RT-LAB | Release Notes 2021.1

2021.1

New Features & Enhancements

• Support for OPAL-RTLinux OS on the target

• Specify the OS used in compilation and load logs

• GCC becomes the default compiler for the OPAL-RTLinux OS target

• Simscape models are supported on OPAL-RTLinux target only with Intel compiler

• Example models for RT-LAB are now in MATLAB 2015b

• Removed Restart function from RT-LAB menu

• Support for Thermolib block in multi-subsystem model

• Support of TCP/UDP communication protocol for Orchestra

• Model configuration has XHP set to ON by default

• Project example basic_example2(API) is set to run in Software Synchronize

• Added capabilities to move IO Interface configurations from one project to another

  • See Python methods from RtlabAPi: ImportIOsConfiguration, GetIOsConfiguration, ExportIOsConfiguration

• All active projects are closed when closing RT-LAB

• Replaced menu entry Add with Link when adding a model to a project

• Support for LabVIEW version 2017 and 2019 (no longer supporting versions 2013-2016)

• Removed support for MATLAB 2012b/2013b

• Removed the msvc compiler for Windows simulation. MingW is now the default compiler

• Support MATLAB 2020a/b for advanced users

• Added possibility of debugging a model on Windows host and Linux target

• All projects are closed before switching workspaces

• Improved clean-up of the environment when starting RT-LAB

• Generated Diagnosis report in XML format to be compatible with all browsers

• PICKERING: Added support for PXI programmable resistor card 40-295-121-10/12

• DNP3 Slave: Added support for double bit binary inputs

• DNP3 Master: Added support for integrity polling (new read mode)

• OPAL-RT Board: Added support for OP5369 digital card

• MIL-STD-1553: Added a way to disable all RTs at the beginning of the simulation

• Exata: Improved user workflow

• Network configuration of drivers: Harmonized usage among different drivers and implemented automatic IP aliasing generation

Bug Fixes

• Default values are now taken into consideration by the Orchestra framework

• Fixed UI RT-LAB freeze when a target is not reachable

• Fixed model name validation during import or creation of a new model

• Fixed link to Orchestra documentation

• Fixed idle time computation reported by monitoring, when using models that are multi-subsystem and multi-rate

• Changed Java version to 1.7 for DDF configuration tool in order to be compatible with all MATLAB versions supported by RT-LAB

• Fixed MMC license Count for OpalBoard IO

• Fixed messages format, displayed when setting up RT-LAB on OPAL-RTLinux target

• Fixed lock used in shared memory on OPAL-RTLinux to avoid losing isolation

• Renamed .llp file when renaming a project

• Fixed PyDev plugin initialization in RT-LAB

• Fixed link to the help for Subsystem Core Selection

• Fixed OpalD crash on OPAL-RTLinux

• Target status is checked before displaying the license

• Fixed IO interface that may be not visible after launching RT-LAB

• RT-LAB template models are now available when creating a new model from the Basic folder

• Fixed OpFromFile bloc behavior on OPAL-RTLinux

• Fixed RT-LAB freeze after restarting a target

• C37.118 Slave: Fixed driver behavior when multiple points connected to the same OpOutput block

• OPAL-RT Board: Fixed issue on 64-bit platforms of only one subsystem working correctly when driver was used in the multiple-subsystem context

• CAN, Modbus Master, Modbus Slave: Fixed initialization failures due to synchronization issues between real-time and asynchronous components

• AFDX: Modified kernel module load script to work on different versions of the Redhat kernel

• PICKERING: Fixed driver's failure to detect supported relay cards

• PICKERING: Fixed failure to re-open closed RT-LAB projects containing the Pickering driver

• PICKERING: Fixed usage of relay cards

• PICKERING: Fixed resistive cards' configuration validation

• PICKERING: Fixed resistive cards' status reporting

• IEC61850, Modbus RTU: Fixed model loading and resetting issues coming from an incompatibility between IEC61850 and Modbus RTU (Master and Slave)