Miscellaneous

In this topic, miscellaneous FAQs related to the debugger are listed.

• How can I view only certain registers?
  
  
• How can I view addresses in memory?
  
  
• How do I open up multiple memory locations in the memory view?
  
  
• How can I view variables that I have set in my project?
  
  
• How can I change the values of variables?
  
  
• How do I view global variables that have been accessed in my project?
  
  
• Is the command-line debugger available in the Eclipse-based CodeWarrior IDE as well?
  
  
• Is it possible to specify a different name for the binary file (.abs)?
  
  
• Can I debug the code from the generated assembly file step-by-step?
  
  
• If I have a debugger session running on my application, how can I halt the application?
  
  
• Why do I get the following error message when I attempt to debug my project?
  
  
• Can I change the format of the Memory view?
  
  
• Why does the DE.exe appear in the Windows Task Manager even after terminating and closing the debugger perspective?
  
  
• Is there a way to display the variables always in the Hexadecimal format?
  
  
• Can I change the endianness that is displayed in the Memory view?
  
  
• In the Memory view, is it possible to go back to the address that the rendering was created for?
  
  
• Is there a way to view disassembly at any location?
  
  
• Is it possible to display the expressions always in the Hexadecimal format instead of the default decimal format?
  
  
• What does the Reset on Connect option do?
  
  
• Can I change the Program Counter (pc) value while in the debugger without having to restart the debugger?
  
  
• How do I specify the program entry point?
  
  
• How can I run a debug session repeatedly?
  
  
• Can I direct console output to a file instead of the console window?
  
  
• How do I resolve the following error message that I get when I use Ctrl-Click to open variable declaration?
  
  
• How can I configure and launch an external tool or debugger?
  
  
• How can I monitor a variable in the debugger while a target is running?
  
  
• How can I inspect global variables in the variables view?
  
  
• How do I resolve the error encountered on the Kwikstik board?
  
  
• At the moment serial data is output in the console in the debugger, which is slow with J-Link. Is there any way to view the output of the debugger in the HyperTerminal?
  
  
• Is it possible to flash a target MCU from the command-line?
  
  
• Is there an easy way to suppress the target re-programming when there has been no change since the previous session?
  
  
• The microcontrollers are usually trimmed in the factory. How can I trim it myself if I need something better?
  
  
• How do I get a full dump of my device memory for offline analysis?
  
  
• When I build my application I received the message, "Device is secure. Erase to unsecure?" What do I do?
  
  
• When I connect to my board, it shows a connection failure. What do I do?
  
  
• How do I debug the strings?
  
  
• I am debugging the strings using Variables view, but instead of the string, only the address of the first character or the location is shown in the preview panel. What do I do?
  
  
• How do I view the declared type of the variables in the Variables view?