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<title>Connecting to the trace source</title>
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<link href="../../book.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"></head>
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<h2>Connecting to the trace source</h2>
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<h5>Before you start</h5>
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<p>Before you can connect to the trace source and start receiving traces, the
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connection options must be defined in TraceViewer preferences. The connection
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method is <b>USB</b>. For more information on
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the options, see <a href="../reference/preferencesconnection.htm">Connection
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settings</a>.</p>
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<p>In addition, you can specify various types of rules and
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filters to receive just the information you need for your specific components
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and groups, and the level of tracing that is relevant for your development
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team's purposes. For more information, see the overview in <a
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href="../gettingstarted/basic_steps.htm">Basic steps</a>. </p>
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<ul>
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<li>When the preferences are set, simply click <b>Connect</b> to connect to
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the trace source: <p><img src="images/connectBar1.png" alt="Connect button"></p></li>
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<li>When the green connect button changes to red <b>Disconnect</b> button,
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the connection is successfully established:<p><img src="images/connectBar2.png"
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alt="Disconnect button"></p></li>
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<li><p>You can pause receiving traces by clicking the <b>Pause</b> button: 
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</p><img src="images/pauseBar.png" alt="Pause button location in TraceViewer main window"><br>
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<p><b>Note:</b> There are also situations where the view is automatically paused.
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These include, for example, triggering an action which will open a dialog.
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When the dialog is closed, the view is then released. </p></li>
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<li>When you are done working with the received traces, you can clear the
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view with the <b>Clear view</b> button.<p><img src="images/clearviewBar.png"
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alt="Clear view button"></p>
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<p>All the data received before clicking this button will be lost.</p></li>
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<div id="footer">Copyright &copy; 2007-2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). All rights reserved.</div>
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