The production release of Workbench Diagnostics 1.0 is now available. Workbench Diagnostics is an optional, add-on product to Workbench 2.4 and VxWorks-base platforms. Workbench Diagnostics includes tool and runtime compon-ents that extend the capabilities of Workbench 2.4 and VxWorks 6.

Workbench Diagnostics allows developers to quickly diagnose common issues encountered during development, perfo-rmance, resiliency and stability testing

Workbench Diagnostics Features

Sensor point and core image technologies allow developers to completely access running applications.

Sensor point: Dynamic instrumentation technology that allows developers to observer the behavior of funct-ions running on the target.

Core image: A snapshot of VxWorks memory. Core images completely document the state of the system at the point of exception

Modern Diagnostics Workflow

Workbench Diagnostics allows developers to observe running devices, to analyze diagnostics data and to fix the issue. WB Diagnostics has an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that streamlines the diagnostics process. The fo-llowing tools support the modern diagnostics workflow:

Sensor point workflow:

Enhanced Workbench Project, Edit and Build facilities for easy development of sensor points

New Device Connect plug-in to access running applications in a minimally intrusive manner

New Sensor Point Log Viewer for visual analysis of sensor point logs

Core file analysis:

Enhanced Workbench Debugger that facilitates analysis of core files

With Workbench Diagnostics, developers can compress the time to problem resolution of issues encountered during development and testing.