Co-Simulation Hydraulics

This example shows you how to run tests on a FUSION Platform with two nodes. Open the file Help|Examples|03 Test Execution Platforms|04 Co-Simulation Hydraulics. The example consists of two coupled components a physical hydraulic model and a hydraulic controller. Each component is available as a FUSION node:

Both nodes are of type Custom Node DLL. Open the Platform Configuration dialog. Select a node and click on Configure node details. The specification of these FUSION nodes is displayed.

Node specification in a FUSION co-simulation platform

The test stimulates the two buttons button_up and button_down. They are used to send information to the hydraulic controller and to stimulate it. The buttons are inputs to the hydraulic controller.

Scheme of the co-simulation hydraulics example

The hydraulic controller sets the hydraulic_switch so that the cylinder moves up to a maximum height when button_up is set to 1. When button_down is set to 1, the cylinder is moved down.

The hydraulic model has the input hydraulic_switch and simulates the movement of a hydraulic cylinder according to the switch position. If hydraulic_switch is set to 0, no oil is pumped, the height remains the same. When hydraulic_switch is set to 1, the cylinder moves up. When the switch is set to -1, the cylinder moves down.

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