Finisar Surveyor, User Manual

Page: 386 / 454

13-8
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.