How can I view the Speedgoat target screen on my host computer?

Can I view the display connected to my Speedgoat target on my host computer to monitor the Simulink Real-Time (SLRT) simulation and take screenshots?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

For R2020b and later:

To view the status monitor from your development computer, use an SSH utility (such as PuTTY) to connect to the Speedgoat target. Follow steps 1-5 in the following documentation:

Execute Target Computer Command-Line Commands Via SSH

In the SSH session, start the status monitor by entering:

statusmonitor

For status monitor keyboard commands, refer to: Target Computer Status Monitor

Alternative options to retrieve status information from MATLAB:

If you have access to MATLAB & Simulink Real-Time, you can retrieve status information about the target computer using target object properties and functions such as getVersion (R2023a+):

tg = slrealtime:
getVersion(tg);
tg.TargetStatus;
tg.ModelStatus;

To observe target execution times (TET) for possible overruns, or the console log in real-time, use TET Monitor and System Log Viewer in SLRT Explorer as an alternative. Open them directly by entering:

>> slrtTETMonitor
>> slrtLogViewer

To view the system log in an SLRT app created with MATLAB App Designer, add a SystemLog UI component. To access the system log programmatically, use slrealtime.SystemLog.

For R2020a and earlier:

Live viewing the target screen GUI on the host computer is not possible. To obtain a screenshot from the target screen, you can use the following function in the MATLAB command line:

>> tg = slrt;
>> viewTargetScreen(tg)

To use this function, the target needs to be connected to the host and running.