User`s manual

1-8 Suite56 DSP Tools User’s Manual Motorola
Simulators
1.4.2 User Interfaces to the Simulator
The Suite56 simulator offers a graphic user interface with windows, menus, and online
help, as in Figure 1-6 on page 1-8. There are several ways of starting the Suite56
simulator. For example, if you are working on an NT platform and want to run the
simulator for the DSP56300 family, use one of the following alternatives:
• Double-click its shortcut icon on your desktop.
•FromyourStart menu, choose Programs; then choose Motorola DSP Software
Development Tools, and then choose DSP56300 Simulator
.
•FromyourStart menu, choose Run; then type gui56300 in the prompt window.
Figure 1-6. Graphic User Interface of the Simulator
Suite56 simulators offer a text-based interface as well; it can be invoked interactively
through a console window or in batch mode through a command file. For example, to run
this interface of the simulator for the DSP56300 family, type the command
sim56300 at a
command prompt of your operating system. Figure 1-7 on page 1-10 shows the text-based,
command-line interface of the simulator.
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