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CATC MERLIN MOBILE 1.00 CHAPTER 5

User’s Manual Recording Bluetooth Traffic

DRAFT

Step 8 Device Address (page target 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.

Note: This step is skipped when using the Sync & Record synchronization method.

Step 9 System is Ready: Merlin Mobile now has all of the information that it needs

in order to synchronize with the piconet after it's established. The scroll box

lists the recording parameters that you have set up.

Advanced — Press the Advanced button in order to open the Recording

Options dialog to further configure the recording parameters. Note that the

frequency hop sequence and synchronization method on the Modes tab have

been set by the Recording Wizard and cannot be changed. When you are

finished with the dialog, press OK to return to the Recording Wizard.

Step 10 Merlin Mobile begins recording and determines whether the conditions are

right for it to synchronize with the master device. Subsequent screens may

indicate that the Recording Wizard has encountered the following

conditions:

Synchronizing — Merlin Mobile is able to enter the synchronizing state. At

this time you should establish a piconet with the master and slave devices.

Once the piconet is established, Merlin Mobile will synchronize and capture

the piconet traffic.

Recording — Merlin Mobile has synchronized to the piconet and is now

recording traffic.

Repeat — The recording is complete. When the recording is complete, the

captured data will be uploaded to the PC as a CATC Trace. Press Repeat to

make another recording using the same configuration.

Retry — Merlin Mobile was not able to enter the synchronizing state. Press

Retry to try again. Here are some possible problems that can prevent Merlin

Mobile from entering the synchronizing state:

• The devices do not support the inquiry scan substate while connected to

other devices (for Sync & Record mode).

• The device addresses were not configured correctly.

5.1.4 Record Traffic in Bluetooth Test Mode with Recording

Wizard

A Bluetooth test mode recording allows you to limit the frequency hopping range that

Merlin Mobile will record. Two test modes are available: Reduced Hopping Mode and

Single Frequency Mode. Reduced Hopping Mode limits the traffic capture to the five