GL hones PacketScan's trigger/search capabilities

The software automatically starts monitoring traffic using saved triggers and parameters.

-- Test & Measurement World, 2/3/2012 7:00:00 AM

GL Communications has updated its PacketScan VoIP analysis software with triggering and search capabilities to pinpoint calls of interest. The software, which allows real-time capture and monitoring of live IP, VoIP, and IP-based video traffic, now works with GL's VBA (Voice-Band Analyzer) and CDR (Call Data Records) applications to trigger on calls and generate comprehensive call-detail reports, including with audio files.

PacketScan's trigger actions offer the option to save a set of call-detail records for each call. These records contain the signaling, RTP packet statistics, and MOS (Mean Opinion Score) and R-factor scores, as well as the actual recorded audio file of the call.

Audio files are processed using the VBA to measure actual analog voice parameters, such as active speech level, noise level, activity factor, and RMS power. The CDR application compiles the per-call data from PacketScan and VBA to generate call-detail reports for import into an Excel spreadsheet.

In addition, PacketScan can now be configured to automatically start monitoring traffic using previously saved filters, trigger actions, and parameters. This also includes automatically connecting to a remote database through PacketScanWeb, a centralized VoIP network-monitoring system.

GL Communications, www.gl.com/packetscan.html