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Matlab Simulink enumeration mapping

I want to map 2 enumeration lists in simulink in a way that it is easy to see the connection between the 2 maps using their names instead of their values. How can this be done?

Thank you!

Example:
 Actions: 

classdef(Enumeration) Actions < Simulink.IntEnumType
    enumeration
        Off(1)
        PowerOn(2)
        PowerOff(3)
    end
end

States:

classdef(Enumeration) States < Simulink.IntEnumType
    enumeration
        START(1000)
        RUNNING(1002)
        STOPPED(1003)
        OFF(1004)
    end
end

The connections would be like this:

States.START -> Actions.PowerOn
States.RUNNING -> Actions.PowerOn
States.STOPPED -> Actions.PowerOff
States.OFF -> Actions.Off
Solution

  • To achieve this the common practice is to use a Multiport Switch. Use the values for States as data port indices and the Actions as Enumerated Constants like this:

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    The settings for the Multiport Switch should look like this:

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    I have made the data types of signals visible to see that we map a signal of data type States to a signal of data type Actions.