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Stateye-GUI
Provided by Edotronik
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Agenda
Stateye GUI

• Introduction
• Overview
• Some features and tools in detail
• Outlook

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Status

• Stateye V.4.1.0 incl. GUI released May 1st, 2006
• Optional plausibility checks are not part of the
  release (though some basic checks are implicitly,
  automatically performed as far as possible with
  acceptable effort)
• First service release under development with some
  additional functions and minor corrections, will
  be available within a few days.

• Please note some screenshots may contain German
  message texts. This is not hardcoded but depends
  on the language settings of the PC. On an
  international/English PC all messages will be in
  English, of course.

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Introduction

• Graphical user interface for Stateye V.4
• Easy input of Stateye objects and parameters
• File format used for the GUI is Stateye XML
  conformant
• The GUI file format is identical to the format of
  files to be elaborated.
• Writing XML files either manually, or by means of
  an XML editor, or using the GUI is
  interchangeable.
• No new file format required.
• The GUI is based upon XML schema definitions
  (XSD)
• XSD is transparent for the user, users do not
  have to understand the concept.
• A Stateye XSD file will be provided with future
  releases of Stateye V.4, as announced earlier.
  The file specifies permissible XML nodes and
  attributes and their respective value ranges.
• XSD can be used for the validation of Stateye XML
  files by means of validating XML editors.
• The Stateye XSD file contains additional
  information to control the GUI.
• This allows very flexible enhancements of both
  the elaborator and the GUI to ensure mutual
  consistency.
• A descriptive short help text is availble for
  each attribute and can be changed or extended
  easily.

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Overview
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GUI Features (1)
Attributes grouped in categories
Self explanatory attribute names (cp. with
original XML attributes)
Editors for specific data types
Item to be edited in the right hand side property
pane
Original XML attribute name
Attribute description, help text
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GUI Features (2)
Object operations
Clipboard operations
When one or more objects are renamed, a unique
name is guaranteed
Toolbar context menu
Toolbar context menu
Common attributes and common values displayed
Compulsory attribute
Editing multiple objects at the same time
(multi-edit)
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GUI Features (3)
Dynamic drop-down-lists ensure that only
available objects are referred to resp.
permissible values are selected
Specific editors for specific data types, e.g.
port mapping
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Editing Sub-Elements of Objects (Collections)
Option 1 Editing in-line
Option 1 Editing in-line
Option 1 Editing in-line
Option 2 Using the collection editor
Option 2 Using the collection editor
Add, remove, rearrange elements
Add, remove, rearrange elements
Specific open file dialog with appropriate
filters
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Tree View
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Analysis Run Generator (1)

• The run generator (tab sheet 10) is intended to
  guide the user through the process of composing a
  typical analysis run.
• The user can either view and edit an existing run
  or define a new analysis run.
• Basics
• The channel description can consist of a forward
  description and up to 24 crosstalk aggressors.
• The user may combine a tx filter, channel
  description, and a rx filter for each forward and
  crosstalk description.
• Handling
• Select an existing analysis run to edit it or
  enter new data for a new run.
• A context menu (right mouse button) is provided
  on drop-down-lists in order to jump to the
  corresponding object list for details.
• Results
• If required, a cascade smatrix will be generated
  and added to the smatrix object list
  automatically.
• The required channel object (referring to smatrix
  objects) will be generated and added, too.
• Required objects will only be generated
  automatically if they are not yet available.
• All autogenerated objects can be viewed and
  edited later on in the corresponding object list
  or tree view.
• A newly created run will be based upon default
  settings, but can be edited later on in the
  analysis run list.

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Analysis Run Generator (2)
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Integrated Smatrix-Helper

• Smatrix-Helper functionality is integrated.
• Smatrix-Helper allows easy generation of filters,
  smatrix objects, cascades and derived channels.
• Filter objects defined in the GUI are available
  in Smatrix-Helper, too.
• Unique object names will be ensured.
• Objects created by internal Smatrix-Helper will
  be added to the object lists automatically.

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XML Results

• GUI-generated XML is valid Stateye XML ready for
  elaboration
• This is also the file format which is used to
  store the inputs made via the GUI.
• As a consequence, valid Stateye XML files can be
  opened in the GUI, too, even if not created
  originally via the GUI.

Valid Stateye XML code will be generated from the
data entered by the user.XML can be saved,
elaborated etc.
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More Features Currently Available

• Import of CBF-XML fragments
• From file
• From clipboard
• Manual entry
• GUI can be run with
• Empty project
• Template project
• Existing project (from file)
• Copy and paste of objects via clipboard even
  between several instances of the GUI
• Inline validation and elaboration (i.e.
  conversion to MATLAB executable m-files)
• Start MATLAB from Stateye-GUI

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Additional Features for Discussion

• Plausibility checks (optional add-on)
• Extended validation of user inputs
• Specific collection editor for sweeps
• Support for global checks of input data (object
  references)
• Dynamically show/hide attributes dependent on
  specific settings
• Show resolved search paths to assist the user in
  specifying the file locations correctly
• Nice to have
• Extended message log features
• Property tabs (other representations of the same
  data, e.g. attributes by required/optional entry).