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From: Christopher Woodford on 30 Apr 2010 16:19
I have been given a YES/NO two button keypad with a USB serial converter and a product driver CD. No other information. Using windows XP the software without any problems. I aim to write a program to read YES/NO repsonses from the keypad.

Following the example programs, my first command is
s = serial('COM1');
but MATLAB 2008a returns the error

The serial port object is supported on the Solaris, 32-bit Windows and 32-bit Linux platforms only.

Does this mean I will not be able to use the keypad I have been given - or am I doing something wrong.

Any help in this matter would be much appreciated.






From: us on 30 Apr 2010 17:14
"Christopher Woodford" <c.h.woodford(a)ncl.ac.uk> wrote in message <hrfdvo$ar4$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> I have been given a YES/NO two button keypad with a USB serial converter and a product driver CD. No other information. Using windows XP the software without any problems. I aim to write a program to read YES/NO repsonses from the keypad.
>
> Following the example programs, my first command is
> s = serial('COM1');
> but MATLAB 2008a returns the error
>
> The serial port object is supported on the Solaris, 32-bit Windows and 32-bit Linux platforms only.
>
> Does this mean I will not be able to use the keypad I have been given - or am I doing something wrong.
>
> Any help in this matter would be much appreciated.

well... seems rather clear: get another OS...

us
From: Steven Lord on 30 Apr 2010 17:28

"Christopher Woodford" <c.h.woodford(a)ncl.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:hrfdvo$ar4$1(a)fred.mathworks.com...
>I have been given a YES/NO two button keypad with a USB serial converter
>and a product driver CD. No other information. Using windows XP the
>software without any problems. I aim to write a program to read YES/NO
>repsonses from the keypad.
>
> Following the example programs, my first command is
> s = serial('COM1');
> but MATLAB 2008a returns the error
>
> The serial port object is supported on the Solaris, 32-bit Windows and
> 32-bit Linux platforms only.
>
> Does this mean I will not be able to use the keypad I have been given - or
> am I doing something wrong.
>
> Any help in this matter would be much appreciated.

It looks like support for interfacing with the serial port on 64-bit Windows
and Linux was introduced in release R2009a:

http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/rn/brvak9c-1.html

--
Steve Lord
slord(a)mathworks.com
comp.soft-sys.matlab (CSSM) FAQ: http://matlabwiki.mathworks.com/MATLAB_FAQ


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