Author Topic: how can i access usb port using matlab  (Read 8556 times)

ghaith

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how can i access usb port using matlab
« on: December 25, 2010, 02:17:07 pm »
dear reader
i have bought a new robot lab-volt D (5150) and i need to control it using matlab program , the robot connect with computer through (USB) port , so how can i access the usb port in matlab?
thanks in advance for your future answer























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« Last Edit: December 28, 2010, 06:54:42 am by ghaith »

Jan Axelson

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Re: how can i access usb port using matlab
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2010, 11:24:35 am »
How an application communicates with a USB device depends on the device driver that the OS has assigned to the device. The choice of driver in turn depends on finding a match between the information in the descriptors that the OS retrieves on device attachment or bootup and the information stored in the PC's INF files (assuming Windows).

Thus to access the robot, you will need documentation for the robot's driver. This might help:   

Model 5174 Robotics System Software Development Kit

http://www.labvolt.com/downloads/datasheet/dsa5150.pdf

I'm not familiar with the capabilities of matlab programming, but if you can call API functions you should be able to access the robot.

A matlab forum might have some ideas.

Jan