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CATC MERLIN MOBILE 1.00 CHAPTER 5

User’s Manual Recording Bluetooth Traffic

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CHAPTER 5: RECORDING BLUETOOTH

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During a recording session, Merlin Mobile monitors and records piconet activity according

to the specifications set by the user. When the session ends, Merlin Mobile decodes the data,

uploads it to the PC, and displays the recorded packets and related information as a CATC

Trace file.

Merlin Mobile offers two ways to configure and initiate a Bluetooth traffic recording:

• Assisted recording, using the Recording Wizard

• Manual recording, using the Recording Options along with menu or toolbar commands

5.1 Assisted Recording with Recording Wizard

The Recording Wizard is an interactive utility that assists you in quickly and easily

configuring a recording session in Merlin Mobile. It can be used as an alternative to

manually setting up recording parameters in the Recording Options dialog.

The Recording Wizard can help you set up three different kinds of Bluetooth recordings:

• Record traffic on a new piconet

• Record traffic on an existing piconet

• Record traffic in Bluetooth test mode

5.1.1 Open the Recording Wizard

To open the Recording Wizard, click the Recording Wizard button on the toolbar, or

select Setup > Recording Wizard from the menu bar.

The Recording Wizard's welcome screen will be displayed. Press Next to advance to the

next screen and begin configuring a recording session.

5.1.2 Record Traffic on a New Piconet with Recording Wizard

The Recording Wizard can guide you through the process up setting up Merlin Mobile to

record Bluetooth traffic on a new piconet using the Page Sync & Record synchronization

method. This means that when Merlin Mobile starts recording, the Recording Wizard will

prompt you to establish the piconet. When the piconet is established and the master device

pages the slave device, Merlin Mobile will attempt to synchronize with it and capture the

piconet traffic.

Note: In order for this mode to work, the intended master and slave devices must support the inquiry scan

substate while connected to other devices.