Windows Camera Tracing

Prerequisites

• Download the Trace package as a zip file: https://github.com/Microsoft/busiotools/archive/master.zip and unpack it.
  • Camera trace scripts are located in camera/Tracing subfolder

How to collect traces

NOTE: Please follow Desktop case guidance below if not specifically asked or need to use some of the other scenarios.

Desktop:

• Launch elevated powershell, run Trace.ps1.
  • If encountering problems to execute the powershell script, first run Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force from the elevated powershell.
• Run your scenario when told.
• Press Enter and wait for the script to complete.
• The folder containing the traces will pop up.

Desktop, reboot scenario

• Launch elevated powershell, run Trace.ps1 -StartBootTrace.
  • If encountering problems to execute the powershell script, first run Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force from the elevated powershell.
• The script will print the trace stop command after your reboot scenario is completed Trace.ps1 -stopbootTrace <generated trace folder path in Temp> NOTE you may want to save this to temp text file for easier usage after reboot.
• Restart the Windows and run your scenario that required reboot
• Launch elevated powershell and stop the trace with the previously provided command.

Camera performance trace scenario

• Launch elevated powershell, run Trace.ps1 -Scenario Camera-Perf.
  • If encountering problems to execute the powershell script, first run Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force from the elevated powershell.

Tshell connected device:

• Launch tshell and establish connection to device
• run Trace.ps1
• Run your scenario when told on a different tshell console
• Press enter and wait for script to complete
• The folder containing the traces will pop up.

Email traces:

Zip files (Right click > Send to > Compressed folder) and send.

View the resulting WPP traces with TraceView, available in the Windows SDK. Click here to download the Trace package as a zip file: https://github.com/Microsoft/busiotools/archive/master.zip