NAME

       vusb-analyzer - tool for visualizing logs of USB packets

SYNOPSIS

       vusb-analyzer [OPTIONS] LOGFILE [LOGFILE...]

DESCRIPTION

       The  Virtual  USB  Analyzer  is  tool  for visualizing logs of USB packets, from hardware or software USB
       sniffer tools. It's the world's first tool to provide a graphical visualization along with raw hex  dumps
       and high-level protocol analysis.

       The  Virtual  USB  Analyzer is not itself a USB sniffer tool. It is just a user interface for visualizing
       logs. It currently supports two log formats, but it's designed to be easily  extensible.  With  a  couple
       hundred lines of Python code, you can add support for your favorite log format.

       The  Virtual  USB  Analyzer  was  developed  at  VMware  as  an  efficient  way  to  debug  their own USB
       virtualization stack. They wanted a tool that made it easy to see problems at a glance, and they wanted a
       way to solve both correctness and performance bugs. As a result, they ended up with what they think is  a
       fairly unique tool. They're excited to have the opportunity to release this tool as open source software.

       Supported Log Formats

       *  Logged  USB  traffic  from debug builds of VMware Fusion, Workstation, or Player. See the tutorial for
       information on capturing such a log.

       * XML logs from the Ellisys USB Explorer 200, a hardware USB 2.0 analyzer.

       Features

       * Unique graphical timeline view.

       * Side-by-side diff mode: visually compare two log files.

       * Pluggable log format modules: VMware, Ellisys.

       * Pluggable protocol decoders: USB Chapter 9, Bluetooth, Storage, Cypress FX2.

       * Packet metrics and filtering tools.

       * Whole-bus analysis: analyze multiple devices concurrently.

       * Written in Python, with a GTK+ user interface.

       * Automatic "tail -f" mode: follow log files as they grow.

       * Loads large log files in the background. You can start browsing before the whole file  is  loaded  into
       memory.

       * Automatic decompression of gzipped log files.

OPTIONS

       -t  Tail mode, start from the end of a growing log file.

HOMEPAGE

       More   information  about  vusb-analyzer,  including  a  tutorial  and  sample  logs,  can  be  found  at
       <http://vusb-analyzer.sourceforge.net/>.

AUTHOR

       vusb-analyzer Micah Dowty <micah@vmware.com>.

       This manual page was written by Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>, for the Debian project  (but  may  be
       used by others).

1.0                                                2009-05-17                                   VUSB-ANALYZER(1)