{"id":341920,"date":"2023-12-24T14:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T14:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=341920"},"modified":"2023-12-29T17:07:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T17:07:59","slug":"wpt-coil-design-illegal-inner-terminal-when-trying-to-assign-parameters","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/wpt-coil-design-illegal-inner-terminal-when-trying-to-assign-parameters\/","title":{"rendered":"WPT Coil Design: \u201cIllegal inner terminal\u201d when trying to assign parameters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am attempting to create a simple wireless power transfer simulation in Electronics Desktop, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ej4-er33Z3M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a> tutorial. I created the coil and terminals, united them to make them one body, and assigned excitations going in for one terminal and out for the other. When I attempt to assign a matrix parameter to run the simulation and calculate the mutual inductance, I get this error:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/29-12-2023-1703869584-mceclip0.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Note that the error for the polyline in the message manager can be ignored as that is an error for another, hidden coil that has no excitations applied to it. What does this error mean and why am I getting it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-341920","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-AnsysMaxwellelectronics-1","topic-tag-wireless-power-transfer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":["96.7.218.223"],"_bbp_subscription":["335830","94"],"_btv_view_count":["801"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_edit_lock":["1703865632:282374"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["341920"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27793"],"_bbp_engagement":["94","335830"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["343067"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["343067"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-01-04 03:54:05"]},"test":"masonjacoburi-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/341920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/341920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}