Use Alert Block to track your algo

Patrick Rooney
Jul 24, 2017 · 1 min read

Track the progression of your algo using Alert Blocks in ADL. #TTtips

  • The Alert Block allows you to add a message to the Audit Trail when certain conditions occur. An alert can be triggered in one of two ways:When it receives a TRUE value through its Boolean input port
  • When it receives a message through is discrete event message port

Note When you connect to one of the input ports, the other input port is removed.

When an algorithm is executed from the ADL Designer canvas in client-side simulation, an Alert Block will not generate an actual audit trail message. Instead, the Alert Block will generate the specified text in the Alert Tab of the Information Panel. However, if Sound is selected as the method of alert, the Alert Block will generate the specified sound.

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