Simulation and Verification

[maheshhegde]

 Hi,

      How to run my TCL script in Isim simulator.

[chfischer]

I'm also interested in that answer.

Isn't the a chance to start a tcl script dircetly in ISIM without restarting the whole program form ISE project navigator. Using modelsim this was no problem.

If there is no chance to do that is there any known workoround to solve that problem ?

Thanks a lot for replying

Christian Fischer

[maheshhegde]

Hi,

      For me also same case.My tcl script was running in MODELSIM easily.unfortunately we dont have MODELSIM.Earlier we are using this.Because of some virus i lost that software around Dec 15th. if we install that software also we can't open the window because of license (xilinx is not generating license for that software).So ISIM is necessary for me.In ISIM how to get it?Please help me regarding this...

[brucey]

For Tcl simulation commands of ISim, you can refer to chapter "Using Tcl Simulation Commands" of Isim User Guide.

However, Tcl support of ISim is abit different from Modelsim. You'd better to read ISim User Guide to understand how it works.

[chfischer]

But that's the problem I did not find any sufficient answer while searching the users guide.

I'm looking for a simple solution where I do not have to copy and paste the whole commands out of a text file. Can anybody provide us with sample code because the Copy and Paste solution is no professional solution.

Thanks for Helping

[brucey]

Hi, I don't know what exactly do you want to do in the tcl script.

But you can use the command like "example_isim_beh.exe -gui -tclbatch isim.cmd  -wdb  example_isim_beh.wdb" to run script automatically. "isim.cmd" is the file where you put your script. And example_isim_beh.exe is generated by fuse.

For which command can be used in script, you can refer to chapter "Using Tcl Simulation Commands" in ISIM User Guide.

[dbarrowman]

I think what they are asking, and what I would also want, is a way to run a tcl script, once ISIM is already opened and running. Many people do not necessarily run ISIM from the command line. If you use the GUI to invoke ISIM, there is no way to run a tcl script, or even multiple tcl scripts. Suppose you want to look at your current simulation, and then run a different tcl script depending of what you see. You can't. You have to quit ISIM and then rerun it from the command line, with the tcl script you want to use.

I think this is a very simple, basic function that this tool should provide. It's basically just a nice way to "batch" run a lot of commands at once, but your choices are 1) decide all that before you first invoke the tool or 2) type them out each one by hand (or copy/paste which is only slightly less annoying).

Or please, someone prove me wrong and tell me there is a simple way to run a tcl script file from within ISIM?

Regards,

Dan

[ywu · Accepted solution]

You can "source" tcl scripts from the console tab in ISIM GUI (see the snapshot below). The scripts can be sourced at any point.

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dbarrowman wrote:

I think what they are asking, and what I would also want, is a way to run a tcl script, once ISIM is already opened and running. Many people do not necessarily run ISIM from the command line. If you use the GUI to invoke ISIM, there is no way to run a tcl script, or even multiple tcl scripts. Suppose you want to look at your current simulation, and then run a different tcl script depending of what you see. You can't. You have to quit ISIM and then rerun it from the command line, with the tcl script you want to use.

I think this is a very simple, basic function that this tool should provide. It's basically just a nice way to "batch" run a lot of commands at once, but your choices are 1) decide all that before you first invoke the tool or 2) type them out each one by hand (or copy/paste which is only slightly less annoying).

Or please, someone prove me wrong and tell me there is a simple way to run a tcl script file from within ISIM?

Regards,

Dan

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[dbarrowman]

Hi Jim,

Thanks!

Regards,
Dan