Introduction

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What Is SB2SL? Software Requirements Installation

What Is SB2SL?

You can translate National Instruments^® SystemBuild™ SuperBlocks to Simulink^® models using the SystemBuild to Simulink Translator (SB2SL). For each SystemBuild SuperBlock in your model, you can:

• Create a Simulink model that represents the structure and hierarchy of your SystemBuild model.

• Translate National Instruments Xmath^® data from the SystemBuild model into MATLAB^® variables in the MATLAB workspace.

• Produce a report providing details of the translation.

SB2SL translation is performed on a block-by-block basis. Except for a few blocks, all SystemBuild blocks are translated into either:

• Its Simulink counterpart

• A masked subsystem block containing the computational equivalent if no Simulink counterpart exists

When SB2SL cannot translate a block, it inserts an appropriate blank placeholder block in the resulting Simulink model.

Once you translate your SystemBuild model into the Simulink environment, the results of the Simulink simulation match the results of a SystemBuild simulation. However, due to modeling differences between the two environments, you might want to perform further model optimizations to achieve top simulation performance. The MathWorks strongly recommends that you validate all models after translation.

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Software Requirements

Version 2.7.4 of SB2SL requires MATLAB Version 7.9 and Simulink Version 7.4. For general system requirements, see the installation guide for your platform.

You can apply SB2SL to SystemBuild files saved from SystemBuild Version 5.0 through Version 6.2 on UNIX^® or PC systems in ASCII format. However, new blocks introduced since SystemBuild Version 6.0 cannot be converted. For more information, see the list of blocks not converted in Limitations.

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Installation

The SB2SL software is available only through Web download. Follow the installation instructions from the Web download page for the version that you want to download. For further instructions on how to install the UNIX version of the SB2SL software, see the installation guide for information on installing MATLAB and Simulink software for UNIX platforms.

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Converting SystemBuild SuperBlocks to Simulink Models

Using SB2SL

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