Frontline Test Equipment, Inc is a communication trouble-shooting software company based in

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, USA. Founded in 1985, Frontline became an employee-owned company in 2009. On April 7, 2016,

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announced it had acquired Frontline Test Equipment. Frontline is also notable for RS-

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/ 422/ 485 protocol analyzers.

Products

When a new communication technology or product is being developed, hardware and software engineers rely heavily on

protocol analyzer A protocol analyzer is a tool (hardware or software) used to capture and analyze signals and data traffic over a communication channel. Such a channel varies from a local computer bus to a satellite link, that provides a means of communication usi ...

s, also known as sniffers or

bus analyzer A bus analyzer is a type of a protocol analysis tool, used for capturing and analyzing communication data across a specific interface bus, usually embedded in a hardware system. The bus analyzer functionality helps design, test and validation eng ...

s to identify problems and speed the development process. Frontline provides PC-based protocol analyzers for developers and industrial applications. In the past 25 years, Frontline has released several protocol analyzers. Their currently listed products are: * ComProbe BPA 600 Dual Mode Bluetooth Protocol Analyzer for Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy technology * ComProbe BPA low energy Analyzer - an affordable, low energy only Bluetooth analyzer. * ComProbe 802.11 Analyzer, * Frontline

Bluetooth Low Energy Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE, colloquially BLE, formerly marketed as Bluetooth Smart) is a wireless personal area network technology designed and marketed by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Bluetooth SIG) aimed at novel applications in ...

Protocol Analyzer, * CRT4BT, Codenomicon Robustness Tester for Bluetooth * FTS4USB USB Protocol Analyzer, * Serialtest, * NetDecoder for

ControlNet ControlNet is an open industrial network protocol for industrial automation applications, also known as a fieldbus. ControlNet was earlier supported by ControlNet International, but in 2008 support and management of ControlNet was transferred to ...

and numerous additional industrial protocols and buses, and * Ethertest.

References

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External links

Frontline Test Equipment Official Website
Bluetooth Serial buses Employee-owned companies of the United States Companies established in 1985 Test equipment vendors 1985 establishments in Virginia