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Part No:MPCD-Engineering-SDL
Cinderella SDL is a visual modeling tool for developing
embedded software systems, communications services, protocols, or any kind
of message/signal based system.
Cinderella SDL is based on the specification language SDL, standardised
by the International Telecommunication Union, ITU. SDL is a powerful
object oriented graphical notation that supports analysis, design,
implementation, and testing:
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Analysis and simulations of
your SDL designs. |
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Standardized notations like
SDL, MSC and ASN.1 |
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Import/Export to Telelogic
Tau and ObjectGeode |
The Integrated Graphical SDL Editor, Analyser, and
Simulator fully support the specification language SDL. SDL is a
general-purpose object oriented language especially suited for specifying
embedded systems and protocols.
The Cinderella Incremental SDL Analyser is the most advanced SDL
analyser on the market today. The analyser works in the background while you
are developing the specification. It even provides automatic error
correction for certain types of errors.
The Specification Explorer is a versatile user configurable and
extremely powerful tool for browsing and editing a specification.
The built-in simulator simulates the specification immediately, i.e. no
compilation to an executable file is necessary to simulate a specification.
You can even simulate partial specifications and update the specification
while simulating.
Cinderella SDL supports the Common Interchange Format (CIF), an
open standard defined by ITU, so it is easy to exchange specifications
between different SDL tools. Textual to graphical SDL and reverse converters
are included.
Features
Advanced Editing
Incremental Analysis
Simulation
Latest SDL Standards
ASN.1 according to X.680
Portability
Windows 2000/XP look & feel
Advanced Editing
Text inside a symbol is edited directly in the
symbol.
Browse and navigate to the definition of an SDL identifier by clicking on
its name.
A tree view of the specification, the specification explorer. The explorer
is used both for browsing and for viewing. Any kind of specification related
information can be viewed in the explorer in as many explorer windows as you
like thus having different views of the specification.One explorer can show
local properties and/or local errors for the current diagram, another
explorer provides an overview of the blocks and processes of the system and
a third could show selected dynamic properties such as contents of input
queus.
Textual SDL can automatically be converted to graphical SDL.
Incremental Analysis
The incremental analyser is fully integrated with
the editor to provide immediate error detection and optional correction.
Clicking on an SDL name in a symbol allows to navigate to its definition and
to study its properties.
Simulation
Any time during the specification process, you can simulate the behaviour
of the parts you have made so far. The simulation e.g. can cover the whole
system, parts of the system or a single process. The specification does not
need to be complete or free of static errors before simulation can start.
Any time during simulation, the output can be inspected on the form of an
MSC.
The large number of error messages (about 500) enable precise
descriptions of errors. If you need more information about a certain error,
the F1 button will provide you with details and with examples related to the
error. You can also browse to the language help which provide a full
description of the syntax of SDL and ASN.1 in the form of hyper-linked
syntax diagrams.
Latest SDL Standards
Cinderella SDL, is the first commercial SDL tool with full support for
SDL-92, SDL-96 and Z.105. This includes concepts like context parameters,
select definitions, channel substructures and integrated use of SDL and
ASN.1.
Z.105
Cinderella SDL supports the ITU standard Z.105. This means that use of
ASN.1 according to X.680
and SDL is completely integrated, i.e. you can use ASN.1 as if it was part
of the SDL language.
Portability
Cinderella SDL, supports the ITU Graphical Interchange Format (CIF),
allowing specifications to be interchanged between Cinderella SDL, and other
commercial tools.
Windows XP/2000 Look & feel
The intuitive user interface has all the features you would expect from a
Windows 9x//2000/XP program: cut & paste, search & replace,
print preview, drag & drop, etc.
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