User`s guide

10 Functions — Alphabetical List
10-90
vrnode/sync
Enable or disable synchronization of VRML fields with client
Syntax
sync(vrnode_object, 'field_name', 'action')
Arguments
vrnode_object Name of a vrnode object representing the node.
field_name Name of the VRML field to be synchronized.
action The action parameter determines what should be done:
• 'on' enables synchronization of this field.
• 'off' disables synchronization of this field.
Description
The sync method controls whether the value of a VRML field is synchronized.
When the field is marked 'on', the field value is updated every time it is changed on the
client computer. If the field is marked 'off', the host computer ignores the changes on
the client computer.
Synchronized fields add more traffic to the network line because the value of the field
must be resent by the client any time it is changed. Because of this, you should mark for
synchronization only the fields you need to scan for changes made on clients (typically
sensors). By default, fields are not synchronized and their values reflect only settings
from MATLAB or the Simulink software.
Synchronization is meaningful only for readable fields. Readable fields are of VRML data
class eventOut and exposedField. You cannot enable synchronization for eventIn or
nonexposed fields.