Time View Toolbar

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Figure 95 – Time View window, Toolbar

Note: Due to screen resolution and window size some of the icons may be hidden. In order to see the hidden icons you should click on the icon list drop down menu See more icons icon (this icon will appear on the right handside of the menu in case of need).

The Time View toolbar icons perform similar actions to those described within the Time View Top Menu option listed in paragraph ‎1.1.4.

Here is a detailed description of those functions:

     Grouping: – sets the vertical axis grouping parameter (see also par. ‎3.2)

     GoTo: GoTo – allows looking for a message by its message number (see also par. ‎3.5)

     Auto Sync AutoSync – enables auto synchronization between messages in Time View and messages and related devices in other views (see also par. ‎3.6)

     Find Find – search for specific data in the messages in Time View (see also chapter ‎14)

     Select Select – select messages in the Time View window (toggle with Move). See also ‎3.8

     Move Move – move the visible part of the Time View window (toggle with Select). See also par. ‎3.10

     Compress Time Picture67 – remove the time gaps between messages for a more comfortable view of trends, etc (see also par. ‎3.3).

     Show/Hide Elements Picture65 – show or hide selected elements from the Time View window (see also ‎3.11):

o Beacon Gridlines – show/hide beacon gridlines

o Messages Links – show/hide links between related messages

o Protocol Layers – show/hide top protocol layer initial/s per every message

o TrafficGen Messages – show/hide messages generated by the Traffic Generator tool (valid only when a Traffic Generator Add-On license is installed). See chapter ‎V.1 for details on the Peryton-Traffic Generator Add-On).

o Notes – show/hide messages' notes indicator/s Note indicator in Time View (for messages that include a user note) from the Time View window

     Zoom Zoom – change the horizontal and vertical zooms. Clicking in the small down arrow on the right allows setting the zoom manually:

Time View Zoom

Note: Clicking on the Zoom button (Zoom) returns zoom back to the default position

     Freeze FreezeView – during real time capture (or playback simulation of a pre-captured data file), stop the horizontal auto scroll tracking of recently received messages. See also par. ‎3.12.

     Add To Message View AutoAddtoMessageView
In off-line analysis mode and no messages are selected in Time View, copy all messages in Time View to the main tab of the Message View window (if only some of the Time View messages are selected, only those will be copied to the main tab Message View window)
In real-time capture mode, when pressed, automatically copy all new captured messages to the Message View window main tab. The Message View window is used for detailed message content analysis (see also chapter ‎4).

     Save Messages To New Data File SaveFile – save all messages in Time View into a new data type file (.ANL). This is especially used when looking to save edited messages into a new .ANL file and to use the Traffic Generation option to transmit it over the air (valid only when a Peryton-Traffic Generator Add-On license is installed). See chapter ‎V.1 for details on the Peryton-Traffic Generator Add-On)

     Print Print – print the current visible area of the Time View window

     Help OnlineHelp – opens the Perytons™ web site on-line help page with an Internet browser (requires Internet connection)