Introduction

## 1 Introduction

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.

### 1.1 Scope and Purpose

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.

### 1.2 Prerequisites

The following prerequisites is required for understanding the material in the Event Tracer (ET) User's Guide:

- familiarity with the Erlang system and Erlang programming in general and the especially the art of Erlang tracing.

The application requires Erlang/OTP release R7B or later.

### 1.3 About This Manual

In addition to this introductory chapter, the Megaco User's Guide contains the following chapters:

- Chapter 2: "Usage" describes the architecture and typical usage of the application.
- Chapter 3: "Examples" gives some usage examples

### 1.4 Where to Find More Information

Refer to the following documentation for more information about Event Tracer (ET) and about the Erlang/OTP development system:

- the Reference Manual of the `Event Tracer (ET)`/p>
- documentation of basic tracing in `erlang:trace/4` and `erlang:trace_pattern/3` and then the utilities derived from these: `dbg`, `observer` and `et`.
- Concurrent Programming in Erlang, 2nd Edition (1996), Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-508301-X.

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