Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project

Graphical Display –

Large Screen

Working with the

Using the Simulator, you may execute a project the same way the user

simulator

will use it on the physical printer.

 

From the Simulator menu bar, several options are available under

 

Execution:

 

 

Debugger

 

 

Simulator

 

 

Options

 

 

Scan Input…

 

4

Click Execution

 

5 Click the desired option

 

 

Switch from

You may switch back and forth between Simulator mode and Debugger

simulator to

mode while simulating your project.

debugger

 

 

 

When you switch from Simulator mode to Debugger mode, the project

 

continues to run in Debugger mode from the point at which it was

 

stopped in Simulator mode. This allows you to run the program quickly

 

up to the point where you want to do a more detailed test. When you

 

have tested the specific routine in Debugger mode, you may return to

 

Simulator mode.

 

 

Break option

Simulation Mode includes a Break option Interactive I/O dialogue

 

box that allows you to simulate the success or failure of Input and

 

Output communications in your project.

 

To enable the Interactive I/O dialogue box, on the MCL Code Simulator

 

menu bar:

 

1

Click Execution

 

2

Click Options

The following Execution Options dialogue box is displayed

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Datamax v1.1x user manual Click Execution, Click the desired option, Click Options