64BTTracer Protocol Analyzer User’s ManualCATC Version 1.0• General• Modes• Events• Actions7.1 Recording Options - GeneralThe General tab is displayed by default when the Recording Options dialogbox is oppened. It is shown in the previous illustration. The General tabdisplay four boxes marked Recording Type, Buffer Size, Trigger Position,and Options.Recording typeThe Recording Type box presents three options thatallow you to set how BTTracer begins and ends arecording. The options are: Snapshot, Manual Trigger,and Event Trigger.SnapshotA Snapshot is a fixed-length recording whose size is determined by the"Buffer Size" box in the Recording Options dialog or by a manual click ofthe Stop button. Recording begins by clicking on the Tool Bar and endswhen either the selected buffer size is filled or you press the Stop button.Manual TriggerA Manual Trigger recording is a one that is manually begun and ended.Recording is begun by pressing on the Tool Bar. Recording continuesin a circular manner within the limits set by the buffer size. Recording endswhen is clicked on the Tool Bar or the Trigger button is pressed on theanalyzer's front panel. If you press the Trigger button, recording willcontinue until the post-trigger memory has been filled.Event TriggerAn Event Trigger recording is one that uses an event trigger to end therecording. Before recording begins, you define the event trigger in theTrigger Options dialog box. You begin the recording by clicking onthe Tool Bar. Recording continues in a circular manner within the limits setby the buffer size. Once the trigger event occurs, some post-triggerrecording occurs, then the recording ends.Note In this mode, the recording can be stopped manually in the same way as for"manual trigger" mode.