What's the name of this block in Simulink?

Hi,

I am reading a tech document, I met this block, but I don't know the name of this block (I cannot search the function of this block).

Does anybody can give me any info about the name or the function of this block?

thanks.

Answer 1

[Orion]

Hi,

quick question : Do you have Simulink ?

If not, and if you don't know the blocks, you're gonna struggle with your tech document.

For your specific block, it looks like a switch block which passes a signal if a boolean condition is true, and another signal if false.

Note that I said _ it looks like _.

It's not exactly the same. I don't know your block (I use simulink for years), and I don't think it belongs to a native library of simulink.

Maybe (probably ?) , it comes from a user libray, one of your company, or one of a client, in which case you need to ask the corresponding documentation to the people who did it.

Note : In a personnal library, you can "redraw" the appearance of a block. so your block can be just a switch redesigned.

[Troy Vie]

Hi Orion:

Of course, I have Simulink.

From functional aspect, I know the function of this block. But I want to know exactly the name of the block (if possible). That is the reason why I post here.

Yes, it is from a company internal document, and be used quite a lot. I think maybe it is a block in standard library.

Anyway, thank you for your answer.

[Orion]

If you have the model available, use get_param to find information on this block.

if you're not familiar with it :

select the block with the mouse, then in the command window of matlab,

get_param(gcb,'Blocktype')
get_param(gcb,'BlockDescription')
...

Note : I asked about having Simulink, because I already met some people working with on a technical documentation of models and not having Simulink (that was driving them crazy).

[Troy Vie]

I see.

The problem is the model (at least currently) only in the document, I don't have the real Simulink model yet.

Thanks a lot.