Entity Multicast

Send multicast entities

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Description

The Entity Multicast block broadcasts entities. An entity that arrives at the block is cloned into copies and sent with a Multicast tag. Each Entity Queue block with Entity arrival source specified as Multicast with the same Multicast tag receives copies. For more information, see Storage with Queues and Servers.

Ports

Input

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Input entity port for entities entering the block.

Note

Event actions are not supported with string entity data type

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | Boolean | enumerated | bus | string | fixed point

Parameters

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Specify the tag with which to broadcast the entities. For example if the default tag A is used, each Entity Queue block with Entity arrival source specified as Multicast and the Multicast tag is set as A receives a copy.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: MulticastTag
Type: character vector
Values: 'A' | character vector
Default: 'A'

See Also

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Introduced in R2016a

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