Making your first recording, Using a usb connection – Teledyne LeCroy Summit T3-8 PCI Express Protocol Analyzer User Manual

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Making Your First Recording

Connect Summit T3-8 to the system under test using an interposer or probe, and then configure the Recording Options.
You can then test the Analyzer by creating a short snapshot recording.
Connect Summit T3-8 to System under Test using an Interposer or Probe
For a slot interposer, do the following:
1. Insert the slot interposer into a PCI Express slot that you want to monitor.
2. Insert the PCI Express device into the PCIe connector on top of the interposer.
3. Connect Summit T3-8 to the interposer with Analyzer Y cables. Connect cable Side A to the Upstream port of the

Analyzer, and connect cable Side B to the Downstream port.

4. Connect power to the interposer using the provided 12-V power adapter.
For Mid Bus Probe or other types of probes and interposers, please see the Summit T3-8 User Manual.
Configure Recording Options
1. From the Setup menu, select Recording Options.
2. Select the General tab and then choose Summit T3-8 as the Analyzer type.
3. In the Link section, specify the lane width of the PCI Express link to be analyzed. The rest of the settings in this section

can be left at the factory defaults for most PCI Express systems.

4. For multi-lane PCI Express links, the Analyzer needs to observe link training to record link traffic correctly.
5. Click OK at the bottom of the Recording Options dialog box to apply the Analyzer recording settings specified.
Start Recording

1. Start a recording session by clicking the Record

button in the toolbar. Recording is tracked and reported on an

activity meter in the status bar.

2. After the recording buffer fills, uploading starts automatically. PCI Express traffic is saved to the hard drive as the file

specified in the recording options, and this file is opened in the application for you to view the traffic.

Note: You can interrupt a session by pressing the Stop button. If Recording is finished and Upload has started but has not
finished, a message box appears. You can:

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Continue uploading.

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Abort the upload and flush the data.

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Abort the upload and preserve all the previously saved data.

Using a USB Connection

To set up the Analyzer using a USB connection:
1.

Install PETracer software on the host machine.

Connect the Analyzer to a 100-volt to 240-volt, 50 Hz to
60 Hz, 120 W power outlet using the provided power cord.

Connect the USB port to a USB port on the host machine
using a USB cable.

Turn on the power switch on the front of the analyzer.

Note: At power-on, the Analyzer initializes and performs a

self-diagnostic. The results are reflected by messages on the
Summit T3-8 LCD display. If the LCD display indicates
failure, call Teledyne LeCroy Customer Support for
assistance.

Summit T3-8 will be recognized by the host machine as a
USB device.
Follow the Microsoft

Windows

on-screen Plug-and-Play

instructions for the automatic installation of the Analyzer as a
USB device on your analyzing host machine. (The required
USB drivers are included on the Installation CD and were
installed on your system when you installed the software.)
Click Finish when you see the message that says “Windows
has finished installing the software that your new hardware
requires” and the file has been installed in your host machine.

Start the PETracer software, so you can start working with
Summit T3-8.