Popup Menu Items
Y axis number
Click to select a number from the list or type a number.
Attributes
Draws symbols on the traces if the Show symbols check box is enabled in the Properties dialog box. To access the Properties dialog box, right-click the trace and choose Properties.
Never
Always
Normal
Use a different color for each trace (number of different colors permitting).
Match Axis
Use the same color for all the traces that belong to the same Y axis.
Sequential Per Axis
Use the available colors in sequence for each Y axis.
Unique by File
Use the same color for all the traces that belong to the same file. (This applies to analog traces only—digital traces have their own color differentiation scheme.)
Auto
Use scroll bars when an axis is zoomed in.
Never
Always
Auto
Allow Probe to update traces each time it gets new data from the simulation.
Every sec
Update traces at regular time intervals. Time intervals can be specified in seconds.
Every %
Update based on the percentage of completion of the analysis. Type the value as the percentage of completion.
Auto-Update Interval
Select how often Probe updates a displayed trace.
Display Status Line
Click to select whether Probe shows the status line at the bottom of the screen.
Mark Data Points
Click to select whether data points are automatically marked on the trace.
Display Evaluation
Click to select whether Probe displays the traces and marked points when you choose Evaluate Measurement from the Trace menu.
Display Statistics
Click to select to enable automatic display of statistics about each histogram.
Highlight Error States
Click to select whether Probe automatically highlights error states when it displays a trace.
Display Toolbar
Click to select whether Probe automatically displays the toolbar at the top of the window.
Data Range
Click Auto Range to let Probe set the range automatically, or click User Defined and type a specific data range to display.
Scale
Click to select either Linear or Log.
linear
Linear is the default for all analyses, except for AC analysis, which is logarithmic.
logarithmic
For AC analysis, the X axis starts out as logarithmic. You cannot put the axis into a log scale if either end of the axis range is zero or negative.
Use Data
Click Full to make the entire range of raw data available, or click Restricted and type a specific range of raw data to use.
Processing Options
Click to select either Fourier Transform or Performance Analysis.
- Fourier Transform changes an AC analysis X axis from Frequency to Time, or a Transient X axis from Time to Frequency.
- Performance Analysis displays a histogram for Monte Carlo Analysis, or displays a line graph of the measurement Evaluation value versus the parameter that changes between multiple PSpice runs.
Axis Variable
Click to see the Axis Variable dialog box. This looks and functions much like the Add Traces dialog box. It allows you to define a particular variable, or set of variables, specific to the X axis.
Number
Click to select the Y axis number from the list or type a number. You can have 1 to 3 axes.
Title
Type a title in the box. This text is shown vertically, to the left of the plot.
Display statistics
The statistics that are displayed are as follows:
Percentage of Plot to be Digital
Specify the percentage of the plot that should be allocated for the digital traces. Select a valid displayed range. The default is 33 percent.
Length of Digital Trace Name
Specify the length of the digital signal’s display name.
OK
Click to accept the values in the dialog box and close the dialog box.
Cancel
Click to close the dialog box without saving any changes.
Help
Close
Click to close the dialog box.
Reset
Click to set the options to the default configuration.
Click to print one page using the current settings.
Enter the Inclination Angle
Type the angle at which you want to place the ellipse.
Toolbar
Click to perform a common function in Probe.
Display
The traces and plots are shown here.
Message Bar
Messages appear here about what you are currently doing.
Legend
Double-click the trace name to display the Modify Traces dialog box.
Double-click the symbol (or one of the symbols) to the left of a trace name to view information about the trace.
Move to the next transition
Add a Y axis
Move to the next trough
Copy the selected item
Move to the previous transition
Cut the selected item
Open a file
Delete the selected item
Paste the cut or copied item
Delete a Y axis
Open the Print dialog box
Exit Probe
Redraw the screen
Go back to the previous view
Search command
Move to the next maximum value
Turn the data cursor on or off
Move to the next minimum value
Zoom in to the selected area
Move to the next peak
Zoom out so that all data on the screen is shown
Move to the next point
Zoom in around a specified point
Zoom out around a specified point
Delete all traces in the selected plot
Undelete last deleted
Move to the next slope
Freeze the cursor
expression
An expression is a single output variable or combination of output variables using arithmetic operators, Probe functions, or macros.
alias
Node or device pin names that represent the same point in a circuit.
Major
The Major frame allows you to customize the display of the major grid axes.
Choose Linear to define the linear spacing of the grids.
Choose Log (# of decades) to set the decade interval for a logarithmic grid display.
You can display the grids as either Lines, Dots (At intersections), + (At intersections) or None. If you choose Dots or + (At intersections), you can display these either with other major grids, with other minor grids, with both or with none.
When this option is enabled, tick marks are displayed at each major axis. Normally these are not visible when the grids are displayed as Lines.
When this option is enabled (default), the unit labels are displayed for each major axis.
Minor
The Minor frame allows you to customize the display of the minor grid axes.
You can define the intervals for the minor axes as either 2, 4, 5 or 10 between each major axis.
You can display the grids as either Lines, Dots (At intersections), + (At intersections) or None. If you choose Dots or + (At intersections), you can display these either with other major grids, with other minor grids, with both or with none.
When this option is enabled, tick marks are displayed at each major axis. Normally these are not visible when the grids are displayed as Lines.
Axis Title
Allows users to specify a name for the X-axis. Select the Use this title check box. In the text box that gets enabled, enter the new title for the X-Axis.
Axis Position
Use this option to specify whether the Y-axis should be located to the left or to the right if the Probe window. This option is useful only in case of multiple Y-axis. In case you have only one Y-axis, it needs to be on the left of the Probe window.
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