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Configuring the Requirements Management Interface for DOORS Software

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Before You Begin Installing DOORS Software Manually Installing Additional Files for DOORS Software Upgrading DOORS Software

Before You Begin

IBM Rational DOORS software is a requirements-management application for capturing, tracking, and managing requirements. If you plan to use DOORS software with the RMI, you must install additional files to establish communication between the DOORS application and the Simulink software. The sections that follow describe the installation and configuration procedures.

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Installing DOORS Software

You can install the DOORS software before or after you install the RMI. In either case, at the MATLAB command line, run the RMI setup script to copy all the necessary files to the correct location:

rmi setup

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Manually Installing Additional Files for DOORS Software

The setup script automatically copies all the files to the correct location. However, in some cases the script fails because of file permissions in your DOORS installation. If the script fails, manually install additional files.

1. Close the DOORS software if it is running.

2. Copy the following files from matlabroot\toolbox\slvnv\reqmgt to the <doors_install_dir>\lib\dxl\addins folder.

   addins.idx
   addins.hlp

   Replace any existing versions of the files if you have not modified them; otherwise, merge their contents.

3. Copy the following files from matlabroot\toolbox\slvnv\reqmgt to the <doors_install_dir>\lib\dxl\addins\dmi folder.

   dmi.hlp
   dmi.idx
   dmi.inc
   runsim.dxl
   selblk.dxl

   Replace any existing versions of these files.

4. Open the file <doors_install_dir>\lib\dxl\startup.dxl. In the user-defined files section, add the following include statement:

   #include <addins/dmi/dmi.inc>

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Upgrading DOORS Software

If you upgrade your DOORS software after installing the RMI, run the setup script (rmi setup) again.

If you upgrade from Version 7.1 to a later version of the DOORS software, perform these additional steps:

1. In your DOORS installation folder, navigate to the subfolder ...\lib\dxl\startupFiles .

2. In a text editor, open the file copiedFromDoors7.dxl.

3. Add // before this line to comment it out:

   #include <addins/dmi/dmi.inc>

4. Save and close the file.

5. Start the DOORS and MATLAB software.

6. Run the setup script. At the MATLAB command line, type rmi setup .

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Why Use DOORS Requirements with Simulink Objects?

Linking Simulink Objects to DOORS Requirements

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