Learn how you can use VisualEther to convert Wireshark PCAP files into Sequence Diagrams. This presentation will get you started with VisualEther. You will also learn how fields in messages can be easily mapped to messages and fields in sequence diagrams.

1. Getting Started: Sequence diagrams from Wireshark
Visualize PCAP files by converting them into sequence diagrams.
Wireshark PCAP
Sequence
diagram
Field level details

2. Explore the examples
Convert Wireshark PCAP file into
sequence diagrams in three easy
steps.
1 Click the “Explore
Examples” button and
select the SIP-RTP.pcap file
in the SIP-RTP directory.
2 Click the “Browse” button and
select the SIP-RTP.fxt.xml file.
3 Click to generate
sequence diagram.

3. Explore the generated PDF
sequence diagram
You control full details of the generated
sequence diagrams.
6 Click on messages to see
full field level details…
4 Failure scenarios is being
flagged with a bookmark.
5 User selected fields
are listed as message
parameters.

4. See full message details in a
browser window
All messages are displayed as collapsible lists
that let you navigate the message with ease.
7 Explore the message
contents by expanding
the areas of interest.

5. Choose sequence diagram
context by changing the FXT file
Control the protocols, message and fields you see in
the generated diagrams.
8 Click Edit to customize
the SIP-RTP.fxt.xml file.
9 Add more filters
like the one
shown here.
10 How to select field names?
Turn over to the next slide….

6. Find the field name
Browse a message in Wireshark to
find the field name to be included
in the sequence diagram.
11 Click View to open the
PCAP file in Wireshark.
12 Select the field
that you wish to
include in the
sequence diagram.
13 Get the field name from the
status bar. Enclose the field
names in <opcode> or
<param> tags.

7. Add more document types
Interface documents, regular expression
filtered documents, XML export...
14 Open the generated
Scenario Project in
EventStudio.
15 Click the Add
Documents icon
in EventStudio.
16 Choose between many
more document types.

8. Document gallery
Generate over 15 types of
documents from your PCAP file.
Here are a few examples.
High level
sequence
diagram
XML output
to use with
other tools
Context diagram
focusing on caller
only interactions

9. Quick access to generated
documents
All documents are generated in a single folder.
Click Open Project Folder button to access these
documents.
Open the folder
containing the
generated diagram.

10. Explore the document
generation options
Customize VisualEther. Control the layout and
document details.
Click the Options
button to customize
document generation.
Choose between port
level or IP address
level sequence
diagram axis.

11. IP address and port
level axis
Choose between 3 levels of
detail…
Axis at IP
address
level
Axis at port
level
Axis at IP address
level with port
number display

12. Learn more
We have just scratched the surface of what you
can do with VisualEther+EventStudio.
Click Help to open
the VisualEther User’s
Manual.