Playback Tool Window

This section describes one of the application's data sources - Log File Playback. This data source reads the recorded log files and allows you to use any supported data processors to analyze the prerecorded monitoring session.

Playback Tool Window Elements

The Playback Tool Window consists of the following elements:

• Log File Path Combo. Displays the folder path where the system searches for log files. Click on the combo to see other variants or press the Browse button to specify another folder. By default, this combo contains the same folder as specified in Tools|Settings, Recording Tab.
• Browse Button. Press to open a Folder Browse dialog to specify the folder where your log files are located.
• Recurse Subdirectories Button. Press to enable recursion when searching for log files.
• Log Tree. Displays all log files (located in selected folder and subfolders), their contents, sorted either by device or by creation date. To view detailed information about a session or a stream, move your mouse over the item to see the description.

Creating Log File Playback Monitoring Session

To create a log file playback monitoring session, select the stream and click on it. The Session Configuration window appears. Select visualizers and specify the Playback Settings, such as time range and time scale. Once you are ready, press the Start button.

During playback the progress bar appears in the status bar area. You can use this progress bar to track the progress of the playback.

During playback, if there is a long delay in the recorded stream, the Next button appears in the status bar. Press the Next button to skip this delay. In "Stepped" time scale mode, the Next button should be used to step to the next packet.

You can also play back the whole session, stream by stream. To do so, right-click on the session and select "Play Whole Session" option.

Changing the Time Scale of the Active Monitoring Session

You can change the time scale of the session by selecting the stream again, double-clicking on it (this will bring the Session Configuration window and modifying the Time Scale parameter. Note that the changes you made are active immediately!