Alternative Configuration and Control Methods

The Simulink^® Real-Time™ environment has a modifiable interface to the target computer. You can use this interface from MATLAB^® or Simulink, and you can use other development environments to create custom standalone client applications independent of MATLAB. Because of this open environment, there are several ways to interact with your real-time application from the development and target computers.

The following table compares the interfaces supported by the Simulink Real-Time product.

Interface	Environment Properties	Control	Signal Acquisition	Parameter Tuning	Runnable Outside MATLAB
Simulink Real-Time Explorer	X	X	X	X	X
MATLAB Command-Line Interface	X	X	X	X
Simulink External Mode Interface		X	X	X
Simulink with Simulink Real-Time Blocks			X
Target Computer Command-Line Interface		X	X	X	X
Explorer Configuration Exported to Run Outside MATLAB		X	X	X	X
Deploy MATLAB Application to Control Real-Time Application		X	X	X	X
Custom UI with Simulink Real-Time API for Microsoft .NET Framework		X	X	X	X
Custom UI with Simulink Real-Time C API		X	X	X	X