The Event Tracer (ET) uses the built-in trace mechanism in Erlang and provides tools for collection and graphical viewing of trace data.
The viewed trace data is normally collected from Erlang trace ports or files.
This manual describes the Event Tracer (ET) appliacation, as a component of the Erlang/Open Telecom Platform development environment. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the Erlang Development Environment, which is described in a separate User's Guide.
The following prerequisites is required for understanding the material in the Event Tracer (ET) User's Guide:
The application requires Erlang/OTP release R7B or later.
In addition to this introductory chapter, the Megaco User's Guide contains the following chapters:
Refer to the following documentation for more information about Event Tracer (ET) and about the Erlang/OTP development system:
Event Tracer (ET)
/p>erlang:trace/4
and
erlang:trace_pattern/3
and then the utilities derived from
these: dbg
, observer
and et
.