Signals Monitoring Window

This document describes the Signals Monitoring dialog box, which appears when you select Debug or the Play of the compass.

The Signals Monitoring window provides you with a detailed view of ports and signals states during the simulation.The signals and ports are displayed in the same way they were edited in the specification tree. The following topics are discussed:



Simulation

Specification Tree

The Simulation tab displays the tree structure of the block and its instances. Also from this tab, you can:

  • read the value or state of any port or signal
  • force the state of any port or signal
  • plot the value of any port and signal.
Column Description
Name Display the tree structure of the block and its instances.

SFC+ block or instance

Dataflow block or instance

Output port

Input port

Input/Output port

Signal

Reset port of an instance

Activation port of an instance

Commands

Click on the + to expand the structure.

Type Display the data type
Status Display the state of ports and signals

Emitted

Not emitted

Value Display the value of ports and signals
Force Status Click the field to force the emission of the port or signal the next simulation step.
Force Value You can enter the value of the port or signal in this field. This value will be taken into account the next cycle. If the value of the signal or port is computed by the simulation, the Force Value overwrittes the value computed by the simulation.

Note: For Enum types, select the values in the drop-down box. Select blank to cancel the force.

Sustain Click the field to sustain a signal or a port.

Sustain means that the port or signal value is locked to the value of the current cycle and the status is locked to Emitted.

Only the Force Value can change the value of the port/signal when it is sustained.

The status can't be set to Not emitted.

Status Breakpoint Click the field to set a breakpoint on the signal or port emission.

When a breakpoint is set, the simulation is stopped when the signal is emitted.

Comment

Display the comment associated to the port or signal.

Contextual Menu
You can right-click any element of the tree to access the following contextual commands:


Add a new Watchlist tab.

Insert the element inside a Watchlist tab.
For ports or signals, another command is available:


Plot the value of the port or signal during the simulation.

BreakPoint tab

The breakpoint tab gathers all the breakpoints set in the simulation, that is to say, breakpoints set in a SFC editor tab of the Logics Monitoring window or breakpoints set in the Simulation or Watchlist tabs of the Signals Monitoring window.

Contexual Menu of the tab


 Remove all the breakpoints
Contextual menu of ports or signals


Insert the selected element to a new watchlist tab or insert the element in an existing watchlist.

Plot the value of the port or signal during the simulation.

Watchlist (n) tab

WatchLists display a user-defined subset of the application's data.

The data displayed and the commands are the same as the Simulation tab.

Contexual Menu of the tab


Create a new watchlist

Remove all the elements from the watchlist

Delete the current watchlist tab
Contexual menu of any elements

Insert the selected element to a new watchlist tab or insert the element in an existing watchlist.

Remove the element from the watchlist
Contexual menu of ports and signals


Add a new Watchlist tab or insert the element in an existing watchlist.

Plot the value of the port or signal during the simulation.