Finisar Surveyor manual Convert Capture Files to Histogram Files, Merge Histogram Files

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Convert Capture Files to Histogram Files

•Capture memory size

•Error counters supported

•MAC address

•Module type

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•Vendor name

•Error counters supported

Convert Capture Files to Histogram Files

The convert capture files utility allows you to convert capture files to histogram files. Files must be in histogram format to be viewed with the histogram. All new captures made by Surveyor are automatically created as histogram files.

To convert capture files, do the following:

1.Select Convert Capture Files to Histogram Files… from the Tools menu.

2.In the dialog box, specify the name of capture file (.cap format).

3.Press Open. The file extension is changed to .hst and a subdirectory with the

name of the capture is created containing the partitions of the new histogram file.

Note that the .hst file does not contain the actual data of the capture. The capture data is within the .cap files that reside in the new subdirectory created for the histo- gram file. The .hst file is a list of all the .cap files for this histogram file. Removing, renaming, or deleting the subdirectory, its contents, or the .hst file using the Win- dows interface may make the histogram inaccessible from Surveyor.

Merge Histogram Files

Two histogram files can be merged into one. The packets are sorted by elased time from the beginning of the capture.

1.From the Tools menu, choose Merge Histogram Files.

2.Enter the name of the first histogram file in the Input File 1 box. Use the Browse... button to find the file.

3.Enter the name of the second histogram file in the Input File 2 box. Use the Browse... button to find the file.

4.Enter the name of the merged histogram file in the Output File box. Use the Browse... button to find the location in which you want to store the file.

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