Monitor network traffic

If you don't have WireShark installed on you machine you can use the SupportTool Plugin.

• Stop the BMS Server and go to BMS Studio / Extensions / Manager / Start extension manager... 
• Select the SupportTool and install it.
• Run the WinPcap installer placed in:
  • For NETx BMS Platform: C:\Program Files (x86)\NETxAutomation\BMS Platform\Core\Setup
  • For NETx Multi Protocol Server: C:\Program Files (x86)\NETxAutomation\Multi Protocol Server\Core\Setup
  • For NETx BMS Server 2.0: C:\Program Files (x86)\NETxAutomation\NETx.BMS.Server.2.0\Setup
• Start the server: In the item tree you will find the branch NETx\Module\SupportTools\NetworkSniffer

• The Filter item contains the Wireshark capture filter and should be set as as follows:

  Monitoring target	Filter
  KNX	udp port 3671
  BACnet	udp port 47808
  Modbus	tcp port 502
  Opera / Fidelio	tcp port 5005

  For more information about the filtering syntax, please take a look at the pcap website.

  Please note that the port numbers in the examples are default values and they need to be changed according to your actual configuration.

• Set the respective network card item to 1, and network dumping starts.
  
• To stop dumping packets, set the respective network card item to 0.

The dump files are placed in the LogFiles folder of your workspace and are named xio.SupportTools.Dump.*.pcap

Article applies to the following products

• NETx BMS Platform
• NETx Multi Protocol Server
• NETx BMS Server 2.0