Document Outline

• Table of contents
• 1. Overview
  • 1.1 Bluetooth™ Overview
  • 1.2 General Description
  • 1.3 Automation
  • 1.4 HCI Trace
  • 1.5 Features
    • General
    • Physical Components
    • Display Options
    • Recording Options
    • Traffic Generation
    • Bluetooth™ BusEngine
  • 1.6 Specifications
    • Package
    • Power Requirements
    • Environmental Conditions
    • Switches
    • LEDs
    • Recording Memory Size
    • Certification
• 2. Installation
  • 2.1 System Components/Packing List
  • 2.2 Analyzer LED and Control Descriptions
  • 2.3 Merlin Rear Panel Description
  • 2.4 Setting Up the Analyzer
  • 2.5 Installing the Analyzer Software on the PC
  • 2.6 Installing the Probe
    • HCI Probe configurations
    • 2-port RS232 to USB converter
  • 2.7 Your First Bluetooth Recording
    • Inquiry Recording
  • 2.8 External Interface Breakout Board
    • Pin-Outs for the Data In/Out Connector
    • Prototype Rework Area
    • Configuring the Analyzer for the Breakout Board
• 3. Updates
  • 3.1 Software, Firmware, and BusEngine Revisions
  • 3.2 Software Updates
  • 3.3 Software License Updates
    • Viewing licensing information
  • 3.4 Automatic BusEngine and Firmware Updates
  • 3.5 Manual BusEngine Updates
  • 3.6 Manual Firmware Updates
• 4. Software Overview
  • 4.1 The Main Display Windows
  • 4.2 Toolbar
  • 4.3 Status Bar
    • Recording Progress
    • Status Bar Position Definitions:
    • Recording Status
    • Analyzer Status
    • Search Status
    • Zoom In
    • Zoom Out
  • 4.4 Tool Tips
  • 4.5 Merlin Analyzer Keyboard Shortcuts
• 5. Recording Wizard
  • Starting Recording Wizard
  • 5.1 Recording a Traffic on a New Piconet
  • 5.2 Recording an Existing Piconet
  • 5.3 Recording in Test Mode
    • Recording in Reduced Hopping Mode
  • 5.4 Recording in Single Frequency Mode
• 6. Recording Options
  • 6.1 Recording Modes
    • Piconet recording
    • Inquiry recording
    • IUT:HCI mode
  • 6.2 Opening the Recording Options Dialog Box
  • 6.3 Recording Options - General
    • Recording type
    • Options
    • Buffer Size
    • Trigger Position
  • 6.4 Recording Options - Piconet
    • Hop Sequence
    • Sync Method
    • Additional Settings
    • Debug
  • 6.5 Recording Options - Inquiry
  • 6.6 Recording Options - HCI
    • HCI Window Layout
  • 6.7 Recording HCI Traffic
  • 6.8 Recording Options - Events
    • Payload Length Error
  • 6.9 Recording Options - Actions
    • Action Buttons - Their Functions
    • Blue Dot Menus
  • 6.10 Saving Recording Options
  • 6.11 Recording Bluetooth Traffic
• 7. Display Options
  • 7.1 General Display Options
  • 7.2 Setting Color, Formatting, and Hiding Options
    • Setting Color Display Options
    • Changing Field Formats
    • Hiding Display Options
  • 7.3 Level Hiding Options
    • Level Hiding Parameters
  • 7.4 Saving Display Options
• 8. Reading a CATC Trace
  • 8.1 Trace View Features
  • 8.2 Interpreting the Displayed Information
  • 8.3 Tooltips
  • 8.4 Set Marker
  • 8.5 Edit or Clear Marker
  • 8.6 Expanded and Collapsed Data Formats
  • 8.7 Hide Frequency Hops
  • 8.8 Hide Nulls and Polls
  • 8.9 Menus in Clicked Fields
  • 8.10 Hide Unassociated Traffic
• 9. Decoding Protocols
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 LMP and L2CAP Messages
  • 9.3 Decoding and Viewing Protocol Data
    • Decoding Via the Decoding Toolbar
    • Decoding Via the Display Options Dialog Box
  • 9.4 Tooltips
  • 9.5 Viewing Packets in LMP and L2CAP Messages
  • 9.6 Types of LMP and L2CAP Messages
  • 9.7 Viewing L2CAP Channel Connections
  • 9.8 Viewing Protocol Messages and Transactions
    • Viewing L2CAP Messages in Protocol Messages
    • How to Decode
    • Expanding Protocol Messages
  • 9.9 Changing Protocol Assignments
    • Using the Decoding Assignments Dialog Box
    • Removing User-Assigned Protocol Assignments
    • Manually Assigning Protocols
    • Other Assignments: OBEX Client/Server Status
    • Changing an OBEX Client or Server Status
    • Decoding BNEP
    • Decoding HID
    • Other Decoding Options
• 10. Other Features
  • 10.1 Search
    • Go to Trigger
    • Go to Packet/Message/Protocol
    • Go to Marker
    • Go to
    • Error
    • Soft Bit Error
    • Loss of Sync
    • Find
    • Event Groups
    • Union, Intersection, and Exclusion
    • Using Find
    • Find Next
  • 10.2 Device List
  • 10.3 Edit Comment
  • 10.4 Exporting Data
  • 10.5 File Information
  • 10.6 Error Summary
  • 10.7 Timing Calculations
  • 10.8 Bus Utilization
  • 10.9 Traffic Summary
  • 10.10 Encryption
    • Configuring Merlin for Encryption
• How to Contact CATC
• Warranty and License
• Index