The Run to option—available on the Debugger>Setup page—specifies a location you want C-SPY to run to when you start a debug session as well as after each reset. C-SPY will place a temporary breakpoint at this location and all code up to this point is executed before stopping at the location. Note that this temporary breakpoint is removed when the debugger stops, regardless of how. If you stop the execution before the Run to location has been reached, the execution will not stop at that location when you start the execution again.

The default location to run to is the main function. Type the name of the location if you want C-SPY to run to a different location. You can specify assembler labels or whatever can be evaluated to such, for instance function names.

If you leave the check box empty, the program counter will contain the regular hardware reset address at each reset. The reset address is set by C-SPY.

If no breakpoints are available when C-SPY starts, a warning message notifies you that single stepping will be required and that this is time consuming. You can then continue execution in single-step mode or stop at the first instruction. If you choose to stop at the first instruction, the debugger starts executing with the PC (program counter) at the default reset location instead of the location you typed in the Run to box.