1. Frontline is pleased to announce the release of a new feature for our communications analyzers which will provide copy protection along with the ability to move/park the software license. This feature will be included in the Serialtest®, Ethertest®, MeshDecoder™, and NetDecoder™ analyzers. The release of these analyzers with copy protection will occur in early September.
2. The Frontline copy protected software can be activated via the Internet, with manual browser activation or with manual activation via email request or a telephone call to Frontline. More detailed information on the license protection functionality and activation options is available in a separate document. (Installing, Activating, and Managing Frontline Test System (FTS) Products.

• A new graphical screen called "Network View"
• Decoding for the latest ZigBee releases
• "Right Click Filtering" in the Frame Display
• Enhancements to the Print Functionality

As a result of customer feedback, you will also notice in this version that Frontline has updated the tool bar Icons in most displays. Some icons have been changed to better represent their function. Please see the attached icon conversion chart for more information. We have simplified the communications data capture functionality in the Control and Frame Display Windows.

MeshDecoder's new Network View enables you to see a graphical representation of the active node layout, as sensed by the air sniffing device, along with statistics for those nodes. Statistics include communications traffic details and node specific information. Network View's selectable display views allow you to see Parent / Child Relationships along with conversation statistics on packets transmitted and received, bytes transmitted /received and more. You can even give each node a user-friendly name (such as light switch #7, thermostat #2, etc.). When the cursor is placed on a particular node, a window opens up with additional node specific information. See Network View.

Frontline has updated the 802.15.4 and ZigBee decoders with the current release feature set. A key feature in Frontline's decoding of ZigBee's Cluster Library was in providing the user the ability to see application related data such as temperature settings and on/off statuses. Frontline's presentation of the ZigBee communications assists in easily understanding what is being communicated along with powerful filtering which allows you to view only the information you want to view. When combined with the Network View, MeshDecoder becomes a powerful network diagnostic tool. See Protocol Decoding.

MeshDecoder can now capture communications traffic to a single file or to a series of files. By default, the analyzer comes ready to capture to a single file, but the file size selection and the capture to a series of files selection can be viewed by clicking on Options and then Systems Settings.

Control Window with New Save Functionality

The new print capability gives you options for printing out information in MeshDecoder's Frame Display.

Selecting options, as shown in the above screen shot of MeshDecoder's Frame Display Print feature, results in a print-out as illustrated in the Print Preview screen shot below. You can also choose an option so that the print-out includes the decode information for each Frame number.

As a reminder, the MeshDecoder Communications Analyzer is a passive network monitoring software which works through a USB ComProbe® supplied with the analyzer.