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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Press the function key F9 to open the main dialog of the simulation (also with the menu actions or the icon bar).&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Check the messages in the bottom window &quot;Online help&quot;.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;INFO:&#039;&#039;&#039; You can ignore the warning &quot;KL1 (3 pin clamp) has no model&quot; (i.e. ideal clamp, thus no resistances, capacities etc.).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Add an analysis command:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Click the button Commands and select the menu item Add in the appearing popup menu.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Select the item Transient-Analysis in the sub menu (AC and DC are further analysis).&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;TARGET:&#039;&#039;&#039; The dialog for the transient analysis will appear.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Enter the parameters (help directly in the dialog) for the transient analysis (e.g. endtime=400m, maxstep=500u).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Add a save command (In PSpice this command is called probe!):&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;INFO:&#039;&#039;&#039; All standard voltages/currents will be stored, if no probe command is used.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;INFO:&#039;&#039;&#039; The probe command is not necessary, if the results should only be shown in the interactive elements (see [[Interactive elements in the schematic entry]]) of the schematic.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Click the button Commands and select the menu item Add in the appearing popup menu.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Select the item Probe in the sub menu.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;TARGET:&#039;&#039;&#039; The dialog for the probe command will appear.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Press the right mouse button in the window.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;TARGET:&#039;&#039;&#039; A popup menu will appear.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Select the item Add\&quot;Voltage against ground&quot; in the popup menu.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;TARGET:&#039;&#039;&#039; The probe dialog will be minimized to the probe panel and the cursor will be changed.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Click successively on all signal wires, whose voltage against ground should be stored.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Maximize the probe dialog.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;INFO:&#039;&#039;&#039; Currents are only &quot;measurable&quot; at pins, thus click on a pin to save a current.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;The signals in the probe can also be specified for monitoring:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;INFO:&#039;&#039;&#039; The graphs for monitoring will be shown/updated during the simulation! Thus the simulation/computation can be observed (breaked, if something looks false).&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Click on an item in the list with the right mouse button and select &quot;Show immediately (monitoring)&quot; in the popup menu.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;INFO:&#039;&#039;&#039; The graphs can also be switched visible after the simulation with the graph calculator.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Interactive projects should be simulated with a &quot;Quick start&quot; ([[Interactive elements in the schematic entry]] and [[Interactive examples]])!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Create simulation file Target.Cir:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Click the button &quot;Create Target.Cir&quot;.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;TARGET:&#039;&#039;&#039; The (spice text)circuit file will be generated, which contains all data that the simulator (Sim.Exe) needs.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Recheck the online help, because new messages could be listed.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Start simulation:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Click the button &quot;Start simulation&quot;.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;TARGET:&#039;&#039;&#039; The simulator will be started and supplied with the simulation file.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;TARGET:&#039;&#039;&#039; The oscilloscope will appear and the computation will run (The simulation progress will be shown at the bottom left).&lt;br&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;USER:&#039;&#039;&#039; Analyze the simulation results with the post processor (oscilloscope) (see [[Analyzing the simulation results with the post processor (oscilloscope)]]).<br /> <br /> [[category:Simulation]]</div>

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