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9. Software for the Multi-link SpaceWire Recorder
Operation of the Multi-link SpaceWire Recorder falls into two distinct phases:
Data Gathering, when SpaceWire traffic is collected, time-tagged and stored to a file on the host
computer;
Data Inspection and Analysis, which is performed after the data has been captured.
9.1. Files Supplied with the MSR
Several files are supplied on the included CD, as tabulated and described below.
The msr recording program, compiled for MS
Windows. See section 9.2, “Data Capture using the
msr Program”, for details.
The Java-based read analysis tool that interprets
binary files that were recorded by the msr program.
See section 9.3, “Data Inspection and Analysis using
the read Program”, for details.
A Java-based analysis tool that interprets the Event
Waveform files that are collected by the msr
program and created by the read program.
A Java plug-in that the read program uses to
interpret the SpaceWire RMAP protocol.