1 Overview

The Total Phase Data Center application is a graphical user interface for the Beagle series of protocol analyzers. Data Center software provides access to all the features of the Beagle analyzers. Developers can capture, display and filter USB, I2C, and SPI serial bus data in real-time.

This software manual will introduce and explain how to use the Data Center application. For specific or technical information about the Beagle protocol analyzers, please refer to the Beagle Protocol Analyzer Data Sheet which can be downloaded from the Total Phase website - www.totalphase.com.

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1.1 Changes in version 4.20

The following features have been added to the Total Phase Data Center software.

General

• Added prompt configuration to preferences.

• Added quick filters to record window context menu.

• Added an option to mirror column layout when exporting.

• Added an option to start in minimized state.

• Improved the capture limit by basing the limit on the amount of physical memory.

• Minor bug fixes.

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1.2 Changes in version 4.10

The following features have been added to the Total Phase Data Center software.

General

• Added the ability to configure the timestamp precision of the Transaction Window.

• Added support for Japanese.

• Minor bug fixes.

USB

• The following Communications Device Class (CDC) subclasses have been added:

  • Network Control Model (NCM)

  • Mobile Direct Line Model (MDLM) Semantic Models:

    • Early Network Control Model (ENCM)

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1.3 Changes in version 4.00

The following features have been added to the Total Phase Data Center software.

General

• Added the ability to insert comments.

• Added the ability to be notified when updates to the software are available.

• Reinstated the instantaneous and inter-transaction bandwidth reporting.

• Removed the 4 billion record limit.

• Added support for German.

• Minor bug fixes.

USB

• The following classes have been added:

  • Printer

  • Video

  • Still Image

  • Communications Device Class (CDC)

    • Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)

    • Ethernet Control Module (ECM)

    • Wireless Mobile Communications Devices (WMC)

  • Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU)

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1.4 Changes in version 3.50

The following new features have been added to the Total Phase Data Center software.

General

• Added support for French.

• Minor bug fixes.

USB

• Added support for class-level decoding. The following classes are supported:

  • Audio v1.00

  • Hub

  • Human Interface Devices (HID)

  • Mass Storage (Bulk Only)

  • Standard Device Requests

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1.5 Changes in version 3.10

The following new features have been added to the Total Phase Data Center software.

General

• Added support for circular capture buffer.

• Added support for exporting in CSV format.

• Added support for additional languages.

• Minor bug fixes.

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1.6 Changes in version 3.00

The Total Phase Data Center application has been migrated to a new platform. Many features have been added to make the interface more informative and easier to navigate.

Notable New Features

• USB packets are now grouped into transactions in a hierarchical view in real-time.

• The Info pane displays detailed information about the selected record, including parsed packet information displayed in multiple formats.

• The Bus pane lists devices that have been detected on the bus being monitored. For USB captures, any enumeration information that was seen during the capture is also represented in detail.

• A command line console, with built-in history, logs all actions performed in the software. The user can then repeat or modify previous actions and create batch scripts that are loaded on startup.

MDIO support is no longer available in version 3.00 of the Data Center software. Additionally, a few features from the previous version of the Data Center application will be temporarily unavailable as they are migrated to the new platform. If you require these features, download version 2.20 of the Data Center application from the Total Phase website, www.totalphase.com.

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1.7 Changes in version 2.20

The following new features have been added to Total Phase Data Center software.

General

• Added support for 64-bit Windows. Note that Data Center will run on 64-bit systems as a 32-bit application.

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1.8 Changes in version 2.19

The following new features have been added to Total Phase Data Center software.

General

• Added support for Intel versions of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard.

USB

• Made improvements to OTG event detection.

• Resume bus events are now displayed with a duration.

• Fixed the timing of high-speed suspend events.

• Fixed a bug with the Setup Data Details.

• Minor bug fixes.

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1.9 Changes in version 2.10

The following new features have been added to Total Phase Data Center software.

General

• Added the ability to insert comments during a capture.

• Native file format (.bgl) updated to store comments. Old files can be opened but new files will not open in previous versions of the software.

• New bandwidth and data payload measurement between packets.

• Instantaneous bandwidth displayed during capture.

• On Windows systems, the saturation dialog now stays accessible even if application is minimized and later unminimized.

• Fixed an issue with save and export dialogs affecting certain Linux systems.

I2C

• A parsing issue with 10-bit I2C transactions has been resolved.

USB

• Beagle USB 12 Analyzer now displays bit-stuff errors.

• USB descriptors are now properly parsed when requested by the OS X operating system.

• Improved display of Setup packets.

• BOS and OTG descriptors are now parsed

• Beagle USB 480 Analyzer reports OTG events

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1.10 Changes in version 2.00

The following new features have been added to Total Phase Data Center software.

General

• Delta time displayed between the selected transaction and the transaction under the mouse pointer.

• Find tool can search for text in info, event, and collapsed transactions.

• Option to increase incoming data buffer size to reduce possibility of losing capture data.

• Beagle analyzer hardware and firmware version displayed in status bar.

• Native file format (.bgl) updated to store additional information. Old files can be opened but new files will not open in previous versions of the software.

I2C

• Added parsing support for I2C combined format transactions.

• XML batch support export option added to replay I2C transactions using an Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter and the Aardvark Control Center software.

SPI

• XML batch support export option added to replay SPI transactions using an Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter and the Aardvark Control Center software.

USB

• CRC and SOF frame number errors reported in error column.

• Find can search for specific PIDs by name.

• USB packet group filtering option layout improved.

• Filter option added to filter out event transactions.

• Details mode replaces Descriptor mode to display information about collapsed packets and events, in addition to the descriptor display.

• Support for Beagle USB 480 protocol analyzer added with the following features:

  • Real-time capture of High-speed, Full-speed, and Low-speed USB traffic.

  • Displays the chirp events in the High-speed negotiation process, including identification of potential “Tiny J/K” events.

  • Option to lock capture speed or to allow the Beagle USB 480 Protocol Analyzer to automatically detect the bus speed.

  • Capture USB traffic in real-time with or without hardware buffer overflow protection, or run a delayed-download capture to minimize traffic on the bus while capture is occurring.

  • Option to suppress common packet groups, such as SOF, IN+NAK, and PING+NAK in the hardware.

  • Support for up to 4 digital input lines in the capture.

  • Configure the 4 digital output lines to toggle on capture start, active packet, on specific PIDs and device and endpoint address, and on specific data patterns.

  • Ability to disable packet collapsing.

  • Option to filter out packets generated by the Beagle USB 480 Protocol Analyzer.

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1.11 Changes in version 1.30

The following new features have been added to Total Phase Data Center software.

General

• On Windows systems, requires version 1.1.0.0 of the Beagle analyzer USB driver. Refer to the Beagle analyzer datasheet for instructions on upgrading the USB driver.

• Native file format (.bgl) updated to include status information. Old files can be opened but new files will not open in previous versions of the software.

• Abridged transaction timestamp is displayed in transaction tables.

• Abridged transaction duration is displayed in transaction tables.

• Full transaction timestamps and full duration times displayed in timing detailed views.

• Filtering based on transaction duration added.

• Partial byte information and other errors displayed in transaction windows.

• Clear command asks for confirmation of command.

• Progress bar appears when loading .bgl files.

• Saturation dialog in Windows platforms always stays on top of main window.

• Export while in protocol specific tab now only exports transactions of that protocol.

• Informational headers added to text and CSV export formats.

• CSV formats updated with new columns in transaction tables.

I2C 

• Start and stop conditions displayed in the transaction table.

• Packet detailed view added with start and stop conditions.

• Asterisk will be displayed in the address field of the transaction window if the address byte was NACK’ed.

SPI

• Combined MOSI/MISO detailed view added.

• Text export now displays MOSI data properly in timing table.

MDIO

• MDIO capture and filtering support added.

USB

• Parsing of setup packets improved.

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1.12 Changes in version 1.20

The following new features have been added to Total Phase Data Center software.

General

• Clear added to the menu to clear the capture contents while preserving the file path.

• Data pattern filter added to allow for filtering of transactions based upon transaction data content.

• Open, Save, and Export dialogs remember the directory of the last file worked upon.

I2C 

• Target power is no longer enabled upon connection to a Beagle I2C/SPI/MDIO analyzer.

• Ability to filter on more than one device address.

USB

• Ability to filter on more than one device address.

• Ability to filter on more than one endpoint address.

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1.13 Changes in version 1.10

The following new features have been added to Total Phase Data Center software.

Bug Fixes

• Libpango has been updated and fixed for International versions of Windows.

• Selected index is preserved when applying new filter settings.

• Empty USB configuration and empty USB interface descriptors are properly parsed.

• Consistent time scale is used across all bytes of a given transaction.

General

• Maximum and minimum index numbers can be set in the filters to see a particular range of transactions.

• Filtering by length no longer requires a default value and can be left blank.

• Find arbitrary hex value or ASCII data patterns in a transaction. Matching data patterns are highlights in the Data view.

• Application saturation dialog window now includes a bar graph that indicates the application load.

• The Connection Dialog window can be refreshed by clicking the refresh button.

• Beagle analyzers that are in use by other applications are listed as unavailable in the Connection Dialog window.

• When exporting “-export” is added to exported file name by default.

• Comma separated values (*.csv) file added as an export option.

I2C 

• Filter transactions based on the read/write bit.

USB

• Grouped IN, OUT and SETUP packets are color coded.

• Added a CRC column in the transaction window. The CRC can be viewed in standard bit order or in reversed bit order (for CATC compatibility).