7 measuring the program execution cycle count, Measuring the program execution cycle count – FUJITSU SOFTUNE F2 MC-16 User Manual

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CHAPTER 2 DEPENDENCE FUNCTIONS

2.6.7

Measuring the Program Execution Cycle Count

This section explains the function of measuring the number of program execution cycles.

Measurement Items

This function measures the number of program execution cycles.

The measurement is performed whenever a program is executed, and the measurement result displays the

following two values:

- The number of execution cycles for the previous program execution

The maximum number of cycles that can be measured is "2 to the power of 58 - 1", in other words, up

to 288,230,376,151,711,743 cycles.

- The total number of execution cycles after the previous clear operation

The maximum number of cycles that can be measured is "2 to the power of 64 - 1", in other words, up

to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 cycles.

Displaying Measurement Results

Either of the following methods can be used to display the measurement results.

Display by dialog

The results appear in the time measurement dialog, which can be displayed by selecting [Debug] – [Time
Measurement] menu.

For details, refer to Section "4.6.8 Time Measurement" in "SOFTUNE Workbench Operation Manual".

Display by command

Enter the SHOW TIMER command in the command window.

For details, refer to Section "4.27 SHOW TIMER" in "SOFTUNE Workbench Command Reference Manual".

Clearing Measurement Results

Either of the following methods can be used to clear the measurement results.

Clearing by dialog

Click the [Clear] button in the time measurement dialog, which can be displayed by selecting [Debug] –
[Time Measurement] menu.

For details, refer to Section "4.6.8 Time Measurement" in "SOFTUNE Workbench Operation Manual".

Clearing by command

Enter the CLEAR TIMER command in the command window.

For details, refer to Section "4.28 CLEAR TIMER" in "SOFTUNE Workbench Command Reference Manual".

Error Information

Click the [Comment] button in the time measurement dialog to display error information about the

measurement results.

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