User manual

UM0036 Simulator features
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1. Click on an item to select it.
2. Click on Add Item, or double-click on the item that you want to add.
The item is added to the Selected Item field. Items are listed in alphabetical order. To
delete items, select an item or multiple items (use the SHIFT or CTRL keys) and click
on Del Item, or drag the item(s) back to the Selectable Items field using your mouse.
3. Specify the treatment for unknown data types (Signed or Unsigned) by clicking on the
appropriate radio button.
Your selection is applied to all unknown data types.
4. Click on OK, to confirm the list of items for plotting.
The items that you have selected for plotting are saved when you save your workspace, and
restored when you open the workspace.
The value changes for the items that you have selected are plotted in the Plotter window
when you run the simulation. The different commands that allow you to execute your
application during simulation have different effects on your plot:
● Run – restarts the application from initialization and the plot is also restarted. Any
plotted information from a previous simulation is lost.
● Restart – starts your application from the initialization. Any plotted information from a
previous simulation is lost.
● Continue – allows you to continue application execution, after a breakpoint for
example, and the information plotted prior to the breakpoint is retained in the display.
● Stepping commands – the plot continues with each step. The plotted information for
preceding steps is retained in the display.
● Chip reset– resets the application but does not execute code. The plot is reset, plotted
information from the previous simulation is lost.
See Exporting and importing plotted items on page 218 for information about saving and
reloading the plotted information for a given simulation.
Go to Plotter window for more information about viewing, navigating and modifying the plot.
6.3.2 Plotter window
To open the Plotter window, select View>Plotter. While your simulation runs, the Plotter
window graphically represents the evolution of values for the items that you have selected in
the Plotter selection window against the application run time.