xPC Target

MATLAB Command-Line Interface

You can interact with the xPC Target environment through the MATLAB command-line interface. Enter xPC Target functions in the MATLAB Command Window on the host PC. Also, you can write your own M-file scripts that use xPC Target functions for batch processing.

xPC Target has more than 90 MATLAB functions for controlling the target application from the host computer. These functions define, at the most basic level, what you can do with the xPC Target environment.

The GUIs that we provide with xPC Target are for completing the most common tasks. They use the xPC Target functions but do not extend their functionality. The command-line interface provides an interactive environment that you can extend.

The MATLAB command-line interface includes the following functions:

• Environment -- Create a boot disk and directly change the environment properties without using a graphical interface.

• For more information on environment properties, see Creating a Target Boot Disk with Command-Line Interface, and Software Environment in the xPC Target User Guide documentation

• Control -- Reboot the target PC, download a target application, start and stop target applications, and change start and sample times without regenerating code. Get statistical performance information during or after the last run. Add/remove scopes, add/remove signals to scopes, and define triggers for scope display.

• For more information, see Control with MATLAB Commands and Target Objects in the xPC Target User Guide documentation.

• Signal acquisition -- Trace signals for viewing while the target application is running and monitor signal values without time information. Transfer logged signal data to the MATLAB workspace by uploading from the host PC to the target PC between runs.

• For more information, see Signal Monitoring with MATLAB, Signal Tracing with MATLAB, and Signal Logging with MATLAB, and Scope Objects in the xPC Target User Guide documentation.

• Parameter tuning -- Change parameters while the target application is running, and use xPC Target functions to change parameters in between runs.

• For more information, see Parameter Tuning with MATLAB, and Target Objects in the xPC Target User Guide documentation.

xPC Target Remote Control Tool

Simulink External Mode Interface