PLECS 3.7 Online Help

Installing Extensions

The functionality of PLECS can be extended using packages called extensions. For PLECS 3.6, two extensions are available: WBS (Web-Based Simulation) and PIL (Processor-In-the-Loop). To install and configure these extensions, the Extensions dialog can be used: in PLECS, click on the menu entry PLECS Extensions... from the File menu.

WBS allows the visitor of a web page to run PLECS simulations interactively in a web browser. The simulation models are provided by a PLECS simulation server. PLECS Standalone can be used as a simulation server on the local computer. No additional WBS license is needed as long as this feature is used only for development and test purposes; for the deployment of the web service a separate server license is required. The PLECS WBS framework contains the necessary files to set up the web service. Please see the accompanying documentation within the framework.

The PIL approach allows to run code on an embedded controller that is synchronized with the simulation in PLECS. The necessary framework files for generating suitable embedded applications can be installed by users that have a separate PIL license. For more information about PIL, see chapter Processor-in-the-loop and the separate documentation available from the PLECS website.

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The dialog shows the available frameworks shipped with the current PLECS release in the lower part and the already installed frameworks in the upper part. To extract a framework an installation path has to be specified once (at the top of the dialog). Select the desired version from the available frameworks and click on Install selected.