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extmodeBackgroundRun

Perform external mode background activity

Description

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errorCode = extmodeBackgroundRun(); performs external mode background activity, for example, retrieving packets from the network, running the packets protocol layer, and sending packets to the development computer.

Do not invoke the function in a thread with real-time constraints.

Use this function with other external mode functions to enable communication between Simulink® and the target application during an external mode simulation.

Examples

Set Up External Mode Communication

For a pseudo-code example that shows how you can provide external mode communication by using the function with related functions, see External Mode Abstraction Layer.

Output Arguments

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Error code, returned as an extmodeErrorCode_T enumeration with one of these values:

  • EXTMODE_SUCCESS (0) –– No error detected.

  • EXTMODE_BUSY (-6) –– Resource busy detected, try later

  • EXTMODE_INV_MSG_FORMAT (-7) –– Invalid message format detected by external mode communication protocol.

  • EXTMODE_INV_SIZE (-8) –– Invalid size detected by the external mode communication protocol.

  • EXTMODE_NOT_INITIALIZED (-9) –– External mode not initialized yet.

  • EXTMODE_NO_MEMORY (-10) –– No memory available on the target hardware.

  • EXTMODE_ERROR (-12) –– External mode generic error detected.

  • EXTMODE_PKT_CHECKSUM_ERROR (-13) –– Checksum inconsistency detected by external mode communication protocol.

  • EXTMODE_PKT_RX_TIMEOUT_ERROR (-14) –– Timeout error detected during the reception of a packet.

  • EXTMODE_PKT_TX_TIMEOUT_ERROR (-15) –– Timeout error detected during the transmission of a packet.

Version History

Introduced in R2018a