Block

Mask

Description

The OpLnk block provides support for sharing the I/O lines of one Opal-RT card from multiple subsystems of the same model. The above pictures are showing an OpLnk configured to communicate with a VC707 controller but the block can also be used to communicate with an OP5142, ML605, OP7160, TE0741 or OP7161 controller.

The OpLnk block does not initialize or program the card, it only enables binding of Send/Recv and I/O blocks to a card defined by its board index and bitstream file. Programming, initialization and synchronization of the card must be controlled by an OpCtrl block placed in another subsystem of the model.

Parameters

Controller Name	This parameter enables the binding between this OpLnk block and functionality blocks that must be associated to the same card. This string must be unique among all OpLnk and OpCtrl blocks present in the same model.
Board ID	This parameter is the integer value represented by the board index dip-switch of the backplane adapter board to which the card is connected. The value is in the range 0 to 31. If the card is not connected to an adapter board, the value is 0.
Bitstream FileName	This is the name of the bitstream to be programmed on the card before the model is loaded. The bitstream must have been produced with RT-XSG and must be available in the model directory at load time. The bitstream name is used to check that the card specified by its board type and index is programmed with the expected bitstream. The OpLnk block does not trigger reprogramming of the card.
Sample Time (s)	This parameter allows the user to specify the sample time for this block, in seconds. The default value is 0, which specifies a continuous sample time (note that the sample time is borrowed from the separated subsystem). These synchronization rules must be respected in the model: A controller block and its related functionality blocks must share the same sample time. If an OpConfigSync block is used and does not specify the card as the synchronization source, the sample time must be an integer multiple of the synchronization source sample time specified in the OpConfigSync block. If an OpConfigSync block is used and specifies the card as the synchronization source, its sample time must be the fastest rate in the model.

Inputs

This block has no inputs.

Outputs

This block has two outputs:

The Error outport returns the following error codes :

Value	Description
0	No error.
-1	Card not detected.
-5	Status flag indicating that the binding between the OpCtrl and the OpLnk block is working properly.
-10	This value can be added to the above codes. It signals a hardware mismatch error.

The IDs outport returns the 8 hardware identification codes of the conditioning modules connected to the card via the backplane adaptor board.
Two identification codes are returned for each slot of the carrier backplane, one for section A and one for section B of the carrier. For example, if an analog carrier OP5220 is installed in slot 1 of the carrier backplane connected to the card, and if one OP5330 module installed in slot A of this carrier and one OP5340 module installed in slot B, the first two hardware IDs are 195 (or 'C3', in hexadecimal notation) and 193 (or 'C1'). Other typical IDs are 235 ('EB') for section A, and 234 ('EA') for section B of an OP5251 digital I/O carrier. When no carrier is installed in one slot, both IDs are set to 255 ('FF').
The hardware mismatch error is set when the hardware installed in one slot does not match the hardware required by the RT-XSG bitstream for that slot.

Characteristics and Limitations

This block must be run in Hardware Synchronized mode.

Only XHP-mode is presently supported.

Please refer to the RT-XSG documentation for hardware setup.

Direct Feedthrough	No
Discrete sample time	No
XHP support	Yes
Work offline	No

RT-LAB Documentation

Common OpLnk