LPacket Header.

Enter the Link Data you want to check. Enter in hexadecimal, limited to eight characters.

When Fixed Tag is chosen, enter the Service byte in hexadecimal.

Enter the destination MAC ID you want to trigger.

Select a predefined UCMM service. This value will automatically set the Offset and Link Data. Use this as a quick way to find a service without entering it. This option is disabled if Generic Tag is selected.



Example 2: Generic LPacket

When you choose Generic Tag, two new fields appear to define the Connection ID. They replace the Service and Consumer MAC ID fields.

Set the Connection ID Number in hexadecimal.

Define the Producer/Consumer MAC ID you want to trigger.

The Predefined UCMM Service is disable when Generic Tag is chosen.



Example 3: Fixed LPacket Using the UCMM Service List

When you want to use a predefined UCMM Service, you see the following dialog box.

Filters Filtering refers to a selection used to allow frames that meet a specified condition to pass from the network to the buffer, or from the buffer to the display. For example, you may set up an input filter that will only let frames with a source MAC ID of 10 to pass from the network to the collection buffer. There are two filtering levels:

• Pre-filter: determine which frames you will put into the buffer. This is a sorting procedure used mainly for adding filters on the destination of a frame.

• Post-filter: determine which frames are going to be in the buffer, i.e., which ones you want to see on the screen. This is the second level of sorting, more precise and elaborate than the pre-filter sort.

The UCMM Service number is 0x83.

The LPacket Data Offset and Link Data values are forced to match the selected UCMM Service.

A predefined UCMM Service is selected.



Pre-Filter View

You see this view when you have selected the Pre-Filter icon in the Control Panel.

The Pre-filter view is shown below.

Disable Time Stamp

ASIC provides time indication for each frame. If the network traffic conditions are extremely heavy and/or the data capture is missing traffic, then you may need to lighten the task of the ASIC. You can do this by disabling the Time Stamp. See Chapter 8, “Troubleshooting.”

How to Configure a Pre-Filter

When you choose to filter on conditions, a filter condition list area appears. You can add, edit, or delete a pre-filter condition in this list area by clicking the right mouse button. A pop-up menu appears.

TIP You can also access the Pre-Filter view from the Actions menu: Control Panel>Define Pre-Filter.

TIP Another way you can add, edit, or delete a filter condition is by pressing the Insert, Enter, or Delete key, respectively.

Click on this radio button to get all frames from the network except the null.

Check this box to Disable the time stamping (the time will not be included in the data capture).

Enable/disable filter condition.

Pre-Filter condition.

Click on this radio button to filter on conditions.



When you add or edit a pre-filter, you see the following dialog box:

TIP For a definition of Status, see page 4-4.For a definition of Type, see page 1-2.

Define the Producer MAC ID(s) you want to filter. You can define: • a single Producer MAC ID (in a range 0-255).• a group of IDs. Separate the range by a hyphen (2-88).



Define the Producer MAC ID(s) you want to filter in each LPacket. • For a Generic LPacket, it is the Producer/Consumer ID.• For a Fixed LPacket, it is the Destination ID.• For a Broadcast ID, it is 255.

You can define:• a single Producer/Consumer MAC ID (in a range 0-255).• a group of IDs. Separate the range by a hypen (2-88).




Post-Filter View

You see this view when you have selected the Post-Filter icon in the Control Panel.

How to Configure a Post-Filter

Defining a post-filter is a little bit more complex than defining a pre-filter. Post-filtering provides a more precise way of filtering. When you choose to post-filter on conditions, two filter condition list areas appear. These two lists have been designed to show all the information needed by the post-filter.

• the first list looks like the Pre-Filter list and performs almost the same function; it will be referred to as the top list.

• the second list is used to filter on some LPacket data and will be referred to as the bottom list.

TIP You can also access the Post-Filter view from the Actions menu: Control Panel>Define Pre-Filter.

Click on this radio button to get all stored frames from the Data Buffer.

Click this button to enable any changes in post-filtering. This will update the MAC Frame Data view.

First Post-Filter condition. The “Yes” means LPacket filter is enabled.

Enable/disable filter condition.

Second Post-Filter condition. LPacket filter is enabled.

Click on this radio button to filter on conditions.



You can add, edit, or delete a post-filter condition in these two list areas by clicking the right mouse button. A pop-up menu appears.

When you add or edit a post-filter in the top list, you see the following dialog box:

TIP Another way you can add, edit, or delete a post-filter condition is by pressing the Insert, Enter, or Delete key, respectively.

Define the Producer MAC ID(s) you want to filter. You can define: • a single Producer MAC ID (in a range 0-255).• a group of IDs. Separate the range by a hyphen (2-88).



Enable filter on an LPacket. This enables the bottom post-filter list. You will see a “Yes” in the Filter LPacket column in the Filter/Trigger view.

Disable filter on an LPacket. This disables the bottom post-filter list. You will see a “No” in the Filter LPacket column in the Filter/Trigger view.

TIP For a definition of Status, see page 4-4. For a definition of Type, see page 1-2.



When you enable LPacket filtering and you want to add or edit frame conditions in the bottom list, you see the following dialog box:

• Size

• Ctrl Bits

• Prod/Cons MAC ID

• Link Data and an Offset

Enter the size of the LPacket header (in hexadecimal).

Define the Producer/Consumer MAC ID(s) you want to filter in each LPacket. • for a Generic LPacket, it is the Producer/Consumer ID.• for a Fixed LPacket, it is the Destination ID.• for a Broadcast ID, it is 255.

You can define:• a single Producer/Consumer MAC ID (in a range 0-255).• a group of IDs. Separate the range by a hypen (2-88).

The range can extended from 0 to 255.• multiple IDs. Separate the IDs by a semi-colon (2;9;27).• a group and multiple IDs (2-7;3;8).• If you do not enter a value in this field, the full range (0-255) becomes the default value.

When Any Tag is selected, you cannot base your selection on Tag values.

Enter the control bits of the LPacket header (in hexadecimal).

The fields reflect the value entered in the Control Bits field above. See “Interpreting Control Bits,” page 4-16.

Enter the LPacket Link Data Offset (in hexadecimal).

Enter the LPacket Link Data you want to check (in hexadecimal).

IMPORTANT In the preceding example, all the fields have been filled in for illustration purposes but not all of them are required fields. When Any Tag is checked, only one of the following fields must be filled in:



When you choose the Fixed Tag option, the Service field appears and you see the following dialog box:

If you don’t enter a value in the Ctrl Bits field, “Fixed” appears in the Control Bits column in the bottom list area of Post-Filter view. If the Ctrl Bits field is filled in, the interface checks the consistency with the Fixed Tag option; in the Post-Filter view, Control Bits field, a hexadecimal value will replace the “Fixed” string. See “Interpreting Control Bits,” page 4-16.

When Fixed Tag is chosen, the Service field appears.

The UCMM Service number is forced at 0x83 when a predefined UCMM Service is selected.

The values in the Offset and Link Data fields are forced when a predefined UCMM Service is selected.

Select a predefined UCMM Service.

IMPORTANT When Fixed Tag is chosen, it is not necessary to fill any fields because the Fixed Tag option is automatically entered on several bits in the Control Bits field (see the Acc. Always, Tag Pad, and Fixed Screen fields above).



When you choose the Generic Tag option, the Connection field appears and you see the following dialog box:

If you don’t enter a value in the Ctrl Bits field, “Generic” appears in the Control Bits column in the bottom list area of Post-Filter view. If the Ctrl Bits field is filled in, the interface checks the consistency with the Generic Tag option; in the Post-Filter view, Control Bits field, a hexadecimal value will replace the “Generic” string. See “Interpreting Control Bits,” on the next page.

IMPORTANT When Generic Tag is chosen, it is not necessary to fill any fields because the Generic Tag option is automatically entered on several bits in the Control Bits field.

When Generic Tag is chosen, the Connection Number field appears.

Enter the Connection Number in hexadecimal.



Interpreting Control Bits

The bits of the control field are numbered 0 through 7 and are described below.

Bit 0 - Fixed Tag (type of LPacket)Bit 0 is the least significant bit of the control field. Bit 0 indicates the type of LPacket. When set (bit 0 = 1), the LPacket is a fixed tag LPacket. Conversely, when clear (bit 0 = 0), the LPacket is a generic tag LPacket.Bit 1 - Tag Pad (Odd Tag Size)Bit 1 of the control field indicates whether the tag field contains an even or odd number of bytes. When clear (bit 1 = 0), it indicates that the tag contains an even number of bytes. When set (bit 1 = 1), it indicates that the tag contains an odd number of bytes. A fixed LPacket has an even tag so bit 1 = 0 and a generic LPacket has an odd tag so bit 1 = 1.Bit 2 - Data Pad (Odd Link Data Size)Bit 2 of the control field indicates whether the link data contains an even or odd number of bytes. When clear (bit 2 = 0), it indicates that the link data contains an even number of bytes. When set (bit 2 = 1), it indicates that the link data contains an odd number of bytes.Bit 3 - Reserved Bit 3 of the control field is reserved.Bit 4 - Generic Tag (Type of LPacket)Bit 4 of the control field is the inverse of bit 0 (see bit 0 above). If bit 0 is clear, then bit 4 will be set. If bit 0 is set, then bit 4 will be clear.Bit 5, 6, 7 - Reserved 7:5Bits 5, 6, and 7 of the control field are reserved.


Chapter 5

Display Information

What This Chapter Contains If you do not change the Traffic Analyzer controls in any way, the data will display the same way it displayed after the last post-filter you defined. You have the option of displaying data differently using the Display View Options dialog box. The following table describes what this chapter contains and where you can find specific information.

Display View Options When you are ready to create a new document, you can choose display options. The Display View Options dialog box enables you to choose both time display and data format options.

The Display View Options dialog box is shown below.

For information about See pagedisplay view options 5-1tools to manage frames 5-6

IMPORTANT You can change the default display view options. They will apply to every new project you create until you change the options again. See page 7-11 for more information.


5-2 Display Information

Time Display

The time can be expressed as absolute or relative. You can also change the time resolution.

The Display View Options dialog box appears when you click on the Display icon on the Control Panel or, in the MAC Frame Data view area, click right with the mouse button and click Define Display.

The time display options are defined below.

You can change the type of time information that will show in MAC Frame Data view.

Data Format

The following section describes the three data format options.

Data can be viewed in three ways:

• MAC Frame

• LPacket

• Interpreted

Click this button ToNo Time remove the Time column from MAC Frame Data view.

Select this option if the time is not significant.Absolute Time express the time as absolute – from the time when ASIC

was started.Relative Time express the time as relative to the first pre-filter frame.Time between Frames express the time between two sequential frames in MAC

Frame Data view.

IMPORTANT If the last record was configured with the Pre-Filter Disable Time Stamp option enabled, all Time Display options will be in shadow (no access to them). The No Time option will be forced.

Click on To show the time the data was collected inDays days, hours, minutes, and secondsHours hours, minutes, and secondsMinutes minutes and secondsSeconds seconds


Display Information 5-3

MAC Frames

MAC Frame data is displayed in hexadecimal, plain information with no separation between each other. The MAC Frame data format is shown below.

Between two LPackets, the CNA10 ASIC adds two bytes, which are shown only in the hexadecimal display. Use the following table of CNA10 ASIC tag index and description to interpret these two bytes.

Please note that bad MAC Frames are always displayed in the MAC Frame format. An example is shown below with the LPacket tag index underlined.

LPackets

Data is displayed in hexadecimal but the different LPackets are separated from one another. A small arrow on the left side of the text indicates a new LPacket is starting. The LPacket data format is shown below.

CNA10 Tag Index Descriptionsm, 0xF8 LPacket from the NAP portsm, 0xF9 Scheduled LPacket from the wiresm, 0xFA Unscheduled LPacket from the wiresm, 0xFB Moderator LPacket from the wireNote: sm = Source MAC ID



Interpreted

Each LPacket Header is interpreted. The first two lines of each LPacket details the contents of the LPacket Header. The Interpreted data format is shown below.

The next two sections describe LPacket Header information for fixed and generic tags.

LPacket Header for a Fixed Tag:

The LPacket Header for a fixed tag is composed of: Size + Control bits + Service + Destination MAC ID.

See the following table for fixed tag service numbers and their description.

Fixed Tag Service Description0x00 Moderator0x01 – 0x08 Vendor specific0x09 Ping request0x0A – 0x14 Vendor specific0x15 tMinus0x16 – 0x28 Vendor specific0x29 Ping reply0x2A – 0x3F Vendor specific0x40 – 0x6F Reserved0x70 – 0x7F Vendor specific0x80 I’m alive0x81 Link parameters0x82 Reserved0x83 UCMM0x84 TUI0x85 Reserved for IP0x86 WAMI



In case of a UCMM Service, a third line is added and interprets the first byte of the LPacket data, which contains the UCMM command code. See the Interpreted data format, page 5-4, Frame # 1, for an example.

See the following table for UCMM commands and their descriptions.

Lpacket Header for a Generic Tag:

The LPacket Header for a generic tag is composed of: Size + Control bits + Connection ID (CID). The CID is composed of a Consumer or Producer MAC ID plus a Connection Number.

See the ControlNet International Specification for more information on service numbers and commands. The ControlNet International Specification can be purchased from ControlNet International.

Fixed Tag Service Description0x87 Reserved0x88 Keeper UCMM0x89 – 0x8B Reserved0x8C – 0x8F Time distribution0x90 Debug0x91 – 0xAF Reserved0xD0 – 0xEF Group addresses0xF0 – 0xFF Vendor specific

Command Description0 Reserved0x01 Acknowledge a request0x02 Request with retry until acknowledged0x03 Response with retry until acknowledged0x04 Request with no acknowledge and no response0x05 Acknowledge a response0x06 Response which will not retry (no acknowledge)0x07 Request with retry until response (no acknowledge)0x08 Request which will not retry and will cause a code 6 response0x09-0xFF Reserved



Other Options

Three other options appear in the Data Format section of the Display View Options dialog box:

• Show ASCII - if you check this box, the ASCII column displays

• Short Display - if you check this box, the Status and Type columns take on an abbreviated form (only the initials of each status and type display)

• Show Frame # - if you check this box, the Frame # column displays

Tools to Manage Frames The Traffic Analyzer tool contains several functions to help you manage the documents you create.

Bookmarks

If you want to mark some data lines, you can set bookmarks on them. Bookmarks are used to easily jump from one marked line to another.

The Traffic Analyzer tool provides the following Bookmark options:

• Add/Remove bookmarks

• Go to the Next bookmark

• Go to the Previous bookmark

• Delete all bookmarks

Access these bookmark options from the Edit menu, the MAC Frame Data view pop-up menu, or use the corresponding Hot keys. See “Edit Menu,” page 3-3, for more information.

When you add a bookmark on a line, a small flag ( ) displays in the left margin. Once you have added two or more bookmarks, you can use the Go to Next or Go to Previous bookmark options to jump from one bookmark to another.

The current bookmark looks like this: . When you want to jump to the next or the previous bookmark, you always do it from the current bookmark. Use the Delete All bookmark option to delete all the bookmarks.



Find Data

The Traffic Analyzer tool provides two find options: simple find and advanced find.

Simple Find

Use the simple find function to search for ASCII or Hexadecimal data within MAC Frame Data view. Access Simple Find from the Edit menu.

You see this dialog box:

The Find function will rest on the first byte found in the data column of each MAC Frame, in however data format it is displayed.

Advanced Find

Use the advance find function to search directly for coded information in a MAC Frame. Access the Advanced Find function from the Edit menu.



When you access Advanced Find, you see the following dialog box:

Enter the type of information you want to search for (Producer MAC ID, Frame Status/Type, Prod/Cons MAC ID, etc.) then click OK and the search will start. If the information is found, the corresponding line comes in view highlighted for easy recognition.

Select a Range of Frames

Use this function to select a range of frames for display. Access the Select Range of Frames dialog box from the MAC Frame Data view pop-up menu.

The top part of this dialog box is similar to the Edit Filter dialog box in Post-Filter. See page 4-12 for more information.

The bottom part of this dialog box is similar to the Edit LPacket dialog box in post-filter. Note the three different LPacket Header tags. Each tag has a slightly different dialog box. See pages 4-13 through 4-15 for more information.

Click this box to show or hide the bottom part of this dialog box.




Enter the first frame in the range in the Min frame number box and the last frame in the range in the Max frame number box and click OK. By default, the range of frames displayed correspond to the minimum & maximum frame numbers contained in the current document. You can only reduce the range.

Compute Time Difference

Use this function to compute the time difference between two ControlNet frames. Access the Compute Time Difference dialog box from the MAC Frame Data view pop-up menu.


Enter Time T1 and Time T2 values by clicking on a frame in MAC Frame Data view and dragging and dropping it into the Time T1 or Time T2 box.

Click on the pin to activate the dialog box. When pinned, the box is always visible.

The frame number of the frame is used to easily retrieve the corresponding frame.

The Compare Time result window always shows the positive time difference between T1 and T2.



After you drop a frame in either the T1 or T2 box, you see a marker next to the corresponding frame in MAC Frame Data view. The markers are shown below.

Next to the frame you dropped in the T1 box you see this marker

Next to the frame you dropped in the T2 box you see this marker

These markers serve as an easy way to retrieve a frame that is used as a time comparison value.

To hide this window, click on the pin button so it is in the “not pin” state. Then click in another window or just click on the X button.

Copy Data to the Clipboard

You can copy some frame data in text format and use it as documentation. Select some lines from MAC Frame Data view and choose Copy Data to Clipboard from the MAC Frame Data view pop-up menu or use the CTRL+C shortcut. To retrieve the data, open a word processing application and use the paste function.

You can select more than one line at a time. To select lines in a sequence:

1. Click on a line.

2. Hold the Shift key down.

3. Click on the last line in the range.

To select non-sequential lines hold the Ctrl key down while you click on the lines you want to select.

The data format will correspond to the one that is displayed in MAC Frame Data view.

IMPORTANT T1 and T2 fields will contain absolute values.


Chapter 6

Network Information and Statistics

What This Chapter Contains Network information and statistics cover 1 through 99 nodes. The following table describes what this chapter contains and where specific information can be found:

Network Information The network information corresponds to dynamic data collection over the ControlNet network. The following information is contained within the Network Information dialog box:

• Mini-Who - displays the active nodes on the network.

• some network attributes - the network attribute commands analyze the current moderator frames and display the following attributes:

• Network Update Time (ms)

• Scheduled Max. Node

• Unscheduled Max. Node

• Slot Time (µs)

• Blanking Time

• Guard Band Start (µs)

• Guard Band Center (µs)

• Guard Band Prestart (µs)

• Interval Modulus (NUTs)

• other network information that does not come from the moderator. This information corresponds to Scheduled and Unscheduled elements, for which the following information is provided:

• scheduled information in the Interval Modulus average bandwidth used and maximum bandwidth used

• average available unscheduled information and average used unscheduled information in the Interval Modulus, both expressed in bytes per second

To read about the option See pagenetwork information 6-1statistics 6-2


6-2 Network Information and Statistics

Access the Network Monitoring dialog box with the Network Information button on the toolbar or from the Actions menu. You see this screen:

Statistics The following two statistic graphs are provided:

• network traffic

• network utilization

Mini-Who box.

Active nodes on the network are highlighted.Network Information from the moderator.

Average Available Unscheduled Information in the Interval Modulus.

Scheduled Average Bandwidth Used.

Average Used Unscheduled Information in the Interval Modulus.

Maximum Bandwidth Used.

IMPORTANT The bandwidth usage is computed over the Interval Modulus for Scheduled and Unscheduled Information.


Network Information and Statistics 6-3

In both cases, the statistical information corresponds to the selected frames. A filter, similar to the one used for pre-filter, creates the selection of data that is used for the statistical display. This information is based off the interval count.

Statistical Data: Network Traffic

The Network Traffic bar graph shows how the traffic is distributed among the nodes on the network as a function of selected ControlNet frames.

The X-axis represents the Node addresses and the Y-axis represents the number of MAC Frames that were received.

The Statistical Information dialog box, with Network Traffic displayed, is shown below. Access the Statistic Information dialog box with the Statistic button on the toolbar or from the Actions menu.

Filter for the selection of data that is used for statistical display.

Select the Network Traffic view.


6-4 Network Information and Statistics

Statistical Data: Network Utilization

The Network Utilization bar graph shows how a group of nodes use the ControlNet network. The X-axis represents the time and the Y-axis can represent a number of MAC Frames or a number of bytes.

The Statistical Information dialog box, with Network Utilization displayed, is shown below. Access the Statistic Information dialog box with the Statistic button on the toolbar or from the Actions menu.

Filter for the selection of data that is used for statistical display.

Select the Network Utilization view.


Chapter 7

Other Commands and Options

What This Chapter Contains The following table describes what this chapter contains and where to find specific information.

Save a Document Use the Save dialog box to select one of three save options. The document will be saved as a .CTA file. See Appendix A for shortcut keys.

Access the save options from the File menu.

The save options are:

• All Data and Control Panel Settings - all Control Panel Settings and all pre-filtered data will be saved.

• Displayed Data and Control Panel Settings - only displayed data and Control Panel settings will be saved. This option is useful if you do not need to save all pre-filtered data or if you want to minimize the size of the document you save.

To See pagesave a document 7-1create a report 7-2go offline/online hardware settings 7-3reset the ControlNet card and time 7-6learn about application options 7-6


7-2 Other Commands and Options

All data discarded by the post filter or out of the data range will be lost once the document is closed. If you chose this option, you see this warning:

Click on “Yes” to continue to save the data. Click on “No” to cancel the save.

• Control Panel Settings Only - If you choose this option, only the Control Panel settings will be saved. Choose this option when you do not need to save the data but just the way it was captured. If you choose this option, you see this warning:

Click on “Yes” to continue to save the data. Click on “No” to cancel the save.

Create a Report You can generate a report in RTF format. From the File menu, select Create Report or use a shortcut key. See Appendix A for File menu shortcut keys.

You can choose among three different report options that would include the complete Traffic Analyzer configuration for frame data.

IMPORTANT If a save or warning box does not appear, that means Automatic save options have been previously selected. See “Save Options,” page 7-7.

IMPORTANT You can customize your report with a template and keywords. See page 7-8.


Other Commands and Options 7-3

When you choose the Create Report option, you see this dialog box:

The report options are:

• Control Panel Settings Only - only the Control Panel settings will be included in the report

• All Displayed Data - the Control Panel settings plus all displayed data will be included in the report

• Range of Displayed Data - the dialog box expands to display two additional fields as shown below

Use these two additional fields to define limits for the range of data that will be included in the report. The report will include Control Panel settings plus the range of data you enter in the two fields. Enter the first frame in the range in the Min frame number box and the last frame in the range in the Max frame number box and click OK. By default, the values displayed in the two fields correspond to the minimum and maximum frame numbers contained in the current document. You can only reduce the amount of data that will be included in the report.

Go Offline/Online Hardware Settings

Use this option to toggle between going off line and on line and to set up hardware settings to go on line. You can choose to use either the CN-1000 or the 1784-PCC hardware setting when going on line.



Access the Offline/Online Hardware Settings command from the Actions menu.

A description of the offline and online modes follow.

• offline - you cannot execute the commands assessed through the use of the ControlNet card. This lets other applications that need the card to use this hardware resource.

• online - you can execute all commands accessed through the use of the ControlNet card selected in the Hardware Settings dialog box.

TIPYou will see the Hardware Settings menu option only when the Traffic Analyzer is in offline mode.

TIP When the Traffic Analyzer tool is off line, the Start icon in the

Control Panel will contain a red X ( ). You can click the

Start icon to access the Hardware Settings dialog box.

IMPORTANT If the ControlNet card is not plugged in when the computer is started up under Windows NT 4.0, the Traffic Analyzer tool will automatically go into offline mode. Do not remove the ControlNet card until the computer is powered down.

IMPORTANT If you remove the ControlNet card while working on line under Windows 95, the Traffic Analyzer tool will automatically go into offline mode.



The Hardware Settings dialog box is shown below.

Click on a device and then click OK, even if there is only one device listed. You can choose a card only if it is the correct hardware version (i.e., CNA20.01.04.18 or higher) and if the card is not locked by another application.

The tool will go into online mode and now whenever you launch the Traffic Analyzer tool, it will launch into online mode using the device you selected. You can go into offline mode by choosing Actions>Offline.

Once you have chosen the hardware setting, it becomes the default setting until you change the setting or remove the card. If you remove the card, the next time the Traffic Analyzer tool is launched, it will try to go on line but will not find the hardware.

You will see the following error message:

Identifies the PC card slot number (Windows 95 only).

Identifies the CN-1000 ISA card or the 1784-PCC PC card.

Identifies the dual-port memory address.

Identifies the interrupt number.

“Yes” indicates an application is using the card and therefore the card is unavailable to other applications. “No” indicates the card is available to use.

Accept the selected device as the online mode default.

Update the hardware settings dialog box after a device has been added or removed. Important: Use the Refresh button to see a change in status of an application or hardware without having to close and open the dialog box.

Identifies the application under which the device is locked.

Identifies the firmware version of the device.



Click OK. Then you see this message:

If you select YES, the Traffic Analyzer tool goes off line and resets the default hardware setting. Then the next time you launch the Traffic Analyzer, it will launch off line.

If you select NO, the Traffic Analyzer tool goes off line and keeps the default hardware setting. Then the next time you launch the Traffic Analyzer, it will try to go on line by using the default setting.

Reset the ControlNet Card and Time

This option performs a hardware reset (an ASIC reset). Access the Reset Card and Time command from the Actions menu.

This function also resets the ASIC timer. Consequently, the absolute time will start from zero at the time of reset.

Application Options The Options dialog box includes four tabs. Use these tabs to access the different application options. These options are:

• Save

• Buffer

• Report

• Display View Options



Save Options

Use the save option to define an automatic save configuration. The Options dialog box is shown below with the Save options displayed.

The dialog box is divided into two independent parts:

• upper part - When you enable Automatic save by using the option below, you gain access to the Automatic Save Option radio buttons. Whichever radio button you select defines the default automatic saving mode. Consequently, the Save dialog box described on page 7-1 will not display when an automatic save option is selected.

• lower part - the first two automatic save options (the two that include data options) have a warning box attached to them. Use the Partial Save Warnings box to enable (Partial Save Warnings box is checked) or disable these warning boxes.

Buffer Size

You can select the maximum amount of data you want to collect into the buffer via the Buffer Options dialog box. You select the increments by 256 Kbytes (KB). The default value is 512 KB (the minimum value).



The maximum value is 4,096 KB. Click the up or down arrow key to select the size.

The Buffer Options dialog box is shown below.

Report Option

Use the Report Option to access a template to customize an RTF report you have created. You customize this report by using keywords. The path to the template and the strings that will replace the keywords are configured in the following dialog box.

IMPORTANT In the example above, a maximum of 512 KB of data will be collected into the Buffer.



To create a template, click on the keyword (REF, VERSION, AUTHOR, etc.) to enable the String field. Type the string in the String field and click OK to save your personal cover page in RTF format. Put all keywords you need between pound (#) symbols.

A sample template report called MODEL.RTF is provided as part of the Traffic Analyzer tool installation. Access this report by clicking on the folder to the right of the Include RTF File for report box. Clear the field of the file by clicking on the X. You can customize and reuse this sample report. There is also an example of this sample on the next page. A complete list of the keywords you can use are:

• REF

• VERSION

• AUTHOR

• COMPANY

• DEPARTMENT

• DATE

• PRJ_NAME

The date and project name keywords are not listed in the Options Report dialog box. The Date is the day the report was created. The Project Name is the name of the document you are currently working on in the Traffic Analyzer tool.

Checking the Remove MAC Frame header option displays the data without header information listed for all frames. This will significantly reduce the size of the report.



#COMPANY#

ControlNet Traffic Analyzer Project

#PRJ_NAME#

Project Documentation

Reference #REF#

Version #VERSION#

#DATE#

#COMPANY# / #DEPARTMENT#

Author#AUTHOR#



Default Display View Options

You see the following dialog box when you click on the Default Display View Options tab in the Options dialog box:

This dialog box corresponds to the Display View Options dialog box described in Chapter 5. See page 5-1 for information about display view options.

IMPORTANT The options you choose will be the default options for the next new document you create.



Notes:


Chapter 8

Troubleshooting

What This Chapter Contains This chapter helps you troubleshoot the Traffic Analyzer tool. The following table describes what this chapter contains and where to find specific information.

Warning Messages You may receive one or two warning boxes called Data Capture Missing Traffic at the end of a record before frames are displayed in MAC Frame Data view. If you receive one of these warnings, it means that one or more times during the record, the Traffic Analyzer tool was unable to receive all the MAC frames from the network. The Traffic Analyzer tool may lose MAC frames because of three situations:

• overflow/underflow FIFO error in the ControlNet ASIC

• the personal computer is unable to unload all the received data

• overflow error in the ControlNet Traffic Analyzer internal buffer

Each of these situations is described below.

Overflow/Underflow FIFO Error in the ControlNet ASIC

You see the following warning when this condition occurs:

To troubleshoot the warning condition: See pageoverflow/underflow FIFO error in the ControlNet ASIC 8-1the personal computer is not able to unload all the received data 8-2overflow error in the ControlNet Traffic Analyzer internal buffer 8-5


8-2 Troubleshooting

An overflow/underflow FIFO error in the ControlNet ASIC may occur when there is heavy network traffic. You can prevent this error from occurring by disable the Time Stamp in pre-filter view. See “Pre-Filter View,” page 4-9. Disabling the Time Stamp will reduce the amount of work the ControlNet ASIC must perform.

After you click on Continue in the warning box, the error message displays in the last frame of MAC Frame Data view.

The PC Is Not Able to Unload All the Received Data


This error occurs when your personal computer cannot keep up with the ControlNet ASIC traffic. You can use several methods to solve this error condition:

• dedicate your computer to the ControlNet Traffic Analyzer tool (no background tasks running)

• remove the Power Management

• use a faster computer

• reduce the amount of traffic seen by your computer through defined trigger and pre-filter conditions. Reduce the amount of traffic by disabling the following MAC frame status or types:

• Null

• Scheduled

• Unscheduled

• Moderator

The hardware passes through all traffic as enabled by the start, stop, and pre-filter conditions in the Traffic Analyzer Control Panel settings.

When the start trigger is defined as “Start Always” and the stop trigger is defined as “No Stop Condition,” then the traffic seen by the software is only defined by the pre-filter.


Troubleshooting 8-3

Refer to the following two examples for clarification.

Good Scheduled Data Example

Following the procedure below to define only good scheduled data.

1. Define the start condition as Start Always.

2. Define the stop condition as No Stop Condition.

3. Define the pre-filter condition as Filter on Conditions.

4. Click the right mouse button in Filter/Trigger view and select Add Filter Condition.

5. Check only the Good status and Scheduled type boxes in the Edit Filter dialog box.

6. Click OK.

Pre-Filter Filter/Trigger view should look like the following illustration.

Only good scheduled data will pass through the hardware and be seen by the software.

All Unscheduled Data Starting on Good Moderator Example

Following the procedure below to define all unscheduled data starting on good moderator.


8-4 Troubleshooting

1. Click the Start on Conditions radio button in Start Trigger view.

2. Click the right mouse button in Filter/Trigger view and select Add Trigger Condition.

3. Check the Good status and Moderator type boxes in the Edit Trigger dialog box.

4. Click OK.

Start Trigger Filter/Trigger view should look like the following illustration.

5. Click the No Stop Condition radio button in Stop Trigger view.

6. Click the Filter on Conditions radio button in Pre-Filter view.

7. Click the right mouse button in Filter/Trigger view and select Add Filter Condition.

8. Check only the Good and Bad status boxes and Unscheduled type box in the Edit Filter dialog box.

9. Click OK.

Pre-Filter Filter/Trigger view should look like the following illustration.


Troubleshooting 8-5

Only good and bad unscheduled data and good moderator data will pass through the hardware and be seen by the software.

After you click on Continue in the warning box, the error message displays in the last frame of MAC Frame Data view.

Overflow Error in the ControlNet Traffic Analyzer Internal Buffer


TIPYou can combine methods to solve this error condition.

IMPORTANT If both the first and second error condition occur in the same record, you will be informed of both errors in one warning box:


8-6 Troubleshooting

This error occurs when there is heavy network traffic and the Traffic Analyzer tool is not fast enough to analyze all the frames for the triggers and pre-filters. You can use several methods to solve this error condition:

• dedicate your computer to the ControlNet Traffic Analyzer tool (no background tasks running)

• use a faster computer

• reduce the amount of traffic seen by your computer through defined trigger and pre-filter conditions. Reduce the amount of traffic by disabling the following MAC frame status or types:

• Null

• Scheduled

• Unscheduled

• Moderator

The hardware passes through all traffic as enabled by the start, stop, and pre-filter conditions in the Traffic Analyzer Control Panel settings.

When the start trigger is defined as “Start Always” and the stop trigger is defined as “No Stop Condition,” then the traffic seen by the software is only defined by the pre-filter.

Refer to the two examples on page 8-3 for clarification.

After you click on Continue in the warning box, the error message displays in the exact frame in which the error occurred. Therefore, this error message can appear several times in MAC Frame Data view.

TIPYou can combine the methods to solve this error condition.

TIP For post-filter conditions, error frames are always displayed in MAC Frame Data view. To display only error frames, create a post-filter (click on the Filter on Conditions radio button) without conditions (the top list must be empty) and apply the filter.

1 Publication 9220-RM052C-EN-P - August 2002

Appendix A

Function and Shortcut Keys

What This Appendix Contains

This appendix lists the function and shortcut keys you can use with the Traffic Analyzer tool.

Function Keys The following function keys correspond to the menu actions.

Menu Action Function KeyAdd/Remove Bookmark Ctrl+F2Go to Next Bookmark F2Go to Previous Bookmark Shift+F2Delete All Bookmarks Ctrl+F5Simple Find Ctrl+F3Advanced Find F4Find Next (find criterion) F3Find Previous (find criterion) Shift+F3Start Recording F10Stop Recording F11Network Information Ctrl+F10Statistics Ctrl+F11Select Range of Frames F8Compute Time Difference F9Close (project) Ctrl+F4Define Display (view options) F7Data (full screen) F12


A-2 Function and Shortcut Keys

Shortcut Keys The following shortcut keys correspond to menu actions.

File Menu Shortcut Keys

Refer to the following table for File menu shortcut keys.

Edit Menu Shortcut Keys

Refer to the following table for Edit menu shortcut keys.

Menu Action Shortcut KeyNew Ctrl+N or Alt+F then NOpen Ctrl+O or Alt+F then OClose Alt+F then CSave Ctrl+S or Alt+F then SSave as Alt+F then ACreate Report Alt+F then TList of latest files opened Alt+F then 1, or 2 or 3 or 4Exit (the tool) Alt+F then X

Menu Action Shortcut KeyCut Ctrl+X or Alt+E then TCopy Ctrl+C or Alt+E then CPaste Ctrl+V or Alt+E then PAdd/Remove Bookmark Alt+E+B+AGo to Next Bookmark Alt+E+B+NGo to Previous Bookmark Alt+E+B+PDelete All Bookmarks Alt+E+B+DSimple Find Alt+E+F+SAdvanced Find Alt+E+F+AFind Next (find criterion) Alt+E+F+FFind Previous (find criterion) Alt+E+F+P


Function and Shortcut Keys A-3

Actions Menu Shortcut Keys

Refer to the following table for Actions menu shortcut keys.

View Menu Shortcut Keys

Refer to the following table for View menu shortcut keys.

Window Menu Shortcut Keys

Refer to the following table for Window menu shortcut keys.

Menu Action Shortcut KeyStart Recording Alt+A then NStop Recording Alt+A then SNetwork Information Alt+A then NStatistics Alt+A then SOffline/Online Hardware Settings Alt+A then OReset Card and Time Alt+A then RDefine Start Trigger Alt+A+C+DDefine Stop Trigger Alt+A+C+EDefine Pre-Filter Alt+A+C+FDefine Post-Filter Alt+A+C+PDefine Display (view options) Alt+A+C+YSelect Range of Frames Alt+A+FCompute Time Difference Alt+A+D

Menu Action Shortcut KeyToolbar Alt+V then TStatus Bar Alt+V then SOptions Alt+V then OData (full screen) Alt+V then D

Menu Action Shortcut KeyCascade Alt+W then CTile Alt+W then TArrange Icons Alt+W then ADisplay on top Alt+W then 1, 2 ... or n



Help Menu Shortcut Keys

Refer to the following table for Help menu shortcut keys.

Start Trigger Menu Shortcut Keys

Refer to the following table for Start Trigger menu shortcut keys.

Stop Trigger Menu Shortcut Keys

Refer to the following table for Stop Trigger menu shortcut keys.

Menu Action Shortcut KeyHelp Topics Ctrl+H or Alt+H then HReadme and Internet Support Alt+H then RAbout Firmware version Alt+H then FAbout Traffic Analyzer Alt+H then A

Menu Action Shortcut KeyAdd Trigger Condition INSEdit Trigger Condition ENTERDelete Trigger Condition DELAdd Trigger on Data N/AEdit Trigger on Data N/ADelete Trigger on Data N/ACut Ctrl+XCopy Ctrl+CPaste Ctrl+V

Menu Action Shortcut KeyAdd Trigger Condition INSEdit Trigger Condition ENTERDelete Trigger Condition DELCut Ctrl+XCopy Ctrl+CPaste Ctrl+V


Function and Shortcut Keys A-5

Pre-Filter Menu Shortcut Keys

Refer to the following table for Pre-Filter menu shortcut keys.

Post-Filter Menu Shortcut Keys

Refer to the following table for Pre-Filter menu shortcut keys.

Menu Action Shortcut KeyAdd Filter Condition INSEdit Filter Condition ENTERDelete Filter Condition DELCut Ctrl+XCopy Ctrl+CPaste Ctrl+V

Menu Action Top List Shortcut KeyAdd Filter Condition INSEdit Filter Condition ENTERDelete Filter Condition DELCut Ctrl+XCopy Ctrl+CPaste Ctrl+VMenu Action Bottom List Shortcut KeyAdd LPacket Condition INSEdit LPacket Condition ENTERDelete LPacket Condition DEL



MAC Frame Data View Menu Shortcut Keys

Refer to the following table for MAC Frame Data view menu function and shortcut keys.

Menu Action Shortcut KeyAdd/Remove Bookmark Ctrl+F2Go to Next Bookmark F2Go to Previous Bookmark Shift+F2Delete All Bookmarks Ctrl+F5Simple Find Ctrl-F3Advanced Find Ctrl+F4Find Next (find criterion) F3Find Previous (find criterion) Shift+F3Define Display (view options) F7Select Range of Frames F8Compute Time Difference F9Copy Data to Clipboard Ctrl+C


Index

Aaccessories

status bar 3-2toolbar 3-1

actions menu 3-4shortcut keys A-3

advanced find 5-7any tag 4-13application options 7-6

buffer size 7-7display view options 7-11report option 7-8save options 7-7

audience 1-3

Bbookmarks 5-6buffer size 7-7

Ccompute time difference 5-9configuring

a post-filterany tag 4-13fixed tag 4-14generic tag 4-15

a pre-filter 4-9a start trigger on data 4-4a trigger 4-3

control panel view 2-2ControlNet

frame structure 1-3information exchange 1-1main structure 1-1messages 1-2

copy data to clipboard 5-10create a report 7-2

Ddata format 5-2

interpreted 5-4Lpacket 5-3Lpacket header for fixed tag 5-4Lpacket header for generic tag 5-5MAC frame 5-3

default display view options 7-11display view options 5-1

data format 5-2

interpreted 5-4Lpacket 5-3Lpacket header for fixed tag 5-4Lpacket header for generic tag 5-5MAC Frame 5-3

time display 5-2

Eedit menu 3-3

shortcut keys A-2

Ffile menu 3-2

shortcut keys A-2filter/trigger view 2-4filters 4-8

post-filterconfiguring 4-11view 4-11

pre-filterconfiguring 4-9view 4-9

find data 5-7advanced find 5-7simple find 5-7

fixed tag 4-14frame data view 2-5frames

status 4-4types 1-2

function and shortcut keys A-1function keys A-1MAC frame data view menu A-6shortcut keys A-2

Ggeneric tag 4-15go offline/online hardware settings 7-6

Hhardware recommendations 1-4hardware settings 7-3help menu 3-6

shortcut keys A-4

Iinstallation 1-5


2 Index

MMAC frame 5-3

data viewfunction and shortcut keys A-6pop-up menu 3-8

main menu 3-2actions menu 3-4edit menu 3-3file menu 3-2help menu 3-6view menu 3-5window menu 3-6

menus and shortcuts 3-2main menu 3-2

actions menu 3-4edit menu 3-3file menu 3-2help menu 3-6view menu 3-5window menu 3-6

pop-up menus 3-6frame data view 3-8post-filter list 3-8pre-filter list 3-7start trigger list 3-7stop trigger list 3-7

Nnetwork information 6-1

Network Monitoring dialog box 6-2Statistical Information dialog box 6-4

Network Monitoring dialog box 6-2

Oonline/offline mode 7-6

Ppop-up menus

frame data view 3-8post-filter list 3-8pre-filter list 3-7start trigger list 3-7stop trigger list 3-7

post-filterconfiguring 4-11list pop-up menu 3-8menu shortcut keys A-5

view 4-11pre-filter

configuring 4-9list pop-up menu 3-7menu shortcut keys A-5view 4-9

Rreport option 7-8reset ControlNet card and time 7-6Rockwell Automation support 1-9

local product support 1-9questions or comments about manual

1-10technical product support 1-10

Ssave a document 7-1save options 7-7select range of frames 5-8shortcut keys A-1, A-2

actions menu A-3edit menu A-2file menu A-2help menu A-4post-filter menu A-5pre-filter menu A-5start trigger menu A-4stop trigger menu A-4view menu A-3window menu A-3

simple find 5-7software package 1-4start trigger

list pop-up menu 3-7menu shortcut keys A-4view 4-1

statistics 6-2network traffic 6-3network utilization 6-4

status bar 3-2status of frames 4-4stop trigger

list pop-up menu 3-7menu shortcut keys A-4view 4-2

support 1-9local product support 1-9


Index 3

questions or comments about manual 1-10

technical product assistance 1-9

Ttechniques used in the manual 1-9terminology 1-8time display 5-2toolbar 3-1tools to manage frames 5-6

bookmarks 5-6compute time difference 5-9copy data to clipboard 5-10find data 5-7

advanced find 5-7simple find 5-7

select range of frames 5-8triggers 4-1

configuring 4-3a start trigger on data 4-4

fixed Lpacket 4-6generic Lpacket 4-7UCMM generic Lpacket 4-8

start trigger view 4-1stop trigger view 4-2

troubleshootingoverflow error in the ControlNet Traffic

Analyzer internal buffer 8-5overflow/underflow FIFO error in the

ControlNet ASIC 8-1

the pc is not able to unload all the received data 8-2

warning messages 8-1types of frames 1-2

Uuser interface 2-1

control panel view 2-2filter/trigger view 2-4frame data view 2-5

Vview menu 3-5

shortcut keys A-3

Wwarning messages 8-1

overflow error in the ControlNet Traffic Analyzer internal buffer 8-5

overflow/underflow FIFO error in the ControlNet ASIC 8-1

the pc is not able to unload all the received data 8-2

all unscheduled data starting on good moderator example 8-3

good scheduled data example 8-3window menu 3-6

shortcut keys A-3


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