Acccessing The Analyzer Through The User Interface Software; User Interface Features; Using The Optiview Browser; And User Interface Software - Fluke OptiView Series Getting Started Manual

Workgroup analyzer
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Acccessing the Analyzer through the User Interface
Software
The User Interface software will need to be installed on your PC before you will
be able to remotely interface with the analyzer. It is included on the supplied
OptiView
Resource CD. It is also available for download at
TM
www.flukenetworks.com.
To view decodes of the packets captured by the analyzer you need to purchase and
install the Fluke Networks Protocol Expert. Alternatively, the captured files can, in
most cases, be imported into other 3

User Interface Features

Remotely control any analyzer via the network under test interface (in- band)
or via the Ethernet 10/100 Management port (out-of-band)
Change setup parameters and packet capture filters in remote analyzers (Pro
and Pro Gigabit versions only)
View analyzer measurements remotely (statistics, problem log, discovery
results, etc.)
Update both the user interface software and analyzer firmware from a single
downloaded file from www.flukenetworks.com
Save reports to an HTML file locally on remote controlling PC
Save packet capture files on the remote controlling PC (Pro and Pro Gigabit
versions only)

Using the OptiView Browser

The OptiView Browser
OptiView
Integrated analyzers through a browseable user interface installed on
TM
your PC.
Double-click on an analyzer from this list and the user interface is launched. If an
analyzer is password protected, you will be prompted to enter a password.
In order for analyzers that are not in the same local network (subnet) to be
displayed in the OptiView Browser
Control IP address setting. This is found in the Setup | Security screen. The
Remote Control IP address should match the IP address of the PC that you intend
to run the OptiView
OptiView
Workgroup Analyzer will send its source IP address back to the
TM
controlling PC.

Acccessing the Analyzer through the User Interface Software

rd
party protocol analysis software products.
TM

and User Interface Software

allows you access to OptiView
TM
list, you must first configure the Remote
TM
Workgroup user interface software on. Then, the remote
TM
Workgroup Analyzer
Workgroup and
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