Frontline X500e Wireless Protocol Analyzer

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Overview

Key Features

The Right Tool for EVERY Job

Spectrum Analysis

Wireless Protocol Suite

Overview

Building upon the success of its predecessor, the Frontline X500, the X500e is a comprehensive one-box solution that seamlessly captures and correlates data from a wide range of wireless communication technologies including Wi-Fi 7. It gives instant visibility into over-the-air traffic, enabling rapid identification and resolution of performance and coexistence issues due to Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 802.15.4 all coexisting in the 2.4 GHz ISM band.

Key Features

  • High-performance Protocol Test Solution
  • Two (2) independent Bluetooth radios for superior capture performance
  • One-Box solution for simultaneous time-correlated capture of Bluetooth (BR/EDR) and Low Energy, 802.11be, 802.15.4, and wired technologies
  • Unrivalled Wi-Fi coverage for IEEE 802.11be 2x2 MU-MIMO (Wi-Fi 7), including simultaneous captures on two channels
  • Early access support for Bluetooth Channel Sounding, including live channel violation detection
  • Support for low-rate wireless personal area network (LR-WPAN) like Matter and Thread protocol
  • Logic Analysis via highly user-configurable PODs supports up to 24 channels via 3x 8-channel PODs
  • Capture and decode of HCI USB, HCI SPI, HCI UART (H4/H5/BCSP and WCI-2), and Audio I2S
  • Live or post-capture decryption and analysis
  • Raw RF spectrum view helps identify potential RF conflicts in the 2.4 GHz ISM band
  • Excursion mode allows for one-button PC-free captures
  • Host communication over Ethernet for remote captures
  • Integration into automation setup using extensive APIs
  • Latest decodes for protocols and profiles and much more

The Right Tool for EVERY Job

The Frontline X500e Wireless Protocol Analyzer is the most versatile wireless analysis tool in the industry, boasting support not just for all released and upcoming Bluetooth BR/EDR and Low Energy specifications, but for 802.15.4-based protocols like Matter and Thread, and all of the latest Wi-Fi technologies including Wi-Fi 7, which extends Wi-Fi technology into the 6GHz ISM band.

With RF spectrum analysis, mesh analysis, support for 24 channel logic analysis and Bluetooth antenna-diversity capability, the X500e is truly the right tool for EVERY wireless analysis job. The Frontline X500e comes equipped with Excursion Mode, which allows the user to capture everything in the air at the push of a button, without any PC attached. The system also supports time-correlated operation and capture with other Teledyne LeCroy Protocol Analyzer industry leading tools, using the proprietary CATC Sync connectivity and CrossSync Software.

The integrated Bluetooth Audio Expert System is the first and only analysis tool on the market to combine audio analysis with Bluetooth protocol analysis, allowing developers to quickly pinpoint the root cause of a wide array of Bluetooth protocol-related audio problems in various applications, including latest Bluetooth LE Audio and Bluetooth Auracast for broadcast audio.

Spectrum Analysis

The Frontline X500e Spectrum Analysis feature provides an RF heat map of the entire 2.4GHz ISM Band in Wireless Protocol Suite software. This enables the user to view time-synced captured wireless packets overlaid on top of the captured RF energy within the test environment. Signal strength (RSSI) is displayed when the user hovers over captured RF energy. With this data you can see how multiple technologies coexist in the Coexistence view.

The Spectrum Analysis feature and Coexistence view enables the user to identify RF interference and understand how their wireless devices operate effectively in the crowded 2.4GHz ISM band.

Wireless Protocol Suite

Teledyne LeCroy’s Wireless Protocol Suite combines Frontline’s decades of protocol analysis experience and up-to-the moment spec support with a streamlined interface, bringing all analysis tools into a single dockable framework that can be customized to your own preferred way of working and evaluating information. When paired with Teledyne LeCroy’s uniquely portable and configurable family of wireless protocol analyzers, the Wireless Protocol Suite delivers a world class software experience to anyone working with technologies that utilize the 2.4GHz ISM band.

Dockable Panes and Analysis Tools

wireless protocol suite software screenshot
  • Summary Pane
  • Packet Decode
  • Raw Data Pane
  • Coexistence View
  • Timing Analysis
  • Throughput/Utilization
  • Packet Error Rate
  • BR/EDR and LE Timeline View
  • Stats Pane
  • Message Sequence Charts
  • Bluetooth Audio Expert System

Learn more about the Wireless Protocol Suite software and how it can help you work more efficiently as you design, develop, and troubleshoot your devices.

Resources

Name
Frontline X500e Wireless Protocol Analyzer Datasheet

Datasheet
Wireless Protocol Suite Hardware and Software User Manual

Product Manual
Automation Server Protocol - Programmer's Guide

Product Manual
Frontline X500e Protocol Analyzer Quick Start Guide

Product Manual
Frontline X500 Battery Installation Guide

Product Manual
Product Comparison
Bluetooth BR/EDR (5.4)
Bluetooth LE (5.4)
Bluetooth LE Audio / ISOC Support
Bluetooth LE (Draft Specs, Channel Sounding)
Bluetooth Dual-Mode
Wi-Fi 1-4 (802.11a/b/g/n)
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Wi-Fi 6/6E (802.11ax)
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
802.15.4 (Thread and Matter)
High-performance RF Capture Circuits
2x Independent Radios
Automatic Gain Control
Co-Existence View - time stamped
Spectrum analysis
Audio Expert System (AES)
Excursion mode: Captures without PC
Wired Logic analysis Channels
Wired HCI UART, USB, SPI, Audio I2S Capture and Analysis
Trigger In/Out
Single Capture Trace for Off-the-air, HCI, Logic traffic
Operation with BT-SIG Recognized BLE Conformance Tester
Time-correlated analysis with other Test Tools (using CrossSync)
Capture over Ethernet
USB Bus Powered
Battery Powered
Frontline Sodera
 
*
 
 
 
 
 
1 Radio
 
*
4
no SPI, I2S
Works with Harmony
 
 
 
Frontline X240
3 x 3
3 x 3
 
 
1 Radio
**
16
no USB
Works with Harmony
Frontline X500
4 x 4
4 x 4
2 x 2
 
2 Radios
24
Works with Harmony
 
Frontline X500e
4 x 4
4 x 4
2 x 2
2 x 2
2 Radios
24
Works with Harmony
 

* Required connection to Frontline 802.11 Protocol Analyzer via Probesync cable
** Requires multiple X240s via Sync cable

Power Requirements

Power Supply: AC-DC Desktop adapter-15V 6A Optional X500e Battery Pack

Dimensions and Weight

278 x 242 x 45 mm (11" x 9.5" x 1.77") 2.3kg (5 lbs

Host Machine Minimum Requirements

Windows 10, 11

Connector Type

USB-C Ethernet (10, 100, 1000 Mbps)

Sensitivity

-90dBm to +10 dBm

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