DAI Signalscan User's Guide

Preface

Before You Start

This DAI Signalscan User's Guide is written for design engineers who analyze and verify circuit designs.

Document Organization

The DAI Signalscan User's Guide is designed to help you get up and running with Signalscan as quickly and easily as possible. The following briefly describes each chapter of the document:

"Introducing DAI Signalscan", reviews the primary features and benefits of Signalscan.

"Getting Started", walks you through using the main functions and windows in Signalscan. See also the Quickstart Guides, which you can display from the Help menu in Signalscan.

"DAI Signalscan Windows Overview", describes each Signalscan window and its panes, menus, buttons, and mouse functions.

"Working with DAI Signalscan", guides you through a more in-depth session of how to use Signalscan features.

"Advanced Features", describes some powerful but less common Signalscan features.

"Interfacing DAI Signalscan to Your Verilog Simulator", explains how to use Signalscan with a Verilog simulator.

"Using Signalscan and VHDL", explains how to use Signalscan with VHDL.

"Analog Features", explains how to use Signalscan with an analog simulation.

"DAI Signalscan Command Language Reference", describes each option of each Signalscan command.

What's on Line?

Both the software product and the documentation are available on the internet at http://www.designacc.com/ . Look for the following documentation on our website:

· DAI Signalscan User's Guide (this manual)
· Release Notes
· Installation and licensing information

Conventions

The following documentation conventions are used throughout this user guide:

Style Conventions

Table P-1. Style Conventions
Convention	Meaning
Note: Important information.	This paragraph contains important information.
`Typewriter`	Indicates typed user input and screen output and file, directory, and path names.
TypewriterItalics	Identifies variable and scope names.
Key	Identifies a keyboard key for you to press, such as Enter , Shift , Delete , or Ctrl (Control key).
Ctrl+x	Hold down the Ctrl key while you press the x (or other) key.
Button , Menu , or Menu Option	Identifies a button, menu, submenu, or menu option for you to select by clicking your left mouse button on it.
Menu>Submenu>Option	Select Menu , then select Submenu from Menu , and then select Option from Submenu .
Italics	This word or phrase is important.
Glossary	This word is defined in this sentence or paragraph.

Command Language Syntax

Table P-2. Command Language Conventions
Convention	Meaning
<abcd>	abcd describes the type of information required
[abc]	abc is an optional parameter
(a \| b \| c)	one of a, b, or c is required
(a \| b \| c)...	selection of a, b, or c can be repeated
[a \| b \| c]	one of a, b, or c may be selected
`(`abc')'	The parentheses are required here. Syntax characters within single quotation marks are required characters.