Description

The SmartRF Packet Sniffer is a PC software application that can display and store radio packets captured by a listening RF device. The capture device is connected to the PC via USB. Various RF protocols are supported. The Packet Sniffer filters and decodes packets and displays them in a convenient way, with options for filtering and storage to a binary file format.

Features

• Packet sniffer for Bluetooth® low energy networks.
• Packet sniffer for ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 networks.
• Packet sniffer for RF4CE networks.
• Packet sniffer for SimpliciTI™ networks.
• Packet sniffer for generic protocols (raw packet data).
• Save/Open file with captured packets.
• Select fields to be displayed and hidden.
• Filtering of packets to be displayed.
• Packet details by display of raw data received by the radio.
• Accurate timestamping of received packets.
• Address book with list of all known nodes in the network.
• A simple time line that displays all packets in the sequence they have been received.
• Possibility to forward captured data to a UDP socket for real time monitoring of packets using custom tools.

The following combinations of protocols and capture devices are supported:

Protocol	Version	Capture device	Can be used to capture packets from
Bluetooth® low energy	Bluetooth core spec 4.0	CC2540 USB Dongle CC2540EM+SmartRF05EB	CC2540 CC2541 Bluetooth® low energy devices
ZigBee	2007/PRO 2006 2003	CC2531 USB Dongle CC2530EM+SmartRF05EB CC2520EM+SmartRF05EB CC2430EM+SmartRF04EB/SmartRF05EB CC2431EM+SmartRF04EB/SmartRF05EB CC2430DB	CC2420 CC2430, CC2431 CC2480 CC2520 CC2530, CC2531 ZigBee devices
	2003	CC2420EM+CC2400EB CC2420DB	ZigBee devices
RF4CE	ZigBee RF4CE 1.0.1	CC2531 USB Dongle CC2530EM+SmartRF05EB CC2520EM+SmartRF05EB CC2520EM+SmartRF TrxEB CC2430EM+SmartRF04EB/SmartRF05EB CC2431EM+SmartRF04EB/SmartRF05EB CC2430DB	CC2533 CC2530 CC2531 ZigBee RF4CE devices
SimpliciTI	1.2.0 1.1.1 1.1.0 1.0.6 1.0.4 1.0.0	CC2531 USB Dongle CC2530EM+SmartRF05EB CC2520EM+SmartRF05EB CC2520EM+SmartRF TrxEB CC2430EM+SmartRF04EB/SmartRF05EB CC2430DB	CC2430 CC2520 CC2530
		CC1110EM+SmartRF04EB/SmartRF05EB CC1101EM+SmartRF TrxEB CC110LEM+SmartRF TrxEB CC1111 USB Dongle	CC1100, CC1100E CC1101 CC1110, CC1111 CC430
		CC2510EM+SmartRF04EB/SmartRF05EB CC2511 USB Dongle	CC2500 CC2510, CC2511
Generic	Any	CC2531 USB Dongle CC2530EM+SmartRF05EB CC2520EM+SmartRF05EB CC2520EM+SmartRF TrxEB CC2430EM+SmartRF04EB/SmartRF05EB CC2431EM+SmartRF04EB/SmartRF05EB CC2430DB	CC2420 CC2430, CC2431 CC2480 CC2520 CC2530, CC2531 CC2533 IEEE 802.15.4 compliant radios
		CC1110EM+SmartRF04EB/SmartRF05EB CC1101EM+SmartRF TrxEB CC110LEM+SmartRF TrxEB CC113LEM+SmartRF TrxEB CC1120EM+SmartRF TrxEB CC1121EM+SmartRF TrxEB CC1125EM+SmartRF TrxEB CC1111 USB Dongle	CC1100, CC1100E CC1101, CC1150 CC1110, CC1111 CC110L, CC115L CC1120, CC1121 CC1125, CC1175 CC430
		CC2510EM+SmartRF04EB/SmartRF05EB CC2511 USB Dongle	CC2500, CC2550 CC2510, CC2511

When sniffing in the sub-1 GHz frequency bands, you need hardware that supports the operating frequencies. Some of the capturing devices may not support all frequencies or operating modes supported by the devices being sniffed.

The packet sniffer used for CC2420DK or CC2420ZDK (with PCB boards CC2400EB + CC2420EM or CC2420DB) has some differences compared with the packet sniffer used for the other HW platforms. The filter features and the packet buffering are different. Please refer to the user manual for details.

SmartRF Packet Sniffer runs on Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP (32 bit), Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit) and Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit).

Installation recommendations:

• Download the ZIP file to your hard drive.
• Unzip the file.
• Read the readme.txt file for information about the release.
• Uninstall previous versions of the tool.
• Run the set-up file and follow the instructions.