Chapter 4
How To Use the NI-FBUS Monitor
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Stopping Capture
You can stop data capture in one of two ways:
•
Select
Stop Capture
from the
Capture
menu or click the
Stop
Capture
button on the standard toolbar.
•
Select
Capture»Settings
and click the
Capture Settings
tab in the
Settings
dialog box. Click the
Stop capture when max reached
button to stop capture after the NI-FBUS Monitor receives the number
of packets specified by
Max num of packets
.
Saving Data
To save the captured data, select
Save
from the
File
menu or click the
Save
Capture
button on the standard toolbar. The NI-FBUS Monitor places the
saved data in the current window. During the save operation, the NI-FBUS
Monitor prompts you to save all of the captured data or just the filtered data,
if there was any filtering after capture.
You can save data in two formats:
•
*.mon
, a binary format that the NI-FBUS Monitor can reload and
refilter
•
*.txt
, an ASCII format that text editors can load
Finding Data
To find data, select
Find Data
from the
Capture
menu or click the
Find
Data
button on the standard toolbar. The
Find
dialog box, as shown in
Figure 4-1, appears. If the NI-FBUS Monitor finds the data, it places an
elliptical mark by the packet in which the data appears.
Figure 4-1.
Find Dialog Box