How do i pause simulink for a moment ?

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?

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

set_param('yourmodel','simulationcommand','pause')

see also, 'continue','stop','update',...

[Kelvin Oys]

where do i type this in? In callback function of simulink?

[Kelvin Oys]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Please note that the link to "This tech doc" no longer works.

Answer 2

[TAB]

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