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Serial Configuration

Configure parameters for serial port

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  • Serial Configuration block

Libraries:
Instrument Control Toolbox
Motor Control Blockset / Protection and Diagnostics

Description

The Serial Configuration block configures parameters for a serial port that you can use to send and receive data. Use this block to set the parameters of your serial port before you set up the Serial Receive and the Serial Send blocks.

Note

You must configure your serial port parameters using the Serial Configuration block before you specify the Serial Receive and Serial Send block parameters.

Other Supported Features

  • The Serial Configuration block supports the use of Simulink® Accelerator mode, but not Rapid Accelerator. This feature speeds up the execution of Simulink models.

  • The Serial Configuration block supports the use of model referencing. This feature lets your model include other Simulink models as modular components.

  • The Serial Configuration block supports C/C++ code generation. This feature allows you to generate C and C++ code using Simulink Coder™.

For more information on these features, see the Simulink documentation.

Parameters

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Serial port on your machine that you want to configure. Use this configured port to send and receive data with your Serial Send and Serial Receive blocks. If you have not configured a port, the block returns an error when you run your model.

Note

Each Serial Send and Serial Receive block must have a configured Serial Configuration block. If you use multiple serial ports in your simulation, you must configure each port using a separate Serial Configuration block.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: Port
Type: character vector, string

Rate at which bits are transmitted for the serial interface, in bits per second.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: BaudRate
Type: character vector, string
Values: positive integer
Default: '9600'

Number of data bits to transmit over the serial interface.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: DataBits
Type: character vector, string
Values: '5' | '6' | '7' | '8'
Default: '8'

Parity bit type added to data transmitted by serial port. You can use this parameter to add a parity bit (also referred to as a check bit) to your data. Adding a parity bit to a string of binary code is a method of detecting errors in data transmission by ensuring that the total number of 1-bits is even or odd.

The value of the parity bit is determined by the number of 1s in a given set of bits and is set as follows.

Parity Bit TypeParity Bit Value
If number of 1s is evenIf number of 1s is odd
noneNo parity bit setNo parity bit set
even01
odd10

Note

Starting in R2021a, the Parity parameter no longer supports mark or space. For more information, see Parity parameter no longer supports mark or space in Serial Configuration block.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: Parity
Type: character vector, string
Values: 'none' | 'even' | 'odd'
Default: 'none'

Number of bits used to indicate the end of a byte. This parameter depends on the value you select for the Data bits parameter. If you select data bits 6, 7, or 8, the default value is 1 and the other available choice is 2. If you select data bit 5, the default value is 1 and the other available choice is 1.5.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: StopBits
Type: character vector, string
Values: positive scalar
Default: '1'

Sequential order in which bytes are arranged into larger numerical values. If the byte order is little-endian, then the instrument stores the first byte in the first memory address. If the byte order is big-endian, then the instrument stores the last byte in the first memory address.

Configure the byte order to the appropriate value for your instrument before performing a read or write operation. Refer to your instrument documentation for information about the order in which it stores bytes.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: ByteOrder
Type: character vector, string
Values: 'little-endian' | 'big-endian'
Default: 'little-endian'

Process of managing the rate of data transmission on your serial port. Select none to have no flow control or hardware to let your hardware determine the flow control.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: FlowControl
Type: character vector, string
Values: 'none' | 'hardware'
Default: none

Amount of time that the model waits for data during each simulation time step.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: Timeout
Type: character vector, string
Values: positive scalar
Default: '10'

Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced in R2008a

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