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seriallist

(To be removed) List of serial ports connected to your system

seriallist is not recommended. Use serialportlist instead. For more information on updating your code, see Compatibility Considerations.

Description

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seriallist returns a list of all serial ports on a system. The list includes virtual serial ports provided by USB-to-serial devices and Bluetooth Serial Port Profile devices. This provides a list of the serial ports that you have access to on your computer and could use for serial port communication.

Examples

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The seriallist function displays a list of all serial ports on a system.

Display available serial ports.

seriallist
ans = 

  1x2 string array

  "COM1"    "COM3"

You can now create a serial object and communicate over the serial port.

Version History

Introduced in R2017a

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R2022a: Warns

seriallist is not recommended. Use serialportlist instead.

This example shows how to view serial port devices using the recommended functionality.

FunctionalityUse This Instead
s = seriallist
ans = 

    "COM3"
s = serialportlist
ans = 

    "COM3"

See Transition Your Code to serialport Interface for more information about using the recommended functionality.

See Also

Functions