TCP Output Socket

MATLAB TCP Output Socket using a Java helper class for threaded client connection management

Description

An output socket that allows zero or more TCP client connections to be made.

A separate thread manages the client connections allowing for multiple clients to connect and disconnect at any time.

Not just for data communication but also useful as a debug output monitoring tool.

Usage:

output_port = 1234;
output_socket = MatlabOutputSocket(output_port);

% Write a string out
output_socket.write(int8(sprintf('Hi there how are you?\r\n')));

% Write some raw data out
output_socket.write(rand(4, 'single'));

% close socket connection
output_socket.close();

For more details and an explanation of the Java helper class see:
http://iheartmatlab.blogspot.com/2010/06/non-blocking-output-socket.html

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a)
• Other requirements: The MatlabOutputSocket class requires the new MATLAB OO paradigm (so 2008a onwards). However people with older versions (As far back as R14) can utilise the Java class for socket communications.

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