Conquest Protocol Analyzer System

The Catalyst Conquest™ USB Protocol Analyzer System provides comprehensive USB analysis features at an extraordinary price point. Designed for easy setup with time-saving features like predefined trigger settings, the Conquest is equally suited for both first-time and advanced users.

The Conquest trace display provides full decoding of the logical USB transfers with expandable headers allowing easy drill-down to the packet layer. Comprehensive USB device level decoding makes it easy to understand transactions occurring at the software level.

Thoroughly field tested, this ultra reliable analyzer platform offers 128MB recording memory which can be extended for long recording sessions with real-time event filtering. Even more important, the ability to trigger on specific events of interest is essential to efficiently debug and test USB devices and software. Hardware based triggering and filtering means there’s no need to compromise with the Conquest series solution.

The Conquest Series leads the industry in affordable tools for comprehensive USB 2.0 test and analysis. Starting with the $1195 standard model, the Conquest platform provides loss-less USB 2.0 event capture with precision that can not be matched by software-based test tools.

The Conquest systems include the Catalyst Trace display which provides both sequential packet views and a logical display of USB Transfers. Using collapsible headers, the Catalyst software groups all packets and transactions that are part of a single transfer. Smart on screen filtering removes redundant events and simplify analysis tasks.

• Protocol error detection
• Hardware event triggering
• Transaction/packet/event search and filter functions
• Payload data report with associated data distribution chart
• Statistics on packets, events, transactions, transfers, errors, and performance
• Quick data pattern search
• Save as text, NRZI, or standard format
• Upper-level protocol decodes and custom protocol editor interface
• Available with 128MB of capture memory

Feature	Conquest Standard	Conquest Advanced	Conquest Pro	Conquest Pro  Exerciser
Low Speed (1.5 Mb/s) and Full Speed (12 Mb/s)	•	•	•	•
High Speed (480 Mb/s)	•	•	•	•
Trace Memory Size	128 MB	128 MB	394 MB	394 MB
Upload to Host via USB 2.0 or LAN	•	•	•	•
Global & Raw Bit View	•	•	•	•
View Hex, Decimal or Binary	•	•	•	•
Search on Errors	•	•	•	•
Search within Data Payload	•	•	•	•
Export Text / ASCII / Binary	•	•	•	•
Snapshot Capture	•	•	•	•
Upper-level USB Class Decodes	•	•	•	•
User-defined Decodes	•	•	•	•
Single-level Event Triggering (Easy mode)	•	•	•	•
Trigger on Protocol Errors	•	•	•	•
Trigger on Setup / In / Out / Data / Ping	•	•	•	•
Statistical Reports		•	•	•
Multi-level Event Triggering (Advanced mode)		•	•	•
Trigger on Split Setup Transaction		•	•	•
Trigger on Split Bulk In/Out Transaction		•	•	•
Trigger on Split Interrupt In/Out Transaction		•	•	•
Trigger on Split Isoch In/Out Transaction		•	•	•
Filter In / Out specific Address / Endpoints		•	•	•
Trigger on Data Pattern and Length			•	•
Trigger on Vbus & Operating Current			•	•
Event Counters			•	•
Event Timers			•	•
Slow-clock Capability			•	•
Auto Run (multiple trace capture)			•	•
Auto detect Speed			•	•
Performance Analyzer (Easy \  Adv. Option)			•	•
OTG Analysis			•	•
Timing Analysis Display			•	•
Real Time statistics & throughput			•	•
DC Compliance measurement			•	•
Exerciser Graphical User Interface (GUI)				•
Traffic Generation / Host emulation				•
Simultaneous Transmit and Record				•
Find Device VID / PID				•
Device emulation				•
OTG Device Emulation				•

Isolating specific protocol events with real time triggering is essential to resolving intermittent problems. With Easy Mode, the Conquest Standard model can trigger on errors or individual PIDs. Alternate approaches - such as spooling large amounts of traffic to disk – result in huge files that are difficult to analyze and debug. Choose the Conquest Advanced model to trigger on a specific sequence of events. This makes it possible to repeatedly capture unique traffic conditions. The standard system can be upgraded to support advanced triggering.

The Conquest Series provides 15 protocol error triggers with auto-detection of an additional 22 (post-capture) protocol errors. Unlike software analysis tools, the ability to identify & pinpoint error conditions as they occur saves debug time. The Conquest system can also be set to ignore specific errors to optimize workflow.

Completely non-intrusive, the Conquest offers timing resolution to 16.67ns. The Conquest trace includes a persistent timing calculator that provides one-click measurements between packets. By default, every trace automatically displays idle time or delta between packets.

Tedious analysis tasks can be simplified by optimizing the display. Post-capture filtering makes it easy to show just the relevant transactions. Other display options include:

• Smart On-Screen filtering to hide redundant events
• Compact View to increase viewing area
• Display data in Hexadecimal, Binary or ASCII
• Hide or unhide columns
• Change colors, fonts and bit order

Comprehensive USB Device class decoding is included in the Advanced Conquest model. Link to complete list. This allows users to see upper-level mapped protocol events within the trace eliminating the tedious process of manually decoding device specific commands.

Captured traffic can be saved to various formats, such as binary, text, and NRZI, as well as in Trace view format. An extensive array of USB class decodes can be user-edited with Conquest’s Advanced Script Language (ASL) editor. The ASL editor can also be used to create custom or proprietary decodes.

For detailed analysis, the Data Report shows transactions in raw binary or hex for a specific range of packets or for a specific USB endpoint device. Payloads can also be displayed in ASCII along with the offsets. This alternate view can be cut, pasted, saved and provides a simple display of raw packet data.

Statistical reports are generated for every trace and summarize protocol events at a glance. These traffic summaries allow users to instantly navigate to individual events including Control Transfers, Errors or NAKs.

The Conquest series provides all the critical analysis features needed to debug complex protocol issues. Search, reports, timing calculations, upper level decodes make Conquest a complete solution for USB test and analysis. If exerciser capability is required, the Conquest includes a trade-up path to the Conquest Pro with exerciser (link) allowing users to integrate a flexible traffic generation capability into the test plan. Now there’s no reason to compromise as the Conquest Series puts comprehensive USB analysis tools within everyone’s reach.

Product Model			Conquest
Basic Functions:
	Protocol(s) Supported		USB 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
	Protocol Analyzer		Yes
	Protocol Exerciser		NA
	Other		N/A
Host HW Requirements			Pentium II or greater, USB 2.0 port
OS Requirements			Windows XP and Vista
Memory Size			128MB
Data Rates Supported			1.2 -480 Mb/s
Recording Channels			One (1) USB 2.0 - low / full / high
Data Bus Interface			Half duplex differential
Form Factor			Enclosed Chassis
Front Panel Connectors			One (1) USB 2.0 recording channels with Std A & B connectors One (1) SMA External Trigger In One (1) External Outputs and Trigger Input Keyed 16-Pin
Front Panel Indicators			LEDs: Power, Trigger,
Front Panel Controls			Manual Trigger
Dimensions:			8.75” W x 2.9H x 10.8”D (22.2 cm x 27.5 cm ”(7.4cm)
Weight			2.7 lbs. (1.7kg)
Power Requirements			90-254 VAC, 47-63 Hz (universal input), 165W maximum
Features
	CATC Trace		No
	Field Upgradeable Analyzer HW		No
	Single state triggering		Yes
	Sequential state triggering		Yes
	Pre-capture filtering		Yes
	Verification Script Engine		No
	Automation API		Yes
	Spool to Disk recording		No
	Real Time displays		No
	On-the-Go (OTG)		No
	Raw Packet view		Yes
Environmental
	Operating Temperature		32 to 131 F
	Non-operating		-20 to 80° C (-4 to 176° F)
	Operating Humidity		10% to 90% RH (non-condensing)