Teledyne Lecroy Frontline SD Quick Start Manual

Quick Start

Guide

Computer System Requirements

Supported Systems

l Operating System: Windows 7/8/10
l USB:USB 2.0 and later

Minimum Requirements

l Processor: Core i5 at 2.7 GHz
l RAM: 4 GB
l Free Hard Disk Space on C: drive: 20 GB

1. Hardware Setup - Part 1

Install Software

l From Download: Download the latest ComProbe installer

from FTE.com. Once downloaded, double-click the
installer and follow the directions.

http://www.fte.com/sd-soft

Once you have installed the software and the device drivers, the next step is to set up the hardware.

Provided with the Frontline SD hardware is one of two Secure Digital (SD) Input/Output (IO) adapters: 1) the standard SD card adapter,
and 2) the micro SD card adapter. Provided with each is a cable that must be connected to the adapter prior to the connecting the
adapter to the Frontline SD hardware. The following tables lists the Frontline SD Hardware pinout, with corresponding cable color-code
and the adapter pinout. In addition the table shows the pin designation for the SD 4-bit and 1-bit high-speed mode and the SPI mode.

Table 1 - SDIO Pinout

Pin SD 4-bit Mode SD 1-bit Mode SPI Mode

1 CD/DAT3 Data Line 3 - - CS Card Select

2 CMD Command Line CMD Command Line DI Data Input

3 VSS1 Ground VSS1 Ground VSS1 Ground

4 VDD Supply Voltage VDD Supply Voltage VDD Supply Voltage

5 CLK Clock CLK Clock SCLK Clock

6 VSS2 Ground VSS2 Ground VSS2 Gound

7 DAT0 Data Line 0 DATA Data Line DO Data Output

8 DAT1 Data Line 1/Interrupt IRQ Interrupt IRQ Interrupt

9 DAT2 Data Line 2/ Read Wait RW Read Wait - -

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Standard SD Adapter and Cable

Micro SD Adapter and Cable

Table 2 - Frontline SD Adapter Wiring List

Frontline

Hardware

GND Black 4/GND 4/GND

CLK Brown 7/CLK 6/CLK

CMD Red 3/CMD 3/CMD

DAT0 Orange 9/D0 7/DAT0

DAT1 Yellow 10/D1 8/DAT1

DAT2 Green 1/D2 1/DAT2

CD Blue 5/CD 2/CD

VDD Purple 6/VCC 5/VCC

* 4-bit mode

Adapter Cable Wire

Color

Blue* 5/D3* -

Standard Adapter

Pin/Label

Micro Adapter

Pin/Label

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Connect Cable to Adapter

1. Refer to the SDIO Pinout table and the Frontline SD Adapter Wiring list for the SD mode and
adapter you will be using.

2. Identify the wire color associated with the pin on the adaper for the appropriate mode.

3. Place the cable wire free end pin over the appropriate pin on the adapter and gently push on
until fully seated.

Connect Frontline SD Hardware

1. Plug the standard SD card adapter with the connectors into the 10 pin slot of the Frontline SD
hardware by matching the color coding on the wires to the label on the hardware .

SD2.0 Hardware Interface

2. On the other side, attach the USB cable to the USB Mini B receptacle ().

SD 2.0 Hardware Interface - Analysis Side Showing USB mini-B Receptacle

That is it for the hardware setup right now. We are not done yet, but after you start the application and make some configurations
settings, you will set up the rest of the hardware then. That comes in Hardware Setup – Part 2. But for now, let's continue to the next
section.

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2. Selecting Data Capture Method

Now that the test devices are on, the SD hardware properly
connected to the PC, the next step is to open the Frontline software.

Open "Frontline (version #)” from the Start menu or from the
Desktop folder (2). The launch wizard will appear:

Double click SD 2.0 to open the Control window.

3. Hardware Settings

The Hardware Settings dialog is used to select a device to sniff/scan. To access the Hardware Settings dialog:

Select Hardware Settings from the Options menu on the Control window
.

Select an SD unit from the drop-down list and click the OK button.

If no SD units are found, the list will be blank. You can also select Refresh

List to make sure the list is up to date.

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4. I/O Settings

The I/O Settings dialog for the Frontline SD unit has three radio buttons which
you use to select the Physical Layer. Generally, you will not change default
settings shown.

The default for Physical Layer Selection is SDIO, which you will use the
majority of the time.

If you know the Physical Layer is a Serial Peripheral Interface, select SPI.

If you are not sure if the Physical Layer is SDIO or SPI, select Autodetect.
The software will attempt to automatically determine the physical layer and
select it for you. Note, however, that Autodetect is not accurate every time.

The default Voltage Level Selection is 3.3 V.

Click on the OK button when you have completed your I/O selections.

5. Start Capture

You might be thinking why I should select Start Capture before the hardware setup
is complete. You select Start Capture first is so that all pre-connection traffic is
captured. If you connect all the hardware before starting capture, you might miss
data.

So, now that the SD hardware is installed, devices
turned on and identified. It's time to sniff the
communication between the devices.

Select Start Capture on the Control window toolbar
or from the Control window Live menu.

6. Hardware Setup - Part 2

You have already seen how to connect the SD card adapter to the Frontline SD hardware and the USB cable to the analysis PC. Now let's
continue with the rest of the hardware setup.

There are two ways to complete the setup. First let's look at what to do if you are using the card that fits in the slot on the IC board.
Then we will identify what to do if you want to wire the Pin Header because you do not want to use the standard SD form factor
connection.

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Device Under Test Connection

1. Insert the Device under Test (DUT), such as a micro SD MMC memory card into the slot on the IC board ().

Device Under Test Connection Setup

2. Insert the other end of the IC board into the SD slot on the test PC ().

Plugging IC Board to the Analysis PC

That is the complete hardware setup if you are using a memory card. It is different if you want to connect directly to the Pin
Header.

Pin Header Connection

In addition to using the standard connection, you can also connect directly to the Pin Header on the IC board. To do that, follow the wire
schematic in , below.

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Pin Header

Once you have made the connections to the Pin Header, you are ready to capture and analyze data. With this method you do not have
to plug the board into the SD slot on the analysis PC.

If you have done everything correctly, you will start capturing data.

For information on analyzing data with Frontline software, please see the Frontline User Manual, in the Documentation folder under
the Frontline <version #> desktop folder.

7. Analyze Data

From the Control window toolbar select the following icons to
view and analyze the captured data.

l

Event Display - for framed data, used to conduct

byte-level analysis.

l

Frame Display - for framed data, used to conduct

protocol-level analysis.

l

Extract Data/Audio - pull out data from various decoded protocols. Once you have extracted the data, you can save them

into different file types, such as text files, graphic files, email files, .mp3 files, and more.

This quick start guide provides sufficient information to begin the data capture. Detailed hardware and software information is

contained in the ComProbe SD User Manual. The manual is available on FTE.com.

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Publish date: 1/17/2017

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