CAAPE User's Manual - ALSTOM Signaling Inc.

Using the Graphical Simulator10. SECTION 10 – USING THE GRAPHICAL SIMULATOR10.1. INTRODUCTIONThis section describes the basic operation of the Graphical Simulator.10.1.1. The Graphical SimulatorThe Graphical Simulator program enables you to simulate the operation of one or moreapplications running simultaneously. It provides these capabilities:• Cycle a selected application or all applications in various modes - for a period oftime, for a number of cycles, until the end of the application logic, until no moreresult variables change, or free-running until the user requests simulation to stop.• Step a selected application one or more logic statements at a time.• Display and save information on executed logic statements using trace and loggingoptions.• Set breakpoints to automatically stop simulation when a selected logic statement isreached.• Link messages and I/O points between applications so that data is automaticallypassed from one application to the other as the simulator runs.• View and set the values of selected variables.• View and set the status of hardware I/O points.• View and set the status and contents of input and output messages.• View an application's logic statements in ladder logic format.• Create track plan layouts and link their elements to application variables in order toobtain a visual display of interlocking operation as the applications run.• Collect history data on selected variables to view how their values have changedover time.• Create and execute scripts of simulator commands.P2512A, Rev. Oct/09 10–1 Alstom Signaling Inc.