Version 2.6 (R14+) xPC Target™ Release Notes

Version 2.6 (R14+) xPC Target™

This table summarizes what's new in Version 2.6 (R14+):

New features and changes introduced in this version are

• xPC Target™ Explorer (Beta)

• Real-Time Workshop^® Embedded Coder™ Support

• CAN Library Link Change

• xPCGetSignals API Function

• I/O Device Driver Support

• xPC Target™ Support for Vector CANape^® (Beta)

• Recreate Target Boot Disk and Rebuild Applications

xPC Target™ Explorer (Beta)

This release includes a Beta version of the xPC Target™ Explorer. It is a graphical user interface for xPC Target. It provides a single point of contact for almost all xPC Target interactions, including

• Configure the host PC for xPC Target

• Add and configure target PCs for xPC Target

• Create boot disks for particular target PCs

• Connect the target PCs for your xPC Target system to the host PC

• Download a prebuilt target application, .dlm, to a target PC

• Build a target application for a specific target PC

• Start and stop the application that has been downloaded to the target

• Add scopes of type host, target, and file to the downloaded target application

• Add and remove signals to the xPC Target scopes

• Start and stop scopes

• Adjust parameter values for the signals while the target application is running

The xPC Target Explorer GUI runs on your xPC Target host machine.

Use xPC Target Explorer to perform xPC Target activities. This tool encompasses the functionality of both xpcsetup and xpcrctool. This is the Beta release of the xPC Target Explorer. The MathWorks encourages you to use this new interface and provide feedback.

See the xPC Target™ Getting Started Guide and xPC Target™ User's Guide for details on xPC Target Explorer.

Real-Time Workshop^® Embedded Coder™ Support

xPC Target now supports the Real-Time Workshop^® Embedded Coder™. This feature requires the Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder.

Compatibility Considerations

xPC Target only supports Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder for Microsoft^® compilers. It does not support Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder for Watcom compilers.

CAN Library Link Change

The mechanism used to link the external CAN libraries has changed. It is no longer necessary to select a CAN library via a list in xpcsetup or xpcexplr to be able to use CAN blocks in a model. Instead the link is set up automatically. xPC Target will ignore user-defined settings.

xPCGetSignals API Function

The xPCGetSignals API function can now return the values of a vector of up to 1000 signals as fast as it can acquire them. This was previously limited to 10 signals.

I/O Device Driver Support

xPC Target 2.6 has new driver blocks, including support for the following boards:

• Condor Engineering (for the aerospace industry)

  • CEI-520, CEI-520A

    Contact your MathWorks™ representative if you are interested in support for the boards CEI-620, CEI-820, and CEI-820TX.

• Contec

  • ADI12-16

• National Instruments^®

  • PCI-6601 Armed Pulse Generation

  • PCI/PXI-6602 Armed Pulse Generation

• Sensoray

  • Sensoray626

The following drivers have been updated:

• Measurement Computing™ PCI-CTR05

• Sensoray 526 Encoder Input block

• Diamond Systems MM-32-AT Frame Analog Input block

Compatibility Considerations

You cannot use the Watcom compiler for models that contain Condor Engineering blocks. Use a Microsoft compiler instead.

xPC Target™ Support for Vector CANape^® (Beta)

xPC Target now enables your target application data to be accessed by a Vector CANape^® system, Version 5.00.20 and 5.00.30. See the Vector CANape chapter in the xPC Target™ I/O Reference for further details.

Recreate Target Boot Disk and Rebuild Applications

Compatibility Considerations

If you upgrade your xPC Target software from a previous version, you must recreate the target boot disk and you must rebuild your xPC Target applications.

Version 2.6.1 (R14SP1) xPC Target™

Version 2.5 (R14) xPC Target™