Sensor Network Analyzer (SNA)
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Daintree's Sensor Network Analyzer (SNA) provides the industry's
most comprehensive solution for developing, decoding, debugging and deploying wireless embedded networks. Well known as an expert tool for IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee, the SNA has recently extended its support to include additional standards-based and proprietary network protocols such as ZigBee RF4CE, 6LoWPAN, JenNet (from Jennic), SimpliciTI (from Texas Instruments) and Synkro (from Freescale Semiconductor), with the ability to easily add more protocols.
The SNA's features include a powerful protocol decoder that allows you to drill
down to packet, field, and byte level; unique visualization
capabilities that allow you to view all network devices and
interactions simultaneously; customization options including filtering, labeling and color-coding to make it easy to locate packets of interest; performance measurements for 802.15.4 and ZigBee; and intuitive tools that make it each to
perform complex functions such as multi-node and multi-channel capture and ZigBee commissioning.
The SNA is compatible with a wide range of semiconductor and development boards.
Available in three different editions—Professional, Standard, and Basic—you can pay for the functionality you need today, and upgrade in future as your needs increase.
An overview of the SNA's key functionality is provided below. Download the datasheet if you require more detailed information.
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Key Benefits
- Increase productivity: the intuitive Sensor Network Analyzer with its
unique visualization tools helps even those who are new to the
technology achieve results quickly.
- The right tool for the job: designed specifically for wireless embedded networks with strong analysis and management capabilities.
- Deliver solutions faster: powerful development, testing and
troubleshooting tools help to speed up development and ensure
compliance with the latest standards.
- Reduce deployment costs: intuitive ZigBee commissioning tool helps
to hide complexity, while rich visualization capabilities make it easy
to see what is happening.
- Customize and extend: XML-based protocol stack and ZigBee
application profile definitions all you to customize the SNA to meet
your exact requirements.
- A solution you can trust: the industry-standard tool used by
key semiconductor and software companies, and at all product
certification and interoperability test events hosted by the ZigBee
Alliance.
Analyze
Use unparalleled navigation tools to analyze your implementation and
detect problems. Troubleshoot protocol issues with complete detail, or
focus by narrowing your search.
The following table shows which analysis features are supported
for the Standard (Std) and Professional (Pro) editions of the SNA.
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Flexible decode engine: Decode multiple
standards-based and proprietary protocol stacks and ZigBee application
profiles with the SNA's flexible decode engine and XML-based decode
definitions.
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| Complete information about your wireless sensor network: Access every field of every packet from every device in your network. |
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| Narrow your search quickly with powerful and easy to use filters:
Find packets of interest from among thousands or millions by defining
filters. Quickly narrow your search by requesting similar packets from
a selected packet. |
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| Full protocol decoding: View detailed packet-by-packet
decodes of every 802.15.4 and ZigBee (APL and NWK layer) header field.
Auto-detect* security key exchanges at the APL and NWK layer. Use
detected keys (or manually entered keys) to decrypt packets for analysis.
Decodes reflect the latest specs (PRO, 2007, 2006, 2004). |
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| Analyze new or custom applications: With SoftProfiles™ you
can define new or custom applications using XML and decode new
protocols with ease. Includes definitions of the ZigBee Cluster
Library and all ZigBee Application Profiles. |
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Navigate through large amounts of data and share them: Save
and replay your network at original (or faster) speeds, pause, step or
fast forward. Insert breakpoints at events of interest. Share data
between teams to quickly resolve issues.
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Multi-node capture: Use multi-node capture to collect packets from multiple channels or large dispersed networks.
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** Autodection of security keys for Professional edition only
Visualize
Understand device and network behavior quickly with visual
troubleshooting. Observe your network's operation by visually analyzing
how devices join the network, routing behavior, and application
binding. Visualization is supported for all protocols that use IEEE
802.15.4 MAC Associations.
The following table shows which visualization features are supported
for the Standard (Std) and Professional (Pro) editions of the SNA. Note that the Standard edition can display a maximum of 10 devices, while the Professional edition can display up to the capture system limit.
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| Visual network: Use ground-breaking visual analysis. Watch
devices join a network and understand behavior by observing packet
routes. Unique views help to simplify monitoring and troubleshooting. |
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| Rapid troubleshooting with visual context filters: Select any visual object such as a device, route, or binding and show all packets associated with that object. |
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| Visual profiles: Visualize endpoints and bindings to rapidly
determine application behavior. Observe all transactions and identify
correct bindings. |
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| Obtain new measurements and overlay information: Critical
information, such as battery level and LQI between devices, can be
overlaid on other information such as network structure and routes. |
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| Obtain new perspectives: Quickly switch between a tree view and
a physical layout to better understand the impact of physical
structures and network design on the behavior and performance of your
network and devices. |
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| Validate ZigBee commissioning: Watch network formation to ensure
devices join correctly. Right-click any device to configure and specify
commissioning settings. |
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Measure
Use the industry’s only ZigBee performance analysis solution to
ensure that your network meets necessary performance requirements.
Note that measurements are supported only in the Professional edition of the SNA, and only for ZigBee and 802.15.4.
- Complete measurements: Obtain performance measurements on every single device, route and application binding in the network.
- Critical metrics: Determine performance with critical metrics such as packet counts and losses, and min/avg/max end-to-end latencies.
Commission
Simplify the configuration and commissioning of 802.15.4/ZigBee
systems during development, field trials, deployment and maintenance
with easy-to-use GUI and standards-based over-the-air commands to
ensure interoperability.
Note that commissioning is supported only in the Professional edition of the SNA, and only for the ZigBee protocol stack.
- Flexible: Use the SNA as a commissioning tool, coordinator,
trust center (distributing keys and managing certificates), router, or
end device.
- Commission: Commission key startup parameters such as
Extended PAN ID, channel, and security keys with easy-to-use graphical
layouts or devices list.
- Binding: Use binding and group commissioning to establish
control paths between devices. Store binding and group information in
devices or tables.
- Security: Start or join networks using ZigBee security (NWK, APS and Smart Energy KE).
- Discover: Scan the network to discover its overall structure. Discover active services on endpoints of any device.
 Over-the-air: Configure devices using standards-based over-the-air commands to ensure interoperability. - Locationing: Scan to find the locations of individual devices.**
- Upgrade: Upgrade device firmware over-the-air to save time and reduce errors.**
- Customize: Use Daintree's API to customize and extend the commissioning tool's behavior and issue instructions directly to the network.
- Portable: Run the SNA on a laptop for a truly portable
commissioning, monitoring and analysis solution, that you can take
where you need it, when you need it.
- Monitor and troubleshoot: Verify and monitor with the industry's most comprehensive analyzer in one integrated solution.
** Supported on selected stacks
Software editions
There are three SNA editions available: Professional, Standard, and
Basic. The Professional edition provides more functionality than the
Standard edition, which in turn provides more functionality than the
Basic edition. Professional and Standard are available to purchase from
Daintree Networks, and Basic is provided with many popular
semiconductor development kits.
A summary of the differences between these editions is provided below. See the software edition comparison matrix for more detailed information.
Professional edition
A complete toolkit for ZigBee and 802.15.4 development, testing,
commissioning, and maintenance. Key differentiators include multi-node
capture, advanced network visualization, detailed performance
measurements, active analysis of live networks, advanced
troubleshooting, and commissioning tool. Note that while some features
such as multi-node capture provide additional support for flexible
(non-ZigBee) protocols, most of the enhanced functionality is
specifically for ZigBee.
Standard edition
An essential set of tools for wireless embedded development and
testing. Key features include comprehensive protocol analysis with
detailed packet lists and packet decodes, filters and extensive capture
playback controls, editable XML-based protocol stack and ZigBee
application profile definitions, and basic network visualization for
protocols that use IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Associations.
Basic edition
A toolkit for 802.15.4 development and testing, with basic ZigBee
features to assist with evaluating ZigBee development options.
Available only through Daintree's semiconductor partners, this edition is not covered by any of Daintree's technical support or software update programs.
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