Protocol Analysis
Frame Summary
View a one line high-level overview of each data frame/packet using the Summary Pane . Select a protocol layer and the most significant fields are displayed in a concise form. Selecting a frame causes a detailed view to appear in the Frame Decode pane. In order to facilitate troubleshooting, all panes are adjustable in size and are synchronized - selecting a frame in the Summary pane automatically updates the other panes, and selecting an item in the Decode pane highlights the corresponding bits or bytes in the other panes. 
Frame Decode
View a comprehensive layered decode of each frame/packet through the Decode Pane . Each field of a data frame is decoded layer-by-layer using a tree structure, with clear, concise descriptions. Selecting a field will automatically highlight the associated bytes in binary, hex, and ASCII. Selecting an item in the Decode pane will also highlight corresponding bits/bytes in other panes.
Detailed Frame Analysis
View data at varying levels of granularity, from frame level to bit level, on the Frame Display Window. Frames containing errors are highlighted in red in the Frame Summary pane, indicating the availability of detailed error analysis information in the Frame Decode pane. The level of drill-down analysis detail and the size of each drill-down pane are completely user controlled. Since all FTS windows are synchronized, a range of events selected in the Frame Display Window will also be selected in all other FTS4BT windows and panes. Multiple Frame Display windows can be opened simultaneously to allow users to view different sections of the captured data.
v3.0 + HS (Bluetooth over Wi-Fi) Wi-Fi Coexistence
FTS4BT now supports:
- Generic Alternate MAC/PHY (AMP).
- 802.11 Protocol Adaptation Layer (PAL).
- Unicast Connectionless Data (UCD).
- Enhanced Power Control.
- Read Encryption Key Size.
Features:
- Combined Bluetooth and Wi-Fi throughput graph.
- Numeric Data throughput readout for Average and Live (1 second window) payload.
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth channels identified on a single display.
- Combined Bluetooth/Wi-Fi capture log.
- Full, stand-alone Wi-Fi decoding and protocol analysis.
- Detachable antenna to enable conductive capture of Wi-Fi data.
- Small, portable Wi-Fi ComProbe Adapter powered by USB.
Adding the 802.11 Add-on for capturing 802.11 data will allow you to:
- Measure and compare Data Throughput for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Data Throughput stats enable you to monitor Data Throughput activity (average or instantaneous) on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi simultaneously.
- Analyze Bluetooth/Wi-Fi payload efficiency at a glance. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi data is displayed in a common graph to assure that your application is operating at its intended efficiency.
- Pin-point Bluetooth and Wi-Fi coexistence issues at a glance. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi packets are displayed, by channel, in real-time. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi packets are timestamped to within one microsecond resolution, and color coded for easy identification.
Timeline View
The FTS4BT Timeline view presents packet data in a graphical view and includes throughput graphs (both average and 1 second throughput are shown). All packets are color coded by type for easy identification. Handy tool tips show packet decode information. Errors are highlighted in red. The Timeline view is also synchronized with other windows, including the Frame Display. Select a packet in the Timeline and it will be selected in the Frame Display as well.
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- A2DP
- AMP Manager
- AVRCP
- AVCTP
- AVDTP Media
- AVDTP Recover
- AVDTP Report
- AVDTP Signaling
- AVDTP
- AVRCP Browsing
- Core EDR
- BNEP
- FAX
- Hands Free
- HCRP
- HS
- HID
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- L2CAP
- BIP
- BPP
- FTP
- DUN
- OPP
- PBAP
- SYNC
- OBEX
- RFCOMM
- SAP
- SPP
- TCS
- HID
- MCAP
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Simultaneous Air and HCI Sniffing
We have learned through extensive experience supporting our customers that many problems are most effectively debugged live, using multiple points of observation.
Sniff HCI 6 Ways:
- Externally By tapping the (1) serial or (2) USB* HCI interface between a host CPU and a host controller. *Requires optional USB ComProbe.
- Internally By spying on the (3) serial or (4) USB HCI interface between a host CPU and a host controller.
- Virtually (5) Via the Live Import API which enables any application to feed data into FTS4BT.
- Off-Line (6) By loading BTSnoop log files that can be created when it isn't convenient to do live analysis.
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The FTS4BT Cabled ComProbe is a Frontline Bluetooth ComProbe with an SMA connector to allow it to be connected via a cable for conductive (cabled) sniffing. The Cabled ComProbe is available as an option for FTS4BT.
Chips
CSR (their corporate standard) · Broadcom · Infineon · RFMD · QUALCOMM · TI
Mobile Phones/ Headsets
Nokia · Sony Ericsson · Kyocera · Siemens Mobile · Jabra · Motorola · Sprint · Nextel · Cingular · Orange
Software, Stacks, & BQTFs
AT4 Wireless · Microsoft · Extended Systems · Symbian · Open Interface · RFI · Canon i-tech · 7 Layers · Teleca · CETECOM USA
Automotive
Audi · DaimlerChrysler · Johnson Controls · Delphi · BMW · Nissan · Temic · VW · Harman/Becker · Toyota · Ford · Visteon
Electronics
Panasonic · Hitachi · GE · Alps · Symbol Technology · Intel · HP · Siemens · Sony · Sanyo · Epson · Toshiba · Canon
Aerospace & Defense
NASA · Lockheed Martin · U.S. Dept. of Defense · Northrop Grumman
