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ADD – Interfaces and Links

Interface to MATLAB

Using ADD definitions in Matlab

ADD provides an interface to the product Matlab/Simulink of the company The MathWorks.
This interface/link allows to:
  • export ADD data (data objects) into the Matlab workspace
  • use these data objects in Simulink
  • work offline from the ADD database
  • edit the data objects offline with the ADD Offline Editor

Visu-IT! has been accepted into The MathWorks Connection Program with ADD.

Exporting and importing ADD data objects into/from the Matlab workspace is quite easy:ADD MATLAB Services:
① ADD Export: vitADD2MATLAB(); ② DDX 2 WS: vitDDX2WS();
③ WS 2 DDX: vitWS2DDX(); ⑤ DDX 2 MS: vitDDX2MS()
Ⓐ ADD Offline: vitADDOffline(); Ⓑ WS 2 MS: vitWS2MS();

The services “vitDDX2WS” and “vitWS2DDX” represent the gateway between ADD and MATLAB.

Integration of ADD into Matlab Simulink

It is possible to integrate ADD into Simulink. This can be accomplished with a PACES service that creates Simulink objects that can be used directly by the Embedded Coder. The export is configurable in oder to allow additional customer specific information.

Interface to Ascet

The “ADDS – Ascet” link can be used in different ways:

  • both GUI and command line access
  • triggered from both ADD, DDS and Ascet

For details please consult RealTimes 1.2010: ASCET connects with ADD (article in german language)

Interface to TargetLink

The “ADD/DDS – TargetLink” link can be used in different ways:

  • both GUI and command line access
  • triggered from both ADD and DDS

The “ADD to TargetLink” component takes the data from the ADD database an writes it into the dSpace Data Dictionary. The extension for this file is “.dd”.
There are two ways to generate the “.dd” file:

  1. Generate m-files only
    In this case, the export generates only m-files in the specified target directory but does not execute them (-> don’t start Matlab Server to generate the “.dd” file).
  2. Generate m-files and automatically generate a “.dd” file
    In this case the script “WriteIntoDSpaceDD.m” will be automatically started in Matlab in order to generate the “.dd” file.

ADDS – AutoCode Interface

ADD provides several interfaces and links to other tools.
The purpose of the tool “ADDS AutoCode Interface” is to ease the communication and collaboration of the Visu-IT! tools Automotive Data Dictionary (ADD) and Data Declaration System (DDS) with these 3rd party tools.

ADDS AutoCode Interface supports the following (standard-)interfaces:

Import Interface

Ascet to ADD
Import data objects from the ETAS Ascet database into ADD
Ascet to DDS
Import data objects from the ETAS Ascet database into DDS
TargetLink to ADD
Import data objects from the dSpace data dictionary into ADD
TargetLink to DDS
Import data objects from the dSpace data dictionary into DDS

Export Interface

ADD to ASCET
Export ADD data objects into the ETAS Ascet database
DDS to ASCET
Export DDS data objects into the ETAS Ascet database
ADD to TargetLink
Export ADD data objects into the dSpace data dictionary
DDS to TargetLink
Export DDS data objects into the dSpace data dictionary
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