BACnet MS/TP Capture Tool This tool captures BACnet MS/TP packets on an RS485 serial interface, and saves the packets to a file in Wireshark PCAP format for the BACnet MS/TP dissector to read. The filename has a date and time code in it, and will contain up to 65535 packets. A new file will be created at each 65535 packet interval. The tool can be stopped by using Control-C. Wireshark is a protocol anaylzyer that can be downloaded from wireshark.org. Wireshark can open and view the files that are created from mstpcap. Wireshark can also open a named pipe, and msptcap can send the capture data to the named pipe for realtime viewing, while saving the capture data to a file. See Named Pipe Usage below. Here is a sample of the tool running (use CTRL-C to quit). D:\code\bacnet-stack\bin>mstpcap COM3 38400 Adjusted interface name to \\.\COM3 mstpcap: Using \\.\COM3 for capture at 38400 bps. mstpcap: saving capture to mstp_20090729123548.cap 1400 packets MAC MaxMstr Tokens Retries Treply Tusage Trpfm Tder Tpostpd 0 0 525 0 32 0 0 0 0 1 127 525 0 16 79 0 0 0 Statistics ---------- The BACnet MS/TP capture tool also includes statistics which are listed for any MAC addresses found passing a token, or any MAC address replying to a DER message. The statistics are emitted when Control-C is pressed, or when 65535 packets are captured and the new file is created. The statistics are cleared when the new file is created. MaxMstr = highest destination MAC address during PFM Tokens = number of tokens transmitted by this MAC address. Retries = number of second tokens sent to this MAC address. Treply = maximum number of milliseconds it took to reply with a token after receiving a token. Treply is required to be less than 25ms (but the mstpcap tool may not have that good of resolution on Windows). Tusage = the maximum number of milliseconds the device waits for a ReplyToPollForMaster or Token retry. Tusage is required to be between 20ms and 100ms. Trpfm = maximum number of milliseconds to respond to PFM with RPFM. It is required to be less than 25ms. Tder = maximum number of milliseconds that a device takes to respond to a DataExpectingReply request. Tder is required to be less than 250ms. Tpostpd = maximum number of milliseconds to respond to DataExpectingReply request with ReplyPostponed. Tpostpd is required to be less than 250ms. Note that the mstpcap tool may not have that good of resolution on Windows, so timing under 50ms may not be accurate. Name Pipe Usage --------------- 1. Launch the mstpcap with all command line options, include the named pipe. On Linux, the named pipe can be any file. On Windows the named pipe must be located in a specific directory \\.\pipe\wireshark D:\code\bacnet-stack\bin>mstpcap COM3 38400 \\.\pipe\wireshark 2. Run Wireshark. Select "Capture" -> "Options" -> "Interface". Copy the pipe name from the command console (i.e. Mark) and paste it into the Interface box. Select "Start" to begin the live capture. Note that the capture cannot be restarted from Wireshark, but must be restarted from the command line each time you want to capture. Non-Standard Baud Rates ----------------------- If your serial adapter supports non-standard baud rates by using aliasing, you can pass the aliased buad rate as the baud rate parameter. 76800 is a non-standard baud rate, and is not enumerated on Windows Computers.