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| author | Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> |
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| date | Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:22:13 +0100 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/m-toolbox/html_help/help/ug/lwb_blocks.html Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,226 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> + +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <meta name="generator" content= + "HTML Tidy for Mac OS X (vers 1st December 2004), see www.w3.org"> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content= + "text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + + <title>Block types (LTPDA Toolbox)</title> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="docstyle.css" type="text/css"> + <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.52.2"> + <meta name="description" content= + "Presents an overview of the features, system requirements, and starting the toolbox."> + </head> + +<body> + <a name="top_of_page" id="top_of_page"></a> + + <p style="font-size:1px;"> </p> + + <table class="nav" summary="Navigation aid" border="0" width= + "100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> + <tr> + <td valign="baseline"><b>LTPDA Toolbox</b></td><td><a href="../helptoc.html">contents</a></td> + + <td valign="baseline" align="right"><a href= + "lwb_buildHand.html"><img src="b_prev.gif" border="0" align= + "bottom" alt="Building pipelines by hand"></a> <a href= + "lwb_addBlocks.html"><img src="b_next.gif" border="0" align= + "bottom" alt="Adding blocks to the canvas"></a></td> + </tr> + </table> + + <h1 class="title"><a name="f3-12899" id="f3-12899"></a>Block types</h1> + <hr> + + <p> + <p> + Various types of elements can be present on a pipeline. + + Blocks can have different states: idle, ready, or executed. These are color coded as + <table cellspacing="3" class="body" cellpadding="2" border="1"> + <colgroup> + <col width="10%"/> + <col width="10%"/> + <col width="10%"/> + </colgroup> + <tr valign="top"> + <td bgcolor="#ADC8FF"> + <p>idle</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#35A400"> + <p>ready</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#CFBFFF"> + <p>executed</p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + + The following table describes these elements: + + <p> + <table cellspacing="0" class="body" cellpadding="2" border="1" width="80%"> + <colgroup> + <col width="20%"/> + <col width="15%"/> + <col width="15%"/> + <col width="50%"/> + </colgroup> + <thead> + <tr valign="top"> + <th class="categorylist">Block</th> + <th class="categorylist">Name</th> + <th class="categorylist">Java Class</th> + <th class="categorylist">Description</th> + </tr> + </thead> + <tbody> + <!-- MBlock --> + <tr valign="top"> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p><img src="images/mblock.png" alt="LTPDA Block" border="3" width="250px"></p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>LTPDA Block</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>MBlock</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>A block that represents a method of one of the LTPDA user classes. These blocks hold a parameter list (plist) + which can be set in the parameter table. They can have any number of input and output ports that the underlying + algorithm supports.</p> + </td> + </tr> + <!-- MSubsystem --> + <tr valign="top"> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p><img src="images/msubsystem.png" alt="MSubsystem Block" border="3" width="250px"></p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>Subsystem Block</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>MSubsystem</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>A block that represents a subsystem. This is a view of another pipeline that can be placed + on a canvas.</p> + </td> + </tr> + <!-- MATBlock --> + <tr valign="top"> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p><img src="images/matblock.png" alt="MATBlock Block" border="3" width="250px"></p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>MATLAB Expression Block</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>MATBlock</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>A block evaluates a MATLAB expression. The result is stored in the variable and can be passed to subsequent blocks.</p> + </td> + </tr> + <!-- MConstant --> + <tr valign="top"> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p><img src="images/mconstant.png" alt="MConstant Block" border="3" width="250px"></p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>MATLAB Constant Block</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>MConstant</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>A block evaluates a MATLAB expression and stores the result in the MATLAB workspace with the given + variable name. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + <!-- MAnnotation --> + <tr valign="top"> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p><img src="images/mannotation.png" alt="MAnnotation Block" border="3" width="250px"></p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>Annotation Block</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>MAnnotation</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>A block containing editable text to allow for annotating pipelines. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + <!-- MTerminal input --> + <tr valign="top"> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p><img src="images/input_terminal.png" alt="Input Terminal" border="3" width="250px"></p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>Input Terminal</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>MTerminal</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>A block which represents an input terminal to a subsystem. These blocks can only be placed + on a subsystem canavas. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + <!-- MTerminal output --> + <tr valign="top"> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p><img src="images/output_terminal.png" alt="Output Terminal" border="3" width="250px"></p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>Output Terminal</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>MTerminal</p> + </td> + <td bgcolor="#f3f4f5"> + <p>A block which represents an output terminal of a subsystem. These blocks can only be placed + on a subsystem canavas. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </tbody> + </table> + </p> +</p> + </p> + + <br> + <br> + <table class="nav" summary="Navigation aid" border="0" width= + "100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> + <tr valign="top"> + <td align="left" width="20"><a href="lwb_buildHand.html"><img src= + "b_prev.gif" border="0" align="bottom" alt= + "Building pipelines by hand"></a> </td> + + <td align="left">Building pipelines by hand</td> + + <td> </td> + + <td align="right">Adding blocks to the canvas</td> + + <td align="right" width="20"><a href= + "lwb_addBlocks.html"><img src="b_next.gif" border="0" align= + "bottom" alt="Adding blocks to the canvas"></a></td> + </tr> + </table><br> + + <p class="copy">©LTP Team</p> +</body> +</html>