Automated Tuning Overview
The control system tuning tools such as systune and Control System Tuner
automatically tune control systems from high-level tuning goals you specify, such as
reference tracking, disturbance rejection, and stability margins. The software jointly
tunes all the free parameters of your control system regardless of control system
architecture or the number of feedback loops it contains. For example, the model of the
following illustration represents a multiloop control system for a helicopter.This control system includes a number of fixed elements, such as the helicopter model
itself and the roll-off filters. The inner control loop provides static output feedback for
decoupling. The outer loop includes PI controllers for setpoint tracking. The tuning tools
jointly optimize the gains in the SOF and PI blocks to meet setpoint tracking, stability
margin, and other requirements that you specify. These tools allow you to specify any
control structure and designate which blocks in your system are tunable.Control systems are tuned to meet your specific performance and robustness goals
subject to feasibility constraints such as actuator limits, sensor accuracy, computing
power, or energy consumption. The library of tuning goals lets you capture these
objectives in a form suitable for fast automated tuning. This library includes standard
control objectives such as reference tracking, disturbance rejection, loop shapes, closed-Automated Tuning Overview