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Simulink.sdi.sendWorkerRunToClient

Send run created on parallel workers to the Simulation Data Inspector

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Syntax

Simulink.sdi.sendWorkerRunToClient
Simulink.sdi.sendWorkerRunToClient(run)

Description

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Simulink.sdi.sendWorkerRunToClient sends the run most recently generated by the worker to the client MATLAB® and imports the run to the Simulation Data Inspector.

Simulink.sdi.sendWorkerRunToClient(run) sends the run corresponding to run to the client MATLAB and imports the run to the Simulation Data Inspector.

Examples

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This example shows how to use Simulink.sdi.sendWorkerRunToClient to send runs created using parallel workers manually to the Simulation Data Inspector.

Setup

This example runs several simulations of the vdp model, varying the value of the gain, Mu. To set up for the parallel simulation, define a vector of Mu values and configure the Simulation Data Inspector for manual Parallel Computing Toolbox support.

% Enable manual Parallel Computing Toolbox support
Simulink.sdi.enablePCTSupport('manual');

% Choose several Mu values
MuVals = [1 2 3 4];

Initialize Parallel Workers

Use parpool (Parallel Computing Toolbox) to start a pool of four parallel workers. This example calls parpool inside an if statement so you only create a parallel pool if you don't already have one. You can use spmd (Parallel Computing Toolbox) to run initialization code common to all workers. For example, load the vdp model and select signals to log to runs that we can send to the Simulation Data Inspector on the client MATLAB. To avoid data concurrency issues when simulating with sim in parfor, create a temporary directory on each worker. After the simulations complete, another spmd block deletes the temporary directories.

p = gcp('nocreate');

if isempty(p)
    
    parpool(4);

end
Starting parallel pool (parpool) using the 'local' profile ...
connected to 4 workers.

spmd
    
    % Load system and select signals to log
    load_system('vdp')
    Simulink.sdi.markSignalForStreaming('vdp/x1',1,'on')
    Simulink.sdi.markSignalForStreaming('vdp/x2',1,'on')
    
    % Create temporary directory for simulation on worker
    workDir = pwd;
    addpath(workDir)
    tempDir = tempname;
    mkdir(tempDir)
    cd(tempDir)
    
end

Run Parallel Simulations with parfor

To stream data from parallel workers to the Simulation Data Inspector, you have to run parallel simulations using parfor (Parallel Computing Toolbox). Each worker runs a vdp simulation with a different value of Mu. Simulink cannot access the contents of the parfor loop, so the variable MuVal is defined in the worker's workspace, where the vdp model can see it, using assignin.

parfor (index = 1:4)
     
    % Set value of Mu in the worker's base workspace
    assignin('base','MuVal',MuVals(index));
    
    % Modify the value of Mu in the model and simulate
    set_param('vdp/Mu','Gain','MuVal')
    sim('vdp')

Access Data and Send Run to Client MATLAB

You can use the Simulation Data Inspector programmatic interface on the worker the same way you would in the client MATLAB. This example creates a Simulink.sdi.Run object and attaches the value of Mu used in the simulation with the Tag property.

    
    % Attach metadata to the run
    IDs = Simulink.sdi.getAllRunIDs;
    lastIndex = length(IDs);
    runID = Simulink.sdi.getRunIDByIndex(lastIndex);
    parRun = Simulink.sdi.getRun(runID);
    parRun.Tag = strcat('Mu = ',num2str(MuVals(index)));
    
    % Send the run to the Simulation Data Inspector on the client MATLAB
    Simulink.sdi.sendWorkerRunToClient
    
end

Close Temporary Directories and View Runs in the Simulation Data Inspector

Use another spmd section to delete the temporary directories created on the workers once the simulations complete. In each simulation, Simulink.sdi.sendWorkerRunToClient imported runs from all the workers into the Simulation Data Inspector. You can view the data and check the run properties to see the value of Mu used during simulation. 

spmd

    % Remove temporary directories
    cd(workDir)
    rmdir(tempDir, 's')
    rmpath(workDir)

end

Simulink.sdi.view

Input Arguments

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Run ID or Simulink.sdi.Run object corresponding to the run you want to import into the Simulation Data Inspector.

Version History

Introduced in R2018a

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