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Serialtest ComProbe for Windows® 9x/Me/NT/2000
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Turns ANY Windows 9x/NT PC into a full-featured sync or async serial data
and protocol analyzer. Your PC, coupled with this true 32-bit user-friendly
software provides a powerful yet economical platform for data communication
troubleshooting and development.
The Serialtest ComProbe for Win 9x/NT package includes the FTS software
and the RS-232 ComProbe adapter. For our DOS users, the ComProbe you already
own will work great with FTS, all you need to do is purchase a software
upgrade. The ComProbe connects to your PC via the parallel printer port and
allows you to passively monitor and actively test both sync and async
devices.
| The Live Events window
shows you, in real-time, the information flowing between any two
serial devices -- both data bytes and control signals. The Review
Events, Frame Summary
and Frame Decode windows of
the FTS software allow you to examine, search, and manipulate the
data as it is being captured. You don't have to stop capturing data
to begin analyzing your problem, so valuable troubleshooting time is
saved.
The Review Events
window provides byte level details that include control signal and
timestamp information. The Frame
Summary window displays a one line summary of each frame/packet.
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The Frame Decode window
displays a comprehensive layered decode of each frame/packet. Protocol
decodes include HDLC, SDLC, X.25, SNA, Frame Relay, PPP, SLIP and TCP/IP. If
you have a proprietary decode or wish to add extensions to the standard
decodes, ask us about the PDAedit tool.
The Statistics window
provides DTE and DCE traffic totals that include bytes, frames, errors,
characters per second, and utilization. This information can help simplify
understanding what's happening on the link saving valuable troubleshooting
time.
The Breakout Box window provides
a real-time graphical view of six RS-232 control signals (DTR, RTS, CTS, DSR,
CD and RI.) Also included are counters showing the number of times a control
signal has changed. The Signal
Display window allows you to scroll and analyze captured control signal
transitions in relation to captured data bytes and packets.
The Transmit window allows
you to emulate either the DTE or DCE side of the communications link,
enabling you to actively test a device.
The FTS software is user-friendly and the on-line Help provides you with
all the information you need to use the product. It comes with a handy quick
start guide to help new users, plus it will ease the transition to the
Windows 95/98 product for our DOS users.
To preview the windows, click here,
or click on the highlighted window names to go directly to that window.
Serialtest Features
Data Capture
 | Data captured includes data bytes, control signals and error
conditions. |
| Data can be captured to RAM and directly to disk with no file size
limit. |
| Bit reversal feature interprets data LSB or MSB first. |
Data Displays
| View multiple windows at the same time. Analyze data as it is being
captured using the Review Events, Frame Decode and Frame Summary
windows. |
| Detailed Frame/Packet level information. |
| Displays byte level information in a split-line DTE over DCE or mixed
format. |
| Characters can be displayed in ASCII, EBCDIC or Baudot. |
| Nonprintable characters displayed using hex and mnemonics. |
| Captured data can be searched; search types include timestamp,
controls signals, errors, and patterns ( patterns include bit and nibble
level wildcard characters.) |
Statistics Display
| Includes DTE and DCE totals for bytes, frames, events, errors,
characters per second, and utilization. |
Control Signal Display
| Live breakout box includes timing diagrams and counters. |
| Captured control signal transitions can be viewed in relation to
captured data bytes using timing diagrams. |
Data Transmission
| Transmit strings or files once, multiple times or continuously. |
| Insert delays in millisecond, second or minute increments. |
| Set controls leads on or off. |
Timestamping
| Absolute or relative display of event time. |
| Delta time and effective data rate calculations. |
| Timestamping resolutions ranging from 10 milliseconds to 1
microsecond. |
Protocol Decodes
| PPP |
| SLIP |
| TCP/IP |
| HDLC |
| X.25 |
| SDLC |
| SNA |
| Frame Relay |
| Bisync |
| Monosync |
| Soon to include user-defined/customized decodes |
Configuration Management
| Name and save an unlimited number of configurations. |
Help
| On-line Help provides all the information you need to use the product.
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| Handy quick start guide gets you up and running quickly. |
Technical Specifications
| Data Interfaces |
RS-232, MIL-STD-188C (inverted bit sense), converters
available for other interfaces |
| Baud Rates |
Up to 64K bps synchronous and 38.4K asynchronous,
including support for user defined baud rates |
| Operating Modes |
Monitor, Source DTE, Source DCE |
| Communication Modes |
Async, Sync NRZ and NRZI (internal and external
clocking supported), Isochronous |
| Bit Order |
LSB (normal) or MSB (reversed) first |
| Protocol Decodes |
Monosync, Bisync, HDLC, SDLC, X.25, SNA, Frame Relay,
PPP, SLIP, TCP/IP, plus user customizable protocol stack |
| Flow Control |
Software (including user defined XON/XOFF characters),
Hardware (RTS/CTS and DTR/DSR) |
| Character Sets |
ASCII, 7-bit ASCII, EBCDIC, Baudot |
| Parity |
None, Even, Odd, Mark, Space |
| Word Length |
5, 6, 7, 8 bits |
| Stop Bits |
1, 1.5, 2 |
| Timestamping |
Absolute and relative timestamping, resolutions down to 1
microsecond |
System Requirements
PC with Windows 95, 98 or NT loaded and a Pentium processor or higher:
| 8 MBs of RAM (16 required for NT) |
| 5 MBs Hard Disk Space (capture file size is limited by disk size) |
| Parallel port |
| Maximum data rate supported is dependent on PC processor speed. |
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"The Leader in Portable, Affordable, PC-Based Datacom Test Equipment"
are registered trademarks of Frontline Test Equipment, Inc. Serialtest Pegasus,
FrameDecoder and Frontline are trademarks of Frontline Test Equipment, Inc. All
other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Information on this page is Copyright © Frontline Test Equipment, Inc.
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