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Chapter 20, Xgig Trace View Hints and Tips

TraceView Hints and Tips

Configuration and Views
Most options are available from the pull down menu. However, some options are only available
from the context menu in the spreadsheet view. For example, creating a bookmark or inserting a
column.
• You can choose to save the configuration information with a trace file. Select the
Configuration
• Configuration files are independent of traces. You can apply a configuration file you have
already developed to a new trace.
• You can view a trace's configuration file by selecting
opens a read only copy of the TraceControl configuration. You can see the General Settings
tab as well as the Capture and Trigger setup tab.
• Use the
• Use the
pane to select different views.
• Use the
• To return to the "last viewed" trace in the same domain, open TraceView and press the
Last Domain
• The TraceView application automatically saves the current configuration upon exiting and
uses it next time.
• Hide the
Navigate, Search
• Drag-and-drop templates from the
searches.
• Double-click templates you drag to the
Creating custom templates works as in TraceControl.
• Right-click a field in the spreadsheet display and select
search for similar items. You can also double-click a field to invoke the
Hide
• Double-click in the
later.
• You can quickly navigate to bookmarks, timestamps, and the trigger position.
Filter and Hide
• Drag-and-drop templates from the
display filters.
• Double-click templates you drag to the
Creating custom templates works as in TraceControl.
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box when saving the trace.
drop-down menu in the menu bar to view a trace's protocol layers.
Protocol Layer
Details Pane to view hex or bit values for information. Use the tabs on the left of the
Dword tab in the Details Pane to see SAS/SATA traces Dword-by-Dword.
button.
Histogram and Inspector
dialog.
Bookmark
File
panes to increase the number of events being viewed.
Available Templates Browser
tab if you need to set up a custom template.
Find
Quick Find/Filter/Hide
column and type a label to mark an event so you can find it
Available Templates Browser
tab if you need to set up a custom template.
Filter
TraceView Hints and Tips
Save Viewer
,
View Capture Configuration
to the Find tab to setup
to quickly
Quick Find/Filter/
to the Filter tab to set
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