Keyboard shortcut for running simulation in ADE GXL?

You could easily define one:

hiSetBindKey("adexl" "<Key>F5" "axlRunSimulation()")

hiSetBindKey("adegxl" "<Key>F5" "axlRunSimulation()")

hiSetBindKey("Schematics" "<Key>F5" "axlRunSimulation()")

For ADE L you can't have a bindkey for the ADE window itself, but for the schematic you could have a key bound to "(sevRunEngine sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow()))" p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }

Regards,

Andrew.

Thank you! I'm very grateful.

I am a newbie and don't know much about SKILL. I should really learn it! 

Hi Andrew,

I looked up the ADE XL SKILL reference, there is no such function as axlRunSimulation(), but only a function called axlRunAllTests(), which has 2 arguments:

axlRunAllTests( 

t_session  

t_mode  

) 

=>  x_runid  | nil 

For the argument t_session, a session name must be provided. Initially, I wrote:

t_session = axlGetWindowSession() 

However, since .cdsinit is executed at the beginning when you start virtuoso, this line will only generate a "nil" value.

Is there any way to avoid this? Like defering the evaluation of axlGetWindowSession() till "F5" is actually pressed?

Thanks!

axlRunSimulation was a new public function in IC615 ISR12 (6.1.5.500.12) - so that's probably why you don't see it.

You could use:

hiSetBindKey("adexl" "<Key>F5" "let((sess) axlRunAllTests(sess=axlGetWindowSession() axlGetCurrentRunMode(axlGetMainSetupDB(sess))))")

This will ensure that your bindkey will use whatever is the current run mode.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,  Can you give the clear command how to set NetlistAndRun for the schematic window ? Your comment "have a key bound to "(sevRunEngine sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow()))" p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }" confuse me a bit. 

Thanks !

The "p, li" bit is some strange formatting thing (related to HTML) which is coming from the forum migration. What I was suggesting was that you define a bindkey on the schematic (i.e. the schematic application) which calls:

sevRunEngine(sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow()))

If you wanted netlist and run it would be:

sevNetlistAndRun(sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow()))

By the way, you can define bindkeys for the ADE L window nowadays too - see How to define bindkeys for the ADE L window

Note the above commands are only for ADE L, not XL, Explorer or Assembler.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew, I use the following command as:

hiRegisterBindKeyPrefix("Schematics")
hiSetBindKey("Schematics" "<Key>F1" "sevNetlistAndRun(sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow()))")

My idea is similar as bindkeys for ADEL. But not work. Can you correct my idea. 

Regards

You don't need to do the hiRegisterBindKeyPrefix - that's only a special case needed for the ADE window bindkeys.

The bindkey works for me - note that the schematic window needs to be associated with the ADE window (i.e. it needs to be the schematic window that you launched ADE from, or if you started ADE from a state, it would be the schematic window launched by using Session->Design Window.

When you say "But not work" - was there an error? For example, if I do it from a window which is not associated with ADE, then I get this in the CIW:

WARNING (ADE-1008): Cannot perform this operation because no design has been selected. Select a
design and try again.
*Error* putprop: first arg must be either symbol, list, defstruct or user type - ni

Regards,

Andrew