MATLAB: Communication with Hioki 7110 SM

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Hello,
I am attempting to connect and communicate with a hioki meter. I have been able to set it as a serial object, it is on COM9 in my case. All the settings are set up as described in the manual for USB, https://www.hioki.com/file/cmw/hdInstructionManual/94120/pdf/?action=browser page 130. I have been trying to communicate with fprintf, read, readline, getpinstatus, but no luck. I tried setting it up with serialport("COM9",9600,"Timeout",5) but it said "Undefined function or variable 'serialport'." Same for serialportlist. I have database toolbox and opc communication toolbox. I do not have the instruments communication toolbox.
Can anyone please provide some support on what I can do to communicate with the meter? I have also sent an email to Hioki but most likely their response will not be directly related to matlab.
The commands listed there are those I tried with fprintf, write, etc.
Thank you in advance, any help or direction will be very appreciated.

Best Answer

Hey future people,
If you end up here, make sure the setting to data out is set to off. This setting only appears for USB and RS232 settings but it does in fact affect GPIB Settings. Hioki is aware of the issue, hopefully its fixed before you find this page.
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