ComCap Getting Started

When the ComCap Tray application is started, it immediately minimises itself to the system tray, usually in the bottom right of the screen. 

If ComCap is currently capturing data, the system tray icon will show a green blob , if capture is stopped it changes to red .

Left or right clicking on the green ComCap icon will open the ComCap Main Capture Window, with a Capture Log window on the left and an Information Log window on the right.

Initial Set-Up

Before any capture may be done, Common must be specified, selected from the Settings. 

In Common Settings, Capture Logging the operating mode should be specified, whether capture is using the Tray or Background Service applications, whether they should auto start when Windows starts and whether the Background Service is to monitored by the Tray application.

In Common Settings, Network,  any network capture TCP Client, TCP Server or UDP Server channels should be created. 

In Common Settings, Serial Ports, and serial RS232 port channels should be created.

In Common Settings, Log Files, the Default Log directory must be specified. 

Once these Common Settings have been specified, the ComCap Main Capture Window will be updated to reflect the Network and Serial Port channels to be captured, and the Settings menu will allow additional Capture Settings to be specified for each capture channel, such as the format of data being captured, whether it should be saved to a database, printed or echoed to other computers, and the frequency of the Capture Log files saved. 

Finally, clicking the Start button in the main ComCap Main Capture Window will start capture.