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- Triggering and stopping the capture process:
-
- The trgger may be used to stop the capture process when
- a particular data frame which passes the pre-filters is
- captured. The frame is identified by a pattern
- described below. In addition, you may select how much
- data is to be accepted before and after the trigger
- event.
-
- Pattern matching of the trigger:
-
- A pattern is a 1 to 4 nibble (hex digit) value that you
- enter, using the hex values 0, 1, 2, .... D, E and F
- for specific four bit fields, and X for "don't care".
-
- You may choose whether to trigger on a frame WITH the
- pattern (select Equals) or WITHOUT the pattern (select
- Not equals).
-
- Pattern matching of the trigger (continued):
-
- The offset for the pattern match may be specified to
- begin either at the first byte of the frame ("Frame
- relative"), or at the beginning of the LLC information
- ("Data relative"). The Data relative offset starts with
- zero at the first byte following the source address and
- optional routing information field.
-
- Where the trigger appears in the capture buffer:
-
- You may select one of five different positions of the
- trigger within the capture buffer, with either 0%, 25%,
- 50%, 75% or 100% of the buffer used for data preceeding
- the trigger, and the remainder used for data following
- the trigger frame.
-
- Alternatively, you may choose that the Sniffer is to
- stop collecting frames when the buffer is about to
- overflow, or that you want frames to be collected
- continously until you press F9 or F10. In the latter
- case the trigger will not stop the capture process.
-
- What appears on the screen
-
- When data is being captured but a trigger has not yet
- been found, the upper left corner of the screen will
- say "CAPTURING". After the trigger has been found but
- more frames must be collected to position the trigger
- as requested, the label will change to "TRIGGERED".
-
- When capturing has ceased because the trigger is
- correctly positioned, or the requested full-buffer
- condition occured, or because you pressed F10, the
- center area of the activity bar will say "STOPPED".