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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Step 2 Select the type and range of traffic to be searched from the
From and To menus
Step 3 Click OK.
A Save As dialog box opens.
Step 4 Enter a name for the file and click OK.
The file is then saved. Exported text files look like this:
11.10 Exporting Trace Data to a .CSV Format
CATC’s Merlin II generates over a dozen performance metrics
automatically for every trace and measures them in the Traffic Summary,
Bus Utilization, and Timing Calculations dialogs. Merlin II also has the
ability, however, to extract a far wider range of performance data to a
Comma Separated Value (.csv) format where it can be analyzed and
measured with a spreadsheet, database or other application.
The command that extracts performance data to .csv format is called Export
to CSV Text and is found under the File menu. This section describes the
export process.
Step 1 In Merlin II, open a trace.
Step 2 From the SATracer menu, select File > Export > CSV Text.
The CSV Export dialog box opens.
Step 3 Select a range using the From and To boxes.
Step 4 Select a folder where you want to export the file, and click
OK. A .csv file will then be created. Below is an example