No Solver Block Connected Error

Hello MathWorks!

I am entirely new to Simulink, and none of my professors are very familiar with the program, so I am coming to you with a question.

My very first model is relatively simple- most of my components are from the SimRF Circuit element library, and I have one filter from the DSP library. In order to use my filter, I am using the SimRF export -> filter -> SimRF import.

However, whenever I simulate, I get the error: No Solver Block Connected to Physical Network

I found a few related questions in the community, and found this article: http://www.mathworks.com/help/physmod/simscape/ref/solverconfiguration.html

I tried connecting solver blocks to either side (and both sides) of the filter, and even one to the filter section itself, but I can't get around this error.

Sorry if this is a really simple question, but I couldn't get Google to turn up an answer, and I don't have a lot of in person help at my University.

PS: Here is a simplified version:

SimRF Network -> SimRF Export -> DSP Filter -> SimRF Import -> SimRF Network

Answer 1

[John Gerdes]

http://www.mathworks.com/help/physmod/simscape/examples/permanent-magnet-dc-motor.html

This example should answer your question. In short, a solver block has to be wired in to the system somewhere, or else it won't solve. This is one of the quirks of using simscape as opposed to standard simulink. I just started watching tutorials on simscape a couple days ago so don't worry it's not so hard to pick up the differences. The other key lesson to learn is how to use the "physical system to signal" blocks (also in tutorials in simscape).