how to make a loop for a simulation?

I've made a simulink model and I want the simulaltion after starting it to go into a loop that will pause (plot) and then continue the simulation. Can anybody help me with this?

set_param('modelZaGui1','SimulationCommand','start');

go into loop----------

set_param('modelZaGui1','SimulationCommand','pause'); % pause after 10 seconds

plot ( )

set_param('modelZaGui1','SimulationCommand','continue');

set_param('modelZaGui1','SimulationCommand','pause'); % pause after 10 seconds

plot ( )

and to go like this to the end of the simulation. Simulation time is 1000 and it should pause and plot after ever 10 seconds.

Answer 1

[A Jenkins]

1) This is kind of awkward. Is there a reason you can't use the built in "Scope" block to accomplish this?

2) If you must do it this way, I suppose you could use the "Assertion" block to pause the simulation as described in the help for Controlling Execution of a Simulation. Add a modulus calculation to get "every 10 seconds". (Example model attached.)

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Your main loop could then just wait for the simulation to pause, then call plot, etc, until the simulation is stopped.

%init so they have some value at t==0
ScopeData.time=[];
ScopeData.signals.values=[];

set_param(bdroot,'SimulationCommand','start')

% outer loop for the full simulation
while ~strcmp(get_param(bdroot,'SimulationStatus'),'stopped')
    pause(.001)  % give the plot a chance to update 
    if strcmp(get_param(bdroot,'SimulationStatus'),'paused')
        plot(ScopeData.time,ScopeData.signals.values);
        set_param(bdroot,'SimulationCommand','continue')
    end
end

[Amir]

The problem is that its a real-time simulation and Im using GUI, there is only one button, the START button. I want the scope results to plot on the axes and I cant get any values if I dont pause the simulation, soooo this was supposed to be a trick, pause---plot---continue---pause---plot... so your answer doesnt really help me

[A Jenkins]

Please clarify why this doesn't help? This runs the model and updates the plot every 10 seconds per your specifications.

Answer 2

[Kaustubha Govind]

It seems like you can achieve the same result by using a Scope block with a Decimation factor of 10. Is there a reason you want to use PLOT instead?

Answer 3

[Amir]

yes, cause the resaults should be displayed in the GUI axes and therefor the simulation needs to be paused, ploted in the axes and the continued....

[A Jenkins]

My code above does that.