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serialportlist

List of serial ports connected to your system

Description

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serialportlistorserialportlist("all")returns a list of all serial ports on a system. The list includes virtual serial ports provided by USB-to-serial devices and Bluetooth®Serial Port Profile devices. The list shows all the serial ports you can access on your computer and can use for serial port communication.

serialportlist("available")returns a list of only those serial ports on your system that are available at this time.

Examples

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Identify serial ports on your system.

ports = serialportlist
ports = 1×4 string array "COM1" "COM3" "COM11" "COM12"

List only those ports that are available.

freeports = serialportlist("available")
freeports = 1×2 string array "COM1" "COM12"

Version History

Introduced in R2019b

See Also

Functions