User`s manual

1-12 Suite56 DSP Tools User’s Manual Motorola
Hardware Debugger: ADS
1.5.1 User Interfaces to the Debugger
The Suite56 debugger offers a graphic user interface with windows, menus, and online
help for interactive debugging, as in Figure 1-9 on page 1-13. There are several ways of
starting the Suite56 hardware debugger. For example, if you are working on an NT
platform and want to run the hardware debugger for the DSP56300 family, you 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 Hardware Debugger
.
•FromyourStart menu, choose Run; then type gds56300 in the prompt window.
For customers who prefer command-line control, the Suite56 debugger offers a text-based
interface as well, invoked interactively through a console window or in batch mode
through a command file. For example, to run the text-based, command-line interface of
the hardware debugger for the DSP56300 family, you type the command
ads56300 at
your operating system prompt.
The Motorola DSP ADS User’s Manual documents options available for both interfaces of
the debugger. Through those options, you can customize your development environment,
as we suggest in Section 3.1, "Initializing a Debugging Environment," on page 3-1.
1.5.2 Online Help for the Debugger
There is online help for each command and for each register through the Suite56 ADS
debugger. In the graphic user interface, of course, online help is available from the Help
menu on the menubar of the main window, as in Figure 1-9.