XYPlotter

Results / XYPlotter
Block Name: XYPlotter

Code File Location: VisualSim/actor/lib/gui/XYPlotter

Block Overview

o Plot the results of a model.

o The X- and Y-axis can have different data values.

o Plots can be Latency vs. Packet Size or Task Delay vs. Processor Speed.

Description

This block accepts data on the input and plots them. Multiple datasets can be connected the block by sending the datasets on separate wire inputs to this block. Data at inputX and inputY are plotted on this instance. When plotted, the first dataset of inputX and the first dataset of inputY are together considered the first signal, then the second channel of inputX and the second channel of inputY are considered the second signal, and so on. This requires that inputX and inputY to arrive simultaneously. The block assumes that there is at least one value available for each dataset. The horizontal axis is given by the value of the input from inputX and vertical axis is given by inputY.

The block behavior is controlled as follows:

If there is no PlotManager in the model, then the blocks will save or view based on the settings in the block.
If the PlotManager is included in the model, then the Configure Model will create the XML file. The generated index file will list the Displays/Plotters with view/save and base file names.
When the simulation is run with the PlotManager scenario, two updates are performed- the index file contains an unique identifier for the run and a set of outputs are written with the identifier as a suffix to the file names. The unique identifier is a incremental number. The unique run is determined by the matching of the parameter values from the list in the index file.
If the parameter combination already exists, then the file is simply overwritten. If the parameter combination does not exist then the XML is updated with the new number + parameter values. In this case, the file is created and populated.

Refer XYPlotter Demo Model. To determine the right file format, view the File Format demo.

Parameter	Explanation	Type	Example
fillOnWrapup	This(Checkbox) determines whether to fill the plot when wrapup is invoked.	-	-
legend	The legend parameter is a comma-separated list of labels to attach to each dataset. Normally, the number of elements in this list should equal the number of input channels, although this is not enforced.	String	Read,Write
startingDataSet	The index number of the first dataset to start the display. All datasets with number prior to this are not displayed.	Integer	0
viewPlot	If this option is enabled, the plot will be displayed during the simulation. This must be disabled during batch mode.	-	-
savePlot	If this option is enabled, then the plot will be saved to the File_Name.	-	-
fileName	This block accepts a file name as a parameter. There are a number of file path options available for this block. To see the list, view the section on File Paths in the Reference Guide document here. The file name is a concatenation of any number of individual strings and parameters, separated by "+". To view the file path in a demo model, click here.	-	-

Port	Explanation	Type
inputX	Input port for the horizontal axis.	Double
inputY	Input port for the vertical axis.	Double

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