Create a config file

How to Manually Create a System Analyzer Configuration File

In most cases, when you select Tools / System Analyzer / Live, System Analyzer will automatically detect any .out files have been loaded into target CPU cores that contain UIA instrumentation. There are some cases, however, when you will need to manually configure System Analyzer to identify how it is to communicate with the target and what .out and .xml files it should use to decode the instrumentation events that it receives from the target: e.g.

• You are connecting to a remote target via Ethernet and there is no JTAG connection available
• You are using a pre-release version of CCSv5.1 and System Analyzer that, due to some software or configuration problem, is not able to determine whether a program that is loaded has been instrumented or not. The screenshot below shows how the Live Parameters dialog box looks for a TMS320C6678L EVM or simulator when System Analyzer has not automatically detected that an instrumented program has been loaded:

If either of the above situations apply to you, click on the Create UIA Config File button to manually create a configuration file. (Note: this is not the same as an XDC .cfg file, which is used to configure the modules used in a target application. The "UIA Config File" is used to configure the way that the host-side System Analyzer tool interacts with the instrumented application on the target.) Clicking on the "Create UIA Config File button" will open the UIA Config dialog:

NOTE: For Ethernet transports:

• Please refer to Tutorial 3B: Configuring the NDK to enable UIA to use Ethernet as a Transport for detailed instructions

NOTE: For JTAG transports:

• in the "Add an endpoint" dialog, select the CPU name from the "Name" drop-down list to ensure that the text matches the name that the Debug Server uses to identify that CPU.
• Please refer to section 4.3 - "Configuring System Analyzer Transports and Endpoints" in the System Analyzer User's Guide (spruh43b.pdf) for detailed instructions.

Once you have created a configuration file, you can then select it from the Live Parameters dialog by clicking on the ... button to the left of the Create UIA Config button. Select the "Until data transfer is manually paused" radio button and click Run to start System Analyzer.

Links:

• Back up to the System Analyzer Tutorials page
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