Generated Code Structure for Multirate Models
This example assumes that you have generated Structured Text code from a Simulink® model. If you have not yet done so, see Generate Structured Text from the Model Window.
The example in this topic shows generated code for the CODESYS Version 2.3 IDE. Generated code for other IDE platforms looks different.
Open the
plcdemo_multirate
model. This model has two sample rates. To open the model, enter:openExample('plcdemo_multirate');
Open the PLC Coder app. Click the PLC Code tab.
Click Generate PLC Code.
The Simulink PLC Coder™ software generates Structured Text code and places it in
.current_folder
/plcsrc/plcdemo_multirate.expIf you do not have the
plcdemo_multirate.exp
file open, open it in the MATLAB® editor and examine the Structured Text code.The generated code contains a global time step counter variable:
VAR_GLOBAL plc_ts_counter1: DINT; END_VAR
In this example, there are two rates, and the fast rate is twice as fast as the slow rate, so the time step counter counts to 1, then resets:
IF plc_ts_counter1 >= 1 THEN plc_ts_counter1 := 0; ELSE plc_ts_counter1 := plc_ts_counter1 + 1; END_IF;
The generated code for blocks running at slower rates executes conditionally based on the corresponding time step counter values. In this example, the generated code for
Gain1
,Unit Delay1
, andSum1
executes every other time step, whenplc_ts_counter1 = 0
, because those blocks run at the slow rate. The generated code forGain
,Unit Delay
,Sum
, andSum2
executes every time step because those blocks run at the fast rate.SS_STEP: (* Gain: '<S1>/Gain' incorporates: * Inport: '<Root>/U1' * Sum: '<S1>/Sum' * UnitDelay: '<S1>/Unit Delay' *) rtb_Gain := (U1 - UnitDelay_DSTATE) * 0.5; (* Outport: '<Root>/Y1' *) Y1 := rtb_Gain; IF plc_ts_counter1 = 0 THEN (* UnitDelay: '<S1>/Unit Delay1' *) UnitDelay1 := UnitDelay1_DSTATE; (* Gain: '<S1>/Gain1' incorporates: * Inport: '<Root>/U2' * Sum: '<S1>/Sum1' *) rtb_Gain1 := (U2 - UnitDelay1) * 0.5; (* Outport: '<Root>/Y2' *) Y2 := rtb_Gain1; END_IF; (* Outport: '<Root>/Y3' incorporates: * Sum: '<S1>/Sum2' * UnitDelay: '<S1>/Unit Delay' *) Y3 := UnitDelay_DSTATE - UnitDelay1; (* Update for UnitDelay: '<S1>/Unit Delay' *) UnitDelay_DSTATE := rtb_Gain; IF plc_ts_counter1 = 0 THEN (* Update for UnitDelay: '<S1>/Unit Delay1' *) UnitDelay1_DSTATE := rtb_Gain1; END_IF;
In general, for a subsystem with n different sample times, the generated code has
n-1
time step counter variables, corresponding to the
n-1
slower rates. Code generated from parts of the model running
at the slower rates executes conditionally, based on the corresponding time step counter
values.