Overview

Description

The Manual Switch block will select one of its two inputs to pass through to the output. The input to pass through is chosen by the value of the State parameter based on the following:

If the State is 0, then output Input 0.

If the State is 1, then output Input 1.

Example

This example shows how to do simple math on two data values located in UserBuffer[0] and UserBuffer[1], then output the operation to UserBuffer[2]. The Manual Switch determines which calculation to output to the user buffer; either the Binary Operation, or standard math comparison.

The following parameters are used to configure this block:

State	State. Output = Input 0 if State is 0; otherwise, Output = Input 1.
Evaluate Block	This block allows you to specify whether the block executes Every Sample, Every Other Sample (Odd or Even), or Every Fourth Sample (and specify the First, Second, Third, or Fourth). This provides greater flexibility in controlling the execution of a model and to preserve performance for other areas of motion control.
User Defined Block Priority	When selected, allows you to enter a Priority Code to modify Execution Ordering of this block. For more information, see Block Execution Order and User Defined Block Priority.
Priority	For an explanation of how the Priority field is used by the MechaWare Model Downloader, see Block Execution Order and User Defined Block Priority.
User Data 0	Application-specific data. See User Data Storage.
User Data 1	Application-specific data. See User Data Storage.

Matlab/Simulink

Simulink Interface

Manual Switch Simulink Block

This block has two inputs Input 0, Input 1 and Switch. The block will output one of the two inputs based on the state parameter’s value.

The block has two user data fields (User Data 0, User Data 1) to store application-specific data for convenient storage and retrieval. See User Data Storage for details.

The block's update schedule is determined by the Evaluate Block. The following Parameter Dialog Box can be opened by double-clicking on the block in a Simulink Model:

Manual Switch Parameters Dialog Box

C++ API

MSWITCHBlock

Declaration

Public Method

	class MSWITCHBlock: public virtual Block { public: // User accessible coefficients double State; };
	Required Header: mechaware.h

Description

The Manual Switch block will select one of its two inputs to pass through to the output. The input to pass through is chosen by the value of the State parameter.

Parameters

double

State

State. Output = Input 0 if State is 0; otherwise, Output = Input 1.

Methods

Block Methods