How can I run matlab connected to arduino more than once?

Asked by hamzah alamoodi on 20 Dec 2015

Latest activity Commented on by Hakki Eren Uzunyayla on 17 Jun 2019

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I have a problem with connecting my arduino uno to matlab.. It actually runs perfectly for the first time but when I run it again it says this (Failed to open serial port COM4 to communicate with Arduino board Uno. Make sure there is no other MATLAB arduino object for this board. For troubleshooting, see Arduino Hardware Troubleshooting.

.. I'm using this command to connect: a = arduino('com4','uno') ..

If anyone can help here I would appreciate it ...

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Sumit Banerjee on 10 May 2016

You have to delete the object which you have created. For example, if you have this object arduino_board = arduino(port, board, 'Libraries', 'Servo'); then you have to delete this object in the end of the code, i.e. clear arduino_board; all the objects which you have created like this should be cleared.

Test Tester on 16 Jul 2016

And how can you clear e.g. arduino_board ???

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Answer by Esther on 21 Dec 2015

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Are you running the connect command

a = arduino('com4','uno')

a second time while object 'a' still exists in the workspace? You only need to connect once.

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Madhu Govindarajan on 21 Dec 2015

As mentioned by Esther you need to connect only once. When you do a = arduino and it works, a is now your connection to arduino and you can use that variable repeatedly to do other things. When using in a GUI try to make it a global variable of some sorts so that you don't have to create a new connection every time.

hamzah alamoodi on 23 Dec 2015

Yea global a was the mistake .. thanks

Walter Roberson on 23 Dec 2015

http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_share_data_between_callback_functions_in_my_GUI.3F

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Answer by Sadi Mohammad Rifat on 18 Jun 2017

All you have to write a command "clear all" on the first line of your code . That's it.

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Hakki Eren Uzunyayla on 17 Jun 2019

it worked on me. Thank you ver much

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