{"id":167,"date":"2011-11-01T19:58:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/seth\/2011\/11\/01\/promoting-block-parameters-to-a-mask\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T19:58:38","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:58:38","slug":"promoting-block-parameters-to-a-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/2011\/11\/01\/promoting-block-parameters-to-a-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoting Block Parameters to a Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"

In R2011b, we are trying to make it easier to interface the parameters of a masked subsystem with the parameters of the blocks under this mask. We call this Promoting Block Parameters<\/a>. Let's see how this works. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Promoting a parameter<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\nLet's use this simple system as an example. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

\"Example<\/p> \r\n\r\n

I want to create a mask on top of it and allow users to tune only certain values. For example, I want to give the user the ability to specify the rising slew rate of the Rate Limiter<\/a> block. I open the Mask Editor<\/a>, add a parameter and click the new Promote <\/strong>button:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\"Promote<\/p> \r\n\r\n

This will launch the promoted parameter selector dialog box, where I can choose the block and the parameter I want to promote.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\"Promoted<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

Interface for Multiple Parameters<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

One of my favorite thing about this feature is that you can easily map one mask parameter to multiple parameters under the mask. In older releases, a good amount of code-gymnastics might have been necessary to make that happen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In my example system, I have 3 blocks with a checkbox to Enable zero-crossing detection<\/a>. In the promoted parameter selector dialog, I can use the Search field to find all the blocks with this parameter and promote them to one parameter of my mask:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\"Promoting<\/p> \r\n\r\n

When I come back to the Mask Editor, I can easily see which parameters are promoted to this mask parameter:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\"Promoting<\/p> \r\n\r\n

The result looks like this. If I look under the the mask, the promoted block parameters are grayed and can be tuned in the top mask.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\"Final<\/p> \r\n\r\n

Now it's your turn<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Give this a try and let us know what you think by leaving a comment here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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