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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to understand how the front panel code works so I can write a front panel for an emulator that I am writing. There are a couple of things I am not sure about.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One is why the SET REMOTE MASTER command resets everything by calling reset_all? This causes me a problem because I have commands to load the initial boot code into memory, set the program counter etc as commands that I setup in the config file before calling the sim_panel_start_simulator_debug function, which then appends the aforementioned SET REMOTE MASTER command, which blows away all my setup.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This also begs the question of how it is intended to work with ini files when using the front panel. I am not sure that I should have to bake the ini file commands into the console code. I know I could just copy the ini file to the temporary config file before calling sim_panel_start_simulator_debug but it seems a little inelegant and I am not sure what the intention is here. Can anyone explain to me how this is intended to work?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The other thing that I am confused about is when the displayed registers are supposed to be updated. I had assumed that when the simulator is running you would want to update the displayed registers on a regular basis. But the update_display variable is only updated when the simulator is sent REGISTERS_REPEAT_ECHO, and that only ever happens if a new register has been added to the panel. The rest of the time update_display is not changed and so the display of the register values does not change as the simulator executes. How is the panel intended to give a "real time" display of the register values?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rob<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>