User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 7. Display Options
- 8. Reading a CATC Trace
- 8.1 Trace View Features
- 8.2 Interpreting the Displayed Information
- 8.3 Tooltips
- 8.4 Set Marker
- 8.5 Edit or Clear Marker
- 8.6 Adding Comments to a Trace File
- 8.7 Expanded and Collapsed Data Formats
- 8.8 Hide Frequency Hops
- 8.9 Hide Nulls and Polls
- 8.10 Menus in Clicked Fields
- 8.11 Hide Unassociated Traffic
- 8.12 Hide Channel
- 8.13 Hide Duplicated Traffic
- 9. Searching Traces
- 10. Decoding Protocols
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 LMP and L2CAP Messages
- 10.3 Decoding and Viewing Higher Protocol Data
- 10.4 Tooltips
- 10.5 Viewing Packets in LMP and L2CAP Messages
- 10.6 Types of LMP and L2CAP Messages
- 10.7 Viewing L2CAP Channel Connections
- 10.8 Viewing Protocol Messages and Transactions
- 10.9 Decoding via the Profiles Toolbar
- 10.10 Changing Protocol Assignments
- 10.11 Encryption
- 10.12 Re-applying Encryption Settings
- 11. Reports & Exporting Data
- Appendix A: Merlin II Clock Calibration
- How to Contact CATC
- Limited Hardware Warranty
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10.3 Decoding and Viewing Higher Protocol Data
Higher protocol data can be decoded two ways: by clicking a decode button
on the toolbar or by selecting a decode command from a pull down menu.
Decoding Via the
Decoding Toolbar
The Decoding Toolbar has ten buttons for decoding packets, messages, and
protocols:
• Pkt (Display Packets)
• HCI (Display HCI Protocol)
• LMP (Display LMP Messages)
• L2CAP (Display L2CAP Messages)
• SDP Msg (Display SDP Protocol Messages)
• SDP Tra (Display SDP Transactions)
• TCS (Display TCS Protocol messages)
• RFCOMM (Display RFCOMM Protocol)
• OBEX (Display OBEX Protocol)
• OBEX Tra (Display OBEX Protocol Transactions)
• AT (Display AT Commands Protocol)
• HDLC (Display HDLC Protocol)
• PPP (Display PPP)
• HCRP (Display HCRP)
• AVCTP (Display AVCTP)
• AVDTP (Display AVDTP)
• BNEP (Display Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Protocol)
• HID (Display HID Protocol)
• IP (Display IP)
• TCP (Display TCP)
• UDP (Display UDP)
For example, to display LMP messages, click .
Note Once a decode has been performed, it will probably be necessary to scroll through
the display to find the decoded messages or protocols. You can shorten your
search by first clicking the Hide Unassociated Traffic button .