FTS4BT™ Bluetooth® Sniffer v. 3.0 + HS
PC based Bluetooth Protocol Analyzer (NOT distributed in North America & Japan.)
The USB dongle was developed in conjunction with CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) and was the first protocol analyzer for Bluetooth® version 2.1, complementing the R&S Products like R&S PTW60/70 and R&S CMU200.
In addition to the measurements of the physical RF parameters by R&S CMU200 or R&S CBT and the programming capability of protocols by the R&S PTW, Frontline is analysing the application protocols and interoperability of Bluetooth® devices.
The Frontline Bluetooth® protocol analyzer, even though it is also decoding the Baseband, is orientated to the software development of the higher layers. Baseband is of minor importance there, all efforts go to the software application around this chip and that‘s the field of main application and strength of Frontline‘s Bluetooth® protocol analyzer.
For application debugging, FTS4BT is used as a tool to figure out what is going on with the messaging in real time.
FTS4BT is being used also for verification. In difference to the R&S „Qualification and Compliance“ test, „verification“ is more a functional test of a Bluetooth® device. Bluetooth® SIG (Special Interest Group) designates specialized organisations as a BQB (Bluetooth® Qualification Body). In order to qualify a Bluetooth® product (this could be a chip, mobile phone, PDA etc.) the BQB will verify the received documentation (they call this evidence) that shows that the product functions and conforms to the Bluetooth® spec. FTS4BT is used to produce this documentation by capturing the traffic and then prepare the evidence for the BQB.
