Introduction

Program can work with any kind of network interface cards (NIC). Before configuring our software, the following conditions should be executed:

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If your PC has more than one network interface card (NIC) then Advanced TCP/IP Data Logger will display a list of all the IP addresses for each NIC installed in your system so that you can select the IP Address that you want to use. In order for Advanced TCP/IP Data Logger to act as a server, the PC that it is running on must have at least one network interface card with an IP address assigned to it;

•	If Advanced TCP/IP Data Logger will work as a server and your PC receives the IP address dynamically from a DHCP server, then you should ask your network administrator to assign a static IP address to your PC.

How to configure port parameters, you can read in the next chapter "IP settings".

Advanced TCP/IP Data Logger can save data received to a log file(s) without any changes (i.e. create raw binary log files) or write to log files depending on the parser module selected. In the first case you can view the log file with any hex editor and use this data for further analysing and remaking. In the second case you can view data with any text editor. You can find more information about log files in the "Log rotation" chapter.

You can watch data received in the data window (pic.1). The data view is fully customizable. You can watch data received in decimal, hexadecimal or your own format. How to customize data view you can read in the "Data view" chapter and how to customize program view you can read in the "Window view" chapter.

The data received can be exported or transferred to one or more targets. Most simple way is to configure the log file rotation. But it is small part of all features of Advanced TCP/IP Data Logger. Advanced TCP/IP Data Logger has many additional modules (so-called plugins), that are appreciably extending possibilities of the logging software. You can download and install any module supported. Most modules are free of charge for our customers. How to install and configure modules you can read in the "Modules" chapter.

The program and their plugins generates many messages and writes they to the list in the main window (pic.1) and a protocol file, that you can use for administration of the software. You can configure detalization of system messages. More information about it you can read in the "Protocol and errors handling" chapter.

The program can stop data receiving on some old OS, such as Windows 95 and Windows NT after few days of continuous work. You can prevent it with help of the "Auto restart" option (pic.3). Just specify the time of day, when the program should be being restarted.

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