User`s guide

The Stimulus Editor Utility 11
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Deletin
g
and Removin
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Traces
To delete a trace from the displayed screen, select the trace name
by clicking on its name, then press X. This will only erase the
display of the trace, not delete it from your file. The trace is still
available by selecting Get from the Stimulus menu.
To remove a trace from a file, select Remove from the Stimulus
menu.
Note
Once a trace is removed, it is no lon
g
er retrievable.
Delete traces with caution.
Manual Stimulus Confi
g
uration
Stimuli can be characterized by manually starting the Stimulus
Editor and saving their specifications to a file. These stimulus
specifications can then be associated to stimulus instances in
your schematic or to stimulus symbols in the symbol library.
To manuall
y
confi
g
ure a stimulus
1
Start the Stimulus Editor by double-clicking on the Stimulus
Editor icon in the MicroSim program group.
2
Open a stimulus file by selecting Open from the File menu.
If the file is not found in your current library search path,
you are prompted for a new file name.
3
Create one or more stimuli to be used in your schematic. For
each stimulus:
a
Name it whatever you want. This name will be used to
associate the stimulus specification to the stimulus
instance in your schematic, or to the symbol in the
symbol library.
b
Provide the transient specification.
c
Select Save from the File menu.