Probe 3 Features:


    Supports multiple station coverage analysis

bulletPropagation Models: FCC Standard model, Longley-Rice, Line of Sight / Shadow, the PTP (point-to-point) method and the modified PTP-2, Okumura/Hata/Davidson and COST-231/Hata, and the I.L.L.R. (Satellite Home viewers Act.)  TIREM (Terrain Independent Rough Earth Model) is available as an option.

bulletAn unlimited number of signal contours can be added to any map

bulletAbility to generate first, last and mean signal contours from all propagation models

bulletChoice of displaying strongest signal or actual signal for multiple station studies

bulletImplements user adjustable land-cover databases which default to U.S. standard TSB-88A values

bulletUser selectable working field strength units - uV/m, mV/m, dBmV/m, V/m, dBV/m and power units of watts, dBW, dBm and dBk

bulletUses interpolated signal drawing and edge smoothing for spectacular signal rendering
bulletSelectable gradient shading effects provide gradual signal transitions between cutoff values

bulletFull WYSIWYG interface allows the user to see and to adjust what will appear on printer before its printed.

bulletZoom to any selected map scale using the zoom tool. Define an area with the zoom tool and fill the screen with it

bulletFully configurable map overlays (colors, line thickness, etc.) including political boundaries, roads, railroads, metropolitan areas (city polygons), lakes and large rivers (as polygons), streams, county lines, county names and city names

bulletSelectable map projections

bulletSelectable datum, NAD 27 or NAD 83. Coordinates allow fractions of seconds.
 
bulletMap Features "color schemes" allow users to save and load color settings as user defined schemes

bulletThe backdrop features provides the following backdrops;  topographic, land use, towers, census scattergram and census density in people per square km. Properties such as, population database, color and density spacing are user defined.

bullet User defined bitmaps such as logo’s can be added to the maps

bulletFor U.S. roads uses advanced roads database providing road atlas style maps with highway sign labels. Global roads system included.

bulletFor U.S. and U.S. territory, street-level detail to the smallest street 

bulletAbility to plot land-cover as a backdrop for created maps

bullet Ability to plot city shaped polygons above and below the signal layer

bullet User defined tick marks or grid lines

bulletAbility to plot signal interference in a transparent layer so that map features below can be seen

bulletExtensive location name database for adding geographic place names to the map

bulletArrow pointer drawing tool provides the ability to place arrows pointing to any map object or signal contour.

bulletLabel tools allow transparent labeling and blocked labeling with selectable foreground background colors.

bulletAbility to display (and shade) signal contour overlap regions and count the population within them

bulletPopulation scattergram or tower location overlays can be added to maps

bulletThe Polygon creation tool allows the user to define a shape on the map and then calculate its area and population. The shape defined by the cursor can them be assigned any color or thickness.

bulletAllows for color coded D/U ratios to be plotted on the map.  Especially useful in booster studies to define areas of co-interference.

bulletPrints to any Windows printer at its highest possible resolution achieving unparalleled output quality. Prints to 8 1/2" X 11",  17" X 11" or larger paper. Compatible with Adobe Acrobat PDF distiller. Separate printers can be defined within the program for graphical and text output

bulletPage setup templates (including layout and labeling) can be saved and restored on command. Variable processing allows variables to be used to represent study parameters shown on the legend (labels will automatically update with configuration change to transmitters other study changes).

bulletAbility to include land-cover database attenuations in signal calculations

bulletTabular output of signal values can be saved to an Excel file 
bulletExport maps to BMP, GIF, JPG and PNG graphic files with a user selectable resolution

bulletImports and Exports MPI (MapInfo) files MPI for use with GIS programs
bulletCoverage matcher computes the required antenna pattern needed to match another TV or DTV station - even at a different site

bulletPattern editor displays antenna pattern graphs, edits patterns and loads or saves FCC azimuth and vertical elevation field antenna patterns

bulletBMP compare Switch utility can be used for instantaneous A/B comparisons between up to 8 maps

bulletTransmitter and terrain properties can be changed in study type and signal or interference shown on the map will automatically be recalculated without needing to create a new study. Also allows for new stations to be added to interference studies without redoing the study.

bulletProvides the ability to use custom Desired to Undesired signal ratios and specify a threshold for reception.

bulletAllows the user to specify which stations from the database are to be considered for masking and interactively choose/edit these stations.

bulletAllows the user to import area-to-locate studies from V-Soft Communications frequency search programs SearchFM and FMCont.

bulletImport duopoly studies from V-Soft Communications InterDLG and Duopoly to be plotted on a Probe map.
bulletComprehensive Windows help file and printed manual

bulletMuch more... Call us at 800 743-3684 to discuss additional features.

 

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