BEAMEX MC4 - Stepping

Stepping
MC4 User Guide 73
Stepping
Stepping utility is one of three tools allowing you to create
generation/simulation signals that vary with time. This one could be
called "automatic stepping" since one of the other tools is a manual
stepping utility.
Other similar tools:
Ramping on page 76
Manual Stepping on page 78.
To open the stepping configuration window, enter the following menu
commands: F1/ Setup  or F2/ Setup  (depending on which
window you want to configure the stepping to), F2/ Tools and Step
from the opened menu.
The leftmost picture below shows the configuration window and the
rightmost picture the stepping utility in use.
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Start stepping by selecting the F3/ Start Function Key in the
configuration window. To stop a stepping that is in progress, open
the stepping configuration window and press F1/ Stop Step Function
Key.
When stepping is ready, or stopped, you may restart it as follows:
F1/ Setup  or F2/ Setup  (depending on which window you want
to configure the stepping to), F1/ Start Step . This possibility is
available until a new Function is selected for the window where
stepping was used or MC4 is shut down.