Finisar Surveyor Extract Frames From a File Using a Filter, Logging Utilities, Export Utilities

Surveyor

User’s Guide

Extract Frames From a File Using a Filter

This utility allows you to extract frames from existing capture files, using a filter to select the frames you want.

To extract frames from capture files, do the following:

1. After capture is complete and the capture buffer is saved to a file, select Extract Frames From File Using Filter… from the Tools menu.

2.In the dialog box, specify the name of capture file to extract from in the Input File field.

3.Press the Load/Change Filter button. The Filter Design window displays, allowing you to create and load a display filter or load an existing display filter.

4.Press the button to load the filter. The Extract Frames From File Using Filter... dialog box reappears.

5.Specify the name of the new capture file.

Logging Utilities

Surveyor creates log files of counter, expert, and alarm information. Log file size, log file name, and disabling or enabling log files can be configured in Surveyor. To configure log files, see the “Configuring Surveyor” chapter.

To access counter log files, see the section called “Counter Log File Overview” in the “Counters” chapter. For information on exporting counter log file information to an Excel spreadsheet, see the section called “Export Counter Log Files to Excel” in the following section.

Export Utilities

Data from Surveyor can be exported to other formats. Use the procedures below to export packet information, counter data, graphs, and tables to other formats. Packet decodes can be exported to a text format. Tables or counter log files can be exported to CSV format. Graphics can be exported as bitmaps.

Exporting Packets

You can export packet decode information to another source. However, this cannot be done directly from the Capture View window. You must copy the data to an intermediate window.

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