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Table of Contents

Welcome

Technical Support ....................... ................................ .................................. ......... 1

About Tektronix Logic Analyzers ......................... ................................ ....................... 1

Customer Feedback ................................................................................................ 2

Getting Started

Overview of Connection Choices.......................... .................................. ..................... 3

Conﬁguring your TLA7000 without a TL708EX ............................................................... 4

Connect to a Networked Instrument.............................................................................. 5

Network Search..................................................................................................... 7

Network Properties ................................................................................................. 8

Options of Powering On and Off .............................. .................................. ................. 9

Examine the Waveform ........................................................................................... 10

Viewing Other Types of Waveforms .................. ................................ .......................... 11

Viewing a Magnitude Waveform Sample....................................................................... 12

Examine the Listing Data..................... ................................ .................................. .. 13

Searching Selected Data .......................................................................................... 14

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System Setup

LA Setup Window

LA Setup Window ............................................................................................ 15

Sampling..................................... ................................ .................................. 16

Synchronous Sampling: Deﬁne Single Clock ............................................................. 17

Synchronous Sampling: Deﬁne Compound Clock........................................................ 18

Deskew Panel ....................... .................................. ................................ ........ 19

Group Deskew ................................................................................................ 19

Signal Mapping Area......................................................................................... 20

Group Management Area .................................................................................... 24

Signal Sampling Screen: Setting Thresholds ... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . . 25

Signal Sampling Screen: Adjusting Setup and Hold V

Acquisition Options . ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . . 27

Sample Storage................................................................................................ 29

Merged Module Synchronous Sampling ................................................................... 29

Highlight Signal Names Dialog Box ......... .................................. ............................ 30

iCapture Analog Feeds ............................. ................................ .......................... 31

Filters

Filter Deﬁnitions Dialog Box........................................... ................................ 34

Deﬁne Filter Dialog Box.... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... . 34

alues ......................... .................... 26

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Signal Import and Export

Logic Protocol Analyzer Setup Window

Logic Protocol Analyzer Setup Window................................................................... 46

Status Area .............. .................................. ................................ .................... 46

Left Side Control Area ......... ................................ .................................. ............ 47

Channel-Lane Assignment Area ............................................................................ 49

Multimodule Logic Protocol Analyzer Conﬁgurations................................................... 49

Probe Calibration Area... ................................ ................................ .................... 50

Calibrate the Logic Protocol Analyzer Probes... ................................ .......................... 52

External Oscilloscope Setup Window

Setting Up External Oscilloscope Communication . . .... . .... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . . 53

iView Setup Window....................... ................................ ................................ .. 53

Troubleshooting External Oscillosco

Signal Routing from the Logic Analyzer................................................................... 55

Signal Routing to the Oscilloscope . .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... 56

System Inter-Probing ......................................................................................... 57

Load Filter Dialog Box...... ................................ ................................ ............ 36

Load Filter Browser Dialog Box ....... ................................ ................................ 37

Applying Filters .. . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . . 37

Color Options Dialog Box .............................................................................. 38

Signal Import and Export Formats ..................................................................... 38

Signal Setup Import B

Signal Setup Export Dialog Box ....................................................................... 40

Signal Setup Import Dialog Box ....................................................................... 41

Sample Signal Setup File ............................................................................... 41

Comment Lines ................ .................................. ................................ ........ 43

Control Lines ............................................................................................. 43

Information Lines.................. ................................ ................................ ...... 45

ehavior .......................................................................... 38

pe Communication....................................... .......... 54

Module Setup

Loading Saved Setups to an LA module................ ................................ ........................ 59

Merging Modules.............. ................................ .................................. .................. 59

Saving LA Setups.................... .................................. ................................ ............ 60

Setting Up Analog Multiplexing . .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... 61

How to

Acquire

Acquisition Overview ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .. 63

Specifying Multiple Acquisitions . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... ... . 64

Opening a Document or Program after an Acquisition . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .. 65

Calibrate

Calibrate the Logic Analyzer or DSO Module .......... .................................. ................ 66

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Calibrate the DSO Probes................ ................................ ................................ .... 66

Change the Data Window Display

Developing Custom Color Schemes.. ................................ ................................ ...... 67

Comparing Data

Comparing Data......................................... .................................. .................... 67

Specifying Stop Conditions for Compare Operations ..... ..... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... . .... . .. 68

Create New Data Window

New Histogram Data Page................................................................................... 69

New Histogram Options Page............................................................................... 69

Select Axis Type ...................... ................................ .................................. ...... 70

Axis Type Wizard................. .................................. ................................ .......... 70

New Source Data Page..................... .................................. ................................ 71

New Source Options Page ................................................................................... 71

Display Analog Data

Setting Up Analog Feeds . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ... 71

Setting Up System Inter-Probing. . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... .... 72

Routing a Signal from a Logic Analyzer Output.......................................................... 73

Routing a Signal to an Oscilloscope Input .... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... 73

Changing Signal Routing .................................................................................... 74

Edit

Edit Protocol Files ............................................................................................ 75

Editing the Protocol Window Properties . .... ... . . .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... . 75

Edit Relations Between Protocol

Edit Stack Files ................... ................................ .................................. .......... 76

Editing a Tool on the Tools Menu.... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... 77

Removing a Tool from the Tools Menu .................................................................... 77

Editing Symbol Files .... . .... ..... ..... ... . . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... ... . . .... . .. 78

Export

Exporting Data from a Protocol Window .................................................................. 79

Exporting Da

Exporting Histogram Data................................................................................... 80

Load Setups and Systems

Loading a Saved System... .................................. ................................ ................ 80

Loading Portions of a Saved System ....................................................................... 80

Loading a Saved Module .................................................................................... 81

Adding a Data Source to an Active Listing Window ................... ................................ .. 81

Loading an LA Module with Saved Trigger Settings..................................................... 82

Adding MagniVu Data to a Listing or Waveform Window .............................................. 83

Loading Source Code Symbol Information ................................................................ 84

Loading Filters .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... 84

Navigate in Data Windows

Moving to a Mark (Go To). .................................. ................................ ................ 85

ta from a Listing Window .................................. ................................ .. 79

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Modifying the Location of Cursors Using the Overview Markbar...................................... 85

Changing the Position of Cursors . ..... .... . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... ... . . .... .... 86

Print Dialog Box .... .................................. ................................ ........................ 86

Save

Save Dialog Box.............................................................................................. 86

Saving a System .............................................................................................. 87

Saving a Module ................................ ................................ .............................. 87

Saving Repetitive Acquisition Data .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... . .... 88

Saving Repetitive Module Setups and Data . .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... 89

Saving Repetitive System Setups and Data . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . 89

Setting the Search Options.. . . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . ... 90

Searching for Speciﬁcs in a Listing or Waveform Window.............................................. 90

Searching for Source Data................................................................................... 91

Searching in the Protocol Window.......................................................................... 92

Set Properties

Setting the Waveform Style..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... .... . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... .... . .. 93

Setting the Waveform Limits . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . ... 93

Determining the Data Source of the Selected Waveform................................... .............. 94

Selecting the Radix of Busform Readouts ................................................................. 94

Changing the Zoom Options................................................................................. 95

Setting the Default Trigger Tab .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . . 9

Changing the Start-Up Default Settings... . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . ... 96

Changing the Color of a Graph Mark....................................................................... 96

Changing the Data Series Range ................ .................................. .......................... 96

Changing the Graph Drawing Style ................ .................................. ...................... 97

Changing the Graph Window Properties..................... ................................ .............. 97

PG Run Properties Dialog Box.................................. ................................ ............ 98

Waveform Pro

Waveform Window Properties .............................................................................. 99

Set Up System

Selecting the Sample Size: A General Approach ....................................................... 100

Store

Storing LA Module Setup and Hold Violations ......................................................... 101

Setting up Transitional Storage for the Logic Analyzer .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... ..... . 101

Storage Deﬁnition Dialog Box . .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . 102

Trigger a Logic Analyzer

Triggering a Logic Analyzer Using the Trigger Tab Page ............................................. 103

Adding a State to a Trigger Program ..................................................................... 103

Deﬁning If/Then Clauses in a Trigger Program ......................................................... 103

Deﬁning Multiple Transition Recognizers ... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .. 104

perties . ................................ ................................ ........................ 99

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Selecting Signals for an LA trigger Channel Event..................................................... 105

Selecting When to Store Data ............................................................................. 105

Positioning the Trigger ..................................................................................... 105

Triggering an LA Module on a Glitch... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . ... 106

Triggering an LA Module on a Setup and Hold Violation ........... ................................ .. 107

Triggering an LA Module on Timer Values.............................................................. 107

Triggering an LA Module on Counter Values ....... ................................ .................... 108

Triggering an LA Module on an Internal Signal .... .................................. .................. 109

Triggering an LA Module on a Word Event ............................................................. 109

Triggering an LA Module on a Snapshot Event......................................................... 110

Triggering on Group Data Values................. ................................ ........................ 110

Triggering on Group Data Ranges ........................................................................ 111

Triggering an LA Module on a Single Channel ......................................................... 112

Triggering an LA Module on a Group............................................ ........................ 112

Arming other Modules from an LA................................. .................................. .... 113

Triggering other Modules from an LA ................................................................... 113

Troubleshooting LA PowerTrigger Programs ............. ................................ .............. 114

Timer Event Target Value Limit........................................................................... 115

Use Data Measurements

Data Measurement Types and Deﬁnitions: Count ...................................................... 115

Data Measurement Types and Deﬁnitions: Jitter.. . .... . .... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... ..... .... . . 117

Data Measurement Types and Deﬁnitions: Minimum/Maximum..................................... 118

Data Measurement Types and Deﬁni

Using LA Data Measurements .. ................................ .................................. ........ 121

Statistic Deﬁnitions for Data Measurements. .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... 122

Adding Dual Channel Measurements .................... ................................ ................ 122

Use Data Filters

Copying Filters.... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... .... 123

Creating Filters .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... ... . . .... . .. 123

Opening Filt

Use the Listing Window

Adding Reference Data to a Listing Window............................................................ 125

Adding an Opcode Mark................................................................................... 125

Showing Qualiﬁcation Gaps in a Listing Window ...................................................... 126

Showing Glitches in a Listing Window ..... ... . . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ... 126

Going to a Speciﬁc Column . .................................. ................................ ............ 127

Creating Symbol Files...................................................................................... 127

Symbol File Header ............................ .................................. .......................... 129

Coloring Data ............................................................................................... 130

Use the Oscilloscope

Display Analog Waveforms

Adding a Waveform ................... ................................ ................................ 130

ers.............................................................................................. 124

tions: Time ................... ................................ .... 119

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Set Up the Oscilloscope

Take Measurements with Your Oscilloscope

Trigger an Oscilloscope

Use the Waveform Window

Adding Reference Data to a Waveform Window........................................................ 146

Changing Waveform Appearance...... ................................ .............................. 131

Selecting the Waveform Color........................................................................ 132

Displaying Waveform Readouts.................... ................................ .................. 132

Changing the Waveform Time Scale (Time/Division)............................................. 133

Changing Waveform Window Properties ................. ................................ .......... 133

Controlling Whether a Waveform is Visible ... .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . . 134

Selecting the Violat

Making Violations Visible ............................................................................ 135

Selecting the Active Data Window Color Scheme ........................... ...................... 135

Selecting the Background Color...................................................................... 136

Selecting the Graticule Color ......................................................................... 136

Making Graticules Visible ............................................................................ 137

Changing the Size of a Waveform ................................................................... 137

Jump Over Time Gaps in the Waveform Window.................................................. 138

Setting Waveform Options .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . 138

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Scrolling Between Samples in a Waveform Window . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .. 139

Selecting the DSO Horizontal Settings . ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... 139

Setting Up Waveform Measurements.. . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... ..... .... 140

Removing Selected Analog Waveform Measurements .... ................................ ........ 141

Taking Voltage Measurements........................................................................ 141

Taking Delta Volts Measurements ....................... .................................. .......... 142

Taking Time Measurements .......................................................................... 143

Taking Delta Time Measurements ................................................................... 143

Taking Logic Analyzer Measurements .............................................................. 145

Selecting the Trigger Action and Target for an External Oscilloscope. .... ..... .... . .... . .... ... 146

ion Color ......................................................................... 134

tude Mode .................... ................................ 139

General Application Information

Running Extended Diagnostics ................................................................................ 147

Deﬁning Reference Data........................................................................................ 147

Customizing the System Tools menu.......................................................................... 148

Data Window Information

Adding a Data Source to an Active Waveform Window ........ ................................ ............ 149

Opening a Saved Data Window................................................................................ 149

Creating an Overlay Waveform ........ ................................ ................................ ........ 150

Locking Windows ............................................................................................... 150

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Aligning Time of Correlated Data Sources ................................................................... 151

Adding a Mark to a Data Window............................................................................. 151

Moving Marks ....................... ................................ ................................ ............ 152

Sending Stacked Marks to the Back........................................................................... 152

Going to a Speciﬁc Mark ....... .................................. ................................ .............. 153

Expand Signals................................................................................................... 153

Collapse Signals ................................................................................................. 154

Removing Data from a Listing or Waveform Window ........................ .............................. 154

Removing Waveforms from an Overlay Waveform ......................................................... 155

Storage............................................................................................................ 155

Storage Selection for an LA Module ........ ................................ ................................ .. 156

Storing DSO Data in Memory...... ................................ .................................. .......... 156

Waveform Cursors..................... .................................. ................................ ........ 157

Time per Division ............................... ................................ ................................ 158

LA Trigger Information

Trigger Tab Page................................................................................................. 159

Trigger Window ................................................................................................. 159

LA Triggers ...... ................................ .................................. .............................. 162

System Trigger............................... ................................ .................................. .. 162

System Trigger Placement .......................... ................................ ............................ 164

Setting the System Trigger Source.... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... .. 165

PowerTrigger Overview ............ ................................ .................................. .......... 165

PowerTrigger Detail............................................................................................. 166

Data Sample Storage Selections ............................................................................... 167

Trigger Position for an LA Module.. . .... . .... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .. 168

Trigger Programming Tips ..................................................................................... 168

Range Recognizers and Hardware Order ..................................................................... 170

Signed Decimal Values ......................................................................................... 170

Module Arming Using an LA .................................................................................. 171

Internal Signaling................................................................................................ 172

Trigger Action Signal Restrictions ........................ ................................ .................... 172

Change Detect Dialog Box ............................... .................................. .................... 174

Select Signal Dialog Box ....................................................................................... 175

Transition Deﬁnition Dialog Box . ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... .. 176

Add Transition Dialog Box.. . . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... . 177

Word Deﬁnition Dialog Box . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . 178

Add Word Dialog Box .................. ................................ .................................. ...... 179

Detecting Violations............................................................................................. 179

63-Sample Blocks Mode Details....................................... .................................. ...... 180

Deﬁne Glitch Detection .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... .... 182

Clause Deﬁnition Dialog Box .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... .... . .... . .. 182

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Deﬁne Snapshot Dialog Box ......................... ................................ .......................... 184

System Trigger and Reference System Trigger Relationship................... ............................ 185

Group Radix........................................ ................................ .............................. 186

LA Trigger Event Table....................... ................................ ................................ .. 186

LA Trigger Action Table...................................... ................................ .................. 188

LA Trigger Resources........................................................................................... 189

Force Main Preﬁll ............................................................................................... 191

MagniVu.......................................................................................................... 191

MagniVu Storage Rate ................ ................................ ................................ .......... 192

MagniVu Trigger Position . . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... ... . . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . . 193

Multiple Samples per Clock Trigger Programs .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . 193

Entering a Symbol Plus an Offset in a Trigger ........... ................................ .................... 195

Triggering Problems............... ................................ .................................. ............ 195

Logic Protocol Analyzer Trigger Window

Logic Protocol Analyzer Trigger Window.................................................................... 197

Trigger Tool Bar ................................. ................................ ................................ 197

Creating a Logic Protocol Analyzer Trigger Program....................................................... 198

Logic Protocol Analyzer Trigger Events.............. .................................. ...................... 198

Deﬁning Packets in Trigger Windows......................................................................... 199

LA Trigger Program

Trigger Program S

EasyTrigger Program List .................................. ................................ .................... 203

tructure for an LA Module................................................................ 201

Listing Window Information

Listing Window.................................................................................................. 205

Add Column/Waveform Dialog Box .......................................................................... 207

Lock Windows Dialog Box..................................................................................... 208

Export Data Dialog Box .................... ................................ ................................ .... 209

TLA Binary File Format.................. ................................ .................................. .... 210

Export Data Options Dialog Box .............................................................................. 211

Compare Deﬁnition Dialog Box . . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... .. 212

Repetitive Properties Dialog Box .. . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... 212

Open Dialog Box ................................................................................................ 214

Deﬁne Search Dialog Box ...................................................................................... 214

Search Deﬁnitions Dialog Box.. . .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... . . 216

Time Alignment Dialog Box ................................................................................... 216

Go To Dialog Box ................................. ................................ .............................. 216

Mark Opcode Dialog Box ...................................................................................... 217

About Data Properties................. ................................ ................................ .......... 217

Column Properties....... .................................. ................................ ...................... 217

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Marks Properties............. ................................ .................................. .................. 218

Listing Window Properties ....... ................................ .................................. ............ 219

Disassembly Properties ..................... .................................. ................................ .. 219

Error Message Dialog Box ......... ................................ ................................ ............ 221

Deﬁne Suppression Dialog Box.......................... ................................ ...................... 221

Show Samples Dialog Box ..................................................................................... 221

Suppress Samples Dialog Box ................................................................................. 222

Sample Suppression Dialog Box......................................... .................................. .... 222

Transaction Window Information

Transaction Window Overview ................................................................................ 223

Transaction View ................................................................................................ 223

Packet View ...... .................................. ................................ .............................. 224

Birds Eye View (BEV).......................................................................................... 225

Flow Control Visualization ................. .................................. ................................ .. 226

Summary Proﬁle Window ...... ................................ ................................ ................ 227

Using the Custom Element in the Summary Proﬁle Window .............................................. 228

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Waveform Window Information

Waveform Window .......................... .................................. ................................ .. 229

Time Gaps.. .................................. ................................ ................................ .... 231

Selecting Objects ................................................................................................ 232

Waveforms

Overlay Waveform.......................................................................................... 232

Overlay Waveform Properties ................. .................................. .......................... 233

Setting the Overlay Waveform Offset .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . . 235

Individual Waveform Properties .......................................................................... 235

Individual Waveform Properties within an Ov

Multi-Signal Busform LA Waveforms .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . 239

Multi-Signal Magnitude LA Waveforms . . .... . .... ... . . .... ..... ... . . ... . . .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... . 240

Sample Waveforms..... .................................. ................................ .................. 241

Single-Signal LA Waveforms ............................................................................. 241

Waveform Labels ........................................................................................... 242

Waveform Options.............. ................................ .................................. .......... 243

Histogram Window Information

Histogram Window.............................................................................................. 245

Histogram Window Properties ... ................................ ................................ .............. 246

Data Source Properties.......................................................................................... 247

Ranges Properties................................................................................................ 248

Histogram Scale Dialog Box ......... ................................ ................................ .......... 249

Histogram Add Counts Dialog Box ........... .................................. .............................. 250

erlay Waveform ............... ........................ 237

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Export Histogram Dialog Box ......................... ................................ ........................ 250

Export Histogram Options Dialog Box . ................................ .................................. .... 250

Histogram Tasks

Measuring Histogram Data ................................ ................................ ................ 251

Deﬁning Histogram Ranges ............................... ................................ ................ 251

Selecting the Histogram Data Source........................... ................................ .......... 252

Source Window Information

Source Window .................................................................................................. 253

Moving Through Source Files ......................... ................................ ........................ 255

Scan Listing Mode............................................................................................... 256

Step Forward and Step Backward Buttons.............. ................................ ...................... 257

Next Mark and Previous Mark Buttons ....................................................................... 258

Active Cursor Readout.......................................................................................... 259

Source Files Edit Dialog Box ................ ................................ .................................. 259

Source Go To Dialog Box ...................................................................................... 260

Scan Listing Direction Dialog Box .................. ................................ .......................... 261

Source Window Search Dialog Box ........... ................................ ................................ 261

Source File Locator Dialog Box ............................................................................... 262

Source Window Properties ....... .................................. ................................ ............ 263

Source Files Properties.......................................................................................... 264

Source Window Data Properties ....... ................................ ................................ ........ 266

Source Window Marks Properties ....... .................................. ................................ .... 267

Source-Relative Cursor Positioning ........................................................................... 267

Listing-Relative Cursor Positioning . . .... . .... .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .. 2

Source Window Tasks

Tracing the Execution of Source Code ................................................................... 269

Getting Out of a Loop in a Source Window ............................................................. 269

Setting a Trigger from Source Window Data ... ..... ... . . .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... 269

Packet Structure Deﬁnition Language (PSDL)

Packet Structure Description Language............................... ................................ ........ 271

Syntax............................................................................................................. 271

Packet Structure Deﬁnition ..................................................................................... 273

Operators ......... ................................ .................................. .............................. 273

Control Statements .............................................................................................. 275

Loop Statements ................................................................................................. 276

Sample PSDL Program ......................................................................................... 276

Type D eﬁnitions

Type Deﬁnitions . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... .... 278

ASN.1 Types ................................................................................................ 279

PSDL Additions to ASN.1 ... . . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... ... . . .... ..... ... . . .... .. 284

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PSDL Types ................................................................................................. 284

Value Deﬁnitions.................................. ................................ .......................... 286

Length and Value Expressions .......................... ................................ .................. 287

Tags........................................................................................................... 287

Miscellaneous Commands ................................................................................. 288

Reserved Words

Reserved Words (Ab to Con)...................... ................................ ........................ 289

Reserved Words (Cou to Max) ............................................................................ 289

Reserved Words (Min to Ta)............................................................................... 290

Reserved Words (To to Wi)................................................................................ 290

Lexical Items.............. ................................ .................................. ................ 291

Protocol Stack and Packet Structures

Protocol Stack, SPZ Files, Packet Structure Overview. ................................ ................ 292

Deﬁning a Protocol ........................... ................................ .............................. 293

Protocol Analysis

Protocol Window Information

Protocol Window ........................................................................................... 297

Compilation Result Pane................................................................................... 298

Frames and Framers .... ................................ ................................ .................... 299

Protocol Filter Setup Dialog Box .... .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ... . . .... . .... ..... ... 300

Protocol Properties: About Data Tab ......................... ................................ ............ 301

Protocol Window Properties Tab.................................... ................................ ...... 301

Protocol Column Properties ................. .................................. ............................ 302

Protocol Color Properties Tab............................................................................. 303

Protocol Marks Properties Tab .......... ................................ .................................. 303

Protocol Framing Options Properties Tab................ .................................. .............. 304

Protocol Search Dialog Box ....... .................................. ................................ ...... 305

Export Protocol Data Dialog Box......................................................................... 306

New Protocol Display Window ........................................................................... 307

Select Bus Page ....................... ................................ .................................. .... 308

Deﬁne Bus Dialog Box..................................................................................... 308

Stack Deﬁnition Pane .... ..... . .... ..... ..... ..... ..... ... . . ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... . .... . .... . .... . .. 309

Select Stack Dialog Box ................................................................................... 310

Select Stack Page ............. ................................ .................................. ............ 310

Generic Framer Example .......... .................................. ................................ ...... 311

Protocol Window Tasks

Setting Up the Protocol Window .... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .... . .... . .... ..... ... . . .. 312

Selecting Stacks ........................................................................................ 312

Filtering the Protocol Display . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... 313

Viewing Decoded Data in a Protocol Window ............. .................................. ...... 313

Protocol Designer Information

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Protocol Setup Window Properties ........... .................................. .......................... 313

Protocol Relations Properties.............................................................................. 314

Stack Deﬁnition Display Properties .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . .... . .... .. 315

Protocol Designer Window .. .................................. ................................ ............ 316

Protocol Editor Pane........................................................................................ 317

Add Protocol Dialog Box ............ .................................. ................................ .... 317

Replace Protocol Dialog Box................ ................................ .............................. 318

Save Protocol or Stack Dialog Box..... .................................. ................................ 318

Open Protocol or Stack Dialog Box ............................ .................................. ........ 319

Delete Protocol or Stack Dialog Box ..................................................................... 319

Import Stack Dialog Box .................................................................................. 320

Export Stack Dialog Box .................................................................................. 320

Protocol Designer Tasks

Add Protocols .......................... ................................ ................................ 321

Deﬁne Relations Between Protocols................................................................. 321

Go To Protocol Dialog Box. ................................ .................................. ........ 321

Delete Protocols........................................................................................ 322

Deﬁne Protocol Setup ............. ................................ .................................. .. 322

Create New Protocol Files ............................................................................ 322

Create New Stack Files................................................................................ 323

Replace Protocol Files............................. ................................ .................... 324

Analysis Tools

Deskew Analysis

Deskew Analysis Window ................................................................................. 325

Load Deskew Analysis Setup Dialog Box ............................................................... 328

Deskew Analysis Setup Dialog Box ............................ .................................. ........ 329

Deskew Analysis Properties Dialog Box................................................................. 332

Deskew Analysis Setups Dialog Box........... .................................. ........................ 333

Apply Deskew Analysis Results Dialog Box............................................................ 334

Data Measurements

Data Measurements Overview ........ .................................. ................................ .. 334

LA Measurement Setup ............................ ................................ ........................ 335

Data Measurement Statistics .............................................................................. 337

Graph Window Information

Graph Window ............ ................................ .................................. ................ 338

Graph Window Properties . ................................ .................................. .............. 340

Series Data Properties ...................................................................................... 341

Series Format Properties ............... ................................ ................................ .... 342

Hit Frequency Properties............. .................................. ................................ .... 343

New Graph Data Window ................................................................................. 343

New Graph Window Select Series...... ................................ ................................ .. 344

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Add Series Dialog Box..................................................................................... 345

Graph Window Go To Dialog Box........................................................................ 346

Graph Window Tasks

Adding a New Series .......... .................................. ................................ ...... 347

Taking Cursor Measurements. .................................. ................................ ...... 347

Going to a Speciﬁc Series................................. .................................. .......... 348

Going to a Speciﬁc Graph Window Mark........................................................... 348

Zooming a Graph ...................................................................................... 348

Viewing Persistence Data............................................................................. 349

iVerify Information

iVerify Window ............................................................................................. 349

iVerify Setups Dialog Box ................................................................................. 351

Load iVerify Setup Dialog Box ............................. .................................. ............ 353

iVerify Setup Dialog Box .................................................................................. 353

iVerify Properties Dialog Box............................................................................. 355

iVerify Properties - About Data Tab ........ ................................ .............................. 356

iVerify Properties - iVerify Window Tab................................................................. 357

iVerify Properties - Eye Coloration Tab ................................ ................................ .. 358

iVerify Statistical Analysis Dialog Box .................................................................. 360

iVerify Setup Dialog Box: Analysis Conﬁguration Tab.... ................................ ............ 360

iVerify Setup Dialog Box: Channel Tab ................................................................. 362

iVerify Setup Dialog Box: Clock/Qualiﬁer Tab ......................... ................................ 363

iVerify Setup Dialog Box: Inter-Probing Tab ... ................................ ........................ 364

Protocol Window Protocol Designer

Microprocessor Support

Microprocessor and Bus Support Package Basic Operation................................................ 367

Load Support Package ................................ ................................ .......................... 367

Group Deﬁnitions for Microprocessor and Bus Support ... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... . 3 67

Microprocessor and Bus Support Package Triggering ...................................................... 367

Disassembly Display Formats.................. ................................ ................................ 368

Saved System Timing Format File............................................................................. 368

Custom Sampling................................................................................................ 369

Clocking Problems ...................... ................................ ................................ ........ 369

Incorrect Data .............. ................................ ................................ ...................... 370

Troubleshooting/Diagnostics

Extended Diagnostics Properties........................... .................................. .................. 371

Troubleshooting Triggering .................................................................................... 372

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Reference

Symbol Files

Symbol Files ................................................................................................ 375

Symbol Value Width.............. .................................. ................................ ........ 376

Range Symbol Files ........................................................................................ 377

Pattern Symbol Files ........... ................................ .................................. .......... 377

Function Range Symbols .................................................................................. 378

Variable Range Symbols . ................................ .................................. ................ 379

Source Range Symbols....................................... ................................ .............. 379

Symbols...................................................................................................... 380

Symbols Dialog Box ....................................................................................... 381

Load Symbols Options Dialog Box......................... ................................ .............. 382

Exporting Symbol Tables .... ................................ .................................. ............ 384

TLA Symbol File Format Overview................ .................................. .................... 385

TLA Symbol File Format - TSF Headers ................................................................ 385

TLA Symbol File Format - TSF Pattern Symbols ...................................................... 387

TLA Symbol File Format - TSF Range Symbols ............... .................................. ...... 387

TSF Range Symbols - Color......................... ................................ ...................... 388

TSF Range Symbols - Function........................... ................................ ................ 390

TSF Range Symbols - Source ............................................................................. 391

TSF Range Symbols - Variable...................................... .................................. .... 393

System Overview

System Window............... .................................. ................................ ............ 393

New Listing/Wa

New Data Window Name.......................................... ................................ ........ 397

Name Data Window Dialog Box.................................. ................................ ........ 397

Load System Options Dialog Box ........................................................................ 397

Status Monitor Dialog Box ............................ ................................ .................... 400

External Signal Selection .................................................................................. 401

Internal Signal Selection ............... ................................ .................................. .. 402

Selection Dialog Box....................................................................................... 402

MagniVu Data............................................................................................... 403

System Trigger (Trigger All Modules) ................................................................... 403

High-Level Language support....................... .................................. .................... 404

Properties

veform Data window.................. .................................. ................ 396

Start-Up Properties .................................................................................... 404

Power-On Diagnostics Properties .................................................................... 405

Self Calibration Properties............................................................................ 406

Mainframe Properties.................................................................................. 407

Modules Properties .................................................................................... 407

Module Speciﬁcs Properties .......................................................................... 407

Merge Modules Properties ............................................................................ 407

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Preferences Properties ................... .................................. ............................ 408

System Source Files Properties........................................... ............................ 409

Signals Properties ...................................................................................... 410

Color Properties ........................................................................................ 412

Software Properties.................................................................................... 412

Defaults Properties..................................................................................... 412

System Options

Save Color Scheme Dialog Box............ ................................ .......................... 413

Presets Properties ...................................................................................... 413

Tools Properties ........................................................................................ 414

Tool Properties Dialog Box ........................................................................... 415

Shortcut keys

General Purpose Data Window Shortcuts ............................... ............................ 415

Menu Shortcut Keys ................................................................................... 416

Waveform Window Shortcuts ........................................................................ 418

Listing Window Shortcuts ............................................................................ 419

Source Window Shortcuts..... ................................ ................................ ........ 420

Histogram Window Shortcuts ........................................................................ 421

Triggering Overview

DSO Trigger Settings.. ..... ... . . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . ... 422

Select Status Bits Type Dialog Box....................... .................................. .............. 422

Saved Triggers .............. ................................ .................................. .............. 423

Theory

Sampling and Digitizing a Signal ... .... . ... . . .... . .... . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... ... . . ... . . .... . .... . .... . . 423

Intermodule Interactions and Time Correlation . ................................ ........................ 424

High Speed Timing............. ................................ .................................. .......... 425

Listing Data Concepts........ ................................ ................................ .............. 426

Waveform Data Concepts.................................. .................................. .............. 427

LA Versus External Oscilloscope Waveforms .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... . . 428

Sampling Res

Signal Resolution and Signal Duration....................................... ............................ 429

Displaying Waveforms......... ................................ ................................ ............ 429

DSO Module

Autoset (DSO Module)........................... .................................. ........................ 429

DSO Module Horizontal Settings . . . .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ... 430

DSO Module Vertical Input Channel Settings........................................................... 430

DSO Module Setup ......................................................................................... 432

DSO Measurement Setup .................................................................................. 433

Oscilloscope Waveforms. .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . .... ..... ..... .... . .... . 437

Logic Thresholds ..... ................................ ................................ ...................... 438

Probe Calibration ............. .................................. ................................ ............ 438

Navigation Tips

olution . .................................. ................................ .................... 428

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Welcome Technical Support

Technical Support

Tektronix welcomes your comments about products and services. Contact Tektronix via mail, telephone, or through the Web site. Click Contacting Tektronix

for more information.

Tektronix welcomes your feedback. Click Customer Feedback feedback to Tektronix.

About Tektronix Logic Analyzers

The Tektronix family of logic analyzers consists of the TLA7000 and TLA6400 Series Logic Analyzers. The TLA7000 series offers the highest performance for today's demanding applications and consists of portab logic analyzers and Logic Protocol Analyzers. The TLA6400 series offer a selection of standalone logic analyzer instruments. A full line of complementary support products for popular processors and buses is available for the entire TLA family.

Logic Analyzer Modules

The logic analyzer modules support the iLink tool set, which provide tools to take digital and analog measurements through a single logic analyzer probe, display time-correlated views of digital and analog wavef feature MagniVu, an acquisition technology that enables each of the logic analyzer modules to offer 40 ps timing resolution on all signals. MagniVu technology gives you a high-resolution window into the actual signal activity for each channel.

le and benchtop modular mainframes with expansion capability. Instrument modules include

orms, and analyze multi-signal buses and eye diagram validation. Logic analyzer modules also

(see page 2) for suggestions for providing

Logic Protocol Analyzer Modules

The logic protocol analyzer modules, also known as serial analyzer modules, provide tools to analyze buses using mid-bus probes, slot interposer probes, or solder-down probes. The logic protocol analyzer

dulescanbeusedwithPCIExpressGen3,Gen2,andGen1buses.

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Welcome Customer Feedback

Customer Feedback

Tektronix values your feedback on our products. To help us serve you better, please send us any suggestions, ideas, or other comments you may have regarding the TLA Series Logic Analyzer.

Direct your feedback to us by email to:

techsupport@tektronix.com

In the subject ﬁeld, please indicate TLA Customer Feedback.

Or FAX at (503) 627-5695, and include the following information:

TLA Logic A

TLA Application software version

TLA modules (for example, TLA7BB4)

Microprocessor or bus support package and version.

For speciﬁc information on your TLA Series Logic Analyzer, go to the System menu, select System Properties, and click the appropriate property page.

The following items are important, but optional:

Your n ame

ompany

Your c

Your mailing address

Your phone number

Your FAX number

Enter your suggestion below. Please be as speciﬁcaspossible.

Please indicate if you would like to be contacted by Tektronix regarding your suggestion or comments.

nalyzer

TIP. To copy the above information to your email text editor, right-click the mouse and click Copy. The above information will be copied to the clipboard to paste it into any text editor.

To include screen shots of the user interface, press the Alt key and the Print Screen key simultaneously to copy the image to the clipboard. Paste the image into Microsoft Paint and save the image as a .BMP ﬁle. Attach the ﬁle to your email (depending on the capabilities of your editor).

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Getting Started Overview of Connection Choices

Overview of Connection Choices

Connect to your instrument in three different ways: Remote Host, Remote Desktop, or Local. Work ofﬂine, without connecting to the instrument, to modify setups or view data ﬁles previously saved to your PC.

Connecting as a remote host allows you to control the instrument remotely, and then store the data locally on your PC.

Remote Host mode is best for the following:

Connecting to an instrument over a LAN (must be using V5.0 software or above).

Sending data to where the application is running.

NOTE. When you open the application on the remote computer, the analyzer name is shown in the title bar. A TLA7016 is always connected as remote host because there is no internal computer in a TLA7016.

Connecting as a remote desktop means that you are running the application on the instrument from your PC and storing the data on the instrument.

Remote Desktop mode is best for the following:

Connecting site-to-site over a network.

Troubleshooting from a remote location.

ingdatastoredontheanalyzer.

View

NOTE. Use remote desktop to start the TLA Server, and then connect as remote host.

Connecting locally means that you are working directly on the analyzer.

Using Local to do the following:

Run the application and store data on the analyzer.

Connect a printer to the analyzer.

Related Topics

Connect to a Networked Instrument (see page 5)

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Getting Started Conﬁguring your TLA7000 without a TL708EX

Conﬁguring your TLA7000 without a TL708EX (see page 4)

Conﬁguring your TLA7000 without a TL708EX

Overview

Use this dialog box to change the conﬁguration of your TLA system when you only have two mainframes connected with a TekLink cable. Specify which TLA is the mainframe and which one is the expansion mainframe using this dialog box.

NOTE. This dialog is only accessible if the system has no more than two TLA7000 mainframes connected with a TekLink cable.

To use the TLA Conﬁguration dialog box, perform the following steps:

1. Select Choose TLA from the File menu to open the TLA Connection dialog box.

2. Select an instrument, and then click the TLA Conﬁguration button.

The TLA Conﬁguration dialog box opens.

3. Select the desired conﬁguration under Mainframe and Expansion Conﬁguration.

4. To edit the network properties, select the TLA7016 instrument, and then click the Network Properties

button.

Related Topics

Connect to a Networked Instrument (see page 5) Network Properties (see page 8)

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Getting Started Connect to a Networked Instrument

Connect to a Networked Instrument

From the TLA Connection dialog box, select the instrument that you want to connect to and click the Connect button. Customize your startup by specifying whether to run power-on diagnostics and whether to automatical

NOTE. If you choose to automatically reconnect to an instrument, the next time that you start the TLA application, it will open in the ofﬂine mode.

To change your customized settings, select Choose TLA from the File menu. Note that the TLA Server must be running on your instrument to populate the TLA Connection dialog box. To start the TLA Server, click the TLA Server Control icon in the Windows system tray and select Start TLA Server. The TLA Server does not run on your PC.

ly connect to a selected instrument each time you login.

To view the conﬁguration of your TLA system, select an instrument, and then click the TLA Conﬁguration button. (This button is not active until you have selected a TLA.)

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Getting Started Connect to a Networked Instrument

The instruments that are listed in the TLA Connection dialog box are determined by the network search

properties. Change the properties by clicking the Search Preferences dialog box.

TIP. If you do not know the host name or IP address, select the Locate TLA systems on local subnet check box. This will ﬁnd any TLA instrument that is connected to the same subnet as your host PC in the search.

icon and enter your preferences in the Network

What would you like to do next?

About the LA Setup Window.

Learn Learn About the LA Trigger Window. (see page 159)

(see page 15)

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Getting Started Network Search

Network Search

Use the Network Search dialog box to set the preferences for the search criteria that the Connection dialog

box uses. Open the dialog box by clicking

1. Select Locate TLA systems on local subnet to include any TLA system connected to the same subnet

as your host PC in the search.

in the Connection dialog box.

2. Select Include these hostnames or IP in search to include the instruments listed in the Hostname or IP

text box in the search. If you know the name of an instrument, add it directly by entering the name

in the Add hostname or IP text box and then clicking the Add button. This adds the instrument to

the search but not to the C onnection dialog box. The instrument must be found in the search to be

addedtotheConnectiondialogbox.

3. To remove an instrument from the search, select it from the Hostname or IP text box, and then click

the Delete Selection button.

4. To update the Hostname or IP text box, click Replace All with TLAs found on subnet.

5. Click the Search button to search the subnet according to the criteria that you have set, and update the

Connection dialog box. When the search is completed, the Network Search dialog box closes and

the Connection dialog box is updated.

Related Topics

Connect to a Networked Instrument (see page 5) Overview of Connection Choices (see page 3)

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Getting Started Network Properties

Network Properties

Overview

Use the Network Properties dialog box to conﬁgure the Host Name and IP address of your networked instruments

Behavior

This dialog box appears when you click the Network Properties button in the TLA Conﬁguration dialog box. The Default name is a combination of the TLA7016 Interface Module model number and the serial number. Select Use the following Name to assign a unique name. The TLA7016 Interface Module will attempt to get its IP address automatically when Obtain Address Automatically is selected.

NOTE. This dialog is only supported on TLA7016 mainframes.

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Getting Started Options of Powering On and Off

To Use

1. Select either Default name or enter one of your choosing in the Use the following Name text box.

2. Click the Look Up IP Address button to ﬁnd an IP address.

3. To specify an IP address, select Use the following Address, and then enter the IP Address, Subnet

Mask, and Gateway.

Options of Powering On and Off

To power on the analyzer without the TLA application starting, perform the following steps:

1. Access th

2. Click TLA700SU.bat and use your right mouse button to click Edit.

3. Enter the characters REM in front of the following line:

C:\ WINDOWS\COMMAND\START /MAX .\TLA700.EXE.

Specify how you want the instrument to power off through a program labeled Mainframe Utilities located in the Windows Control Panel.

The utility also provides a screen dim mode to reduce the brightness by 60%. Refer to the help provided with the utility for more information on both functions.

TIP. Access the Mainframe Utilities b y clicking the Windows Start button, pointing to Settings and Control Panel, and then clicking Mainframe Utilities.

e System folder using the following path: Program Files\TLA \System.

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Getting Started Examine the Waveform

Examine the Waveform

Use the Waveform window controls to view and measure the waveforms. Here are some suggestions for getting started:

Use the scroll bars to display data that is currently off-screen.

Click in the

Select Cursor 1 and drag the cursor handle to a new location. The handles shown along the top of the display ar time readouts in the Cursor toolbar.

Click the button to display an external oscilloscope waveform.

Click the button to display a MagniVu waveform.

To zoom data, click and drag the mouse over the area that you want to zoom. The window will zoom to the data when you release the mouse button.

To increase the size of the area in which the data is displayed, select Full Screen from the View menu.

Click (Zoom Out) or (Zoom In) in the toolbar to change the horizontal scale.

Select a waveform header and the whole row is highlighted, making it easier to view.

Double-click (or any other waveform label). Change the color and size (size is also c and return to the Waveform window.

Clic

eforﬁne control; those at the bottom are for coarse control. Note the change in the cursor

hangeable directly) of the waveform in this property page. Click OK to complete the changes

k the + on the waveform label to expand the waveform into the individual signal elements.

toolbar and select a mark to jump to.

Drag the split box (above the top arrow of the vertical scroll bar) down to display a second data area

iew two different portions of the same acquisition memory.

to v

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Getting Started Viewing Other Types of Waveforms

Viewing Other Types of Waveforms

Add the MagniV steps. (MagniVu Data

1. Click

2. From the Data Source list, select LA1 - MagniVu.

3. Select a Mag

4. Click the Close button when you have ﬁnished adding waveforms.

When viewing LA groups, view the data as busforms or a s magnitude waveforms by right-clicking the mouse over a data label and selecting either Display Busform or Display Magnitude. Expand the group into the i

Or,

1. Double-click the label of a signal waveform. (If you do not have a group waveform, click

2. From the Waveform Properties tab, click the Options button.

3. Select

4. Click OK. The waveform is displayed accordingly.

ndividual busforms by clicking the + on the label.

an LA Data Source, and choose a group to display. Conﬁrm and exit the dialog box.)

u version of the data at any time by clicking the

(see page 403) is always acquired with your other data.)

(Add Waveform) in the toolbar.

niVu waveform or group (for example, Mag_A3), and click Add.

Busform or Magnitude, and click OK to close the Waveform Options dialog box.

button or use the following

, select

Related Topics

i-Signal Magnitude LA Waveforms

Mult Multi-Signal Busform LA Waveforms (see page 239)

(see page 240)

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Getting Started Viewing a Magnitude Waveform Sample

Viewing a Magnitude Waveform Sample

1. Click in the toolbar to start the New Data Window wizard.

2. Click Waveform and click the Next button.

3. Click Add Dat

4. Enter the following path into the File name box, or click browse to navigate to the SampleSystem.tla

ﬁle:

C:\Program Files\TLA700\Samples\TLA700 Samples\Data Files\SampleSystem.tla

5. Click the Add button. The SampleSystem data source is added to the list of data sources.

6. Click LA under SampleSystem.tla and click the Next button.

7. Enter a name for the new data window or use the default name and then click the Finish button.

8. Choose one of the following procedures:

a. Right-

a. Double-click the new Down Count label.

b. Click Options and select Magnitude, click OK twice to close the dialog boxes.

c. Click the Zoom buttons to view a sawtooth waveform. The waveform is a graphic representation

of counter data.

aSource.

click the mouse over any data label and select Display Magnitude.

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Getting Started Examine the Listing Data

Examine the Listing Data

Here are some suggestions for viewing Listing window data:

1. Use the scroll bars to display data that is currently off-screen.

2. Click

3. Drag the cursor handle to a new location. The handles shown along the left of the display are for

ﬁne control; those at the right are for coarse control. N ote the change in the cursor sample number and delta t

4. Click the toolbar Font buttons to change the display font size.

5. Drag the split box (beside the left arrow of the horizontal scroll bar) to display a second data area to

view two different portions of the same acquisition memory.

6. Double-click an address or data column label (for example, column in this property page.

7. From the Column property page, try loading a symbol ﬁle: click the radix button box, choose the Symbolic radix, click the Symbol File button, and choose a symbol ﬁle.

8. Conﬁrm and exit the property page.

in the toolbar and select Cursor 1.

ime readouts in the Cursor toolbar.

). Change the attributes of the

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Getting Started Searching Selected Data

Searching Selected Data

1. Double-click a data entry in one of the columns of the Listing window. The data is now selected. Click

in the toolbar to copy the data to the clipboard.

2. Click

3. From the Sea

window or type in a new search name.

NOTE. Toaddasearchdeﬁnition from another data source, click the Load button to open the Load Search dialog box.

4. Click the Start from drop-down list to select where you want to start searching and enter the number of occurrences to ﬁnd in the occurrence text box.

5. Click the Search Options… button to open the Search Options dialog box and select what action you want the l ogic analyzer to take when the search is successful.

6. Type a Description of the search in the Description text box.

7. From the Search drop-down list, select the data source.

8. Paste

area by pressing CTRL+V (the paste shortcut key combination). Use the same method for pasting a quick entry into a trigger program deﬁnition.

9. Use the Group drop-down list to select the column from which you copied the data.

in the toolbar.

rch Deﬁnition drop-down list, select a saved search deﬁnition from the selected data

the data that you copied from the Listing window into the appropriate text box in the Find

10. Cli

ck Search Forward. The logic analyzer displays the next instance of the speciﬁed data. Once you have deﬁned the search criteria, click the Search Forward or Backward toolbar buttons for additional searches.

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System Setup LA Setup Window

LA Setup Window

The primary function of the Setup window is to conﬁgure the LA module for compatibility with the system under test. Use this window to do the following tasks:

Set thresholds

Set global setup and hold sampling

Specify sig

Name signals

Select ﬁlter and analysis tools

nal groups

To Use

1. From the TLA toolbar, click the Setup button, and then select your module, (for example LA 1, when there is

2. Specify the type of sampling

3. Set the memory depth

4. Specify the storage option

5. Associate meaningful signal names

6. Create meaningful groups

7. Desk

NOTE. After deﬁning the LA Setup window, you can immediately acquire data. To improve your acquisition results, revise your Trigger window and adjust your data window properties.

more than one LA module).

(see page 29).

(see page 27).

(see page 24).

ew the probes

(see page 19).

(see page 16).

(see page 20) to probe channels.

Behavior

The LA Setup window and the associated Trigger window determines what data will be acquired. Each module has a Setup window and Trigger window; they are set up individually and used separately for their particular purposes. Conﬁgure the Setup window before the Trigger window; many of the Setup

indow settings affect Trigger window selections.

TIP. To duplicate the current setup for another LA module, open to the File menu and click Save Module.

For quick access to the Setup window on the TLA7012 Portable Mainframe or on the TLA6400 series instrument, press the Setup button on the front panel. Continue to press the Setup button to cycle through all of the acquisition module Setup windows in the system.

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Base Signal

A memory storage location for acquisition data.

Prime Signal

An expanded memory location for high speed data acquisition. The l og signals for storage when the speed of acquisition exceeds that available for base signals alone. Prime signals have an exponent added to the base name.

Creating a prime signal increases the memory available and removes the base signal from the Signal Mapping area.

Sampling

The logic analyzer supports two basic types of sampling: asynchronous and synchronous, each displayed in its own tab on the sampling screen. A third type of sampling, custom sampling available only when a support package the name of the support package.

When you use asynchronous sampling, the logic analyzer generates its own clock signal at regular, ﬁxed intervals to sample data from the system under test. Acquisitions taken with asynchronous sampling are often referred to as timing acquisitions, and are best viewed in the Waveform window.

When you use synchronous sampling, a clock from the system under test samples the signal. This clock can be a ﬁxed frequency, or it may be highly variable. Acquisitions taken with synchronous sampling are often referred to as state acquisitions and are best viewed in the Listing window.

ic analyzer creates prime

(see page 369) is

(see page 16) is loaded on the logic analyzer. The tab label includes

To Use

1. From the TLA toolbar, click the Setup button, and then select your module, (for example LA 1).

2. Click the Asynchronous, Synchronous, or support package tab.

3. Adjust the controls as needed for your situation.

NOTE. Sampling and state speeds will vary by module.

Microprocessor or Bus Support Package

A microprocessor or bus support package is a software application that allows the logic analyzer to acquire and disassemble microprocessor data or data from a bus.

Some support packages include a hardware probe adapter that is attached directly to the microprocessor in the system under test to capture microprocessor signals.

The LA Setup window shows which support package is currently installed.

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Synchronous Sampling: Deﬁne Single Clock

The default controls for the Synchronous tab establish global settings for setup and hold across all signals in the module. Use this tab to specify a single clock from the system under test for your synchronous clock. Change the se

ttings for individual signals in the Signal Mapping area

To Use

1. From the TLA toolbar, click the Setup button for your module.

(see page 20).

2. Click the S

3. If necessary, click the drawer arrow (<||||) to open the Deﬁne Single Clock panel.

4. Select the clock source from the Single Clock Source list.

5. Adjust the Global Default Threshold. This setting should match most of the signals that you are

sampling with the current module.

6. Enter a maximum clock rate or the minimum clock period for your module.

Setting this value helps s cale the T greater than your maximum clock rate; an accurate value is not needed.

7. Select the clock edge and adjust the busform to match your SUT setup and hold times; drag the whole busform or just the edges.

ynchronous tab.

and Thelements in the diagram. Enter a value that is likely to be

Behavior

When you select the DDR check box, the logic analyzer automatically selects the appropriate sampling points based on the Max Clock Rate and currently selected sample points. If you manually select two

nts, the DDR check box is automatically selected.

poi

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System Setup Synchronous Sampling: Deﬁne Compound Clock

Synchronous Sampling: Deﬁne Compound Clock

Use the Deﬁne Compound Clock controls to set up a compound synchronous clock. This is a global setting for the module. Use this tab to change the settings for individual signals in the Signal Mapping

area (see pag

To Use

1. From the TLA toolbar, click the Setup button for your module.

20).

2. Click the S

3. If necessary, click the drawer arrow (||||>)toopentheDeﬁne Compound Clock panel.

4. In the Master Sampler table, deﬁnethesynchronousclocksourcesbyselectingtheclocksand

qualiﬁers from the drop-down list within each table cell. The graphic shows the resultant settings.

5. Adjust the Default Threshold. This setting should match most of the signals that you are sampling with the current module.

6. In the Speed drop-down list box, select a bandwidth for the module you are using. If you select Max, and reload a different module, the default setting uses the maximum speed of the module (only avail

7. Set the Pipeline Delay for all acquired signals.

8. Enter the minimum clock period for your module.

vior

Beha

When you display the Deﬁne Compound Clock panel, the logic analyzer uses the default values you

igned in the Deﬁne Single Clock panel, including Min Clock Period, T

ass of sample points.

you deﬁned a DDR sampling structure in the Deﬁne Single Clock panel, the Sampler Deﬁnition area

If indicates two sample points corresponding to the DDR deﬁnition. However, you will note that the Compound Clock diagram differs signiﬁcantly from the Single Clock diagram.

ynchronous tab.

able with TLA7000 series logic analyzer modules).

and Th, and the number

NOTE. To c o nﬁgure individual channels with varying numbers of sample points, use Compound Clocking and then adjust each signal deﬁnition using the Signal Sampling Screen

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(see page 26).

System Setup Deskew Panel

Deskew Panel

Deskew allows you to compensate for propagation delays in your circuit traces that differ from your design due to the location o f the probe header. Perform the deskew on all signals in the module by clicking the Deskew butto

This procedure applies deskew to all signals in the module.

1. From the TLA toolbar, click the Setup button for your module.

2. Click the Synchronous tab.

3. Use the Search Range and A ccuracy controls to adjust deskew settings for all signals for the connected

modules.

4. Click the Deskew button.

The logic analyzer displays the Deskew progress bar in the Status area during deskew.

n. You can also deskew individual signal groups

(see page 19).

Group D

This pr Deskew panel. After you make any changes to selected signals in the group, the Global Values check box will be cleared. This indicates that these signals will not track changes to the parameters in the Global Sampling diagram.

1. From the TLA toolbar, click the Setup button for your module.

2. Click the Synchronous tab.

3. In t

4. In

5.I

6. Click the Deskew button to deskew the highlighted signals in the group.

To return signals to the global value, select the Use Global Values check box.

eskew

ocedure deskews selected signals within a deﬁned group based on parameters you set in the

he Group Management area, adjacent to the Signal Mapping area, create and name a signal

group (see page 24).

the group card, click the Local Sampler Deﬁnition thumbnail

to open the Signal Sampling screen.

n the Signal Sampling screen, verify that the signals that you want to deskew are highlighted in

the Signal tree.

The logic analyzer displays the Deskew progress bar in the Status area during deskew.

in the group card header

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System Setup Signal Mapping Area

Behavior

Before deskew, the logic analyzer displays all of the signals in the local Setup and Hold diagram on top of one another. After the deskew, the logic analyzer displays the signals as a fuzz band the Setup and Hold diagram.

(see page 20) in

Related Topic

Signal Samp

ling Screen: Adjusting Setup and Hold Values

(see page 26)

Fuzz Band

The logic analyzer displays signals as a fuzz band within the Setup and Hold diagram. The display shows the signal frequency as a temperature gradient where the warmer or brighter colors represent a higher density of signals. The cooler or darker colors represent areas where fewer signals overlap. Click an area in the fuzz band to select a signal from the tree. Adjust the Setup and Hold values for the selected signal or move the signal within the fuzz band.

Signal Mapping Area

The Signal Mapping area allows you to view the physical resources of the module. It also provides a centralized area for viewing signal activity, signal type and characteristics, sampling conﬁguration, and

base

(see page 16) and prime (see page 16) signal participation.

Use the Signal Sampling screen to conﬁgure the threshold, polarity, type, and the sampling deﬁnitions for individual signals. Access the Signal Sampling screen either through the right-click menu (by clicking the activity indicator in a channel cell for the signal), or by clicking the Local Sampler Deﬁnition thumbnail

next to the probe section header

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Behavior

The Signal Mapping area is a collection of cells organized into a two-dimensional matrix. The columns represent the probe leads (consisting of probe sections in a 7 – 0 order, plus the clock and qualiﬁcation leads). The rows repres ent probe sections, with adja and rows cannot be individually sized, and header cells cannot be renamed.

The Signal Mapping area may display logical signals that have no physical counterpart (such as status bits or static bits).

Sampling Deﬁnition Thumbnails. When a module is sampling in synchronous sampling mode or custom

sampling mode, the Thumbnail column displays images representing the sampling deﬁnition of the probe signals. In addition to identifying the characteris thumbnail is a button used to display the Signal Sampling screen.

NOTE. The logic analyzer does not display thumbnails in the asynchronous sampling mode.

Click the thumbnail image to open the Signal Properties screen to set the sampling offsets for base (see

page 16) and prime (see page 16) signals.

cent rows representing paired probe sections. Columns

tics of the probe section sampling characteristics, the

Thumbnail type Description

Basic sampling, rising or falling edge, single Compound sampling, one or more rising or falling edges, no

qualiﬁer Same as above with additional sample point

Basic sampling, rising or falling edges, two sample points

Compound sampling, one or more rising and falling edges, no qualiﬁer

Compound sampling, one or more edges with one or more qualiﬁers.

Compound sampling, one or more rising and falling edges, one or more qualiﬁers

Varies (variable sampling), signals i different sampling characteristics

The clocking ﬁgure m ay have any of the images shown above; the rising edge shown for illustration

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n a group or section have

sample point

purposes only

By default, the displayed thumbnail corresponds to the Global Sampling Deﬁnition. When you change an individual signal sample point (either manually or as a result of the deskew function), the thumbnail displays the Varies image, indicating that at least one signal in the section has a different sample point.

Thumbnails appear for base signals and group cards and are not available for prime s ignals, status bits, or custom sampling contexts.

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System Setup Signal Mapping Area

Probe Section Header

The logic analyzer uses the Probe Section Header to identify base (see page 16) (true sources) and prime

(see page 16) (cloned data streams from the base source) signals.

The Probe Section Header displays the name of the probe section (A0, A1, A2). Base probe sections (true sources) display the name left-justiﬁed in the header cell.

Prime probe sections (data streams cloned from the base source) are labeled with the base name and an

exponent (A0 placed sequentially below their Base probe section (A0 is followed by A0

,A02). The labels are right justiﬁed in the header cell. Prime probe sections are always

,A02).

Signal Column Header

Each probe lead is assigned a cell below its signal number. The Signal column header is a display item only and has no interactive behavior.

Clock / Qual Header

Two columns identify the clock and qualiﬁcation lead for each probe section that has one of these additional leads. The left column permanently displays the resource name, for example CK0(), and the right column contains the Channel / Signal cell. The Channel / Signal cell initially shows the resource name, but you can enter your own name. For probe sections that do not have a clock, qual, or both, both cells in the column are disabled.

Group Participation Bar

Running horizontally across the top of each Signal cell, is a color-pattern bar that indicates how signals participate in a selected group or multiple groups. The following table shows examples of two adjacent cells.

Appearance Description

Default appearance. The channels do not participate in any group.

Group participation. The signals participate in the currently selected group.

Multiple group participation. The signals participate in the current selected group and at least one other group.

Other group participation. The signals participate in a group other than the selected group.

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Activity Indicator

The right-most region of a base Channel / Signal cell displays activity information and a means to modify the operating characteristics of the signal. Instead of activity indicators, p olarity indicators are displayed for prime signals, status bits, static bits, or custom signals using the crossbar (custom storage signals). Although you cannot change most of the operating characteristics of these types of signals,

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change the polarity by right-clicking the polarity indicator and by selecting the Invert Signal Polarity from the right-click menu.

The following table shows examples of the polarity indicators and activity indicators.

Appearance Description

polarity. The indicator appears as a vertical bar in the upper cell.

or the inverted, high polarity, the indicator appears as a vertical bar

ning signal.

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Click the

Normal, high

Normal, low polarity. The indicator appears as a zero in the lower cell.

Inverted, low polarity. The indicator appears as a zero in the upper corner. Similarly f in the lower cell.

Transitio

green and yellow activity indicator to display the Signal Sampling panel, w here you set the signal

threshold value and polarity.

Static and Status Bits

These are additional signals to use in group deﬁnitions for triggering.

Related Topic

Group Management_Area (see page 24)

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System Setup Group Management Area

Group Management Area

Use the Group Management area to organize the probe signals to match the conﬁguration of the system under test. Depending on your application, match the signal groups data buses, o individual group card with a group name and grid. Group cards contain additional elements, such as an activity indicator and thumbnail to help you deﬁne signal properties within the signal group.

r match the signal groups to other signals of interest. Each signal group is displayed as an

To Use

1. From the TLA toolbar, click the Setup button for your module.

2. To create a new group, click the + icon at the top of the Group Management area.

(see page 30) to the address and

a. Enter a group name

b. In the Si

drop the signals to the group card.

c. To rear

within the group card grid. Alternatively, right-click the mouse and select Reverse Signal Order to change the MSB-LSB order of the signals.

3. After creating multiple group cards, rearrange them by dragging and dropping them in the Group Management area.

4. Click the thumbnail or the activity indicator in a group card to access the Signal Sampling screen

page 26) to adjust signal thresholds or to adjust the setup and hold requirements for signals.

NOTE. Activity indicators and thumbnails might not display depending on the sampling you have deﬁned.

5. Expand and collapse group cards to make room for more cards on the screen using the right-facing arrow in the upper left corner of the group card.

gnal Mapping area, select individual signals or entire probe sections, and then drag and

range the order of signals within a group, drag and drop them from one location to another

(see page 25) for easy identiﬁcation.

(see

Behavior

Create any number of group cards. Each group can contain any combination of module signals; you are not restricted from mixing or repeating signals from various groups.

Groups are used in other displays and setup controls, such as the Waveform and Listing windows, and the Trigger w indow. The order of the groups in this table determines the presentation order of groups in other parts of the application.

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Support Packages

If a microprocessor support package is loaded, the signal groups are already deﬁned. You should not change or delete these g roups; doing so can lower the accuracy of disassembly analysis. However, you still have the option of adding and deleting new groups.

Related Topic

Signal Mapp

ing Area

(see page 20)

Group Name

Each group must have a unique name. When you use the same name as a previous group, the application preﬁxes your name with a number. For example, if you try to name a group, MyGroup, and another group already exists with the that name, the application will redisplay your group name as 1:MyGroup.

Use the default name, or enter another name as long as it is unique. The names will appear in the Listing and Waveform windows. There is no limit to the number of groups to create.

Signal Sampling Screen: Setting Thresholds

Use the Signal Sampling screen to set the probe signal characteristics appropriate to your system under test.

To Use

1. From the TLA toolbar click the Setup button for your module.

2. In the Signal Mapping area, select one or more cells.

ick the Activity Indicator in one of the selected cells. Alternatively, from the right-click menu,

3. Cl select Signal Sampling.

4. Co

5. Use the slider or Preset controls to set threshold values for the highlighted items.

6. Click Normal or Inverse to set the polarity for the highlighted items.

NOTE. If you highlight a prime becomes available (no slider highlights in the threshold graph). Prime signals do not have thresholds.

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nﬁrm the signals you want to work with are highlighted in the Signal tree. Clicking an item removes the existing highlighting. (Press and hold items in the Signal tree.)

(see page 16) signal in the Signal tree, no corresponding threshold control

CTRL+Click or SHIFT+Click to highlight multiple

System Setup Signal Sampling Screen: Adjusting Setup and Hold Values

Behavior

Changes you make to the threshold are immediately applied to the signals that you highlighted (see

page 27) in the Signal tree.

NOTE. Highlight a different set of signals from the "selected" set of signals (the signals you selected in the Signal

Use one of the buttons adjacent to threshold graph to assign the threshold value to more signals than the ones you'v several "s elected") click the Selected Signals button to assign the threshold to the selected set of signals. Similarly, click the Probe Sections button to assign the threshold to all signals in a probe section to which a highlighted signals belongs. The buttons are arranged top to bottom in increasing scope.

NOTE. Not all buttons will be enabled for all types of highlighting and selecting. Depending on your module type, you might have fewer or more buttons available.

Mapping area).

e highlighted. For example, if you have highlighted only one signal in the tree, (and you have

Related Topic

Signal

Sampling Sc reen: Adjusting Setup and Hold Values

(see page 26)

Signal Sampling Screen: Adjusting Setup and Hold Values

Use the Signal Sampling screen to adjust setup and hold times for signals at the local (probe section or

p) level when working with synchronous or custom sampling.

grou

To Use

1. From the TLA toolbar, click the Setup button for your module.

lect the Synchronous tab (or custom sampling to adjust signals for a loaded support package).

2. Se

3. Click the Local Sampler Deﬁnition thumbnail

apping area or in the group card to open the Signal Sampling screen (the image on the thumbnail

M differs depending on your setup).

4. Click to select a signal in the tree ( Alternatively, click the busform in the clocking diagram. Repeated clicking on a busform will cycle through the signals in the order they are displayed in the Signal tree.

CTRL or SHIFT to select multiple signals) in the Signal tree.

intheprobesectioncolumnintheSignal

5. Adjust the local setup and hold values for your signal by dragging the Setup or Hold indicators, dragging the entire busform, or by entering speciﬁc values in the boxes.

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When you select more than one signal (within the same sample or across samples) the logic analyzer displays an open selection outline around each of the signals.

Interactions Between Global and Local Sampling De ﬁnitions

When you ﬁrst

open the Signal Sampling screen, the default settings are based on the global default values. When you change a local setting, the setting is no longer affected by changes that you make at the global level.

If you work in a local context and you change the global settings, any local settings that you have not manually changed will be updated to the global settings. To reestablish the local v alue connection with the global values, click the Use Global Values check box. The check box affects the T of the current highlighted signals

(see page 27) in the Signal tree. The checkboxisdisabledwhenno

and Thvalues

signals are highlighted.

Related Topics

Signal S

ampling Screen: Setting Thresholds

Group Deskew (see page 19)

(see page 25)

Highlighted vs. Selected Signals

In the sample tree structure below, signals C2(3), C2(2), and C2(1) were selected and highlighted when you ﬁrst opened the Signal Sampling screen. Any changes that you made to the highlighted signals were automatically applied.

When you click signal C2(5), the signal becomes highlighted while signals C2(3), C2(2), and C2(1) remain selected, but not highlighted. Any changes that you make in the Signal Sampling screen will be applied to highlighted signals, in this case, just C2(5). This gives you the ﬂexibility to change signals by highlighting them without having to close and reenter the Signal Sampling screen.

Highlighting and selection apply to both sides of the Signal Sampling screen: changing thresholds and changing setup and hold times. In the case of thresholds, the threshold slider highlights based on which signals you have highlighted. When you move the slider, only the highlighted signals are affected.

When used with thresholds, the highlighted signals determine which buttons on the left side of the Signal Sampling screen become available for changing thresholds.

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Acquisition Options

The acquisition options determine the data to store. The options that are available depend on the sampling type that you specify.

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System Setup Acquisition Options

To Use

1. From the TLA toolbar, click the Setup button for your module.

2. Select your sampling type (synchronous, asynchronous, or custom).

3. Select Samples to store only the samples you acquire (default).

4. Select 63-Sample Blocks to store 31 samples before your stored sample and 31 samples after your

stored sample. (Use conditional storage in Trigger to store only events of interest).

5. Select Samples + Glitches (Asynchronous) or Samples + Violations (Synchronous) to store both the acquired sample and glitch or violation data.

Behavior

Sampling type

Asynchronous

Synchronous Samples - stores samples only

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Acquisition options and resulting data

Samples - stores samples only 63-Sample Blocks - stores blocks of data around each

stored sample

Samples + Glitches

glitch data

63-Sample Blocks - stores blocks of data around each stored sample

Samples + Violations

and setup & hold data

(see page 28) - stores both signal and

(see page 28) - stores both samples

NOTE. Selecting Samples + Glitches or Samples + Violations decreases the maximum memory depth by half and decreases the maximum sampling speed.

Related Topics

Sampling (see page 16) LA Setup Window (see page 15) 63-Sample Blocks Mode (see page 180)

Samples + Violation Storage Mode

The Samples + Violation storage mode captures both setup and hold violation data and regular data for each signal. This mode limits memory depth to half of the memory depth.

Samples + Glitches Storage Mode

The Samples + Glitches storage mode captures both glitch data and regular data for each signal. This mode limits memory depth to half of the maximum depth and limits the sample period to 4 ns.

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Sample Storage

Use the Samples per Signal setting to specify the total number of samples acquired for each signal by the logic analyzer.

To Use

1. From the TLA

2. In the Setup window, use the slider to set the Samples per Signal.

toolbar, click the Setup button for your module.

Behavior

For a give the time period over which samples are taken. A faster sample rate provides a more detailed record of a shorter sampling duration.

If you do not require the maximum number of samples, select a lesser value. This will improve the response time for s earch and zoom operations.

NOTE. Selecting Samples + Glitches reduces the available memory by one half. Double the available memory by increasing the sample rate below a certain value in Asynchronous sampling. In Synchronous sampling, double the available memory by increasing the maximum clock rate of the SUT clock rate by red

n number of samples, there is a trade-off between the sample rate and the sample duration, and

ucing the clock period.

Related Topics

Selecting Memory: A General Approach (see page 100) Acquisition Options (see page 27)

Merged Module Synchronous Sampling

If you use synchronous sampling with a merged module formation and you use a single clock source, you onlyneedtoconnecttheclockleadfromthe master module to the clock source.

This condition is also true for qualiﬁer lines.

Related Topic

Merge Modules Properties (see page 407)

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System Setup Highlight Signal Names Dialog Box

Highlight Signal Names Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to highlight signals by name.

1. From the toolbar, open the Setup menu and select your module.

2. In the signal mapping area, right-click and select Highlight Signal Names.

3. In the Highlight Signal Names dialog box, enter the text you want to ﬁnd. For example, enter RESET

to highlight any signal name that contains RESET.

NOTE. Enter multiple strings, separated by spaces. The space-separated strings are logically ORed. That is, the name that matches any one of the strings will be highlighted.

4. Select the highlight criteria.

5. Click OK.

Grouping

Group cards list the signals that make up each group. Use the group cards to do the following:

Create arbitrary collections of signals by dragging them from the Signal Mapping area.

Type the signal name in an empty cell in the group card grid or type the signal name in the Keystroke

Entry ﬁeld (see page 31).

Arrange the signals in order of signiﬁcance by clicking and dragging them within the group card; the

Keystroke Entry ﬁeld automatically updates when you rearrange signals.

Establish o perating conditions on the logical groups to establish proper operating conditions of the

logic analyzer.

Provide the appropriate logical relationship to the system under test.

There are several ways to delete signals within a group card:

Delete the signal name from the Keystroke Entry ﬁeld.

Select a signal name within a cell and delete it.

SelectoneormoresignalsandpresstheDeletekey.

Select an individual signal and drag it to another group or to the Signal Mapping area.

When you delete a signal from a group card, the signals on the least-signiﬁcant bit side of the deleted signal move to ﬁll the gap created by the deleted signal.

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Keystroke Entry Field

Use the Keystroke Entry ﬁeld to enter valid expressions for signals in the group card. Enter hardware section notation variants (such as A3, A2(), E1(0–4)), and logical names. The ﬁeld automatically updates the section notation to individual hardware names. The ﬁeld also applies logical names to signals, if t

hey are available, such as when your logic analyzer has a bus support loaded.

iCapture Analog Feeds

Use the iCapture Analog Feeds dialog box to assign a d igital data signal to the Analog Output of a TLA6400 series logic analyzer or a TLA7000 series logic analyzer module.

Assign data signals in the following ways:

Select an individual channel; and then assign it to an analog output channel.

Select a group of channels; and then select the analog output channels to which you want them assigned.

The Physical Module ﬁeld, which is located at the top of the dialog box, allows you to select which logic analyzer module channels you want to direct to an oscilloscope.

NOTE. iCapture Analog Feeds are only available on TLA6400 series logic analyzers or on TLA7000 series logic analyzer modules.

To Us

From the TLA toolbar, click the iCapture button.

Behavior

der Analog Output Attenuation, select an attenuation level based on the amplitude of the signals being

Un assigned. 5X Attenuation is best suited for small amplitude, high-performance signals for improved signal to noise ratio. Please note that waveforms displayed on your oscilloscope will be displayed at twice their normal height because the attenuating factor is 5X and not 10X.

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System Setup iCapture Analog Feeds

After selecting which module contains signals that you want to output, you use the contents of Select Channels to choose one or more speciﬁc signals to use as feeds for analog outputs. Select Channels contains a drop-down list to choose the how digital signals are displayed.

The drop-down list provides the following display options:

By Group. This displays signals organized by group. Only groups that are deﬁned in the LA Setup window can be displayed using this option. In addition, a group can only be expanded if it contains signals from the selected physical module.

By Probe. This displays signals that are alphanumerically organized by individual signal. All signals are displayed when this option is selected, regardless of whether they are part of a group that is deﬁned in the LA Setup window.

By Name. This displays signals by name assigned to them from the LA Setup window. Signals that have not been assigned custom names are not listed when using this selection.

Selecting Individual Signals

After you have chosen a digital signal to output, assign it to an analog output signal by clicking a signal button under Assign To. Conﬁrm that the digital signal was correctly routed by reviewing the analog feed assignment information under Current Routing.

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Selecting Groups

When you select multiple digital signals to output, assign them to one or more analog output signals by selecting the check boxes associated with the target signals. If you are interested in more digital signals than you have analog outputs, use the Analog Feed Cycling buttons to cycle the selected digital signals through the s to guarantee that signal assignments to unselected outputs are preserved. To do so, select the check box labeled Exclude signals assigned to unchecked outputs.

NOTE. The system reassigns digital signals only when the assigned digital signal is a member of the signals that you speciﬁed for output in Selected Channels and the analog output signal to which the digital signal is assigned is not selected.

If one or more of the selected digital signals are already assigned to an analog output, those signals are highlighted under Select Channels. As you feed digital signals to the selected analog output signals, this highlig

Use the following Analog Feed Cycling buttons to cycle the selected digital signals to the selected analog

elected analog outputs. Direct the system to exclude signals assigned to unchecked outputs,

hting changes to reﬂect current signal routing.

output signals.

Assignsuptotheﬁrst four (depending on number of analog output signals selected) digital

signals to the selected analog output signals.

Assigns the selected digital signals to the selected signal outputs in groups equal to the number of signal outputs selected. The order in which the digital signals are assigned is from the bottom of the list to the top.

Assigns the selected digital signals to the selected signal outputs, in groups equal to the number of signal outputs selected. The order in which the digital signals are assigned is from the top of the list to the bottom.

Assigns up to the last four (depending on the number of analog output signals selected) digital

signals to the selected analog output signals.

The Current Routing group box displays read-only details about the assignment of individual data signals to analog outputs and the oscilloscope input signals to which they are physically connected. It also

rovides a System Inter-probing button to reassign oscilloscope destination of data signals.

TIP. To acquire the best possible signal-to-noise ratio on live waveforms through the analog probe outputs, use an external oscilloscope when the logic a nalyzer acquisition is idle.

The iCapture Analog Feeds dialog box retains the signal assignment settings for each logic analyzer represented in the System window. When using Analog Feed Cycling, assign signals using o ne of the previously described control buttons, then close the dialog box. Later, when you reopen the dialog box, resume assigning digital signals to analog outputs. However, if you change either the s etup of groups or any signal names, signal assignment settings will return to defaults the next time the dialog box is opened.

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System Setup Filter Deﬁnitions Dialog Box

When using the logic analyzer’s demultiplexing capabilities to acquire digital data, the analog o utput data may not match the digital data. The analog output connector always gets the signal directly from what is presentatthe source signal and not from the probe tip. Looking at the LA Setup dialog box signal grid, to tell which analog output signals will not match the digital data: Demultiplexed destination signals (pink background) and signals forced to 1 or 0 (yellow background) will not match.

probe tip. For a demultiplexed destination signal, the digital data comes from the demux

Related Topics

System Inter-Probing (see page 57) Changing Signal Routing (see page 74) Setting Up Analog Feeds (see page 71)

Filter Deﬁnitions Dialog Box

From the toolbar, click the Filters button for your module.

Overview

Use this dialog box to display and manage all ﬁlters in the logic analyzer.

Behavior

The dialog box displays all modules and ﬁlters currently used by the logic analyzer. Use the tree controls to expand and collapse the ﬁlter contents of the modules. Modules are listed ﬁrst, followed by any loaded data sources, and then the ﬁlters. Loaded data sources consist of a ﬁle name and a module name (for example, System1.tla:LA-1).

To Use

Manage the ﬁlters using the toolbar buttons at the top of the dialog box, the right-click menu, or the keyboard. By selecting a module in the dialog box, a ttach a new ﬁlter t o the module, load an existing ﬁlter, or paste a new ﬁlter using the clipboard contents and attach it to the module. By selecting a ﬁlter, cut, copy, paste ﬁlter contents, load another ﬁlter’s contents from the Load Filter Dialog Box or edit the ﬁlter’s contents through the Deﬁne Filters dialog box

Deﬁne Filter Dialog Box

Overview

(see page 36),orview

(see page 34).

The logic analyzer normally displays all data acquired by the probes from the target system. Frequently, it displays data that you are not interested in. Use data ﬁ lters to display only the data that you want to seeinthedatawindow.

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System Setup Deﬁne Filter Dialog Box

Use ﬁlters to do the following:

Hide speciﬁcdata.Forexample,deﬁne a ﬁlter to hide data when all of the data in a group is equal to FFFF.

Show speciﬁcdata.Forexample,deﬁne another ﬁlter to show data from a speciﬁcaddress.

Color speciﬁc data. For example, deﬁne a ﬁlter to display data to another address with a speciﬁed color.

Behavior

Filters are made up of clauses and events and are very similar to trigger deﬁnitions. Use the drop-down list located a t the upper left corner of each clause to select an action for each clause. All clauses in the ﬁlter are evaluated beginning with the ﬁrst clause.

When you select a Show or Hide action, ﬁll in the event ﬁelds by using the drop-down lists or text boxes to deﬁne the e vent that you want to either show or hide.

When you select a Color action, a color options button appears to select the color options for the ﬁlter. After you select the color options, ﬁll in the event ﬁelds to further de ﬁ nethedatathatyouwanttoﬁlter for the speciﬁc event.

Edit events and clauses by clicking the mouse at the right-end of the clause and either placing the mouse over the indicator or right-clicking the mouse to display a context-sensitive menu.

Filters are saved as part of the module setups. Load ﬁlters when you need them. Edit and rename ﬁlters as needed. When you apply a ﬁlter to a data window, the ﬁlter name is appended to the data label (for example LA1: FilterA: A3 indicates that FilterA is attached to the A3 group of module LA1).

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System Setup Load Filter Dialog Box

To Use

Use this dialog box similarly to the trigger window by deﬁning events and clauses for the ﬁlter. By default the ﬁlter is enabled if it is not enabled, click the Enable this Filter check box.

Load Filter Dialog Box

Overview

Use this dialog box to load ﬁlter contents from any current or saved module setups.

Behavior

This dialog box loads ﬁlter contents from any saved module setup ﬁles or system setup ﬁles. The load operati load operation creates a new ﬁlter and attaches it to a module.

on replaces all settings in the selected ﬁlter (speciﬁed in the title bar). If no ﬁlter is selected, the

When a m ﬁlters associated with that setup are listed in the center of the dialog box. If a module has a ﬁlter attached, select and load that ﬁlter.

odule setup name or system setup name appears in the File Name text box, all modules and

To Use

Enter a module setup or a system setup name in the File Name text box or click the Browse button to locate a module or system setup ﬁle. Select a ﬁlter from the setup to enable the Load button; click the load button to load the ﬁlter.

E. If you load a ﬁlter that uses groups or signals that are not included with the module, the events will

NOT

be discarded. A message box will display, explaining what happened.

Related Topic

Load Filter Browser Dialog Box (see page 37)

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Load Filter Browser Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to ﬁnd TLA module or system setup ﬁles that contain ﬁlters. This dialog box is similar to the standard Open Dialog Box. The main exception is that the Content area describes whether the module has an

Use the dialog box to b rowse the ﬁle system for ﬁlters. After you select a ﬁle name and click the Open button, the

Box (see page 36).

TIP. If you don’t see the ﬁle that you want, make sure that the ﬁle is a valid TLA module setup ﬁle or system setup ﬁle. These ﬁles have the .tla sufﬁx.

y ﬁlters deﬁned.

dialog box closes and adds the ﬁle name to the File Name ﬁeld of the Load Filter Dialog

Applying Filters

Whenyouapplyaﬁlter to a data window, the ﬁltereddataappearsasadatasource.Theﬁlter name is appended to the data source name in a data window. Deﬁne the ﬁlter before you apply it to a data window.

1. In the Listing window, click the column name; in the Waveform window, click a waveform name.

2. Right-click the mouse and elect Apply Filter followed by the ﬁlter name.

Add a n and selecting a ﬁltered data source:

1. In the Listing window, click

2. In the new dialog box, select a data source that contains ﬁltered data. For example, LA1:Filter1.

3. Select the data group that contains the ﬁltered data.

4. Cl

ew column or waveform with ﬁltered data by clicking the Add Column or Add Waveform icons

(the Add Column icon); in the Waveform window, click (the

Add Waveform icon),.

ick the Add button followed by the Close button.

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System Setup Color Options Dialog Box

Color Options Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to control the color of groups in the data window.

1. Select a ﬁlte

2. Select Color from the ﬁlter deﬁnition.

3. Click the button to the right of the drop-down list to open the Color Options dialog box.

4. Determine whether you want to use separate colors for an individual group or the same color for

all groups.

5. Click the color button to select the foreground and background color from the color matrix.

In addition to using a basic color, click More Colors… at the bottom of the color selection box to deﬁne custom colors.

6. Click OK to close the dialog box.

r in the Filter Deﬁnitions dialog box and then click

Signal Import and Export Formats

The Signal import and export uses a structured text ﬁle format to organize the import and export

mation. Only formatted text ﬁles can be processed by the parser.

infor

The import or export ﬁle is separated into multiple lines by EOL (EOL can be CR, LF, or CRLF). During

ting or exporting, the parser processes one line at a time. The following lines are allowed in the ﬁle:

impor

Comment Lines

rol Lines

Cont Information Lines (see page 45)

(see page 43)

to open the ﬁlter.

ck Sample File

Cli

(see page 41) to view an Import/Export ﬁle.

Related Topics

Signal Setup Import Dialog Box (see page 41) Signal Setup Export Dialog Box (see page 40) Signal Setup Import Behavior (see page 38)

Signal Setup Import Behavior

Be aware of some of the behavior of the logic analyzer when it imports signal setup ﬁles:

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System Setup Signal Setup Import Behavior

The logic analyzer detects the delimiters used in the imported ﬁle. Therefore it is important to use only one delimiter in the ﬁle. If you need to embed the delimiters in a signal name or group name, enclose the na

The import operation will update the signal setup parameters related to the selected ﬁelds. For example, if a without any warnings. Similarly, if there are two lines in the imported ﬁle setting for the s ame signals, the second line receives the new name.

The import operation will not change the signal setup parameters related to unselected ﬁelds. A skipped ﬁeld (an empty ﬁeld name between two delimiters) acts as an unselected ﬁeld.

User-deﬁned signal names must be unique. If an imported user-deﬁned signal name exists, the two signals will exchange their user-deﬁned names (for example, if you have A0(0):A a nd A0(1):B, and you set A0(1) to A, the result will be A0(0):B and A0(1):A).

If an imported ﬁle contains a deﬁnition for a signal that does not exist, the deﬁnition will be ignored and a warning message will be saved in the error log ﬁle. You may experience this when importing a ﬁle to a narrow module.

If an imported ﬁle does not contain deﬁnitions for all the s ignals of the logic analyzer, the deﬁnitions of the missing signals remain unchanged. This may happen when you import a ﬁle to a w ide module.

me with quotes.

user-deﬁned s ignal name is selected, the old name will be replaced by the new name

The parser processes one line at a time. It will stop processing on any unrecognizable line and then display an error message.

All w arning and error messages will be written to a ﬁle named ImportExportError.log in the same location as the import ﬁle.

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System Setup Signal Setup Export Dialog Box

Signal Setup Export Dialog Box

Overview

Use this dialog box to export signal setups to a text ﬁle. Thesetupscanthenbeimportedbyanother logic analyz

Behavior

This dialog box allows you to save the setups to a text ﬁle listed in the Export Path box. Click the Browse button to save the ﬁle to a folder of your choosing. You have the choice of exporting individual signal information o r group information by selecting the appropriate Export Selections. I f you select Export Signal Information, specify the type of information that you want to export by selecting one or more of the check boxes. Select one of four ﬁeld delimiters to separate the ﬁelds within the ﬁle; an empty ﬁeld is represe

Any warning or error mess ages are saved in a log ﬁle in the same location as the exported ﬁle.

er.

nted by two c onsecutive ﬁeld delimiters in the ﬁle.

To Use

t Export Signal Setup… from the File menu. Specify a ﬁle name and the path to the ﬁle. Use the

Selec other selections in the dialog box to deﬁne the signal information and delimiters. Click the Export button to export the ﬁle.

Related Topics

Signal Setup Import Dialog Box (see page 41) Signal Import and Export Formats (see page 38) Signal Setup Import Behavior (see page 38)

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Signal Setup Import Dialog Box

Overview

Use this dialog box to import signal setups from a saved location.

Behavior

This dialog box allows you to specify the signal setup infor ﬁle location in the Import Path box or click the Browse button to browse the ﬁle system for the ﬁle. The setups are normally saved in a text ﬁle.

Select the Automatically detect from ﬁle to import all ﬁelds from the import ﬁle. Select Custom options to specify the ﬁelds that you want to import by selecting one or more custom options. If you try to import a ﬁeld that does not exist in the import ﬁle, the logic analyzer will display a warning message. Click the Import button to import the setups. Warning and e rror messages are saved in a log ﬁle in the same location as the imported ﬁle.

mation that you want to import. Specify the

To Use

Select Import Signal Setup… from the File menu while the Setup window is active. Locate the import specify the import options in the dialog box, and then click the Import button.

ﬁle,

Related Topics

Signal Setup Export Dialog Box (see page 40) Signal Import and Export Formats (see page 38) Signal Setup Import Behavior (see page 38)

Sample Signal Setup File

The following ﬁle shows an example of the different parts of a Signal Import/Export ﬁle.

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // TLA Signal Import/Expo rt File // Created on June 10, 200 // by TLA Import/Export Utility Version: 1.0.001 // (Field Delimiter: <Tab>) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Remove all user-define d signal names //+ResetAllSignals //

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// Remove all groups //+RemoveAllGroups ////////////

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Signal def //+SignalFormat : HWNam e UserName Polarity Compare ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// C0(7) NMI - TRUE C0(6) IGNNE# - TRUE C0(5) EADS# - TRUE C0(4) SRES C0(3) HOLD - TRUE C0(2) KEN# - TRUE C0(1) LOCK# - TRUE C0(0) RDY#= - TRUE Q3 Q3 - TRUE Q2 Q2 - T Q1 Q1 - TRUE Q0 Q0 - TRUE CK3 CLK - TRUE CK2 RDY# - TRUE CK1 BRDY# - TRUE

RDYC# - TRUE

CK0 B

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

inition format

ET - TRUE

RUE

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

roup definition format

// G //+GroupFormat : GroupN ame ChannelList ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Data D31 D30 D29 D28 D27 D26 D25 D24 D23 D22 D21 D20 D19 D18 D17 D16 D15 D14 D13 D12 D11 D10 D9 D8 D7 D6 D 5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0

Control BLAST# AHOLD HLDA BOFF# M/IO# D/C# W/R# SMIACT#

DataSize BS8# BS16# BE3# BE2# BE1# BE0#

Misc CLK= ADS#

Cache KEN# EADS# FLUSH#

Misc2 BREQ# INTR LOCK# PLOCK# RDY#= BRDY#= BRDYC#= HOLD IGNNE# FERR# RESET SRESET NMI

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Comment Lines

All lines starting with "//" are treated as comments, unless the very next character is a '+', which signiﬁes a control line. The "//" can also be used to initiate a comment on the end of "non-comment" line. In this case, a delim comment (ignored by the parser). Examples of using comments lines are shown below:

iter is needed before the "//", all text between the "//", and the end of the line is treated as a

////////// // TLA Signal Import/Expo rt File // Created on June 10, 2007 at 16:05:27 // by TLA Import/Export Utility Version: 1.0.001 // (Field Delimiter: <Tab>) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Related Topics

Control Information Lines (see page 45) Sample Signal Setup File (see page 41) Signal Setup Import Behavior (see page 38)

Lines

Control Lines

All lines starting with "//+" are treated as control lines. This special character sequence is used to mark instructions to the parser. Each word in a control line is considered as a keyword, which can be recognized by the parser. Only delimiters and predeﬁned keywords are allowed in a control line. Each control line signiﬁes a structure, which is used to organize the information in the following information lines.

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

(see page 43)

The ﬁrst keyword in a control line speciﬁes the name of the de ﬁned structure. The keywords after the structure name specify the names of the structure items. Currently, there are four structure names

ailable, ResetAllSignals, RemoveAllGroups, SignalFormat, and GroupFormat. The keywords

av are not case sensitive.

ResetAllSignals

This keyword works as a command to remove all user-deﬁned signal names as shown in the following example:

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Remove all user-define d signal names. //+ResetAllSignals //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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RemoveAllGroups

This keyword works as a command to remove all of the groups.

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////// // Remove all groups. //+RemoveAllGroups /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////

SignalFormat:

This is a structured line containing the following ﬁelds: HWName, UserN

ame, Polarity, Threshold, and

Compare.

HWName. This is the hardware name of the signal. It is required in all SignalFormat structures. The hardware name of the signal should never be empty in the information lines. For normal acquisition signals, the syntax is the hardware pod name followed by the signal number enclosed in parentheses, (for example, A0(1) or A0(2)). The syntax for clock and qualiﬁer signals is the type identiﬁer "CK " or " Q" respectively, followed by a number (forexample,CK0,CK1,Q0,orQ1). Thisﬁeld is not case sensitive.

UserName. This is the user-deﬁned name of the signal. This ﬁeld is case sensitive. The user name should be unique among signals; otherwise the latest deﬁned name will replace the pre-existing name. The user name cannot contain embedded spaces, commas, or tabs. The TLA application allows semicolons in names. When using semicolons as delimiters, embed the name and the delimiter within double quotes ("sample;name"). Similarly, to embed "//" in the name, the name a nd the "//" symbol must be enclosed in double quotes.

Polarity. This is the polarity of the signal. The values for this ﬁeld are + and -.

Threshold. This is the threshold voltage of the signal. The syntax is the voltage value and the unit, (for

example, 2.5V, or 100mV). This ﬁeld is not case sensitive.

Compare. This ﬁeld contains the compare enable/disable information of the signal. Values for this ﬁeld are TRUE and FALSE. This ﬁeld is not case sensitive.

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////// // Signal definition format //+SignalFormat: HWName UserName Polarity Threshold Compare ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///////////////////////////////////

C1(7),RESET,-,1.5V,TRUE

GroupFormat

This is a structured line containing the following ﬁelds: GroupName and SignalList.

GroupName.Thisﬁeld deﬁnes the group name. This ﬁeld is case sensitive. The group name must be unique; otherwise the later-deﬁned name replaces the previous-deﬁned name. The group name must not

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contain embedded tabs. When using delimiters with the name, embed the group name and the delimiter within quotes ("sample name").

SignalList.Thisﬁeld is a list of signal names assigned to the group. This ﬁeld is case s ensitive. The names can be user-deﬁned names or probe-based names. When using probe-based names, there are severa l ways to speci

fy the signals. For individual signals, the syntax is the hardware pod name followed by the signal number enclosed in parentheses (for example A0(1) or A0(2)). Groups of contiguous signals can be speciﬁed using a range of signal numbers within the parentheses (for example, A0(7-0) or A1(3-5)). When you want to specify all signals in a hardware pod, use a shortha nd notation using an empty pair of parentheses (for example, A0() or A1()). The syntax for clock and qualiﬁer signals is the type identiﬁer "CK " or " Q" respectively, followed by a number (for example, CK0, CK1, Q0, or Q1). Multiple signals or groups m

ust be separated by delimiters. Embedded spaces are not allowed.

The number of the names is unlimited. The parser reads the delimiter-separated names until it ﬁnds an EOL chara

cter or a "//" sequence. Break a long line into several lines by adding a delimiter followed by the

‘\’ character before you add each EOL character. The parser treats those lines as a single line.

/////// // Group definition forma t //+GroupFormat:GroupName SignalList //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Control,BLAST,AHOLD,HLDA,BOFF,M/IO,D/C,W/R,SMIACT

Data,D31,D30,D29,D28,D27,D26,D25,D24,D23,D22,D21,D20,D19,D18,D17,D16,,\ D15,D14,D13,D12,D11,D10,D9,D8,D7,D6,D5,D4,D3,D2,D1,D0 Address,A0(),A1(),A2(),A3()

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Related Topics

Comment Lines (see page 43) Information Lines (see page 45)

mple Signal Setup File

Sa Signal Setup Import Behavior (see page 38)

Information Lines

Lines not starting with "//" or "//+" are treated as information lines. An information line can be separated into several ﬁelds by a pre-deﬁned delimiter. The o rders of the ﬁelds are declared in the control line deﬁned earlier. For more information, see the Sample File.

(see page 41)

Related Topics

Control Lines (see page 43) Comment Lines (see page 43) Sample Signal Setup File (see page 41) Signal Setup Import Behavior (see page 38)

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System Setup Logic Protocol Analyzer Setup Window

Logic Protocol Analyzer Setup Window

For the TLA7SAxx Logic Protocol Analyzer Modules, the Setup window automatically conﬁgures the logic protocol a nalyzer based on the characteristics of the link.

NOTE. Not all (TLA7S08 and TLA7SA16).

NOTE. After starting the TLA application, start or restart the SUT so that the logic protocol analyzer senses the

The Setup window provides easy access to a variety of conﬁguration options to do the following:

Acquire bidirectional data

Calibrate probes attached to the module and to the SUT

Specify the link width and transfer rate

Use a clock embedded in the data stream or use an external clock connected to the front panel

Establish storage conditions such as hardware ﬁltering, link scrambling and deskewing, specifying the

storage length, and specifying the trigger position

Establish which modules are associated to links

When you manually change any of the conﬁguration settings, the system displays a list of the changed settings at the top of the window. In addition to providing indications of which link characteristics are manually tracked, the system also provides indications in the Setup window where it sensed discrepancies between the manual settings and the automatically-detected settings. Any change from the auto conﬁguration activates the Auto Conﬁgure button. To return the system to the auto-conﬁgured state, click Auto Conﬁgure or manually change the controls to their auto-conﬁgured states.

features described in the Setup window are available with older logic protocol modules

Gen 1 or Gen 2 training sequences.

A dedicated status area at the top of the window provides basic status information for the current link. The center of the window shows the current module status and deﬁnes how channels (signals from the attached probes) map to lanes. The right side of the window shows the calibration status of the attached probes and provides a means for calibrating the probes to the module and to the system.

Status Area

The status area is located near the top of the Setup window. It provides status information for the window and includes the following components:

Text mess

Command buttons

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ages

System Setup Left Side Control Area

Activity indicator legend

Link status readout

Text messages provide informational, warning, or violation messages about the status of the Setup window and the module. Some messages include an Acknowledge button. These messages appear when you make a change to the settings that may require further interaction. Click the Ack button to dismiss the message.

The signal activity indicator legend deﬁnes the signal status of the signals and the SUT clock signals. The following table lists the possible values and their indication.

Indicator Meaning Description

No signal (gray)

Missing signal

Signal (yellow) Signal (yellow). A signal is detected,

Data signal (green) Data signal (green). A signal is

xxx

No signal activity and none was expected.

Signal missing. The signal is assigned to a lane, but it is not recognized. This symbol appears when a lane is inactive.

but not locked. The data is not recognized.

detected and recognized as data.

NOTE. The SUT CLOCK indicator (located a t the top of the Lane Assignment area) indicates the status of the clock signal via the clock cable connected to the SUT or slot interposer probe. This indicator uses similar colors and patterns as the other status indicators. This color selection is set to Not Used.

If the indicators appear different than what you expect, this could indicate a possible problem with the probe or the signals at the SUT. The legend is always on the screen unless another status message is displayed.

Left Side Control Area

Use the controls on the left side of the Setup window to con ﬁ gure the behavior of the logic protocol analyzer module.

Link Rate Controls

By default, when the TLA application starts, or when you reset the Auto Conﬁguration (by clicking the Auto Conﬁgure button), the Link Rate selection is set to Track Rate. The actual detected rate is displayed adjacent to the Link Rate drop-down list. The detected rate may show rates in both the up and down direction.

is gray if the SUT Reference Clock

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System Setup Left Side Control Area

If you select a speciﬁc link rate, the system d isplays the detected values. If the detected values differ from the selected link rate, the detected values are highlighted.

If the Link Rate is set to Track Rate, the system can report back a mixed value for one or both of the link directions. This is an error condition and the detected link rate values are highlighted.

NOTE. If the L the logic protocol module returns to the last known rate. For example, a rate change from 5.0 GT/s to

8.0 GT/s and back to 5.0 GT/s operates correctly. However, a change from 5.0 GT/s to 8.0 GTS/s and then down to 2.5 GT/s will fail.

NOTE. The TLA7SA08 & TLA7SA16 Logic Protocol Analyzers do not support the capture of Compliance State when using the 8.0 GT/s rate.

ink Rate is set to Track Rate and the link trains down from 8 .0 GT/s to a slower rate,

SUT Reference Clock Area

In Auto Conﬁguration, the logic protocol analyzer can recognize a clock signal by recovering the clock signal embedded in the data. The SUT Reference clock is set to Not Used. A stable reference signal is

ted by the logic protocol analyzer and synchronizes with the embedded clock signal. A clock

genera cable connection is not required, since the logic protocol analyzer recognizes the embedded signal from the probe.

To use an external clock signal, Tektronix recommends connecting a clock cable to make sure that data is accurately synchronized with the clock signal. Select an approximate frequency for your application. Make sure the refer ence clock cable is connected correctly.

Link Data Storage Area

UsetheDataStorageareatospecifythedataformatandtheamountofdatatoacquireandthetypeof ﬁltering. The data volume is expressed in terms of symbols per lane with a maximum of 32 M symbols

r lane.

Use the Trig Pos control to specify where the trigger will appear in memory (1% accuracy within the

ata record).

In addition to specifying the amount of data to acquire, you can also ﬁlter data during an acquisition cycle.

Use the ﬁlters from the drop-down list or deﬁne your own by clicking ﬁltering applies to both upstream and downstream data and does not restrict any triggering.

Use the Deﬁne Filter function to deﬁne a ﬁlter that meets your needs. After you create a ﬁlter, save it for future use. The new ﬁlter appears in both the upstream and downstream lists. The last ﬁlter that you use becomes the selected ﬁlter in the lists.

(the Deﬁne Filter button). The

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Maximum Idle Time Detector

In Auto Conﬁguration, the logic protocol analyzer tracks the scrambling setting of the link. To change the scrambling, select one of the other entries; the instrument senses the change and highlights the changed area.

When the logic protocol analyzer is Auto Conﬁgured and an electrical idle occur longer than the speciﬁ ed timeout, the instrument switches the acquisition rate to 2.5 GT/s.

Some applications return to an electrical idle after a preset time period. The circuits should have returned from an L1 state within that time-out period. However, some tests might require a longer time-out setting. You may wan

t to limit the idle time by checking the Limit Idle Time check box and by specifying a set time.

Channel-Lane Assignment Area

The center of the Setup window contains a graphic representation of the logic protocol analyzer module. It shows th number of lanes in use). For example, if you have a x4 link, then eight lanes will remain unconnected. The logic protocol analyzer assigns lanes to channels in the Setup window as it senses the signals at the probe tip. To change the assignments, click and drag the lines so that the signals are connected to the lanes as your design dictates.

e channel-lane connectors (lines drawn between numbered lanes and channels depending on the

Connector groups (of four activity indicators) represent the connectors on the front of the Logic Protocol Analyzer. Each group has four signals consisting of a signal emblem, a polarity indicator, and two signal connection points (one on each side of the emblem). The SUT Clock emblem shows the activity of the

k when you select the clock as the SUT reference clock source.

cloc

A line connects each signal to a lane so that data will b e recorded and displayed properly in the data

dows. Unless all connected indicators are green, the logic protocol analyzer will not be able to identify

win packet structures correctly.

e the polarity indicators to change how the Logic Protocol Analyzer senses the differential signal on a

Us signal. The plus and minus signs represent the normal or inverted polarity.

ultimodule Logic Protocol Analyzer Conﬁgurations

If your system has two logic protocol analyzer modules, each set up as unidirectional modules, the system automatically establishes them as a bidirectional pair. If your system contains more than two logic protocol analyzer modules and all are set up as unidirectional modules, additional controls appear in the Setup window to allow you to manually assign the pairs of modules comprising the bidirectional link. Select the m odule from the drop-down list. For convenience, click Setup to open the Setup window associated with the selected module.

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System Setup Probe Calibration Area

Probe Calibration Area

When working with high-speed serial analysis, the logic protocol analyzer should be conﬁguredtothe SUT. The probes attached to the instrument should be calibrated to logic protocol analyzer and to the SUT. The Setup win status of the probe calibration.

dow includes a Calibration Dashboard on the right side of window to quickly show the

For systems highlighted information indicates that calibration is required. A common example showing when calibration is required is during an initial setup. When the dashboard displays the calibration information without any highlighting, the probes are calibrated.

NOTE. Systems operating with PCI Express 1 or PCI Express 2 rates will not require calibration.

When the system detects information in the dashboard that is different from the previous setup, the dashboard uses highlighting to show that calibration is needed. Reasons for performing the probe calibration include the following:

The initial use of the system. Calibration is needed because the dashboard contains missing

information.

The instrument detects a rate different than the most recent calibration value. The rate information is

highlighted in the dashboard.

The instrument detects a width or series of widths wider than the most recent calibration value. If the

current lane mapping differs from the prior calibration, the information is highlighted in the dashboard.

Improving the calibration to achieve a lower bit error rate (BER). A highlighted BER indicates that either the calibration was stopped before reaching the desired target BER, of that the system could not ach may require a better error rate.

operating with PCI Express 3 rates, a partially ﬁlled-in dashboard or a dashboard with

ieve the desired BER. The initial calibration might be good enough to start; but further debugging

ding a new probe (one or two entries in the dashboard). The Probe ID information is highlighted

Ad when the instrument detects a different probe ID than the ID than the most recent calibration value.

eturning to an existing setup with a new SUT. Relocating the instrument and probes from one

R location to another will require conﬁrming that the module and probes are calibrated to the new SUT.

Click Calibration Details to view and access the calibration options.

Calibration Results Table

The Calibration Results table provides a summary of the probe calibration status. The probe calibration process includes the following stages:

The initial determination stage

Oneormorereﬁnement stages

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System Setup Probe Calibration Area

The system displays a progress bar at the top of the Probe Calibration Results table s howing the progress of the calibration.

The Calibration Results Table displays a row for each lane associated with a probe channel. For example, a x4 system will only display four lanes in each direction; the remaining rows will be blank. The table includes the

Selection check boxes. These check boxes allow you to calibrate or recalibrate individual lanes. This is helpful t

Lane label. The Lane label deﬁnes the lane number and the direction (Up or Down).

Equalization value. This value will most likely vary from lane to lane to achieve the lowest possible error rate.

Bit Error Rate (~BER). The table lists the BER value achieved during the calibration. A value of ? indicates that a BER has not ye t been calculated. During the calibration, the BER value displays as --. The dash not sufﬁcient, it might be possible to recalibrate the lane to achieve a better value. Select the lanes to be calibrated and conﬁrm that the Target BER has been set to the desired value. Click Calibrate to adjust the EQ only for the selected lanes.

following columns:

o achieve a better error rate for speciﬁc lanes.

es are replaced by an actual value when the calibration has been completed. If the BER is

Calibration Changes

Under certain situations, you might have to recalibrate the probes due to changes to the lane mapping.

Reasons for recalibrating probes are listed below:

The module has been defaulted. The system might be able to restore the lane mapping associated with the defaulted module. However, if the lane mapping cannot be restored, calibration is required.

A saved system has been loaded. If the saved system conﬁguration is different from the current probe or module lane mapping, calibration might be required. The system offers a choice of waiting to see if the system can update the lane mapping (based on the observed training set) or overwriting the current lane mapping with the lane mapping saved with the calibration. In the latter case, the

ystem displays a Map Lanes button in the Calibration Status area. Click Map Lanes to use the lanes

s saved with the calibration.

ane mapping has changed. When the lane mapping changes to use a new probe channel, the system

L will need to be recalibrated. (If the lanes are remapped to probe channels that had already been calibrated, recalibration will not be required.) If the SUT has changed its lane mapping since the logic protocol analyzer was calibrated, such that new probe channels are needed, recalibration is required. The system senses the change and displays a message that recalibration is required.

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System Setup Calibrate the Logic Protocol Analyzer Probes

Calibrate the Logic Protocol Analyzer Probes

When the instrument senses any changes from the most recent values used for calibration, the dashboard highlights the changed elements.

Perform the following steps to calibrate the probes:

1. Click Calibration Details at the bottom of the dashboard to view and access the calibration options.

A drawer opens showing the status of the current probe calibration. A status message at the top of the drawer provides an estimate of the time required to calibrate the probes. Other information includes the Gain setting of each probe and a list of the calibration results for each lane.

The Calibrate button is labeled Calibrate whenever a calibration is required. The label changes to

Recalibrate after a successful calibration.

2. Click Calibrate to begin the probe calibration. The probe calibration may take several minutes to

complete.

During the calibration process, status messages and a progress bar shows the progress of the calibration. When the calibration is complete, the results are updated in the Calibration Results table.

3. If necessary, click Cancel to terminate the calibration.

If the system has completed p art of the calibration process, the button label displays Stop. Stopping the calibration will not remove any of the calibration that has been successfully completed. Clicking Cancel returns the calibration process to the same state as when the calibration started.

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Setting Up External Oscilloscope Communication

The iView External Oscilloscope Setup wizard provides instructions to connect your Tektronix logic analyzer to an external Tektronix oscilloscope, enabling communication between the two instruments.

If the external oscilloscope that you are adding does not appear in the list, then the logic analyzer does not have the ﬁ les necessary to support your model of external oscilloscope. In this event, go to the Tektro nix W

After you complete the process of adding your external oscilloscope to the logic analyzer system, set up your

Specify horizontal and vertical settings on external oscilloscope. In addition, if the external oscillos

eb site and download the latest external oscilloscope support ﬁles.

oscilloscope from the logic analyzer System window.

cope is triggering the TLA, specify the trigger settings on the external oscilloscope.

iView Setup Window

Overview

ASetup settings.

Befor Analyzer and external oscilloscope using the Add iView External Oscilloscope setup wizard.

window is available to help you in verifying, changing, and testing the external oscilloscope

e acquiring and displaying a waveform, establish a connection between your Tektronix Logic

To Use

To access the setup wizard from the System menu, click Add iView External Oscilloscope. Then step through the external oscilloscope setup process, following the provided directions that guide you through physically connecting the analyzer, choosing both your GPIB address and where to display your external waveform data, and initializing the system trigger.

The Connections tab contains diagrams that help you to conﬁrm that your logic analyzer and external oscilloscope are physically connected correctly. Diagrams are available for conﬁrming the physical

onnection of both your logic analyzer and your speciﬁed external oscilloscope. Click the TLA

c Connections button to display the logic analyzer diagram, or click the TDS Connections button to display the diagram for the external oscilloscope that you speciﬁed in the setup wizard.

To open the iView Setup window from the System window, click the iView Setup button.

Related Topic

Troubleshooting Connections (see page 54)

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Troubleshooting External Oscilloscope Communication

If you experience difﬁculty in establishing communication between your logic analyzer and external oscilloscope, the following checklist will help you in identifying and correcting the problem.

Diagnostic Checklist

Is your exte

Is the GPIB conﬁguration on your external oscilloscope set up correctly? (See your oscilloscope's online hel

Are your cable connections securely attached?

Did you select the correct model number for the external oscilloscope to which you are connecting?

Use the Back button to return to the window where you speciﬁed the external oscilloscope model number and make changes as necessary.

Have you correctly connected the cables between your logic analyzer and external oscilloscope?

Use the Back button to return to the windows that describe the proper cable conﬁguration between your logic analyzer and external oscilloscope. Alternatively, cancel the setup wizard and begin the setup process again.

If you speciﬁed the external oscilloscope GPIB address instead of letting the setup wizard automatically detect it for you, did you correctly select the GPIB address where your external oscilloscope is set to communicate?

Use the external oscilloscope user interface to ensure that the GPIB address you selected in the setup wizard agrees with the GPIB address at which the external oscilloscope is set to communicate.

Once you correct the communications problem, the error message will disappear when you press the Next button to establish communication.

rnal oscilloscope turned on?

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Signal Routing from the Logic Analyzer

Overview

Use the Route from LA dialog box to send probe data from a logic analyzer signal to the currently selected oscilloscop menu associated with a selected oscilloscope signal waveform.

e signal. To display the Route from LA dialog box, select Route from LA from the right-click

Behavior

The Ro oscilloscope signal. This item cannot be selected and is displayed for information only. If no inter-probe connection is deﬁned for the oscilloscope channel, the ﬁeld is empty.

ute from LA dialog box displays the currently deﬁned inter-probe connection and the feed for the

To Use

Click the System Inter-probing button to change the contents of the scroll list by adding or changing the connection to the logic analyzer.

Click the Select Channel button to select a new logic analyzer channel to feed the inter-probe connection to the oscilloscope channel. This button is made available when an inter-probe connection is deﬁned.

lated Topics

Signal Routing to the Oscilloscope (see page 56)

outing a Signal from a Logic Analyzer Output

R Routing a Signal to an Oscilloscope Input (see page 73)

(see page 73)

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System Setup Signal Routing to the Oscilloscope

Signal Routing to the Oscilloscope

Overview

Use the Route to DSO dialog box to send probe data from the selected logic analyzer signal to one of the oscilloscop menu associated with a selected LA signal waveform. The Route to DSO right-click menu item is only enabled if the selected waveform is a TLA6400 or TLA7000 series logic analyzer signal.

e channels. To display the Route to DSO dialog box, select Route to DSO from the right-click

Behavior

The Route to DSO dialog box provides a list of oscilloscope channels that have inter-probe connections deﬁned to the logic analyzer. If no inter-probe connections are deﬁned, the list is empty. If the oscilloscope list contains the desired LA signal, then that list item is picked by default.

The check box named Add waveform to view is unchecked by default because the waveform view typically contains waveforms for the oscilloscope of interest. Selecting this check box and clicking OK

ll add a waveform of the selected oscilloscope destination to the view.

To Use

Select an oscilloscope channel and click OK to feed the logic analyzer signal to the inter-probe connection attached to the oscilloscope channel.

Click t he System Inter-probing button to change the destination list contents by adding or deleting the connections for the logic analyzer.

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Related Topics

Signal Routing from the Logic Analyzer (see page 55) Routing a Signal from a Logic Analyzer Output (see page 73) Routing a Signal to an Oscilloscope Input (see page 73)

System Inter-Probing

Overview

Because the TLA application cannot sense probe physical connect/disconnects, it is unable to manage logic analyzer or oscilloscope mapping automatically. Use the System Inter-probing dialog box to manually specify which connectors between the logic analyzer and oscilloscope have probe connections.

Behavior

When an inter-probing connection is created, the oscilloscope signal name changes to reﬂect the logic analyzer signal that is feeding it. The signal name is visible in both the DSO Setup channel tabs and as the waveform element label. The rule that the system uses for generating the DSO signal name is to make it identical to the LA signal name. The system also automatically adjusts the time alignm

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System Setup System Inter-Probing

incorporate whatever signal path delay is determined for the oscilloscope individual signal. The delay is a single time value, based on both the cable length and the particular path of the logic analyzer signal feed.

NOTE. Your abi set up and maintenance of system inter-probing.

lity to use the LA Setup, Time Alignment, and Waveform windows depends on correct

To Use

To create an inter-probing connection, click either an oscilloscope or logic analyzer signal button. The system responds by changing the cursor to the shape of a probe connector. Then click a button corresponding to the opposite end of the connection to establish the connection. Upon establishing an inter-probing connection, the cursor changes back to the normal shape.

NOTE. If y and the cursor changes b ack to the normal shape.

To delet a connection is deleted, the oscilloscope signal name changes to the normal default and the oscilloscope individual signal time alignment is set to zero.

ou click anywhere other than on a legal endpoint for the connection, then no connection is made

e a system inter-probing connection, click either endpoint button o f the existing connection. When

Related Topic

Setting Up Analog Multiplexing (see page 61)

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Loading Saved Setups to an LA module

1. In the System window, click the LA Setup button.

2. From the File menu, select Load Module.

3. Click Browse to search for the system or module with the setup you want. Enter the path in the File

name text box.

4. Select the ﬁle and click Open; the Load Module dialog box appears with a list of modules in the saved ﬁle.

5. Select the module you want and click Load.

If the setup does not load, refer to Load System Options Dialog Box problems.

Merging Modules

Before merging modules in the application, physically connected the modules as described in the TLA Series Logic Analyzer Installation Manual.

Follow these rules and restrictions when merging modules:

TLA7BB2 (68-channel) modules can be merged. For other modules, 102 channel and 136 channel modules can be merged.

TLA7Bxx modules cannot be merged with TLA7Axx modules.

Any combination of TLA7Axx modules (up to ﬁve) can be merged.

Modules containing different memory depths can be merged but will default to the shallowest memory depth being used.

The m aximum merged combinations are ﬁve TLA7Bxx modules. The graphic shows how to orient modules in a multiple module merge.

(see page 397) foralistofpossible

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Module Setup Saving LA Setups

The number of channels in the master module must be equal to or greater than the number of channels in the modules with which it is merged. If there is a second slave module, the ﬁrst slave must have greater than o more channels than the master, slave 1, or slave 2. Slave 4 cannot have more channels than the master, slave 1, slave 2, or slave 3.

Modules cannot be merged between a mainframe and an expansion mainframe; merged modules must be in the same physical mainframe.

To merge a module to an established merged set, the established merged set must ﬁrst be unmerged through software. Only unmerged modules can be used to create a merged conﬁguration.

Use the following steps to merge logic analyzer modules.

r equal to the number of channels in the second slave module. Slave 3 cannot have

1. From the S

2. Click the Merge Modules tab.

3. Click the merge button.

modules are merged.

4. Click the OK button

ystem menu, click System Conﬁguration.

Related Topics

Merge Modules Properties (see page 407) Calibrating Modules (see page 66)

Saving LA Setups

1. In the System window, click the LA Setup button.

2. From the File menu, click Save Module.

3. Select the folder.

The button closes and the module icons become one to indicate that the

4. Enter the ﬁle name if you want a new name.

nter any c omments you want to save with the ﬁle.

5.E

6. Click the option button associated with the save option you want: Save All Data, Save Only

Unsuppressed Data, or Don't Save Data.

7. Click Save.

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Setting Up Analog Multiplexing

1. From the LA Setup window, click the iCapture button. The system responds by displaying the iCapture Analog Feeds dialog box.

NOTE. Analog logic analyzer modules.

2. Specify th and the Analog In connector on the external oscilloscope (as applicable).

3. Set up sig connectors.

4. Click the

Setting Up System Inter-Probing Setting Changing Signal Routing (see page 74)

The fol

Up Analog Feeds

lowing ﬁgure depicts the logical process of setting up analog multiplexing.

multiplexing is available only in TLA6400 series logic analyzers and TLA7000 series

e signal routing between the Analog Probe Output connectors on the logic analyzer module

nal routing from the logic analyzer probe input channel to the Analog Probe Output

following links to complete the analog multiplexing setups.

(see page 72)

(see page 71)

Establishing a Logical Connection

Use the following procedure to establish a logical connection between your logic analyzer and oscilloscope from the Setup window.

1. Connect probe from the channels on system under test to the Tektronix Logic Analyzer.

2. Establish logical connections between the logic analyzer and the DSO, using the System Inter-probing

(see page 57) dialog box.

3. Determine which channels to route from the logic analyzer input to the Analog Output, using the

Analog Feeds

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(see page 31) dialog box.

Module Setup Setting Up Analog Multiplexing

Reconﬁguring an Existing Logical Connection

Alternately, use the following procedures to reconﬁgure the logical connection between your logic analyzer and oscilloscope from the Waveform window.

Reconﬁgure logical connections from the logic analyzer to the oscilloscope:

1. Right-click the waveform label associated with a digital waveform being routed to the oscilloscope.

2. Select Route To DSO

3. Use the Route to DSO dialog box to modify probe data being sent from the logic analyzer to the

oscilloscope.

Reconﬁgure logical connections from the oscilloscope to the logic analyzer:

1. Right

2. Sele

3. Use the Route from LA dialog box to modify probe data being sent from the logic analyzer to the

-click the waveform label associated with an analog waveform being routed from the logic

analyzer.

ct Route from LA

illoscope.

osc

(see page 56) from the shortcut menu to display the Route to DSO dialog box.

(see page 55) from the shortcut menu to display the Route from LA dialog box.

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How to Acquisition Overview

Acquisition Overview

Overview

When you start an acquisition, all modules start acquiring data together. (Exceptions are when one module has been programmed to arm another or when a module has been turned off.) Modules stop acquiring data individually, according to their trigger programming.

Starting and Stopping an Acquisition

In the Cont Tek icon on the right animates while the logic analyzer runs. Point at this icon with the mouse to display a tool tip showing the analyzer status.

There are two ways to acquire data: Single-run or Repetitive mode. Within Repetitive mode, specify the following three conditions:

Save Module and Data

Stop if

Stop After N Acquisitions

When comparing acquisition data against reference data, view the results in either a Listing window or in a Waveform window.

rol bar, click Run to start an acquisition or press the Run/Stop button on the front panel. The

Compare with Reference is Equal or Not Equal

Single-Run Mode

ingle-run mode, the logic analyzer automatically stops acquiring and di splays data when it fulﬁlls the

In S setup conditions. Use Single-run mode to ﬁnd and display a speciﬁc event.

ring acquisition, the logic analyzer monitors the data, looking for the events you speciﬁed in the Trigger

Du windows. When the speciﬁed events occur, the logic analyzer responds according to the selections you made in the Setup and Trigger windows.

Repetitive-Run Mode

In Repetitive-Run mode, the logic analyzer keeps acquiring data until you click Stop or until it fulﬁlls the stop conditions.

Use Repetitive-Run mode as follows:

To observe the same waveform or listing for a period of time

To stop after a set number of acquisitions for a period of time and look for differences

After each acquisition use the logic analyzer do the following tasks:

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How to Specifying Multiple Acquisitions

Save the system or module setups and data

Export the data to separate ﬁles or overwrite the same ﬁle

Compare the acquisition data against data in another LA module o r a saved LA module ﬁle

Open a ﬁle or execute a set of deﬁned tasks after the acquisition is complete. For example, execute a

command such as sending email or paging you that the logic analyzer has stopped.

Select Repetitive Properties from the System menu to select the different options for the Repetitive mode.

NOTE. Minimize the time between acquisitions by specifying compare conditions under the LA Setup window, deleting (not just minimizing) all data windows, and then starting the logic analyzer. When the logic analyzer fulﬁlls the compare conditions, create a new data window with the New Data Window wizard to v iew the data.

Related Topics

Setup Window (see page 15) Compare Deﬁnition Dialog Box (see page 212)

Specifying Multiple Acquisitions

1. From the System menu, click Repetitive Properties.

2. Select the Stop After check box.

3. Enter the number of acquisitions to execute.

4. Cli

TIP. Click the button to the right of the Run button to set the repetitive run mode.

To improve the response time of the logic analyzer during repetitive operations, delete any unnecessary data windows. This allows the logic analyzer to spend time on processing data rather than redrawing data in data windows.

Related Topic

Repetitive Properties Dialog Box (see page 212)

ck OK.

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Opening a Document or Program after an Acquisition

1. From the System menu, click Repetitive Properties.

2. Select the Open: <Name of program or document> check box.

3. Click the Open button.

4. In the O pen dialog box, click the Browse button to locate the document or application you want to open.

5. Specify any

6. Click OK to close the Open dialog box.

7. Click OK.

arguments and ﬁle locations, if needed.

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How to Calibrate the Logic Analyzer or DSO Module

Calibrate the Logic Analyzer or DSO Module

1. Save your system before performing calibration. Calibration invalidates acquired data.

2. From the System menu, click Calibration and Diagnostics.

3. Click the Self Calibration tab.

4. Select the module or modules to calibrate.

5. Click Run. C

modules chosen.

If the cali service center.

bration fails, refer to the service manual for that particular module or contact your local Tektronix

alibration time can take up to several minutes to complete, depending on the type of

Related Topics

Self Calibration Properties (see page 406) Technical Support (see page 1)

Calibrate the DSO Probes

For a DSO module:

1. In the System window, click the DSO Setup button.

2. Clic

3. Attach probes that you want to calibrate to the PROBE COMPENSATION output through a dual-male

k a channel tab.

adapter and Probe-cal Adapter board.

BNC

NOTE. Passive or unknown probes are not calibrated.

4. Click Probe Cal.

5. Click Calibrate Chan < n> to calibrate the probe attached to the selected channel.

6. Click Calibrate All to calibrate the probes attached to all channels that can be calibrated.

The channel number and probe calibration status for each p robe are displayed in the dialog box.

For an external oscilloscope:

Use the Vertical menu on the external oscilloscope to calibrate the probes.

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Developing Custom Color Schemes

1. With the System active, go to the System menu and select Options.

2. Click the Colors tab.

3. Select the element you want to change.

4. Select a color for the element. This will be the default.

5. Click Save Scheme. Enter a new name; you cannot save changes to a default color scheme.

6. Click OK.

Related Topic

Changing Defaults (see page 96)

Comparing Data

Use the logic analyzer to compare acquired data against saved reference data. Use color to highlight the results in the Listing or Waveform window.

1. Decide which signals to compare and set them up in groups in the LA Setup window.

2. Go to a Listing or Waveform window and add the groups to that window.

3. In the Listing or Waveform window, click

TLA toolbar to open the Deﬁne Compare dialog box.

a. Select the Enable Data Compare box, if it is not already selected.

b. Select a reference data source from the list, or click Add Data Source to add reference data from a

saved ﬁle.

c. Select one of the following compare regions:

Use All Data Possible

Partial Data around Ref Begin: Compares a speciﬁed number of samples after the beginning

of the reference data.

Partial Data around Ref Trigger: Compares a speciﬁed number of samples before or after the

trigger mark in the reference data.

d. Specify the data alignment.

: Compares the entire acquisition against the reference data.

(the Deﬁne Compare button) in the

Align the data with respect to the beginning of memory or to the trigger location and specify the number of samples to offset the data.

e. Click OK to close the dialog box.

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How to Specifying Stop Conditions for Compare Operations

4. Click (the properties toolbar button) in the Listing or Waveform window.

a. Select either the Listing or Waveform window tab.

Speci

b. Select the col

To display that the acquisition data equals the reference data (memory equalities), select Acq = Ref and the d

c. Click OK.

5. Click Run to perform an acquisition.

The compare data (memory differences or equalities) will be highlighted in the regions of the display window that you speciﬁed in the Deﬁne Compare dialog box.

Follow these guidelines for comparing data:

Acquisition modules and reference modules must be the same width.

You cannot compare glitch data, disassembler group data, MagniVu data, or oscilloscope data.

Althou

by using groups as deﬁned in the Setup window. Add the groups in a Listing window.

gh you cannot compare disassembler group data directly, compare raw, nondisassembled data

or for memory differences (Acq != Ref).

esired color.

fying Stop Conditions for Compare Operations

1. From

the System menu, click Repetitive Properties.

2. Select the Stop criteria.

3. Specify additional parameters as needed for your application, such as executing a program after

meeting stop c onditions or saving information to a ﬁle.

4. Click OK.

NOTE. Select Enable Compare in the Compare Deﬁnition dialog box to stop the acquisitions when the

ompare conditions are met.

IP. Click the button to the right of the Run button to set the repetitive run mode.

Related Topic

Repetitive Properties Dialog Box (see page 212)

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How to New Histogram Data Page

New Histogram Data Page

Use to specify the data source for the new Histogram window:

1. Click Data from an LA in the system to use data from a currently installed logic a nalyzer or from a saved logic analyzer.

2. Click the No data to create an empty Histogram window; add the data later.

3. Click Next.

New Histogram Options Page

Use to select speciﬁc data options for the new Histogram window:

1. Select a

2. Select a group or counter/timer from the selected logic analyzer.

3. Click Next.

Relate

Data Source Properties (see page 247)

data source. The data source can be from a logic analyzer or from saved TLA ﬁles.

d Topic

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How to Select Axis Type

Select Axis Type

Overview

Use this page to specify the X-axis and Y-axis for the empty Graph window.

Behavior

For either a

Sample Number. Use the drop-down list to select Begin, Trigger, or End.

Row Number. This selection is the same as the Sample Number but does not include any gaps

due to ﬁltering.

Timestamp. Use the drop-down list to select either an Absolute timestamp or the Previous timestamp.

Value of G roup . Use the drop-down list to select an Address, Data, or Control group.

Theaxislabelwillbethesameasthetypethatyouspecify from the above list. After you set up the window, use the Graph Window

NOTE. Once you have speciﬁed the axis type using the wizard, you cannot change the type without creating a new Graph window.

xis, select one of the following:

(see page 338) to further deﬁne each axis of the graph.

To Use

ct the axis type and click the Finish button to ﬁnish the wizard.

Sele

Related Topic

Add Series Dialog Box (see page 345)

Axis Type Wizard

Overview

Use the Axis Type wizard to add a data series to an empty graph window. The wizard appears when you click the Add Series toolbar button or select Add Series from the Edit menu in an empty Graph window. It allows you to select the data source for the Graph window and then specify the X-axis and Y-axis types for that data source.

In an empty Graph window, click the Add Series toolbar button to start the wizard.

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New Source Data Page

Use to specify the data for the new Source window:

1. Select An existing Listing window to use data from an existing Listing w indow.

2. Select the No Listing window to create an empty Source window; add the data later.

3. Click Next.

New Source Options Page

Use to select speciﬁc data options for the new Source window:

1. Select a Listing window, data source, and listing column. The Source window will use the data from these selections.

2. Select a symbol ﬁle to use.

3. Click Next.

Related Topic

Source Data Properties (see page 266)

Setting Up Analog Feeds

Analog feeds functionality allows you to assign multiple digital signals to the DSO using multiple analog channel outputs. Access the iCapture Analog Feeds dialog box from the LA Setup window by clicking the iCapture button.

NOTE. Analog feeds functionality is only available in TLA6400 series logic analyzers and TLA7000 series logic analyzer modules.

Use the following procedure to set up this functionality from the iCapture Analog Feeds d ialog box.

1. Select the LA module containing digital signals that you want to route to a DSO from the Physical Module list box.

2. Select an analog output attenuation level.

3. From the Select Signals list box, choose a method of displaying signals: By Group - lists groups as

deﬁned in the Setup window. By Probe - lists signals by the probe name. By Name - alphabetically lists signals by their name.

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4. Select the digital signals that you want to route through analog outputs to the DSO.

5. Select the check boxes associated with the analog outputs, located under Analog Feed Cycling.

6. Click a button in the Analog Feed Cycling group box to assign the selected signals to the selected

outputs, in groups equal to the number of outputs selected.

7. Optionally select the check box labeled Exclude signals assigned to unchecked outputs.

8. Click the System Inter-probing button to display the System inter-probing dialog and select the DSO

inputs to which the signals will be routed.

Related Topics

Setting Up System Inter-Probing (see page 72) Signal Signal Routing (see page 74) Analog Feeds (see page 31)

Setting Up System Inter-Probing

Only TLA6400 series logic analyzers and TLA7000 series logic analyzer modules, and external oscilloscopes can be displayed in the System Inter-probing dialog box. If a TLA6400 series logic analyzer or a TL box can still be opened but is empty.

1. From

2. Click an LA, DSO or external oscilloscope channel button to begin the inter-probing connection. The

3. Click a channel button corresponding to the physical connection at the opposite end of the probe to

NOTE. If you click the mouse anywhere other than on a legal endpoint for the connection, no connection is made and the cursor changes back to its normal shape.

4. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each LA module-to-external oscilloscope physical connection that you

TIP. To remove an inter-probing connection, click one of its endpoints or use the Delete button.

Use the Clear All button to remove all probe connections simultaneously.

A7000 series l ogic analyzer module an external oscilloscope exist but none are available, the dialog

the System menu, click System Inter-probing to display the System Inter-probing dialog box.

tem responds by changing the cursor to the shape of a probe connector.

sys

tablish the probe connection. Upon establishing an inter-probing connection, the cursor changes

es back to its normal shape.

want to specify.

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How to Routing a Signal from a Logic Analyzer Output

Routing a Signal from a Logic Analyzer Output

1. From the Waveform window, right-click the waveform label associated w ith the oscilloscope to which you want to route the digital signal.

2. In the right-click menu, click Route from LA. The Route from LA dialog box displays.

3. Click the Select Channel button. The Select Signal dialog box displays.

NOTE. The Select Signal button is disabled when you have not previously setup logical system inter-probing connections. To perform this setup, click the System Inter-probing button.

4. Select a method of displaying signals.

5. Choose the signal to route to the oscilloscope.

Related Topic

Routing a Signal to an Oscilloscope Input (see page 73) Setting Up System Inter-Probing (see page 72)

Routing a Signal to an Oscilloscope Input

1. From the Waveform window, right-click the waveform label associated with the logic analyzer module from which you want to route the digital signal.

2. In the right-click menu, click Route to DSO. The Route to DSO dialog box displays.

3. Select the logic analyzer signal that you want to send to the oscilloscope.

NOTE. No logic analyzer signals display in the Route to DSO dialog box until you set up logical system inter-probing connections. To perform this setup, click the System Inter-probing button.

4. When you want to add a new waveform to the waveform window containing the rerouted signal, select the check box labeled Add waveform to view.

Related Topic

Routing a Signal from a Logic Analyzer Output (see page 73) Setting Up System Inter-Probing (see page 72)

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How to Changing Signal Routing

Changing Signal Routing

Use the following procedure to change digital signal routing from either a DSO channel input or a logic analyzer output that is displayed on the Waveform window.

Routing from the LA

1. Right-clic

2. From the right-click menu, click Route from L A. The Route from LA dialog box displays.

3. Click the Select Signal button. The Select Signal dialog box displays.

NOTE. The Select Signal button is disabled when you have not previously setup logical system inter-pr

4. Select a method of displaying signals.

5. Choose the signal to rout to the oscilloscope.

Routin

1. Right-click the label of the LA waveform.

2. From the right-click menu, click Route to DSO. The Route to DSO dialog box displays.

3. Click the Select Signal button. The Select Signal dialog box displays.

NOTE. The Select Signal button is disabled when you have not previously setup logical system inter-probing connections. To perform this setup, click the System Inter-probing button.

g to the Oscilloscope

k the label of the DSO channel waveform.

obing connections. To perform this setup, click the System Inter-probing button.

4. Select a method of displaying signals.

5. Choose the signal to route to the oscilloscope.

Related Topics

Setting Up System Inter-Probing (see page 72) Setting Up Analog Feeds (see page 71)

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How to Edit Protocol Files

Edit Protocol Files

1. To open a protocol for editing from the Stack Deﬁnition pane, do one of the following:

Double-click the protocol you want to edit. The protocol is displayed in the Protocol Editor pane.

From the Protocol Editor pane select the File menu, and then select Open Protocol.

2. Type your changes directly in the Protocol Editor pane.

TIP. Use the Replace function to h elp you locate and replace text.

1. From the Protocol Editor pane, sele ct the Edit menu and then select Replace…. The Replace dialog box opens.

2. Type the text you want to change in the Find What text box.

3. Type the new text in the Replace with text box.

4. If the text is case sensitive, select the Match case check box.

5. Click Replace to replace the next instance of the text in the Find What text box with the new text in

the Replace text box. Click Replace All to replace all instances. Click Find Next to ﬁnd the next instance but not replace the text.

Editing the Protocol Window Properties

Follow these steps to edit the Protocol Window Properties:

1. Place the cursor in the Protocol window and click View > Properties to display the Protocol Properties dialog box.

2. Click the About Data tab to view the current data source information.

3. Click the Protocol window tab to adjust the display settings

4. Click the Column tab to adjust the column settings in the Packet view.

5. Click the Color tab to adjust the color settings in the Decode View.

6. Click the Marks tab to adjust the properties for the marks that you placed.

7. Click the Framer options tab to set the port address and packet identiﬁer for framing the packets.

8. Click OK.

of the Protocol window.

Related Topic

Protocol Window Properties (see page 301)

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How to Edit Relations Between Protocols

Edit Relations Between Protocols

1. In the Stack Deﬁnition pane, right-click the protocol for which you want to edit the relations. The Protocol shortcut menu appears.

2. From the Protocol shortcut menu, select Deﬁne Relations. The Protocol Setup d ialog box appears, displaying the Relations tab.

3. To remove any protocol from the Current Relations list, select the protocol, and then click the Remove button.

4. To add any protocol to the Current Relations list, select the protocol you want to add from the Available Protocols, and then click the Add button.

5. ClickUporDowntodeterminetheorderof the relations, and then click OK.

6. If you specify the Type of Relation as Single Parameter or Raw Data, enter hexadecimal values

preceded by 0x or binary values preceded by 0b. For example, to enter the 3 in hexadecimal, enter 0x3; to enter it in binary, enter 0b0011.

Edit Stack Files

1. To open an existing stack ﬁle, select Open Stack from the File menu.

2. In the Open dialog box, select the stack to open and click OK.

3. To see how to edit the stack ﬁles, click the following links:

To Replace a Protocol from the Stack To Remove a Protocol in the Stack (see page 322) To DeﬁneaProtocolintheStack(see page 322) To Modify Relations Between the Protocols in the Stack (see page 76)

(see page 324)

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How to Editing a Tool on the Tools Menu

Editing a Tool on the Tools Menu

1. From the System menu, click OptionsandthenclicktheToolstab.

2. In the User-Deﬁned Tools box, select the tool that you want to edit.

3. Perform one or more of the following actions:

To move the tool up one position in the menu, choose the Move Up button.

To move th e t

To change the menu text, command line (tool path and ﬁle name), command-line arguments, or the initial di

To specify a letter in the menu title as an accelerator key, precede that letter in the Menu Name box with an am

ool down one position in the menu, choose the Move Down button.

rectory, click the Edit button and then type the new information in the appropriate text box.

persand. The ﬁrst letter in the title is the accelerator key by default.

Related Topics

Removing a Tool from the Tools Menu (see page 77) Adding a Tool to the Tools Menu (see page 148)

Removing a Tool from the Tools Menu

To remove a tool from the Tools menu:

1. From

2. In the User-Deﬁned Tools box, select the tool you want to delete and click the Delete button.

the System menu click Options, and then click the Tools tab.

Related Topics

iting a Tool on the Tools Menu

Ed Adding a Tool to the Tools Menu (see page 148)

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(see page 77)

How to Editing Symbol Files

Editing Symbol Files

To edit symbol ﬁles supplied by the support package, make a copy of the ﬁle and then edit the copy.

NOTE. Do not change signal assignments. If you do so, the disassembler may not function c orrectly.

Most support packages provide two types of ASCII symbol ﬁles: pattern and range. Make a copy of the type you need and edit it using an editor.

NOTE. Save

the symbol ﬁle as ASCII. If saved in any other format, the symbol ﬁle cannot be used.

Related Topics

Symbol Tables (see page 375) Color Properties (see page 412)

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How to Exporting Data from a Protocol Window

Exporting Data from a Protocol Window

Follow these steps to export data from Protocol window

1. Place the cursor in the Protocol window, and select Export… from the Data menu to display the Export Data dialog box.

2. In the Export Data dialog box, specify the ﬁle name and location that you want to export data to.

3. Under Export Range, select either Packet View or Decode View, and then select the export range.

4. To include the Hex View, select the Append Hex View check box.

Expor

5. If you sele want to use.

6. Click Sav

cted Packet View, you should also select the export options, including the delimiters you

Related Topic

Export Data Dialog Box (see page 306)

ting Data from a Listing Window

1. In the

2. From the File menu, click Export Data.

3. In the Export Data dialog box, select the folder you want to export data into.

4. Enter a name for the exported ﬁle.

5. Click Options to specify the format options.

6. Select one of the Export ranges.

System window, click the Listing window icon.

ick Save.

7. Cl

NOTE. Use a Tab or Semicolon as a delimiter when exporting data from a Listing window. If a Space or Comma is chosen as a delimiter, the timestamp values are erroneously exported from the Listing window in picoseconds without units.

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How to Exporting Histogram Data

Exporting Histogram Data

1. In the System window, click the Histogram data window icon.

2. From the File menu, select Export Histogram.

3. In the Export Data dialog box, select the folder you want to export data into.

4. Enter a name for the exported ﬁle.

5. Determine h

6. Click Save.

NOTE. Cli

ow many rows of data you want to export a nd click the appropriate button.

ck Options to change the ﬁeld delimiters or to change how the bounds will be exported.

LoadingaSavedSystem

1. From the File menu, click Load System.

2. Navigate to the directory where you saved your system.

3. Select

NOTE. The saved system must exactly match the current system in order for all parts of the system to load. If the saved system does not match, load parts of the saved system using the Load System Options dialog box.

The current version of software can load ﬁles saved under older versions of software.

the ﬁle and click Open.

Related Topics

Saving a System (see page 87) Load System Options Dialog Box (see page 397)

Loading Portions of a Saved System

1. From the File menu, click Load System.

2. Navigate to the folder where the saved ﬁle is located.

3. Click Options. The Load System Options dialog box opens.

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