Activating traces

Before you start

Trace activation is a way of generating specific trace data that is relevant for your components. This reduces the amount of traces listed on the TraceViewer user interface. For more information, see Dictionary file and trace activation.

Before you can activate trace components and groups, open the Dictionary file (.xml) that contains the necessary component and group information. See Decoding binary traces with a Dictionary file.

To activate traces:

  1. From the TraceViewer menu, select Trace Activation.

    The Trace activation dialog is displayed, showing the components and groups loaded from the Dictionary file.

  2. (Optional) Activation configurations can be saved and loaded from an XML file. To load a saved activation configuration file:
    1. Select Load Configuration...
    2. Select the correct configuration from the list.
    3. Click OK.

    Tip: To save a configuration after making changes to it, click Save Current.... Then select a file, type the configuration name and click OK. One file can contain several configurations.

  3. To activate components and groups, do any of the following:

    See the following example:

    Trace Activation Dialog

  4. If the connection to a trace source is established, click Send Activation to send the activation message.

The trace groups you selected are activated and traces are received from the device.