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26 <td valign="baseline"><b>LTPDA Toolbox</b></td><td><a href="../helptoc.html">contents</a></td>
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28 <td valign="baseline" align="right"><a href=
29 "lwb_buildHand.html"><img src="b_prev.gif" border="0" align=
30 "bottom" alt="Building pipelines by hand"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=
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32 "bottom" alt="Adding blocks to the canvas"></a></td>
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35
36 <h1 class="title"><a name="f3-12899" id="f3-12899"></a>Block types</h1>
37 <hr>
38
39 <p>
40 <p>
41 Various types of elements can be present on a pipeline.
42
43 Blocks can have different states: idle, ready, or executed. These are color coded as
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51 <td bgcolor="#ADC8FF">
52 <p>idle</p>
53 </td>
54 <td bgcolor="#35A400">
55 <p>ready</p>
56 </td>
57 <td bgcolor="#CFBFFF">
58 <p>executed</p>
59 </td>
60 </tr>
61 </table>
62
63 The following table describes these elements:
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65 <p>
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67 <colgroup>
68 <col width="20%"/>
69 <col width="15%"/>
70 <col width="15%"/>
71 <col width="50%"/>
72 </colgroup>
73 <thead>
74 <tr valign="top">
75 <th class="categorylist">Block</th>
76 <th class="categorylist">Name</th>
77 <th class="categorylist">Java Class</th>
78 <th class="categorylist">Description</th>
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80 </thead>
81 <tbody>
82 <!-- MBlock -->
83 <tr valign="top">
84 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
85 <p><img src="images/mblock.png" alt="LTPDA Block" border="3" width="250px"></p>
86 </td>
87 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
88 <p>LTPDA Block</p>
89 </td>
90 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
91 <p>MBlock</p>
92 </td>
93 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
94 <p>A block that represents a method of one of the LTPDA user classes. These blocks hold a parameter list (plist)
95 which can be set in the parameter table. They can have any number of input and output ports that the underlying
96 algorithm supports.</p>
97 </td>
98 </tr>
99 <!-- MSubsystem -->
100 <tr valign="top">
101 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
102 <p><img src="images/msubsystem.png" alt="MSubsystem Block" border="3" width="250px"></p>
103 </td>
104 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
105 <p>Subsystem Block</p>
106 </td>
107 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
108 <p>MSubsystem</p>
109 </td>
110 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
111 <p>A block that represents a subsystem. This is a view of another pipeline that can be placed
112 on a canvas.</p>
113 </td>
114 </tr>
115 <!-- MATBlock -->
116 <tr valign="top">
117 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
118 <p><img src="images/matblock.png" alt="MATBlock Block" border="3" width="250px"></p>
119 </td>
120 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
121 <p>MATLAB Expression Block</p>
122 </td>
123 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
124 <p>MATBlock</p>
125 </td>
126 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
127 <p>A block evaluates a MATLAB expression. The result is stored in the variable and can be passed to subsequent blocks.</p>
128 </td>
129 </tr>
130 <!-- MConstant -->
131 <tr valign="top">
132 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
133 <p><img src="images/mconstant.png" alt="MConstant Block" border="3" width="250px"></p>
134 </td>
135 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
136 <p>MATLAB Constant Block</p>
137 </td>
138 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
139 <p>MConstant</p>
140 </td>
141 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
142 <p>A block evaluates a MATLAB expression and stores the result in the MATLAB workspace with the given
143 variable name.
144 </p>
145 </td>
146 </tr>
147 <!-- MAnnotation -->
148 <tr valign="top">
149 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
150 <p><img src="images/mannotation.png" alt="MAnnotation Block" border="3" width="250px"></p>
151 </td>
152 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
153 <p>Annotation Block</p>
154 </td>
155 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
156 <p>MAnnotation</p>
157 </td>
158 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
159 <p>A block containing editable text to allow for annotating pipelines.
160 </p>
161 </td>
162 </tr>
163 <!-- MTerminal input -->
164 <tr valign="top">
165 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
166 <p><img src="images/input_terminal.png" alt="Input Terminal" border="3" width="250px"></p>
167 </td>
168 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
169 <p>Input Terminal</p>
170 </td>
171 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
172 <p>MTerminal</p>
173 </td>
174 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
175 <p>A block which represents an input terminal to a subsystem. These blocks can only be placed
176 on a subsystem canavas.
177 </p>
178 </td>
179 </tr>
180 <!-- MTerminal output -->
181 <tr valign="top">
182 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
183 <p><img src="images/output_terminal.png" alt="Output Terminal" border="3" width="250px"></p>
184 </td>
185 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
186 <p>Output Terminal</p>
187 </td>
188 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
189 <p>MTerminal</p>
190 </td>
191 <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5">
192 <p>A block which represents an output terminal of a subsystem. These blocks can only be placed
193 on a subsystem canavas.
194 </p>
195 </td>
196 </tr>
197 </tbody>
198 </table>
199 </p>
200 </p>
201 </p>
202
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208 <td align="left" width="20"><a href="lwb_buildHand.html"><img src=
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210 "Building pipelines by hand"></a>&nbsp;</td>
211
212 <td align="left">Building pipelines by hand</td>
213
214 <td>&nbsp;</td>
215
216 <td align="right">Adding blocks to the canvas</td>
217
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