Protocol color coding, Setting update timers – Finisar Surveyor User Manual

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Surveyor

User’s Guide

Protocol Color Coding

Surveyor provides a real-time protocol decode called Packet Summary View and

protocol decodes in Capture View. To use these displays more effectively, you may

want to set the colors used for packet display. For example, you might want to dis-

play all transport layer packets in red and all others in black if you are looking only

for protocol decode information in the transport layer.
To set up or change color coding for protocol decode, do the following:

1. Choose

System Settings…

from the

Configuration

menu. Select the

Protocol

Color Coding

tab.

2. Click on a protocol layer.

3. Using the color buttons, set the foreground and background color display for

the selected protocol.

4. Repeat as required for other protocol layers.

5. Make sure that the

Use Color Coding

box is checked.

6. Click the

OK

button.

Use the

Default All

button to return all color settings to their default values. Use the

Set Default

button to reset the default to the colors currently displayed.

Setting Update Timers

Timers control how often counters, tables, and displays are updated. There are two
types of timers, display timers and polling timers. Remote polling timers control
how often data is updated from remote systems. Display timers control how often
displays of data are updated in the Surveyor software. All timer values are in
seconds.

For local devices, the MAC Layer counters are updated every second, and other

charts and tables for local devices are updated every 10 seconds.
To configure the timers, select

System Settings…

from the

Configuration

menu.

Select the

Timers

tab. The timers are listed and described in Table 4-6, Table 4-7,

and Table 4-8.

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