Installation

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20-sim comes with a Scripting Folder that contains documentation of all scripting functions, the function library and example scripts. You have to install this folder to use scripting.

Installation

1.Open the Install Scripting program from the Windows Start menu (located under 20-sim 5.1)
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Go to the folder where 20-sim is installed (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\20-sim 5.1\Scripting or C:\Program Files (x86)\20-sim 5.1\Scripting)  and open 20simScripting.exe
2.This will open a dialog where you can choose where to extract the 20-sim scripting files. Change the path to a local working folder of your choice (for example: C:\Users\yourusername\Documents\20simscripting)

20simScriptingExtractor

20-sim Scripts extraction

Note: To write/modify scripts, the scripting folder should be accessible and writable by the user. Do not install the scripting folder on C:\Program Files (x86) or C:\Program Files.

 

For the remainder of this chapter, we use the name scripting working folder when we refer to the folder where you just extracted the 20-sim scripting files.

Contents

Your newly created scripting working folder contains a number of subfolders:

1.Models: This folder contains the 20-sim models and data files that are used for the example and tutorial scripts .
2.Octave and Octave-patch: These folders contain Octave/Matlab scripting functionality and documentation (see the Scripting in Octave/Matlab section for more information)
3.Python: This folder contains all Python scripting functionality and documentation:
a.controllab: Folder containing the Python classes that allow communication with 20-sim.
b.documentation: This folder contains the scripting API documentation: a list of supported functions and their syntax. It is a copy of the help file that you can open in the 20-sim Editor by selecting Help - Python Scripting API.
c.examples: This folder contains some more advanced scripts.
d.tutorials: This folder contains basis scripts with a step by step explanation. You can use these scripts as a base for your own scripts.