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Utilities
Convert Capture Files to Histogram Files
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• Capture memory size
• Error counters supported
• MAC address
• Module type
• Buffer size
• 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.