Shulong, Touchstone files only specify port numbers. Every port is both an input and an output port. Typically, however, for a two-port device, port 1 is referred to as the "input port" and port 2 as the "output port". This is because the desired direction of signal propagation is typically from port1 to port2. Now, if the device was measured backwards.... well, I think you can guess what happens. -- Daniel From: slwu <Shulong.Wu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Hi, > > ICM 1.0 spefication has the following description for "Port_assignment": > > |There are two columns used in the Port_assignment. The first should reference > > |the input port name as defined in the Touchstone file that is related to the > > |"Node Name" in the second column. The second column contains a "Node Name" as > > |defined in the node list under the corresponding [Nodal Path Description]. > > but the input port name is not described in Touchstone file, so where to find > > it ? > > Thanks in advanced > > Shulong -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu