Driver Editor: ability to assign array of doubles directly to a property
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Hi,
I am trying to create a Matlab(2011a) driver for a device using the Instrument Control Toolbox Driver Editor. The device accepts an X,Y coordinate as a concatenated string. I want the driver to accept an array like [23 34] directly (and internally convert to string). However the restriction on Property Values being limited to String, Double, or Boolean prevents me from doing this. Is there an undocumented way of doing this or any plans to add this feature? or am I stuck converting my array to a string before passing it to the driver? Suggestions?
Thanks for your help
Mike
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Fangjun Jiang
on 4 Nov 2011
What do you mean? Can mat2str() be used?
>> mat2str(magic(2))
ans =
[1 3;4 2]
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Fangjun Jiang
on 4 Nov 2011
You indicated: "The device accepts an X,Y coordinate as a concatenated string." Okay, it sounds like you can't change the device so let's deal with it. "I want the driver to accept an array like [23 34] directly (and internally convert to string)". That is a good idea. So you can write a wrapping function, accept [23 34] directly, convert it to string and then feed to the device. That's my reading of your question. "However the restriction on Property Values being limited to String, Double, or Boolean prevents me from doing this." This is the part I don't understand.
Vinod
on 19 Dec 2011
Mike,
There is no limitation on passing in an array of doubles into a MDD. The datatype is just the type - it doesn't specify the number of elements of that type.
-Vinod
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