Code Generation failed: How to use a Matlab algorithm inside a Simulink MATLAB Function Block?

I am trying to do a project from Thingspeak, the link is Thingspeak Project . The simulink model given in the project contains a ForegroundDetector block which we can not find in the Simulink library browser. So, I concluded that it is a matlab function block containing a ForegroundDetector function. I made a Simulink model to compute the foreground mask & made a similar function block using this code,

 function fgMask = fcn(image)
 %#codegen
 detector = vision.ForegroundDetector(...
       'NumTrainingFrames', 5, 'InitialVariance', 30*30);
       fgMask = step(detector, image);

My model is

The result I get in the Diagnostic viewer is this:

Here 'TrafficSurveillance' refers to the name of my model. I have reached this very brief code after many edits & cuts with the same problem everytime. Acually the algorithm is large & I want to implement the algorithm using few matlab blocks doing different functions of the algorithm. But this problem is prevalent with the ever short code.

When I typed mex -setup in the command window,

Is there a problem with my code or the model? How may I implement the project?

Answer 1

[M.Khan]

vision.ForegroundDetector does not support MATLAB function block. It's listed in this table .

The model in Thingspeak Project uses a MATLAB System block. Just specify vision.ForegroundDetector in the "System object name" edit box and it should work.

Thanks,

Mohammad

Answer 2

[M.Khan]

Yes, you need to change the compiler. One of the supported compilers is Microsoft Visual C++ 2012.

- Mohammad

Answer 3

[Apoorv Lokhande]

Hi Mohammad,

Thanks for this information. I applied the Matlab System block with vision.ForegroundDetector & I got the same block as in the project. But still, I am getting the same diagnostic report.

Do I need to change the compiler? I have Windows SDK 7.1 installed.