Perytons Frequently Asked Question |
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September 2011. |
Commercial |
| How can I tell which product is best for my needs? |
| Why aren't the Perytons licenses prices published in the website (I have seen other tools that publish their price over the internet)? |
| The system I am analyzing doesn’t use diversity. Do I still benefit by using the diversity option of the Perytons™ analyzer? |
| My free evaluation period has expired. What are my options? |
| What are the differences between the free evaluation version and licensed version? |
| We are currently installing a system in an indoor environment and need to optimize the deployment of our network. Should I also buy the Monitoring package? |
| We develop our own Application layer over 802.15.4 and would like to purchase the Perytons SDK module. Would the standard Perytons toolset be supported after we implement our protocol customization into the SW environment? |
| Is it possible to buy a single channel diversity model (Peryton-D) now and upgrade the license to a multi-channel (Peryton-M4, M7 or M17) in the future? |
| I would like to include additional
open source rules that will be available for all our company's personnel using the analyzer, however I can't create new rules with the Peryton-S, SG, D and M4 that we have. What should I do? |
| Is the Peryton analyzer software sold together with the needed hardware (802.15.4 Transceivers)? |
| Does a bought license allow for perpetual usage on a single machine? Or is the license key only valid during the period of service and support (12 months)? |
| I just downloaded the Perytons Free Evaluation
setup. Do I need to activate it in order to run it? |
| I have been using the Daintree SNA product until they decided not to support it anymore. I got left with valuable previous data captured data files that I would like to use with the Perytons analyzer which is the tool we use now as standard. Is there anyway you can help me? |
| I upgraded my Perytons analyzer version V 3.31, I can edit messages, but not able to save them to a new .ANL type file or generate traffic. What is the problem? |
| Is the Monitoring and Traffic Generator Add-Ons included in the Perytons Analyzer 30 days free evaluation package? |
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Technical |
| What kind of 802.15.4 hardware is the analyzer compatible with? |
| I am pressing the Beacon icon in the Time View window but see no beacon gridlines? |
Why is the number of dongles shown in the Data Capture form smaller than the number of dongles
I actually have? |
| How do I share captured scenario with others? |
| Does the Perytons Analyzer support upper layers protocol such as ZigBee, JenNet, MiWi? |
| We are in a phase of setting color convention to the different messages type of our protocol. Is there a way to define the colors in the different views of the analyzer? |
| Do the Perytons analyzer support the latest ZigBee 2009 released protocol changes? |
| What are the monitoring open source rules used for? |
| While running the analyzer on a specific workspace, is there a way to tell which was the pre-captured data file (ext .anl) used with it without deleting the current data I'm viewing? |
| While attempting to install the software under vista 32, I have unblocked the file, however when I try to install the application it returns the Windows Installer error:
"The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation." - Do you have a checklist of things that I should verify to determine why it doesn't install? |
| I upgraded my PC and need to move the Perytons Analyzer license. What is the license transfer process I should follow? |
| I downloaded the 30 days evaluation SW of the Perytons Analyzer. Where do I find the activation Key so I can evaluate the SW? |
| I am doing some preliminary tests of Smart Energy 2.0 modules. Do the Perytons Analyzers support SE 2.0? |
| Can I use the Traffic Generator to transmit traffic in parallel to capturing data with Peryton-D license? And if saw are the traffic-generator sourced messages shown in the analyzer views? |
| I am using the Traffic Generator Add-On with my Peryton-M4 license and I have 4 ST Microelectronics modules connected to my PC. Can I operate the Traffic Generator using one of the modules and the remaining 3 for capturing 3 channels simultaneously? |
| Can the Perytons Analyzer be set to capture long periods of times (say several days)? |
| I have installed the evaluation software and the Time View window does not display all packets during a capture session (the start time for the time view does not always start at 0 time). What is the reason? |
| In the message view window, when I use Tabular Mode, the packets are listed in the proper msg number order while being captured. If I sort by a different column then sort by the Msg column, the packet number order sorts very similar to Microsoft Excel – e.g.: 0, 1, 10, 100, 101, 102 instead of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Is there a way to sort the packets in the proper numerical sequence? |
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Commercial |
Q: How can I tell which product is best for my needs?
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- If you do not need capture capabilities, but need to analyze data already captured by others in the field or lab, then the Peryton-V will meet your needs.
- If you need to capture and analyze a single network with a known channel, or if 'active scan' or 'passive scan' are sufficient to provide channel information, and if you can bear some packet loss due to RF interference, the you can use the Peryton-S/SG.
If you are working in the SubGhz band (868Mhz, 902-928Mhz) you should use the
Peryton-SG which is similar to the Peryton-S except for including an appropriate RF front-end.
- If you need to analyze a single network, but want high reliability, or if you work in a tough RF environment, then the Peryton-D is your best choice.
- If you need to analyze a complex environment with multiple networks, or need to make sure a device under test doesn’t transmit out of
frequency, or if you don't want to use active scan to detect the channel chosen by the network, then you need the high-end Peryton-M product.
Peryton-M4 is best for analyzing RF4CE network with its 3 possible channels
while
Peryton-M7 is suitable (for example) for analyzing RF4CE in a high interference enviroment
using 3 channels with full diversity.
- If you would like to include some flexibility in your analyzer beyond the already included User Preferences tool, you may want to purchase the Peryton-Monitoring Add-On so you can write Open Source Rules and for example create your own customized statistics graphs, incorporate your own icons to devices in the Network view, trigger an e-mail notification or a message through UDP channel on a pre-defined scenario, set a special filtering criteria to copy messages from Time View to Message View an much more.
- If you have your proprietary protocol on top of the 802.15.4 PHY and MAC layers or ZigBee NWL and APS layers, then you need the Peryton-SDK. Contact Perytons for possible customization services.
- If you would like to stimulate your system under test by transmitting your own created messages over the air while in parallel capturing data from the network environment, you may consider adding the Peryton-Traffic-Generator Add-On to your setup.
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You may find some brief initial explanation on the different Peyrotns Analyzer models at
the following link. The Perytons team will be happy to assist you in understanding your exact need, and finding which of the
models best suits your needs. Contact us at sales@perytons.com.
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| Q: Why aren't the Perytons licenses prices published in the website (I have seen other tools that publish their price over the internet)? |
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As the professional analysis tool of choice for the 802.15.4 market, we try to make sure that our customers consult with us in order to ensure their analysis requirements are met with the right Perytons Analyzer model. We believe that providing a price list without really making sure that the specific model chosen is understood down to all its features and capabilities might confuse our customers and may result in taking a wrong decision about which analyzer model to buy.
Approaching Perytons personnel for pricing is promptly and professionally answered while addressing the specific end-user needs - sales@perytons.com. Back.... |
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Q: The system I am analyzing doesn’t use diversity. Do I still benefit by using the diversity
option of the Perytons™ analyzer? |
| A: 802.15.4 networks will rarely use antenna diversity since this increases the system cost and
power consumption. Instead, a typical application will use retransmission to compensate for
packet loss due to RF interference and multi-path propagation conditions.
On the analysis side, however, for best analysis capability you want to capture all messages transmitted by the system
under test and to minimize to minimum packet loss. The Parytons Analyzer use of antenna diversity allows a significant decrease in the
number of packets missed from capture by the analyzer due to RF interference. In an indoor environment this
improvement may reduce packet loss from 2-5% in a single antenna analyzer down to 0.1%! Back.... |
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| Q: My free evaluation period has expired. What are my options? |
A: The Perytons Analyzer free evaluation period is 30 days. After this period expires, you should purchase a licensed version of the product from Perytons. Alternatively, you may request an extension of the evaluation period. Such an extension request will typically be approved one time.
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| Q: What are the differences between the free evaluation version and licensed version? |
A: Some of the Perytons
Analyzer features are disabled or limited in the free evaluation version.
The free evaluation: |
- is open for capturing 4 simultaneous channels (provided that you have one of the compatible front end HW devices)
- is limited to 30 days
- The maximum number of messages that can be viewed/analyzed concurrently is limited to 500
- Some Monitoring Add-On features like Writing Open Source Rules and running them on the same PC are enabled (signing or saving rules as well as running Batch Operations is enabled)
- Some of the Traffic Generator Options are enabled (editing messaged is possible but saving to a new .ANL file or over the air transmissions not enabled)
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| Q: We are currently installing a system in an indoor environment and need to optimize the deployment of our network. Should I install the Monitoring Add-On package or is it enough to buy the license and activate it? |
A: Well, it depends on the deployment need. In a simple deployment you will typically use one of the basic Peryton Analyzer models (preferably one that supports diversity since you are deploying the network in an indoor environment). This will allow you to make sure that the devices in the network communicate with each other and identify problems.
If the installation is complicated and you face problems appearing once a while, or if this is a mission critical system where you want to make sure, over a longer period of time, what is the system performance and that there are no critical problems or you just want to add more flexibility to your analysis environment, then you may better add the Perytons Monitoring Add-On option to your license. In such case you will typically leave a working analyzer unattended with the network, and set the open source rules and statistics for reporting message status, performance, and generating alerts on scenarios you define as important.
Note that only a single Peryton-Monitoring Add-On license is required to write the Open Source Rules. The resulting rule's code can be used on all the other PCs that run a Perytons Analyzer license. Back.... |
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| Q: We develop our own Application layer over 802.15.4 and would like to purchase the Perytons SDK module. Would the standard Perytons
toolset be supported after we implement our protocol customization into the SW environment? |
| A: Yes. When you use the SDK to add your own protocol into the Perytons Analyzer, the code generated with the SDK is added to the Perytons Analyzer code.
The analyzer core now sees both (the standard and the code created by the SDK) as a single code, gaining all the futures supported by the analyzer such as GUI, search, monitoring rules, statistics, message compare, data export etc. Back.... |
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| Q: Is it possible to buy a single channel diversity model (Peryton-D) now and upgrade the license to a multi-channel (Peryton-M4, M7 or M17) in the future? |
| A: Yes. The Perytons Analyzer suite are based on the same engine and an upgrade from basic modules to more advanced modules is possible and can be easily accomplished. Contact the Perytons Sales team
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| Q: I would like
to include additional Open Source Rules that will be available for all our company's
personnel using the analyzer, however I can't create new rules with the
Peryton-S, SG, D and M4 that we have. What should I do? |
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The standard Perytons Analyzers include some
example open source rules that you can use with the standard products.
In order to be able to write additional Open Source Rules you need the Peryton Monitoring
Add-On package.
With the Peryton-Monitoring Add-On you can write your own rules, compile them, validate and save
them so they can be used within the other existing analyzers in the company. The
Peryton-Monitoring Add-On is only needed to create or modify Open Source Rules. These Open Source Rules can be
used by any basic Perytons Analyzer license.
If customization of your own protocol layers on top of the 802.15.4 is needed, you might
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| Q: Is the Peryton analyzer software sold together with the needed hardware (802.15.4 Transceivers)? |
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The different Peryton analyzers models include the capturing front-end (USB dongles type: DAUB1-2400 IEEE802.15.4/ZigBee USB dongle, manufactured by Silicon Labs and USB dongles' hub if relevant).Back.... |
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| Q: Is the license we bought unlimited in time for usage on a single PC or is the license key only valid during the period of service and support (12 months)? |
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The software license is perpetual and not time limited (for a single machine). The support is for 12 months from the purchase date (that entitles for upgrades, new releases, etc.). I.e. after the first year is over, the license will continue to function but no additional upgrades or support calls will be allowed.
For pricing on additional annual Service and Support or other license pricing options please contact the Perytons Sales Team. Back.... |
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| Q: I just downloaded the Perytons Free Evaluation
setup. Do I need to activate it in order to run it? |
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When installing the Perytons analyzer on a PC for the first time, you get a free evaluation version of Peryton-M4 for a period of 30 days (that has some special features like partial Monitoring and Traffic Generator Add-On options and some limited features). There is no need to activate the product to run the free-evaluation license.
Product activation is only needed in order to get a perpetual license suitable for the product you bought. To activate the product you need to send Perytons your product key (found under Help/Activate Product and pressing the ‘Get Activation Code From Perytons’).
If you already purchased the analyzer, please note your PO number in the activation request e-mail. If not, please consult our sales team for the best product suitable for your needs.
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| Q: I have been using the Daintree SNA product until they decided not to support it anymore. I got left with valuable previous data captured data files that I would like to use with the Perytons analyzer which is the tool we use now as standard. Is there anyway you can help me? |
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Perytons provides a data capture conversion service that you can use here.
With this service you can convert Daintree .DCF files as well as TI - .PSD and WireShark - .PCAP files into the Perytons .ANL format and use the Perytons Analyzer for analyzing them.
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| Q: I upgraded my Perytons Analyzer to version 3.31, I can edit messages, but not able to save them to a new .ANL type file or generate traffic. What is the problem? |
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The options to edit, save to .ANL type files and/or transmit data , are all part of the Traffic Generator capabilities. In the 30 days evaluation only editing messages is allowed and for saving them to a .ANL file and transmit them over the air you need to purchase the Traffic Generator Add-On. When doing this, you'll get an activation code that enables the Traffic Generator related features and then you'll be able to perform the tasks you have just described.
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| Q: Is the Monitoring and Traffic Generator Add-Ons included in the Perytons Analyzer 30 days free evaluation package? |
| A: Partially: |
- The Monitoring Add-On commercial license allows writing, signing and running Open Source Rules as well as using the Batch Operations on a list of files, while the evaluation license allows writing and running Open Source rules (i.e. with the evaluation license you will not be able to sign and save the Open Source Rule or run them on a different computer even if it has a license installed in it). The Batch Operations feature is also not enabled in the evaluation license.
- The Traffic Generator Add-On commercial license allows editing messages, saving them into an .ANL file and also transmitting them over the air (using a separate front-end). With the evaluation license you'll be able to edit messages but neither to save them to an .ANL file nor to transmit them over the air. Back....
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| Q: What kind of 802.15.4 hardware is the analyzer compatible with? |
| A:The Perytons Analyzer is capable of capturing any standard 802.15.4/ZigBee/6LoWPAN traffic in the 2.4Ghz or SubGhz bands, regardless the hardware used in the monitored network. For data capture the Perytons Analyzer may use different IEEE802.15.4/ZigBee compatible USB dongles that are provided with the analyzer (the list of compatible front-ends is constantly updated since additional front-end manufacturers are added to it. This list can be found at
the Hardware page. For customers that would like to use their specific hardware as front-ends, Perytons proposes customization services to the specific hardware. Contact the Perytons Sales Team. for details.
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| Q: I am pressing the Beacon icon (or selected to show the Beacon Grid Lines in the Show/Hide Elements drop-down list) in the Time View window but I see no beacon gridlines? |
| A: This can happen for one of three reasons: |
- The captured data doesn’t include any valid beacon information. You can verify that by searching for messages with MacBcn field “Exists”. Note that only messages with good FCS are used for drawing beacon gridlines.
- The captured data includes beacon information, but from a wrong coordinator ID. Use Tools/Settings, and make sure the selection for beacon gridlines is either “All” or “First”.
- Compress time option in the Time View menu is chosen. In this case and for easier view, all time gaps between messages are squeezed and beacon gridlines are not displayed.
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Q: Why is the number of dongles shown in the Data Capture form smaller than the number of
dongles I actually have? |
| A: Press the “Refresh dongles” button, and wait for few seconds. If the number of dongles displayed is still smaller than the number of actual dongles, close the capture form, take the dongles out, insert them again, wait for few seconds, open the capture form and press the “Refresh Dongles" button again. Note that in case that multiple dongles are connected to the computer using a USB hub, disconnecting the USB cable is not sufficient because the dongles get their power from the hub. Take out the USB cable, and then disconnect the USB hub power. Then connect the power again, and then reconnect the USB cable. Back.... |
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| Q: How do I share a captured scenario with others? |
| A: If you just want to let someone analyze the same data, send him the data capture file (with extension .ANL). If you don’t remember the file name or location, go to
'Workspace Settings' in the Tools menu (the file path is set in the Preferences
form, Directories tab). Using a file compressor may significantly reduce the file size. If you want to share an interesting scenario with others, make the relevant scenario visible on your screen (e.g. open the relevant messages in Message View, expand the relevant parts, add meaningful bookmarks to the Time View, set the right Time View zoom, etc.). Then choose “Save” or “Save As…” from the File menu (or use the save icon). The current workspace will be saved with a .WRK extension. You can then press the 'Pack Workspace' icon which will compressed the .WRK, .ANL and other relevant files and prepare them for you to e-mail them out to your colleague. In order to view the captured data, the recipient must have a Perytons Analyzer license (free evaluation – with it's limitations - or any basic standard model). Back.... |
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| Q: Does the Perytons Analyzer support upper layers protocols such as JenNet and MiWi? |
| A: The current version of the Perytons analyzer supports the 802.15.4 PHY and MAC layers, as well as ZigBee NWK or APS network and application support layers. and ZigBee profiles, MiWi, 6LoWPan and more. Additional protocols are added constantly – for the updated list of supported protocols and profiles please contact Perytons Support or Sales Teams at support@perytons.com and sales @perytons.com respectively (you can also see a brief list of the supported protocols at http://www.perytons.com/MovieProtocols/ProtocolsSupported.html). The Peryton-SDK Add-On allows customers to build their own protocol into the Perytons Analyzer environment, so customers may add the protocols mentioned above, or any other 802.15.4 based protocol. Back.... |
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| Q: We are in a phase of setting color convention to the different messages type of our protocol. Is there a way to define the colors in the different views of the analyzer? |
| A: Starting from Version 2.5, the analyzers include the 'User Preferences' option that introduces user controllable flexibility.
Within the User Preferences tab, the user can modify the colors used by the analyzer basic convention (e.g. beacon, error, warning etc.) and can also define additional parameters like cycle length for cycle data capturing, etc.
With the Open Source Rules (that can be created using the Peryton-Monitoring Add-On module), you can define the color of each message according to its content (e.g. address, type, value of specific field).
Open Source Rules can also be used to modify the icons used for each device in the Network View according to its properties
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| Q: Do the Perytons
Analyzers support the latest ZigBee 2009 released protocol changes? |
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The Perytons development
team is constantly on the look for implementing the latest released versions of
the supported protocols and profiles within its products. Specifically the changes related to
the latest publications on the ZigBee protocol are already implemented and
included in our latest analyzer versions.
The flexible nature of the Perytons analyzers allows us to include additional
changes in a relatively short time, a fact that is key especially when dealing
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| Q: What are the
Open Source Rules (e.g. Monitoring) used for? |
A:OOpen Source Rules are actually
small pieces of code that can be processed by the analyzer while capturing data or while analyzing previously captured data.
The Open Source Rule code gets the received message after protocol processing (so field values and meanings are known, as well as device properties, connections, message status etc.).
It can then change message properties (like name, color), set the visible fields, change the device icon that will be displayed in the Network View, collect data for user defined charts and more. Being based on C
sharp code convention, the flexibility of the rule is remarkable. Rules can also generate e-mail alerts, send events (or even part of some of the received messages) over UDP, TCP, serial port,
modify messages to build a file for later use by the Perytons Traffic Generator, and more.
Open Source
Rules can be written by the user with a valid Peryton-Monitoring Add-On license, or by Perytons support and incorporated into any of the licensed Perytons
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| Q: While running the analyzer on a specific workspace, is there a way to tell which was the pre-captured data file (ext .ANL) used with it without deleting the current data I'm viewing? |
A:TThe data files included in the workspace environment are shown in the "Workspace Settings" form under the 'Tools', 'Workspace Settings' menu.
This form can be shown at any given time (also when another specific Workspace is viewed) and includes information about the Data Capture file (.ANL), Device file (.ANV) - if relevant – and the floor plan image (.JPG) to use for placing the Network View on top of - if relevant.
The form also includes the protocol (drop-down list) to use for analyzing the data as well as message range and user defined Open Source Rules to invoke during the analysis process.
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AAfter opening the form you can edit the fields (choose the files to include in the workspace,
set the capture file messages range to load, set Beacon Gridlines options, etc.)
or just learn which ones are currently included and leave them unchanged (by pressing the 'Cancel' button).
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| Q: While attempting to install the software under vista 32, I have unblocked the file, however when I try to install the application it returns the Windows Installer error:
"The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation." - Do you have a checklist of things that I should verify to determine why it doesn't install? |
| A:WTWhen running under
Windows Vista the Perytons Analyzer must be installed from the administrator account. If you installed it from a different user account it may not run. In this case un install the analyzer, log in as administrator, and re-install the analyzer.
Also note that the product activation must be also done from the administrator
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| Q: I upgraded my PC and need to move the Perytons Analyzer license. What is the license transfer process I should follow? |
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You should contact the Perytons Support.
They will explain how to use the code you receive when uninstalling the Perytons Analyzer from the 'old' PC and using it to install it into the new PC.
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| Q: I downloaded the 30 days evaluation SW of the Perytons Analyzer. Where do I find the activation Key so I can evaluate the SW? |
| A:ActActually after downloading the
30 days free evaluation software you are already able to immediately start evaluation and no activation code is needed. Note that the evaluation SW has some imitations compared to the standard commercial license. You can search and learn about these limitations from within the Perytons
Analyzer User Manual (that is also attached to the evaluation download of the software) or
at the on-line help in the
Perytons website.
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| Q: I am doing some preliminary tests of Smart Energy 2.0 modules. Do the Perytons Analyzers support SE 2.0? |
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YesYes the Perytons Analyzers support Smart Energy 2.0 as well as ZigBeeIP and 6LowPAN analysis.
Support of these protocols includes very sophisticated features like: De-fragmentation and decompression of 6LoWPAN packets, IP analysis, handing of TCP segmentation and acknowledgments, handling of HTML pages – displaying it both in text and formatted HTML modes (including GZIP de-compression, handling of enhanced content like java scripts and flash movies, etc.), handling of XML pages – including validation against XSD Schema files, handling of additional upper layer protocols (running on top of the TCP/UDP layers) like HTTP (browsing), ICMP, Hop-To-Hop, DNS, DHCP and others; etc.
Please refer to Peryton6LoWPAN.pdf
whitepaper to learn about the way the Perytons Analyzer handles ZigBeeIP and 6LowPAN network analysis (including Smart Energy 2.0).
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| Q: Can I use the Traffic Generator to transmit traffic in parallel to capturing data with Peryton-D license? And if saw are the traffic-generator sourced messages shown in the analyzer views? |
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Yes. The Traffic Generator Add-On can be operated in parallel to any standard Perytons Analyzer License (Peryton-V, S/SG, D and Mx). The messages transmitted via the Traffic Generator use a separate, independent USB dongle set to transmit mode and the Traffic Generator sourced messages can be easily shown or hidden from view by using the 'Show/Hide Elements' in the Time-View window. Further more, when shown, the message have special marking both in the Time and Message View windows so they can be easily differentiated from messages received from the system under test.
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| Q: I am using the Traffic Generator Add-On with my Peryton-M4 license and I have 4 ST Microelectronics modules connected to my PC. Can I operate the Traffic Generator using one of the modules and the remaining 3 for capturing 3 channels simultaneously? |
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Yes you can. However in order to force one of the modules to be used as traffic generation and not all the 4 modules as data capture front-ends, it is critical to open the Traffic-Generator form ('Tools/Generate Traffic…' or by clicking the relevant icon) and ST Microelectronics is chosen from the drop-down list, so one of the 4 connected modules gets assigned for traffic generation and only then to open the data capture form so the remaining 3 modules connected are assigned for data capture.
If the traffic generator form is not opened before the capture form, the 4 modules connected will be assigned for data capture of 4 channels simultaneously. Back.... |
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| Q: Can the Perytons Analyzer be set to capture long periods of times (say several days)? |
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Yes. This is done by selecting the 'Continuous' option in the capture form and setting the relevant user preference time limit (that is used to avoid very large disk files in the PC) to the preferred value.
The current total maximum time for continuous capture is set to 5000 minutes but if more is required, this can be easily changed by an Open Source Rule or by approaching Perytons support. Back.... |
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| Q: I have installed the evaluation software and the Time View window does not display all packets during a capture session (the start time for the time view does not always start at 0 time). What is the reason? |
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In continuous real-time capture there is a cyclic buffer of messages shown in the Time View and the limit is set in the preferences (capture tab) max is 1000 sec or 50,000 messages (in the free evaluation the limit is 500).
The reason for this is handling the PC resources so that information and display of the captured messages are both kept at an optimum level.
Note that the data capture messages are ALL kept and recorded into the disk (also the ones that are removed from view) and can be viewed together when loading the file in off-line analysis mode.
In message view the number of messages that can be displayed simultaneously is also set from preferences and its max value is 10000. Back.... |
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| Q: Q: In the message view window, when I use Tabular Mode, the packets are listed in the proper message number order while being captured. If I sort by a different column then sort by the Msg column, the packet number order sorts very similar to Microsoft Excel – e.g.: 0, 1, 10, 100, 101, 102 instead of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Is there a way to sort the packets in the proper numerical sequence? |
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Yes. The sorting depends on the value/meaning state, if in 'value mode' they will be sorted like numbers while if in 'meaning mode' they will be sorted as text. Back.... |
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