So I have created a huge screen that essentially just shows the robot status for every robot in this factory (individually)… At the very end of the project, they decided they want one object on the screen that blinks if any of the 300 robots fault. I am trying to think of a way to make this work. Maybe a global script of some kind? Problem is, I do not do much scripting in Cimplicity, so any help is appreciated.
All the points that are currently used on this screen (to indicate a fault) have very similar names… as in, the beginning is the same… so I was thinking of a script that could maybe recognize if a bit is high based on PART of it's string name characteristic. The end will change a little each time, but I am sure there is a way to only look for part of a string and negate the rest. If the end has to be hard coded, that's fine.
You can use a Python script in Cimplicity.
I will not go into detail on the use of python in Cimplicity, which is well described in the documentation indicated above.
Here's an example of what can be done... note that I don't have a way to test it and, of course, this will work if the name of your robots in the declaration follows the format Robot_1, Robot_2, Robot_3 ... Robot_10 ... Robot_300 and it also depends on the Name and the Type of the fault variable... as you didn't define it, I imagine it can be an integer, with ZERO indicating no error. But if you use something other than that, you can easily change it.
import cimplicity
(...)
OneRobotWithFault = False
# Here you get the values and check for fault
for i in range(0, 300):
pointName = f'MyFactory.Robot_{i}.FaultCode'
robotFaultCode = cimplicity.point_get(pointName)
if robotFaultCode > 0:
OneRobotWithFault = True
break
# Set the status to the variable "WeHaveRobotWithFault"
cimplicity.point_set("WeHaveRobotWithFault", OneRobotWithFault)
Among many distressing graphics changes to r2014b, the Plot Browser now only displays a certain number of lines per plot (looks like the limit is 50). Any number of plots above this limit are not displayed in the Plot Browser - it just says "and 78 more..."
Is there anyway to remove the limit? I want to see all my lines in the plot browser.
Unfortunately the answer is currenty:
No you cannot remove this limit
This was already reported to mathworks a while ago, and here is the reply:
I am writing in reference to your Technical Support Case #01143663
regarding 'plot browser with "and xxxx more...." indication'.
Really interesting question (and even a bit surprising). Basically
this limitation has been introduced with MATLAB 2014b!
Our developers are aware of that, and they are working to solve it. An
enhancement/bug request has been already submitted, and I am going to
add this case to the list. However, I cannot guarantee you a release
date.
If you think this limitation is crucial for your work, I would
strongly suggest you to contact your account manager, which will have
a bit more influence on the developers than a simple engineer :).
Of course, if there is anything else I can do for you, please let me
know
So it seems that you will have to deal with this limitation if you keep using 2014b.
This was also an issue for me; in particular I wanted to see the DisplayName property of the graphics object in the list. I used a workaround where I created a callback function, so that when clicking on a data point, the DisplayName would be shown. This can be helpful if you have a plot of many lines and want to see the DisplayName of a particular one. You would first need to set the DisplayName property of the graphics objects for this to work, as it's empty by default. You could also use this to show other properties, such as Color or LineStyle, that are shown in the plot browser:
%Based on
%http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/datacursormode.html
%'fig_h' is the figure handle
dcm_obj = datacursormode(fig_h);
set(dcm_obj,'UpdateFcn',#myupdatefcn)
And then include this function as a separate file on the Matlab path, or paste into the function you're currently writing, and include an extra 'end' at the end of that function:
function name = myupdatefcn(empt,event_obj)
% Customizes text of data tips
tar = get(event_obj,'Target');
name = get(tar,'DisplayName');
end
i'm trying to save values of iterations in a loop. After this function, they will execute other functions before coming to the next iteration. But the problem i'm facing is, it overwrites them and bcomes 000000. Only the last iteration values are seen. How can i fix it ? Is there a way not to use the same variable and save them ? i read about append but will have to use different var name n is not really nice to do so.
function DistanceMatrix(iteration,distance_row)
load('data.mat','oridata')
load('centroids.mat','centroids')
for i = distance_row:(distance_row+3)
for j=1:300 %no.genes
total=0;
for k=1:6
total=total+((oridata(j,k)- centroids(i,k))^2);
end
DistMatrix_Val(i,j)=sqrt(total);
end
end
save('DistanceMatrix.mat','DistMatrix_Val')
DistMatrix_Val;
GroupMatrix(iteration,distance_row)
end
This is the output. I WOULD LIKE TO STORE ALL ITERATION's value and not overwrite them. Can any1 help ?
OK. Use
load('DistanceMatrix.mat','DistMatrix_Val')
or
persistent DistMatrix_Val
just before the first load command you showed to us.
I think this is what you should do:
functon DistanceMatrix = DistanceMatrix(iteration,distance_row)
Rather than saving the variable at the end of the function, you return it.
After returning it you can include the variable in a bigger variable (for example a three dimensional Nx4x300 matrix)
If neccesary you can then save it at the end.
I created an UItable in Matlab which I fill with various values and options.
It looks like:
the corresponding code is the following:
selector_1 = { 'A'; 'B' ; 'C' };
selector_2 = { 'A.1'; 'A.2'; 'A.3'; ...
'B.1'; 'B.2'; 'B.3'; ...
'C.1'; 'C.2'; 'C.3' };
rows = 5;
f = figure('name','Configuration of output','Position',[200 200 430 25+rows*20],'numbertitle','off','MenuBar','none');
dat = {'select outputfile...', 'select identifier...', 'Specifier', 'Index'};
dat = repmat(dat,rows,1);
columnname = {'Output file ',...
'Identifier ',...
'Specifier ', 'Index'};
columnformat = { {selector_1{:}}, {selector_2{:}}, 'char', 'numeric' };
columneditable = [true true true true];
t = uitable('Units','normalized','Position',...
[0 0 1 1], 'Data', dat,...
'ColumnName', columnname,...
'ColumnFormat', columnformat,...
'ColumnEditable', columneditable,...
'RowName',[]);
set(t, 'Data', dat,'celleditcallback','get(t,''Data'')');
So I run the code and the figure is open. The underlying script has therefore finished.
When I now edit the table my uitable object is changed and after I finished I can get my final configuration with:
finalconfig = get(t,'Data');
But the thing is I need manually type this line, because my script has already finished. If I put this line at the end of my script, I get an error.
So I thought about using the following loop, to detect when I close the table and to store the last configuration
while ~isempty(findobj('name','Configuration of output'))
% some action
end
finalconfig = get(t,'Data');
And I tried everything to put inside the loop, the whole script, just the set command including the celleditcallback, and other things, but nothing worked. Either my script get stucked inside the loop or the display of my table is not updated when I edit a value. I also tried drawnow at different positions. How one handles this situation? How can I automatically store my final results?
I assume "closing the window" is the best action to detect, as I don't think I could implement a "save" button. I also tried to create a gui using GUIDE but got completely lost, I hope to solve it without.
Edit:
I was now able to implement a "save"-button and tried the callback as follows:
uimenu('Label','Save configuration','Callback',#saveConfig);
function saveConfig(~,~)
output = get(t,'Data',);
save([pwd 'output.mat'],'output');
end
also I implemented a custom CloseRequestFcn as suggested by Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. But then I have either one of the following problems:
1)
I define everything as a script, everything works fine, but I need to define functions like #saveConfig (actually my favorite) or #my_Closefcn as a unique function-file in my workspace and I have a hard time to pass the right parameters as dat always remains the same, even though it actually gets changend.
(The example from the mathworks site works! But it doesn't need additional parameters.)
2) When I use
function configuration
% my script from above
end
I can implement #saveConfig or #my_Closefcn directly (nested) and I guess the passing of the parameters would work fine. But the editing of my table does not work anymore, throwing the following error:
Error using handle.handle/get
Invalid or deleted object.
Error while evaluating uitable CellEditCallback
How to solve that?
Now that I know that I can even add buttons to an uitable I REALLY like to avoid GUIDE.
My code above is executable, so I'd be glad if you try it to see what my actual problem is, as it is hard to describe.
depending on using GUIDE or not:
use the CloseRequestFcn->
without GUIDE use:
%write your own CloseRequestFcn and set the figure CloseRequest-Callback to it:
set(gcf,'CloseRequestFcn',#my_closefcn)
%use gcf or the handle of the figure directly
and define my_closefcn including a delete statement for the figure-handle, else the figure will not close :)
See the docs for more information about "Redefining the CloseRequestFcn".
with GUIDE:
you can edit the CloseRequestFcn by inspecting the figure. There is a field called CloseRequestFcn that will create the function automatically and you dont need to take care about getting the handle. It will look like this:
function figure1_CloseRequestFcn(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject handle to figure1 (see GCBO)
% eventdata reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
% Hint: delete(hObject) closes the figure
delete(hObject);
Now BEFORE deleting the figure, you should be able to get the data of the uitable (if you have the handle) and I would suggest to just assign the data to the base workspace, like:
assignin('base', 'finalTableData', get(myTableHandle,'Data'));
EDIT
as I was not clear enough, see this example:
(use within one single script)->
function test
h=figure;
x=1:10;
mytable=uitable(h,'Data',x);
set(h,'CloseRequestFcn',#myCloseFcn)
%give a unique Tag:
set(h,'Tag', 'myTag')
set(mytable,'Tag','myTableTag')
end
function myCloseFcn(~,~)
myfigure=findobj('Tag','myTag');
myData=get(findobj(myfigure,'Tag','myTableTag'),'Data')
assignin('base','myTestData',myData)
delete(myfigure)
end
in fact, there is no need to take care for the parameters of your Closereq-Callback, if you know how to find the handle of the figure! Just give something to your figure/uitable that you are able to identify it later on. I used 'Tag', because the first thing I would think of, but there would be other parameters as well.
There are only two differences I can think of between running the code directly after the code, or inside the code.
1. Scope
Perhaps you are actually working with functions, rather than scripts. In this case the problem may be that inside your function, something you need is out of scope.
2. Timing
Though it is rare, sometimes the computer may seem to be finished, whilst it is actually still busy (for a few milliseconds or so).
Here are the steps to a general approach:
Make sure there is a trivial line at the place where you want to insert your command (1==1 for example)
Put a breakpoint at the line
Once matlab stops at the breakpoint, wait a second and try to run your command.
If it works I would bet on problem number 2. try placing a pause(1) before your command and see whether it helps.
If it doesn't work you are likely meeting problem number 1. Now it becomes a matter of finding the right place to put your command. And if the command cannot be put somewhere else in the code, perhaps try an ugly evalin(,'base'). However, the latter should really be considered a workaround rather than a solution.
I've been looking throught the documentation, but can't seem to find the bit I want.
I have a for loop and I would like to be able to view every value in the for loop.
for example here is a part of my code:
for d = 1 : nb
%for loop performs blade by blade averaging and produces a column vector
for cc = navg : length(atbmat);
atb2 = (sum(atbmat((cc-(navg-1):cc),d)))/navg;
atbvec2(:,cc) = atb2;
end
%assigns column vector 'atbvec2' to the correct column of the matrix 'atbmat2'
atbmat2(d,1:length(atbvec2)) = atbvec2;
end
I would like to view every value of atb2. I'm a python user(new to MATLAB) and would normally use a simple print statement to find this.
I'm sure there is a way to do it, but I can't quite find how.
Thankyou in advance.
you can use disp in Matlab to print to the screen but you might want to use sprintf first to format it nicely. However for debugging you're better off using a break point and then inspect the variable in the workspace browser graphically. To me, this is one of Matlab's best features.
Have a look at the "Examine Values" section of this article
The simplest way to view it everywhere is to change this line:
atb2 = (sum(atbmat((cc-(navg-1):cc),d)))/navg;
Into this, without semicolon:
atb2 = (sum(atbmat((cc-(navg-1):cc),d)))/navg
That being said, given the nature of your calculation, you could get the information you need as well by simply storing every value of abt2 and observing them afterwards. This may be done in atbmat2 already?
If you want to look at each value at the time it happens, consider setting a breakpoint or conditional breakpoint after the line where abt2 is assigned.