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Sodera: Record—Begin Capture

When starting a capture session

  • the active status of all devices is cleared in the Wireless Devices and Wired Devices panes ,
  • the Security pane is emptied, and
  • the Event Log pane retains all prior logged events.
Record data

On the Capture Toolbar, click on the Record button, or select Record from the Capture menu option. When the Record button changes to Recording, Sodera hardware is capturing data from all active Bluetooth devices within range and is recording data on the PC.

Recording data, click to stop

On the Capture Toolbar, clicking on the Recording button, or selecting Recording from the Capture menu options will halt live capture.

The Wireless Devices and Wired Devices pane populates with any newly discovered devices. Selecting devices for analysis can be done while recording.

Note: The Capture Toolbar Analyze button will be grayed out until some wireless devices have been selected for analysis.

The Security pane will show all encrypted Bluetooth links.

The Event Log pane will begin to populate with information, warnings, and error messages.

The Status Bar will show a running total of captured packets.

Note: Starting a new capture session will clear all unsaved data from both the Sodera hardware and the Frontline software. If it has not been saved, then a pop-up warning message will appear.