Command Dictionary

Set Driver Restriction

 

 

Set Driver Restriction

Tools Supported: FastScan and FlexTest

Scope: Setup mode

Prerequisites: You can only use this command before the tool begins generating test patterns. Also, the Set Contention Checking command must be issued to turn contention checking on.

Usage

For FastScan

SET DRiver Restriction OFf ON

For FlexTest

SET DRiver Restriction OFf ON Tg

Description

Specifies whether the tool allows multiple drivers on buses and multiple active ports on gates.

The Set Driver Restriction command allows you to specify for the tool to report a contention problem whenever there are multiple nets driving values onto a bus, or when multiple ports are active on an individual gate. The default upon tool invocation is to allow multiple driving nets on a bus or multiple active ports on a gate only as long as the signals are driving the same value. If multiple signals are on and are not driving the same values, then the tool flags it as contention.

However some design processes only allow a single driver to be on at a time regardless of whether the signals are driving the same values. The Set Driver Restriction command allows you to place this same restriction on the tool.

Arguments

OFf

A literal that specifies for the tool to allow multiple drivers to be on for a bus and multiple ports to be active for a gate as long as the driving signals are of the same value, and therefore there is no contention. This is the default behavior when you invoke the tool.

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