Kinds of monitors
How-to


There is support for the following kinds of monitors:

Breakpoint monitors are used to stop a simulation.

Data collector monitors are used to extract numerical data from a net. The numerical data is then used to calculate statistics, and the data can be saved in log files. The log files can then be post-processed, e.g. by importing them into spreadsheet programs or plotting them in graphs.

Write-in-file monitors are used to update files during simulations.

User-defined monitors are generic monitors that can be used for any purposes that are not covered by the other kinds of monitors. For example, a user-defined monitor could be used to update a message sequence chart (MSC) or to check that a particular property holds during the simulation.