The main purpose of the SmartViewer is to read and visualize MPSL files, created by Smart Sniffer. Such a model of separated record and view was choosen because of couple reasons:
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Historical Licensing – Smart Sniffer could not be freely shared in team before, but Viewer could.
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System stability and security – Smart Sniffer uses low-level hardware access and may crush system also it requires administrative privileges. Having separated Viewer you can always continue your work even if you have no administrative access to PC.
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System resource – total amount of recorded data may be too huge and loading into view may take time and memory. It is dangerous while low-level access is in progress, but it is safe when your are separated from it.
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Updating – it is easier to keep working separated programs while it is shared in team.
- Researching – SmartViewer can be used as complex automated I/O terminal and research station based on LUA scripting.
SmartViewer can be used for other tasks as well. It is able to load and run LUA scripts with optional custom UI. So it can do almost anything, for example, it can act like game or web browser or just find all pictures inside recorded log and display it to you.