Data Sheet

TeledyneLeCroyCorporation Markers
318 USBProtocolSuiteUserManual
6.2.7 Attachment Types and Visualization
Themarkersarerepresentedgraphicallybyayellowtriangleatthetoprightofthe
markeditemandaredverticalbarattheleft‐mostcellofapacketasshownbelow.
Amarkermaycompriseanynumberofattachmentsofanytypes.
6.2.8 Embedded Attachments to a Marker
Embeddedfilesareattachedtotheitemmarkedandtransportedwiththetrace.Youcan
embedthefollowingtypesoffilestoamarker:
 AudioFiles
 VideoFiles
 ImageFiles
 YouTubeFiles
 WebPages
 TextAttachments
 OtherAttachments
Attachmentsareembeddedinthemarkerandsavedinthetracefile.Onceattachments
areplacedinamarker,themarkercanthenbepresentedtoauserinastorystructured
form.Onopeningthemarkerthewindowresemblesthemarkereditingdialog.
Note:TheuseofAudioandVideomarkersislimitedtothefiletypessupportedonauser’ssystem.
CATCWalkhasbeentestedwith.mp3and.wmvfiles,whicharesupportedbyWindowsas
installed.Ifadditionalcodecsareinstalled,theyshouldalsowork,butitistheuser’s
responsibilitytochooseformatsthatwillworkforwhomevertheyintendtoexchangeCATC
tracefiles(nodifferentthanemailattachmentsinthisregard).Becauseofthisdependencyon
installedcodecs,therearesituationswherebugsinthecodecssuppliedbyMicrosoftorthird‐
partyapplicationscanpreventproperoperationoftheUSBProtocolSuiteapplication.Seethe
USBprotocolSuiteRead‐Mefileformoreinformationifyouhaveproblemswithapplication
crashes,etc.
6.2.9 Viewing Attachments of a Marker
Ifyouhoveroverthemarkedcell(yellowtriangleatthetoprightofthemarkeditem),
referto“AttachmentTypesandVisualization”onpage 318,awindowpopsupdisplaying
thecontentsofthemarkedcell(seeFigure 6.11onpage 319).
Whilehoveringoverthemarkedcell,itcanstartplayingthestartoftheaudioorvideo
file,butitwillstopafterashorttimeduetotheAnalyzerPC'ssystemtimeoutfor
Tooltips.Youmustclickonittoopentheaudioorvideoattachmentforfurtherlistening
orviewing.
Marked Cell