Hi Ameya -
I did to access the signal, but not in the name string.
I copied the hierarchy of the probe to the name string and, to my surpirse, the hierarchy was dumped.
originally I had
sc_trace(_trace_, top.dpu.idu.weight_reader.m_traffic_gen._STATE_, "traffic_reader_state");
which provided no hierarchy.
I changed it to this, and it worked!
sc_trace(_trace_, top.dpu.idu.weight_reader.m_traffic_gen._STATE_, "top.dpu.idu.weight_reader.m_traffic_gen._STATE_");
thanks for the prompt - very much appreciated.
thanks,
Kevin