TCP Receive

Receive data over TCP/IP network from remote host

Add-On Required: This feature requires the Simulink Coder Support Package for NXP FRDM-K64F Board add-on.

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Simulink Coder Support Package for NXP FRDM-K64F Board

Description

The TCP Receive block receives data from a remote host or other target hardware over a wired network. When you set Connection mode to Server, you must provide the Local IP Port. The Local IP Port acts as the listening port of the TCP/IP server. When you set Connection mode to Client, you must provide the Remote IP Address and the remote IP Port of the server from which to receive the data.

The block has two output ports, Data and Status. At each sample time, the Data port outputs data as a vector of the size specified in the Data size (N) parameter.

The Status port outputs 0, when the length of the data received is greater than or equal to the length specified in the Data size (N) parameter. Otherwise, it outputs 1, indicating that no new data is available.

During simulations without the hardware, the block emits zeros.

Note

In some cases, the antivirus or firewall may block the TCP traffic. If so, configure the antivirus or firewall to allow the traffic for a specific IP port number.

The block accepts data either in blocking mode or in non-blocking mode.

In blocking mode, the model blocks the execution while it waits for the requested data to be available.

At time step 1, the block requests four data values, and the TCP/IP receive buffer gets four data values. The execution runs.

At time step 2, the block requests for data again, but the TCP/IP receive buffer gets only three data values. The execution pauses until the buffer receives the fourth data value or the time-out value elapses. Then, the execution resumes.

At time step 3, the block requests for data, and the buffer receives five data values. The block returns the first four data values, and the remaining data value is used in the next receipt cycle.

In non-blocking mode, the model runs continuously.

At time step 1, the block requests data, and the buffer gets four data values. The block changes the Status port value to 0, indicating that new requested data is available. The Data port, at this point, contains the newly received data values. The block resets the Data port value to 0.

At time step 2, the block requests data again, but the buffer gets only three values. The block cannot return a value of 3 because the data size is specified as 4. Therefore, the block sets the Status port value to 1, indicating that there is no new data. All values on the Data port become 0. The buffer, at this point, has three data values. However, during this phase, the execution does not stop unlike in the blocking mode.

At time step 3, the buffer has five data values, and the block returns the first four data values in the order received and changes the Status port value to 0. The remaining data value is used in the next receipt cycle.

Ports

Output

Data — Output data

vector

At each time step, the port outputs data as a vector of the size that you specify in the Data size (N) parameter. For more information, see Receive TCP Data.

Data Types: int8 | uint8 | int16 | uint16 | int32 | uint32 | single | double | Boolean

Status — Requested data received at given time step

0 | 1

At each time step, when the length of data received is greater than or equal to the length specified in the Data size (N) parameter, the port outputs 0. Otherwise, it outputs 1, indicating that no new data is received.

For more information, see Receive TCP Data.

Data Types: uint16

Parameters

Main

Connection mode — Set block as server or client

Server (default) | Client

Set the block as TCP/IP server or client.

When you set this parameter to Server, you must provide a Local IP Port. The local port acts as the listening port of the TCP/IP server.

When you set this parameter to Client, you must provide the Remote IP Address and the Remote IP Port of the TCP/IP server from which you want to receive the data.

Local IP Port — IP port of receiving host from which data is received

25001 (default) | [1 to 65,535]

This local port number acts as a listening port of the receiving host. Match the local port number with the remote port number of the sending host.

Remote IP Address — Remote IP address of server from which data is received

192.168.1.2 (default) | any valid IP address

Specify the IP address of the server from which the data is received.

Dependencies

This parameter appears only when you set the Connection mode parameter to Client.

Remote IP Port — Remote IP port of server from which data is received

25000 (default) | [1 to 65,535]

Specify port number of the server from which data is received.

Dependencies

This parameter appears only when you set the Connection mode to Client.

Data type — Data type of received data

uint8 (default) | double | single | int8 | int16 | uint16 | int32 | uint32 | boolean

Specify the type of the data the block receives from the sending host. The size of each element depends on its data type.

Data size (N) — Number of bytes in received data

1 (default) | any positive integer

The number of bytes to receive at each time step.

Sample time — Interval at which block reads data from sending host

0.1 (default) | any nonnegative value

When you set this parameter to -1, Simulink^® determines the best sample time for the block based on the block context within the model.

Advanced

Wait until data received — Wait until requested data is available

on (default) | off

• When you select this option, the read operation runs in blocking mode. The read operation is blocked while waiting for the requested data to be available. When reading, if data is not available, the block waits for the time specified in the Timeout in seconds parameter. For more information on the values at the output port in blocking mode, see Receive TCP Data.

  A task overrun occurs if the target hardware is still waiting for the data to be available when the next read operation is scheduled to begin.

  To fix overruns:

  • Increase the time step by using the Sample time parameter.

  • Reduce the length of the data requested by using the Data size (N) parameter.

• When you clear this option, the read operation runs in non-blocking mode. In this mode, the block does not wait for the requested data to be available. For more information on the values at the output port in non-blocking mode, see Receive TCP Data.

Timeout in seconds — Time to wait until data is received

0.1 (default) | Inf | any nonnegative value

Specify the amount of time that the block waits for the data to be available during each time step. If timeout occurs, the read operation is aborted.

Dependencies

The parameter is available only when you select the Wait until data received parameter.

Receive TCP Data

This section explains the values at the output ports in blocking and non-blocking mode, with the following block parameters specified as:

Block Parameter	Value
Data type	uint8
Data size (N)	4

The values at the output ports vary depending on whether the length of data received is less than, greater than, or equal to the length of requested data.

• Length of data received = Data size (N): The Data port outputs data as a vector of the size specified in the Data size (N) parameter. The Status port outputs 0, indicating that the requested data is received.

  Suppose that the length of the data received is 4. In this case, the Data port outputs a data vector of size 4 filled with the received data bytes. The Status port outputs 0.

• Length of data received < Data size (N): In blocking mode, the block waits for the data to be available for Timeout in seconds seconds. If the data becomes available within Timeout in seconds seconds, the Data port outputs data as a vector of the size specified in the Data size (N) parameter. The Status port outputs 0, indicating that new data is received. If the wait time exceeds Timeout in seconds, the Data port outputs data as a vector of the size specified in the Data size (N) parameter filled with zeros. The Status port outputs 1, indicating that no new data is received.

  In non-blocking mode, the block does not wait for the requested data to be available. The Data port outputs data as a vector of the size specified in the Data size (N) parameter filled with zeros. The Status port outputs 1, indicating that no new data is received.

• Length of data received > Data size (N): The Data port outputs a data vector of the size specified in the Data size (N) parameter. The vector contains only the first N bytes from the data. The remaining bytes are emitted along with the data bytes in the next time step. The Status port outputs 0, indicating that the requested data is received.

  Suppose that the length of data received is 5 bytes. In this case, the Data port outputs a data vector of size 4. The vector contains only the first 4 bytes from the received data. The fifth byte is emitted along with the data bytes in the next time step. The Status port outputs 0.

Data Length	Mode of Read Operation		Output Port
			Data	Status
Length of data received = Data size (N)	Blocking			0
	Non-blocking
Length of data received < Data size (N)	Blocking	Data received before timeout occurred		0
		Wait time exceeded the specified timeout		1
	Non-blocking			1
Length of data received > Data size (N)	Blocking			0
	Non-blocking

Version History

Introduced in R2017b