Just like in Excel the MAX and MIN are some helpful equations in TILE! One example I used MAX for recently was in the CISPR 16 Profile I put on the FTP site. To get the highest level from several data elements I used:
You can use MIN in the same manner to find the lowest level.
If you want to add two frequency ranges together, use the MAX(x,y) equation instead of using a file transfer action. If you are adding frequency ranges from different antennas this will look for the highest number for matching frequiencies. Since you will only have a match at the cross-over points it will simply add the ranges together.
In order to take advantage of the ‘measure at marker’ method in the Agilent e444x series EMI spectrum analyzers we had to create 2 new actions. They are the measure peaks and OATS for PSA. We still need to expand this to ‘Scan peaks’ action next. If you use the legacy actions, you will not get the correct readings.
You must have the EMI option installed on the analyzer to take advantage of this.
Until today there was a feature in TILE! that we did not realize was there. It is in the Log Options GUI under the "Prompt" column. If you select all of the boxes beneath it, it will allow you to perform any action line-by-line so you can see what TILE! is doing. This will allow you to catch the command that is of concern. The log file is good to capture the hard copy, but this will be great to use over the phone and email.
Thanks to Wes Smith of Woodward Governor for pointing this out!
A member of our team wrote this as an internal memo. If he stole it from some great philosopher I apologize for the plagiarism. Since I am a hardware guy that supports software I think I can relate to this now. I thought I would share this with the TILE! users.
If any of you would like to comment please do!
Software support is always a subjective beast with response always lagging need. We obviously try to be as responsive as possible and there are some issues that can be addressed in a matter of minutes or hours. Other issues that require a major program change or those that are as a result of some intermittent program behavior may not be as straightforward.
Also a feature requests is not a bug and falls behind fixing bugs as a priority.
I just put a CISPR 16 profile on the FTP site. It is generic and is defaulting to the vertical polorization. I used some real data from an excel file to check it so the data elements should be replaced with measurement data. I left the data there to show what the results look like when a test is run. The data I have only goes to 6 GHz, but the profile is setup and ready for 1 to 18 GHz.
If you use it and improve it, please share with us!
We have released the latest version of TILE! It is a minor revision number but a major effort!
For the most part you will not see a big difference but it is a huge step in the code maturity. Our goal was to get the code to a more supportable level with this revision. As always, it is available on our FTP site at no charge to those in maintenance.
NOTE: If you upgrade to this, you must un-install previous versions so back up your profiles and please save your old palette file tile4.dis or from v3, tile.dis and place it back in the tile41 folder after installation.
NOTE 2: You must have Service Pack 3 for XP for this to install properly.
It appears there maybe some issues with the ortho-axis controller for GTEM’s. The issues may be associated with the mechanical installation of the controller. To level set TILE! users for the proper setup you can reference the 5407 GTEM manual (link below) to see if you are connected correctly. If you are still having trouble contact us.
This is the official support website for TILE! software. Here you will find the most current info about TILE! The FAQ’s will contain useful info that tends to be helpful to all users and will be updated frequently. There is a support section that you can use to open an issue or just inquire about TILE!.
