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CATC MERLIN MOBILE 1.00 CHAPTER 6

User’s Manual CATC Trace Files

DRAFT

• Edit Marker: Allows you to edit the packet's marker comment. This command only

appears when the menu is accessed from the row's number field (the first field in the

row) and if a marker has been set for the packet.

• Clear Marker: Clears the packet's marker. This command only appears when the menu

is accessed from the row's number field (the first field in the row) and if a marker has

been set for the packet.

• Time From Trigger: Opens the Timing and Bus Usage calculator and displays the total

time between the trigger and the packet used to access the command. This command

only appears when the menu is accessed from the row's number field (the first field in

the row) and if there is a trigger marker in the Trace file.

• Time From Marker: Opens the All Markers dialog. Select a marker and then press the

Go To button. The Timing and Bus Usage calculator opens and displays the total time

between the chosen marker and the packet used to access the command. This command

only appears when the menu is accessed from the row's number field (the first field in

the row). For more information, see “All Markers Dialog” on page 60.

• Format > Numeric Format: Allows you to change the format of the numbers in the

Trace. Possible format choices are Hexadecimal, Decimal, Binary, ASCII, and Most

Significant Bit (MSB) to Least Significant Bit (LSB) or LSB to MSB.

• Color > Color Chart: Allows you to change the field color. Selecting Other at the bot-

tom of the chart opens the Colors dialog (described on page 51).

• Hide: Hides all occurrences of the field. Note that hidden cells can be revealed using the

Trace view menu.

• View Data Block: Opens the Data Block dialog. This command only appears when the

menu is accessed from a Data field. The Data Block dialog is described on page 56.

• Expand/Collapse Field: Expands or collapses the field.

• Expand All Field Type: Expands all fields of the current type.

• Collapse All Field Type: Collapses all fields of the current type.

• OBEX Client or OBEX Server: Toggles between decoding OBEX protocols as client or

server. These commands can only be accessed from an OBEX Type field.

Data Block Dialog

The View Data Block command on the cell context menu provides a way to see the raw

numbers that make up the data in a packet. Selecting this command opens the Data Block

dialog.

There are several viewing options in this dialog:

• Format: You can choose to view the data in Hexadecimal, Decimal, ASCII, or Binary

format.

• Show per one line: Enter a number in the box and choose bytes, words, or dwords from

the drop-down list to change the way the data is displayed. Checking “Space out” causes