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Can anyone make an example of Ant protocol pcap file? So I understand Ant protocol better (my english isnt best and manuals are really long even tho I read 1-2 files already). There is no public information on Ant like for example on IP/TCP (I know that ip/tcp protocol is far more popular and I am not comparing or anything just information is more accessible).

I am doing a school project and I've been given Ant protocol (my goal is to generate packet that is visible in wireshark) I am stuck already 4 days because google gives only results that are not important.

thanks in advance      

To my best knowledge, Wireshark captures traffic to and from your network adapter (Ethernet, wireless LAN, ...).
ANT+ however uses different devices.
Ok, I see that there seems to be an (outdated??) ANT plugin for Wireshark @ https://github.com/cowboy-coders/wireshark-ant .

However, if your goal is to UNDERSTAND der ANT+ protocol, there's plenty of documentation on http://www.thisisant.com/developer/resources/downloads/ .
If your goal is to trace packet traffic, you can use the software provided in http://www.thisisant.com/developer/resources/downloads/ , which allows you to trace the ANT traffic at the transport layer.

Cheers,
OMB      

If you want to see e.g heart rate ANT+ data, you can i.e use the ANT+ Simulator http://www.thisisant.com/resources/simulant-1/ . On the windows platform you can view traffic from a root hub {n} that has ANT stick attached with USBPcap utility http://desowin.org/usbpcap/index.html and in a command shell with administrator privelege

USBPcapCMD.exe -d \\.\USBPcap{n] -o - | "C:\Program Files\Wireshark\Wireshark.exe" -k -i

to capture live traffic (ANT packets will be in the "Leftover Capture Data"). An HRM ANT+ sensor follows a certain protocol format, but the underlyding ANT protocol configures the channel (channel period, open channel etc.) and set the broadcast to send.