I believe your system target file (the .tlc-file) may not be capable of External mode. You need to set it to something like slrt.tlc if you intend to use simulink real-time.
I still do not have external mode option for running my arduino model. Is it 2019b version problem? Older editions had external mode from the initial installation.
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