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Contents

Index

• Getting Started

Models Event-Driven Systems

Extends the Capabilities of Traditional State Charts

Provides Debugging Capabilities

Supports Code Generation in Multiple Languages

Installation Instructions

Prerequisite Software

Product Dependencies

Setting Up Your Own Target Compiler

Using Stateflow Software on a Laptop Computer

Build It Yourself or Use the Supplied Model

Design Considerations for Defining the Interface

Adding a Stateflow Block to a Simulink Model

Defining the Inputs and Outputs

Connecting the Stateflow Block to the Simulink Subsystem

Build It Yourself or Use the Supplied Model

Design Considerations for Defining the States

Adding the Power On and Power Off States

Adding and Configuring Parallel States

Adding the On and Off States for the Fans

Build It Yourself or Use the Supplied Model

Design Considerations for Defining State Actions and Variables

Writing an Entry Action

Writing a During Action

Build It Yourself or Use the Supplied Model

Design Considerations for Defining Transitions Between States

Drawing the Transitions Between States

Adding Default Transitions

Adding Conditions to Guard Transitions

Adding Events to Guard Transitions

Build It Yourself or Use the Supplied Model

Design Considerations for Triggering Stateflow Charts

Defining the CLOCK Event

Connecting the Edge-Triggered Events to the Input Signals

Prepare the Chart Yourself or Use the Supplied Model

Checking That Your Chart Conforms to Best Practices

Setting the Length of the Simulation

Configuring Animation for the Chart

Setting Breakpoints to Observe Chart Behavior

Simulating the Air Controller Chart

Debugging State Inconsistencies

Debugging Data Range Violations

• User's Guide

• Object Retrieval

• Chart Creation

• Chart Input/Output

• GUI

• Help

• Release Notes

sfclose - Close chart

Syntax

sfclose sfclose('chart_name') sfclose('All')

Description

sfclose closes the current chart.

sfclose('chart_name') closes the chart called 'chart_name'.

sfclose('All') closes all open or minimized charts. 'All' is a literal string.

See Also

sfnew | sfopen | stateflow

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