Serialtest Serial RS-232, RS-485, RS232 & RS485 Protocol Analyzer
and Packet Sniffer

Data Capture

• Captured data includes data bytes, control signals, and error conditions.
• Data can be captured to RAM or directly to disk.
• Capture buffer sizes are limited only by available memory or disk space.
• Capture to a File Series automatically closes and saves a capture file to disk based on size or a predefined time, and then opens a new capture file incremented by 1 and continues data capture.
• Add notes to your capture files describing the contents of the data for use with resolving problems and archiving.

Data Displays

• Data can be analyzed in real-time using the Event Display , Frame Display , Protocol Navigator , Signal Display , Breakout Box , and Statistics Window .
• Multiple synchronized windows can be viewed simultaneously.
• Frame/Packet contents are decoded to the byte and bit level.
• Byte level information is displayed in either a split-line DTE over DCE format, or in a mixed format.
• Characters can be displayed in ASCII, EBCDIC, or Baudot.
• Nonprintable characters are displayed using hex and mnemonics.
• Supported radix's include hex, octal, decimal and binary.
• Add bookmarks to highlight important bytes and frames for easy access.

Search

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Filters

• Display Filter parameters include filter-in or filter-out protocols, messages, data patterns, and an advanced mode for complex filters.
• Quick filters for the Frame Display and Protocol Navigator Windows include protocol filtering in and out, filtering on the Summary Pane, and filtering on messages.
• Tab filters in the Frame Display allow you to filter in frames/messages that contain specific protocols.

Statistics Display

• Provides DTE and DCE totals for characters, bytes, events, errors, characters.  If there is a decoded protocol associated with your data then stats also include frames/messages, and frames/messages per second, percentage utilization and frame/message size distribution.

Control Signal Display

• Real-time breakout box includes timing diagrams and counters for control and signal leads.
• Timing diagrams enable captured control signal transitions to be viewed with respect to captured data bytes.

Data Transmission

• Data strings and files can be transmitted one time, multiple times, or continuously.
• Data transmission delays can be inserted in millisecond, second, or minute increments.
• Control signals can be set on or off.

Timestamping

• Provides both absolute and relative displays of event timing for bytes and frames/messages.
• Calculates time intervals between events and frames/messages (delta time) and effective data rate.
• Timestamp resolution to <1 microsecond.

Configuration Management

• I/O configurations, protocol stacks, and filters can be saved for future use.

Export Features

• Using the Export Utility Export Events in text or binary format.
• Export output suitable for importing into a spreadsheet, database or other post-process program for intricate analysis of the data. Templates include Excel/Access, CSV, and re-transmit.
• Frame Display Window Summary Pane Export, exports the contents of the Summary Pane into CSV format for loading into spreadsheets or other programs to do intricate statistical analysis of protocol and network information.
• C++ software program, which demonstrates the use of a simple API capable of reading a binary export file, is also included.

Help

• Comprehensive online help provides complete operating instructions.
• Quick Start Guide enables rapid product set-up and operation.