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Loading simulation results into maestro explorer/assembler

Svilen64

Hi,

My simulation setup in explorer/assembler contains lots of calculator expressions for post simulation processing of the results.
I had to run a simulation on this setup (that is on the input.scs) from the command line in a unix terminal using the content of the runSimulation file. Simulation ran OK and I can view the waveforms. Now I want to use those results in the calculator expressions I already have. I couldn't figure how to load the results from the command line run into my existing explorer and use the expressions. It just sounds reasonable to me that this should be possible. My question is how can I do it?

Also, is there a readable/text file where the results of the expressions are save after simulation?

Thanks in advance

Svilen

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Hi Svilen,

    No, that's not a supported flow. The runSimulation script is a part of the flow and not intended for users to run simulations themselves that way - or at least if you do, it's disconnected from Explorer. Explorer keeps a database with information about all the simulations that were run (even if there's only one) and the database has not been created/updated if you run from the command line.

    You can run simulations in batch mode with Explorer using the maeOpenSetup() and then maeRunSimulation() SKILL functions. Why did you need to run the simulation the way you did it?

    Andrew

  • Svilen64
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hi Andrew,

    Thanks for replying so quickly.
    It is an extracted simulation and I wanted to modify the netlist by hand  and simulate it before I commit the changes to layout. It worked all right except for the expressions.

    Is there a way to point to a netlist in explorer and not let it renetlist the schematic for the simulation run?

    Thanks

    Svilen

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  • Svilen64
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hi Andrew,

    Thanks for replying so quickly.
    It is an extracted simulation and I wanted to modify the netlist by hand  and simulate it before I commit the changes to layout. It worked all right except for the expressions.

    Is there a way to point to a netlist in explorer and not let it renetlist the schematic for the simulation run?

    Thanks

    Svilen

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  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Svilen64

    Hi Svilen,

    You can do this in ADE Assembler using the "Reference History" flow. There's some coverage of it in this article (albeit this is talking about a bug in a specific version which is fixed, but it still broadly covers what you need to do): ‘Use Reference Netlist’ option does not honor netlist modification when “Optimize Single Point Run” option is enabled with Job control mode LSCS

    From the first run (the one you use as the reference history), you would edit the netlist (and probably input.scs too to be sure, if it's not LSCS-based) in the reference history directory psf/testName/netlist (not the one under 1/testName/netlist - i.e. not the per-point directory). Then that will get used in the subsequent runs if using reference history.

    If this isn't clear, please contact customer support so that we can talk you through it.

    Andrew

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