How do i pause simulink for a moment ?

23 Jan 2013
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I trying to create a continuous plotting Application Programming Interface (aka API)which keep collecting results from the stimulation produce by simulink. The problem is simulink only produce the result after it stop or pause, any idea of pausing it?

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 23 Jan 2013

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set_param('yourmodel','simulationcommand','pause')
see also, 'continue','stop','update',...

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Kelvin Oys
Kelvin Oys on 25 Jan 2013
where do i type this in? In callback function of simulink?
Kelvin Oys
Kelvin Oys on 25 Jan 2013
Let say the simulink is in a inf time, and i wanted the simulink to pause and update the mat file every 5 min.
Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 25 Jan 2013
No, not in callback function, In your m-file.
%To start simulation
set_param('yourmodel','simulationcommand','start')
%To pause simulation
set_param('yourmodel','simulationcommand','pause')
%Do whatever you want
%Then continue simmulation
set_param('yourmodel','simulationcommand','continue')
Kelvin Oys
Kelvin Oys on 29 Jan 2013
What if the simulink is exe form? For example i complie the GUI into an exe file then i compile the mdl file into a exe also. Before compiling it works fine in matlab, after it compile into exe file the pause function start or pause function just won't work.
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 29 Jan 2013
Simulink cannot be compiled into an exe as such: the closest you can get is to use Simulink Coder which compiles to C code.
MATLAB compiler and Simulink Coder are not intended to be able to work together.
TAB
TAB on 29 Jan 2013
Simulink APIs works only under matlab environment. It is not possible to coontrol compiled model with these APIs. Also same is true for vice versa. Simulink APIs are not supported by matlab compiler. So they will not work with you standalone GUI.
For your reference: This relares thread and This tech doc
Gerrit
Gerrit on 13 Aug 2018
Please note that the link to "This tech doc" no longer works.

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TAB
TAB on 25 Jan 2013

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Instead of puasing the simulation to collect data, use run time data access methods of simulink. Using these methods data can be collected when the simulation is running.
See
Access Block Data During Simulation
Example of event listener

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