Required SW for the Simulation Interface Toolkit

[Mike@ARL]

Hello,

I would like to add a LabVIEW front panel to my Matlab/Simulink model.  According to the data sheet, the following software is required for the SIT:

System Requirements
The LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit requires that you have a
proper license for the following products:
• MATLAB® version 6.0 or later
• Simulink version 4.0 or later
• Real-Time Workshop® version 4.0 or later
• Microsoft Visual C++ version 6.0 and
• LabVIEW version 7.0 or later

1. To simply create a LV front panel for my model, do I still need to have LabVIEW installed?  If so, which versions would be compatible?
   
2. I currently have the student version of Matlab 6.0 and Simulink 4.0.  Will the SIT work with the student version?
3. If I only want to create a LV front panel, do I still need to have the RT Workshop or Visual C++ installed?
   

Thank You,
Mike

[.avi file]

Greetings!

    Yes, you are required to get the sw as mentioned.

1. To simply create a LV front panel for my model, do I still need to have LabVIEW installed?  If so, which versions would be compatible?

Yes, to create a LabVIEW user interface / front panel, LabVIEW is required. LabVIEW 8.2 is the latest version.

The Simulation Interface Toolkit (SIT) 3.0.2 updates SIT 3.0.1 to support LabVIEW 8.2, the LabVIEW 8.2 Real-Time Module, and the LabVIEW 8.2 FPGA Module. You also can use SIT 3.0.2 with LabVIEW 7.1.x or with LabVIEW 8.0.x. However, you cannot install SIT 3.0.2 for more than one version of LabVIEW on the same computer.

2. I currently have the student version of Matlab 6.0 and Simulink 4.0.  Will the SIT work with the student version?

• The MathWorks, Inc. MATLAB® / Simulink® application software R2006a.
• The MathWorks, Inc. Real-Time Workshop® R2006a.

Support for The MathWorks, Inc. MATLAB® / Simulink® application software release 13.x or 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

If you install SIT 3.0.2 for LabVIEW 7.1, you can use Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 to convert models to model DLLs. If you install SIT 3.0.2 for LabVIEW 7.1.1, 8.0, 8.0.1, or 8.2, you can use either Visual C++ 6.0 or Visual C++ .NET 2003.

If you installed more than one version of The MathWorks, Inc. MATLAB® / Simulink® application software, SIT installs support only for the latest version on the computer.

You want to make sure the Matlab release is one amongst the above.

3. If I only want to create a LV front panel, do I still need to have the RT Workshop or Visual C++ installed

RT Workshop comes with SIT. You will have to get Visual C++ and use that compiler.

Thanks and hope this helps

Best regards

Avi Harjani

[Darren]

To clarify Avi's answer on #3, if you are only interested in providing a front panel for your Simulink model, you do not need the RT Workshop or Visual C++.  In this case, all you need are Simulink, LabVIEW, and SIT. 

RT Workshop and Visual C++ are required only when you want to run a compiled version of your Simulink model on an RT target, which it does not sound like you are trying to do.

-D

[Mike@ARL]

Sorry to post again, but I did not read the first post as explicit confirmation that SIT will work with the student edition of Matlab.  Can anyone out there confirm/refute this?


Thanks,
Mike

[Darren]

I'm not sure about the student edition...If it is revision 13 or greater (i.e. R13, R14, R14.1, etc.), I imagine it would work.  But I've never tried it with the student edition, so I can't say for sure.

-D

[AndrewE]

Mike,

A few points:

1. The versions you mentioned are the R12 versions of those products. However, the current version of SIT (3.0.x) only supports R13 and later.
2. I also have not tried the Student version of those products. If the Student version is identical to the normal version other than licensing and model size limits, then it may be fine to use with SIT.
3. Avi stated that "RT Workshop comes with SIT." This is incorrect. Real-Time Workshop® is a product of The MathWorks, Inc., and it is not included with SIT.

-Andrew