USBTrace : Release Notes

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Wireless USB Host Wire Adapter (HWA) Class Decoder Released

April 2, 2008 : Released WUSB HWA class decoder plugin.

Some of the very first Wireless USB (WUSB) enabled devices have started to appear in the market recently. The exiting systems (desktops, laptops) can be enabled to support WUSB using devices named as Host Wire Adapters. Device class decoder for Wireless USB Host Wire Adapter (WUSB HWA) class has been released. More details here.

Vendor Specific Class Decoder Released

April 2, 2008 : Released vendor specific class decoder plugin.

Now you can capture, analyze & decode your USB devices which belong to the vendor specific device class (Class Code: 0xFF) using USBTrace. You need to download the vendor class decoder plugin DLL and write your own device specific decoder DLL for this purpose. More details here.

USBTrace V2.1.0 Released

March 11, 2008 : USBTrace V2.1.0 is out and available for download.

The new features introduced in this release are:

  • Added performance monitoring module.
  • Enhanced Export Utility with feature to export captured data to CSV file format.

The Performance Statistics feature allows users to extract a lot of performance related information from the captured data after each capture session. The Performance Statistics Window displays the following information for Control, Bulk, Interrupt & Isochronous transfers:

  • Data transferred to device (Write)
  • Data transferred from device (Read)
  • Passed/Failed USB request count
  • Average Read/Write data transfer rate
  • Maximum Read/Write data transfer rate

Read/Write data transfer rate graphs (v/s packet count) is also displayed.

The Export Utility had been updated. Captured data can now be exported to CSV (Comma Separated Values) format. The advantage of exporting data to CSV is that, users can open the exported data using Microsoft Excel (or any other spreadsheet application) and process the data in a variety of ways.

USBTrace V2.0.2 Released

Feb 1, 2008 : USBTrace V2.0.2 is available for download.

The new features are:

  • Added device class decoder (USB Video Class).
  • Enhanced Search & Filter windows.
  • Added 'Buffer Snippet' column in captured request view.

The Video class decoder can decode USB Video class (both version 1.0 & 1.1) specific requests. Both video control (VC) and video streaming (VS) interfaces are supported. USBTrace class decoders are available for download here.

Search and Filter operations can now be performed based on the Status (Success or Error), Direction (IN or OUT) or Data (With or Without Data) associated with captured requests.

USBTrace V2.0 Released

Aug 8, 2007 : USBTrace V2.0 is now available for download.

The new features are:

  • Added Still Image Capture device class decoder. (Updated on Nov 23, 2007)
  • Added Mass Storage & Bluetooth class decoders. (Updated on Oct 4, 2007)
  • Added device class decoding (Hub, HID classes).
  • Logging performance improved.
  • Option to send error report directly from the application.
  • Buffer length of each request is shown in log view.
  • Added feature to export buffer contents as a binary file.
  • Minor fixes in application and driver.

USBTrace now supports device class decoding. The device classes currently supported are HID and Hub classes. Support for more classes will be added in the next release(s). The GUI has been updated & logging performance has been improved.

USBTrace V1.3.1 Released

Nov 12, 2006 : USBTrace V1.3.1 is now available for download.

The new features are:

  • Windows Vista support added.
  • Color codes added for requests based on their status.
  • More details added for information corresponding to device tree items.
  • Capture driver made more stable.
  • Minor bug fixes in the application.

USBTrace now supports Windows Vista. Logged USB requests are given color codes so that their state (Success, Failed, Pending, IN, OUT) can be easily judged. Additional details (Hardware id, Setup class, class guid, PDO name, Symbolic link name) added for information corresponding to USB device tree items. After analyzing the error reports received from beta testers, the application and capture driver were made more stable.

USBTrace V1.3.0 Released

Feb 23, 2006 : USBTrace V1.3.0 is now available for download.

The new features are:

  • Export Utility to export log as HTML/XML/TEXT
  • Background capturing for high performance capture sessions.
  • Continuous capturing for non stop analysis.
  • Trigger to stop capture at predefined conditions.

USBTrace V1.2 Released

Nov 21, 2005 : USBTrace V1.2 is now available for download. Smart tool tips are provided to display information of captured requests. This allows you to 'quick preview' the captured requests without clicking on each of them separately. Please see the release notes to know more!.

USBTrace V1.1

Oct 1, 2005 : The latest build of USBTrace V1.1 is now available for download. It contains minor bug fixes and an enhanced user interface. The program startup has been made faster. It also contains an automated error reporting module, which is capable of sending application error log to SysNucleus in case of serious errors.

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SysNucleus releases USBTrace

July 14, 2005 : USBTrace is an easy to use and powerful software analyzer for the USB bus and the devices connected to it. USBTrace can monitor USB transactions happening at USB host controllers, hubs or devices. USBTrace is a 100% software product. It is especially suited for inspecting host side USB protocol. USBTrace supports Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server operating systems. USBTrace is a non intrusive analyzer since it does not use any filter drivers to monitor USB bus activity. For the same reason USBTrace does not disturb the PNP system and is capable of logging all USB transactions during device enumeration and removal.

USBTrace supports Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems and works with USB 1.x and 2.0 Host Controllers, Hubs and Devices. USBTrace is a non intrusive bus analyzer. It does not use any filter drivers to capture USB transactions. Hence USBTrace does not disturb the PNP system.

Other features include automatic capturing for hot plugged devices, search and filtering functions on the captured information and easy saving of captured information as logs for storage and later viewing.