RT-LAB Solo

RT-LAB Solo is composed of all the software components you need to convert two standard PCs in to a Host and Target:

The Host, or Command, Station is used in model-development and online interaction with the system. It is composed of a standard off-the-shelf PC running Windows (NT, 2000, XP) and required software (see below). The host station is linked to the real-time target through a TCP/IP network, allowing online system monitoring and remote access through LAN or WAN.

The Target Station performs all the required real-time operations (computations, scheduling, I/O access, etc.). The target station runs QNX, the most advanced, robust engineering Real-Time operating system in the world.

• Implementing real-time systems in RT-LAB Solo: Using RT-LAB Solo is simple. All the real-time conversion operations have been automated so that you can easily build the system while focusing on the engineering problems of your project.

• Creating Models: You create models within the Simulink graphical programming environment, using blocks from the standard Simulink library, just like a regular Simulink model. You then separate computational blocks from user-interface blocks (scopes, manual switches, etc.) graphically. This allows calculations to be performed in the real-time environment, while blocks used for interacting with the system stay on the host station. Special communication blocks define communication between the components belonging to the real-time part of the system and user-interface.
  

• Implementation within a "Hard" Real-Time environment: Model implementation within the real-time environment is performed automatically; all steps between model creation, real-time model loading and execution are achieved transparently to the user. A click of a single button automatically converts a Simulink model into a real-time model able to precisely interact with physical equipment.
  
  
• Loading and executing a model:The compiled model can be loaded within the real-time environment and executed without writing any code or Matlab commands. Interaction with the real-time system can be achieved at many levels. RT-LAB Solo comes equipped with data acquisition and monitoring tools giving online access to any signal for visualization or local, hard-drive based real-time data logging. User interaction blocks from the Simulink library can also be used in conjunction with the real-time system. As an added option, you can also design your own GUI panels for 2-D or 3-D model visualization and interaction.
  
  
• Using I/O modules: You include I/O modules in the model using Simulink-compatible blocks from the extensive RT-LAB I/O drivers' library. You can then route appropriate signals from the model to the I/O blocks. Once the model runs in the real-time environment, signals are directly sent to the Output channels, or read from the Input channels.