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CATC MERLIN MOBILE 1.00 CHAPTER 6

User’s Manual CATC Trace Files

DRAFT

Step 2 Select the Formats tab.

Step 3 Select new number formats for fields by clicking the radio buttons. Possible

formats are: hexadecimal, decimal, binary, and ASCII. Not all formats are

available for all fields.

You may also change the byte order for some fields by selecting or

deselecting the checkbox in the MSB -> LSB (Most Significant Byte to Least

Significant Byte) column.

Step 4 Click OK to apply the changes and close the Display Options dialog

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Click Apply to apply the changes and leave the Display Options dialog open.

Note: You may also save the changes as a Display Options (.opt) file. You can load

Display Options files and apply them to any Trace file.

6.1.4 Hiding Fields, Packets, Messages, and Protocols

Use the Hiding tab in the Display Options dialog to prevent certain fields, packets,

messages, or protocols from being displayed in Trace view.

To hide fields, packets, messages or protocols:

Step 1 Open the Display Options dialog.

Step 2 Select the Hiding tab.

Step 3 If desired, hide individual fields by selecting the checkboxes next to their

names in the Hide Fields section in the upper portion of the Hiding tab. The

Set All button can be used to select all of the checkboxes; conversely, the

Clear All button will remove all of the check marks.

Step 4 If desired, hide packets, messages and/or protocols.

• Devices To Hide — use this section to define the AM_Addr (member

address) and role (master/slave) to hide data for specific devices in the

Trace.

• Levels To Hide — use this section to select specific protocol levels to hide

in the Trace.

• Hide HOPs — check this to hide hop frequency packets in the Trace.

• Hide POLL/NULLs — check this to hide POLL and NULL packets in the

Trace.

• Hide ID Pkts — check this to hide ID packets in the Trace.

• Hide Unassociated Traffic — check this to hide any traffic that is not

associated with the current level of decoding in the Trace.

• Hide Voice — check this to hide voice data packets in the Trace.

Step 5 Click OK to apply the changes and close the Display Options dialog

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