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UDP Send

Send data over UDP network to specified remote machine

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  • UDP Send block

Libraries:
Instrument Control Toolbox

Description

The UDP Send block configures and opens an interface to the specified remote machine using the UDP protocol. The configuration and initialization occur once at the start of the model's execution. The block sends data either in blocking mode or nonblocking mode during the model's run time. You can use multiple UDP Send blocks at a time to send data to a specific port.

The UDP Send block has one input port that accepts both 1-D vector and matrix data. This block has no output ports. The block inherits the data type from the signal at the input port. Valid data types are single, double, int8, uint8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32, int64, and uint64.

Note

You must have a license for both Instrument Control Toolbox™ and Simulink® to use this block.

Other Supported Features

  • The UDP Send block supports the use of Simulink accelerator and rapid accelerator modes. You can speed up the execution of Simulink models by using these modes. For more information on these simulation modes, see Acceleration (Simulink).

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

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

Ports

Input

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Data values to send from the block to your remote host, specified as a vector, matrix, or array. Set the parameters for this block before you send data.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Parameters

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IP address or name of the remote machine or server that you want to send data to.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: Host
Type: character vector, string

Remote port on the remote machine or server that you want to connect to, specified as a number from 1 to 65,535.

You can also specify the value of this parameter as an existing workspace variable.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: Port
Type: character vector, string
Values: 1 to 65,535
Default: '80'

Host name, dotted-decimal IP address, or web server of the local host. This block supports both IPV4 and IPV6 address formats.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: LocalAddress
Type: character vector, string

Port of local host for binding for UDP, specified as a number from 1 to 65,535. If you do not specify a value, a value is automatically assigned.

You can also specify the value of this parameter as an existing workspace variable.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: LocalPort
Type: character vector, string

Parameter that enables local port sharing. Select this parameter if you want to allow other UDP sockets to bind to the same local port.

UDP ports can be shared by other applications to allow for multiple applications to listen to the UDP datagrams on that port. You can bind this block to a specific Local port, and in another application bind a UDP socket to that same local port number so both can receive UDP broadcast data.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: EnablePortSharing
Type: character vector, string
Values: 'on' | 'off'
Default: 'off'

Click this button to check if a connection to the specified remote address and port is valid.

Maximum number of bytes of data to be written in a datagram packet. You can increase or decrease the packet size if necessary.

You can also specify the value of this parameter as an existing workspace variable.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: OutputDatagramPacketSize
Type: character vector, string
Values: 1 to 65,535
Default: '512'

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

Configure the byte order to match the appropriate value for your remote machine before sending data. 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: 'big-endian'

This parameter has the simulation wait while the block sends data. Unselect this parameter if you do not want the write operation to cause the simulation to wait.

If you enable blocking mode, the simulation waits for the data to be sent. If you do not enable blocking mode, the simulation runs continuously.

For more information, see Enable Blocking Mode in Receive and Send Blocks.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: EnableBlockingMode
Type: character vector, string
Values: 'on' | 'off'
Default: 'on'

Version History

Introduced in R2007b

See Also

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