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Capturing and displaying network data, Setting the an-x ip address, Capturing network frames – ProSoft Technology AN-X-AMX User Manual

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Capturing and Displaying Network Data

Use the Windows AnxAmxCapt utility to capture network frames, transfer them from the
AN-X to the computer, store them to hard disk, and view them.

Setting the AN-X IP Address

Select Config/Set AN-X IP Address.

AnxAmxCapt displays the AN-X-IP Address dialog.

Enter the IP address of the AN-X module that you wish to use to capture AutoMax
network data.

Refer to page 6 for information on setting the AN-X IP address.

Capturing Network Frames

Select Capture/Acquire or click on the Capture button.

AnxAmxCapt displays the Capture Control dialog.

Type or browse in the capture file (CaptFile) name.

Enter a value for the Stop Error Limit. The stop error limit is the number of network
errors that can occur in the current file before the capture stops automatically. A value of
1 means that the capture stops on the first error. The default value of 0 causes the capture
to continue if there are network errors. If you are using the ring buffer method of