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CATC MERLIN MOBILE 1.00 CHAPTER 5

User’s Manual Recording Bluetooth Traffic

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5.4 Uploading Piconet Data

When the analyzer has stopped recording, it begins uploading the data to the PC. The upload

can be interrupted by selecting Record > Stop from the menu bar, pressing the Stop button

on the standard toolbar, or pressing the Escape (Esc) key on the keyboard. The interruption

opens the Abort Upload dialog box, which offers the following options:

• Stop, but preserve existing upload data.

This option will display a Trace that contains the data up to the point that the upload was

interrupted.

• Continue as if abort not initiated.

This option will cause the upload to continue normally.

• Flush data and cancel Trace completely.

This option will completely void the upload and no Trace file will be created from the

data.

The uploaded data is displayed as a Merlin Mobile (.blt) Trace file. The file is given the

default name specified in the Trace Filename & Path section on the General tab of the

Recording Options dialog. If it's not specified, the name defaults to data.blt. The default file

is overwritten each time a recording is made. The file should be saved with a unique name

if you want to keep it for future reference.

5.5 Recording Options Dialog

You can customize the way that piconet traffic is recorded by using the Recording Options

dialog in Merlin Mobile. These settings can then be saved as a recording options (.rec) file.

You can load saved settings to use them at any time.

To access the Recording Options dialog:

• Click the Recording Options icon on the toolbar.

-or-

• Select Setup > Recording Options from the menu bar.

There are four tabs in the Recording Options dialog:

• General: the General tab contains options for generic recording settings, such as the

recording type, buffer size, and trigger position.

• Modes: the Modes tab is used to define the type of Bluetooth traffic that Merlin

Mobile will record, and also to configure the piconet parameters.

• Events: the Events tab is used to specify the events that are used on the Actions tab.

• Actions: the Actions tab is used to configure what takes place when specified events

occur.