SIMPLORER User Manual V6.0 - FER-a

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13.4.1 Displaying Monitors
After starting a simulation, you can display the simulator state monitor. The monitor offer a
variety of information about the simulation’s progress, especially if graphic outputs in the
View Tool or Display Elements are not being used, to reduce calculation time.
Choose «Simulation Monitor» on the simulator. Start the simulator menu either with the Windows
taskbar icon or with the simulation toolbar command ).
Displaying the Simulator State Monitor
The simulator state monitor shows the name of the simulation source file being processed, the
calculation progress, the start and stop time of simulation, and the duration of the simulation,
as well as active simulation parameters. The dialog text box shows those outputs generated
by the DIS and TXT functions (actions) of the user’s state graph.
Click the icons and , and the simulation can be stopped temporarily and resumed.
Displaying the Circuit Simulator Monitor
The monitor for the circuit simulator is available only when circuit components belong to the
simulation model. The circuit simulator monitor shows the simulation parameter of circuit
simulator and the curve of iterations during the simulation. The active number of iterations is
an important feature to evaluate simulation results. The number should be clear lower than
the defined maximum for iterations. When the number of iterations is a time at the upper limit,
decrease the simulation time step or increase the number of iterations.
13.4.2 Using Simulator Files
The simulator is able to create two files with data at a certain moment of simulation:
• A simulator state file with all values at a specific simulation time (.krn)
• A file with the active values of capacitors and inductor (.aws)
Both files can be used to start a simulation with predefined quantities for initial values of capacitors
and inductors (initial values) or for the complete simulation model (simulator state).
If one of these files is created at a time a message is written in the Information window.
Settings in the SSC Commander for Simulator Files
To simulate with initial values and
state files, the corresponding files
must be created after the simulation.
These files can be created manually
or automatically.
The handling of state or initial value
files depends on the settings made in
the SSC Commander OPTIONS>SIMU-
LATOR SETTINGS or in the Simulator
Toolbar menu.
Dialog box simulator settings