How I can define a varying parameter in Simulink Test?

Hi,

I am designing a Test Harness for my model. I have a parameter in the simulink model(a gain) and I want to develop a test sequence to test the sensitivity of my model with respect to this parameter. simply, I want to design a DOE for my model. I defined the parameter in the test sequence and I define that in the Model Explorer, too. But, I received the below error. Could you please guide me that how I can define a parameter that I can change in each test by Test Sequence Editor block?

Thanks for your consideration and time.

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[Ayyoub]

Thanks for your answer Akshata. I tried your solution, but "symbol wizard" window is opened and ask to give a role(input, constant, parameter,...) to the name of gain block. And, all of these options cause another error.

Answer 1

[Sarah Dagen]

To change this gain value from a test sequence block, you need to follow a pattern such as in the image below:

You need to declare evalin, set_param, and num2str as coder.extrinsic in the initialization step of the test sequence. You can then use these commands in sequence steps to change the gain value in the base workspace during simulation.

[Remy MARCEL]

Hello, is it possible to modify a parameter that is defined into a dictionary instead of the base workspace ?

[Pratik]

Hi, if varibels are already in model workspace then is it possible to vary in test sequncve block?

[Sarah Dagen]

If you promote your model workspace parameter to be a model argument, you can then use the Parameter Writer block to change its value. The approach has the advantage of simpler code in the Test Sequence block (no coder.extrinsic, set_param, etc.). You simply add an additional output from the Test Sequence block and use that to drive the Parameter Writer.

Answer 2

[Chandrasekhar]

i guess you want to change the gain value while the simulink model is running. you can do that by giving the below command in your test sequence

set_param(<gain block name>,'Gain',<value>)

[Ayyoub]

Thanks for your answer Akshata. I tried your solution, but "symbol wizard" window is opened and ask to give a role(input, constant, parameter,...) to the name of gain block. And, all of these options cause another error

[Chandrasekhar]

Could you please let me know the context how you want to change the gain value.

[Ayyoub]

There is a gain in my Simulink Model, and I want to change it after each transition in Test Sequence block. For instance: (A is the gain in my Simulink Model)

step 1 after(2,sec) step 2 .... A=1; %(value of gain in step 1)

Step 2 after(4,sec) step 3 .... A=5 %(value of gain in step 2)

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