Starting a simulation (system simulation)

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1. Ensure that the application you are going to debug is ready to start, because after starting the listener DLL you must start the application within 30 seconds.

For information about making Modeler wait a shorter or longer time than the default 30 seconds, see The Listener DLL Times Out.

2. In Modeler, open the model from which the application that is being simulated was generated.

3. If you want to animate instance diagrams during the simulation:

a. On the Simulation tab, ensure that the

Animate button is selected.

b. If you want instance diagrams to be created or get the focus as necessary to follow a simulation, ensure that the

Enable Open Diagram Mode button is selected.

c. If you want instance diagrams to be created or get the focus only for certain State Diagrams, open those diagrams, and ensure that the

Enable Open Diagram Mode button is not selected.

4. On the Simulation tab , click the

Run State Machine button.

5. Start your target application.

After clicking the Run State Machine button the target application must connect to the listener DLL within 30 seconds. If the target application does not connect within 30 seconds, Modeler unloads the listener DLL.

You can now interact with the simulation.

While the

Run Simulation button is selected, the listener DLL is loaded and running.