About the Bit State area

You use the bit state table to configure bit state condition for animations. Each bit state condition has 3 common columns:

• Operator

• Bitmask

• Bitmatch

Operator

Each bit state has the following options in the Operator dropdown list:

Bitmask and Bitmatch

The Bitmask and Bitmatch values in the bit state animation editors are determined by the bit selection in the Bit Pattern Selector dialog. For each bit selection, the bit in the Bitmask and Bitmatch is calculated as follows:

For example, if B31=B30=B29=B28 = 1 and B27=B26=B25=B24 = 0 and all other 32 bits are not set with default value ‘X’, then

Bit State = 11110000XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Bitmask = 11111111000000000000000000000000 = 0XFF000000

Bitmatch = 11110000000000000000000000000000 = 0XF0000000

Ignored bit

When a bit is set to "X" in the Bit Pattern, it will be ignored in the state comparison. Only bits with bit value 1 in the Bitmask will be used for the comparison.

The Bitmask and Bitmatch values of an ignored bit are both "0". The ignored bit will be skipped in the state comparison and will not trigger the animation.

For example, on a Bit Pattern configuration like below. That means any bit in the input value is "0" will trigger the bit state.

BitMask = 0xFFFFFFFD = 11111111111111111111111111111101

Bitmatch = 0x00000000 = 00000000000000000000000000000000

Bit operator = Any

For a reference with below input value will not trigger the bit state:

Input value = 0xFFFFFFFD = 11111111111111111111111111111101

In this example, all the bits in the input value are "1" and different from the Bitmatch, except the bit 2. However, the bit 2 in the Bitmask is "0", which means this bit will be ignored. In this case, this bit state will not be triggered.

Accelerator Keys used in the Bit Pattern Selector dialog

The Bit Pattern Selector dialog contains below accelerator keys: