Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces

Information

This package contains interface definitions for continuous input/output blocks with Real, Integer and Boolean signals. Furthermore, it contains partial models for continuous and discrete blocks.

Package Content

Name	Description
RealInput	'input Real' as connector
RealOutput	'output Real' as connector
BooleanInput	'input Boolean' as connector
BooleanOutput	'output Boolean' as connector
IntegerInput	'input Integer' as connector
IntegerOutput	'output Integer' as connector
RealVectorInput	Real input connector used for vector of connectors
IntegerVectorInput	Integer input connector used for vector of connectors
BooleanVectorInput	Boolean input connector used for vector of connectors
SO	Single Output continuous control block
MO	Multiple Output continuous control block
SISO	Single Input Single Output continuous control block
SI2SO	2 Single Input / 1 Single Output continuous control block
SIMO	Single Input Multiple Output continuous control block
MISO	Multiple Input Single Output continuous control block
PartialRealMISO	Partial block with a RealVectorInput and a RealOutput signal
MIMO	Multiple Input Multiple Output continuous control block
MIMOs	Multiple Input Multiple Output continuous control block with same number of inputs and outputs
MI2MO	2 Multiple Input / Multiple Output continuous control block
SignalSource	Base class for continuous signal source
SVcontrol	Single-Variable continuous controller
MVcontrol	Multi-Variable continuous controller
DiscreteBlock	Base class of discrete control blocks
DiscreteSISO	Single Input Single Output discrete control block
DiscreteMIMO	Multiple Input Multiple Output discrete control block
DiscreteMIMOs	Multiple Input Multiple Output discrete control block
SVdiscrete	Discrete Single-Variable controller
MVdiscrete	Discrete Multi-Variable controller
BooleanSISO	Single Input Single Output control block with signals of type Boolean
BooleanMIMOs	Multiple Input Multiple Output continuous control block with same number of inputs and outputs of Boolean type
MI2BooleanMOs	2 Multiple Input / Boolean Multiple Output block with same signal lengths
SI2BooleanSO	2 Single Input / Boolean Single Output block
BooleanSignalSource	Base class for Boolean signal sources
IntegerSO	Single Integer Output continuous control block
IntegerMO	Multiple Integer Output continuous control block
IntegerSignalSource	Base class for continuous Integer signal source
IntegerSIBooleanSO	Integer Input Boolean Output continuous control block
IntegerMIBooleanMOs	Multiple Integer Input Multiple Boolean Output continuous control block with same number of inputs and outputs
PartialIntegerSISO	Partial block with a IntegerInput and an IntegerOutput signal
PartialIntegerMISO	Partial block with an IntegerVectorInput and an IntegerOutput signal
partialBooleanSISO	Partial block with 1 input and 1 output Boolean signal
partialBooleanSI2SO	Partial block with 2 input and 1 output Boolean signal
partialBooleanSI3SO	Partial block with 3 input and 1 output Boolean signal
partialBooleanSI	Partial block with 1 input Boolean signal
partialBooleanSO	Partial block with 1 output Boolean signal
partialBooleanSource	Partial source block (has 1 output Boolean signal and an appropriate default icon)
partialBooleanThresholdComparison	Partial block to compare the Real input u with a threshold and provide the result as 1 Boolean output signal
partialBooleanComparison	Partial block with 2 Real input and 1 Boolean output signal (the result of a comparison of the two Real inputs)
PartialBooleanSISO_small	Partial block with a BooleanInput and a BooleanOutput signal and a small block icon
PartialBooleanMISO	Partial block with a BooleanVectorInput and a BooleanOutput signal
Adaptors	Obsolete package with components to send signals to a bus or receive signals from a bus (only for backward compatibility)
PartialConversionBlock	Partial block defining the interface for conversion blocks
BlockIcon	This icon will be removed in future Modelica versions, use Modelica.Blocks.Icons.Block instead.
BooleanBlockIcon	This icon will be removed in future Modelica versions, use Modelica.Blocks.Icons.BooleanBlock instead.
DiscreteBlockIcon	This icon will be removed in future Modelica versions, use Modelica.Blocks.Icons.DiscreteBlock instead.
IntegerBlockIcon	This icon will be removed in future Modelica versions, use Modelica.Blocks.Icons.IntegerBlock instead.
partialBooleanBlockIcon	This icon will be removed in future Modelica versions, use Modelica.Blocks.Icons.PartialBooleanBlock instead.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInput

Information

Connector with one input signal of type Real.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealOutput

Information

Connector with one output signal of type Real.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.BooleanInput

Information

Connector with one input signal of type Boolean.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.BooleanOutput

Information

Connector with one output signal of type Boolean.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.IntegerInput

Information

Connector with one input signal of type Integer.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.IntegerOutput

Information

Connector with one output signal of type Integer.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealVectorInput

Information

Real input connector that is used for a vector of connectors, for example PartialRealMISO, and has therefore a different icon as RealInput connector.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.IntegerVectorInput

Information

Integer input connector that is used for a vector of connectors, for example PartialIntegerMISO, and has therefore a different icon as IntegerInput connector.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.BooleanVectorInput

Information

Boolean input connector that is used for a vector of connectors, for example PartialBooleanMISO, and has therefore a different icon as BooleanInput connector.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.SO

Information

Block has one continuous Real output signal.

Connectors

Name	Description
y	Connector of Real output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.MO

Information

Block has one continuous Real output signal vector.

Parameters

Name	Description
nout	Number of outputs

Connectors

Name	Description
y[nout]	Connector of Real output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.SISO

Information

Block has one continuous Real input and one continuous Real output signal.

Connectors

Name	Description
u	Connector of Real input signal
y	Connector of Real output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.SI2SO

Information

Block has two continuous Real input signals u1 and u2 and one continuous Real output signal y.

Connectors

Name	Description
u1	Connector of Real input signal 1
u2	Connector of Real input signal 2
y	Connector of Real output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.SIMO

Information

Block has one continuous Real input signal and a vector of continuous Real output signals.

Parameters

Name	Description
nout	Number of outputs

Connectors

Name	Description
u	Connector of Real input signal
y[nout]	Connector of Real output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.MISO

Information

Block has a vector of continuous Real input signals and one continuous Real output signal.

Parameters

Name	Description
nin	Number of inputs

Connectors

Name	Description
u[nin]	Connector of Real input signals
y	Connector of Real output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.PartialRealMISO

Parameters

Name	Description
Advanced
significantDigits	Number of significant digits to be shown in dynamic diagram layer for y

Connectors

Name	Description
u[nu]
y

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.MIMO

Information

Block has a continuous Real input and a continuous Real output signal vector. The signal sizes of the input and output vector may be different.

Parameters

Name	Description
nin	Number of inputs
nout	Number of outputs

Connectors

Name	Description
u[nin]	Connector of Real input signals
y[nout]	Connector of Real output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.MIMOs

Information

Block has a continuous Real input and a continuous Real output signal vector where the signal sizes of the input and output vector are identical.

Parameters

Name	Description
n	Number of inputs (= number of outputs)

Connectors

Name	Description
u[n]	Connector of Real input signals
y[n]	Connector of Real output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.MI2MO

Information

Block has two continuous Real input vectors u1 and u2 and one continuous Real output vector y. All vectors have the same number of elements.

Parameters

Name	Description
n	Dimension of input and output vectors.

Connectors

Name	Description
u1[n]	Connector 1 of Real input signals
u2[n]	Connector 2 of Real input signals
y[n]	Connector of Real output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.SignalSource

Information

Basic block for Real sources of package Blocks.Sources. This component has one continuous Real output signal y and two parameters (offset, startTime) to shift the generated signal.

Parameters

Name	Description
offset	Offset of output signal y
startTime	Output y = offset for time < startTime [s]

Connectors

Name	Description
y	Connector of Real output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.SVcontrol

Information

Block has two continuous Real input signals and one continuous Real output signal. The block is designed to be used as base class for a corresponding controller.

Connectors

Name	Description
u_s	Connector of setpoint input signal
u_m	Connector of measurement input signal
y	Connector of actuator output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.MVcontrol

Information

Block has two continuous Real input signal vectors and one continuous Real output signal vector. The block is designed to be used as base class for a corresponding controller.

Parameters

Name	Description
nu_s	Number of setpoint inputs
nu_m	Number of measurement inputs
ny	Number of actuator outputs

Connectors

Name	Description
u_s[nu_s]	Connector of setpoint input signals
u_m[nu_m]	Connector of measurement input signals
y[ny]	Connector of actuator output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.DiscreteBlock

Information

Basic definitions of a discrete block of library Blocks.Discrete.

Parameters

Name	Description
samplePeriod	Sample period of component [s]
startTime	First sample time instant [s]

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.DiscreteSISO

Information

Block has one continuous input and one continuous output signal which are sampled due to the defined samplePeriod parameter.

Parameters

Name	Description
samplePeriod	Sample period of component [s]
startTime	First sample time instant [s]

Connectors

Name	Description
u	Continuous input signal
y	Continuous output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.DiscreteMIMO

Information

Block has a continuous input and a continuous output signal vector which are sampled due to the defined samplePeriod parameter.

Parameters

Name	Description
samplePeriod	Sample period of component [s]
startTime	First sample time instant [s]
nin	Number of inputs
nout	Number of outputs

Connectors

Name	Description
u[nin]	Continuous input signals
y[nout]	Continuous output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.DiscreteMIMOs

Information

Block has a continuous input and a continuous output signal vector where the signal sizes of the input and output vector are identical. These signals are sampled due to the defined samplePeriod parameter.

Parameters

Name	Description
n	Number of inputs (= number of outputs)
samplePeriod	Sample period of component [s]
startTime	First sample time instant [s]

Connectors

Name	Description
u[n]	Continuous input signals
y[n]	Continuous output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.SVdiscrete

Information

Block has two continuous Real input signals and one continuous Real output signal that are sampled due to the defined samplePeriod parameter. The block is designed to be used as base class for a corresponding controller.

Parameters

Name	Description
samplePeriod	Sample period of component [s]
startTime	First sample time instant [s]

Connectors

Name	Description
u_s	Continuous scalar setpoint input signal
u_m	Continuous scalar measurement input signal
y	Continuous scalar actuator output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.MVdiscrete

Information

Block has two continuous Real input signal vectors and one continuous Real output signal vector. The vector signals are sampled due to the defined samplePeriod parameter. The block is designed to be used as base class for a corresponding controller.

Parameters

Name	Description
samplePeriod	Sample period of component [s]
startTime	First sample time instant [s]
nu_s	Number of setpoint inputs
nu_m	Number of measurement inputs
ny	Number of actuator outputs

Connectors

Name	Description
u_s[nu_s]	Continuous setpoint input signals
u_m[nu_m]	Continuous measurement input signals
y[ny]	Continuous actuator output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.BooleanSISO

Information

Block has one continuous Boolean input and one continuous Boolean output signal.

Connectors

Name	Description
u	Connector of Boolean input signal
y	Connector of Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.BooleanMIMOs

Information

Block has a continuous Boolean input and a continuous Boolean output signal vector where the signal sizes of the input and output vector are identical.

Parameters

Name	Description
n	Number of inputs (= number of outputs)

Connectors

Name	Description
u[n]	Connector of Boolean input signals
y[n]	Connector of Boolean output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.MI2BooleanMOs

Information

Block has two Boolean input vectors u1 and u2 and one Boolean output vector y. All vectors have the same number of elements.

Parameters

Name	Description
n	Dimension of input and output vectors.

Connectors

Name	Description
u1[n]	Connector 1 of Boolean input signals
u2[n]	Connector 2 of Boolean input signals
y[n]	Connector of Boolean output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.SI2BooleanSO

Information

Block has two Boolean input signals u1 and u2 and one Boolean output signal y.

Connectors

Name	Description
u1	Connector 1 of Boolean input signals
u2	Connector 2 of Boolean input signals
y	Connector of Boolean output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.BooleanSignalSource

Information

Basic block for Boolean sources of package Blocks.Sources. This component has one continuous Boolean output signal y.

Connectors

Name	Description
y	Connector of Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.IntegerSO

Information

Block has one continuous Integer output signal.

Connectors

Name	Description
y	Connector of Integer output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.IntegerMO

Information

Block has one continuous Integer output signal vector.

Parameters

Name	Description
nout	Number of outputs

Connectors

Name	Description
y[nout]	Connector of Integer output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.IntegerSignalSource

Information

Basic block for Integer sources of package Blocks.Sources. This component has one continuous Integer output signal y and two parameters (offset, startTime) to shift the generated signal.

Parameters

Name	Description
offset	Offset of output signal y
startTime	Output y = offset for time < startTime [s]

Connectors

Name	Description
y	Connector of Integer output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.IntegerSIBooleanSO

Information

Block has a continuous Integer input and a continuous Boolean output signal.

Connectors

Name	Description
u	Connector of Integer input signal
y	Connector of Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.IntegerMIBooleanMOs

Information

Block has a continuous Integer input and a continuous Boolean output signal vector where the signal sizes of the input and output vector are identical.

Parameters

Name	Description
n	Number of inputs (= number of outputs)

Connectors

Name	Description
u[n]	Connector of Integer input signals
y[n]	Connector of Boolean output signals

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.PartialIntegerSISO

Connectors

Name	Description
u	Integer input signal
y	Integer output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.PartialIntegerMISO

Connectors

Name	Description
u[nu]	Vector of Integer input signals
y	Integer output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.partialBooleanSISO

Information

Block has one continuous Boolean input and one continuous Boolean output signal with a 3D icon (e.g., used in Blocks.Logical library).

Connectors

Name	Description
u	Connector of Boolean input signal
y	Connector of Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.partialBooleanSI2SO

Information

Block has two continuous Boolean input and one continuous Boolean output signal with a 3D icon (e.g., used in Blocks.Logical library).

Connectors

Name	Description
u1	Connector of first Boolean input signal
u2	Connector of second Boolean input signal
y	Connector of Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.partialBooleanSI3SO

Information

Block has three continuous Boolean input and one continuous Boolean output signal with a 3D icon (e.g., used in Blocks.Logical library).

Connectors

Name	Description
u1	Connector of first Boolean input signal
u2	Connector of second Boolean input signal
u3	Connector of third Boolean input signal
y	Connector of Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.partialBooleanSI

Information

Block has one continuous Boolean input signal with a 3D icon (e.g., used in Blocks.Logical library).

Connectors

Name	Description
u	Connector of Boolean input signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.partialBooleanSO

Information

Block has one continuous Boolean output signal with a 3D icon (e.g., used in Blocks.Logical library).

Connectors

Name	Description
y	Connector of Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.partialBooleanSource

Information

Basic block for Boolean sources of package Blocks.Sources. This component has one continuous Boolean output signal y and a 3D icon (e.g., used in Blocks.Logical library).

Connectors

Name	Description
y	Connector of Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.partialBooleanThresholdComparison

Information

Block has one continuous Real input and one continuous Boolean output signal as well as a 3D icon (e.g., used in Blocks.Logical library).

Parameters

Name	Description
threshold	Comparison with respect to threshold

Connectors

Name	Description
u	Connector of Boolean input signal
y	Connector of Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.partialBooleanComparison

Information

Block has two continuous Real input and one continuous Boolean output signal as a result of the comparison of the two input signals. The block has a 3D icon (e.g., used in Blocks.Logical library).

Connectors

Name	Description
u1	Connector of first Boolean input signal
u2	Connector of second Boolean input signal
y	Connector of Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.PartialBooleanSISO_small

Connectors

Name	Description
u	Boolean input signal
y	Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.PartialBooleanMISO

Connectors

Name	Description
u[nu]	Vector of Boolean input signals
y	Boolean output signal

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.PartialConversionBlock

Information

This block defines the interface of a conversion block that converts from one unit into another one.

Connectors

Name	Description
u	Connector of Real input signal to be converted
y	Connector of Real output signal containing input signal u in another unit

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.BlockIcon

Information

This icon will be removed in future versions of the Modelica Standard Library. Instead the icon Modelica.Blocks.Icons.Block shall be used.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.BooleanBlockIcon

Information

This icon will be removed in future versions of the Modelica Standard Library. Instead the icon Modelica.Blocks.Icons.BooleanBlock shall be used.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.DiscreteBlockIcon

Information

This icon will be removed in future versions of the Modelica Standard Library. Instead the icon Modelica.Blocks.Icons.DiscreteBlock shall be used.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.IntegerBlockIcon

Information

This icon will be removed in future versions of the Modelica Standard Library. Instead the icon Modelica.Blocks.Icons.IntegerBlock shall be used.

Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.partialBooleanBlockIcon

Information

This icon will be removed in future versions of the Modelica Standard Library. Instead the icon Modelica.Blocks.Icons.PartialBooleanBlock shall be used.