Agilent Technologies 622Vu Advisor, User Manual

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Using the FilterSet Wizard to Define a New Filter
When you use the filterset wizard
to define a new filter, 622Vu
Advisor opens a Create Filter
window. This window has five
tabs, each corresponding to a
specific component of the filter
definition.
Note: You can open this same (Create
Filter) window directly from the
Tools menu, by choosing the
Create Filter command.
Processing is the same as when
you open it from the new-capture
wizard, except that there’s no
verification of the capture
specifications. When you close the Create Filter window in this case, simply choose the
Start command (Capture menu) to begin a new capture with the filterset you just defined.
Click each tab in turn, filling in the specifications you want:
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Use the VCC tab to limit the capture to a specific set of VCCs.
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Use the IP tab to limit the capture to a specific set of IP addresses.
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Use the Decode tab to limit the capture to specific types of decode.
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Use the Other tab to restrict the capture to traffic coming in over Channel 1
or 2.
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Use the Save tab to indicate whether to save the filter for future use. If you
don’t save the filter, it will not be available after you stop the capture.
When you’re through, click OK. 622Vu Advisor stores the filterset under the
name you assign via the Save tab (see page 88). Then it verifies your capture
specifications and continues with the capture.
If you save the filterset, it will be available whenever you start a new capture,
from the new-capture wizard. (You can’t view or edit the detailed specifications
of the filterset, once defined; however, there’s no limit to the number of different
new-capture filters you can define.)
The new filter has one buffer, called Traffic, that contains all the filtering
specifications. Criteria are ANDed between tabs, but ORed within any particular
tab. Thus, when 622Vu Advisor uses the new filter, it captures all traffic having
any of the VCC(s) specified, and any of the IP address(es) specified, and any of
6: Capturing Incoming Traffic
6.1 Starting a New Capture
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