Merlin Protocol Analyzer Software
The new software release brings the analyzer up to compliance with the new Bluetooth Version 1.1 specification. Service Discovery (SDP) message viewing and Object Exchange (OBEX) protocol decoding have been added, allowing users to display the captured packet traffic grouped into transactions that are representative of the various higher-level protocols that are part of the Bluetooth wireless technology.
New display filtering and hiding options have also been added. These options permit users to selectively modify the display of previously captured traffic to optimize the quantity of information that they need to view and analyze to address an issue.
Piconet synchronization has been enhanced in a number of areas. This includes faster synchronization processes, display of Paging traffic and the ability to maintain network synchronization when in sniff mode. The new enhancements broaden the analyzer's ability to capture essential information that developers are interested in seeing to verify their design performance.
The Timing Calculator dialog box now includes both "Throughput" (in bits-per-second) and "Bit Error Rate" (in parts-per-million). Calculations are done for user selectable ranges of packets. These calculations can be made globally or the user can specify an active piconet member address to see the performance of the piconet relative to a specific device.
The new ‘SuperGrid' format of the Traffic Summary Report has been implemented to let a user expand and collapse various portions of the summary, as well as to immediately change the current trace location based on summary information. This capability allows users to navigate within the trace file and go to specific packets of interest when working with the Traffic Summary Report. Information is now also included on RFCOMM, TCS and SDP protocols.
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