Plot Signal Data Logged to Workspace

To visualize non-real-time simulated data or real-time application data, use the MATLAB^® plotting functions.

After running your real-time application and logging data to the MATLAB workspace, you can plot the data.

This procedure uses the model sldrtex_model. To open this model, in the MATLAB Command Window, type:

open_system(docpath(fullfile(docroot,'toolbox',...
    'sldrt','examples','sldrtex_model')))

It assumes that you saved your data to the variable ScopeData.

The steps in this procedure assume that you have already loaded that model and have completed the steps in Set Scope Parameters for Logging to Workspace and Set Run in Kernel Mode Properties for Logging to Workspace.

In the Simulink^® Editor, on the Desktop Real-Time tab, click Run in Real Time.
When the real-time application runs, it creates the ScopeData variable that you configured in Set Run in Kernel Mode Properties for Logging to Workspace.

To show the structure of the variable ScopeData, in the MATLAB Command Window, type:

ScopeData

ScopeData = 

  struct with fields:

         time: [2001×1 double]
      signals: [1×1 struct]
    blockName: 'sldrtex_model/Scope'

To list the contents of the structure signals, type:

ScopeData.signals

ans = 

  struct with fields:

        values: [2001×1 double]
    dimensions: 1
         label: ''
         title: ''
     plotStyle: 0

To plot the first 1000 points, type:
```
plot(ScopeData.time(1:1000),ScopeData.signals.values(1:1000))
```
The MATLAB environment plots the first 1000 samples over 0.0000–0.9990 seconds.
The variable ScopeData is not automatically saved to your hard disk. To save the variable ScopeData, type:
```
save ScopeData
```
The MATLAB environment saves the scope data to the file ScopeData.mat.

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