Surveyor User's Guide

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Surveyor

User’s Guide

You can also access Capture View from Summary View to view a Capture file.

From Summary View, click the button in the Surveyor toolbar. The contents of

the Capture file are displayed in the

Capture View window.

You’ll notice that many of the same functions can be performed from the different

windows. This design allows you to perform all the tasks you might expect to do

from any one of the major windows without having to switch to a different window.

Because of Surveyor’s flexibility, you can open many different windows and

subwindows within the program. To avoid confusion, close windows you are not

using.

Be sure to browse the Hints and Tips sections in the on-line Help system. There is a

“Hints and Tips” section for each major functional area within the product. Over

time, you’ll find the ways that you like to use the product. We encourage you to

these tips on to other customers and to user groups.

Here are some tips to help you use the Surveyor interface:

• Click on a resource in the Resource Browser to select that resource.

• Press the button to bring up Detail View for a resource. You can also bring

up Detail View by double-clicking with the left mouse button on the active

monitor view displayed within Summary View.

• Press the button from Detail View to bring up the

Capture Filter window.

Use this window to create/edit capture filters.

• Press the button from Detail View to bring up the

Display Filter window.

Use this window to create/edit display filters.

• Once a resource is stopped and you have captured data, press the button in

Detail View to bring up Capture View for analyzing packets and full protocol

decode.

• Press the button from Summary View to open a previously saved capture

file and bring up Capture View.

• Use the buttons in the Data Views toolbar to open many views of the same

resource within Detail View.

• Double-click on an analyzer device in the Resource Browser to create alarms

for that device.