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This chapter describes the Sequence Chart and the Eventlog Table tools. Both of them display an eventlog file recorded by the OMNeT++ simulation kernel.
An eventlog file contains a log of messages sent during the simulation and the details of events that prompted their sending or reception. This includes both messages sent between modules and self-messages (timers). The user can control the amount of data recorded from messages, start/stop time, which modules to include in the log, and so on. The file also contains the topology of the model (i.e. the modules and their interconnections).
The Sequence Chart displays eventlog files in a graphical form, focusing on the causes and consequences of events and message sends. They help the user understand complex simulation models and help with the correct implementation of the desired component behaviors. The Eventlog Table displays an eventlog file in a more detailed and direct way. It is in a tabular format, so that it can show the exact data. Both tools can display filtered eventlogs created via the Eventlog Tool filter command as described in the OMNeT++ Manual, by a third party custom filter tool, or by the IDE's in-memory filtering.
Using these tools, you will be able to easily examine every detail of your simulation back and forth in terms of simulation time or events. You will be able to focus on the behavior instead of the statistical results of your model.