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External mode connection error in R2015b

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Former Member over 9 years ago

I am running a simple counter program using LED's on Zedboard. The program is successfully downloaded on to the hardware and the LED's blink as expected. When I try to implement the external mode to control the speed of counting and the direction I get the following error.

ERROR : Current code generation target for model 'gm_Blinking_LED_interface' is either not configured for or does not support external mode.  In the Code Generation > Interface pane of Configuration Parameters dialog, select Interface option to be "External Mode" to enable external mode for targets that support it

-Iu2019m trying to use the external mode in MATLAB (2015b) with ZedBoard (Rev. C) as the target hardware.

-I have done all the configurations required through u201Ctargetupdateru201D function of MATLAB.

-I use the direct connection between MATLAB and Zedboard.

-Host PC Network Setting:IP: 169.254.1.11 - Mask: 255.255.0.0

-ZedBoard:IP: 169.254.1.10 - Mask: 255.255.0.0

-I can ping the ZedBoard (IP: 169.254.1.10) from my host PC (both sending and receiving data).

-I can log in to the linux system on Zedboard through UART (Teraterm terminal) and I have verified the ip address of ZedBorad with u201Cifconfigu201D command.

-I can log in to the linux system on Zedboard through UART (Teraterm terminal) and ping my host pc (IP: 169.254.1.1) when my firewall is on (both sending and receiving data).

-I can log in to the linux system on ZedBoard through SSH (Putty terminal, IP: 169.254.1.10, port 22).

-I have also tried to change the dirction and speed of counting by devmem commands and the speed and direction of the LED's change as expected. Only when I configure to external mode and click on connect to hardware I get the error.

-Also I tried executing the getenv('ZYNQ_IPADDRESS') on my matlab console and I did not get the IP address instead it returns nothing.

>> getenv('ZYNQ_IPADDRESS')

ans =

     ''


I am finding it real hard to know where I am going wrong. Any suggestions or solutions would be of great help. Thank you very much.

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    0 mbrown over 9 years ago

    Have you tried what was suggested in the ERROR prompt?

     

    "In the Code Generation > Interface pane of Configuration Parameters dialog, select Interface option to be "External Mode" to enable external mode for targets that support it."

     

    /Matt

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    0 Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to mbrown

    I use R2015b version of Matlab. This version does not provide any such option in Configure Parameters dialog, instead the external mode is set in Configure Parameters > Hardware Implementation > External Mode
    Here I set the Communication interface as TCP/IP and the IP address is set to getenv('ZYNQ_IPADDRESS').

    The older versions had configuration options as suggested in the error prompt.Configuration Parameters > Code Generation > Interface pane

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    0 mbrown over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

    I looked over your first post and it appears that you have ZedBoard setup correctly and it is communicating via serial and Ethernet successfully. 

     

    I would suggest posting on MatlabCentral -- http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/index -- for help figuring out what needs to be changed in MATLAB or your particular model for External Mode.

     

    /Matt

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