Why can't I use a bus with an array subelement?

Hello,

I've created a structure 'myStruct' and an associated bus called 'myStruct_Bus' successfully, however, when I try to use 'myStruct' as a constant on a Simulink Diagram after having set the data type to 'Bus: myStruct_Bus' I get the error "Invalid setting in... for parameter 'Value'". It's a legitimate struct and a legitimate Bus. Why the error?

(NOTE: I'm using 32-bit Matlab/Simulink R2015a on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit with Service Pack 1)

Here's the code:

myStruct = struct;
myStruct.aa = 0;
myStruct.bb = 0;
myStruct.cc = 0;
myStruct.sub = struct;
myStruct.sub(1).a = 0;
myStruct.sub(1).b = 0;
myStruct.sub(1).c = 0;
myStruct.sub(2).a = 0;
myStruct.sub(2).b = 0;
myStruct.sub(2).c = 0;
myStruct.sub(3).a = 0;
myStruct.sub(3).b = 0;
myStruct.sub(3).c = 0;

if ~exist('pSysParams_Bus')
    busInfo_myStruct = Simulink.Bus.createObject(myStruct);
    % get root Bus
    tmp = who('slBus*');
    for i=1:length(tmp)
       if isempty(strfind(tmp{i}, '_'))
           break;    
       end
    end
    myStruct_Bus = eval(tmp{i});  clear(tmp{i});    
end

Notice that the Bus Editor confirms the array size of 3.

Answer 1

[Suze Zhang]

Hi Joe,

As of Simulink 8.1 (R2013a), it is possible to create a Simulink bus in which one of its fields is an array of buses. However, it is not available in Simulink R2015a to initialize a Simulink bus that contains a field which is an array of buses. As a workaround, you can create the buses separately, concatenate them using the Vector Concatenate block, and then include the array of buses in larger bus.

I have attached a zipped folder 'example.zip' for this workaround. The model 'sub_bus_example.slx' uses the Simulink.Bus objects that are defined in the 'busInfo.mat' file, and the 'makeStruct.m' script shows how to make these Simulink.Bus objects. Note that you can nest this structure further.

Suze

[Pierre Bélissent]

Thanks! Having the same issue. Is this capability (array of bus as a bus sub-element) available in newer versions?

Answer 2

[Joe]

Thanks Suze. I'll take a look. Is this capability available in newer versions?