How do i define and extract the MPC constraints?

I have my algorithm I wanna validate against the Matlab constraint generator. There is the function: https://se.mathworks.com/help/mpc/ref/mpc.getconstraint.html

What I want to do i to define my constraints variables i.e., min max and so, and then extract the matrices. The function example extracts the already given matrices (so its redundant i feel???). How do I do the opposite? I have tried to see what changed about the mpcobject before and after the constraints were defined. How do I do this? I have this attempt below which should have worked but does not.

n=4;
p=2;
hp=10;
hu=5;


Sys=ss(eye(n),eye(n,p),eye(n),0);
mpcobj = mpc(Sys,0.1);
mpcobj.PredictionHorizon=hp;
mpcobj.ControlHorizon=hu;

mpcobj.ManipulatedVariables(1).Min = -20;
mpcobj.ManipulatedVariables(2).Min = -20;
mpcobj.ManipulatedVariables(1).Max = 20;
mpcobj.ManipulatedVariables(2).Max = 20;
mpcobj.ManipulatedVariables(1).RateMin = -0.5;
mpcobj.ManipulatedVariables(2).RateMin = -0.5;
mpcobj.ManipulatedVariables(1).RateMax = 0.5;
mpcobj.ManipulatedVariables(2).RateMax = 0.5;
mpcobj.OutputVariables(1).Min = -500;
mpcobj.OutputVariables(2).Min = -500;
mpcobj.OutputVariables(3).Min = -500;
mpcobj.OutputVariables(4).Min = -500;
mpcobj.OutputVariables(1).Max = 500;
mpcobj.OutputVariables(2).Max = 500;
mpcobj.OutputVariables(3).Max = 500;
mpcobj.OutputVariables(4).Max = 500;



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[E,F,G] = getconstraint(mpcobj)

Answer 1

[Emmanouil Tzorakoleftherakis]

The getconstraint function is supposed to return mixed input/output constraints. One use case would be that someone creates the MPC object and you want to see what the input/output constraints look like.

The constraints you have defined are simple bounds so they don't fall under this category.

In any case, if you want to display the constraints you have defined, you can simply do

>>mpcobj

and you will see all relevant information about the mpc object.

[Hamza Yusuf]

I am sorry if I wanst clear. I want my constraints in matrix form.