Instructions for Scilab

Spoken Tutorial Team

IIT Bombay

1 Online / Offline content 5 First 4 Tutorials

1. The online content of Spoken Tutorials can be accessed 1. The first 4 tutorials in the displayed list, explain
from : about Scilab, its benefints, how to learn Scilab
https://spoken-tutorial.org/tutorial-search/ from spoken tutorials, Scilab Textbook Companion
and Scilab Lab Migration activities
2. You can also download the Spoken Tutorials for offline
learning from : 2. It is recommended that you view these 4 tutorials one-
https://spoken-tutorial.org/cdcontent/ by-one for a deeper understanding of Scilab and FOS-
SEE project’s Scilab activities.
3. From this link download the FOSS categories in the lan-
3. To view the tutorial, click on the Play icon which is
guage you wish to learn.
located in the player.
4. The Spoken Tutorial content will be downloaded as a
zip file on your machine.
6 Fifth Tutorial: Installing
5. Extract the contents of the zip file & access them.
1. Locate the topic "Installing" and click on it.
2. To view the tutorial, click on the Play icon which is
2 The procedure to practise located in the player.
1. You have been given a set of spoken tutorials and files. 3. Refer to the Installation Sheet for additional in-
structions on installing Scilab
2. You will typically do one tutorial at a time.
4. Skip this tutorial if you already installed Scilab.
3. You may listen to a spoken tutorial and reproduce all
the steps shown in the video.
7 Sixth Tutorial: Getting Started
4. If you find it difficult to do the above, you may consider
listening to the whole tutorial once and then practise 1. Locate the topic "Getting Started" and click on it.
during the second hearing.
2. To view the tutorial, click on the Play icon which is
located in the player.
3 Side-by-Side learning video (only 3. Adjust the size of the browser in such a way that you
are able to practise in parallel.
for offline content) 4. Play-pause-practise all the commands shown in the tu-
1. Go to the folder named spoken on your machine. torial.
5. The Pre-requisite will be visible below the player
2. Locate index.html file.
(only for Online contents).
3. Open this file with either Firefox or Chrome web 6. Outline, Assignments, Code Files and Slides
browser. are available below the player.
4. The Side-by-Side learning video will appear. This video
will explain how to learn from the spoken tutorials.
7.1 Open Scilab on Linux OS
5. Click on the Play button to play the video.
(a) The Linux users should follow the instructions
6. Note all the steps explained therein. given in the Scilab Installation Sheet

4 Scilab 7.2 Open Scilab on Windows OS

(a) To open "Scilab" on Windows OS, double click on
1. Click on "Select FOSS" or "All FOSS Categories"
"Scilab" shortcut icon.
drop-down and choose "Scilab".
(b) Else click on Start>> All programs>>
2. Click on "Select Language" or "All Languages" Scilab>>Scilab Console .
drop-down and choose the language (English, Hindi,
(c) This will open the "Scilab" console window.
Marathi ...) in which you wish to learn.
3. Click on "Submit" button. 7. At 5:34, pause the tutorial.
8. The diary() command stores the Scilab session in
4. You will see a list of tutorials based on your selection.
a file, after you issue the command and not before
5. Start with the first tutorial in the displayed list. that.
 9. At 5:34 - Change the directory to a destination where 4. Type pwd to check the present working directory.
you have write access, preferably to a folder on the 5. Change the directory using Select a Directory short-
Desktop. cut icon, to the directory where you have saved the
helloworld.sce file before using the exec command.
7.3 Instructions to practise 6. Now resume the tutorial.

(a) Create a folder on the "Desktop" with

your "Name-RollNo-Component". (Eg. 9 Thirteenth, Twenty-seventh,
"vin-04-scilab").
Twenty-eighth Tutorials: Xcos In-
(b) Give a unique name to the files you save,
so as to recognize it next time. (Eg. troduction, Calling User defined
"Practise-1-vin"). functions in Xcos & Simulating a
(c) Remember to save all your work in your folder.
(d) This will ensure that your files don’t get over-
PID Controller using Xcos
written by someone else. For all Xcos tutorials, to add grids, legends, titles and bor-
(e) Save your work from time to time, instead of saving ders, please type the following in the Scilab Console, after you
it at the end of the tutorial. have obtained the plot:

1. For grid, type: xgrid

7.4 Common instructions for 2. For legend, type (if you have plotted two lines):
Assignments hl=legend(["Line1 title", "Line2 title"]);
(a) Attempt the Assignments as instructed in the tu- 3. For title, type: xtitle("Title of graph");
torial. 4. For borders, type: a = gca(); a.box = "on";
(b) Save your work in your folder.

10 Sixteenth and Nineteenth Tuto-

7.5 Common instructions to use Code
rial: Integration, Linear equa-
files
tions Iterative Methods
(a) Click on the link "Code files" located near the
player and save it in your folder. 1. These tutorials must be practised using Scilab 5.5.2
(b) Extract the downloaded zip file.
(c) You will see all the code/source files used in the 11 Twenty-fourth Tutorial: Digital
particular tutorial.
(d) Use these files as per the instructions given in the Signal Processing
particular tutorial.
1. Pause the tutorial at 3:28
10. Once each tutorial is complete, choose the next tutorial 2. The video shows how to execute dft function. This
from the playlist which is located near the player. function has been deprecated.
11. Follow all the above instructions, till you complete all 3. Instead of typing dft type fft.
the tutorials in the series.
4. This will cause the 3rd term to NOT have the imaginary
component, which has a magnitude of 10−16
8 Eleventh Tutorial: Scripts and 5. Resume the tutorial.
Functions
12 Twenty-fifth Tutorial: Control
1. Locate the topic "Scripts and Functions" and click
on it. Systems
2. At 2:20 The video shows Load into Scilab. This is 1. At 11:58 The video shows a unit circle. In Scilab version
now changed to File with Echo 5.5.2 the unit circle is replaced by a line, which defines
3. At 3:25 pause the tutorial. stability of the system.