CF-Codewarrior no realtime variable access?

[Obetz]

Hello All,

does the Codewarrior debugger for the Coldfire really not support realtime variable access (IOW during program execution)?

TIA,

Oliver

[CrasyCat]

Hello

Are you looking for a way to periodically refresh the content of the opened memory or expression window while application is running?

You can activate that as follows:

  - Open the project in CodeWarrior

  - Open the Target settings dialog (press ALT + F7)

  - Switch to "Debugger Settings" Panel

  - Check "Update data every ... check box and adjust the period there.

  - Close the target settings dialog pressing on OK.

CrasyCat

[Obetz]

...and it doesn't seem to support write access to variables during program execution, right?

[Nouchi]

Hi Obetz,

I confirm, when you select refresh data every...., the target is halted to read data which is very intrusive.

..... and it works (read and write) with hiwave debugger (with Softec probe) for s08 family
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Emmanuel

[CrasyCat]

Hello

Yes this does stop the processor to read the variable(s) to be updated.

So it is intrusive.

And it is just to display the value of the variable, not to modify them why the application is running.

CrasyCat

[Obetz]

Hello CrasyCat,

thanks for the confirmation. This shortens my list of suitable tools.

IMO it's inadequate for a not so cheap product.

Oliver

[Obetz]

Hello CrasyCat,

when I check "Update data every ...", it seems that the debugger halts the target to read the data.

Can you confirm this?

Oliver