WiSens® is a top-quality tool that allows for capture and analysis of real-time ZigBee®  / IEEE 802.15.4 over-the-air data packets. Product developers, working on new and complex wireless standards such as ZigBee , face several difficulties and challenges.

WiSens® Classic simplifies their task with its powerful yet simple GUI, practically abstracting the complexity of ZigBee . This simplicity enables the user to capture, monitor, analyze the over-the-air ZigBee  packets and debug the system, with precision, ease and speed. The decoding and rendering of the captured packets in a descriptive and colorful graphical format on the PC screen allows the user to easily understand the nature of communication in the ZigBee  system under study. Selective field-wise viewing of various packets, filtering options, identification of the nodes by user-applied labeling, "Node-packet graph" snapshot view, viewing the packets in different modes - descriptive WiSens® Classic/raw data display modes, color and black-white-and-Grey printing formats and configuration are some of the smart power-features offered by WiSens® Classic.

WiSens® Classic captures all conversations between devices in a network, communicating in a specified channel, just as you would capture a chat session with a friend. The sentences give way to packets, graphically displayed - and you see the conversation! The packets are captured, displayed and stored sequentially, and can be traced to who spoke what at what time. If there is a glitch, you see it in vivid detail on the screen, making it is easy to diagnose and fix a problem.

The sniffer captures wireless communication packets transmitted between devices conforming to IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee  specifications. The display format of the packets conforms to these specifications. The product comprises hardware and software components. The hardware consists of a radio transceiver with microcontroller as a main component. The entire hardware resides in a USB drive, compactly packaged. The PC or laptop resident software along with documentation is delivered in a CD along with the hardware. The Hardware and Software are quickly installed on desktop or laptop and the sniffer gets operational in a short-while anywhere. To install the software insert the CD supplied along with the packets in your PC or Laptop's CD drive. Follow the instructions to install WiSens®. To install the hardware, just plug-in the USB drive to the USB Port of PC or Laptop. The smart navigational features of WiSens® enables viewing packets of interest at a click of the mouse. The packet of interest can be located from the timeline graph at the bottom pane.

The captured packets are displayed for active viewing during a session or can be archived for later retrieval and study. The sessions captured can be stored as electronic document format for sharing as e-mail attachment or printed to form part of test/commissioning documents for signoff.

Special print feature in WiSens® Classic ensures intelligent splitting of the packets to accommodate it within paper width so as to capture complete details without loss. Oftentimes, this feature is particularly handy for inconveniently long packets.

The user friendly interface improves cost and effort economics in developing and deploying ZigBee  networks, both for stack software and application developments. Besides, WiSens® Classic is an invaluable ally for testing and commissioning professional.

WiSens® Classic supports a host of transceiver and microcontroller hardware from different vendors offering freedom of choice for the user.

Click here to download the product manual for WiSens® Classic and Click here to download the WiSens® Classic demo application (Registration required).

System Requirements for Installation on a PC