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2 Blocks of type "LTPDA Block" (MBlock), "Subsystem Block" (MSubsystem), "MATLAB Expression Block" (MATBlock),
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3 "Terminal Block" (MTerminal) all have input ports or output ports, or both.
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6 These ports are connected together with "pipes" (MPipe is the underlying java class). Output ports
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7 can have more than one pipe connected; input ports can have only one pipe at a time. The binding object
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8 between a port and pipe is a "node" (MNode is the underlying java class). Nodes are displayed as small
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9 black circles.
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11 <br>
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12 <br>
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13 <img src="images/block_connections.png" alt="Block Connections" border="3">
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14 <br>
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15 <br>
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16 </p>
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17 <p>
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18 To connect these blocks together, do one of the following:
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20 <il>
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21 <li> Click and drag from one port to another.</li>
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22 <li> Click and drag from one output node to an input port.</li>
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23 <li> Click and drag from one output port to a block. Connection is made to the first free input (if there is one).</li>
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24 <li> Click and drag from one output node to a block. Connection is made to the first free input (if there is one).</li>
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25 <li> Select a source block, then ctrl-left-click a destination block to join the two. There must be at least one free
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26 input on the destination block. On the source block, the next free output is used, or the first output if no free
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27 outputs are available.</li>
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28 </il>
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