simutank

• Simulator for Quanser's Coupled Tanks

• The interface is compatible with the server used in course
  "SISTEMAS DE CONTROLE (DCA0206)" of:

  Department of Computer Engineering and Automation - DCA
  Center of Technology - CT
  Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN, Natal, Brazil

Configuration

• To configure the simulator, see line 30 and following lines.
• The system is multi-user, set at least maxClients to 2 if you want
  to control and use the GUI.

GUI

• C code, needs pthread and OpenGL.

Communication

READ voltage. The Pressure sensor sensitivity is 6.25 cm/V
WRITE voltage

• Reading channel 0 (Level Tank 1)
  "READ 0\n"
  Everything ok, you will receive "%f\n"
  Otherwise "WRG\n"
• Reading channel 1 (Level Tank 2)
  "READ 1\n"
  Everything ok, you will receive "%f\n"
  Otherwise "WRG\n"
• Writing channel 0 (pump)
  "WRITE 0 %f\n"
  Everything ok, you will receive "ACK\n"
  Otherwise "WRG\n"

Log

• The files "logInput", "logOutput1" and "logOutput2" are generated by the SIGINT signal.

Plot

• See examples for plot with Octave, Scilab, Python and Matlab in "plot" directory.