User`s guide

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Customizin
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the Probe
Command Line
Command files, .prb files, and options can be specified in the
Probe command line. Probe recognizes these options when you
start it automatically after simulation or when you start it from
Schematics by selecting Run Probe from the Analysis menu.
To edit the Probe command line
1
In Schematics, from the Option menu, select Editor
Configuration.
2
In the Editor Configuration dialog box, select App Settings.
3
In the Simulate Command frame, edit the Command text
box.
This command line is saved to
msim.ini.
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Update Intervals
You can define the frequency at which Probe updates the
waveform display as follows:
• At fixed time intervals (every n sec)
• According to the percentage of simulation completed
(every n %), where n is user-defined
The default setting (Auto) allows Probe to update traces each
time it gets new data from a simulation.
To chan
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e the update interval
1
From the Tools menu, select Options.
2
In the Auto-Update Interval frame, choose the interval type
(sec or %), then type the interval in the text box.
A .prb file is an ASCII text file
that contains display
confi
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urations,
g
oal functions,
and macros. A command file is
an ASCII text file that contains a
list of commands. For more
information about
.prb and
command files, see the online
Help in Probe.
For a listin
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and description of
command line options, refer to
the online
MicroSim PSpice A/D
Reference Manual
.