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CATC MERLIN MOBILE 1.00 CHAPTER 5

User’s Manual Recording Bluetooth Traffic

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To configure Merlin Mobile to record traffic on a new piconet, open the Recording Wizard

and press Next to advance to the second screen. On the second screen, select “I want to

establish a new piconet and have Merlin Mobile record traffic on that piconet.” Press

Next and go through the following steps to complete the configuration:

Step 1 Frequency Hopping Mode: Merlin Mobile supports only the standard

79-frequency hopping mode that is used by most Bluetooth devices. The

79-frequency hopping mode will be used by Merlin Mobile to record the

traffic.

Step 2 Inquiry Skip/Perform: Choose one of these options:

Perform Inquiry Now — This option causes Merlin Mobile to perform a

general inquiry to discover local Bluetooth devices. Devices that are

discovered will then be listed on the screens for Steps 6 and 7.

Skip Inquiry — This option skips the inquiry and takes you straight to Step 6.

Step 3 Device Search Type: Choose one of these options:

I want to search for all Bluetooth devices within range. — This option causes

Merlin Mobile to search for all local Bluetooth devices.

I want to search only for devices in the search group corresponding to the

following (hexadecimal) DIAC — This option causes Merlin Mobile to

search only for devices that use the 24-bit Dedicated Inquiry Access Code

(DIAC) that you enter.

Step 4 Device Search Duration: Enter a value to set the number of seconds that

Merlin Mobile will search for local Bluetooth devices. The value can be set

between 1 and 80 seconds.

Step 5 General Device Search: Merlin Mobile performs the device search, then

gives you two options:

Repeat — Press this button to make Merlin Mobile repeat the search.

Show Devices Found — Press this button to view the search results in the

Bluetooth Neighborhood window.

Step 6 Device Address (master device): Select or type the address or device name

alias of the intended master device in the combo box on this screen.

The combo box lists addresses only for those devices that it has recently

encountered via a device search.

Step 7 Device Address (slave device): Select or type the address or device name

alias of the intended slave device in the combo box on this screen.

The combo box lists addresses only for those devices that it has recently

encountered via a device search.

Step 8 System is Ready: Merlin Mobile now has all of the information that it will

need in order to synchronize with the piconet. The scroll box lists the

recording parameters that you have set up.