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Chapter 9: Using the External State Analyzer
Configuring the External Analyzer
To specify the external analyzer mode
1 Enter the modify configuration command.
2 Answer "yes" to the "Modify external analyzer configuration?" question.
3 Answer "yes" to the "Should emulation control the external bits?" question.
4 Answer the "External analyzer mode?" question.
The default configuration selects the "emulation" external analyzer mode. In this
mode, you have 16 external trace signals on which data is captured synchronously
with the emulation clock.
The external analyzer may also operate as an independent state analyzer, or it may
operate as an independent timing analyzer if a host computer interface program is
used.
Answer "emulation" to select the emulation mode. In this mode, the external
analyzer becomes an extension of the emulation analyzer. In other words, they
operate as one analyzer. The external bits are clocked with the emulation clock.
External labels may be used in trace commands to qualify trigger, storage, prestore,
or count states. External labels may be viewed in the trace display.
Answer "state" to select the independent state mode of the external analyzer. The
external bits are not available for use from the emulation interface. You can,
however, use pod commands to control the external state analyzer in its
independent mode.
Answer "timing" to select the timing mode of the external analyzer. The external
bits are not available for use from the emulation interface. Because the pod
commands for the timing analyzer dump information in binary format, you will
need to use Timing Analyzer Interface, or other interface program, to capture the
timing analyzer data.
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