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One of the most important functions of the canAnalyser for the
analysis of networks and for troubleshooting is the recording of the whole
CAN-bus traffic in a trace file. The Trace module is used for the simultaneous
recording of bus traffic of several buses. A trace file can be opened and
analysed in the Trace module and it is also possible save it from there as an
ASCII file, for example to import it into "Excel". The Sequencer module can
import a trace file and send the recorded messages, thus allows a repeated
analysis with differently configured modules.
A Trace recording can be started and ended either
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manually or |
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automatically depending on the occurrence of certain
messages (Trigger events) |
A trigger event is the arrival of a CAN-message with a certain identifier
and/or a certain data content or the arrival of a certain number of messages.
For starting and ending a trace recording, own trigger events can be
specified.
An exact description of the configuration of trigger conditions is given
here.
Insert one Trace module into your configuration using drag and drop. Note that
the Trace module is not dropped onto a controller but onto the higher ranking
project. To stimulate the Trace module with data, load the file Trigger.prf
into the Sequencer module.
To start the trace recording
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select the menu point Functions | Start or |
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press the 
button in the toolbar or in the main window. |
After you have started the trace recording a dialog to specify the path of the
trace file is opened. Enter a practical file name and then start the Sequencer
module to generate busload.
After the Sequencer module has finished transmission, stop the trace recording
by selecting Functions | Stop or by pressing the 
button in the toolbar or main window.
The Trace module automatically changes to view mode and displays the recorded
messages.
In the record and in the view mode of the Trace module a message filter can be
set. In record mode the filter is opened via the context menu of the
controller. In view mode it is opened by selecting the menu item Functions |
ViewFilter. The configuration of the filters is described in the
Reveive module section.
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