Teledyne LeCroy SAS_SATA Protocol Suite Verification Script Engine Reference Manual - Manual (Page 52)

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Chapter 11: Timer Functions
This group of functions covers VSE capability to work with timers –-- internal routines that
repeatedly measure a timing intervals between different events.
Using VSE Timer Functions is a stage-by-stage process of ‘Set the Timer’, followed by
‘Get the Timer Time’ and finally ‘Kill the Timer’. All three stages are interdependent on each
other using a unique timer identifier, which can be any user-defined positive integer.
Prototypes for each of the functions, along with their corresponding usage explanations, are
provided below.
11.1 SetTimer()
Sets/starts timer for timing calculation from the event where this function was called.
Format :
SendTimer( timer_id = 0)
Parameter
timer_id
Unique timer identifier (user-defined positive integer)
Example
SetTimer(0); # Start timing for timer with id = 0;
SetTimer(23); # Start timing for timer with id = 23;
Remark
If this function is called a second time with the same timer id, it resets the timer and starts
timing calculations again from the point where it was called.