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PCI Express Pod for Bus Doctor Analyzer
The PCI Express analyzer pod turns the Bus Doctor into a full-featured
protocol analyzer, with the depth, ease-of-use, protocol decoding and
statistics needed by software and systems testers. It also provides the
features needed by hardware engineers including multi-level triggering,
filtering, state configuration and timing analysis of PCI Express transfers.
It probes passively to keep original signals intact adding no latency. An
external LED on the Pod indicates static signals such as errors and link
status.
Command Listing
All of the trace's commands are summarized in this display. This window
shows the store number of the first event associated with the command, the
Address, Packet Type, and Timestamp that may be displayed as either the
relative elapsed time since the previous command or the absolute time from a
user-definable origin.
State Listing
The State Listing displays a list of all of the captured events. For each
even, this display shows the reference Store Number, the Timestamp(relative
or absolute) and the Data for each lane, Count and Description. It also
shows that the system can capture bi-directional transfers from x1, x2, x4
traffic and can capture one direction of traffic in x8. The user may set
two markers, X and 0, with a mouse click. An advanced 12 level find
sequencer may be used to search through the buffer to find exact patterns or
specific events.
Timing Waveform
The Timing Waveform shows a signal level representation of the trace, each
row representing a channel or channel group from the bus pod. The user may
reorder rows or change the colors as desired. Data may be displayed in the,
decimal, binary or ASCII formats. The data from the different lanes are
clearly labeled. The resolution of the display is 4ns(250Mhz).
Histogram
The Histogram's primary purpose is a navigation aid, showing an overall view
of the entire trace. Commands, data, and errors are shown in blue, green,
and red, respectively. A user Term may also be defined and is shown in
purple. Clicking in this window or anywhere in the Command, State Listing
or Timing Waveform displays will synchronize all of the displays.
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PCI Express Displays
At the Command level, the PCI express analyzer provides a big-picture view for testers who are troubleshooting system-level or application-level issues. The State display provides byte-level access details for users who
need to monitor PCI Express software, device drivers or firmware. For hardware engineers, the Timing Waveform display provides for analysis of PCI Express signal activity
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PCI Express Triggering
The PCI-X Analyzer provides high-level trigger configurations for most common trigger scenarios. The high-level triggers provide drop-down boxes that enable the user to select specific commands, addresses, etc from a list without memorizing codes or positions. Users can also create and save custom triggers.
Pre-Trigger/Post-Trigger
The Pre/Post adjustment bar controls the ratio of captured data before or after the trigger position. The Auto re-run feature makes it possible to capture multiple traces overnight or over the weekend automatically.
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PCI Express Statistics
The Real-Time Monitor can be easily configured by the user for almost any type of Statistical or Bit Error Rate measurement desired.
The Real-Time Statistics menu reports what the bus is doing currently,
comparing each instantaneous parameter with its average and peak performance
levels. It is preconfigured for certain common statistical measurements,
but can be easily reconfigured by the user for almost any type of metric
desired. The configurations can be saved and loaded for future use. The
results may be exported to a text file.
PCI Express Post Capture Statistics
The Post-Capture Statistics tools give the user the power to define which
statistics to collect and analyze with this flexible tool. The screen also
provides analysis of four sets of any two terms. The configuration may be
saved for future use. The results may be saved in text format.
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