MATLAB: Is the driver file not properly saved when using MIDEDIT from the Instrument Control Toolbox 2.2 (R14SP2)

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I have used the MIDEDIT command to open the Instrument Control Toolbox's Instrument Driver Editor graphical user interface. I was able to successfully create my instrument driver. When I attempt to save the driver, the driver file is not created. I receive no error messages.

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This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 3 (R14SP3). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

There is a bug in the Instrument Control Toolbox 2.2 (R14SP2) in the way that MIDEDIT fails to properly save a created driver file when the save path of the driver file has one or more spaces.

To work around this issue, save the driver file to a directory in which the full path name to this directory does not contain any spaces.

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MATLAB: When using the BINBLOCKREAD function from the Instrument Control Toolbox 2.2 (R14SP2), why do I receive the message “Warning: A binblock is not available to be read”

This bug has been fixed in Release 2006a (R2006a). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

This warning can occur when the Tektronics oscilloscope is configued to prefix additional header data onto the binary block; this additional data is not anticipated by the BINBLOCKREAD function.

To work around this issue, send the following command to the Tektronix oscilloscope before issuing any commands that are expected to return data:

fprintf(g, 'HEADER OFF')

where "g" is the GPIB interface object connected to the scope.

MATLAB: Is it possible to connect to a UDP multicast using the Instrument Control Toolbox 2.2 (R14SP2)

The ability to connect to a UDP multicast is not available in the Instrument Control Toolbox 2.2 (R14SP2).

As a workaround to connect to a UDP multicast, you can do the following:

1. Use a Java multicast socket to access it directly from MATLAB. For more information, see javadoc or tutorials for the "core java.net" classes from Sun, specifically "java.net.MulticastSocket ". This could be found at:

<https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/net/MulticastSocket.html>

Information on using Java with MATLAB in the 'External Interfaces' section of the MATLAB documentation can be accessed by typing the following command at the MATLAB command prompt:

web([docroot,'/techdoc/apiref/ch00intr.html'])

2. Write your own functions in C that use standard sockets and have a MEX wrapper call those functions. You can find more information on MEX-files at:

<http://www.mathworks.com/support/tech-notes/1600/1605.html>

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