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PROwave: Viewing an arbitrary set of signals as a bus in the waveform window


Record #183

Product Family: Software

Product Line: ViewLogic

Product Part: PROwave

Problem Title:
PROwave: Viewing an arbitrary set of signals as a bus in the waveform window


Problem Description:
Vectors must be made in PROsim for all busses and sets of arbitrary signals
that you would like to view as busses in PROwave.


Solution 1:

To view a set of signals as a bus in PROwave perform the following steps:

1) In PROsim, create a vector for the set of signals that you would like
     to view as a bus in PROwave. The generic syntax is as follows:

      vector <vector_name> <list_of_signals>

      Example #1: vector abus a[3:0]

      Example #2: vector abus a3 a2 a1 a0

      Example #3: vector arb a3 load enable a2

2) To add the vector to the waveform file, execute the wave command.
     The generic syntax is a follows:

      wave <design>.wfm <list_of_signals_and_vectors>

      Example #1: wave calc.wfm abus

      Example #2: wave calc.wfm a[3:0]

      Example #3: wave calc.wfm arb a3 a2 a[1:0] abus

3) Open the waveform file in PROwave.






End of Record #183 - Last Modified: 10/31/96 09:06

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