If you haven't already seen it, you may want to check out this post in the EBO community: Wireshark MSTP capture analysis assistance It was a cool capture, showing a collection of devices that struggled to keep up with our requests. The display filte…View more

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We've discussed this in a few of our Advanced BACnet Troubleshooting classes. Because many of you asked for it (and I happen to agree that it'd be an awesome feature), I just posted a feature request for onboard Wireshark compatible traffic capture o…View more

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For those interested in using Wireshark to view live traffic using the USB to RS-485 cables we hand out in class, we've shown some of you how you can create a batch file that eliminates a significant amount of clicking and typing.Though I haven't val…View more

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The latest update on this presentation includes considerations when capturing traffic from an IP fieldbus with a daisy chain or ring topology.

Posted by: Jeff in BACnet Troubleshooting

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The following is a list of RS485 Transceivers with reference to the failsafe feature and unit load (supplied by Randy Goldsby) –Manufacturer Failsafe Transceiver Non-Failsafe Transceiver Unit Load Observed On These Products Analog Devices ADM3072E 1/…View more

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@MarkMartin shared during this morning's call that we can now use the newly delivered Bluetooth adapters with the latest version of the published app (2.4.1.0). I've just downloaded it and verified that it works great on my iPad. Sorry to be redundan…View more

Posted by: Jeff in IP-IO Beta

Updated MSTPCAP tool attached. This is version (0.8.3) allows live streaming of MSTP traffic as an ExtCap interface in Wireshark 2.0.X. This will not work with Wireshark versions 2.1+; Steve Karg expects to release a new version of MSTPCAP for Wiresh…View more

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In response to noticing corruption in some of our PicoScope capture files, our very own Randy Randal Goldsby​ has been working with the PicoScope software engineers to identify and eliminate the sources of corruption that cause strange anomalies like…View more

Posted by: Jeff in BACnet Troubleshooting

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Hey, folks! Updated MS/TP presentation attached. There are a couple new slides in the middle and also updates for the new MSTPCAP version that allows streaming into Wireshark at the end of the presentation.Hope you guys are winning the fight in track…View more

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I just wanted to post a warm welcome to our latest group of attendees in the BACnet Advanced Troubleshooting class. It was a great week; thanks for joining us.This week's new grads:Joe, Rob, Jeff, Wayne, Michael, Cregg, Amy, Pasquale, and EricWelcome…View more

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