Block

Mask

Description

This block performs monitoring of messages received by a specific MIL-1553 RT/SA couple. Mode Codes can also be monitored with this block. Only one instance of this block for each RT/SA couple is allowed. The data width must be large enough to accommodate the largest packet.

This block is associated with one MIL-1553 card by the mean of the Controller ID parameter, which associates this block with an OpAsync1553_Ctrl block in the model.

The information about the RT/SA couple specified in this block is transferred to the Asynchronous Application in order to program the card for simulation of this RT/SA in receive mode. The data received by this RT/SA couple is transferred from the Asynchronous Application to the model via the shared memory opened during model initialization and returned at the Data outport of the block.

For more information MIL-1533 RT-LAB applications, check the RT-LAB MIL-1553 Manual.

Parameters

Controller ID	This parameter retrieves to which Op1553_AsyncCtrl block the present block is associated. This ID is a literal integer value in the range [0, 255]. An Op1553_AsyncCtrl block with the same ControllerID value must exist in the model.
Receive ID	This parameter is used by the Asynchronous Process to differentiate between the OpAsync_1553_Monitor blocks attached to the same Op1553_AsyncCtrl block.
Sub-device number	Some MIL-1553 boards can support more than one MIL-1553 device. Each individual device is then referred to as one sub-device. This parameter associates the current OpAsync_1553_Monitor block with one sub-device of the MIL-1553 card selected in the associated Op1553_AsyncCtrl (same ControllerID value). This parameter is grayed out if the card selected in the Op1553_AsyncCtrl block holds only one sub-device.
Remote Terminal	Indicates the number of the Remote Terminal simulated by this block. This value is a literal integer value in the range [0, 30].
Sub-Address	Indicates the Sub-Address simulated by this block. This value is a literal integer value in the range [0, 31].
Direction	Indicates if the block monitors received messages (T/R bit = 0) or transmitted messages(T/R bit = 1).
Maximum number of DWORDS per message	This value must be large enough to accommodate the largest packet expected.
Number of reception buffers	The value given to this parameter indicates the number of messages to be received during the same step. One message requires one buffer. E.g. if the value is 3, there will be three buffers allocated in the Data signal. The length of these buffers is given by the maximum number of DWORDS per message.

Inputs

Timeout: Currently unused. Set to 0.

Outputs

This block has 4 outputs used to return values set by the Asynchronous Process.

Error: This output reports one of the following values:

Value	Description
0	No errors.
-1	An error occurred during initialization and the asynchronous process has terminated. Consult the RT-LAB Display for details.
-2	An exception occurred. Please contact the Opal-RT support team should this be reported. Consult the RT-LAB Display for possible details.
-20	The received packet contains more data words than the width of the Data output allows to produce. In this case, the exceeding data words are discarded but Word Count still reports the actual message length.

Status: This output reports one of the following values:

Value	Description
0	No new packets have been received.
1	The asynchronous process is processing the reception.
2	A new packet has been received and the Data and Word Count outputs have been updated.

Data: This output returns the data values received by the RT/SA specified in the parameters of the block. The width of this signal equals the maximum number of DWORDS per message times the number of reception buffers. I.e. if the maximum number of DWORDS is 32 and the number of buffers is 2 then the width of Data will be 64 where the first 32 elements are from the first buffer and the last 32 are from the second buffer.
Note that, because of hardware limitations, data associated with transmitted mode codes are not reported.
Word Count: Specifies the length of the received message. This value is set to -1 for the oldest messages. The width of this signal is the number of reception buffers.
Timestamp: This vector of 6 values indicates the timestamp of the message. The values are reported in this order: day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds, and microseconds. This output is set only when the 'extended RT' mode is selected in the OpAsync_1553_Ctrl. Otherwise, they are set to 0. Note that if the MIL-1553 card does not have the IRIG-B option, only the 'microseconds' field is set. The width of this signal is 6 times the number of reception buffers.
Overflow: This output is set to 1 if during a step there were more messages received than what was configured. Otherwise, the value is set to 0.
Message count: This output is the total count of received messages. It can be used to validate how many messages are received by the model.

Characteristics and Limitations

The values returned at the Timestamp output are asynchronous to the model. If the device is not IRIG-capable, the timestamps returned are raw time values measured by the MIL-1553 board. Also, configuring the IRIG or device timer of the card is currently not supported.

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

RT-LAB Documentation

OpAsync 1553 Monitor block