Working With Expert Traces - Viavi Xgig User Manual

Chapter 17, Annotated Traces, Expert Traces, and Decode Switches
Figure 174: Partial Annotations in TraceView

Working with Expert Traces

Expert Trace Files are created by Xgig Expert for any saved trace file (Expert traces are not
created for buffer contents). A file will be created for each port in the trace. When you create
Expert Trace Files, you will receive a message informing you the files have been created. See the
Expert Trace Output section in the Expert on-line help for more information on the types of traces
created by Expert.
Important: An Expert Trace is different from an Expert Annotation. The Expert Annotation
adds additional decode information to existing events. An Expert Trace actually creates a new
trace and adds events to the new trace, such as information about conversations. Expert
Annotations are automatically added and an Expert Trace is automatically created when the
trace is opened in Expert. The new group file will be the same name as the original group file
for the trace with Expert appended to the name. For example, the trace
saved as the Expert Trace
The Expert Trace can be decoded and viewed in TraceView. When viewing an Expert Trace, you
will see additional port selection options from the
view of just the original trace, just the new events added by Expert, or both. If you choose to view
just the original trace, you will still see the Expert Annotations added by Expert to existing events.
Below are examples of the
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pull-down when viewing an Expert Trace.
Select Ports
Working with Expert Traces
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pull-down menu. You can select a
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