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Creating a Serial Port Object

You create a serial port object with the serial function. serial requires the name of the serial port connected to your device as an input argument. Additionally, you can configure property values during object creation. For example, to create a serial port object associated with the serial port COM1

The serial port object s now exists in the MATLAB workspace. You can display the class of s with the whos command.

Once the serial port object is created, the properties listed below are automatically assigned values. These general purpose properties provide descriptive information about the serial port object based on the object type and the serial port.

Table 10-3: Descriptive General Purpose Properties 
Property Name
Description
Name
Specify a descriptive name for the serial port object
Port
Indicate the platform-specific serial port name
Type
Indicate the object type

You can display the values of these properties for s with the get function.


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