Lambda Predict Example 3

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Example 3 - Transferring and Linking Blocks

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This example uses the library created in Example 2. In this example, you will transfer blocks between system types and create linked blocks.

Create a new MIL-217 project by selecting New Project from the File menu and selecting the appropriate options in the Create New Project window. Open the Quick Start Library.LPL library created in the previous example. With the new project activated in the Project panel, drag the block and its components from the Library panel to the MIL-217 system in the System panel.

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Close the library, then create another new project with a Bellcore system. You will now have two project tabs in the Project panel.

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With the MIL-217 project (Project 1) activated in the Project panel, right-click the first block in the System panel and select Start Transfer To from the shortcut menu. Then activate the Bellcore project (Project 2) in the Project panel, right-click the system in the System panel and select End Transfer Here. The block and components from the MIL-217 system are added to the Bellcore system, as shown next. These items are entirely separate from the items in the MIL-217 system; changes to one will not affect the other.

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It is worth noting that some of the capacitors' properties and parameters are the same as those assigned to the MIL-217 capacitors, while some have changed to meet the requirements of the Bellcore standard, and that a Method tab appears in the Data panel.

Reactivate the MIL-217 project in the Project panel and add a second MIL-217 system to the project either by right-clicking the project in the Project panel and selecting Add then Add MIL-217 System from the shortcut menu or by selecting Add MIL-217 System from the Project menu. Then right-click the new system in the System panel and select Add then Add Linked Block from the shortcut menu.

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Right-click the linked block and select Start Selection for Source from the shortcut menu. Activate the first system, MIL-217:1, in the Project panel; this will cause it to be activated in the System panel. Right-click the block in MIL-217:1 and select End Selection for Source, causing this block to be the source block for the linked block. The linked block now represents the characteristics of the source block; changes made to the source block will be reflected automatically in the linked block.

You can view links for the current project in the Project Link View window by selecting the project in the Project panel and selecting Project Link View from the Tools menu, as shown next.

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