WatchPoints in Renew

Features

• Add Watchpoints to nets that generate runtime trace data during simulation
• Use automatic instrumentation to automatically generate traces for simulation events
• Generate Heatmaps based on collected data
• Perform interval analysis on collected data

Download

Full download of Renew with WatchPoints: ​Download Page

The included Renew is a slightly adapted version of the 5.0 prerelease. Please check ​Renew Website for license terms and a user guide for Renew itself.

Requirements

Java JDK 17+ (should at least work until Java 21, no guarantees behind this.)

Installation

Quick

1. Extract the zip file.
2. Navigate to renew5.0-Pre
3. Execute java -p libs:. -m de.renew.loader gui (unix) or java -p "libs;." -m de.renew.loader gui (windows)

Full

1. Extract the zip file
2. Navigate to renew5.0-Pre/bin/YOUR_OS/ and run the install script installrenew for your operating system
3. To start renew now run the script renew5.0-Pre/bin/YOUR_OS/renew

Example usage

1. Open the watchpoints-transition-distribution.rnw file from the samples directory.
2. Run a simulation for a few seconds.
3. Use the Plugins -> Watchpoints -> Analysis -> Apply HeatMap command.
4. Select the monitoring.log.
5. Observe how the transitions are colored based on their firing counts.
6. A refresh of the net may be required to see the updated colors. (E.g. by selecting all elements and moving them slightly.)