Teledyne LeCroy STX M6-1 SAS_SATA Protocol Analyzer User Manual - Manual (Page 41)

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Performance Analyzer
To do a Performance Analysis, select File > New > Performance Analyzer. Choose settings
in the Performance Analysis dialog. Click Run Hardware. (
See “Performance Analysis” on
page 156 .)
Target Emulator or Device Emulator
To use the software as a target or device emulator, first select File > New > Target
Emulator or Device Emulator for a new project or File > Open an existing Emulator file:
.std Target Emulator file or .sde Device Emulator file (
See “Target and Device Emulation”
on page 162 ). You can also use Project Setup > Last Target Emulator or Last Device
Emulator.
In the Pages tab, change settings for the supported pages if necessary.
In the Error Injection tab, select General periodic errors, Identify frames,
Connection Management open and close connection errors, SAS Commands and events
errors, ATA Commands errors, or SATA Signature content.
Use the User‐defined Commands tab only after you have become familiar with
operations.
In the Settings tab, select addresses, sizes, times, and ports, if necessary.
You can capture traffic when using an Analyzer project (but not a Target Emulator
project). With a Protocol Analyzer open, open a Target Emulator. After checking the
settings, click the Activate/Deactivate (Active) device button. or select Project Setup >
Active Device. If you change Target Emulator settings, Deactivate and then Activate
Device.
Viewing Captured Data
After data capture, the captured data is in the Viewer ( See “Display Manipulation” on
page 191 ). You can display the same data in:
 Packet View: Shows packets.
 Text View: Shows transaction frames, grouped in columns by port.
 Column View: Shows DWORDs in columns by port.
 Spreadsheet View: Shows Packet View fields by time.
 Histogram View: Shows frame‐type transfers.
 Waveform Display: Shows waveform display for all active ports, on which you
can perform timing measurements.
 Data View: Displays data payloads.
You can show or hide fields and ports, change port names, and change data format.
You can show the layers and channels using their toolbars.
You can decode using the Decode toolbar.
You can Search and Filter.