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Entity Multicast

Send multicast entities

  • Entity Multicast block

Libraries:
SimEvents

Description

The Entity Multicast block broadcasts entities. An entity that arrives at the block is cloned into copies and sent with a Multicast tag. Each Entity Queue block with Entity arrival source specified as Multicast with the same Multicast tag receives copies. For more information, see Overview of Queues and Servers in Discrete-Event Simulation.

Ports

Input

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Input entity port for entities entering the block.

Note

Event actions are not supported with string entity data type

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | Boolean | enumerated | bus | string | fixed point

Output

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Output broadcasted entities.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | Boolean | enumerated | bus | string | fixed point

Parameters

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Specify the tag with which to broadcast the entities. For example if the default tag A is used, each Entity Queue block with Entity arrival source specified as Multicast and the Multicast tag is set as A receives a copy.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: MulticastTag
Type: character vector
Values: 'A' | character vector
Default: 'A'

Version History

Introduced in R2016a