Create the Coverage Tests

Create coverage tests for each of the placement candidates that you plan to simulate.

Coverage tests define the installed positions of each participating antenna. A coverage test must include one active antenna that you later simulate to predict its installed performance. You can include other antennas in the coverage test, but these antennas act as obstacles in the simulation.

In this example, you consider only a single, active antenna. You define a coverage test for the antenna's front and middle placement candidates. You do not create a coverage test for the rear placement candidate, because you previously used its obscuration plot to decide that it was not worth simulating.

  1. Define a coverage test for the placement candidate at the front of the passenger cabin.
    1. From the Coverage Test section of the Assistant, click Coverage Test .
    2. Name the coverage test Front Test.
    3. From the Antennas section, select your antenna.
      The app automatically makes this antenna the active antenna.
    4. From the Placement Candidate options, select Front Candidate.

      Tip: You can also select the placement candidate from the tree, or you can select it in the 3D area.

      The glyph of the frontmost placement candidate becomes red, indicating that it is the active antenna.
    5. Click OK.
      The glyph of the frontmost placement candidate returns to green. A coverage test appears in the Scenario node of the tree, and a corresponding coverage test result appears in the Result node of the tree.
  2. Similarly, create a coverage test named Middle Test using the placement candidate at the middle of the passenger cabin.