Communication

Summary of the Communication components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.

The toolbox contains a dedicated subset of Communication components which are referred to as Communication Toolbox. Their descriptions and supported features are given in Table 1.

Table 1. Communication components in HIL Signal Processing Toolbox
Component	Description	Features			Help file
Component	Description	supported input types	supported output types	vector support	Help file
Modbus device	Implements Modbus TCP Server.	real, int, uint	real	yes	Modbus Device
Modbus Client	Implements Modbus TCP Client	real, int, uint	uint	yes	Modbus Client
SunSpec Modbus Device	Implements Modbus SunSpec server.	real, int, uint	real	no	SunSpec Modbus Device
	Implements IEC 61850 MMS Server functionality.	real, int, uint	real, int, uint	no	MMS Server
GOOSE Publisher	Implements IEC61850 GOOSE publisher functionality.	real	real	yes	GOOSE Publisher
GOOSE Subscriber	Implements IEC61850 GOOSE subscriber functionality.	real	real	yes	GOOSE Subscriber
SV Setup	This block defines common SV protocol settings.	-	-	-	SV Setup
SV Publisher	Implements IEC61850 SV publisher functionality.	real, int, uint	-	yes	SV Publisher
SV Subscriber	Implements IEC61850 SV subscriber functionality.	-	real, int, uint	yes	SV Subscriber
EtherCAT Slave	Implements EtherCAT slave functionality.	real, int, uint	real, int, uint	yes	EtherCAT Slave Device Component
ETH VE Setup	The block defines common Ethernet Variable Exchange protocol settings.	-	-	no	ETH VE Setup
ETH VE Send	Transmits data over Ethernet port using Ethernet Variable Exchange protocol.	real, int, uint	-	yes	ETH VE Send
ETH VE Receive	Receives data over Ethernet port using Ethernet Variable Exchange protocol.	-	real, int, uint	yes	ETH VE Receive
SFP Setup	The SFP Setup component allows override of the device ID used for the SFP Send and Receive component with the HIL device ID.	-	-	no	SFP Setup
SFP Send	Transmits data over the SFP port using a custom SFP protocol.	-	-	no	SFP Setup
SFP Receive	Receives data over the SFP port via a custom SFP protocol. The number of variables to be received is defined by the Receive Variable Number parameter.	-	-	no	SFP Setup
CAN Setup	This component defines CAN controller settings for a chosen HIL device.	-	-	no	CAN Setup
CAN Bus Send	This component is used to specify the format and values of a single CAN message to be sent.	real, int, uint	-	no	CAN Bus Send
CAN Bus Receive	This component is used to unpack a single message received through CAN network.	-	real, int, uint	no	CAN Bus Receive
	This component is used to specify the format and values of a single J1939 message to be sent.	real, int, uint	real, int, uint	no	J1939 Send
	This component is used to unpack a single J1939 message received through CAN network.	real, int, uint	real, int, uint	no	J1939 Receive
	This component is used to handle address arbitration for the J1939 protocol			no	J1939 Arbitration
CANOpen Slave	This component is used to implement Slave functionality of CANOpen protocol.	real, int, uint	real	no	CANOpen Slave
PMU Send	This component is used to implement the sending part of IEEE C37.118 protocol.	real, int, uint	/	yes	PMU Send
PMU Receive	This component is used to implement the receiving part of IEEE C37.118 protocol.	/	real, int, uint	yes	PMU Receive
OPC UA	This component is used to establish connection with an OPC UA server	real, int, uint	real, int, uint	yes	OPC UA Server
DNP3 Outstation	Implements DNP3 Outstation functionality.	real, int, uint	real, int, uint	yes	DNP3 Outstation
Serial Setup	This block defines common Serial protocol (Uart) settings.	-	-	no	Serial Setup component
Serial Send	Transmits data from a HIL device to any attached device via UART.	real, int, uint	/	yes	Serial Send
Serial Receive	Receives data sent to the HIL Device from any attached device on UART port	/	real, int, uint	yes	Serial Receive
PROFINET IO Device	Implements IO Device functionality according to PROFINET protocol.	real, int, uint	real, int, uint	yes	PROFINET IO Device