Frontline NetDecoder™
Industrial Communication Analyzer
Clarity from Complexity
When something goes wrong with your industrial network, spending time and resources
trying to diagnose and resolve the problem is very costly.
With NetDecoder, you can learn about impending problems before they
occur. It’s an intuitive, passive network monitor and trouble-
shooting tool that offers high level views of your network activity
and helps you understand your communications trafc.
In an environment that demands deterministic control and information
exchange, having the right tool to help you understand your network activity is
absolutely critical. And that is just what NetDecoder delivers for a broad range of serial,
Ethernet and industrial protocols and buses.
NetDecoder
NetDecoder is a passive and easy-to-use network
monitor that helps less-skilled troubleshooters
understand what is happening on their
communications networks. The Dashboard View,
Network View Network View, Statistics Display and
Frame Display are intuitive, easy to read, and quickly
provide a wealth of information about the network.
Although NetDecoder is simple to work with, it does
provide a level of sophisticated and detailed information demanded by today’s network
specialist.
Use the same tool Rockwell
Automation Network Services
engineers use globally.
Product Highlights:
• PC-based Industrial Communications
analyzer
• Supports serial, Ethernet & industrial buses
Serial
• DF1/PCCC • IEC 60870-5-101
• Modbus RTU • IEC 60870-5-103
• Modbus ASCII • BSAP Bristol Babcock
• DNP3 • ABB COMLI
• BACNet • Emerson ROC
• IEC-60870-5-102 • Saia-Burgess S-Bus
• CC-Link
Ethernet
• Modbus/TCP • IEC 60870-5-104
• PROFINET • CC-Link IE
• DNP3
• EtherNet/IP (includes CIP and PCCC)
• Allen-Bradley CSP/PCCC
Industrial
• DeviceNet • CAN 2.0 A
• ControlNet
• Allen-Bradley DH-485
• Allen-Bradley Data Highway Plus
Suggested Uses:
• Check network health before adding a new
device or changing a conguration
• Diagnose device communication problems
• Survey and benchmark existing networks
to track network performance over time
• Commission new networks and network
expansions
NetDecoder is a must for
• SCADA Engineers
• System Integrators
• Network Engineers
• Maintenance Engineers
• Field Service Personnel
Ethernet Protocols
Allen-Bradley / Rockwell
Industrial Bus Protocols
Allen-Bradley / Rockwell
Industrial Bus Protocols
Ethernet Protocols
NetDecoder’s Node Statistics
Network View enables you to see statistics on specic nodes including communcations
trafc details and node information for active nodes on the monitored side of the switch.
Individual Active Node Information
• Packets Transmitted and Received
• Bytes Transmitted and Received
• DNS Names
• Nodes In and Out
• Utilization Information
• Broadcast Information
• IP Address and MAC Address
• Named MAC Address
• NetBios Name
• Assigned User Friendly Names for Each Node
Serial ProtocolsSerial Protocols
NetDecoder™
Industrial Communication Analyzer
Key Features
• Captures, decodes, timestamps, lters and displays data, and detects protocol errors (indicated
in red) simultaneously, all live and in real-time.
• Data is also displayed in binary, octal, hex, and ASCII.
• Familiar tree (Explorer style) protocol decode display with single-click protocol ltering.
• Session notes and annotated bookmarks allow for quick identication of questionable messages.
• Log data to single or multiple les.
Together with our comprehensive line of USB hardware interfaces, Frontline’s NetDecoder protocol
analyzer monitors and provides detailed timing, data, and messaging information for a wide range
of communications protocols.
Benets
• Reduce downtime and increase uptime
• Improve network performance
• Improve network security
• Improve network maintenance
• Perform faster and more efcient network
installations
• Rapidly develop industrial control and
SCADA network products
• Perform better in Conformance testing of
your network products
Partial User List
• Rockwell Automation
• Sunoco Logistics
• General Motors
• ExxonMobil
• Northrup Grumman
• Weyerhaeuser
• DTE Energy
• Cooper Power Systems
• Duke Energy
• Enbridge
PC System Requirements
• Pentium 1 GHz or faster
• Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 (32-bit & 64-bit)
• RAM: 1 GB minimum, 2 GB recommended
• 50 MB free hard disk space
• One USB 2.0 Port
• Industrial buses require additional
hardware
For more information, or to
request an evaluation:
fte.com/NetDecoder
Message Summary
Message Stream
See actual
command
and reply
data.
The Network View
displays the nodes
on the network from
the point of view
of the network tap.
Includes byte and
packet statistics.
To order or for more informaon:
www.e.com
frontline_onlinesales@teledyne.com
1.800.359.8570 US & Canada
+1.434.984.4500
Fax: 434.984.4505
© Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Serialtest, NetDecoder and Ethertest are trademarks and Frontline is registered trademark. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG,
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