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<h1>Simulator interface</h1>
<p>Using the simulator interface the simulated program can control the
simulation, it can get information about the interface, stop simulation
and it can do console and file io.<br>
</p>
<p> <img src="sif_work.svg" border="0"></p>
<p>Interface is available behind a memory location, which can be any data
memory location which is readable and writable by the program. Program can
send command to the interface by writing one character command code into
the memory location (although some of them needs parameter) and can read
back answer from the same location.</p>
<p>The interface must be turned on before use. It means that you must
specify the address of the memory location to use. It can be done in two
ways.</p>
<p><b>Using -I option of the simulator program</b></p>
<p>-I option accepts a list of settings in form: setting=value. Know
settings are:</p>
<dl>
<dt><span style="font-family: monospace;">if</span></dt>
<dd>this setting is used to turn on the interface. Its value must be a
memory name and the address, like:<br>
<code>ucsim_51 -I if=xram[0xffff]<br>
</code>memory name must be followed by the address in square brackets.
Address can be specified in decimal, octal or hexadecimal.</dd>
<dt><span style="font-family: monospace;">in</span></dt>
<dd>value specifies name of the file which will be used by READ command.</dd>
<dt><span style="font-family: monospace;">out</span></dt>
<dd>value specifies name of the file which will be used by WRITE command.</dd>
</dl>
<p><b>Configuring virtual simif peripheral</b></p>
<p>If you check hardware elements of simulated processor with <a href="cmd_general.html#conf">conf</a>
command, you will see one called <b>simif</b>. Setting of this
peripheral will setup the simulator interface:</p>
<pre>0> <span style="color: #009900;">conf</span>
ucsim version 0.6-pre56
Type of microcontroller: C52 CMOS cmos
Controller has 12 hardware element(s).
on <b>simif[0]</b>
on vcd[0]
on timer0[0]
on timer1[1]
on uart[0]
on dport[0]
on port[0]
on port[1]
on port[2]
on port[3]
on irq[0]
on timer2[2]
0> </pre>
<p>Using info command you can get state of the interface, known commands,
and other information:</p>
<pre>0> <span style="color: #009900;">info hw simif</span>
uCsim simulator interface, version 1, at (null)[0x0]
Active command: none.
Known commands:
0x5f/_ if_detect: Detect existence of interface
0x69/i commands: Get information about known commands
0x76/v if_ver: Get version of simulator interface
0x56/V sim_ver: Get version of simulator
0x40/@ if_reset: Reset interface to default state
0x49/I cmdinfo: Get information about a command
0x68/h cmdhelp: Get help about a command
0x73/s stop: Stop simulation
0x70/p print: Print character
0x78/x print_hex: Print character in hex
0x66/f fin_check: Check input file if input available
0x72/r read input file: Read character from input file
0x77/w write to output file: Write character to output file
Input file:
Output file:
...</pre>
<p>Use <a href="cmd_general.html#set_hardware">set hardware</a> command to
setup the interface:</p>
<pre>0> <span style="color: #009900;">set hw simif</span>
set hardware simif memory address
set hardware simif fin "input_file_name"
set hardware simif fout "output_file_name"
0>
</pre>
<p>To turn on the interface, use following command:</p>
<pre>0> <span style="color: #009900;">set hw simif xram 0xffff</span>
0> <span style="color: #009900;">i h simif</span>
uCsim simulator interface, version 1, at <b>xram[0xffff]</b><br>... </pre>
<p></p>
<p>following commands can be used to specify input and output files:</p>
<pre>0> <span style="color: #009900;">set hw simif fin "infile.txt"</span>
0> <span style="color: #009900;">set hw simif fout "outfile.txt"</span>
0> <span style="color: #009900;">i h simif</span>
...
Input file: <b>infile.txt</b>
Output file: <b>outfile.txt</b>
...
</pre>
<p></p>
<p><b>Access interface from simulated program</b></p>
<p>To access memory content, you have to use C variable. If address is
already known, you can setup a pointer with that address to access the
content:</p>
<pre>#define SIF_ADDRESS_SPACE_NAME "xram"
#define SIF_ADDRESS_SPACE __xdata
#define SIF_ADDRESS 0xffff
volatile unsigned char SIF_ADDRESS_SPACE * sif;<br><br>void
main(void)
{
sif= (unsigned char SIF_ADDRESS_SPACE *) SIF_ADDRESS;
... </pre>
<p></p>
<p>this example can be compiled with SDCC for MSC51 processor. Do not forget
the <b>volatile</b> keyword! You can define names for command characters:</p>
<pre>enum sif_command {
DETECT_SIGN = '!', // answer to detect command
SIFCM_DETECT = '_', // command used to detect the interface
SIFCM_COMMANDS = 'i', // get info about commands
SIFCM_IFVER = 'v', // interface version
SIFCM_SIMVER = 'V', // simulator version
SIFCM_IFRESET = '@', // reset the interface
SIFCM_CMDINFO = 'I', // info about a command
SIFCM_CMDHELP = 'h', // help about a command
SIFCM_STOP = 's', // stop simulation
SIFCM_PRINT = 'p', // print character
SIFCM_FIN_CHECK = 'f', // check input file for input
SIFCM_READ = 'r', // read from input file
SIFCM_WRITE = 'w', // write to output file
};
</pre>
<p></p>
<p><b>Command: detect</b></p>
<p>Command character: _<br>
Answer: !</p>
<p>Following function can be used to detect if the interface is turned on or
not:</p>
<pre>char
detect(void)
{
*sif= SIFCM_DETECT;
return *sif == DETECT_SIGN;
}
</pre>
<p></p>
<p><b>Command: commands</b></p>
<p>Command character: i<br>
Answer: nuof_commands, command_char_1, command_char_2, ...</p>
<p>This command can be used to retrieve all know command characters. First
answer is the number of known commands, further reads will get command
characters. Following example will read all commands:</p>
<pre>int nuof_commands;
unsigned char commands[100];
void
get_commands(void)
{
int i;
*sif= SIFCM_COMMANDS;
nuof_commands= *sif;
for (i= 0; i < nuof_commands; i++)
commands[i]= *sif;
}
</pre>
<p></p>
<p><b>Command: ifver</b></p>
<p>Command character: v<br>
Answer: 1 byte version number</p>
<p>Following simple example is a function which returns the interface
version:</p>
<pre>int
get_ifversion(void)
{
*sif= SIFCM_IFVER;
return(*sif);
}
</pre>
<p></p>
<p><b>Command: simver</b></p>
<p>Command character: V<br>
Answer: string</p>
<p>First byte of the string answer will be the length of the string, and
after the last character a zero byte will arrive. Following function can
be used to read string answer and store it (up to some limited length):</p>
<pre>unsigned char sim_version[15];
void
get_sim_version()
{
unsigned char c, i, n;
*sif= SIFCM_SIMVER;
sim_version[0]= 0;
n= *sif;
if (n)
{
i= 0;
c= *sif;
while (c && (i<14))
{
sim_version[i++]= c;
c= *sif;
}
while (c)
c= *sif;
sim_version[i]= 0;
}
}
</pre>
<p></p>
<p><b>Command: ifreset</b></p>
<p>Command character: @<br>
Answer: -</p>
<p>This command resets the interface to default state.</p>
<p><b>Command: cmdinfo</b></p>
<p>Command character: I followed by a command character (which you would
like to get info about)<br>
Answer: array</p>
<dl>
<dt>1st byte of the answer</dt>
<dd>full length of the answer</dd>
<dt>2nd byte of the answer</dt>
<dd>number of parameters that the command needs</dd>
<dt>3rd byte of the answer</dt>
<dd>type of the answer that the command replies<br>
<dl>
<dt>0</dt>
<dd>unknown</dd>
<dt>1</dt>
<dd>one byte</dd>
<dt>2</dt>
<dd>array (of bytes): length, followed by bytes</dd>
<dt>3</dt>
<dd>string: length, characters and one zero byte</dd>
<dt>4</dt>
<dd>no answer</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
<div><b>Command: cmdhelp</b></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Command character: h followed by a command character (which you would
like to get info about)<br>
Answer: string</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Returns textual information about. Following function prints
information about all commands (retrieved by "i" command, see above):</div>
<div>
<pre>enum sif_answer_type {
SIFAT_UNKNOWN = 0x00, // we don't know...
SIFAT_BYTE = 0x01, // just a byte
SIFAT_ARRAY = 0x02, // array of some bytes
SIFAT_STRING = 0x03, // a string
SIFAT_NONE = 0x04 // no answer at all
};
void
print_cmd_infos(void)
{
int i, j;
unsigned char inf[5];
for (i= 0; i < nuof_commands; i++)
{
printf("Command '%c' info:\n", commands[i]);
*sif= SIFCM_CMDINFO;
*sif= commands[i];
inf[0]= *sif;
for (j= 0; j < inf[0]; j++)
{
inf[j+1]= *sif;
//printf(" 0x%02x", inf[j+1]);
}
printf(" need %d params, answers as ", inf[1]);
switch (inf[2])
{
case SIFAT_UNKNOWN : printf("unknown"); break;
case SIFAT_BYTE : printf("byte"); break;
case SIFAT_ARRAY : printf("array"); break;
case SIFAT_STRING : printf("string"); break;
case SIFAT_NONE : printf("none"); break;
}
printf(": ");
*sif= SIFCM_CMDHELP;
*sif= commands[i];
if (*sif)
{
j= *sif;
while (j)
{
putchar(j);
j= *sif;
}
}
printf("\n");
}
}
</pre> </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><b>Command: stop</b></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Command character: s<br>
Answer: -</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Sending this command stops the simulation.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><b>Command: print</b></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Command character: p followed by a character to print<br>
Answer: -</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>This command can be used to print out a character on the simulator
console. Following functions can be used to print a character and a
string:</div>
<div>
<pre>void
sif_putchar(char c)
{
*sif= SIFCM_PRINT;
*sif= c;
}
void
sif_print(char *s)
{
while (*s)
sif_putchar(*s++);
}
</pre> </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><b>Command: fin_check</b></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Command character: f</div>
<div>Answer: 0 (if input file is not readable), or 1 (if input file is
readable)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>This command checks if the input file is readable or not.Here is a
simple function which can be used to check readability of the input file:</div>
<div>
<pre>char
sif_fin_avail()
{
return sif_get(SIFCM_FIN_CHECK);
}
</pre><br>
</div>
<div><b>Command: read</b></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Command character: r</div>
<div>Answer: next byte from input file</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>This command can be used to read next byte from the input file.
Remember, name of the input file must be set before use.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Following demonstration code prints out content of the input file:</div>
<div>
<pre>void
fin_demo()
{
char i, c;
printf("Reading input from SIMIF input file:\n");
while (i= sif_fin_avail())
{
c= sif_read();
if (c > 31)
putchar(c);
}
printf("\nRead demo finished\n");
}
</pre></div>
<div><b>Command: write</b></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Command character: w, followed by a byte to write to output file</div>
<div>Answer: -</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Following function can be used to write a string to the output file:</div>
<div>
<pre>void
fout_demo(char *s)
{
while (*s)
{
*sif= SIFCM_WRITE;
*sif= *s++;
}
}
</pre>Do not forget to specify name of the output file via setting of the
simulator interface. Be careful, simulator will overwrite content of the
output file!<br>
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