From: Trent Jarvi on

"Markthomas " <uebermenchens(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:g42jj6$qa1$1(a)fred.mathworks.com...
> Hello all,
>
> I am embarking on a journey to attach a MarCator digital
> indicator to matlab for data processing. The issue i am
> having is connecting the MarCator (with its built in FTDI
> chip) to be controlled by matlab. There are sample codes
> of it for c++ and VB. the FTD2XX.DLL is avalable from
> their site. Any ideas on how to go about doing this?
>
> http://www.ftdichip.com/Projects/CodeExamples.htm
>
> MT
>
>

Hi Mark,

The FTDI chip should(?) show up as a serial port in core MATLAB when the
driver is installed.

Otherwise, you can take a look at the external interfaces pages for help on
how to integrate C++ with MATLAB.

http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/matlab_external/bp_kqh7.html