Version 2.0.3
February 13, 2006
Chapter 1:
Starting out
Introduction
The USB Explorer 200 is a non-intrusive high speed USB 2.0 protocol analyzer allowing
you to display the bus states and the packets sent, decode the descriptors, detect
errors and incompatibilities in devices or drivers as well as quantify their performance.
Very simple to use, it is the ideal companion for anyone developing USB devices, hosts,
embedded software or drivers.
Common terms
The following terms are used throughout this manual:
Analysis software
The analysis software enables users to record data sent
by the analyzer and subsequently displays them in a
simple, easy-to-follow format.
Device Under Test
A USB device that is going to be analyzed with the
analyzer is called a device under test in this document.
Test computer
The device under test will be plugged into the test
computer through analyzer's
Device Under Test
connectors. The drivers needed for the test device must
be installed on the test computer. The test computer can
also be an embedded computer, a PDA or even a custom
piece of equipment acting like a USB host.
Analysis computer
The data to be analyzed will be sent to the analysis
computer through the analyzer's
Analysis
connector.
Ellisys' driver and software must be properly installed on
this computer.
USB Explorer 200
User's manual
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