Can I rename the probed signals?
It depends on the context.
– With Exostiv Dashboard in Netlist mode (automatic mode) and version 1 of Myriad Waveform viewer, the probed signal names are taken from the target design netlist and cannot be renamed.
– With Exostiv Dashboard in RTL mode (manual mode), the inputs of the Exostiv IP can be renamed in the Exostiv Analyzer by selecting a capture unit and hit the ‘Edit Probes’ button.
A window pops up with controls that allow:
– Making/Splitting custom busses
– Renaming signals, and:
– Revert back to their original names
TCL scripting can be used too:
select_debugging_cu “(capture unit name)” –> Selects the capture unit in the analyzer.
select_debugging_data_group “(data group name)” –> Selects the data group in the analyzer
rename_probe (offset) “(new probe name)” –> Renames the probe
Looping through all the offsets (position of the probe in the data group) allows renaming the probes. The TCL interface allows parsing a table in an external text file to ease the work of changing the probes names.
The new probe names can be saved in the project file .epf. Providing modified .epf is another way to reuse previously modified probe names.
Finally, in RTL mode, the .epf file can also be modified. Exostiv Dashboard project files contain all the project settings in a format similar to .xml.
The project file contains a ‘probe dictionary’ section that can be modified:
The ‘Name’ property of each probe can be modified to the desired selection.