User's Manual

Digianswer Bluetooth Protocol Analyser Installation & Operation Manual

Digianswer’s Bluetooth Protocol Analyser is a development kit

that allows you to view Bluetooth protocol data and carry out

fast and effective analysis during the process of developing

Bluetooth equipment.

Basically, the Bluetooth Protocol Analyser consists of a USB-

based hardware unit and a software application called the

Data Collector. With this equipment you can set up a log

session during which you can intercept all the data transmitted

between devices forming a Bluetooth piconet.

Accompanying the Bluetooth Protocol Analyser is a software

application called the Bluetooth Packet Analyser, which is

used for analysing the data logged during a session. The

Bluetooth Packet Analyser can display all the baseband

packets logged, and isolate, decode, and display LMP,

L2CAP, RFCOMM, and SDP packets.

The Bluetooth Packet Analyser works as a plug-in for the Data

Collector module. This is an open interface, which means that

anyone is free to develop alternative Analyser modules for the

Bluetooth Protocol Analyser.

The Bluetooth Protocol Analyser can be used in two

configurations:

•• As an independent unit: In this configuration, the

Bluetooth Protocol Analyser does not participate in the

piconet; it only listens in, logging all baseband packets

transmitted between the master and slaves of the piconet.

•• As a participant in the piconet: In this configuration, the

Bluetooth Protocol Analyser is either the master or a slave

of the piconet. The Bluetooth Protocol Analyser is attached

to a computer running both the Data Collector application

and Digianswer’s Bluetooth Software Suite

. The Data

Collector logs all baseband packets transmitted from the

computer to other participants of the piconet as well as the

packets received by the computer.

Note: While using the Bluetooth Protocol Analyser, it is

advisable not to run any other applications on your

computer – the Bluetooth Software Suite being an

exception.

Digianswer’s Bluetooth Software Suite is automatically installed on

your computer at the same time as the Bluetooth Protocol Analyser.