Cannot close connection. MATLAB connection to Due at COM9 exists in your workspace. To create a new connection, clear the existing object.

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I cannot close the ports of the arduino after a GUIDE GUI program.
All the commands I have tried at the exit function are:
try
myArduinoAddonLibrary = getappdata(0,'ARD_AD');
clear myArduinoAddonLibrary;
arduinoObj = getappdata(0,'ARD');
fclose(serial(arduinoObj.Port));
delete(serial(arduinoObj.Port))
clear arduinoObj;
catch errorObj
errordlg(getReport(errorObj,'extended','hyperlinks','off'),'Arduino Error');
end
What would I be doing wrong?
The error that appears when I try to create another Arduino connection in the same port is:
MATLAB connection to Due at COM9 exists in your workspace. To create a new connection, clear the existing object
For MATLAB 2019a
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Jason
Jason on 17 Sep 2019
However, I have noticed that if I click the exit task several times, the ports duplicate? What could this be?
Instrument Object Array
Index: Type: Status: Name:
1 serial closed Serial-COM9
2 serial closed Serial-COM9
3 serial closed Serial-COM9
At the end of the exit task, I now run
clear all
to make sure no variables are left in the GUI workspace. And the error has now changed to:
"Unable to create a communication link with the serial port. Please check your input argument PORT..."
However, MATLAB crashes with an internal error.

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Accepted Answer

Jason
Jason on 17 Sep 2019
We solved it using this:
try
clear
myArduinoAddonLibrary = getappdata(0,'ARD_AD');
clear myArduinoAddonLibrary;
arduinoObj = getappdata(0,'ARD');
fclose(serial(arduinoObj.Port));
delete(serial(arduinoObj.Port))
clear arduinoObj;
catch errorObj
errordlg(getReport(errorObj,'extended','hyperlinks','off'),'Arduino Error');
end
%Remove appdata from memory
rmappdata(0,'ARD')
rmappdata(0,'ARD_AD')
clear all;
We just added clear at the start made sure the workspace was totally clear at the end.

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saleh said bouhliga
saleh said bouhliga on 20 Sep 2020
In the MatLab Help Center they had nice description of how to clear a variable from memory. Check it here: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/clearvars.html
In your case should be: clearvars -global a;

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