Introduction to State Analysis
Select and View Symbols in the State Listing
Select and View Symbols in the State Listing
Symbols are helpful when viewing more complex state listings. For example, you might monitor a microprocessor’s status lines which have specific patterns for read and write cycles. You can define symbols for these patterns. Then, wherever a read or write cycle occurs in the state listing, you will see "READ" or "WRITE," instead of a numerical representation of the patterns.
1Press the List MENU key.
2Highlight the base field under the SCOUNT label, and press the Select key. Highlight Symbol in the
The symbols ONE, TWO, and THREE are displayed in the state listing in place of the numeric counts 01, 02, and 03, respectively.
The base field is set to display the data in symbol form.
Symbols ONE, TWO, and THREE represent data 01, 02, 03.
State Listing with Symbols
3Select the Symbol field under SCOUNT label, and then choose Hex from the
Step 3 changes the base from decimal to hexadecimal for the rest of the exercises.