[etherlab-users] Etherlab and Simulink

[Richard Hacker]

On Tuesday 17 April 2012 14:39:41 Dirk Castelijns wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> >From the Etherlab documentation it not completely clear to me if the
> 
> Simulink Etherlab Blockset can also be used for executing (and
>  communicating with) the realtime application. I.e. does it also include
>  the pdCom client functionality or do I need to use DLS or Test Manager if
>  I want to visualize the data or control some actuators?
You are mixing some things up.

The EtherLab blockset enables you to use EtherCAT slaves within executables 
that are generated using Simulink Coder (formally Real-Time Workshop).

When your executable is running, you use Test Manager to view signals and 
change parameters. DLS is used to log signals so that you can view them later. 
PdCom is a library that handles the communication to the executable when you 
write a custom front end or visualizer (just like Test Manager) (in fact, DLS 
and Test Manager should be using PdCom to connect to the executable, but they 
don't because they were developed before the PdCom library was finished)
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> Thanks.
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> 
> Dirk
> 

Mit freundlichem Gruß

Richard Hacker

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