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Menu Bar and Toolbar Contents and Shortcut Keys

The procedures in the xPC Target documentation for xPC Target Explorer use right-click operations. You can also perform xPC Target Explorer operations through the menu bar and toolbar. This section is a reference for the menu bar and toolbar contents.

The xPC Target Explorer menu bar has the following menus:

• File — General file operation options, including

  • Add Target — Add a target PC to the xPC Target system.

  • Remove Target — Remove a target PC from the xPC Target system.

  • Change Host PC Current Directory — Change folder to one that contains the prebuilt target application (DLM) you want to download to your target PCs.

  • Close — Close xPC Target Explorer.

• Target — General target PC operations, including

  • Ping Target — Test the communication between the host PC and target PCs.

  • Connect to Target — Connect xPC Target Explorer to selected target PC.

  • Set As Default — Designate the selected target PC as the default one.

  • Import Environment — Import an existing target PC configuration from the MATLAB workspace.

  • Export Environment — Save the target PC environment structure to a MAT-file.

  • Save Session — Save target PC application sessions to xPC Target Explorer.

  • Load Session — Load target PC application sessions to xPC Target Explorer.

• Application — General target application operations, including

  • Start Application — Start the selected target application.

  • Stop Application — Stop the selected target application.

  • Add a scope — Add a scope of type Host, Target, or File.

  • Delete scope — Delete a scope.

  • View host scopes — Display a viewer on the host PC for scopes of type host.

• Tools — General operations, including

  • Enable/Disable Refresh — Enable/disable the window refresh.

  • Change Refresh Rate — Change the refresh rate for the display of signals in xPC Target Explorer. In the Refresh Rate dialog box, enter the desired refresh rate in seconds. Note that setting the refresh rate to less than 0.2 seconds (default) might cause target PC CPU overloads or degrade MATLAB performance.

  • Go to Simulink Model — For the selected model, display the Simulink model.

• Help — General product help information, including

  • Using xPC Target -- Invoke help for xPC Target product.

  • xPC Target Explorer Help — Invoke help for xPC Target Explorer.

  • About xPC Target — Invoke general xPC Target information.

The xPC Target Explorer toolbar has buttons for some of the more commonly used operations available from the menu bar. These buttons include

Button	Description
	Add Target button
	Delete Target button
	Connect to Target button
	Start Application button
	Stop Application button
	Scope Viewer button
	Go to Simulink Model button

The xPC Target Explorer has the following keyboard shortcuts:

Action	Shortcut
Add target	Ctrl+A
Remove target	Ctrl+R
Close	Ctrl+W
Stop/start target	Ctrl+T
Ping target	Ctrl+P
Delete scope	Select scope and click Delete

Running the Target Application

Glossary

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