Specifications

66 System Software Diagnostics Guide — September 2006
CAS Trace Reference
-line <list of lines>
Line number that the tool will monitor (optional). The default value is 1.
-k <file size>
Size of each file to create in kilobytes (optional). If this option is not present the file size will
be infinite.
-# <number of files to create>
The number of files to trace to in a circular fashion. Each file will be the size specified with -k
(optional). The default is a single file.
-f <filename>
This will be the base filename. The board, line, and file numbers will be appended to the end of
this name (optional). The default is CasTrace.log.
-nodisplay
This flag will turn off the screen output to help reduce CPU overhead (optional). The default is
to have the screen display on. The display can also be toggled on and off by pressing
d during
runtime.
-t1 / -e1
This flag will tell the system if you are using a T1 protocol or and E1 protocol (optional). The
default is T1. If you specify this incorrectly, you may not be able to initialize and monitor the
upper channels.
The following will run the CAS Trace tool on boards 0 and 1 for all four spans. Each line will trace
to two 1 MB files:
CAStrace -board 0 1 -line 1 2 3 4 -# 2 -k 1000
The output will look like the example below:
[ timestamp ] B## L## T## Rx=ABCD Tx=ABCD +delta(mS)
---------------------------------------------------------------
[10/29 23:33:33.218] B0 L1 T1 Rx=1100 Tx=0000
[10/29 23:33:33.828] B0 L1 T2 Rx=0000 Tx=0000
[10/29 23:33:33.828] B0 L1 T1 Rx=1100 Tx=1100 +610
[10/29 23:33:34.531] B0 L1 T2 Rx=1100 Tx=0000 +703
[10/29 23:33:34.593] B0 L1 T2 Rx=1100 Tx=1100 +62
[10/29 23:33:34.609] B0 L1 T2 Rx=1100 Tx=0000 +16
[10/29 23:33:34.718] B0 L1 T3 Rx=1100 Tx=0000
[10/29 23:33:35.468] B0 L1 T1 Rx=0000 Tx=1100 +1640
[10/29 23:33:35.500] B0 L1 T3 Rx=1100 Tx=1100 +782
[10/29 23:33:35.562] B0 L1 T1 Rx=0000 Tx=0000 +94
[10/29 23:33:35.656] B0 L1 T4 Rx=1100 Tx=0000
[10/29 23:33:35.656] B0 L1 T1 Rx=0000 Tx=0000 +94
[10/29 23:33:36.625] B0 L1 T5 Rx=1100 Tx=0000
[10/29 23:33:36.843] B0 L1 T1 Rx=1100 Tx=0000 +1187
[10/29 23:33:36.906] B0 L1 T1 Rx=1100 Tx=1100 +63
[10/29 23:33:36.921] B0 L1 T1 Rx=1100 Tx=0000 +15
[10/29 23:33:37.203] B0 L1 T3 Rx=0000 Tx=1100 +1703
[10/29 23:33:37.328] B0 L1 T6 Rx=1100 Tx=0000
[10/29 23:33:37.328] B0 L1 T3 Rx=0000 Tx=0000 +125
[10/29 23:33:37.421] B0 L1 T3 Rx=0000 Tx=0000 +93
[10/29 23:33:37.843] B0 L1 T4 Rx=1100 Tx=1100 +2187
[10/29 23:33:37.875] B0 L1 T2 Rx=1100 Tx=1100 +3266
[10/29 23:33:37.875] B0 L1 T5 Rx=1100 Tx=1100 +1250