Bus Analyzers from VMETRO

Bus Analyzers from VMETRO offer unique test and debugging capabilities for development, system integration and manufacturing of computer systems based on popular standard buses such as VME, PCI-X, PCI Express, XMC, AMC, PCI, CompactPCI and PMC.

The latest addition to the Vanguard family of bus analyzers is the Vanguard VME Bus Analyzer & Exerciser, which is a complete solution for VMEbus analysis, exercising and protocol error detection in a VME environment. The Vanguard is a family of VME, PCI Express, XMC, AMC, PCI, PMC and CompactPCI Bus Analyzers, designed for debugging, testing and validation of next-generation PCI-X and PCI boards and systems. The analyzer is able to capture and display all bus activity in PCI-X/PCI based systems up to 133 MHz with powerful trigger and store qualifiers, and offers extensive statistics functions to measure system performance. At the same time, the optional exerciser unit may act as a PCI-X or PCI master or target controlled through the user-interface or with a built-in script capability, for generation of bus traffic and emulation of not yet available devices. Furthermore, the optional Protocol Checker automatically detects 71 PCI-X or 45 PCI protocol errors, and can operate concurrently with the state analyzer, exerciser and other functions. Optional functionality is unlocked via software keys. The unit is controlled via USB or Ethernet from a PC running Windows and VMETRO’s BusView graphical user interface. The Ethernet connection adds a world of possibilities to the bus analyzer tool, by allowing the user to connect to the Vanguard analyzers situated at any location where a network connection can be made.

All our bus analyzers come with BusView, a software package with a Windows-based graphical user interface.