Re: Sci-cosim toolbox approval for source forge

[Romanov Alexey]

Thanks for help. I've created wiki page with installation guide 
http://wiki.octave.org/Sci_cosim.
Can you have a look, if there is something else I should add?

Alexey Romanov

04.12.2015, 19:16, "Doug Stewart" <address@hidden>:
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Romanov Alexey <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 04.12.2015, 16:02, "Doug Stewart" <address@hidden>:
>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Doug Stewart <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:49 AM, Romanov Alexey <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> 04.12.2015, 02:13, "Doug Stewart" <address@hidden>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Romanov Alexey <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>> have you installed Toolbox backdoor in Scilab? It can be installed with 
>>>>>>> atoms manager (technical category)
>>>>>>> After installation scilab should  print in console, that backdoor 
>>>>>>> toolbox had started
>>>>>>> Please contact me if it  won't  help
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alexey Romanov
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do you install toolbox backdoor in Scilab?
>>>>>> I need to know all the steps to make this work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> DAS
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:49 AM, Romanov Alexey <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> 1)Start Scilab
>>>>> 2)Press MainMenu->Applications->Module manager ATOMS
>>>>> 3)In the list choose Technical
>>>>> 4)Then choose Backdoor
>>>>> 5)Mark autoload tick in the bottom-left
>>>>> 6)Press Install
>>>>> 7)Restart Scilab
>>>>> 8)After restart it will print something like
>>>>> BackDoor: listening to connections on TCP port 28020
>>>>>
>>>>> Now you can start Octave and connect to Scilab with sci_connect function
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexey Romanov
>>>>
>>>> Thank you this was very helpful.
>>>>
>>>> I am on Ubuntu 15.10 and I found that item 5) could not be done in that 
>>>> order.
>>>> It was done automatically for me when I did 6)
>>>>
>>>> So now it makes a connection :-)
>>>>
>>>> I next tried the example that was in your pkg and it ran to the point of 
>>>> opening the .mat file.
>>>> Here it gave an error message:
>>>>
>>>> error: load: unable to determine file format of 'sci_vars_transfer.mat'
>>>>
>>>> With a little bit of debugging I found the the .mat file was empty.
>>>>
>>>> So at line 35 in sci_getvar.m you have:
>>>>    
>>>> cmd=sprintf('\\savematfile(''sci_vars_transfer.mat'',%s,''-v7'');\n',arglist);
>>>>     send(sci_sim_client,cmd);
>>>>
>>>> This results in an empty .mat file.
>>>>
>>>> What can I do to further help you to get this working.
>>>>
>>>> I have used scilab before and have some files that do transmission line 
>>>> reflection demos
>>>> that I want to get going from Octave.
>>>>
>>>> Doug
>>>>
>>>> DAS
>>>
>>> I see now that I am trying to run a file in Scilab, that doesn't exist.
>>>
>>> Could you make a complete demo that works please.
>>>
>>> --
>>> DAS
> WE bottom post so I moved your comment down ere
>
> Your problem is that your are trying to run script directly from octave 
> package problem.
>
> To run demo you should be in the same folder with sci_ap_model.xcos. The 
> Scilab should be started, and your user should have rights to use sockets and 
> to write in current folder.
>
> This is the same as with Simulink you should be in the same folder with .mdl 
> file.
>
> The second problem is that Octave package manager doesn't copy .xcos file 
> from package during installation.
>
> So for the easiest quick start extract.  sci_sim_example.m and  
> sci_ap_model.xcos from package archive to one folder. And then run  
> sci_sim_example.m from this folder.
>
> This script will init some variables in Octave then transfer them to Scilab 
> workspace, then run simulation in xcos, and the return simulation results 
> back to Octave.
>
> Is there any better method to share examples with package in Octave, then 
> just include it in the main source?
>
> Alexey Romanov
>
> OK with your help I now have your demo working.
>
> We need a good wiki page to explain all this. Can you do that at
> http://wiki.octave.org/
>
> I noticed a typo in sci_sim_example.m
> on line 20 you say
>   sci_setvar('k','stp','Tau','Tf'); %Transferring variables to MATLAB
> but it should be
>   sci_setvar('k','stp','Tau','Tf'); %Transferring variables to Scilab
>
> --
> DAS