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CATC MERLIN MOBILE 1.00 CHAPTER 5

User’s Manual Recording Bluetooth Traffic

DRAFT

If Piconet Recording wasn't already selected, the options on the Modes tab

will change so that you can configure the piconet recording parameters. If an

Inquiry Recording was performed, the addresses of all Bluetooth devices that

were discovered will appear in the Master Address and Page Target

drop-down lists.

Step 4 Select Page Sync & Record from the Sync Method drop-down list.

Step 5 Enter the address of the intended master device from the Master Address

combo box and the address of the intended slave device from the Page Target

combo box.

If you used Bluetooth Neighborhood or an Inquiry Recording to discover the

device addresses, you may select the address or device name alias from the

Master Address and Page Target drop-down lists. You may also switch the

addresses in the Master address and Page Target lists by pressing the swap

button.

Step 6 If necessary, configure the remaining Piconet Recording options (for more

information, please see “Piconet Recording Mode Options” on page 37).

Step 7 Select Record > Start from the menu bar or press the record button on

the standard toolbar.

When Merlin Mobile is ready to synchronize with the piconet, the analyzer

state portion of the Recording Status display reads “Syncing...”

Step 8 Establish the piconet with the intended master and slave devices.

Now Merlin Mobile will wait for the master to begin paging the slave device.

When paging begins, Merlin Mobile will synchronize to the piconet and

capture the traffic between the devices. The analyzer state message in the

Recording Status display will change to “Act:”, indicating that Merlin

Mobile is fully synchronized to the piconet and is recording traffic.

Merlin Mobile records piconet traffic data and then uploads it as a Trace file when the

recording session is complete.

To stop the recording before the recording session is complete, select Record > Stop from

the menu bar, press the Stop button on the standard toolbar, or press the Escape (Esc) key

on the keyboard. Merlin Mobile will stop recording and will upload the data that was

recorded before the recording was interrupted.

5.2.3 Make a Manual Sync & Record Piconet Recording

The Sync & Record method of recording piconet traffic causes Merlin Mobile to perform

an inquiry to obtain synchronization information from the master device. Then, Merlin

Mobile can synchronize to the piconet and capture the traffic between the devices.

Sync & Record is intended to be used with a piconet that is established before recording

begins.