User`s guide

5 Embedded Option
ThefollowingaresomeinstanceswhereyoumightwanttousethexPC
Target Embedded Option product. You might have one of these situations if
you deploy the target PC in a small or rugged environment.
• Target PC does not have a 3.5-inch disk or CD drive.
• The Target PC 3.5-inch or CD disk drive mus t be removed after setting
up the target system.
• You do not have a dedicated network to boot the target PC from the host PC.
Standalone Mode Overview
The primary purpose of the Standalone mode is to allow you to use a target
PC as a stand-alone system. Standalone mode enables you to deploy control
systems, DSP applications, and other systems on PC hardware for use in
production applications using PC hardware. Typically these production
applications are found in systems where production quantities are low to
moderate.
The following summarizes the sequence of events for Standalone mode. For a
detailed step-by-step procedure, see “ Stand-Alone Target Setup” on page 5-8.
1 Ensure that the target PC has an appropriate version of DOS on the
target PC hard drive. MathWorks h as tested the xPC Target software
with FreeDOS Beta 8 (“Ni kita”) distribution, MS-DOS (6.0 or higher), PC
DOS, and Caldera OpenDOS.
2 Create a standard boot disk and boot the target PC.
3 From the host P C MATLAB window, type xpcexplr.
4 In the xPC Target Explorer xPC Target Hierarchy pane, select a target
PC
Configuration node.
5 In the configuration node, select the Standalone tab.
6 Click the Enable Standalone Mode check box .
7 Select and b uild a model.
This step creates a directory in the current working folder named
modelname_xpc_emb.
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